Elizabeth Kaiga

Elizabeth Kaiga is a proven leader in the energy industry who has, for over two decades, developed and implemented transformational and innovative growth and commercial development strategies for national and global professional service firms. Elizabeth is currently Chief Commercial Officer for Energy Systems at DNV, North America where she leads commercial activities across DNV’s lines…

Jade Garrett is an accomplished entrepreneur, innovator, and clean energy leader. She is passionate about facilitating support for organizations developing and implementing clean energy solutions. She has over 15 years of experience as a founder in renewable energy, rapid prototyping, and robotics. She established Positive Deviancy in 2021, with the mission to uplift non-traditional startups…

Michael Arndt has served as President of Recurrent Energy’s North America business since 2020 and has more than two decades of experience in the renewable energy industry, particularly in utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage project development. Prior to his current role, Michael served as Managing Director of Development at Recurrent Energy. Michael joined Recurrent Energy from…

Jonathan Geldof joined ACORE in October 2024 as Senior Manager of Government Affairs for the Macro Grid Initiative. He helps lead advocacy efforts for expanded transmission development across the country. Prior to ACORE, Jonathan worked on transmission and RTO issues at Advanced Energy United. He spent several election cycles on the road as a campaign…

As Senior Manager of Policy and Engagement, Jeffrey analyzes the impacts of policy changes and market developments, develops educational resources, manages ACORE’s Corporate Sustainability Advisory Council, and drafts ACORE comments on standard-setting processes and rulemakings. Prior to joining ACORE, Jeffrey spent three years working at Booz Allen Hamilton. He received his Bachelor of Arts in…

Jeremy Horan serves as ACORE’s Vice President for Government Affairs. With nearly 20 years of service in the U.S. Congress and executive branch, Jeremy has extensive experience advancing and defending the intersecting economic, national security, and environmental benefits of clean energy policies in a variety of political contexts. He brings a firsthand understanding of Congressional…

Sandhya Ganapathy is the Chief Executive Officer for EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and a member of the Management Team of EDP Renewables (EDPR), the fourth largest renewable energy producer in the world. Sandhya joined EDPR in 2012 as Head of Investments and M&A North America. From 2017 to her CEO appointment in early…

James Giamarino joined Ørsted in September 2020 and is currently the Chief Commercial Officer for the newly combined Ørsted Americas offshore and onshore business. As the head of the single consolidated commercial team, he overseas Growth & Strategy, Commercial Structuring, M&A, Project Finance and Commercial Partnerships, covering all commercial activities through the entire project lifecycle.…

Jordan Newman has been in renewable energy finance for 18 years. He has worked both on the tax equity investment side as well as on the project developer/sponsor side and has deep expertise in all project finance structures, including purchase/sale, construction debt, term debt and tax equity structures. Jordan has been with Wells Fargo for 9…