Keynote Speakers Directory
Meet the community leaders, experts, and advocates who have guided our Statewide Calls.
Al Weinrub
Coordinator, California Alliance for Community Energy
Allie Detrio
Chief Strategist, Reimagine Power
Allison Hilliard
Senior Policy Analyst, Reimagine Power
April Sommer
Executive Director, Wild Tree Foundation
Audrey Ichinose
East Bay Community Energy
Barbara Stebbins
Steering Committee, California Alliance for Community Energy
Ben Schwartz
Policy Director, Clean Coalition
Beverly Deschaux
Central Coast Community Energy
Bill Julian
Energy Policy Lawyer
Bill Powers
Chair, Power San Diego / Protect Our Communities Foundation
Bob Krause
Public Policy Strategist, Spark Team
Cailey Underhill
Advocacy Director, Solar Rights Alliance
Chuck Rosselle
Retired Technology Industry Executive
Craig Lewis
Executive Director, Clean Coalition
Crystal Huang
Coordinator, Energy Democracy Project
Dave Rosenfeld
Executive Director, Solar Rights Alliance
Diane Curran
Nuclear Safety Attorney, Mothers for Peace
Eric Veium
Co-Founder, California Alliance for Community Energy
Faye Johnson
Member, PG&E Subcommittee
Genaro Bugarin
Director, The Energy Coalition
Gianna Patchen
Coordinator for the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club
Helen Bueti
Member of the Mid-Hudson Valley DSA Ecosocialism working group
Igor Tregub
Senior Policy Advisor, Reimagine Power
Jessica Guadalupe Tovar
Executive Director, Local Clean Energy Alliance (LCEA)
Jina Kim
Advocate, Communities for a Better Environment
John Geesman
Attorney, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility (A4NR)
John Smigelski
CACE Steering Committee Member
Dr. Jose Torre-Bueno
Head, Center for Community Energy
Kristen Sandel
Co-chair, VWC Environmental Committee
Linda Seeley
Spokesperson, Mothers for Peace
Lorenzo Kristov
Independent Energy Policy Consultant
Loretta Lynch
Former President, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Dr. Marc A. Weiss
Founding Chairman and CEO of Global Urban Development (GUD)
Maria Stamas
Energy Justice Advocate, Independent
Mark W. Toney, Ph.D.
Executive Director of TURN (The Utility Reform Network)
Nancy Macy
Chair, Valley Women’s Club Environmental Committee
Paul Fenn
Founder and President, Local Power
Dr. Richard McCann
Partner, M Cubed
Roger Lin
Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity
Ruth Merino
Chair, San Jose Community Energy Advocates
Sabrinna Soldavini
Policy Analyst, Marin Clean Energy
Sarahana Shrestha
New York State Assemblymember
Selena Feliciano
Coordinator, REFOCUS Campaign
Shaina Nanavati
Organizer, Reclaim Our Power Utility Justice Campaign
Therese Peffer, PhD
Project Manager and Researcher, UC Berkeley
Tyler Valdes
Energy Equity Manager, California Environmental Justice Alliance
Woody Hastings
Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst
Yesenia Rivera
Energy Democracy Advocate, Energy Democracy Project
Zoe Bennett
Senior Policy Analyst, Reimagine Power