Meet the industry luminaries featured in the 2021 Forum program

2021 Getting to Zero Forum Speakers

Plenary Speakers, Moderators, and Special Guest

Jennifer M. Granholm

Secretary | U.S. Department of Energy
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Jonathan Flaherty

Global Head, Sustainability and Building Technology Innovation | Tishman Speyer
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Doreen Harris

President and CEO | NYSERDA
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Janet Joseph

SVP, Strategy and Market Development | NYSERDA
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Steven King

Founder and Principal | Global Sustainable Solutions LLC
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Sadie McKeown

President | Community Preservation Corporation
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Jacqueline Patterson

Founder and Executive Director | The Chisholm Legacy Project
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Gil C. Quiniones

President and CEO | New York Power Authority
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Donny Simmons

President, Commercial HVAC Americas | Trane Technologies
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Session Speakers and Moderators

Katie Ackerly

Associate | David Baker Architects
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Ayo Aladesanmi

Master's Candidate | University of Pennsylvania
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Courtney Anderson

Net Zero Energy New Buildings and Homes Administrator  | City & County of Denver
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Rahul Athalye

Program Director | NORESCO
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Nick Bagatelos

President | Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems
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Melissa Baker

Senior Vice President | U.S. Green Building Council
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Sara Bayer

Director of Sustainability | Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
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Zachary Berzolla

Graduate Student/Research Assistant | Sustainable Design Lab, MIT
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William Bishop

Senior Energy Engineer | Pathfinder Engineers and Architects
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Gina Bocra

Chief Sustainability Officer | New York City Dept. of Buildings
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Lori Borowiak

Senior Project Manager | NYSERDA
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Peggy Brannigan

Director, Global Environmental Sustainability Workplace | LinkedIn
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Matt Brown

Program Manager and Team Lead | NYSERDA
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Marc Brune

Principal, Mechanical Engineer | PAE Consulting Engineers
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David Bruns

General Manager/Owner | Bruns Realty Group, LLC
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Martha Campbell

Principal, Carbon-Free Buildings | RMI
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Kevin Carbonnier

Senior Technical Associate | New Buildings Institute
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Stephanie Carlisle

Senior Researcher | Carbon Leadership Forum
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Cara Carmichael

Principal, Buildings Program | Rocky Mountain Institute
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Stephen Chapes

Associate Principal / Electrical Engineer | IDeAs Consulting
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Kim Cheslak

Director of Codes | New Buildings Institute
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Julie Chou

Senior Associate | Magnusson Architecture and Planning
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Kevin Clark

Regional Sales Manager | Rheem
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Kimberly Cullinane

Supervisor, New Construction, Energy Efficiency | Eversource
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Lisa Cunningham

Principal | Warner + Cunningham, Inc.
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Abdulla Darrat

Senior Vice President | Renewal Construction
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Carolyn Day

Senior Associate | Perkins Eastman
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Donna De Costanzo

Director, Climate & Energy Program | Natural Resources Defense Council
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Molly Dee-Ramasamy

Head of Deep Carbon Reduction | Jaros, Baum & Bolles
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Rushil Desai

Senior Building Performance Analyst | Integral Group
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David Diaz

Director of Forestry Analytics and Technology | Ecotrust
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Ralph DiNola

CEO | New Buildings Institute
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Kate Doherty

Building Systems Analyst | Steven Winter Associates
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Danielle Donnelly

Assistant Vice President | Community Preservation Corporation
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Meghan Duff

Senior Associate, R&D Projects | Association for Energy Affordability
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Jacob Dunn

Associate Principal | ZGF Architects
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Meredith Elbaum

Executive Director | Built Environment Plus
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Beau Engman

Founder & President | PACE Equity
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Rebecca Esau

Manager, Carbon Free Buildings | RMI
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Lori Ferriss

Director of Sustainability and Climate Action | Goody Clancy
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Scott Frank

Managing Partner | Jaros, Baum & Bolles
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Boris Gamazaychikov

Manager, Sustainability | Salesforce
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James Geppner

RetrofitNY Sr. Project Manager | NYSERDA
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Narada Golden

US Director of Built Ecology, Vice President | WSP
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Donovan Gordon

Director of Clean Heating & Cooling | NYSERDA
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Jennifer Green

Director of Sustainability and Workforce Development | Burlington Electric Department
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Megan Gunther

Project Manager | Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI)
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Steve Hamstra

Senior Vice President of Engineering | Melink Zero
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Veeral Hardeev

VP of Strategy | Ubiquitous Energy, Inc.
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Robert Hart

Principal Scientific Engineering Associate | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Rasha Hasaneen

Vice President of Innovation | Trane Technologies
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Ethan Heil

Energy & Sustainability Engineer | University of Virginia
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Monika Henn

Manager | Urban Land Institute
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Heather Henriksen

Managing Director, Office for Sustainability | Harvard University
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Victoria Herrero-Garcia

Senior Sustainability & Carbon Project Manager | Ambient Energy – A Mead & Hunt Company
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Cathy Higgins

Research Director | New Buildings Institute
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Sarah Hill

Director of Low Income Programs | Association for Energy Affordability
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Ellen Honigstock

Director, Education | Urban Green Council
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Michael Ingui

Partner | Baxt Ingui Architects
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Sonal Jessel

Director of Policy | WE ACT
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David Johnson

Architect, Principal | SERA Architects
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Matt Jungclaus

