Featured Speakers (2025)
Keynote Speaker
May 21
The Honorable Josh Green, Governor, State of Hawaii
Deep Dive Session
May 21
& Outcomes Presentation
May 22
Dr. Ahmad Faruqui, Economist-at-Large
Jennifer Potter, Faculty Energy Specialist, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
Brad Albert, Business Development Director, Nexamp
Arnold Albiar, Managing Partner of Hawaii, Sustainability Partners LLC
Michael Angelo, Executive Director, Division of Consumer Advocacy, State of Hawaii
Leo Asuncion, Chair, Public Utilities Commission,
Lyla Berg, Infrastructure Partner, Sustainability Partners LLC
Richard Bissen, Mayor, County of Maui
Caroline Carl, Executive Director, Hawaii Energy
Leilani Chow, Molokai Clean Energy Hui
Michael Colón, Director, Energy Sector, Ulupono Initiative
Dax Cuthbert, Director of Analytics, Sustainability Partners LLC
Michael DeCaprio, Vice President of Power Supply, Hawaiian Electric
Makai Freitas, Commissioner, Department of Hawaiian Homelands
Mark Glick, Chief Energy Officer, Hawaii State Energy Office
Brian Gold, President & CEO, The Solaray Corporation
Jay Griffin, Consultant, JPG Consulting LLC
Jacqui Hoover, Chair, Conference Program Committee; Executive Director and COO Hawaii Island Economic Development Board (HIEDB); and President Hawaii Leeward Planning
Melanie Islam, Principal & Sustainability Director, MASON
Brian Kealoha, Chief Growth and Impact Officer, VEIC
Joe Kent, Executive Vice President, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Damien Kim, Business Manager/Financial Secretary, International Brotherhood Electrical Workers Local 1186
Shelee Kimura, President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric
Alana Kobayashi Pakkala, CEO & Partner, Kobayashi Group LLC
Jonathan Koehn, Director of the City of Boulder Climate Initiatives Department
Bernie Kotlier, Executive Director, Labor Management Cooperation Committee, California
Jeremy Kwock, Manager of Pricing, Hawaiian Electric
Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Maui Trustee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Doug McLeod, DKK Energy Services
Mathew McNeff, Director of Maui County, Hawaiian Electric
Noel Morin, Infrastructure Partner, Sustainability Partners LLC
Robert “Rocky” Mould, Executive Director, Hawaii Solar Energy Association
Nicola Park, Director, Clearway Energy
Ryan Park, Director, Business Development, Moss Construction’s Hawaii Division
Ted Peck, President, Holu Hou Energy
Kirstin Punu, Director, Hawaii Project Development, AES Hawaii
Richard (Rick) Rocheleau, Director, Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute
Brad Rockwell, Chief of Operations, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
Madison Schroder, Policy Coordinator, Generation Atomic
Jack Shriver, Sr. Program Manager, Indo-Pacific Region – POWER Engineers
Caroline Thomas Jacobs, Director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, State of California
Maria Tome, Chief Research Analyst, Division of Consumer Advocacy, State of Hawaii
Antonio Torres-Miranda, Associate Commissioner, Energy Bureau of the Puerto Rico Public Service Regulatory Board
Kylie Wager Cruz, Senior Attorney, Earthjustice Mid-Pacific Office
Wren Wescoatt, VP of Development, Longroad Energy
Leslie Wilkins, President & CEO, Maui Economic Development Board
Walker Wright, Vice President – Public Policy, SunRun
Colin Yost, Commissioner, State of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission