2025 Speakers

Diana Avalos Morales

  • Executive Director, Asociación Mexicana de Impulso al Vehículo Eléctrico (AMIVE)

Thomas Becker

  • Vice President External Affairs, Sustainability, BMW Group

James Bradbury

  • Director of Research and Policy Analysis, Georgetown Climate Center

Ann Carlson

  • Professor, 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

Laurie Holmes

  • Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Hyundai Motor Group

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

  • Executive 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

Julia Rege

  • Environmental Regulation & Research, Toyota Motor North America

Silvia Rojas

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

Kellen Schefter

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

Stephanie Severance

  • Director of Research & Technology Strategy, Innovation & Partnership, Cummins Inc.

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)

Heather Thompson

  • Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP)

Sydney Vergis

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

Michael Wang

  • Director, Systems Assessment Center - Environmental Assessment Leader, Argonne National Laboratory