Andrea Kissak
KQED Radio

Andrea Kissack is a Senior Editor at KQED Radio. Andrea has been at KQED Radio for more than ten years, and is currently the Senior Radio Editor and Television Narrator of QUEST, a weekly science and environment program on KQED Public Radio, TV and kqed.org.

Benjamin Cerveny
Bloom Studio

Benjamin Cerveny is the President at Bloom Studio. Benjamin is a highly regarded experience designer and conceptual strategist, guiding the creative direction and vision of multiple successful endeavors, both public and private. His clients include Nokia, Sony, and Philips.

Bob LeFort
Ember

Bob LeFort is CEO of Ember, a company that develops wireless mesh networking technology – chips, software, tools - for Smart Energy, connected homes, as well as many other monitoring and control applications enabling greener living and work environments.

Brian Duggan
West Coast Green

Brian Duggan is the Director of Thought Leadership Programs of West Coast Green. Brian helps organizations with a focus on sustainability to build lasting alliances via sponsorship and thought leadership programs.

Brian Hardwick
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

Brian Hardwick, formerly of Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, is currently a Strategist at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Previously he was a senior vice president at Kratos Global Strategies where he directed the clean tech practice.

Brian Sager
Nanosolar

Brian Sager is the Vice President of Corporate Development at Nanosolar. He co-founded Nanosolar in 2002 and manages the company's government programs, strategic partnerships, and intellectual property portfolio.

Carrie Armel
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Sanford University

Carrie Armel is a Research Associate of Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford University, where she investigates the diverse ways in which an understanding of human behavior can lead to improvements in energy efficiency.

Catherine Sun
frog design

Catherine Sun is an Associate Creative Director at frog. She leads teams in the drive to understand industries, companies, and end-users toward creating more usable, useful, desirable, and responsible products and experiences.

Colin Read
ECOtality

Colin Read is the Vice President of Corporate Development at ECOtality with the responsibility of overseeing strategic corporate initiatives, international expansion and business development.

Dan Richman
Smart Grid Today

Dan Richman is a Senior Reporter with Smart Grid Today. He has worked as a reporter or editor for more than 25 years. He also had covered business and technology at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer.

Dane Petersen
Adaptive Path

Dane Petersen is an Experience Designer at Adaptive Path in San Francisco. Previously, Dane worked as a professional web designer and developer and was the lone gun behind Brainside Out, a tiny web design shop.

Danny Kennedy
Sungevity

Danny Kennedy is the Founder and President of Sungevity. He has a diverse background as an activist, including his role as the Campaigns Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific.

Darleen DeRosa
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Darleen DeRosa is the Director of SmartMeter Engagement at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Darleen has nearly 20 years of high technology public relations (consumer and business), corporate communications, executive counseling and thought leadership experience.

David Merkoski
frog design

David Merkoski is an Executive Creative Director at frog. As frog’s leading expert in energy, David focuses on emerging and disruptive technologies in order to provide strategic opportunities and innovative solutions for clients.

David Morrison
Yukon Energy Corporation

David Morrison is the President & CEO of Yukon Energy Corporation and Yukon Development Corporations. David has spent his career in the energy industry managing companies and providing energy policy and strategy advice to a broad range of government and private sector initiatives.

Eric M. Lightner
U.S. Department of Energy

Eric M. Lightner is the Director of the Smart Grid Task Force at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He has worked as a program manager for advanced technology development at the DOE for the last 20 years.

Felecia Lokey
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Felecia Lokey is currently a Senior Director of Customer Engagement for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Bringing 28 years of energy utility experience, she is responsible for leading the design and execution of customer research-driven marketing and delivery strategies for PG&E products, programs and services.

Frank Vial
Landor Associates

Frank Vial is Strategy Director at Landor Associates. He has lived and worked across North America, Asia, and Europe, helping to deliver brand strategies that balance creativity and strategy for well-known global and emerging-market brands.

