Ja Kao

Ja has over 20 years of finance, legal and renewables leadership experience. As an investment banker and tax lawyer, Ja structured and placed complex financial instruments and structured and executed M&A transactions across sectors, including financial services, media, telecom, energy (both traditional and renewable), consumer products and industrials. Ja was the Former President and Chief…

Kristal Hansley is the Founder and CEO of WeSolar. Hansley, the nation’s first African American Woman CEO in the community solar industry, is an entrepreneur and advocate for the use of solar power to help hard-working families reduce monthly expenses. She first made her mark when she was honored as the 2010 Howard University Legislative Fellow,…

David Giordano is the Managing Director, Global Head – BlackRock Climate Infrastructure. Mr. Giordano leads the investment strategy and organizational management of the Climate Infrastructure team. He has led the investment strategies across the Americas and APAC since the launch of the Platform in 2011. The BlackRock Climate Infrastructure team has over $9 billion of…

Kathleen Frangione is Head of Government Affairs and Market Strategy for Ørsted North America. In this role, she leads the company’s engagement with government officials at the federal, state and local levels. Her team also is responsible for partnerships and collaboration with partners and stakeholders in the markets and communities where Ørsted is developing projects…

Monique Dyers, P.E. is the Principal and CEO of Ensight Energy Consulting, LLC, an engineering and consulting firm, which provides engineering, project management and technical due diligence services to developers, owners, financial institutions and other stakeholders of renewable energy, power and energy infrastructure projects. Ms. Dyers has over 17 years of experience in the energy…

William Demas is Senior Managing Director & Head of Americas, Green Investment Group, within Macquarie Asset Management. Will re-joined Macquarie from Stonepeak Partners, where he was instrumental in leading the firm’s America’s renewable energy and energy transition investment activities. Prior to Stonepeak, he spearheaded and led Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in the Americas. Prior to CIP,…

Mona E. Dajani is a Partner and the Global Co-Chair of Energy Infrastructure and Hydrogen at Baker Botts LLP and Co-Chair of the firm’s Energy Sector. Ms. Dajani’s global practice has involved representation of some of the largest blue-chip clients worldwide. In her over 20 years of practice, she has led numerous energy, sustainability, and…

Will is a member of the Clean Energy & Power team in the Global Infrastructure organization at Google where as part of the company’s global data center strategy, he leads the team that procures energy and electric infrastructure for data centers in the Americas and EMEA regions. In pursuit of this goal, Will and his…

Mit Buchanan is a 12-year veteran in the renewable energy sector with a career spanning 31 years in the energy sector within JPMorgan and its heritage organizations. Prior to joining Energy Investments, she headed up the Oil & Gas Team of JPMorgan Capital Corporation and structured production platform financing for Independents in the Gulf of…

Vikas is Head of the Alternative Energy Investing Group at Goldman Sachs, where he has worked for over 12 years. The Goldman Sachs Alternative Energy Investing Group is a dedicated platform deploying capital in the alternative energy sector through a broad range of financing solutions including equity, debt, and tax equity. The group is committed…