From May 10- 12, EE Global returned to the epicenter of U.S. policy for its most successful iteration. The event was attended by over 800 energy efficiency leaders, exhibitors, visionaries, and media from 36 countries – including members of Congress, CEOs of leading energy companies, and top international officials.
OUR THOUGHT LEADERS

Kate Offringa
President
North American Insulation Manufacturers AssociationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Kyung-Ah Park
Managing Director and Head of Environmental Markets Group
Goldman SachsVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jeff M. Fettig
Chairman and CEO
Whirlpool CorporationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Michael Sachse
VP Regulatory Affairs & General Counsel
OpowerVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Joseph Romm
Senior Fellow
Center for American ProgressVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Barry Bredenkamp
Senior Manager
South African National Development InstituteVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Hwang Inchul
Senior Energy Specialist, Green Architecture Center
Korea Energy Management CorporationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jeff Drees
Executive Vice President, Professional Services Division
Schneider ElectricVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dominic Marcellino
Fellow
Ecologic InstituteVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Richard Kidd
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy & EnvironmentVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Susan Coakley
Executive Director
Executive Director, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, NEEPVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Thomas Dreessen
CEO
EE Project Investment CompanyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Brad Copithorne
Financial Policy Director of US Climate and Energy Program
Environmental Defense FundVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Susan Tierney
Managing Principal
Analysis GroupVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
John Mandyck
Chief Sustainability Officer
United Technologies Climate, Controls & SecurityVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
VADM Dennis McGinn (USN-Ret.)
President & CEO
American Council On Renewable EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jon Powers
Federal Environmental Executive
White House Council on Environmental QualityVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Honorable Paul Tonko
Congressman (D - NY)
U.S. House of RepresentativesVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Stephen Pantano, Sr.
Director of Global Programs
Collaborative Labeling & Appliance Standards Program (CLASP)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
David Rodgers
Senior Energy Specialist
Climate and Chemicals, Global Environment Facility (GEF)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Kelly Kryc
Water and Power Advisor, Bureau of Energy Resources
U.S. Department of StateVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Paul Hamilton
Vice President Government Affairs
Schneider ElectricVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Susan Stratton
Executive Director
Northwest Energy Efficiency AllianceVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Michael Melaniphy
President and CEO
American Public Transportation AssociationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Helen Burt
Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Chuck Wilson
Program Director
Small Town Energy Program for University Park (STEP-UP)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Omar Siddiqui
Director, Energy Utilization
Electric Power Research InstituteVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Carol Eicher
Business President
Dow Buildings & ConstructionVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Secretary Collin O’Mara
Secretary of the Environment and Energy
Delaware Governor Jack Markell's OfficeVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Ashok Sarkar
Senior Energy Efficiency Specialist
World BankVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Robin Roy
Director
Building Energy and Clean Energy Strategy, Natural Resources Defense CouncilVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Honorable Ray Mabus
United States Secretary of the Navy
United States NavyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Anand Patwardhan
Professor
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College ParkVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella
Director-General
United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Wolfgang Mostert
Consultant, SE4All
Danish Ministry of Foreign AffairsVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Roger Platt
Senior Vice President
Global Policy and Law, U.S. Green Building CouncilVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Francis J. Murray, Jr.,
President and CEO
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Bruce Ray
Director of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs
Johns ManvilleVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Honorable Mark Warner
Senator (D - Va.)
U.S. SenateVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Roger M. Natsuhara
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) U.S.
Department of the NavyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Stephen Cowell
Chairman and CEO
Conservation Services GroupVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Mike Rowand
Director, Technology Development
Duke EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Elizabeth Craig
Director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division
U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Mandy Mahoney
President
Southeast Energy Efficiency AllianceVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Samuel Tumiwa
Deputy Regional Director, North American Regional Office
Asian Development BankVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Evan Gaddis
President and CEO
National Electrical Manufacturers AssociationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Governor Bill Ritter
Director
Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State UniversityVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Elizabeth McDonald
President & CEO
Canadian Energy Efficiency AllianceVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Patricia Hoffman
Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy ReliabilityVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Director
UT Austin Energy PollVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Barbara Finamore
Senior Attorney and Asia Director
Natural Resources Defense CouncilVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jonathan Jutsen
Chairman, Australian Alliance to Save Energy
Executive Director, EnergeticsVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Paul Camuti
Senior Vice President, Innovation and Chief Technology Officer
Ingersoll RandVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Monisha Shah
Deputy Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change
White House Council on Environmental QualityVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jim Stanway
Senior Director, Global Supplier Initiatives
WalmartVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jürgen Sturm
Secretary General
Global Lighting AssociationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Michelle VanderMeer
Senior Director, North American Logistics
Whirlpool CorporationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Bobi Garrett
Deputy Laboratory DirectorStrategic Programs and Partnerships
National Renewable Energy LaboratoryVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Mark Brunner
Senior Advisor for National Security and Energy
Office of Senator Mark WarnerVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Lisa Jacobson
President
Business Council for Sustainable EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Roger Flanagan, Ph. D.