Ginger Juhl
Accenture Smart Grid Solutions

Ginger Juhl is the Global Marketing Lead for Accenture Smart Grid Solutions. Ginger has provided marketing and communications expertise to many of the industry’s leading high-technology companies for more than 22 years.

Greg Baker
2D2C Inc.

Greg Baker is the President and CEO of 2D2C Inc. Greg’s experience includes several years in the electrical product industry with positions ranging from Design Engineer to Division President.

Jennifer M. Indovina
Tenrehte Technologies, Inc

Jennifer Indovina is the President & CEO of Tenrehte. Jennifer has an extensive management, marketing, and engineering background. Jennifer is an active member of the 26th District's Energy Advisory Board.

Jesse Berst
Center for Smart Energy

Jesse Berst is Acting Executive Director for the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) and the President of the Center for Smart Energy (CSE), which publishes Smart Grid Newsletter. He is an internationally known technology and business analyst.

Jim Kellar
Kellar Training

Jim Kellar is a Principal at Kellar Training. Jim has provided consulting and training resources for businesses and organizations for 20 years.

John Creson
Addis Creson

John Creson is the Partner and Chief Design Officer of Addis Creson and the founder of The Curious Collective. In a world of experiences fabricated for consumption, John is motivated to work with people with a clear sense of purpose who are willing to challenge conventional orthodoxy and imagine new possibilities.

Jon Sobel
Calera

Jon Sobel is the Chief Legal Officer at Calera. Prior to joining Calera, Jon served as Yahoo's General Counsel and Secretary, Tesla Motors' General Counsel and Secretary, and as the President of the open source and media business for SourceForge, the Internet's largest open source forge.

Judith Schwartz
Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative

Judith Schwartz is the National Research Director of the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative. She is a strategic communications consultant for the National Action Plan for DR Coalition, and works with stakeholder groups to develop a path to sustainable energy ecosystem.

Kerry Dolan
Forbes

Kerry Dolan, a Senior Editor at Forbes magazine, is based in the Silicon Valley bureau, where she writes about technology companies, biotechnology and international business. She joined Forbes as a reporter in New York in 1994.

Kristan Gainey
Cisco

Kristan Gainey is the Senior Manager of Smart Grid Communications Cisco. She has over 15 years experience in business and communications strategy and tactical development.

Kristina Loring
frog design

Kristina is the Content and Community Manager at frog design. Prior to joining frog, Kristina worked as an Outreach Coordinator for the StoryCorps Griot initiative and a Social Media Coordinator for the No On Prop 8: Marriage Equality.

Linda Schuck
CIEE

Linda Schuck is a Senior Advisor and Director of the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Project at CIEE. She has 25 years of experience working on energy, technology commercialization and climate change issues.

Lisa Magnuson
Silver Spring Networks

Lisa Magnuson is the Director of Marketing at Silver Spring Networks, bringing over 20 years of technology marketing experience. She is the co-chair of the SGCC Marketing and PR committee and has been a member of the advisory committees for GridWeek and Smart Energy International.

Marilyn Cornelius
Stanford University

Marilyn Cornelius is a doctoral candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University. Marilyn integrates climate change, behavioral sciences, and design to study residential energy use reduction.

Matt Schoenholz
frog design

Matt Schoenholz is a Creative Director at frog design. During the past 12 years, Matt has managed cross-functional design teams in the development of compelling user interfaces across multiple platforms in innovative ways to create cohesive and immersive experiences.

Michael Dary
Accenture

Michael Dary is a Manager at Accenture. He works closely with Accenture's global engagement teams supporting clients with the implementation of smart metering, demand response, and energy efficiency initiatives.

Michael DiTullo
frog design

As Creative Director of frog, Michael DiTullo is a passionate advocate as well as an experienced practitioner of design. In addition to his work at frog, he is a contributor to the well-known design resource, Core77. He lectures at corporations, universities, and conferences on the effect, value, and how to’s of design.

