Speakers
Explore the speakers scheduled to present at the 2026 Community and Distributed Energy Summit.
Speakers
Adib Abdulzai
Vice President, Operational Technology & Security
Radian Generation
Josephus Allmond
Chief Energy Officer
Commonwealth of Virginia
Stephanie Annerose
Director - Investments
HASI
Eric Archibald
Partner, Principal Engineer
Hazard Dynamics
David Arfin
CEO & Co-founder
NineDot Energy
Caroline Belmont
Manager, Business Development
TurningPoint Energy
John Bernhardt
VP, Policy & Market Strategy
Pivot Energy
Nick Bowman
Senior Manager, Markets and Research
CCSA
Miles Braxton
CEO & Founder
Okovate Sustainable Energy
Ed Brolin
Vice President, Policy Development & Distributed Government Relations
RWE Clean Energy
Edward Burgess
Founding Partner
Current Energy Group
Danielle Burns
Chief Operating Officer
PowerMarket
Carlo Cavallaro
New Markets Director
CCSA
Derek Chernow
Executive Director
Californians for Local Affordable Solar + Storage (CLASS)
Allison Clements
Former FERC Commissioner
Charlie Coggeshall
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director
CCSA
Jessica Collingsworth
Central Policy Director
Nexamp
Caitlin Connelly
Senior Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Sachu Constantine
Executive Director
Vote Solar
Jeff Cramer
President & CEO
CCSA
Kevin Cray
Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs
CCSA
Kate Daniel
Northeast Regional Director
CCSA
Tony DeFazio
Principal
Sustainable PR
Cindy del Rosario-Tapan
Vice President of Communications & Marketing
Solar United Neighbors
Stephanie Doyle
California State Affairs Director
Solar Energy Industries Association
Robin Dutta
Executive Director
Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association (CHESSA)
Blake Elder
Director of State Regulatory Affairs
CCSA
Scott Elias
Director of Policy and Market Development
CleanCapital
Cyrus Etemadi
Program Director - Grid-scale BESS Development
Euclid Power
Brianna Fiorillo
Director of Strategy
Lightstar
Michael Fisher
Director, Portfolio Analytics
Ascend Analytics
Kelly Friend
SVP, Policy & Markets
Nexamp
David Gahl
Executive Director
Solar and Storage Industries Institute
Jon Gillis
Senior Director, Corporate Operations
USCE - US Clean Energy
Noah Ginsburg
Executive Director
New York Solar Energy Industries Association
Lauren Glickman
VP of Policy and Communications
Encore Renewable Energy
David Golembeski
Senior Program Manager
IREC
Billy Grayson
Executive Director
ICF Climate Center
Patrick Harwood
Senior Engineer, Transmission Assessments
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Dexter Hendricks
Senior Manager of Interconnection Policy
CCSA
Tom Hockin
Director of Development
38 Degrees North
Jason Holsman
Director of Government Affairs
CCSA
Alice Horgan
Director of State Policy
Qcells
Tom Hunt
CEO
Pivot Energy
Robert Huppertz
Co-Founder
MeanderX
Becca Jones-Albertus
Vice President for Strategic Development & Innovation
Exelon
David Kathan
President
Kathan Energy Consulting
Kaitlin Kelly O'Neill
Vice President of Policy
ECA Solar
Austin Kinzer
Agrivoltaics Senior Technical Specialist
American Farmland Trust
John Lennon Miller
Vice President of Market Development
Chaberton Energy
Alice Lin
Senior Advisor - Tax
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Neha Mahajan
Director
CG/ CRC-IB
Keith Martin
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Sam Maslin
CEO
Eddy Energy
Tom Matzzie
Entrepreneur, Clean Energy Leader
Invest in Tomorrow Coalition
Dylan McAuliffe
Vice President of Market Development & Strategy
SolHarvest Energy
Shannon McCaddon
Senior Design Manager
ESA
Stephanie McFall
Associate, Energy & Climate Solutions
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
James McGarry
Consultant
CCSA, California Market Lead
Twiggy Mendenhall
Senior Policy Associate
CleanCapital
Remi Mignott
Director of Site Acquisitions
Pivot Energy
Marissa Morales
Founder & Technology Security Strategist
STEMPRISE
Jonathan Morgenstein
Senior Project Manager
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Sandhya Murali
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Perch Energy
David Murray
Director of Business Development
TurningPoint Energy
Salar Naini
President
TurningPoint Energy
Chelsea Neely
Director, Cybersecurity Policy
SEIA
Lisa B. Nelson
Director, Public Affairs and Government Relations
Walmart
Josh Newell
Senior Vice President, Project Delivery
SolarKal
Ben Norris
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
SEIA
Lindsay North
Director of Clean Energy Strategy
Pepco
Marc Palmer
Founder & CEO
Conductor Solar
Daniela Pangallo
Senior Director, Origination
Nautilus Solar Energy
Laurel Passera
Senior Policy Director
CCSA
Jack Peach
Director of Policy
Renewable Properties
Liz Perera
Sr. Director, National Programs & Policy
CCSA
Mary Rafferty
Executive Director
Common Charge
Stefano Ratti
Founder & CEO
Chaberton Energy
Charlie Remelt
Farmer
Remelt Farms
Reed Richerson
President
US Solar
Jeff Risley
Executive Director
Renewable Energy Farmers of America
Tim Rivard
Researcher II - Policy Analysis
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Keith Rose
CEO
Operant Networks
Jim Rouland
Planning & Procurement Bureau Chief
Illinois Power Agency (IPA)
Simon Sandler
Researcher III
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Sam Schacht
Project Director
Clean Energy States Alliance
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Jigar Shah
Clean Energy Entrepreneur
Sid Shah
Policy Director
Nautilus Solar Energy
Ion Simonides
Manager, Policy & Regulatory Affairs
NineDot Energy
Mark Sims
Sr. Manager, Long Term & Interregional Transmission Planning
PJM Interconnection
Jake Springer
Policy Director, East Coast
Nexamp
Mike Storch
Associate Director of Sustainability & Agrivoltaics
Cypress Creek Energy
Ariella Sult
Chief Communications Officer
Vote Solar
Phoebe Sweet
President
Acadia Strategies
Nick Theisen
Managing Director, Business Development
TurningPoint Energy
Kate Tohme
Director of Interconnection Policy
New Leaf Energy
Marta Tomic
Managing Director, National Programs
Vote Solar
Scott Vogt
Founder & Principal
Vogt Energy Advisors
Brian von Moos
Chief Revenue Officer
Renewable Properties
