2018 Speaker Line Up

Below is our 2018 Getting to Zero National Forum speaker line up. We are so excited about this program and look forward to seeing you there!

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Hosts and Plenary Speakers

Andrew McAllister

Commissioner | California Energy Commission

Kimberly Lewis

Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development ︱U.S. Green Building Council

Clay Nesler

Vice President, Global Sustainability and Industry Initiatives Building Technologies and Solutions | Johnson Controls

Scott Foster

Director | Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Tom Richard

Director | Institutes for Energy and the Environment at Penn State

Ralph DiNola

CEO | New Buildings Institute

Victor Olgyay

Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute

Iain Campbell

Managing Director | Rocky Mountain Institute

Session Speakers

Nathaniel Allen

Science and Technology Policy Fellow | U.S. Department of Energy

Calvin Ahn

Associate Principal/Senior Project Manager | Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C.

Porus Antia

Senior Associate | Stantec

Ken Baker

Managing Partner ︱Open Spaces NW LLC

Rachel Bannon-Godfrey

Sustainability Design Leader | Stantec

Michael Barnard

Project Director | Oxford Development Company

Steven Baumgartner

Principal | SmithGroupJJR

Elizabeth Beardsley

Senior Policy Counsel | US Green Building Council

Sophia Duluk Beavis

Architect | Feldman Architecture

Renilde Becqué

International Sustainability & Energy Consultant

Byron Benton

Training Director | Zero Net Energy Center Alameda County Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee

Steve Beyers

Energy Engineering Manager | Cornell University

Amanda Bogner

President | Energy Studio, Inc.

Brett Bridgeland

Energy Engineer | Seventhwave

Anthony Brower

Director of Sustainable Design | Gensler

Katherine Bubriski

Director of Sustainability & Building Performance | Arrowstreet Inc.

Blair Madden Bui

CEO | John Madden Company,

Dan Burgoyne

Sustainability Manager | State of California, Department of General Services

Andy Bush

Founder and Managing Partner | Morgan Creek Ventures

Vassar Byrd

CEO | Rose Villa Senior Living

Martha Campbell

Manager | Rocky Mountain Institute

Myrrh Caplan

Director, Green Project Solutions | Skanska USA, Inc.

Mark Chambers

Director of Sustainability | NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability

Christian Cianfrone

Building Energy Specialist | Morrison Hershfield

Jon Cicconi

Associate Director } Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill

Angelica Ciranni

Pittsburgh 2030 District Director | Green Building Alliance

Mike Collignon

Executive Director | Green Builder Coalition

Jacob Corvidae

Manager | Rocky Mountain Institute

Mindy F. Craig

Principal and Owner︱BluePoint Planning

Stefani Danes

Co-Chair, Renovations Committee | East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Troy Daniels

Head of Technical Support | SimpliPhi Power

Edward Dean

Principal | Bernheim + Dean Inc

Alex Dews

Executive Director | Green Building United

Robert Diemer

Partner | In Posse

Justin Downey

Senior Technical Director | RWDI

Eric Doyle

Senior Project Manager | Catalyst Partners

Brian Dunbar

Executive Director | Institute for the Built Environment, Colorado State University

Erica Dunn

Director of Design | Green Hammer

Beth Eckenrode

Principal | AUROS Group

Ann Edminster

Founder/Principal | Design AVEnues LLC

Mark Frankel

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR | New Buildings Institute

Roger Frechette

Managing Principal | Interface Engineering

Andrea Frisque

Associate and Senior Building Performance Engineer | Stantec

Jim Gaither Jr.

President | Castle Wells Company

Benjamin Glendening

Energy Advisor | Consumers Energy

Carolyn Sarno Goldthwaite

Senior Program Manager, High Performance Buildings | Northeast Energy Efficiency

David Griffin II

Energy Analyst | Architectural Nexus

Smita Gupta

Principal Consultant | Itron

Maureen Guttman

President | Building Codes Assistance Project

Tony Hans

National Director of Sustainable Projects | CMTA Engineers

Joshua Hatch

Principal | Brightworks Sustainability

Katie Herber

Sustainability Specialist | Perkins Eastman

Kasper Hoejmark Ravn

Building Performance Engineer | WindowMaster Control Systems Inc.

Christopher Hoffman

Northeast Pre-construction Leader | DPR Construction

Tony Holub

Senior Project Manager | Farr Associates + Passive House Alliance Chicago

Barry Hooper

Green Built Environment Senior Coordinator | San Francisco Department of the Environment

Tom Hootman

Performance + Design Innovation Lead | MKK Consulting Engineers

Rob Hosken

Principal | Building Performance Architecture

Julie Hughes

Director of Building Energy Performance Policy︱IMT

Jessica Iplikci

Sr. Program Manager / Commercial | Energy Trust of Oregon

Blake Jackson

Sustainability Design Leader | Stantec

Seth Jacobson

Senior Director | Climate Resolve

Heather Jauregui

Sustainability Specialist | Perkins Eastman

Duane Jonlin

Energy Code and Energy Conservation Advisor | Seattle Department of Construction and Inspection

