2025 Microgrid Knowledge Conference
Advisory Board


David Paganie
Endeavor Business Media
Chief Editor and Conference Director

Kenneth Horne
Co-Chair
Spring Lane Capital
Director

Adib Naslé
Xendee

Allan Schurr
Enchanted Rock

Allie Detrio
Reimagine Power
CEO, Chief Strategist

Arnela Smajlovic Djedovic
Siemens SI
Manager

Dave O’Brien
Sapling Financial Consultants Inc.
Consultant

Dennis Garrett
Blue Lake Clean Energy Group LLC
C-Level Executive/President/Owner/Principal

Elham Akhavan
Wood Mackenzie
Senior Research Analyst , Microgrids

Emily Cillessen
S&C Electric Company
Manager, Federal Markets

Hari Sivadas
Generac
VP Industrial Storage & Microgrid Solutions

Hassan Obeid
Cummins Inc
Global Technical Sales Leader

Jaclyn Whiteman Whiteman
Duke Energy
Director, Distributed Energy Ops and Maintenance

Jana Gerber
Jana Gerber
North America Microgrid President

Jon Erickson
POWER Engineers
Senior Project Manager

Katrina Pielli
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
Strategic Initiatives Lead

Lisa Khanna
Breakthrough Energy

Mahmoud Kabalan
Center for Microgrid Research - University of St Thomas
Professor and Director

Mark Feasel
FuelCell Energy
EVP & Chief Commercial Officer

Mehdi Ganji
Pacific Gas and Electric
Microgrid Strategy and Vision

Mike Bakas
Ameresco, Inc.
President, Renewable Fuels

Nikki Chandler
Endeavor Business Media
Associate Content Director

Pamela Hewitt
PXiSE
Sr. Product Manager

Ramé Hemstreet
Kaiser Permanente
Vice President of Operations, National Facilities Design and Construction, Chief Energy Officer

Rick Bolton
Compass Energy Platform
Executive/President/Owner/Principal

Samantha Reifer
Scale Microgrids
Director, Strategic Alliances

Steven Pullins
ResSET
CEO

Sunil Cherian
Spirae, LLC
CEO

Taiwo Alo
PHI
Director

Thomas Poteet
Mesa Solutions
VP Corporate Development

Todd Jackson
PowerSecure
Vice President, Strategic Development