Meet the industry luminaries featured in the 2024 Forum program

2024 Getting to Zero Forum Speakers

Breakout Session Speakers and Moderators

William Abrahamson

Senior Associate | Grimm + Parker Architects

Laila Atalla

Senior Associate | RMI

Tricia Baker

SVP of Strategy & Impact | PACE Equity

Salmeron Barnes

Founder & Managing Director | Aureus Erath

Katie Bergfeld

Branch Chief, Building Performance & Enforcement | District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment

Jamal Russell Black

CEO, Offset LLC | Climate Economist, SDRPIC | PhD Candidate, University College London

Liepa Braciulyte

Project Analyst

Rev. Dr. Hanna R. Broome

President | NC Council of Churches

Stella Carr

Energy & Resilience Project Manager | International Code Council

Laurel Chądzyński

Sustainable Design Leader | Dyer Brown & Associates

Kimberly Cheslak

Senior Technical Advisor, PNNL

Naomi Cole

Principal | Konstrukt/Energy Trust of Oregon, New Buildings Program

Ann Collier

Senior Manager, Emerging Technology | Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Sam Culpepper

Program Manager, Design Consulting | South Face

Billierae Engelman

Operations Research Analyst | U.S. DOE

Farhad Farahmand

Associate Director Energy Policy | TRC

Mark Frankel

Director of Technology and Innovation | Ecotope

Caroline Garfield

Project Architect | Multistudio

Alea German

Senior Engineer | Davis Energy Group

Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite

VP, Customer Engagement | ClearlyEnergy

Steve Gross

Principal | Interface Engineering

Scott Hackel

Vice President of Research | Slipstream

Greg Hale

Co-founder & Principal | Regen Associates LLC

Geoff Hancock

Product Manager | WattTime

Nancy Hanright

Senior Director, Real Estate and Space Planning | Boston Medical Center

Christopher Haringa

Program Director, Electrification | Adobe Energy Management

Sarah Hazel

Chief Sustainability & Resiliency Officer | City of Charlotte

Clair Hessmer

VP, Carbon Engineering | CLEAResult

Xinxin Hu

Senior Associate | RMI

David Huber

VP, Business Development | CLEAResult

Marnese Jackson

Co-Director | Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition

Teresa Jan

Director of Climate Positive Design | Multistudio

Nikita Jathan

Senior Environmental Designer | Atelier Ten

Sharon Jaye

Building Performance Policy Manager | City & County of Denver Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency

David Kaneda

Principal | IDeAs Consulting

Chelsea Kirk

Director of Policy and Advocacy | Strategic Actions for a Just Economy

Nicole Laky

Energy & Resource Program Manager | King County Metro Transit

Wesley Lau

Principal | Interface Engineering

Megan Leary

Community Engagement & Policy Manager, Emerald Cities Collaborative

Leah Louis-Prescott

Manager, Carbon-Free Buildings | RMI

Brian Meinrath

Director, San Francisco | Atelier Ten

Ryan Meres

Program Director | RESNET

Remy Moorhead

Certified Passive House Designer | Buck Moorhead Architect

Neil Muir

Senior Mechanical Engineer | Arup

Josh Mullen

Product Manager | BrainBox AI

Steven Nadel

Executive Director | ACEEE

Nambiar

Building Research Engineer | PNNL

Michael Orbank

Sustainability Manager | STO Building Group

Geffen Oren

Senior Sustainability Consultant | Arup

Ryan Ornberg, AIA

Associate Principal | Krueck Sexton Partners

Angie Ostaszewskil

Associate Director of Client of Client Marketing And Communications

Rajiv Ravulapati

Associate Director of Government Engagement | Institute for Market Transformation

Sarah Yuko Schneider

Deputy Director | Cool Roof Rating Council

Ryan Shea

Manager, Home Decarbonization | RMI

Ada Shen

Engineer | Frontier Energy

Genevieve Sherman

Head of Sustainability and Policy | Nuveen Green Capital

Joseph Sollod

Senior Innovation Associate | International Codes Counci

Michael Sontag

Associate Director | Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)

Pauline Souza

Director of Sustainability | WRNS Studio

Craig Stevenson

President | AUROS Group

Poppy Storm

Director of Innovation | 2050 Institute

Paul Torcellini

Principal Engineer | NREL

Amy Upton

Director of Environmental Design | Grimm + Parker Architects

Bahareh van Boekhold

Senior Managing Consultant | ILLUME Advising

ML Vidas

Senior Market Outreach Manager, New Buildings Program | Energy Trust of Oregon

Monami Waki

Sustainability Consultant | Arup

Donny Walker

Partner | Newcomb & Boyd

Breana Wheeler

U.S. Director of Operations | BREEAM/BRE Group

Sarah Wood

Senior Sustainability Specialist | Jacobs