Joshua Kagan

Partner | CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital

David Kaneda

Principal | Integral Group

Shannon Kaplan

Project Manager | In Posse

Patty Karapinar

Director of Sustainability and Associate Architect | Architectural Nexus

Alexis Karolides

Principal and Sustainability Practice Leader | Point Energy Innovations

Thomas Kaufman

Corporate Real Estate Manager | United Therapeutics

Bakari Kennedy

Director of Facilities | Suncoast Credit Union

John Keung

Dean, BCA Academy | Building and Construction Authority

Celia King-Scott

Senior Engineer | DNV GL

Nate Kinsey

Energy Manager | San Francisco Unified School District

Chris Klinga

Technical Director | Architectural Solar Association (ASA)

Katrin Klingenberg

Executive Director and Co-Founder | Passive House Institute US

Jacob Knowles

Associate Principal | BR+A Consulting Engineers

Wyck Knox

Principal | VMDO Architects

Radhika Lalit

Sr. Associate, Research & Collaboration | Rocky Mountain Institute

Khee Poh Lam

Dean, School of Design and Environment | National University of Singapore

Sara Lappano

Managing Principal | Integral Group

Jonathan Laski

Director, Global Projects & Partnerships | World Green Building Council

Matt Latchford

Principal ︱ studioi with Lam Partners

Vasudha Lathey

Director | TRC

Andrew Lee

Project Manager︱Architecture 2030

Holly Lennihan

Director of Sustainable Design, Senior Associate ︱ Hickok Cole

Axel Lerche

Founder & CEO | EcoSmart Solution LLC

Ken Levenson

Board Member | North American Passive House Network

Chris Light

Director of Engineering | Point Energy Innovations

Fin MacDonald

Manager, Zero Carbon Building Program | Canada Green Building Council

Bill Maclay

Author, The New Net Zero; Principal, Maclay Architects

Brad Mahoney

Development Project Manager | MP Boston

Joey Marquart

Senior Vice President and Social Innovation Lead | Edelman

Dylan Martello

Steven Winter Associates, Inc.| Senior Building Systems Consultant CPHD

Jim Maskrey

Associate Specialist | University of Hawaii-Hawaii Natural Energy Institute

Bill Massey

Principal | Sasaki Associates

Sharon Mathes

Executive Director | Granite City Housing Authority

Brian McCowan

Vice President | ERS

Chris McEntee

Executive Director | American Geophysical Union

Edward McGraw

President/CEO | Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C.

Jenny McMinn

Managing Director | Urban Equation

Greg Mella

Vice President, Director of Sustainable Design | SmithGroupJJR

Brenda Morawa

Vice President, North America | Integrated Environmental Solutions, LTD (IES)

Laura Nettleton

Architectural Collaborator | Thoughtful Balance

Erika Niedowski

Policy Advocate | Acadia Center

Brandon Nicholson

Founding Principal | Nicholson Kovalchick (NK) Architects

Warren Neilson

Partner & Senior Strategist | stok

Abhijeet Pande

Associate Vice President | TRC

Brian Patterson

President | EMerge Alliance

Alisa Petersen

Associate | Rocky Mountain Institute

Chelsea Petrenko

Managing Consultant | Opinion Dynamics

John Phelan

Resource Conservation Manager | Fort Collins Utilities

Richard Piacentini

Executive Director ︱Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Laurence Preble

Of Counsel | Holland & Hart

Brendan Owens

Chief of Engineering | U.S. Green Building Council

Sean Quinn

Senior Associate | Sustainable Design Leader – Pacific Region Chair of Social Responsibility – HOK Impact

Dave Ramslie

Principal, and head of Planning and Research for Canada | Integral Group

Sam Rashkin

Chief Architect | Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office

Julia Rogers

Sustainable Design Leader | WSP (Boston)

Marc Roper

Executive Vice President | Alta Energy, Inc.

Patrick Roppel

Building Science Specialist | Morrison Hershfield

Phillip Saieg

Energy & Facilities Solutions | McKinstry

Shilpa Sankaran

Executive Director | Net Zero Energy Coalition

Paul Scharfenberger

Chief Operating Officer | Colorado Energy Office

Paul Schwer

President | PAE Engineers

Nelson Scott Smith

Architect and Planner

Stephen Selkowitz

Senior Advisor | LBNL

Jeremy Shannon

Certified Passive House Consultant | NYC School Construction Authority

Ellen Steiner

Vice President | Opinion Dynamics

Craig Stevenson

President | AUROS Group

Ted Tiffany

Director of Sustainability | Guttman & Blaevoet Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Peter Turnbull

Principal, IDSM & Zero Net Energy Buildings | Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Graham Twyford-Miles

Senior Associate | Stantec

BIll Updike

Principal | Integral Group

Phil Valko

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Sustainability | Washington University in St. Louis

Laura Van Wie McGrory

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives | Alliance to Save Energy

Will Vicent

Residential ZNE Strategy | Southern California Edison

Danielle Vitoff

Managing Consultant Energy | Navigant

Brett Webster

Project Manager II ︱ Energy Solutions

Rut Wattanasak

Engineer | Catalyst Partners

Dominic Weilminster

Principal/Business Center Discipline Leader | RNL, now Stantec

Lisa Westerhoff

Senior Sustainability Planner | Integral Group

Graham Wright

Senior Scientist | Passive House Institute US

Paula Zimin

Director, Sustainable Building Services | Steven Winter Associates, Inc.