2024 Waterpower Week Presenter Lineup

Matthew AllenDirector of Legislative AffairsNational Hydropower Association (NHA)

Stephen AmaralPrincipal Fisheries BiologistAlden Research Laboratory, Inc.

Shannon AmesExecutive DirectorLow Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI)

Dave AndrejcakDeputy Director, Office of Energy Infrastructure SecurityFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Kevin BakerDeputy General CounselrPlus Hydro, LLLP

Elva BannonWave Energy Scotland

Scottie BarrentineProject Manager, Pumped Storage InitiativeTennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Bruce BauchmireDirector of Renewable Energy ServicesDLZ

Jen Becker-PolletProfessional Staff Member, Appropriations CommitteeU.S. Senate

Suzanne BiddleGeneral Manager, Hydro OperationsTennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Daniel BoffEconomistPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Todd BriggemanProject Manager, Hydropower and Hydraulic StructuresBlack & Veatch

Ashley BrooksDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Project Manager, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

David Brown KinlochPresidentAppalachian Hydro Associates

Elaine BuckTechnology Manager, Marine Energy, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

David CapkaDirector, Division of Dam Safety and Inspections, Office of Energy ProjectsFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Robert CavagnaroMechanical Engineer, Applied Physics LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

John ChestertonPrincipal Project Manager - Dams and Hydraulic StructuresMott Macdonald

Mark ChristianTechnical LeaderEPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Luciana CiocciHydroelectric Incentives Stakeholder Engagement LeadU.S. Department of Energy

Linda CiocciExecutive DirectorHydropower Foundation

Zack ColmanClimate Change ReporterPolitico

Patrick CrossMarine Energy Program Manager, Hawaii Natural Energy InstituteUniversity of Hawaii

David CulliganVice President, Hydropower Practice LeadHDR

Tom CuthbertChief Technology OfficerEmrgy, Inc.

Stuart DaviesCEOORPC, Inc.

Will DavisPartnerCapitol Tax Partners

Jennifer DawSenior ResearcherNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Katia DebianHydro Account Leader - Southeast USAGE Renewable Energy, Part of GE Vernova

Elise DeGeorgeSenior Project LeaderNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Kyle DeSomberMechanical Engineer, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

John Di StasioPresidentLarge Public Power Council (LPPC)

Liam DonovanPrincipalBracewell LLP

David DuquetteChief Executive Officer (CEO)Littoral Power Systems Inc.

Sheila EylerProject Leader, Mid-Atlantic Fish & Wildlife Conservation OfficeFish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Cam FisherPrincipal - Aquatic Sciences48 North Solutions

Stephen FitzmauriceVice PresidentDirect Impact

Robert FourqureanPolicy Advisor – Energy & ClimateBritish Embassy

Theresa FoxleyChief of StaffrPlus Hydro, LLP

Rachel FrazinEnergy and Environment ReporterThe Hill

Scott GarrisonSenior Vice President of GrowthCleanSpark

John GodfreySenior Government Relations RepresentativeAmerican Public Power Association (APPA)

Debbie GraySenior Energy Policy ManagerInternational Hydropower Association (IHA)

Tessa GrecoManager, Water Power Deployment and CommercializationNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Len GreeneDirector of Government Affairs and CommunicationsFirstLight Power Resources

Hali GruberLegislative Director, Office of U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris RodgersU.S. House of Representatives

Jason GrumetChief Executive OfficerAmerican Clean Power Association (ACP)

Boualem (Bo) HadjeriouaDirector of Integrated Water Resource ManagementMesa Associates, Inc.

Miles HallPolicy ManagerNatel Energy, Inc.

Seth HanlonDeputy Assistant Secretary for Tax and Climate Policy, Office of Tax PolicyU.S. Treasury

Ryan HansenHydropower Outreach Coordinator, Division of Hydropower Licensing, Office of Energy ProjectsFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Alex HaroScientist Emeritus, Fish Biologist, S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research LaboratoryU.S. Geological Survey

Michael HaynesImmediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Interim General Manager/CEOSeattle City Light

Dan HellinDeputy DirectorPacWave

Tim HemstreetVice President, Renewable Energy DevelopmentPacifiCorp

Scott HennesseyVice President, Federal Policy,Brookfield Renewable Energy Group (US)

Samuel HerbertSenior Energy & Environmental Justice Policy Advisor, Office of Economic Impact and DiversityU.S. Department of Energy

Myles HewardProject ManagerEuropean Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)

Foster HildrethGeneral ManagerOrcas Power and Light Cooperative (Opalco)

Kenneth HoganRegional Hydropower CoordinatorFish and Wildlife Service (FWS), U.S. Department of the Interior

Courtney HoldenResearch ScientistRiver Institute

Matthew HollandSenior Project EngineerWave Energy Scotland

Kirk HudsonGeneral ManagerChelan County Public Utility District

Lauren InouyeInvestments, Renewables and Green HydrogenFortescue Future Industries

Gary IvoryGeneral ManagerDouglas County Public Utility District

Paul JacobChief Executive OfficerRye Development

Alison JakupcaSenior Regulatory ConsultantKleinschmidt Associates

Ushakar JhaVice President, Project EngineeringRye Development

Herbie JohnsonTechnology Manager, Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)U.S. Department of Energy

Nathan JohnsonVice President, DevelopmentORPC, Inc.

Chuck KahlerVice President, Hydropower Sector LeadStantec

John KatzDeputy Associate General Counsel, Office of the General CounselFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Hailee KesselChief Regulatory OfficerCurrent Hydro, LLC

Ronald (Ron) KlawitterManager, Resource Analysis & PlanningSalt River Project (SRP)

Joe KleinChief Executive OfficerVerdant Power, Inc.

Vladimir KoritarovDirector, Center for Energy, Environmental, and Economic Systems Analysis; Program Manager, Water Power ProgramArgonne National Laboratory (ANL), U.S. Department of Energy

Will LaneSenior Legislative Assistant, Office of U.S. Representative Jeff DuncanU.S. House of Representatives

Brenda LangleyOperations and Communications ManagerPacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC)

Kelly LarimerChief Technical OfficerKleinschmidt Associates

Tekaherha Logan LazoreEnvironmental Field TechnicianMohawk Council of Akwesasne

Jeff LeaheyVice PresidentSMI

Chris LeePresident and CEOTidal Energy Corp.

Michael LEEPresidentCyTroniQ Co., Ltd.

Marcus LehmannCEOCalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Alice LinSenior Tax Policy Advisor, Finance CommitteeU.S. Senate

Joseph LoSassoDirector of Corporate Partnerships and Senior Manager of Industry EngagementNational Hydropower Association (NHA)

Jacob MacdonaldStructural EngineerKiewit

Landon MackeyLead Systems Engineer and Principal Investigator of the Aloha SeaRAYC-Power

Mike ManwaringPrincipal Hydropower and Energy ConsultantStantec

Tom MapesFounder and PresidentDigital Energy Council

Mark MarienHealth and Safety Lead, Marine Operations Testing, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

Clark MatherGovernment Affairs OfficerTacoma Power

Ruth McCormickVice President, Federal and State ProgramsBusiness Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)

Elizabeth McCormickAssociateTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Dana McCoskeyEnvironmental Technologies Manager, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

Kristina McMillanOwner | Fractional CMOSteel Toe Consulting

Cathy McMorris RodgersCongresswoman, 5th District, R-WashingtonU.S. House of Representatives

Kaitlyn MillerDirectorBully Pulpit International (BPI)

Duff MitchellManaging DirectorJuneau Hydro

Philip MoellerExecutive Vice President, Business Operations Group and Regulatory AffairsEdison Electric Institute (EEI)

Elizabeth MolloyAdvisory Attorney, Office of General CounselFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Brandon MooneyDeputy Chief Counsel, Energy and Commerce CommitteeU.S, House of Representatives

Daniel MooreEnergy ReporterBloomberg

Tim MundonChief Technology OfficerOscilla Power, Inc.

