VX2021 Speakers:
Fmr. Host and Producer
KCRW
Quality Assurance Manager
Homeboy Electronics
Sustainability Program Director
LA County Chief Sustainability Office
Columnist
Bloomberg Columnist
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
ERI
Executive Director
California Product Stewardship Council
CEO
Newlight
Founder & President
Grid Strategies LLC
Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations Planning
CAISO
Commissioner
Oregon Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Chair
River LA
Deputy Consul General
Mexico Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Economic & Trade Counsellor
British Embassy Washington
Executive Director
River LA
British Consul General in Los Angeles
UK Consulate General
Minister-Counsellor (Trade)
Embassy of Australia
Program Manager
JGC Holdings Corporation
Program Manager
SoCalGas
Vice President, Client Accounts Manager
Jacobs
Director
2050 Partners
Senior Director of Sustainability
CarbonCure
Infrastructure Coordination-Streets Lead
Greater London Authority
Sr. VP, Government Affairs; General Manager, DC Office
Daikin US Corporation
Senior Engineer, Fuel Cell Development
Toyota Motor North America Research and Development
Director of R&D
Acuva Tech
Energy Storage Lead
Bloomberg NEF
VP of Strategy & Corporate Development
Peak Power
Chief Sustainability and Revenue Management Officer
Los Angeles World Airports
Minister of Economy and Innovation
National Assembly of Québec
Executive Director
Port of Long Beach
Business Development USA
Blue Solutions
Consul General
Consul General of Australia in Los Angeles
Chair
California Transportation Commission
President
SoCal Gas
Executive Director
LA Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department
Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles
Canadian Consulate in Los Angeles
Consul General
Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
Commissioner
California Energy Commission
Solid Waste West, Unit President
TetraTech
Sr. Advisor - Economic Development
Edge Collaborative
Executive Director
JETRO Los Angeles
Project Manager, Research & Development
Yokogawa
Business Development Director, Kaneka Biopolymers
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
Fmr. Chair
California Air Resources Board
Director, Center for Regional Economics & California Center
Milken Institute
Congressman, California's 49th District
US House of Representatives
Consul General
Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest
CEO & Co-Founder
Aquify-an Exelon Company
Chair
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Consul General
Mexico Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Principal
Ringleap Consulting
Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation
City of Los Angeles
Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change
National Assembly of Québec
Vice President, Hydrogen for Mobility Solutions
Air Products
Board Member
California Air Resources Board
Délégué
Government of Québec
Market Development Manager
Ballard Power Systems
Chief Engineer & General Manager
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
Sustainability Program Director
Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office
Assemblymember, 43rd District; Chair, Transportation Committee
California State Legislature
General Counsel
Port of Los Angeles
Board of Directors Member
Irvine Ranch Water District
Chief Legal Officer
Cruise
Commissioner
California Energy Commission
General Manager
Los Angeles County Internal Services Department
Commissioner
California Energy Commission
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles
Columnist
Bloomberg
Vice President
Tetra Tech
Director of Infrastructure
Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Deputy for the Environment and Arts
Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
General Manager
Orange County Water District
Executive Officer of Sustainability Policy
LA Metro
City Controller
City of Los Angeles
Manager, Pipeline Division
JFE Engineering
General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Director
Los Angeles County Public Works
Vice President, Government Relations
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Founder and Managing Director
The Westly Group
CEO
Blueprint Power
William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow
Stanford University
Fmr. U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Senior Advisor and Board Member, Customer First Renewables
Commissioner
LADWP Board
General Manager & CEO
Metropolitan Water District
General Manager
Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services
Board Member
EPCOR Utilities
Director
S&C Electric
State Senator
California State Senate
Mayor
City of Sacramento
Fmr. City Manager
City of Santa Monica
President
World Trade Center Los Angeles
Director
LA Sanitation & Environment
Congressman, Oregon's 3rd District
US House of Representatives
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Former US Secretary of Commerce
Executive Manager (Retired)
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Chief Operating Officer
In-Charge Energy
President and CEO
LAEDC
State Treasurer
California
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VXNews interviewed Adel Hagekhalil to elaborate on how StreetsLA leveraged resources and partnerships in a year of budget scarcity to continue its work to transform LA’s streets into urban oases that provide shade, stormwater capture, active transportation, urban cooling and more for communities across the City.
VX News excerpts A Better Road to the Future, the International Road Federation and McKinsey & Co's survey of the global road sector for a comprehensive view of trends and best practices to ensure road networks best fulfill the transportation needs of the people and economies they serve.
VX News marks US Infrastructure Week and kicks off Earth Month with this interview with LA Metro's Heather Repenning, executive officer of Metro’s Department of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, to offer her a platform to share her important work at the LA County transit agency.
VX News interviewed ERI Executive Chairman, John Shegerian, on how ERI has evolved to be a global leader in responsible e-waste recycling by realizing the opportunities and global partnerships to be found in the transition from a take, make, and dispose linear model of extractive consumption, to one based on the principles of a circular economy.
This week Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act—a federal legislative approach that aims to reduce emissions from plastic waste by changing the incentives of the industry and shifting the burden of plastic pollution cleanup to product manufacturers.
VX News shares an interview of renowned LA landscape architect, Mia Lehrer, the newest appointee to the LADWP Board of Commissioners. Mia reflects on her firm's mission of advocacy by design as a process for making places that are environmentally significant and culturally meaningful to people and communities and helping implement projects—funded through bond measures and policies brought forward over time, whether on water, water conservation, shade, trees, or walkability.
Jeffrey Kightlinger updates readers on regional efforts to enhance resiliency and ensure for generations the quality of water supply; and, alerts policymakers to the need for constant re-investment of the region’s (Southern California and Western States) essential water infrastructure.
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