Michael Shames
Utility Consumers' Action Network

As Executive Director and Co-founder of Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), Michael Shames represents the interests of San Diegans in energy, telecommunication, water, and financial and Internet-related matters before the state and federal regulatory bodies.

Michelle Mindala-Freeman
Landis+Gyr

Michelle Mindala-Freeman is the Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Landis+Gyr. She leads the product management teams in developing strategy, creating the vision that defines product futures and communicating the value of Landis+Gyr solutions to the market.

Patti Betz
SGCC

Patti Betz is the Membership Director of Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative. She's a consumer brand manager by training and has marketed such iconic brands as Olay, Hershey and Shell. Her energy experience also includes developing grassroots education programs for Green Mountain Energy.

Peter Durand
Alphachimp

In 1998, Peter Durand, one of the top graphic facilitators in the world, co-founded Alphachimp, a firm that makes ideas visual to clarify content and engage audiences.

Russ Cohn
NatureMill

Russ Cohn is the Founder and CEO of NatureMill. An expert in environmental issues, Russ has a life long interest in landfill and recycling matters and brings his background in science to recycling problems.

Sara Munday
frog design

Sara Munday is the Director of Marketing and Communications for frog design. Prior to joining frog, Sara was PR Manager for TEQUILA\Worldwide, a global integrated marketing services agency.

Sara Todd
frog design

Sara Todd is a Creative Director at frog design. She is a leader in user-centered research and interaction design, as well as an educator on how behavioral changes and design can positively impact our environment. For over 10 years, Sara has worked on a variety of user-centered design programs.

Saul Griffith
Other Lab

Saul Griffith is the Chief Scientist at Other Lab where he focuses his work on engineering solutions for energy production and energy efficiency in light of climate change science. He has founded numerous companies, including OptiOpia, Squid Labs, Potenco, Instructables.com, Howtoons and Makani Power.

Scott Sarazen
Ernst & Young

Scott Sarazen is the Global Cleantech Markets Leader for Ernst & Young. Previously, was the Global Biotechnology Markets Leader and was responsible for all aspects of Ernst & Young's global marketing, communication and go-to-market strategies for the biotechnology industry.

Shahram Mehraban
Intel

Shahram Mehraban is Manager for the Embedded Energy Segment team within the Embedded and Computing group at Intel. Shahram currently leads a team of marketing engineers and platform architects to drive consumer-centric product innovation in Intel's embedded energy business.

Sharon Allan
Accenture

Sharon Allan is a Lead at North American Smart Grid Practice at Accenture. Sharon has more than 25 years of experience in the technology services industry in various executive and management roles. She has focused on smart grid deployment and transformation for the utility T&D industry for the past 12 years.

Sharon Talbott
Control4

Sharon Talbott is the Manager of Marketing & Communications at Control4. Prior to joining Control4 Energy, Sharon was active in regulatory and policy analysis related to global Smart Grid development.

Stacy Cohen
VentureBeat

Stacy Cohen is the Director of Sales at VentureBeat.

Steve Hauser
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Steve Hauser is the Vice President of Grid Integration at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He is nationally and internationally recognized expert on transforming the power sector to meet future economic, environmental and energy security mandates.

Sunil Maulik
People Power Company

Sunil Maulik is the Vice President of Business Development of People Power Company. He has over 20 years of sales and business development experience. He was a sales representative for Oxford Molecular, a molecular modeling company that floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1993.

Susan K. Cashen
Control4

Susan K. Cashen is the Vice President of Marketing at Control4. Susan brings over 20 years of consumer marketing experience to Control4 which she applies to her role in managing the company’s corporate, channel, brand, direct, and partner marketing activities.

Swati Joshi
GE Energy

Swati Joshi is the Strategic Communications Manager for GE’s Digital Energy business. Swati has more than 10 years of global internal and executive communications experience within GE Energy to this role and joined our team in March.