Adam Altenhofen

Adam Altenhofen is a Senior Vice President for U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance (a subsidiary of U.S. Bank) and is part of the environmental finance team where he leads product development efforts stemming from the Inflation Reduction Act. Additionally, he has led efforts in project financing lending and leasing that support the energy transition. During his…

Puneet Verma leads federal advocacy efforts for Avangrid’s full suite of businesses including the 3rd largest wind and solar operations in the U.S. and 8 electric and natural gas utilities.  With over 30 years of experience, he has an extensive background and commercial understanding in diverse aspects of the energy sector ranging from policy, advocacy,…

Abby Watson leads business development and strategic activities for new offshore wind markets in  North America on behalf of Mainstream Renewable Power. Over the past 15 years Abby has worked with almost every type of renewable energy from several angles – development, construction, risk management, project management, manufacturing, sales, and policy. Prior to joining Mainstream…

George Hardie has more than 20 years of experience in the wind industry, he has been responsible for the development or acquisition of more than a dozen projects in the United States, United Kingdom and Central America, totaling more than 2,000 MW. At Pattern Development, he has been the lead developer or originator of many…

Matt Cheney is today the CEO of CleanPath Ventures LLC, a next-generation company that manages capital-intensive late stage renewable energy project development and financing. He is visionary and thought leader in the world of renewable energy project development and finance, and has an exemplary track record of success. He has accomplished this by consistently developing winning business…

Kenneth Westrick is a leading authority in weather and climate analytics for solar, wind, and hydropower, as well as climate and climate change impacts on energy, financial risk, and micro and macro sustainable energy planning. He applies his unique combination of operational knowledge, technical expertise, international experience, scientific academic background, and proven company and military…

Kathy is the Vice President of Government Affairs at Nextracker. Previously at First Solar, Kathy worked for Centex Corporation, a leading national homebuilder. As Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, Kathy managed federal, state and local legislative and regulatory issues affecting the company. Kathy was also responsible for managing the Centex Political Action Committee…

Advance Capital Markets, Inc. a private investment firm with a long and successful track record in the energy and power industries and is a partner in Arena Investments a SBIC providing growth capital to clean energy companies. Michael Ware has served as a financial advisor to private equity funds, international energy firms, independent power companies…

Kevin Walsh began advising Stonepeak and EOS in June, 2019 with respect to their activities in the power and renewable energy space globally. Prior to establishing his consultancy business in May, 2019 Mr Walsh was Managing Director and Head of U.S. Renewable Energy at GE Energy Financial Services (GE-EFS) from 2006-2019 where he led the…