Debbie MurschDirector Business DevelopmentGE Vernova

Timothy OakesVice PresidentKleinschmidt

Ryan OnoManager, Climate PolicyOcean Conservancy

David OonkManagement Analyst, Social Science and Data Strategy, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

John PeconomEnergy Infrastructure Program Manager, Office of Public ParticipationFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Nic PhillipsVice PresidentThe Ideal Electric and Manufacturing Company

Jeffrey PhillipsSenior CounselEagle Creek Renewable Energy

Preston PierceGeneral Manager, Hydro, Bad Creek Pumped Storage ProjectDuke Energy Corporation

Reagen PriceRace and Social Justice Initiative Program ManagerSeattle City Light

Michael PurdieDirector of Regulatory Affairs and MarketsNational Hydropower Association (NHA)

Samantha QuinnProgram DirectorPacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET)

Tim RamseyMarine Energy Program Manager, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

Nathan ReeseExecutive Vice President, External RelationsGrand River Dam Authority (GRDA)

Luigi RestaPresidentrPlus Hydro

Maria RobinsonDirector, Grid Deployment Office (GDO)U.S. Department of Energy

Chris RoneyResearch Lead, Economy-wide Analysis and Electrification, Energy Systems and Climate Analysis GroupEPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Garret RootPrincipal Architectural HistorianSWCA Environmental Consultants

Evan RosenliebResearcher III-Geospatial ScienceNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Tom Rowlands-ReesHead of Research, North AmericaBloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)

Gia SchneiderCo-Founder and CEONatel Energy, Inc.

Abe SchneiderCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO)Natel Energy

Kim SchrierCongresswoman, 8th District, D-WashingtonU.S. House of Representatives

Walter SchurtenbergerCEO/Lead Designer (Hydro Gen. & Communications)Hydrokinetic Energy Corp.

Katie Sellers ReynoldsRegulatory Affairs ManagerORPC, Inc.

Del ShannonPresident, Hydropower FoundationChief Dam Engineer, Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.

Brennan SmithSenior Hydropower ConsultantHDR

Nick SobczykEnergy and Climate ReporterAxios

Bryan SojkowskiRegional Fish Passage EngineerU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Thomas St. JohnMember of the Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Project Manager-Hydro Regulatory and Legislative PolicySouthern Company

Erik SteimleVice President of Project DevelopmentRye Development

Kate StirrVice President of External AffairsNatel Energy

Philipp StratmannPresident and Chief Executive OfficerOcean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT)

Mark SudolSenior AdvisorDawson & Associates

Pamala SullivanChair, Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Chief Operating OfficerAmerican Municipal Power, Inc.

Kristi TerrasaSenior Associate, Corporate and Business DevelopmentC-Power

Drew TrestedVice President/Fisheries ScientistNormandeau Associates, Inc.

Copeland TuckerDirector of Public AffairsNational Hydropower Association (NHA)

Barbara TyranDirector of External RelationsNational Hydropower Association (NHA)

Florence UngaroMarine Energy SpecialistEuropean Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)

Rocio Uria-MartinezResearch EconomistOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Zack ValdezAdvisor to Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)U.S. Department of Energy

Jim VandePuttePolicy ManagerEagle Creek Renewable Energy

Corey VezinaHydropower Program Manager, Water Power Technologies OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

Heidi WahtoCo-Vice Chair, National Hydropower Association Board of Directors, and Principal, Licensing and Regulatory LeadStantec

Sterling WatsonStaff Mechanical EngineerNatel Energy

Andrew WebberFounder and Chief Executive OfficerDigital Power Optimization (DPO)

Shana WisemanHydroelectric Incentives Program Manager, Grid Deployment OfficeU.S. Department of Energy

Julia WoodPartnerRock Creek Energy Group

Malcolm WoolfPresident and CEONational Hydropower Association (NHA)

Martin WosnikUniversity of New Hampshire

Oliver WraggCommercial DirectorOrbital Marine Power

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