The RE+ Education Committee protects and enhances the conference’s outstanding reputation by guiding the development of exceptional educational sessions that are timely, forward thinking, and well reviewed. Our ongoing success relies on engaging highly qualified professionals with expertise in content areas to lead our sessions. That is the principal responsibility of the Education Committee.
All committee members are volunteers and passionate about the future of the renewable energy industry.
RE+ 26 Education Committee Members
Mary Grikas
Founder and CEO
eMGee Consulting
Bryan Didier
Partner/MD – Energy
Monarch Private Capital
Todd Jensen
Director, Business Development
Moss, Inc.
Dana Redden
CEO
Solar Stewards
Kristan Kirsh
Sr. Vice President, Global Marketing
Nextpower
Courtney Welch
Director of Policy
GoodLeap
Kelci Abernethy
Events Manager
Array Technologies
Steffanie Dohn
Vice President, Government Affairs
McCarthy Building Companies
Andy Newbold
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
Enphase
Ed Brolin
Vice President, Distributed Government Relations & Policy Development
RWE Clean Energy
Russell Gold
Strategic Communications
T1 Energy
Laura Schepis
U.S. Policy Leader
Carrier
Sachu Constantine
Executive Director
Vote Solar
Gary Walia
Grid of the Future Director
Southwire
Damali Harding
Executive Managing Director
Amendment Nine Strategic Consulting
EJ Klock-McCook
Principal
RMI
Ted Ko
Executive Director
Electric Policy Design Institute
Richard Caperton
VP Public Policy
SPAN
Katherine Gensler
VP, Government Affairs and Marketing
Arevon
Brodie O’Brien
Associate Director, Communications and Industry Relations
EnergyHub
Christina Baworowsky
Senior VP
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, CRES
Kate Tohme
Director of Interconnection
New Leaf Energy
Lauren Glickman
VP of Policy and Communications
Encore
Alaric Babej
Director, Customer Energy Solutions
PNM
Gretchen Dolson
National Director Non-Hydro Renewables Practice Group
HDR
Pooja Shah
Senior Consultant, Energy Storage & Transportation Electrification
DNV
Austin Kinzer
Agrivoltaics Senior Technical Specialist
American Farmland Trust
Tom Starrs
VP, Government and Public Affairs
EDP Renewables
Stephen Kalland
Executive Director
NC Clean Energy Technology Center
Kyle Wallace
Senior Director, Public Policy
Sunrun
Bradley Pischea
National Director
Land & Liberty Coalition
Ryan Edge
VP Strategy and Innovation
SMECO
Adaora Ifebigh
Director of Impact
Sol Systems
Molly Wright
Senior Manager, Marketing, Americas
Fluence
Alyssa Edwards
Senior VP, Government Relations and Environmental Affairs
Lightsourcebp
Gregg Kresge
Senior Manager, Utility Engagement and Transportation Electrification
World Resources Institute
Kathy Jack
Director of Energy Programs
TEPRI
Marguerite Behringer
Director of Regulatory Policy and Industry Relations
Landis+Gyr
Amy Henry
Director, Electric Utility Innovation & Research
TVA
Kristen Ardani
Chief of Staff – Energy Security Resilience and Integration
NREL
Brian Patterson
Co-Founder/Chairman
Emerge Alliance
Kay Aikin
CEO
Dynamic Grid
Grace Lowe
Program Director
NASEO
Sterling Clifford
Director of State Policy
Jinko Solar
Lidija Sekaric
VP, Innovation and Emerging Technology
NRECA
Andrew Williams
VP, Policy and Market Development, Global MSS
Canadian Solar
Nima Hejazi Alhosseini
Electrical Engineer
Black and Veatch
Tony Grappone
Partner, Managing Director Renewable Energy
Novogradac & Company LLP
Dr. Nabih Cherradi
Partner, Chief Technology Officer
Desert Technologies
Amy Jo Miller
Director of Policy & Market Strategy
Hanwha Renewables
Ken Boyce
Vice President, Engineering
UL
Jaime Kolln
GridWise Architecture Council Administrator, PNNL
Scott Elias
Director, Policy & Market Development
CleanCapital
Jessie Robbins
Managing Director
Crux
Michael Boykins
Director of Marketing
OMCO Solar
RE+ Tech 2025 Education Committee Members
Nima Hejazi Alhosseini
Electrical Engineer
Black and Veatch
Kristen Ardani
Chief of Staff – Energy Systems Integration
NREL
Casey Carrillo
Executive Director, University of Arizona Center for Innovation
University of Arizona
Jennifer Hamilton
Hydrogen Consultant
Liban Hassan
Senior Electrical Engineer
DNV
Hannah Hoffmann
Programs Analyst, LDES Cacti Program
OTT
Gary Huffman
Senior Client Relations Manager
Burns and McDonnell
Jaime Kolln
GridWise Architecture Council Administrator
PNNL
Jeff Loiter
Technical Director, CPI
NARUC
Colleen O’Brien
Principal Engineer
UL
Pooja Shah
Senior Consultant, Energy Storage & Transportation Electrification
DNV
Steve Swern
AVP, Engineering
Sol Systems
Dan Wilson
VP, Energy Solutions
Inspiration Mobility
Guohui Yuan
Program Manager, Systems Integration
SETO