MEET THE SPEAKERS
Industry Leaders shaping the future of energy in New England and beyond.
Our keynote speakers and panelists bring decades of experience in electricity markets, utility operations, energy policy, advanced generation and innovation.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Fueling Today & Tomorrow: Supplies & Investment
Robin Rodrick
Vice President of Midstream Policy
American Petroleum Institute
Robin Rorick is Vice President of Midstream Policy at the American Petroleum Institute (API), where he oversees energy infrastructure issues including the gathering, processing, storage, and transportation of oil and natural gas. Since joining API in 1996, he has held roles across communications, regulatory affairs, policy analysis, marine and security, and has worked on major environmental, safety, and transportation issues across the oil and gas industry.
Caitlin Smith
Senior Vice President of Federal &
Regulatory Affairs
Jupiter Power
Caitlin Smith is Senior Vice President of Federal and Regulatory Affairs at Jupiter Power, where she has responsibility over Jupiter Power’s policy and political strategy related to utility-scale energy storage resources in power markets throughout North America; the company’s federal affairs, supply chain and trade policy; and reporting requirements to investors.
Eric Reaman
President & CEO
Cashman I Preload Cryogenics
A civil engineer by training, Eric has spent more than 30 years in heavy-civil and energy infrastructure. He began his career managing bridge and roadway work on Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project, and has since led the engineering, procurement, and construction of LNG and other natural gas liquid storage facilities across the United States.
Danielle S. Powers
Chief Executive Officer
Concentric Energy Advisors
Danielle S. Powers is the Chief Executive Officer of Concentric Energy Advisors. She has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry with specific expertise in the areas of wholesale power market design and operations, resource planning, power generation, and transmission system planning and operations.
James Tinsley
Chief Commercial Officer
JERA Americas, LLC
James Tinsley, Chief Commercial Officer, Jera Americas, has over 25 years of experience in the Physical and Financial New England Power and Fuel markets representing residential, commercial, power generation and wholesale stakeholders through senior roles at Hess/Direct Energy Marketing, Calpine and Jera Americas.
Financing & M&A in Interesting Times
Julien Dumoulin-Smith
Managing Director
US Power, Utilites, Midstream & Clean Energy Research
Jefferies LLC
Julien Dumoulin-Smith leads US equity research coverage of Power, Utilities, Midstream, & Clean Energy Research in addition to specialized coverage of engineering procurement & construction (EPC), GE Vernova, and a diverse range of related companies.
Andrew Gilbert
Partner
ECP
Andrew Gilbert is a Partner at ECP, where he focuses on investments in power generation, renewable energy, and environmental services. Over his 15-year tenure, he has played a key role in several of ECP’s largest transactions, including Calpine, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure, Lightstone Generation, and ProEnergy, and serves on the boards of several ECP portfolio companies.
Christine Tezak
Christine Tezak is a senior strategic advisor with more than 30 years of experience
helping institutional investors, corporate executives, policymakers, and industry leaders
assess how energy-market rules, regulatory decisions, infrastructure constraints, fuel-
security risks, and political developments affect capital allocation and long-term strategy.
She brings to those discussions a distinctive combination of capital-markets fluency,
organized wholesale electricity-market expertise, natural gas infrastructure knowledge,
environmental-policy experience, and an ability to work across stakeholder perspectives.
She developed that perspective across the electric utility, natural gas pipeline, liquefied
natural gas (LNG), and clean-technology sectors.
Investment Nuclear's Present & Future
Michelle Gardner
Executive Director
Regulatory Affairs - Northeast
NextEra Energy
Michelle Gardner is Executive Director of Regulatory Affairs in the Northeast and Canada for NextEra Energy Resources, a principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), the largest energy infrastructure developer in the U.S.
Melissa Lavinson
Executive Director
Office of Energy Transformation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Melissa Lavinson serves as the Executive Director of the Office of Energy Transformation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She is charged with the hands-on execution of the clean energy transition, including ensuring the availability and readiness of electrical infrastructure, electric and gas transition coordination, and a just and equitable transition for impacted workers, communities, and businesses.
Patrick O'Brien
Executive Director
Government Affairs & Communication
Holtec International
For almost 25 years, Pat has built a reputation for his proactive communications strategies, government and community relations, and media management in high visibility situations. Prior to joining Holtec, Pat spent 3 years with Holtec’s decommissioning unit, Holtec Decommissioning International, as Senior Manager Government Affairs and Communications overseeing the Government Affairs and Communications programs at our four, current, decommissioning sites.
Sukesh Aghara
Professor, Special Advisor on Nuclear Energy Strategy
UMass Lowell
Sukesh Aghara is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering whose work applies stochastic methods to radiation transport, nuclear safeguards, and energy economics to inform science-based policy decisions supporting secure and scalable decarbonization.