2025 Speakers

James Bradbury

  • Director of Research and Policy Analysis, Georgetown Climate Center

Ann Carlson

  • Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law, and Faculty Co-Director School of Law, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA

Tim Echols

  • Commissioner, Georgia Public Service Commission

Adam Gromis

  • Public Policy Manager, Sustainability & Environmental Impact, Uber

Siva Gunda

  • Commissioner and Vice Chair, California Energy Commission

James Hileman

  • Vice President and Chief Engineer, Sustainability and Future Mobility, Boeing

Roland Hwang

  • Policy Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Alan Jenn

  • Assistant Professor, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Julie Kirshbaum

  • Director, Transportation at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

Shoshana Lew

  • Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)

Rachel Muncrief

  • Director, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)

Colin Murphy

  • Co-Director, UC Davis Low Carbon Fuel Policy Research Initiative

Neha Palmer

  • Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, TeraWatt Infrastructure Ambassador

Silvia Rojas

  • Executive Director, Costa Rican Association of Electric Mobility (Asomove)

Kellen Schefter

  • Senior Director of Electric Transportation, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)

Glenn Schmidt

  • Vice President Government and External Affairs, Market Communications Americas, Asia-Pacific, Africa, BMW Group

Gil Tal

  • Director of EV Center and STEPS+, UC Davis

Leuwam Tesfai

  • Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Climate Policy, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Sydney Vergis

  • Assistant Division Chief, Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board