Speaker Listing

CLEAN CURRENTS 2025

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Mike Abney

Senior Environmental Resource Manager, Water Strategy, Hydro Licensing and Lake Services at Duke Energy Corporation

Faculty

Fabio Acerbis

Field Application Engineer at ABB

Speaker

Mahesh Acharya

Clean Energy Postdoc Research Associate at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker

Steve Amaral

Principal Fisheries Scientist at Biopassage Scientific Consulting LLC

Faculty

Shannon Ames

Executive Director at Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI)

Panelist

Hany Aoude

Regional Vice President, North America at ANDRITZ Hydro Corp.

Moderator

Trevor Atkinson

Research Scientist, Geothermal Energy and Subsurface Systems at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist, Speaker

James Barbis

Principal at Geosyntec Consultants

Panelist

Diane Barr

Principal Regulatory Specialist at Camas, LLC

Faculty

Brett Bauer

Vice President and General Manager at Canyon Hydro

Speaker

Mark Benacquisto

Executive Director, MW/PD Labor Management at United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) Millwrights

Conversation Starter

Bruno Benedetti

Director, Generation and Optimization at Brookfield Renewable Energy Group (US)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Francesca Blanco Hadjimichael

Director of Meetings and Events at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Emcee

Randy Bowersox

Vice President; Director of Operations – Water, Energy, & Environment; Hydropower Market Executive at Gannett Fleming

Session Leader

Ian Bramson

Vice President, Industrial Cybersecurity Practice at Black & Veatch Corporation

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

David Brown Kinloch

President at Appalachian Hydro Associates

Speaker

Phil Cantarinha

Director, Power Generation Engineering at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Session Leader

Kelly Catlett

Director of Hydropower Reform at American Rivers

Panelist

Mark Christian

Technical Leader at EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Faculty, Speaker

Karen Counes

Vice President, Program and Construction Management Practice Leader at CDM Smith

Speaker, Conversation Starter

Tyler Covich

Manager, Water Management at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Conversation Starter

Aaron Dale

Director, Regulated Renewables Operations at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Merry Dang

Director, Business Development at KGS Group

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Lora Davis

Technical Project Manager for Power Power Program at ORNL at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Conversation Starter

Katia Debian

Hydro Account Leader - Southeast USA at GE Vernova

Session Leader

Elise DeGeorge

Senior Project Leader at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Conversation Starter

Nicholas Dempsey

Senior Geostructural Engineer at HDR

Panelist

Scott DeNeale

Water Resources Engineer, Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Panelist

Kyle DeSomber

Mechanical Engineer/Hydropower Advisor, Sustainable Systems Team Lead at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Jeffrey DiMaio

President at VBASE Oil Company

Panelist

Aaron Doyle

Technical Applications Specialist at Iris Power LP

Speaker

Eddie Duncan

General Manager, Regional Services at Duke Energy Corporation

Chair

Venkat Durvasulu

Power Market Research Engineer at Idaho National Laboratory

Panelist

Sean Ellenson

Managing Engineer at McMillen, Inc.

Speaker

Tom Evans

Senior Water Resources Engineer, RMA at GEI Consultants

Speaker

James Everett

Senior Manager, River Forecast Center, River Management at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Facilitator and Discussion Lead

Hyrum Fairbanks

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Design Engineering and Drafting at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)

Speaker

Ellen Faulkner

Senior Project Manager at Ayres Associates

Session Leader

Adam Feigl

Senior GIS Analyst at HDR

Speaker

TJ Ferreira

Senior Process and System Architech at GridSME

Panelist

Thomas Fitzgerald

Principal at Schnabel Engineering

Faculty

Erin Foraker

Mechanical Engineer, Power & Energy and Water Infrastructure, Research and Development at Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior (USBR)

Session Leader

Nathan Ford

Business Manager, Hydropower at Burns & McDonnell

Speaker

Brent Fountain

Principal Engineer at San Diego County Water Authority

Conversation Starter

Martina Friedrich

Head of Pumped Storage Unit at Implenia AG.

