Clean Currents 2023

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Aaron Dale

  • Director, Regulated Renewables Operations
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Speaker

Aaron Doyle

  • Technical Applications Specialist
  • Iris Power LP
  • Poster Presenter

Aaron Levine

  • Senior Legal And Regulatory Analyst, Strategic Energy Analysis Center
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)
  • Presenter

Adam Merah

  • Business Development Manager for North America
  • NEL Hydrogen
  • Panelist

Adrian Strain

  • Senior Water Resources Engineer
  • HDR
  • Faculty
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Albert Mikhail

  • Turbine Performance Expert
  • KGS Group International Inc. USA
  • Speaker

Alison Colotelo

  • Project Manager
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter, Moderator
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Amy Deakyne

  • Regional Director for Hydro Structures and Dams
  • KGS Group International Inc. USA
  • Emcee

Ana Xavier

  • Service Manager, Northeast
  • Voith Hydro, Inc.
  • Faculty
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Andrew Lawrence

  • Senior Account Manager
  • Deep Trekker Inc.
  • Demonstration Speaker

Andrew Munro

  • Associate Chief Resource Officer
  • Grant County Public Utility District
  • Panelist

Anuj Sanghvi

  • Principal Investigator, Cybersecurity
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)
  • Presenter

Aron Sexton

  • Senior Director of Business Development
  • Kinectrics
  • Demonstration Speaker

Ashby Ward

  • Operations Manager
  • TurbinePROs
  • Faculty

Bernd Nennemann

  • Head of R&D, Francis Technologies
  • ANDRITZ HYDRO Corp.
  • Speaker

Bo Saulsbury

  • Project Manager, Risk & Environmental Assessment Group
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Speaker

Brenda Pracheil

  • Aquatic Ecologist, Fisheries Biologist
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Moderator

Brennan Smith

  • Senior Hydropower Consultant
  • HDR
  • Moderator

Brett Commander

  • Principal Engineer
  • Bridge Diagnostics Inc (BDI)
  • Speaker

Brian Graber

  • Senior Director, River Restoration Program
  • American Rivers
  • Panelist

Brian Luffman

  • Senior Engineer
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Panelist

Bryan Holasek

  • Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy
  • FDE Hydro
  • Demonstration Speaker

Camille Ellsworth

  • Development Associate, Hydro
  • rPlus Hydro
  • Panelist

Camilo Jose Bastidas Pacheco

  • Water & Power Systems Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Carly Hansen

  • Water Resources Engineer
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Panelist

Charles Scaife

  • Physical Scientist (Hydrologist)
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Faculty

Charles Sensiba

  • Partner
  • Troutman Pepper
  • Panelist

Chelsea Gonzales

  • Systems Engineer, Applied Software Engineering and Technology
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Faculty

Cheryl Laatsch

  • Statewide FERC Coordinator
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Co-Chair, Conversation Starter

Chris Nichols

  • Executive Director
  • Renewables Forward
  • Panelist

Chris Rousseau

  • Senior Estimator, Government Relations and Hydro Operations Manager
  • J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.
  • Session Leader

Chris Smith

  • Project Manager
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter

Christopher Bencal

  • President, FDE Hydro
  • French Development Enterprises Hydro
  • Demonstration Speaker

Cole Sergi

  • Mechanical Engineer, Hydroelectric Design Center
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Panelist

Connor Dolan

  • Vice President of External Affairs
  • Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA)
  • Moderator

Corey Mattie

  • Co-Founder
  • Indigenous Treaty Partners
  • Faculty

Corey Vezina

  • Technology Project Manager, Water Power Technologies Office
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Panelist

Curtis Larimer

  • Materials Scientist
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker

Dan Reicher

  • Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
  • Stanford University
  • Panelist

Dana McCoskey

  • Environmental Technologies Manager, Water Power Technologies Office
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Panelist

Daniel Broman

  • Applied Hydroclimatologist
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Speaker

Daniel Olson

  • Business Development and Proposals Manager
  • Litostroj Power
  • Faculty

Dave Edwards

  • Director and Advocate for Hydrogen Energy
  • Air Liquide
  • Panelist

David Havard

  • Leader, Service Innovations, and Managing Director, GE Hydro France
  • GE Renewable Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker

Dawn Presler

  • Sr. Environmental Coordinator, Natural Resources, Generation
  • Snohomish County Public Utility District
  • Moderator

Debbie Gray

  • Climate Policy Manager
  • International Hydropower Association (IHA)
  • Panelist

Dennis Schwartz

  • Senior Associate/Senior Vice President, Dams & Hydropower
  • Schnabel Engineering
  • Host

Desmond Feher

  • Office Manager: Mechanical Engineering Services, Operations and Maintenance – Mechanical
  • California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
  • Facilitator

