Speakers and Panelists
Roger Blomquist
Principal Engineer, Nuclear Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory (US Navy Veteran)
Kristen Brown
Principal Business Technology Specialist, Utility of the Future, ComEd
George Crabtree
Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Argonne National Laboratory; Director, Energy Initiative at University of Illinois at Chicago
Thomas Day
Partner, Invent2026 (US Army Veteran)
Chris Davy
Director, Office of Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State (US Army Veteran)
Greg Douquet
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Millennium Leadership Program, Atlantic Council of the US (USMC Veteran)
Kevin Johnson
President, GlidePath Federal Solutions (US Army Veteran)
Julian Kilcullen
Associate, Marathon Capital LLC (USMC Veteran)
Michael Kuk
Founder, CERx Solutions LLC (Wisconsin Air National Guard Veteran)
Victor J. LaGroon
Director, Chicago Office of Veterans Affairs, City of Chicago (US Army Veteran)
Samir Mayekar
Co-Founder and CEO, SiNode Systems
Tom Morehouse
Executive Advisor to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs
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Greg Morin
Director, Office of Strategy, Performance, and Risk, Argonne National Laboratory (US Navy Veteran)
Stacey Paradis
Executive Director, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Elizabeth Perez-Halprin
Founder-President, GC Green Inc (US Navy Veteran)
Andrea Roebker
Regional Communications Director, U.S. Small Business Administration
Shana Udvardy
Climate Preparedness Specialist, Climate & Energy, Union of Concerned Scientists
Karen Weigert
Senior Fellow, Global Cities, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chris Wheat
Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Policy Advisor, City of Chicago
Tom Wolf
Director of External Affairs, BP America
