Breaking Barriers, Building Resilience: The Importance of Diverse Perspectives in Achieving Climate Goals

Keynote Address: Emma Cimino, Deputy Commissioner of Environmental Quality, CT DEEP

Panelists:
Abigail Anthony, Commissioner, RI Public Utilities
Amanda Downey, VP of Strategy Development and Partnerships, National Grid
Zeyneb Magavi, Executive Director, HEET
Krista Ostuno, President and CEO, Heavy Weight, Inc.

Moderator: Janelle Woods-McNish, Chief Marketing & Diversity Officer, The Trustees of Reservations

Venue: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Pictured clockwise from left: Cimino, Ostuno, Downey, Anthony, Magavi, & Woods-McNish

Pictured clockwise from top left: Power, Brown, Kaplan, Bruno, Pachter, & Haggerty

Getting To Net Zero: Balancing Environmental Priorities For Renewable Energy Development

Video Welcome: U.S. Representative Ann McLane Kuster

Panelists:
María Belén Power, Undersecretary of Environmental Justice & Equity, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Doria Brown, Energy Manager, City of Nashua – Sustainability
Nikki Bruno, Vice President, Clean Technologies, Eversource
Sarah Haggerty, Conservation Biologist and GIS Manager, Maine Audubon
Rachel Pachter, Chief Development Officer, Vineyard Wind & Vineyard Offshore

Moderator: Sue Kaplan, Founder, Sustainable Futures Consulting, and Adjunct Faculty, University of New Hampshire

Venue: Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH

Doing Well By Doing Good: The Business Of ESG And How It’s Driving Positive Change In Energy And Environment

Keynote Address: Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Lieutenant Governor

Panelists:
Laney Brown, SVP Sustainability, Avangrid
Cynthia Curtis, SVP Sustainability, Jones Lang LaSalle
Kerry O’Neill, CEO, Inclusive Prosperity Capital
Christine Shaw, JD, MBA, Principal Investment Officer, Corporate Governance & Sustainable Investment, Office of the CT Treasurer

Moderator: Leila Dillon, SVP Marketing & Communications, Ameresco

Venue: University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, CT

Pictured left to right: Brown, Curtis, Bysiewicz, Dillon, O’Neill, Shaw

A Call To Action: Changing The Face Of The Energy And Environment Workforce

Panelists:
Aisha Francis, Ph.D., President and CEO, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Annelies Goger, David M. Rubenstein Fellow Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Jennifer Jean Kropke, Director of Energy Jobs, U.S. Department of Energy
Natalie Edwards, Chief Diversity Officer, National Grid

Conversation with Revolutionary Power Fellows:
Shalaya Morissette, Lead Program Manager, National Grid, Moderator
Daysia Charles, Revolutionary Power Fellow
Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru, Revolutionary Power Fellow

Promoting Equitable Access To Clean Energy And A Sustainable Environment

Keynote Address: Alicia Barton, Former President & CEO, NYSERDA

Panelists:
Shalanda Baker, Professor of Law, Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University School of Law, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Initiative for Energy Justice
Mariella Puerto, Co-Director for Climate, Barr Foundation
Shubhada Kambli, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Hartford Office of Sustainability

Moderator: Nancy Seidman, Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project

Pictured left to right: McKeever, Pingree, Bailey, Grant, Healy

Regional Collaboration vs. State Sovereignty on Energy and the Environment: Where the New England States Converge and Diverge

Keynote Address: Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General

Panelists:
Kate Bailey, Commissioner, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Carol Grant, Commissioner, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
Hannah Pingree, Director, Maine Office of Policy Innovation and the Future

Moderator: Kate McKeever, Director of Regulatory and Institutional Affairs at Enel Green Power

Venue: University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA

New England’s Climate Readiness: Diverse Voices on Adaptation and Resilience

Keynote Address: Katie Theoharides, Assistant Secretary of Climate Change, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Panelists:
Alison Brizius, Director of Climate and Environmental Planning, City of Boston
Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, President, Environmental League of Massachusetts
Katherine Kemen, Program Manager for Emergency Preparedness, Partners HeathCare System
Ellen Miller, Vice President of Projects, Avangrid Networks

Moderator: Penni McLean-Conner, Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President of Customer Group, Eversource Energy

Venue: University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

Pictured left to right: Brizius, Kemen, Turnbull Henry, Miller, McLean-Conner, Theoharides

Pictured left to right: Kates-Garnick, Burns, Hunt, Raimondo, Shea, Besser

New England’s Energy Mix and Environmental Future

Keynote Address: Gina M. Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island

Panelists:
Sara Burns, President & Chief Executive Officer, Central Maine Power
Kathleen Shea, President Transmission, Eversource Energy
Heather Hunt, Executive Director, New England States’ Committee on Energy
Janet Besser, Executive Vice President, Northeast Clean Energy Council

Moderator: Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of the Practice, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Venue: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

The Business of Getting to Clean Energy and Environment

Panelists:
Maryrose Sylvester, President and CEO of Current, Powered by GE
Cheryl Warren, National Grid USA Board Director and Innovation Strategist
Cynthia Arcate, President and CEO of PowerOptions

Moderator: Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of the Practice, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Venue: Tufts University, Fletcher School, Medford, MA

Pictured left to right: Beth Barton of NEWIEE and speakers Kates-Garnick, Arcate, Warren, Sylvester

Pictured left to right: Hatfield, Stratton, Broad, Hoffer, Judson

Women Shaping the Agenda in Energy and the Environment: The Public Sector

Panelists:
Meredith Hatfield, Director, New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning
Melissa Hoffer, Chief, Energy and Environment Bureau, Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts
Judith Judson, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
Jessie Stratton, Director of Policy, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Moderator: Martha Broad, Executive Director, MIT Energy Initiative

Venue: MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA