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Janea A. Scott

Janea Scott has served in several appointed roles during the Obama and Biden administrations and under two California Governors. Most recently, Ms. Scott served as the Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management at the U.S. Department of Interior. In this role, Scott focused on renewable energy and transmission, assisting the […]

Drew Kodjak

Drew Kodjak is the co-founder and Executive Director of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the environmental performance and energy efficiency of road, marine, and air transportation. Under his leadership, the ICCT has provided critical research and analysis that has informed the development of hundreds of ambitious and […]

Gwen Spencer

Gwen Spencer is a seasoned Partner at PwC with over 27 years of experience, where she has been a trusted advisor to prestigious organizations. Her tenure at PwC includes significant contributions to the northeast senior leadership team and the guidance of high-performing teams nationwide. Gwen has been instrumental in driving business objectives and advancing Corporate […]

Huiming Gong

Mr. Huiming Gong is the Senior Program Director of the Transportation Program, Energy Foundation China. Before joining the Energy Foundation in 2005, he served as the Program Officer of the Auto Project on Energy and Climate Change at the Global Environmental Institute. Mr. Gong received a Ph.D. degree in Power Machinery and Engineering from Beijing […]

Charlotte Pera

Charlotte Pera has worked for more than 30 years in clean energy, climate change, and philanthropy. She most recently served as Vice President and Deputy CEO at the Bezos Earth Fund, a philanthropic organization created by Jeff Bezos that is spending $10 billion this decade to address climate change and protect and restore nature. Before […]

Jane Akumu

Jane Akumu is currently a Programme Management Officer at the Sustainable Mobility Unit within the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). She has been working towards environmentally sustainable transport in Africa since joining UNEP 20 years ago. Mainly through the introduction of cleaner road transportation fuels and matching vehicle emission control technologies; and promoting new and emerging […]

Silvio Marcacci

Silvio Marcacci is Energy Innovation’s Senior Director of Communications, leading communications across all of the firm’s policy programs. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in strategic communications and media relations, and is a bylined columnist at media outlets including Forbes, The Hill, and Utility Dive. Prior to Energy Innovation, Silvio was founder and principal of […]

Lars Grotewold

Dr Lars Grotewold is the Director Climate Action at Stiftung Mercator. In this capacity he oversees the foundation’s strategy and grant making geared towards ambitious climate action in Germany and the E.U. With its activities, Stiftung Mercator wants to facilitate the development and implementation of socially just transformation strategies to achieve climate neutrality by the […]

Elliot Treharne

Elliot Treharne is a specialist in urban, transport and environmental policy and is currently Assistant Director for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity at the Greater London Authority. Elliot was previously Head of Air Quality with responsibility for London’s air quality, transport decarbonisation and green transport projects and programmes. Elliot’s career started with the United Nations, with […]

Ann Marie Sastry

Ann Marie Sastry is President and CEO of Amesite, an award-winning artificial intelligence software company focused on improving learning, and one of Metropolitan Detroit’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For (2019). Dr. Sastry was previously President, CEO, Board Director and co-Founder of Sakti3, recognized as one of MIT’s 50 Smartest Companies (2015), and as […]