Meet the industry luminaries featured in the 2024 Forum program

2024 Getting to Zero Forum Speakers

Breakout Session Speakers and Moderators

Sahar Abbaszadeh

Associate | Arup

Matt Abele

Executive Director | NC Sustainable Energy Association

William Abrahamson

Senior Associate | Grimm + Parker Architects

Laila Atalla

Senior Associate | RMI

Mark Bacon

Practice Lead, Energy Incentives | Leyton

Nishant Bagadia

Director, Partnerships | Breakthrough Energy

Matthew Baker

National Manager of Energy Efficiency and Electrification Program Development | Daikin Comfort Technologies

Tricia Baker

SVP of Strategy & Impact | PACE Equity

Salmeron Barnes

Founder & Managing Director | Aureus Erath

Joe Baumann

Director of Multifamily Services | SK Collaborative

Erin Beddingfield

Management and Program Analyst, Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) | U.S. Department of Energy

Katie Bergfeld

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

Webly Bowles

Sustainability Director | WAP Sustainability

Liepa Braciulyte

Project Analyst | New Buildings Institute

Mark Brescia

Clean Energy Program Manager | Consolidated Edison

Pamela Brookstein

Program Manager | Elevate Energy

Rev. Dr. Hanna R. Broome

President | NC Council of Churches

Duncan Bruce

Director of Sales | Blue Frontier

Andy Buccino

Embodied Carbon Committee Chair | Northeast HERS Alliance

Antuan Cannon

Vice President, Talent Development & Innovation | Willdan Energy Solutions

Stella Carr

Energy & Resilience Project Manager | International Code Council

Matt Casale

Senior Manager, Market Transformation| Building Decarbonization Coalition

Laurel Chądzyński

Sustainable Design Leader | Dyer Brown & Associates

Kimberly Cheslak

Senior Technical Advisor | PNNL

Mehak Chopra

Student | Virginia Commonwealth University

Tory Clark

Partner | Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)

David Cohan

Senior Advisor | IMT

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 | Southface Institute

Jacob Deva Racusin

Director of Building Science & Sustainability | New Frameworks & Builders for Climate Action

Debbie Driscoll

Sr. Market Transformation Manager | NEEA (she/her)

Holly Elwood

Senior Advisor, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program | EPA

Billierae Engelman

Operations Research Analyst | U.S. DOE

Efrie Escot

Sustainability Transformation Leader | Schneider Electric

Farhad Farahmand

Associate Director Energy Policy | TRC

Jess Farber

Vice President | CMTA

Matt Flaherty

Director, Building Decarbonization | Clean Energy Works

Jennifer Fortenberry

Sustainability Innovation Leader | Schneider Electric

Mark Frankel

Director of Technology and Innovation | Ecotope

Tracy Fuentes

Terrestrial Ecologist | PNNL

Caroline Garfield

Project Architect | Multistudio

Alea German

Senior Engineer | Davis Energy Group

Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite

VP, Customer Engagement | ClearlyEnergy

Alex Goodwin

Senior Vice President of Product and Engineering | enVerid Systems

Steve Gross

Principal | Interface Engineering

Scott Hackel

Vice President of Research | Slipstream

Greg Hale

Co-founder & Principal | Regen Associates LLC

Lucas Hamilton

Building Science Applications Manager | Saint-Gobain

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

Lindsey Hawes

Municipal Energy Program Manager | City of San Diego, Sustainability & Mobility Department

Sarah Hazel

Chief Sustainability & Resiliency Officer | City of Charlotte

Jonathan Heller

President | Ecotope

Clair Hessmer

VP, Carbon Engineering | CLEAResult

Graham Higgins

Senior Manager, Sustainability & Programs | Nuveen Green Capital

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

Mariane Jang

Senior Policy Advisor, Resiliency & Sustainability | NYS Office of General Services

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

Maggie Kelley Riggins

Senior Program Manager | Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance

Megan Kemp

Director | Healthy Air and Water Colorado

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

Colin Lee

Engineer | AESC

Amie Lewis

Associate Directors of Codes and Policy

Julie Liu

President | Centsible House

Leah Louis-Prescott

Manager, Carbon-Free Buildings | RMI

Luke Lanciano

Director of Sustainability | The Tower Companies

Brian Mayers

Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Brian Meinrath

Director, San Francisco | Atelier Ten

Ryan Meres

Program Director | RESNET

Alexi Miller

Acting Director of Building Innovation | New Buildings Institute

Kareem Mirza

Chief Revenue Officer | Subterra Renewables

Tegan Molloy

Director of Leadership & Market Development | New Buildings Institute

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

Todd Nedwick

Senior Director of Sustainability Policy | National Housing Trust

Peter Nelson

Sustainable Business Program Manager | Salt Lake City Corporation

Michael Orbank

Sustainability Manager | STO Building Group

Geffen Oren

Senior Sustainability Consultant | Arup

Ryan Ornberg, AIA

Associate Principal | Krueck Sexton Partners

Angie Ostaszewski

Associate Director of Client Marketing & Communications | New Buildings Institute

Holly Paeper

President of Commercial HVAC | Trane Technologies

Rowan Parris

Embodied Carbon Program Manager, HQ | Turner Construction Company

Chris Perkes

Senior Manager | Urban Land Institute

Katie Poss

Director of Global Policy & Procurement | Building Transparency

Ben Rabe

Associate Director of Codes & Policy | New Buildings Institute

Rajiv Ravulapati

Associate Director of Government Engagement | Institute for Market Transformation

Georg Reichard

Professor | Virginia Tech

Emma Ricardi

Senior Project Analyst | New Buildings Institute

Hannah Rusnac

Designer | Holst Architecture

Baha Sadreddin

Global Sustainability Platform Lead | Microsoft

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

Deepinder Singh

Founder and CEO | 75F

Dr. Carolyn Snyder

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Buildings and Industry | U.S. Department of Energy.

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

Torin Spencer

Electric Vehicle Specialist | Electrification Coalition

Dean Stanberry

Chair, Global Board of Directors | IFMA

Craig Stevenson

President | AUROS Group

Lexi Tengco

Vice President | Multistudio

Tim Thiel

Global Circular Economy Manager | Covestro

Rick Tonielli

Sr. Program Manager | ComEd

Paul Torcellini

Principal Engineer | NREL

Amy Upton

Director of Environmental Design | Grimm + Parker Architects

Bahareh van Boekhold

Senior Managing Consultant | ILLUME Advising

Jaime Van Mourik

ZERH Program Director | U.S. Department of Energy

Tiffani Vasco

Urban and Regional Planning and Sociology Student | Virginia Commonwealth University

ML Vidas

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

Michael Waite

Director of Codes and Building Standards | American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Monami Waki

Sustainability Consultant | Arup

Donny Walker

Partner | Newcomb & Boyd

Greg Walker

Partner | Houser Walker Architecture

Breana Wheeler

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

Lindsay Wiginton

Managing Consultant | Dunsky Energy

Sarah Wood

Senior Sustainability Specialist | Jacobs

Vicki Worden

President & CEO | The Green Building Initiative

Shuang Zhao

Associate Professor in Political Science | University of Alabama

Ryan Zizzo

Founder & CEO | Mantle Developments