VX2025 Speakers

  • Kenko Sone

    Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles

    Bio
  • Wade Crowfoot

    Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

  • David Hochschild

    Chair, California Energy Commission

    Bio
  • Darcie Houck

    Darcie Houck

    Commissioner, California Public Utility Commission

    Bio
  • Tamotsu Saito

    Chairman, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) 

    Bio
  • Lindsey Horvath

    3rd District, LA County Board of Supervisors

  • Josh Becker

    Chair, CA Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee

  • Karen Bass

    Karen Bass

    Mayor, City of Los Angeles

  • Janisse Quiñones

    CEO and Chief Engineer, LADWP

  • Mark Pestrella

    Mark Pestrella

    Director, Los Angeles County Public Works

    Bio
  • John Keisler

    John Keisler

    CEO & Managing Partner, Sunstone Economic Development

  • Angelina Galiteva

    Board Member, CAISO

    Bio
  • Tyson Eckerle

    Senior Advisor for Clean Infrastructure & Mobility, GoBiz

  • Caroline Choi

    Caroline Choi

    Executive Vice President, Public Policy & Corporate Affairs, Edison International and Southern California Edison

  • Dave Jones

    Dave Jones

    Fmr. California Insurance Commissioner, Director of Climate Risk Initiative, UC Berkeley Law

  • Nancy Sutley

    Deputy Mayor of Energy & Sustainability, City of Los Angeles

    Bio
  • Anselmo Collins

    Anselmo Collins

    Sr. Asst. General Manager, LADWP Water System

  • Bill McGowan

    Vice President, Granite Construction

  • Doreen Harris

    President & CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

  • Laura Friedman

    Laura Friedman

    Congresswoman, 30th District of CA

  • Steve Westly

    Steve Westly

    Founder & Managing Director, The Westly Group

    Bio
  • Susan Kennedy

    Susan Kennedy

    Chairman & CEO, Cadiz, Inc.

    Bio
  • Ted Bardacke

    Ted Bardacke

    Executive Director, Clean Power Alliance

    Bio
  • Gene Seroka*

    Director, Port of LA

    Bio
  • Andrea Sasse

    Consul General of the German Consulate, Los Angeles

  • Allison Agsten

    Director, USC Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication

  • Terry O'Day

    Chief Operating Officer, InCharge Energy

  • Randall Winston

    Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure, City of LA

    Bio
  • Dr. Jimmy Chen

    Dr. Jimmy Chen

    Managing Director, SECA - Stanford Energy Corporate Affiliates, Precourt Institute for Energy

    Bio
  • Sara Neff

    Sara Neff

    Partner/ GM, Sustainability Cloud Operations + Innovation, Microsoft

  • Tom Pilarski

    Tom Pilarski

    Geospatial Solutions Lead, Guida, Inc.

  • Siva Gunda*

    Siva Gunda

    Vice Chair, California Energy Commission

  • Shekhar Chitnis

    Founder, Chairman and CEO, HyZero

  • Brian Jordan

    Brian Jordan

    Chief Growth Officer, GISI Consulting Group and Senior Vice President, Hill International

  • Darcy Coleman

    Darcy Coleman

    Vice-President, Asset and Investment Management, Alagem Capital Group

  • Andrew McAllister

    Commissioner, California Energy Commission (CEC)

  • Phil Walsh

    Global Programs Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Arup

  • Gunjan Bagla

    Gunjan Bagla

    CEO, Amritt, Inc.

  • Heather Repenning

    Heather Repenning

    Executive Officer of Sustainability Policy, LA Metro

  • Evelyn Cortez-Davis, P.E., BCEE

    Director of Strategic Initiatives (Water), LADWP

  • Simon Bluestone, PG, BCES

    Simon Bluestone, PG, BCES

    Vice President, Stantec

  • Gail Goldberg

    Gail Goldberg

    Board Member, Metropolitan Water District Board

  • Richard Katz

    Richard Katz

    President, Board of Water and Power Comissioners

  • Minh Le

    Minh Le*

    General Manager, Los Angeles County Internal Services Department

  • Nurit Katz

    Chief Sustainability Officer (UCLA)

  • Joe Edmiston

    Executive Director, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

  • Gloria Roberts

    District 7 Director, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Appointee of the Governor of California

  • Ross Zelen

    Ross Zelen

    Chief Committee Consultant, Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

  • Lalitha Krishnamoorthy

    Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Digital, Stantec

  • Heather Rosenberg

    Los Angeles Resilience Lead, Arup

  • Arnab Pal

    Arnab Pal

    Executive Director, Deploy Action

  • Janna Sidley

    Janna Sidley

    Board Member/ Commissioner/President, LACERS/Little Hoover Commission/ Ichor Strategies

  • Gene Rodrigues

    Former Assistant Secretary for Electricity for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

  • Colleen Quinn

    Colleen Quinn

    Founder & President, eMobility Advisors

  • Mike Wallace

    Mike Wallace

    Chief Decarbonization Officer, Persefoni

  • Matt Horton

    Matt Horton

    VP, Research & Policy, LAEDC

  • Katy Yaroslavsky

    Katy Yaroslavsky*

    Chair, Energy & Environment Committee, LA City Council

  • Greg Pierce

    Research + Co-executive Director, Luskin Center for Innovation | Director, Human Right to Water Solutions Lab

  • Robert Hertzberg

    Sr. Advisor, Mission Possible Partnership,/CA Senate Majority Leader Emeritus

  • Ruben Aronin

    Ruben Aronin

    Senior Vice President, Better World Group

  • Kristen Torres Pawling

    Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy & Planning, Office of LA City Councilwoman Yaroslavsky

  • Thomas Aujero Small

    Thomas Aujero Small

    President & CEO, Culver City Forward

  • Mark Nechodom

    Senior Director for Science and Technology, Western States Petroleum Association

  • Jules Radcliff

    Jules Radcliff

    Partner, Radcliff Fairman LLP

  • Kathleen Brown

    Kathleen Brown

    Fmr. Treasurer, State of California | Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

  • Diego Soto

    Diego Soto Garcia

    Senior Project Consultant, ESG Advisory, Stantec

  • Hilary Norton

    Hilary Norton

    Fmr. Chair, California Transportation Committee

  • Eliot Abel

    Eliot Abel

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Clean Energy Solutions, Pivot Energy

  • Okko-Pekka Salmimies

    Finnish Consul General, Consulate of Finland, Los Angeles

  • Tak Yokoo

    Tak Yokoo

    Founder and Chair, Japan Hydrogen Forum

  • Darrell Steinberg

    Darrell Steinberg

    Fmr. Mayor, City of Sacramento

  • Jim Kelly

    Director, S&C Electric

  • David Jacot

    Director of Efficiency Solutions, LADWP

  • Mary Nichols

    Mary Nichols*

    Co-Chair, Commission on the Future of Mobility

  • Rick Cole

    Rick Cole

    Councilmember, City of Pasadena

  • Amy Broughton

    Amy Broughton

    Senior Principal, North America Funding Program, Stantec

  • Lex Heslin

    Lex Heslin

    CEO, Enso Infrastructure LLC

  • Rita Kampalath

    Rita Kampalath

    Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, LA County Chief Sustainability Office

  • Robin Raj

    Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Solar AquaGrid

  • Terry Tamminen

    Terry Tamminen

    CEO, AltaSea

  • Lauren Faber O’Connor

    Lauren Faber O’Connor

    Partner, Lowercarbon Capital

  • Lisa Davidson

    Disaster Recovery Program Director, Stantec

  • Michael Colvin

    Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, EDF

  • Earl Blumenauer

    Earl Blumenauer

    Congressman (Ret.), Oregon’s 3rd District

  • Cecilia Estolano

    Cecilia Estolano

    CEO & Founder, Estolano Advisors and CEO of Better World Group

  • Wendy J. Wagner

    Head of Canada's International Trade Group, Gowling WLG

  • Brian Goldstein

    Brian Goldstein

    Executive Director, Energy Independence Now

  • Larry Kosmont, CRE

    Larry Kosmont, CRE*

    Chairman and CEO, Kosmont Companies

  • Mia Lehrer

    President, Studio MLA Urban Design Landscape Architecture

  • Jacob Lipa

    Jacob Lipa

    Founder and Principal, Lipa Consulting

  • David Nahai

    David Nahai

    President, David Nahai Consulting Services, Inc.

  • Tom Soto

    Tom Soto

    Founder, Latimer Partners, LLC

  • Stephen Cheung

    Stephen Cheung

    President/CEO, LA County Economic Development Council/World Trade Center-Los Angeles

  • Bonnie Lowenthal

    President, Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

  • Paola Bernazzani

    Paola Bernazzani

    Principal and Nature Lead, ESG Advisory Services, Stantec

  • Dan Mapes*

    Founder/President, VERSES AI

  • Phillip Recht

    Partner, Mayer Brown

  • Effie Turnbull Sanders

    Effie Turnbull Sanders*

    Vice President, Civic Engagement & Economic Partnerships

  • Dan Hopper

    Director, Portfolio Planning & Analysis, Southern California Edison (SCE)

  • John A Pérez

    John A Pérez

    Vice-President, Los Angeles Harbor Commission

  • Eli Lipmen

    Eli Lipmen

    Executive Director, Move LA

  • Jonah Bliss

    Founder and Curb Whisperer, Curbivore

  • Fran Inman

    Senior Vice President, Majestic Realty

  • John Withers*

    Board of Directors, Irvine Ranch Water District

  • Daishu Hara

    Senior Director, Hydrogen and Ammonia Department, NEDO

  • Gideon Kracov*

    Mediator & Special Master, ADR Services, Inc.