Faculty

Max Fulton-Manders

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Salt River Project (SRP) Hydro Generation

Speaker

Robert Gordon

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Seattle City Light

Panelist

Brian Graber

Senior Director, River Restoration Program at American Rivers

Faculty

Kyle Gustafson

Senior Engineer at Anchor QEA

Speaker

Boualem (Bo) Hadjerioua

Director of Integrated Water Resource Management at Mesa Associates, Inc.

Speaker

Christian Hager

Solutions Executive at OPSWAT

Conversation Starter

Brendan Henry

Practice Leader - Tunnels, Senior Technical Director - Tunnels and Hydro at GHD

Speaker

Sarah Hill-Nelson

President & CEO at The Bowersock Mills and Power Company

Moderator

Roger Hutton

Chief Engineer at New England Hydropower Company LLC

Speaker

Steve Jacoby

Vice President of Generation Engineering at Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA)

Speaker

Megan Johnson

Data Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Speaker

Jennie Jorgenson

Production Cost Modeler at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker

Bill Kappel

President/Chief Meteorologist at Applied Weather Associates

Speaker

Surabhi Karambelkar

Policy Director at Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI)

Faculty

Stefan Kohnen

Principal/Regional Manager at KGS Group

Speaker

Elliot Koontz

Senior Scientist at Four Peaks Environmental Science & Data Solutions

Faculty

Vladimir Koritarov

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

Speaker

Matjaz Kovacic

Chief Project and Design Engineer at Litostroj Power d.o.o.

Speaker

Francisco Kuljevan

Hydropower Generation Program Leader at EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute

Speaker

David Laack

Senior Project Manager at J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.

Speaker

Audrey Lamb

Natural Resources Services Manager at Tacoma Power

Panelist

Elizabeth Landowski

Manager, Dam Safety Risk Practice at GFT (formerly Gannett Fleming)

Conversation Starter

Mary Ellen Large

Business Development Executive – Federal Markets at Nicholson Construction Company, a Subsidiary of SOLETANCHE BACHY

Session Leader

Romaine Lastere

President at EnerAxion

Faculty

Michael Likavec

Chief Dam Safety Engineer at Puget Sound Energy

Speaker

Vitor Lopes Garcia

Service Line Manager for Hydropower at Quest Integrity Group

Faculty

Dominic Losco

Lubes Technical Advisor Americas, PANOLIN Biodegradable Lubricants at Shell

Panelist

Shannon Luoma

Licensing and Regulatory Section Manager at Kleinschmidt Associates

Session Leader

Xu Ma

Electrical Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Conversation Starter

Jason MacDowell

Senior Director, Technology, Strategy and Policy at GE Energy Consulting

Panelist

Peter MacLeod

Business Development Manager at InnovaSea

Faculty

Lisa Martindale

Reservoir Management Manager at Alabama Power Company

Moderator

Penny McKenzie

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Conversation Starter

Paul Meeks

President and Chief Executive Officer at Worthington Products, Inc.

Faculty

Joel Metzger

General Manager at Utica Water And Power Authority

Panelist

Patrick Miles

Water Resources Engineer at Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Speaker

Howard Moudy

Managing Director at National Electric Coil (NEC)

Speaker

Devin Myers

Senior Project Manager at Chelan County Public Utility District

Session Leader

Morgan Nachman

Director at Kearns & West

Faculty

Daniel Nail

Principal Engineer at Southern Company

Speaker

Megan Nesbitt

Senior Proposal Manager at Andritz

Session Leader

Erik Norland

Director of Engineering and Asset Planning at Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD)

Speaker

Ozren Oreskovic

Managing Director at Veski

Speaker

John Osterle

Senior Vice President, Dams & Water Resources at Rizzo International

Speaker

Catherine Percival

Senior Hydrologist at SR Diversified, LLC

Conversation Starter

Preston Pierce

General Manager, Hydro, Bad Creek Pumped Storage Project at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Jackson Post

Project Engineer at Petrotech, Inc.