Director Energy Solutions
Lockheed MartinVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Odon de Buen
Director General
National Commission for the Efficient Use of EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Terry Yosie
CEO
World Environment CenterVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Richard Sedano
Principal, Director of US Programs
The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Tom Rowlands-Rees
Head of Energy Efficiency
Bloomberg New Energy FinanceVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Clay Nesler
Vice President, Global Energy & Sustainability
Johnson ControlsVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Abdullah Al Shehri
Governor
Electricity and Co-Generation Authority, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jay Wrobel
Executive Director
Midwest Energy Efficiency AllianceVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jeff Noel
Corporate Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs
Whirlpool CorporationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jigar Shah
Executive Director
Institute for Industrial ProductivityVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Heinz Duerr
Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP)
Chairman of the Advisory BoardVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Naif Al-Abbadi
Director General
Saudi Energy Efficiency CenterVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Andre de Fontaine
Advanced Manufacturing Office
U.S. Department of EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Keith Cook
Vice President, Technology Policy & Standards
PhilipsVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Eric Kumi Antwi-Agyei
Project Coordinatior
United Nations Development Programme Ghana/Energy CommissionVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
John Norris
Commissioner
Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Roger Duncan
Chairman
Pecan Street ProjectVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Ed Miller
Program Director, Environment
Joyce FoundationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Peter Sweatman
CEO and Founder
Climate StrategyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Robert Ichord
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation
U.S. Department of StateVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Markus van der Burg
Managing Director
Conning Asset Management LimitedVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Ed White
Vice President Customer & Business Strategy
National GridVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jim Madej
Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer
National GridVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Mark Hopkins
Director of International Energy Efficiency
United Nations FoundationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Christopher B. Leinberger
President
LOCUSVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Doug Lewin
Executive Director
South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Larry Dale
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts DepartmentVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Lisa Wood
Executive Director
IEEVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Erwin Furukawa
Senior Vice President of Customer Service
Southern California EdisonVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Betsy Otto
Aqueduct Director
World Resources InstituteVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Kateri Callahan
President
Alliance to Save EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Martin Hiller
Director General
Renewable Energy and Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Laura Oleson
Director of Demand Policy and Analysis
Natural Resources CanadaVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Danielle Sass Byrnett
Director, Better Buildings Neighborhood Program
U.S. Department of EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Amit Bando
Executive Director
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency CooperationVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Nawal al-Hosany
Director of Sustainability
MasdarVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Hank Courtright
Senior Vice President for Global Strategy & External Relations
Electric Power Research InstituteVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Honorable Peter Welch
(D--Vt.), Congressman
U.S. House of RepresentativesVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Holmes Hummel
Senior Advisor, Office of the Undersecretary for Energy
U.S. Department of EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Lilia Abron
Founder and President
PEER ConsultantsVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
John Cockburn
Director, Equipment Division, Office of Energy Efficiency, Energy Sector
Natural Resources CanadaVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Michael Geissler
CEO
Berlin Energy AgencyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Gabrielle Kuiper
Senior Adviser, Climate Change, Energy and Environment
Office of the Australian Prime MinisterVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility (GEF)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Dr. Nelson Sam
Managing Director, Global Advisory Services
Thomson ReutersVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Robert Wilkins
VP Public Affairs
DanfossVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
David B. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Energy Program Director
Natural Resources Defense CouncilVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Jeff Eckel
President and CEO
Hannon ArmstrongVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Kim Jieun
Energy Specialist, Energy Efficiency Standardization & Certification Center
KEMCO (Korea Energy Management Corporation)VIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Anthony Eggert
Executive Director
The Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy UC DavisVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Roland Risser
Building Technologies Program Manager
U.S. Department of EnergyVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Trisha Miller
Senior Advisor, Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>> 
Ambassador Carlos Pascual
Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs
U.S. Department of StateVIEW FULL ROSTER OF THOUGHT LEADERS>>
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