Devin Myers

  • Senior Project Manager
  • Chelan County PUD
  • Panelist

E. Onur Tastan

  • Principal Engineer
  • Geosyntec Consultants
  • Speaker
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Elena Baca

  • Research Engineer, Marine Energy
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter

Elise DeGeorge

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

Ellen Faulkner

  • Advisory Member, NHA Hydrpower Technical Community, and Senior Project Manager
  • Ayres Associates
  • Panelist

Eric Van Deuren

  • Senior Director, Power Generation Operations
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)
  • Co-Facilitator, Speaker

Gavin Smith

  • Senior Project Engineer – Structural
  • McMillen Inc.
  • Speaker

Gregory Stark

  • Hydropower Technical Manager/Water Power Grid
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Panelist

Hans Naeff

  • Engineering Manager, Global Hydro
  • Black & Veatch
  • Speaker

Hongfei Hou

  • Software Engineer
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker
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Hope Corsair

  • Electric Grid Energy Economist
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter

Houston Barnaby

  • Founding Partner – Barrister & Solicitor
  • Indigenous Treaty Partners
  • Faculty

Ian Radcliffe

  • Project Manager
  • J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.
  • Faculty

James Bradford

  • User Experience Designer, Human Centered Computing, NSD
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker, Presenter

James Glunt

  • Regional Sales Manager
  • American Hydro Corporation
  • Faculty

Janet Walther

  • Senior Manager, Hydro Licensing and Compliance
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)
  • Panelist

Jeanne Hilsinger

  • President
  • Mavel Americas
  • Moderator

Jeff Grizzel

  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Grant County Public Utility District
  • Speaker

Jennifer Daw

  • Senior Researcher
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Panelist, Presenter

Jennifer Garson

  • Director, Water Power Technologies Office
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter, Emcee

Jeremy Clotfelter

  • Director, Hydro Operations
  • Northwestern Energy
  • Co-Chair

Jeri Fleming

  • Environmental Compliance and Grants, Ecosystems and Watershed Management
  • Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA)
  • Speaker

Jillian Lawrence

  • Chief Dam Safety Engineer
  • Patriot Hydro, LLC
  • Co-Chair, Facilitator

Jim Howe

  • Senior Policy Advisor for Freshwater, North American Policy and Government Relations
  • The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
  • Panelist

Jim Thrasher

  • Business Development Coordinator
  • Thompson | HCMS
  • Faculty

John Ragonese

  • FERC License Manager
  • Great River Hydro, LLC
  • Panelist

John Suloway

  • Senior Energy Regulatory Advisor
  • Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, D.P.C.
  • Co-Chair

Jolene Thompson

  • President and CEO
  • American Municipal Power, Inc.
  • Panelist

Jonathan Quebbeman

  • Senior Water Resources Engineer
  • RTI International
  • Session Leader

Jonathon Kusa

  • CEO/President
  • Inter-Fluve, Inc.
  • Facilitator

Joseph Daddona

  • Post-Bachelor Research Associate
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker

Juan Gallego-Calderon

  • Clean Energy Engineer
  • Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter

Justin Trudell

  • Chief Operating Officer
  • FirstLight Power Resources
  • Facilitator, Conversation Starter

Karen Graham

  • Vice President
  • HDR
  • Speaker

Katie Kennedy

  • Applied River Scientist
  • The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
  • Panelist

Katie Schmidt

  • Associate Director, National Dam Removal Program
  • American Rivers
  • Panelist

Kazi Tamaddun

  • Earth Scientist – Applied Hydro-Climatologist, Energy and Environment Directorate
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Kelly MacVane

  • Regulatory Resources Section Manager, Hydropower Services
  • HDR
  • Session Leader

Kelly Schaeffer

  • Principal Consultant, Kleinschmidt Associates
  • Chair, Women in Hydropower Mentorship Program
  • Panelist

Kelsey Rugani

  • Vice President
  • Kearns & West
  • Faculty

Kenneth Odom

  • Principal Engineer
  • Southern Company
  • Panelist
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Kevin Mulligan

  • Research Hydraulic Engineer, Fish Passage Design and Analysis Team, Conte Lab
  • United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Demonstration Speaker

Kirsten Gable

  • Practice Lead
  • Sapere Consulting, Inc
  • Moderator

Kristen Coveleski

  • Senior Water Resources Engineer & Fluvial Geomorphologist
  • Inter-Fluve, Inc.
  • Panelist

Kurt Miller

  • Executive Director
  • Northwest RiverPartners
  • Panelist

Kyle DeSomber

  • Mechanical Engineer, Water Power Technologies Office
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Facilitator

