Speaker List

Senior Environmental Resource Manager, Water Strategy, Hydro Licensing and Lake Services
Duke Energy Corporation

Principal Fisheries Biologist
Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.

Chair, Board of Directors, National Hydropower Association (NHA), and Chief Operating Officer
Rye Development

Director, Sales and Marketing
Voith Hydro, Inc.

Vice President, Civil Discipline Lead
McMillen Jacobs Associates

Senior Hydro Specialist
Syblon Reid (PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY)

Senior Electrical Engineer
L & S Electric, Inc.

Researcher, Ocean Generation
Portland State University

Senior Executive Project Engineer
Knight Piesold and Co.

Superrvisor, Water Quality Section
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

CEO
Consultants With Energy, LLC

Project Manager, Hydropower and Hydraulic Structures
Black & Veatch

Vice President of Generation and Compression Operations
Consumers Energy Company (CMS Energy)

Mechanical Engineering Design & Planning Group Supervisor, Grand Coulee Power Office
Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior (PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY)

CEO
Whooshh Innovations

Mechanical Hydro System Owner / Engineer
Consumers Energy Company (CMS Energy)

Senior Policy Advisor, Hydropower, Office of Energy Projects
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Senior Construction Manager
Gannett Fleming, Inc.

Operations Superintendent, Niagara
New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Hydropower Outreach Coordinator, Office of Energy Projects
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Environmental Biologist, Division of Hydropower Compliance, Office of Energy Projects
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Training Program Manager, Nashville District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Executive Director
Hydropower Foundation

Director, Hydro Operations
Northwestern Energy

Executive Vice President Operations, Southern Company
CEO, Southern Company Services, Inc.

CEO
Nautilus Data Technologies

Chief Strategy Officer
Littoral Power Systems, Inc.

Manager, Security Solutions
Emerson

Vice President, Hydropower Practice Lead
HDR

Laboratory Fellow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)

Associate Director, North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program
Coastal Studies Institute

Project Manager, Human Resources Diversity and Inclusion
Alabama Power Company

Regulatory Manager / Civil Engineer
Gravity Renewables

Hydro Licensing and Compliance Engineer
Duke Energy Corporation

Commissioning Specialist
GE Renewable Energy

Director, Business Development
New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Vice President, National Business Class Lead
HDR

Gomez & Sullivan Engineers, DPC

Gomez & Sullivan Engineers, DPC

Director of Hydro Operations
Mesa Associates, Inc.

Principal Consultant
Kleinschmidt Associates

Senior Hydro Project Engineer
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

Operations Manager, West and South
Central Rivers Power

Head of Technical Marketing
GE Renewable Energy

Plant Manager, Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant
Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Assistant General Manager
Seattle City Light

Member of the Governing Board
Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET)

Founder and CEO
Current Hydro, LLC

President
Mavel Americas

Regulatory and License Coordinator, Kleinschmidt Associates
Member, Future Leaders of Waterpower (FLOW)

Vice President - Sales and Marketing USA
ANDRITZ HYDRO Corp.

Chelan County Public Utility District

Vice President, Business Development and Asset Management
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Vice President, Sales and Marketing
National Electric Coil

Regional Design Manager, Hydroelectric Design Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
New York Power Authority (NYPA)

President and CEO
American Rivers

Postdoctoral Researcher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)

Regional Engineer, Atlanta Regional Office
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Business Development Manager
Thompson | HCMS

Chief Executive Officer
Voith Hydro, Inc.

Business Development (Past President, HCMS)
Thompson | HCMS

Statewide FERC Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Principal Technical Leader, Cyber Security, Generaton
EPRI

Chief Dam Safety Engineer
Central Rivers Power

Vice President
Strategic Marketing Innovations, Inc. (SMI)

CEO
C-Power

Senior Legal And Regulatory Analyst
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)

Vice President, Energy Resource Management
New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Senior Vice President
HDR

Civil Engineering Manager, Generation Engineering
Tacoma Power

Generation Manager
Tacoma Power

Vice President of Hydro Fleet Maintenance and Reliability
Southern Company (parent company of Georgia Power and Alabama Power)

Water Resources Division Leader
McMillen Jacobs Associates

President and Chief Executive Officer
Worthington Products, Inc.

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
GE Renewable Energy

Chair, NHA's Markets Committee
Lead Energy Market Advisor, New York Power Authority

Dam Safety & Surveillance Supervisor, Hydro Services
Southern Company (parent company of Georgia Power and Alabama Power)

Director, Hydroelectric Design Center (HDC)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Executive Director
Northwest RiverPartners

Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy Services
HDR

Executive Director of Hydro Operations and Chief Dam Safety Engineer
Consumers Energy Company (CMS Energy)

Chief Executive Officer
Emrgy, Inc.

Chair, 2021 Henwood Award Committee, National Hydropower Association (NHA), and Senior Manager, External Affairs and Communications
Grant County Public Utility District

Founder
Moxi on the Rocks

Senior Sales Manager, Southeast USA, and Regional Service Director, Southeast USA
GE Renewable Energy

Market Applications Associate
Fluence -- a Siemens and AES Company

Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development and Chief Strategy Officer
New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Vice President
Kleinschmidt

Vice President, Operations
C-Power (Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.)

Fisheries Biologist
Georgia Power Company

Executive Vice President, Executive Managing Director Americas, Water Business
Black & Veatch

Business Development - HydroForecast
UpstreamTech

Hydropower Practice Lead
Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.

Chief, Turbomachinery Section, Hydroelectric Design Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Director of Operations
Kaukauna Utilities

Senior Sales Leader
GE Renewable Energy

Chair, Hydropower Technical Committee
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Aquatic Ecologist, Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)

FERC Hydropower Licensing & Compliance Manager
Mead & Hunt, Inc.

National Hydropower Program Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Operations Project Manager, Lake Sidney Lanier
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University

Vice President of Project Management
Rye Development

Director
Kearns & West

Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Business Development
American Hydro

CEO
NuSTREEM

Chief Growth Officer
Kleinschmidt

Principal Investigator, Cybersecurity
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy (pre-recorded video presentation)

Principal Consultant, Kleinschmidt Associates
Chair, Women in Hydropower Mentorship Program

Vice President of Market Strategies and Regulatory Affairs
National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Co-Founder and CEO
Natel Energy, Inc.

Dams Deputy Business Line Director
Black & Veatch

President, U.S. Society on Dams (USSD), and Principal/Senior Vice President
Schnabel Engineering

Senior Structural Engineer
Barr Engineering Company

Water Power Program Manager
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), U.S. Department of Energy (PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY)

President
Sapere Consulting, Inc

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy (PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY)

Executive Director
Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)

Senior Generator Electrical Engineer
Black & Veatch

Senior Director, Origination and Structuring
New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Senior Marketing Communications Manager
Voith Group

Principal Engineer
Consumers Energy Company (CMS Energy)

Business Development Coordinator
Thompson | HCMS

Director of Engineering
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy

Sales Manager
L & S Electric, Inc.

Senior Director, Hydro Operations and Maintenance
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

Center for Water Resources
RTI International

Executive Director
Northwest Hydroelectric Association (NWHA)

Principal, Licensing and Regulatory Lead
Stantec

Technical Sales Manager, Digital Hydro
Voith Hydro, Inc.

Hydropower Program Manager, Water Power Technologies Office (EERE)
U.S. Department of Energy (PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY)

Associate Vice President – US West Water Business Line
AECOM

Partner
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Fund

Senior Vice President, Power Operations
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

President and CEO
National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Northwest Field Service Manager
Thompson | HCMS

Hydro Engineering Manager
Chelan County Public Utility District

Field Supervisor
American Hydro

Senior Vice President, Innovation and Partnerships
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy