Federal Market Workshop

Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Address: 1620 I St NW, Washington, DC 20006

8:00 - 9:00 AM

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Speaker

Prior to his work at DOE, Dr. Unruh spent many years working for ESCOs. During his time at Custom Energy and ConEdison Solutions, he fulfilled performance contracting work in all markets (MUSH, industrial, commercial and federal), gaining expertise in business development, engineering, measurement and verification, legal and financial aspects of the industry, often through first-hand experience in fulfilling the work. Early in his career, Dr. Unruh worked for CMS Energy, finding efficiency and power quality solutions for commercial and industrial energy users, where he developed his energy engineering foundation.

Dr. Unruh holds a Bachelors, Masters, and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. He also holds professional engineering licenses in 13 States and the District of Columbia.

9:05 - 9:30 AM

Jetta Wong, Senior Advisor on Climate, U.S. General Services Administration 

Jetta Wong is the Senior Advisor on climate change to the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration. At GSA she provides advice and assistance on all elements of the agency’s climate, energy, and sustainability programs and participates in key policy decisions, affecting the operations of GSA. Prior to her work at GSA Jetta worked as a consultant developing clean energy policies and programs that help commercialize new technologies. She was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Clean Energy Innovation at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation where she focused on U.S. competitiveness and the commercialization of technologies that reduce carbon emissions.

Jetta was a political appointee in the Obama Administration and worked at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she established the Office of Technology Transitions for the Department and served as its first director. Before OTT she was in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Before joining DOE, she worked for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Prior to that, she worked for the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI). Her career in energy started in Uzbekistan where she was a natural resources consultant. She holds a MPS in legislative affairs from George Washington University and a B.S. in natural resources and the environment from the University of Michigan.

9:30 - 10:55 AM

Speakers

Joe Maranto is a Director of Sustainability Solutions for Constellation, one of the nation’s largest producers of carbon-free energy and the leading competitive retail supplier of energy products and services across the United States.

With over twenty-five years of experience, Joe has provided leadership for the customer facing business development activities for Constellation with the goal to accelerate our customer’s transition to a carbon-free future, by speeding delivery of low-carbon or no-carbon power solutions, and to deliver comprehensive sustainability solutions including emerging technologies, energy utilization strategies, and mission critical energy security & resiliency to help government and businesses meet their sustainability and decarbonization goals.

In her capacity as President of Cascade Associates, Ms. Schafer is serving as the Executive Director of the Federal Performance Contracting Coalition (FPCC) representing companies involved in Energy Savings Performance Contracting with the Federal government. 

10:55 - 11:15 AM

Keynote 2

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM

Speakers

Rob has over 30 years of experience in the ESPC Business with 25 of those years working for Siemens. He is a licensed Mechanical Engineer in the State of Kentucky as well as a Certified Energy Manager, LEED AP, and PMP. He has developed, supervised, and managed over $620M worth of ESPC projects that are currently providing guaranteed annual savings of $48.1M. Over his tenure with Siemens, he served in various energy engineering and operations management roles supporting the development and execution of ESPCs. In his current role, as Sr Director of Project Development, he is responsible for managing Siemens technical project development engineering resources to support the development of ESPC projects from initial prospecting and NOO response through all phases to task order award as well as providing support to Siemens’ project execution and service teams after award.

12:40 - 1:40 PM

1:40 - 2:40 PM

Speakers

Emily currently holds the position of Senior Policy Advisor to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and previously served in the same role for Ranking Member Frank Lucas on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. She also served as a subcommittee staff director on the same committee, and as the legislative director for Rep. Randy Neugebauer. Emily also currently serves as a U.S. Navy Reserve Officer.

Prior to her work on Capitol Hill, Emily held political appointee positions at the Department of Energy (2006-2007) and the Department of Defense (2007-2011), and served as the Federal Liaison for the State of Texas.

She holds a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College, a Graduate Certificate in Advanced International Affairs from Texas A&M University, and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.

Emily is also the co-founder of The Honor Project, a Travis Manion Foundation service project to honor fallen servicemembers annually on Memorial Day.

Alice Lin is a Senior Tax Policy Advisor for the Senate Finance Committee under the leadership of Chairman Ron Wyden, where she handles energy and infrastructure tax, excise tax, and tax-exempt issues amongst other individual and business topics. Prior to joining Finance, she worked for the House Ways and Means Committee. In that capacity, she worked on major legislation including COVID-19 relief, the American Rescue Plan, and the Inflation Reduction Act on provisions ranging from climate tax provisions to refundable income tax credits. Before that, Alice worked for the Joint Economic Committee and for Rep. Mike Honda (CA-17).

Levi is currently serving as Professional Staff for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee focused on efficiency, hydrogen, storage, and DOE National Labs issues. Previously, Levi was able to contribute to these same issues for Senator Ben Ray Luján and Senator Chris Coons. Before coming to Capitol Hill, Levi worked at General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy where he worked on nuclear energy and cyber security projects. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

2:40 - 3:00 PM

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Speakers

Gregory Lane joined Navy Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) headquarters in October 2019 after a successful military career. He is the Energy Savings Performance Contract / Utility Energy Saving Contract (ESPC/UESC) Program Lead responsible for overseeing the execution of 152 projects across Navy and Marine Corps installations in the pre-award, design and construction, and performance phases. Since his arrival, NAVFAC awarded 4 ESPCs and 12 UESCs across the DON installations, and the team is currently working 23 projects at various levels in the pre-award phase with 9 anticipating award before the end of calendar year 2023. Mr. Lane plays a critical role in the success of the DON energy project portfolio by ensuring accurate reporting on project statuses and financial metrics as well as communicating information to partners. Most recently Mr. Lane has worked closely with the NAVFAC Smart Grid team and Command Information Office as NAVFAC moves toward integrating data analytics and cybersecurity into all new and existing third party financing projects.

4:30 - 6:00 PM

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