Stay tuned for agenda and speaker announcements
for the 2012 National Town Meeting.

2011 Speakers

As the forum in the US for all things demand response and smart grid, the National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid features speakers who take the measure of the state of the industry, indicate what's to come in the year ahead, and report on best practices and projects in the field.

• Mark Udall
  U.S. Senate, Senator (D-CO)
• Jon Wellinghoff
  FERC, Chairman
• Patricia Hoffman
  DOE, Assistant Secretary, Electricity
• Cheryl LaFleur
  FERC, Commissioner
• Joe Rigby
  Pepco Holdings, Inc., President and CEO
• Blake Young
  Comverge, CEO
• Ron Dizy
  ENBALA, CEO
• Tim Enwall
  Tendril, Founder and CIO
• Steve Cowell
  Conservation Services Group, CEO
• Wayne Gardner
  Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, Commissioner
• Tammy McLeod
  Arizona Public Service, VP and Chief Customer Officer
• Rick Morgan
  DC Public Service Commission, Commissioner
• Donna Nelson
  Texas PUC, Commissioner
• Eric Dresselhuys
  Silver Spring Networks, Executive Vice President
• Sharon Bauer
  Progress Energy, Director Demand Response Programs
• Teri Berliner
  American Electric Power, Director, Consumer Programs
• Kevin Huyler
  Senate Cmte on Energy and Natural Resoures, Legal Counsel
• Amy Boyce
  USGBC, Manager, LEED
• Tom Catania
  Whirlpool, VP, Government Relations
• Jim Greer
  Oncor, Senior VP - Asset Management and Engineering
• Wayne Harbaugh
  Baltimore Gas & Electric, Vice President
• Patrick Dawson
  U.S. General Services Administration, Energy Manager
• Seth Kiner
  Southern California Edison, Director, Customer Experience and Marketing
• Chris Villarreal
  California PUC, Smart Grid Lead
• Val Jensen
  Commonwealth Edison, Vice President
• Butch Massey
  Tennessee Valley Authority, General Manager – Demand Response
• Malcolm Woolf
  Maryland Energy Administration, Director
• Bill Massey
  COMPETE Coalition, General Counsel
• Steve McCarty
  Pacific Gas & Electric, Director Demand Response
• Diane Regas
  Environmental Defense Fund, Associate VP Programs
• Nick Sinai
  White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Senior Advisor
• Colin Smart
  ConEd, Section Manager, Demand Response
• David Daer
  Salt River Project, Principal Financial Analyst
• Gregg Paulson
  City of Manassas, Deputy Director of Electric Utilities
• Scott Baker
  PJM Interconnection, Business Solutions Engineer
• Barbara Blatter
  Family and Consumer Sciences FCCLA Adviser, Granville Middle School
• Ted Reguly
  San Diego Gas & Electric, Director Customer Programs
• Stephanie Chen
  Greenlining Institute, Senior Legal Counsel
• Cheri Warren
  National Grid, VP Asset Management
• Ken Corum
  Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Senior Economist
• Laurence Daniels
  DC Office of the People’s Counsel, Assistant People’s Counsel
• Ahmed Faruqui
  The Brattle Group, Principal
• Charles Dickerson
  Pepco, Vice President, Customer Care
• Steve George
  Freeman Sullivan & Co., Principal Consultant
• Howard Smith
  Southern Company, Manager of Resource Planning and Load Management
• Barry Haaser
  OpenADR Alliance, Managing Director
• Chip O'Donnell
  Siemens, Director, Smart Consumption
• Chris Thomas
  Illinois CUB, Senior Policy Analyst
• Bill Harmon
  Reliant, VP of Residential Segment Marketing
• Clayton Hasty
  Shaw Diversified Services Inc., Plant Manager
• Peter Honebein
  Do It Yourself Customers, Principal
• Mike Jacobs
  Xtreme Power, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Market Policy
• Harjeet Johal
  GE Global Research, Electrical Engineer
• Peter Millburg
  Ameren, Managing Supervisor
• Christina Haslund
  Itron, Senior Product Manager
• Paul Alvarez
  Metavu, Principal and Practice Leader
• Chris King
  eMeter, Chief Strategy Officer
• Herbert Harris Jr.
  DC Citizens Utility Board, Chairman
• Jeff Lund
  Echelon, Vice President, Business Development
• Steve Sunderhauf
  Pepco, Manager of Customer Programs
• Kyle McNamara
  Verizon, Managing Principal - Global Energy & Utilities Practice
• Kenny Mercado
  CenterPoint Energy, Senior Vice President
• John Holt
  IBEW Local 1900, President and Business Manager
• Harvey Michaels
  MIT, Lecturer and Research Director
• Bill Provencher
  Navigant Energy Practice, Associate Director
• Joe Eberly
  U.S. General Services Administration, Energy & Sustainability Program Analyst
• Patti Harper-Slaboszewicz
  Bass/A CSC Company, Project Manager
• Craig Miller
  NRECA, Project Manager
• Kevin Wood
  Southern California Edison, Manager Large Customer Programs
• Judith Schwartz
  To the Point, Principal
• May Wu
  Integral Analytics, Manager Market Research
• Kris Coracini
  Environmental Defense Fund, Energy Policy Specialist
• John Love
  NYSERDA, Senior Project Manager
• Eugene Smithart
  Trane, Director of Systems and Solutions
• Andy Trump
  Black & Veatch, Executive Consultant
• Bob Valair
  Staples, Inc., Director of Energy and Environmental Management

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Parties interested in sponsorship or exhibition opportunities should contact Shelbie Jenkins at shelbie.jenkins@demandresponsesmartgrid.org