Speaker

Gerard Puleo

Business Development Manager, Western Region, USA at Shell MIDEL Americas

Panelist

Mark Ramsey

US West Tunnels Practice Leader at Mott MacDonald

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Laura Read

Product Manager, HydroForecast at Upstream Tech

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Adam Reeves

Federal Application Engineer at Eaton Corporation

Speaker

Dan Reicher

Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University

Panelist

Lev Ring

President at Sage Geosystems

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Chad Rissman

Director - Distribution Asset Management at Chelan County PUD

Speaker

Matt Roberts

Director, NA Renewables at Emerson

Speaker

Kelsey Rugani

Vice President at Kearns & West

Faculty, Moderator

John Sagerser

Manager - Project Delivery at Chelan County Public Utility District

Speaker

Alexandra Sammons

Program Manager - Hydropower at CEATI

Speaker

Eric Scheibler

Senior Consulting Engineer at Quest Integrity Group

Faculty

Abe Schneider

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Natel Energy

Faculty

Emily Schwartz

Dams Deputy Business Line Director at Black & Veatch

Session Leader

Jody Smet

Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs at Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Moderator

Kevin Snapp

Vice President of Technical Sales at Turbine Cleaner

Panelist

Paul Stackhouse

Senior Physical Scientist, Science Directorate/Climate Science Branch at NASA Langley Research Center

Speaker

Dylan Stankus

Director, Environmental Compliance at Rye Development LLC

Panelist

Matt Stanley

Senior Consultant at Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, D.P.C.

Session Leader

Samuel Stephens

Project Engineer at Quest Integrity

Faculty

Kate Stirr

Vice President of External Affairs at Natel Energy

Chair

Justin Stover

Wind Segment Manager at C.C. JENSEN, Oil Maintenance

Moderator

Adrian Strain

Senior Water Resources Engineer at HDR

Faculty

Tim Sullivan

Vice President of Operations and Senior Regulatory Specialist at Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, D.P.C.

Panelist

Daniel Toft

President at Duromar Repair & Maintenance Coatings

Speaker

Andrew Treble

CFO at Canadian Hydro

Faculty

Michael Truex

Energy & Regulatory Market Lead at McMillen Inc.

Session Leader

Trevor Turner

Manager, Hydro East; Formerly Superintendent Maintenance at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Rocio Uria-Martinez

Research Economist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker

Tony Vader

Dam Safety/Structural Engineer at Grant County PUD

Speaker

Alissa Van Overbeek

General Manager, Remote Services at ASI Marine

Panelist

Rosa Vargas

America Regional Manager, Excitation at ABB Inc.

Session Leader

George Velazquez

Manager - Engineering & Project Management at Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD)

Speaker

Jesse Waldrip

Principal Consultant and Fisheries Engineer at Kleinschmidt Associates

Faculty

Bryan Walsh

Vice President, Carolinas Regulated Renewables & Lake Services at Duke Energy Corporation

Speaker

Helmut Wannenmacher

Contract Manager at Implenia Construction GmbH

Faculty

Lee Ward

Industry Sales Manager - Traditional Power Gen at Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Conversation Starter

Cory Warnock

Regulatory & Licensing Discipline Lead at McMillen, Inc.

Panelist

Emily Waters

Lead Project Manager, FERC Hydropower at SWCA Environmental Consultants

Speaker

Tim Welch

CEO and Facilitator at Hydropower Matters LLC

Faculty

Eli Wilson

Senior Civil-Structural Engineer at Seattle City Light

Speaker

Michael Winters

Lead Dam Safety Engineer at Dominion Energy

Conversation Starter

Andrew Wodoslawsky

Hydro Mechanical Engineer at Black & Veatch

Speaker

Norbert Woodhams

Vice Chair, Future Leaders of Waterpower (FLOW), Outside Sales Representative at Worthington Products

Session Leader

Malcolm Woolf

President and CEO at National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Panelist

Robert (Bob) Yeager

President, Power and Water Solutions Business at Emerson

Keynote Speaker

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