Kenneth Westrick

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…

Frank Tugwell Retired, President CEOWinrock International Frank Tugwell, now an independent consultant, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Winrock International from 1999 to 2013.  Winrock is a nonprofit global development organization that carries on the philanthropic work, both domestically and internationally, of the Rockefeller family in the fields of renewable energy, agriculture and…

Sue is an expert on energy economics, regulation, and policy, particularly in the electric and gas industries. She has consulted to businesses, government, tribes, environmental groups, foundations, and other organizations on energy markets, economic and environmental regulation and strategy. She has also testified in civil litigation cases and in state and federal regulatory proceedings. Previously,…

Dr. Tester is the Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a Croll Energy Fellow at Cornell University.  He served as the founding Director of the Cornell Energy Institute from 2009 to 2017 and as Director for Energy in the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future from 2009…

Jacob Susman is a principal investor, a corporate renewables thought leader, a Founder-CEO & business builder, a project and corporate finance professional and a project developer & originator with a global power sector network. He has been building businesses, investing, developing and originating renewable energy since 1999. Jacob established a foundation in credit as a…

Cathy Snyder recently retired from Lockheed Martin Corporation after fifteen years. She served ten years as the Vice President of Energy, Environment and Science for Lockheed Martin’s Washington Operations Office. She led the Corporations strategic business initiatives in all energy matters including energy generation, energy efficiency, environmental management, and sustainability businesses for federal, commercial and…

Scott Sklar has been President of The Stella Group, Ltd for 17 yrs, which is a clean technology optimization and policy firm, after 15 years running both the solar (SEIA) and biomass (NBIA) industry associations in Washington, DC.  He was Political Director of the Solar Lobby (formed by the big nine national environmental groups) for…