Graduate Student | University of Colorado
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David Kaneda

Principal | IDeAs Consulting
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Josh Keeling

Director, Distributed Energy Resources | Cadeo
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Jan Keleher

Building Electrification Lead | City and County of Denver
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Greg Kingsley

President and CEO | KL&A Engineers and Builders
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Jacob Knowles

Associate Principal | BR+A Consulting Engineers
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Maddie Koewler

Program Manager | National Association of State Energy Officials
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Chris Ladner

Founding Partner | Entegrity Partners
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Anna Lasso

Digital Program Manager | Building Transparency
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Chris Lebron

Director of Design and Construction | Xenolith Partners LCC
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John Lee

Contractor, Codes, Products, and Standards | NYSERDA
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Rosanna Lerma

Principal | EDesignC Inc.
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Jared Levie

Student | University of Oregon
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Bing Liu

Business Sector Manager | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Ryan Lobello

Senior Associate | Handel Architects
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Jessica Long

Senior Director | Nuveen Real Estate
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Mark Lyles

Senior Project Manager | New Buildings Institute
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Mark MacCracken

VP, CALMAC Portfolio | Trane Technologies
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Greg Maccarone

Vice President | Cosentini Associates
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Pallavi Mantha

Senior Carbon and Sustainability Consultant | Arup
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Amanda Markovic

Principal | GBBN Architects
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Christina McPike

Director of Energy & Sustainability | WinnCompanies
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Alexi Miller

Acting Director of Building Innovation | New Buildings Institute
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Elaine Miller

Market Transformation Manager | Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
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Shreshth Nagpal

Managing Principal, New York | Elementa Engineering
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Daniel Nall

Director | Daniel Nall Consultant, LLC
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Ram Narayanamurthy

Deputy Director of the Building Technologies Office | Department of Energy (DOE)
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Clay Nesler

Global Lead, Buildings and Energy | World Resources Institute
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Julia Nugent

Architect & Planner | HMFH Architects
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Patrick O’Shei

Director of Market Development | NYSERDA
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Michael Ohlhausen

Managing Director of Architecture | Hudson Companies
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Johanna Partin

Deputy Director | Building Decarbonization Coalition
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Samantha Pearce

VP, Sustainability | NYS Homes and Community Renewal
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Heather Pecho

Energy Specialist | Willdan
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James Perakis

Associate Principal | Integral Group
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Roger Platt

Senior VP | USGBC & Green Business Certification, Inc.
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Michael Reed

Team Lead, Advanced Efficiency Solutions
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Sangeeta Ranade

VP of Clean Energy Solutions | New York Power Authority
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Artorius Reyes

Director of Business Development | Trane Technologies
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Arlis Reynolds

Director of Engineering | Opinion Dynamics
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Amir Rezaei

High Performance Building Analyst | CannonDesign
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Henry Richardson

Principal Analyst | WattTime
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Jose Rodriguez

Vice President | Thornton Tomasetti
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Denise Rouleau

Lead Program Manager | National Grid
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Summer Sandoval

Energy Democracy Coordinator | UPROSE
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Walter Schaefer

Transportation Electrification Lead | DNV
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Marta Schantz

Co-Executive Director | ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate
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Anne Shellum

Senior Associate, Affordable Electrification | Sidewalk Labs
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Sigal Shemesh

Senior Sustainability Engineer | Buro Happold
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Elin Shepard

Outreach Manager | Energy Trust of Oregon
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Bill Sisson

Executive Director, North America | WBCSD
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Rohini Srivastava

Senior Researcher, Buildings Program | ACEEE
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Zach Steinberg

Vice President of Policy | Real Estate Board of New York
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Michael Stoddard

Executive Director | Efficiency Maine Trust
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Poppy Storm

Director of Innovation | 2050 Institute
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Alice Sung

Principal | Greenbank Associates
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Kyle Sword

Manager, Business Development | NSG Pilkington
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Forest Tanier-Gesner

Mechanical Engineer | PAE Consulting Engineers
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Smita Thomas

Founder and Principal | Energy Shrink, LLC
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Derrick Tillman

President and CEO | Bridging the Gap Development, LLC
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Lucas Toffoli

Manager, Carbon Free Buildings | RMI
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Matthew Trowbridge

Chief Medical Officer | International WELL Building Institute
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Shanta Tucker

Director/Principal | Atelier Ten
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Peter Turnbull

Owner and Principal Consultant | Peter Turnbull and Associates LLC
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Vanessa Ulmer

Senior Advisor, Energy and Environmental Analysis | NYSERDA
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Timothy Unruh

Executive Director | National Association of Energy Service Companies
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Lois Vitt Sale

SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer | Wight & Company
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Kelsey Waidhas

Sustainability Coordinator | Atlanta Regional Commission
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Eric Walker

Climate Justice Advisor | NYSERDA
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Kyle White

Master's Candidate | University of Oregon
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Lisa White

Associate Director | Passive House Institute US (PHIUS)
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Alex Wilson

President | Resilient Design Institute
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Kathryn Wright

Program Director, Buildings | Urban Sustainability Directors Network
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Sia Xeros

Director of Environmental Sustainability | Mastercard
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Jeffrey Zeman

Principal | TrueNorth Collective
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Micah Zender

Product Development Manager | Melink Zero
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Jill Ziegler

Director of Sustainability | Brookfield Properties
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Zach Zill

Senior Project Manager | NYSERDA
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