  • Annie Nam

    Annie Nam

    Deputy Director of Transportation, Southern California Association of Governments

  • Jaimie Levin

    Jaimie Levin

    Director of West Coast Operations, Center for Transportation and the Environment

  • Davina Hurt

    California Climate Policy Director, Pacific Environment

  • Charles Wilson

    Executive Director & CEO, Southern California Water Coalition

  • Dan Rosenfeld

    Fmr. Senior Deputy for Economic Development, LA County Board of Supervisors

  • Andrea Ambriz

    Andrea Ambriz

    General Manager, Exposition Park

  • Gurmesh Sidhu

    Founder & CPO, Moment Energy

  • Bill Elrick

    Executive Director, CA Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership

  • Mick Dalrymple

    Mick Dalrymple

    Chief Sustainability Officer, University of Southern California

  • Evan Birenbaum

    Sr. Technical Executive, EPRI

  • Samantha Bricker

    Samantha Bricker

    President, Bricker Strategic Solutions

  • Michael Galvin

    Director of Waterfront and Commercial Real Estate, Port of LA

  • Martin Adams

    LA County Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action & Fire Safe Recovery

  • Monica Benavides

    District 7 Chief Deputy District Director, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

  • Nobuhiro Shiraishi

    CEO, enagia Inc. & Fukushima Midorianzen Inc.

  • Yuri Freedman

    Yuri Freedman

    Senior Director, Business Development, Southern California Gas Company

  • Analy Castillo

    Analy Castillo

    Zero Emissions Technical Lead, Stantec

  • Rob Lempert

    Director, RAND Pardee Center for the Longer Range Future

  • David Libatique

    David Libatique*

    Deputy Executive Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Port of Los Angeles

  • Jag Singh

    Jag Singh

    Nuclear and Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Lead, Stantec

  • Doane Liu

    Doane Liu

    Chief Tourism Officer, City of Los Angeles

  • Jack Brouwer

    Jack Brouwer

    Director, Clean Energy Institute, UC Irvine

  • Robin Kramer

    Robin Kramer

    Managing Director, The Smidt Foundation

  • John Hanula

    Senior Vice President, Stantec

  • Ava Bromberg

    President and CEO, Creative Urban Solutions Inc.

  • Elliot Washor

    Elliot Washor

    Co-Founder and Co-Director, Big Picture Learning

  • Patrick Fiedler, P.E.

    Patrick Fiedler, P.E.

    President, Fiedler Group

  • Daniel Chang

    COO, Cool Innovation

  • Pierre Gonthier

    President & CEO, SAF International

  • Howard Chang

    CEO, AVA Community Energy

  • Coby Skye

    Former Deputy Director of Los Angeles County Public Works; Blue Skye Environmental Consulting

  • Radha Mistry

    Associate Principal, Americas Foresight Leader, Arup

  • Jaron Brandon

    Supervisor, Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors, CA

  • Colin Connors

    Sr. Director of Sales, ASUENE USA

  • Masa Ando

    CEO, Eco-Pork America

  • Zac Swank

    Deputy Director, Boulder County Office of Sustainability, Climate Action & Resilience

  • Tesi Bravo

    Deputy Director - Commercial Clean Transportation Infrastructure, CALSTART

  • Danny Jaffe

    Partner, Angeleno Group

  • Michael Grant

    Vice President, National Accounts Executive | Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC

  • Reagan Cerci

    Research Analyst, Boundless Impact Research & Analytics

  • Tim Hade

    Tim Hade

    COO and Co-founder, Scale Microgrid Solutions

  • Felicia Marcus

    Felicia Marcus

    William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University’s Water in the West

  • Mark Gold

    Mark Gold

    Director, Water Scarcity Solutions, NRDC

  • Yoshihito Ozawa

    Professor Emeritus, Fukushima University

  • Nate Taylor

    Nate Taylor

    Director of Integrated Infrastructure Planning, SoCal Gas

  • Kit Cole

    Kit Cole

    Founder and Director, Kit Cole Consulting

  • Bill Penney

    Bill Penney

    Program Manager, Project Nexus

  • Ben Stapleton

    Ben Stapleton

    Executive Director, USGBC California

  • Paul Nelson

    Paul Nelson

    Managing Partner, Saoradh Enterprise Partners (SEP)

