Meet the industry luminaries featured in the 2023 Forum program

2023 Getting to Zero Forum Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Tonya Allen

President | McKnight Foundation
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Ralph DiNola

CEO | New Buildings Institute
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Betony Jones

Director | Office of Energy Jobs
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Trisha Miller

Senior Director | White House Climate Policy Office
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David Porter

VP, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Strategy | EPRI
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Abigail Regitsky

Senior Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy | Breakthrough Energy
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Daryl Wright

Chief Strategy Officer | Emerald Cities Collaborative
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Breakout Session Speakers and Moderators

Alon Abramson

Director of Residential Programs | Philadelphia Energy Authority
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Becky Alexander

Senior Researcher | LHB
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Floy Andrews

Member | Richmond Progressive Alliance
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Danielle Arigoni

Managing Director, Policy and Solutions | National Housing Trust
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David Arkin

Principal | Arkin Tilt Architects
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Tricia Baker

SVP of Strategy & Impact | PACE Equity
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Isabelle Ballet

Sustainability Associate, Americas | LaSalle Investment Management
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Neel Bavishi

Associate, Mechanical Engineer | DIALOG
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Sara Bayer

Director of Sustainability | Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
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Neha Bazaj

Senior Economic Inclusion Manager, Bay Area | Emerald Cities Collaborative
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Bethany Beers

Practice Leader, Sustainability | Mazzetti
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Lori Borowiak

Senior Project Manager | NYSERDA
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Webly Bowles

Senior Project Manager | New Buildings Institute
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Aaron Brondum

VP, Customer Success | Prescriptive Data
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Karla Butterfield

Sustainability Director | Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
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Josh Cabot

Senior Associate | SERA Architects
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Kevin Carbonnier

Senior Technical Associate | New Buildings Institute
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Ida Clair

State Architect | California Department of General Services
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Melanie Colburn

Director of U.S. Market Transformation and Development | USGBC
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Johari Cole-Kweli

President and Managing Director | CDC of Pembroke & Hopkins Park
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Ryan Colker

Vice President, Innovation | International Code Council
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Danielle Donnelly

Assistant Vice President | Community Preservation Corporation
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Briana DuBose

Director, Strategic Community Initiatives | EcoWorks
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Krista Egger

VP, Building Resilient Futures | Enterprise Community Properties
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Billierae Engelman

Operations Research Analyst | U.S. DOE
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Jason Fierko

Director Of Energy Management, Principal | EwingCole
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Gwen Fuertes

Senior Associate | LMS Architects
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Christopher Galarza

Founder/Sustainable Culinary Consultant | Forward Dining Solutions LLC
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Michael Gartman

Manager, Carbon-Free Buildings | RMI
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Jacob Goldman

Vice President | Energy Tax Savers Inc.
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Michelle Gransee

Deputy Commissioner | MN Department of Commerce, Energy Division
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Richard Graves

Director | Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
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Juan Guarin

Sustainability Specialist | Perkins Eastman Architects
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Brendan Hall

State & Local Government and Higher Education | EPA Energy Star
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Katherine Hammack

Director, Special Projects | GBCI
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Kim Havey

Sustainability Director | City of Minneapolis
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Karina Hershberg

Senior Associate | PAE Engineers
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Monte Hilleman

Senior Vice President, Sustainability, ESG, Real Estate Development | Saint Paul Port Authority
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Luke Hollenkamp

Sustainability Program Coordinator | City of Minneapolis
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Pete Horton

Vice President Market Development, LNCA | Legrand
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Marnese Jackson

Co-Director | Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
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Teresa Jan

Director of Climate Positive Design | Multistudio
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Steve Joern

President, Genesys Engineering | Willdan
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Maggie Kelley Riggins

Senior Program Manager | Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
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Madi Kennedy

Senior Sustainability Planner | Introba
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Kara Kokernak

Senior Director | Urban Land Institute
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Jim Kumon

Principal | Heirloom Properties
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Anica Landreneau

Director of Sustainable Design | HOK
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Jeannette LeZaks

Director of Research and Innovation | Slipstream
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Gordon Lichtstein

Student | Decatur High School
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Alison Lindburg

Senior Building Policy Manager | Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
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Maddie Liput

Senior Building Policy Associate | MEEA
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Jen Loomis

Principal Consultant | Opinion Dynamics
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Reilly Loveland Falvey

Senior Project Manager | New Buildings Institute
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Chris Lowen

Director of Building Sciences | Glumac
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Mark Lyles

Senior Project Manager | New Buildings Institute
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Chris Magwood

Manager, Carbon-Free Buildings | RMI
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Michael Malinowski

Consultant | AIA California
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Andrea Mengual

Energy Research Engineer | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Abby Meuser-Herr

Architect | Precipitate
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Alexi Miller

Acting Director of Building Innovation | New Buildings Institute
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Uma Moriarity

Global ESG Lead | CenterSquare Investment Management
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Carissa Mylin

Principal | SERA Architects
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Yami Newell

Associate Director of Community Projects | Elevate
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Bruce Nordman

Research Scientist | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Patrick O’Shei

Director of Market Development | NYSERDA
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Mari Ojeda

Senior Policy Associate | Fresh Energy
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Daniel Overbey

Director of Sustainability | Browning Day
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Samantha Pearce

VP, Sustainability | NYS Homes and Community Renewal
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Saahiti Penigalapati

Integrated Design and Certification Specialist | SERA Architects
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Annie Perkins

Senior Director, Green Building and Supply Chain | Sustainable Forestry Initiative
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Kent Peterson

Chief Operating Officer | P2S
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Michele Pitale

Managing Director | Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate
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Shanti Pless

Senior Research Engineer | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Mac Prather

Program Manager | City of Denver, Office of Climate Action
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Ben Rabe

Associate Director of Codes & Policy | New Buildings Institute
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Alexandra Ramsden

Director | Brightworks Sustainability
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David Ramslie

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | OPEN Technologies
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Shawn Rash

President | Ally Energy Solution
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Andy Reilman

Managing Principal | Introba
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Matt Roberts

Postdoctoral Scholar | UC Berkeley
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Christina Sanborn

Senior Decarbonization Specialist | Mazzetti
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Jay Sandler

Student | Decatur High School
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Shweta Sanjeev

Project Manager | Building Decarbonization Coalition
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Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite

VP, Customer Engagement | ClearlyEnergy
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Jacob Serfling

Co-Director | Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
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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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Patrick Smith

Research Fellow | CSBR at the University of Minnesota
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Pauline Souza

Director of Sustainability | WRNS Studio
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Scott Spielman

Research Engineer | Ecotope
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Val Stori

Senior Program Manager | Great Plains Institute
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Casey Studhalter

Green Building Program Analyst | DC Dept. of Energy and Environment
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Anish Tilak

Manager, Carbon Free Buildings | RMI
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Myriam Tourneux

Senior Consultant | VEIC
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Kim Trenbath

Innovation Lead, Systems Technology Research and Development | NREL
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Mila Turner

Climate and Equity Researcher | Slipstream
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Geoffrey Warner

Principal | Alchemy Architects
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Breana Wheeler

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

Senior Associate, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
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Octavia Wolf

Teacher Ambassador | DC Public Schools
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Xiaohui Zhou

Director of Research and Innovation | Slipstream
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