Kyle Maher

  • Dam Safety Engineer
  • Minnesota Power, an ALLETE Company
  • Speaker

Laura Fischer

  • Senior Technical Leader for Climate Resilience Analysis
  • EPRI – Electric Power Research Institute
  • Faculty

Len Greene

  • Director of Government Affairs and Communications
  • FirstLight Power
  • Presenter

Linda Ciocci

  • Executive Director
  • Hydropower Foundation
  • Speaker

Lloyd (Buddy) Lee

  • Artificial Intelligence Subject Matter Expert
  • Mesa Associates
  • Demonstration Speaker

Lorenz Lenhart

  • Product Manager, Sediment Care
  • Voith Hydro, Inc.
  • Demonstration Speaker

Luciano Rocca

  • Associate Scientist, Satellite InSAR Division
  • EO59 LLC
  • Speaker

Malcolm Woolf

  • President and CEO
  • National Hydropower Association (NHA)
  • Moderator

Marissa Steketee

  • Sustainability Practice Lead
  • Sapere Consulting, Inc
  • Panelist

Mark Benacquisto

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

Mark Christian

  • Technical Leader
  • Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  • Emcee

Mark Hussey

  • Manager for Sales and Business Development
  • Accelera by Cummins | Electrolyzers
  • Panelist

Mark Kessinger

  • Vice President of Water Resources and Dam Safety
  • DLZ Corporation
  • Speaker

Mark Ramsey

  • US West Tunnels Practice Leader
  • Mott MacDonald
  • Speaker

Mark Weimar

  • Principal Investigator for PSH Valuation Tool
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Markus Peherstorfer

  • Technical Sales Manager
  • WWS Wasserkraft GmbH
  • Speaker

Markus Zwicklbauer

  • Sales Manager
  • voestalpine Foundry Group
  • Demonstration Speaker

Mary Gail Sullivan

  • Director, Environmental and Lands Permitting and Compliance
  • Northwestern Energy
  • Presenter

Matt Brooks

  • Senior Consultant, Hydro Generation
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  • Moderator

Matt Pevarnik

  • Senior Sales Leader
  • GE Renewable Energy
  • Co-Facilitator

Matthew Klein

  • Civil Engineer, Concrete and Structural Laboratory
  • Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Demonstration Speaker

Megan Nesbitt

  • Senior Proposal Manager
  • ANDRITZ HYDRO Corp.
  • Session Leader

Michael Bryson

  • Senior Vice President – Operations
  • PJM Interconnection
  • Speaker

Michael Haynes

  • Chair of the Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Interim General Manager/CEO
  • Seattle City Light
  • Emcee

Michael Pedersen

  • Manager
  • By the Bay Consulting
  • Host

Michelle Mattson

  • Ecologist/Compensatory Mitigation Subject Matter Expert, Intitute for Water Resources (IWR)
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Panelist

Mike Manwaring

  • Principal Hydropower and Energy Consultant
  • Stantec
  • Co-Facilitator

Miles Hall

  • Policy and Stakeholder Engagement Lead
  • Natel Energy, Inc.
  • Panelist

Mirko Musa

  • Water Resources Engineer – Research Scientist
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter
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Mucun Sun

  • Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter

Natalie Coash

  • Julie Keil Scholarship Recipient, Masters of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (exp. graduation May 2024)
  • Auburn University
  • Speaker

Nathalie Voisin

  • Chief Scientist, Regional Water-Energy Dynamics
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Speaker, Faculty

Neal Simmons

  • President and CEO
  • Eagle Creek Renewable Energy
  • Conversation Starter

Nick Macrae

  • Project Development Engineering Manager, Heavy Civil Infrastructure
  • Bechtel Global Corporation
  • Speaker

Norbert Woodhams

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

Nuria Holmes

  • Senior Project Manager
  • SWCA Environmental Consultants
  • Panelist

Omid Mohseni

  • Vice President
  • Barr Engineering Company
  • Faculty

Pamala Sullivan

  • Vice Chair, Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Chief Operating Officer
  • American Municipal Power, Inc.
  • Emcee

Patrice Martel

  • Hydropower System Specialist
  • Hydac International
  • Poster Presenter

Paul Kling

  • Board Chairman
  • kW River Hydroelectric
  • Poster Presenter

Paul Matson

  • Aquatic Ecologist, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health Group, Environmental Sciences Division
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Paul Schiller

  • Senior Structural Engineer
  • Barr Engineering Company
  • Faculty

Pete Wallace

  • Hydro Business Development – Power and Water Solutions
  • Emerson
  • Faculty

Phil Cantarinha

  • Regional Director, Power and Energy
  • KGS Group International Inc. USA
  • Co-Facilitator