  • Tanya Peacock

    Tanya Peacock

    Managing Director for California and Hydrogen, EcoEngineers

  • Robert Piascik

    Robert Piascik

    SVP and Chief Information and Technology Officer, New York Power Authority

  • Justin Ward

    Justin Ward

    General Manager of Fuel Cell Development (FCD), Toyota North America

  • Jason Caudle

    Jason Caudle

    CEO, First Public H2

  • Laura Iannaccone

    Manager, Clean Transportation and Energy Programs, County of Los Angeles Internal Services Department

  • Edward Sanders

    Chief Executive Officer, Equatic

  • Akira Narui

    Vice Mayor, Namie Town (Japan)

  • Jonathan Parfrey

    Director, Climate Resolve

  • Aaron Paley

    President, Community Arts Resources (CARS)

  • Garrett Lehman

    Garrett Lehman

    Director of Development, Aypa Power

  • Adrin Nazarian

    Committee Member of the Energy and Environment, LA City Councilmember (Council District 2)

  • Kendall Helm

    Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, LADWP

  • Masaaki Kawai

    Business Development Director, NGK Automotive Ceramics USA

  • Lujuana Medina

    Environmental Initiatives Division Manager, Los Angeles County Internal Services Department

  • Steve Glenn

    Founder, CEO, and Chair of the Board, Plant Prefab

  • Charles Loveman

    Executive Director, Heritage Housing Partners

  • Chanel Parson

    Director, Clean Energy and Demand Response, Southern California Edison

  • Stefan Tongur

    Stefan Tongur

    VP of Business Development, Electreon

  • Julia Pyper

    Vice President of Public Affairs, Good Leap

  • David Vela

    Trustee, Los Angeles Community College District

  • Michael Cano

    Deputy Executive Officer of Goods Movement Planning and State Policy and Programming, Los Angeles County Metro

  • Peter Nearing

    Principal Advisor, Analytics and Technology, Stantec

  • Don Manvel

    Don Manvel

    Retired Chairman & CEO, AVL Americas

  • Brenda A. Levin

    Brenda A. Levin, FAIA

    Founder & President, Levin & Associates Architects

  • Panama Bartholomy

    Panama Bartholomy

    Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition

  • Myrna Bittner

    Myrna Bittner

    Founder and CEO, RUNWITHIT Synthetics

  • Thomas Huettner

    Thomas Huettner

    Executive Director, AVL California Technical Center

  • Kristen Barbee

    Principal Manager, Southern California Edison

  • Joseph Dieguez

    Joseph Dieguez

    Senior Vice-President, Kosmont Companies

  • Anselmo Collins

    Anselmo Collins

    Senior Assistant General Manager - Water System, LADWP

  • Sahar Abbaszadeh

    Americas West Region Sustainability Leader, Arup

  • Jason Hills

    Jason Hills

    Director of Power Engineering, LADWP

  • Jonathan Beaulieu

    VP Programs, Letenda

  • Rosa Davies

    Business Development Director, Veloz

  • Haresh Kamath

    Director of Cross-Cutting Technologies and Solutions, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

  • Phil Ting

    Phil Ting

    Fmr CA State Assembly Member, Assembly District 19

  • Brian Goldman

    Brian Goldman

    Senior Advisor, Policy Pulse

  • Tim McOsker

    15th District, Los Angeles City Council

  • Victoria Harmon

    Victoria Harmon

    CEO & Founder, V&L Advisors

  • James Tillman

    CEO, EVLogic

  • Jody Litvak

    Jody Litvak

    Senior Fellow, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

  • David McNeill

    David McNeill

    Executive Director, Baldwin Hills Conservancy

  • Lia Cohen

    Lia Cohen

    Senior Coordinator, Climate Planning & Resilience, Climate Resolve

  • Anssi Paalanen

    Head of Energy Supply Team, Finland National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA)

  • Gunjan Bagla

    CEO & Founder, Amritt Inc.

  • Laurie Ochoa

    Laurie Ochoa

    General Manager of Food Coverage, LA Times

  • Neal Payton

    Neal Payton

    Principal, Torti Gallas + Partners

  • David Buczkowski

    Vice President of Gas Distribution, SoCal Gas

  • Suzanne Plezia

    Suzanne Plezia

    Senior Director/Chief Harbor Engineer, Port of Long Beach

  • Tom Ashley

    Vice President, Government Relations & Utilities Relations, Voltera

  • Aravind Kailas

    Advanced Technology Policy Director, Volvo

  • Luis Gutierrez

    Director of Energy & Water, Office of LA Mayor Karen Bass

  • Garrett Rapsilber

    Garrett Rapsilber

    Director, HR&A Advisors

  • Steven Lewis

    Steven Lewis

    Principal, ZGF Architects

  • Julia Reichelstein

    CEO & Co-Founder, Vaulted Deep