Keynote, Featured Speakers and Introductions
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Robert A. Blouin
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeremy Grantham
Chief Investment Strategist and Member of the Board
GMO Trust
Triangle Women in STEM Luncheon Panel
Patricia Parker
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Teena Piccione
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology
Fidelity Investments
Hemali Rathnayake
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Panelists
Annie Baggett
Agritourism Marketing Specialist
N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Tracy Baldwin
Global Lead, AWS Sustainability Business Development
Amazon Web Services
Brian Bednar
President and Founder
Birdseye Renewable Energy
Doug Beebe
Vice President-Energy Finance
Key Equipment Finance
Adam Bergman
Senior Vice President, Clean Tech Banking & Head of AgTech Practice
Wells Fargo
Hardik Bhat
Leader, Smart Cities and Mobility Verticals
Amazon Web Services
Frank Brown
Vice President - General Manager
R.A. Jeffreys
Diane Cherry
Strategic Director NC Sustainable Energy Association
NC Sustainable Energy Association
David Christian
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
Dominion Energy
Erin Danford
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tom Darden
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Cherokee
Amy Davidsen
Executive Director
The Climate Group, North America
Keegan Dean
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Todd DeZwaan
VP of Business Development for North America
LemnaTec
Ron DiFelice
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Energy Intelligence Partners (EIP)
Charlie Egan
Financial Management Program-Commercial Strike Zone Analyst
GE Power Services
Ted Fasca
Strategic Advisor - Generation Planning
Dominion Energy
Christopher Galik
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Public Administration
North Carolina State University
Ravila Gupta
President and CEO
CED (Council for Entrepreneurial Development)
John Hackney
Director
Wells Fargo Securities (Energy & Power Investment Banking)
Olga Hawn
Associate Professor, Faculty Director
Center for Sustainable Enterprise
Carol Hee
Clinical Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Ricardo Hernandez
Assistant Professor of Horticultural Sciences
North Carolina State University
Ray Hohenstein
Market Applications Director
Fluence - A Siemens and AES Company
Jeffrey Hughes
Director
UNC School of Government Environmental Finance Center
Diane Huis
VP, Resource Planning and Portfolio Management
North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives
Brad Ives
Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Enterprises
Chief Sustainability Officer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ken Jennings
Renewable Strategy & Policy Director
Duke Energy Carolinas
Jee Jung
New Investments Analysis and Advancement Lead
Monsanto
James Kerr
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Southern Company
Ria Kontou
Postdoctoral Researcher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matt Kopac
Sustainable Business & Innovation Manager
Burt's Bees
Kevin Lacy
State Traffic Engineer / Director of Mobility and Safety
NCDOT
James Leloudis
Peter T. Grauer Associate Dean / Director
Honors Carolina / James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Ward Lenz
Managing Director
NC Sustainable Energy Association
Steve Levitas
SVP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy
Cypress Creek Renewables
Mark Little
Executive Director
UNC Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Danny Lu
VP of Sales and Marketing
Powin Energy
Conrad Ma
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matt Marsh
Managing Partner Sales
American Heartland Farms
Leah Martin
Director of Product Strategy
CiBO Technologies
Olivia Marx
Senior VP New Business Development
P&A Group, LLC
James McCall
Global Product Supply Sustainability Leader
Procter & Gamble
Stew Miller
Co-Founder and President
Yes Solar Solutions
Gary Alan Miller
Director of University Career Services
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Mundt
Senior Policy Advisor & Offshore Wind Coordinator
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Adam Nygaard
CHP, Microgrids, & Energy Storage Development
Duke Energy – Distributed Energy Technologies
Brian O’Hara
Senior Vice President Strategy and Government Affairs
Strata Solar
Patricia Parker
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Heather Payne
Assistant Director / Adjunct Professor of Law
UNC School of Law: Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics (CE3)
Tiana Petree
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Blair Pollock
Solid Waste Planner
Orange County Solid Waste Management
Ewan Pritchard
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
Stephen M. Ross
Representative - Deputy Majority Leader
North Carolina General Assembly
Ginger Rothrock
Senior Director, Commercialization and Intrepreneurship
RTI International
Matthew Ruscio
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Student / Former Duke Energy Intern
Distributed Energy Technologies - Duke Energy
Mark Sanders
Director of Transportation and Water Tech Incubators
ATI Clean Energy Incubator, University of Texas at Austin
Susan Sanford
Executive Director
Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
Albert Segars
PNC Distinguished Professor, Strategy & Entrepreneurship; Faculty Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise
UNC Center for Sustainable Enterprise
Stan Sherrill
Vice President of Employee and Labor Relations
Duke Energy
Lisa Shpritz
Senior Vice President, Environmental Operations Executive
Bank of America
Glen Snider
Director of Integrated Resource Planning and Analytics
Duke Energy
Ben Snowden
Clean Energy and Environmental Lawyer
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Anna Spove
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Kenan-Flagler Business School
Brian Standen
Head of Scouting and Partnerships, Digitalization in R&D
BASF
John Szoka
Conference Leader
N.C. House of Representatives
Ivan Urlaub
Executive Director
NC Sustainable Energy Association
Mark Vasu
Executive Vice President
Greentown Labs
Milton Vaughan
Agronomist and ESN Marketing Manager
Nutrien and Crop Production Services
James Verdonik
Securities Attorney and Advisor
Ward and Smith Law Firm
Bobby Vick
Agriculture Solutions Leader
PrecisionHawk
Marques Wilson
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism
