Our 2019 Speakers

Forum presenters represent the best of the real-world experiences in zero energy and zero carbon buildings.

Keynote Speakers

Greg Hale

Senior Advisor, Energy Efficiency Markets and Finance | NYSERDA
Learn More

Andrew McAllister

Commissioner | California Energy Commission
Learn More

Jigar Shah

President and Co-Founder | Generate Capital
Learn More

Kat Taylor

Co-Founder and CEO | Beneficial State Bank
Learn More

Plenary Speakers

Nancy Ander

Deputy Director | DGS, Office of Sustainability
Learn More

Susan Kennedy

Founder, CEO and Director | Advanced Microgrid Solutions
Learn More

Anica Landreneau

Director of Sustainable Design | HOK
Learn More

Brendan Owens

Senior Vice President | U.S. Green Building Council
Learn More

Tom Phoenix

Principal | CPL Architects & Engineers
Learn More

Katie Ross

Sustainability Lead | Microsoft
Learn More

Bill Sisson

Executive Director, North America | World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Learn More

Michelle Thomas

Senior Manager | Southern California Edison
Learn More

Jasper van den Munckhof

Director | Energiesprong
Learn More

Debbie Weyl

Manager, Building Efficiency | World Resources Institute
Learn More

2019 Forum Speakers

Stephen Aiguier

Founder and President | Green Hammer
Learn More

Emily Alvarez

Program Manager | Stopwaste
Learn More

John Andary

Senior Principal, Mechanical | Integral Group
Learn More

Marge Anderson

Executive Vice President | Slipstream
Learn More

Marshall Andrews

Project Manager | DPR Construction
Learn More

Greg Arcangeli

Utility Strategist | Austin Energy Green Building
Learn More

Lois Arena

Director, Passive House Services | Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Learn More

David Arkin

Principal | Arkin Tilt Architects
Learn More

Diane Bailey

Executive Director | Menlo Spark
Learn More

Elizabeth Beardsley

Senior Policy Counsel | US Green Building Council
Learn More

Mustapha Beydoun

VP & COO | Houston Advanced Research Center
Learn More

Ian Blanding

Building Policy Manager | Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Learn More

Heath Blount

Principal | Brightworks Sustainability
Learn More

Scott Blunk

Strategic Business Planner | Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Learn More

Bryan Bomer

Program Analyst | Green Building Division
Learn More

Merrian Borgeson

Senior Scientist | NRDC
Learn More

Andrew Brooks

Director of West Coast Operations | Association for Energy Affordability
Learn More

Carrie Brown

Senior Technical Consultant | Resource Refocus LLC
Learn More

Eden Brukman

Sr. Green Building Coordinator | San Francisco Dept. of the Environment
Learn More

Beth Brummitt

President | Brummitt Energy Associates, Inc.
Learn More

Will Bryan

Built Energy Associate | Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Learn More

Pierre Bull

Senior Project Manager | Center for Sustainable Energy
Learn More

Dan Burgoyne

Sustainability Manager | State of California, Department of General Services
Learn More

Victoria Burrows

Director, Advancing Net Zero | World Green Building Council
Learn More

Karla Butterfield

Sustainability Director | Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Learn More

Kevin Carbonnier

Project Manager | New Buildings Institute
Learn More

Austin J Carf

Student | Miami University
Learn More

Cara Carmichael

Principal, Buildings Program | Rocky Mountain Institute
Learn More

Mona Chandra

Principal Analyst | National Grid
Learn More

Seth Coan

Manager | Rocky Mountain Institute
Learn More

Jacob Corvidae

Principal | Rocky Mountain Institute
Learn More

Anthony Cupido

Research Chair, Sustainability | Mohawk College
Learn More

Sean Denniston

Senior Project Manager | New Buildings Institute
Learn More

Frank di Massa

Energy Manager | Contra Costa County Public Works Department
Learn More

Nick Dirr

Director of Programs | Association for Energy Affordability
Learn More

Philip Donovan

Community Studio Principal
Learn More

Jim Edelson

Director of Codes & Policy | New Buildings Institute
Learn More

Ann Edminster

Founder/Principal | Design AVEnues LLC
Learn More

Nick Edney

Senior Electrical Engineer | McKinstry
Learn More

William Eisenstein

Executive Director | Center for Resource Efficient Communities at UC Berkeley
Learn More

Charles Eley

Consultant and Author, Design Professionals Guide to Zero Net Energy Buildings
Learn More

John Elliott

Chief Sustainability Officer | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Learn More

Paul Erickson

Principal/Building Performance Practice Leader | Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Learn More

Farhad Farahmand

Senior Project Manager | TRC
Learn More

Ahmad Faruqui

Principal | The Brattle Group
Learn More

Mark Frankel

Technical Director | New Buildings Institute
Learn More

Susan Freed

Project Manager | County of San Diego
Learn More

Gwen Fuertes

Associate | LMS Architects
Learn More

John Galloway

Carbon Neutral Program Manager | San Francisco International Airport
Learn More

Carlos Gamarra

Senior Research Associate | Houston Advanced Research Center
Learn More

Steve Gelb

Local Director | Emerald Cities
Learn More

Benjamin Glendening

ZNE Program Manager | Consumers Energy
Learn More

Rachel Golden

Senior Campaign Representative | Sierra Club
Learn More

David Goldstein

Energy Co-Director | NRDC
Learn More

Faith Graham

Managing Director | NEWHAB
Learn More

Dian Grueneich

Commissioner Emeritus | California Public Utilities Commission
Learn More

Andrea Gulyas

Design Architect | SmithGroup
Learn More

Rob Hammon

President & Founder | BIRAenergy
Learn More

Yihan Hao

Manager | Rocky Mountain Institute
Learn More

Karina Hershberg

Lead Electrical Engineer | PAE Engineers
Learn More

Julie Hughes

Managing Director of Programs︱IMT
Learn More

Wade Hughes

Program Manager | Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Learn More

Jessica Iplikci

Sr. Program Manager / Commercial | Energy Trust of Oregon
Learn More

Ryan Jang

Associate Principal | Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Learn More

Connor Jansen

Senior Project Manager | Slipstream
Learn More

Hormoz Janssens

Managing Principal | Interface Engineering
Learn More

Ruwan Jayaweera

Senior Associate/PE | PAE Engineers
Learn More

Betony Jones

Founder | Inclusive Economics
Learn More

Ivan Jose

Lead Building Performance Analyst | McKinstry
Learn More

Nik Kaestner

Director of Sustainability ︱San Francisco Unified School District
Learn More

Alexis Karolides

Principal | Point Energy Innovations
Learn More

Thomas Kaufman

Corporate Real Estate Manager | United Therapeutics
Learn More

Steve Kemp

Principal, Senior Energy & Sustainability Specialist
Learn More

Bruce King

Director | Ecological Building Network
Learn More

Miya Kitahara

Program Manager | StopWaste
Learn More

Chris Kuch

Engineer | Southern California Edison
Learn More

Rachel Kuykendall

Senior Programs Manager | Sonoma Clean Power
Learn More

Chris Ladner

Founding Partner | Entegrity Partners
Learn More

Jared Landsman

Building Performance Analyst | Integral Group
Learn More

Micah Lang

Senior Green Building Planner | City of Vancouver
Learn More

Kristin Larson

Associate Manager | Center for Sustainable Energy
Learn More

Alison Lindburg

Building Energy Policy Manager | Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Learn More

Jen Loomis

Senior Consultant | Opinion Dynamics
Learn More

Alex Lowrie

Building Energy Analyst | Little
Learn More

Mark MacCracken

VP, Portfolio Leader | TRANE
Learn More

Fin MacDonald

Manager, Zero Carbon Building Program | Canada Green Building Council
Learn More

Chris Magwood

Director | Endeavour Centre
Learn More

Amber Mahone

Partner | Energy and Environment Economics, Inc.
Learn More

Arindam Maitra

Senior Technical Executive | EPRI
Learn More

Nancy Malone

Principal | Siegel & Strain Architects
Learn More

Katrina Managan

Climate Smart Buildings Team Lead | Denver Department of Public Health and Environment
Learn More

Jamie Mandel

Managing Director | Rocky Mountain Institute
Learn More

Vinh Mason

Senior Energy Policy Advisor | City of Portland
Learn More

Paul Mathew

Staff Scientist and Department Head | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Learn More

Lisa Matthiessen

National Sustainable Design Director
Learn More

Marsha Maytum

Principal | Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Learn More

David McIlhenny

Managing Director - Project Finance | SunPower Corporation
Learn More

Craig McIntyre

President | EQ Building Performance
Learn More

Jenny McMinn

Managing Director | Urban Equation
Learn More

David Mead

Senior Associate, Building Performance Specialist | PAE Engineers
Learn More

Alexi Miller

Associate Technical Director | New Buildings Institute
Learn More

Paulomi Nandy

Sr Building Policy Associate | Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Learn More

John Neal

Director of Technical Services | Association for Energy Affordability
Learn More

Hilary Noll

Associate/Sustainability Integration Leader | Mithun
Learn More

Patrick O’Shei

Director of Market Development | NYSERDA (invited)
Learn More

Abhijeet Pande

VP, Research and Technology Commercialization | TRC
Learn More

Cammy Peterson

Director of Clean Energy | Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Learn More

Kathryn Phillips

Director | Sierra Club California
Learn More

Margaret Pigman

Technical Consultant | Resource Refocus
Learn More

Alejandro Pimentel

Project Manager | SFO
Learn More

Jessica Pitts

Co-Founder and Principal | Flywheel Development LLC
Learn More

Kevin Powell

Director of Emerging Building Technologies | GSA
Learn More

Cindy Regnier

Program Manager | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Learn More

Margo Rettig

Project Architect | SERA Architects
Learn More

David Reynolds

California Regional Director | ERS
Learn More

Prodipto Roy

Program Officer | Energy Innovation
Learn More

Billi Romain

Manager, Office of Energy and Sustainable Development | City of Berkeley
Learn More

Tucker Ruberti

Director of Technical Sales | Enel X
Learn More

Eric Rubin

Project Manager | Energy Solutions
Learn More

Peter Rumsey

Founder and CEO | Point Energy Innovations
Learn More

Tony Saracino

Sustainability Engagement Manager | Autodesk
Learn More

Henry Siegel

Principal | Siegel & Strain Architects
Learn More

Pauline Souza

Director of Sustainability | WRNS Studio
Learn More

Mike Steffen

Director of Innovation | Walsh Construction Co.
Learn More

Poppy Storm

Director of Innovation | 2050 Institute
Learn More

Larry Strain

Principal | Siegel & Strain Architects
Learn More

Alice Sung

Principal | Greenbank Associates
Learn More

Shilpa Surana

Engineer, Energy Codes and Standards | NEEA
Learn More

Nancy Sutley

Chief Sustainability Officer | LADWP
Learn More

Ted Tiffany

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

Matthew Tisdale

Executive Director | Gridworks
Learn More

Paul Torcellini

Principal Engineer | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Learn More

Garth Torvestad

Senior Project Manager | ConSol
Learn More

Cesar Ulises Trevino

General Director | Bioconstrucción y Energía Alternativa
Learn More

Jessica Tse

Distributed Energy Resources Specialist | City and County of San Francisco
Learn More

Will Vicent

Energy Codes & Standards | Southern California Edison
Learn More

Peter Vierthaler

Manager | Northwest Partners LLC
Learn More

Tate Walker

Director of Sustainability | OPN Architects
Learn More

Sylvia Wallis

Architect | Architecture for Education
Learn More

Robyn Wark

Team Lead, Sustainable Communities | BC Hydro
Learn More

Brett Webster

Senior Associate | Rocky Mountain Institute
Learn More

Heidi Werner

Associate Director | Energy Solutions
Learn More

Amy Wheeless

Policy Associate | NW Energy Coalition
Learn More

Lisa White

Certification Manager | Passive House Institute US (PHIUS)
Learn More

Mark Wilhelm

Managing Consultant | Tierra Resource Consultants
Learn More

Mark Yamauchi

Sustainability Manager | Toyota Motor North America
Learn More

Frances Yang

Sustainable Materials Specialist | Arup
Learn More

Nick Young

Senior Project Manager | Association for Energy Affordability
Learn More

Richard Young

Director | Food Service Technology Center
Learn More

Sarah Zaleski

Senior Advisor | U.S. Department Building Technologies Office
Learn More