Piotr Neubauer

  • Principal Engineer – Generator Mechanical
  • GE Renewable Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker

Pradeep Ramuhalli

  • Scientist
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter, Speaker

Preston Gillespie

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Generation Officer, and Enterprise Operational Excellence
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Panelist

Preston Pierce

  • General Manager, Hydro, Bad Creek Pumped Storage Project
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Co-Chair

Rebecca Lamb

  • Program Director
  • National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project
  • Faculty

Rick Laubach

  • Mechanical Engineer, Hydroelectrical Design Center (HDC)
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Conversation Starter

Rory Alsberg

  • Senior Business Development Manager
  • J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.
  • Speaker

Rosa Vargas

  • America Regional Manager, Excitation
  • ABB Inc.
  • Session Leader

Ryan Berg

  • Water Power Regional Manager USA
  • Hatch
  • Conversation Starter

Sandy Slayton

  • Senior Project Manager/Principal Consultant
  • Rye Development
  • Conversation Starter

Sarah Kulpa

  • Vice President, Area Business Group Manager
  • HDR
  • Session Leader

Scott DeNeale

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

Scott Klabunde

  • Owner
  • HydroPartners
  • Chair
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Scott Romero

  • Senior Hydropower Program Manager
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Conversation Starter, Co-Chair

Seth Green

  • Chief Dam Safety Engineer, Alabama Power
  • Southern Company
  • Co-Chair, Moderator

Shannon Ames

  • Executive Director
  • Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI)
  • Panelist

Sharon Demeaux

  • Structural Section Chief, Hydroelectric Design Center
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Faculty

Shaun Carney

  • Senior Research Environmental Engineer
  • RTI International
  • Panelist

Shih-Chieh Kao

  • Program Manager
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Faculty

Slaven Kincic

  • Power System Research Engineer
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Soumyadeep Nag

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Energy Systems, Power & Energy Systems
  • Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Steve Taber

  • Chairman, Acting CEO
  • Gravity Power, LLC
  • Conversation Starter

Stuart Cohen

  • Energy System Analyst
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter

Sunny Wescott

  • Lead Meteorologist-Collaboration Cell, Infrastructure Security Division, CIA
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • Speaker

Suzanne Biddle

  • General Manager, Hydro Operations
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  • Co-Chair

Tamara Jenkins

  • Director, Project Delivery, Environment, Generation and Technical Services
  • Seattle City Light
  • Chair

Thomas Fitzgerald

  • Principal, Schnabel Engineering
  • NHA Hydraulic Power Committee Chair
  • Conversation Starter

Thomas O’Keefe

  • Pacific Northwest Stewardship Director
  • American Whitewater
  • Panelist

Thomas St. John

  • Treasurer of the Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA); Project Manager-Hydro Regulatory and Legislative Policy
  • Southern Company
  • Panelist
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Tim Brush

  • Principal Biologist
  • Inter-Fluve, Inc.
  • Presenter

Tim Huffman

  • Senior Project Manager, Regulated Renewables – Projects
  • Duke Energy Corporation
  • Speaker

Tim Sullivan

  • Vice President & Director, Business Development
  • Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, D.P.C.
  • Facilitator

Timothy Oakes

  • Vice President
  • Kleinschmidt
  • Moderator

Timothy Welch

  • Hydropower Incentives Program Manager, Grid Deployment Office
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Presenter, Moderator

Todd Briggeman

  • Project Manager, Hydropower and Hydraulic Structures
  • Black & Veatch
  • Co-Chair

Tom Cuthbert

  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Emrgy, Inc.
  • Panelist

Tom Kiernan

  • President and CEO
  • American Rivers
  • Panelist

Travis Hart

  • Director of Hydro Operations
  • Ameren Missouri
  • Conversation Starter, Co-Chair

Trevor Atkinson

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

Tyler Phillips

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Demonstration Speaker

Ushakar Jha

  • Vice President, Project Engineering
  • Rye Development, LLC
  • Panelist

Vincent Tidwell

  • Chief Scientist
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

Vladimir Koritarov

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

Warren Paul

  • Senior Engineering Manager, Hydropower, Dams, and Hydraulic Structures Group, KIEWIT Infrastructure
  • Kiewit
  • Speaker

Wayne Dyok

  • Executive Director
  • American Dams
  • Moderator

William Taggart

  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Owner; Engineering Consultant
  • Cavern Energy Storage / Taggart Engineering
  • Poster Presenter

WJ (Willey) Sandell

  • Vice President of Generation, Operations, and Development
  • American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP)
  • Speaker

Yemi Ojo

  • Clean Energy Postdoctoral Research Associate, Energy Systems
  • Idaho National Laboratory (INL), U.S. Department of Energy
  • Poster Presenter

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