Previous Distinguished Keynotes and Panelists
Each year, CMU Energy Week brings together approximately 100 speakers from all energy and cleantech sectors to engage and collaborate on research, trends, insights and opportunities that are making a significant and disruptive impact. We've highlighted some of these speakers from our 2019 and 2021 conferences below.
Shara Mohtadi, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
![Shara Mohtadi](shara-mohtadi-400x400.png)
Grant Ervin, Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh
![Grant Ervin](grant-ervin-400x400.png)
Dean William Sanders, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
![William Sanders](william-sanders.jpg)
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (E 81), Allegheny County
![Rich fitzgerald](rich-fitzgerald-400x400.png)
Jim Skea, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
![Jim Skea](jim-skea-400x400.png)
Raj Kapoor, Lyft
![Raj Kapoor](raj-kapoor-400x400.png)
Paula Glover, Alliance to Save Energy
![Paula Glover](paula-grover-400x400.png)
Michael Dorsey, Around the Corner Capital; IberSun
![Micheal Dorsey](micheal-dorsey-400x400.png)
CMU alumna Carmen Yulín Cruz, Mayor, San Juan, Puerto Rico
![Carmen Yulin Cruz](images/carmen-yulin_400x400.jpg)
Thomas Siebel, CEO, C3.ai
![Thomas Siebel](images/tomsiebel_headshot400.jpg)
Barbara J. Burger, President, Chevron Technology Ventures
![Barbara Burger](images/barbara-burger_400x400.jpg)
Michael O'Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Development, NextEra Energy Resources
![Michael O'Sullivan](images/mike-osullivan_400x400.jpg)
David Danielson, Managing Director for Science, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
![David Danielson](images/dave-danielson_400x400.jpg)
Anne Pramaggiore, (Ret.), Senior Executive Vice President & CEO, Exelon Utilities
![Anne Pramaggiore](images/anne-pramaggiore_400x400.jpg)
Arletta Scott-Williams, Executive Director, Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN)
![Arletta Scott-Williams](images/arletta-scott-williams_400x400.jpg)
Ken Hayes, Executive Director, Cleantech Open
![Ken Hayes](images/kenhayes-profile-square400.jpg)
Katharine Eagan Kelleman, Chief Executive Officer, Port Authority of Allegheny County
![Katharine Eagan Kelleman](images/katharine-eagan-kelleman_400sq.jpg)
Matthew Nordan, Managing Director, PRIME Impact Fund
![Matthew Nordan](images/matthew-nordan_400x400.jpg)
Karina Ricks, Director, City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure
![Karina Ricks](images/karinaricks_400sq.jpg)
Brian Anderson, Director, US DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory
![Brian Anderson](images/brian-anderson_400x400.jpg)
Congressman Conor Lamb, (PA-17)
![Conor Lamb](images/conor-lamb_400x400.jpg)
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
![Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall](images/elizabeth-sherwood-randall_400x400.jpg)
Congressman Mike Doyle (PA-18)
![Mike Doyle](images/mike-doyle_400x400.jpg)
Gladys Brown, Chair, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
![Gladys Brown](images/gladys-brown_400x400.jpg)
Grace Bochenek, Former Director, US DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory
![Grace Bochenek](images/grace-bochenek_400x400.jpg)
William Peduto, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh
![William Peduto](images/peduto400.jpg)
CMU alumna Chanette Armstrong, Principal Deputy Director, ARPA-E
![Chanette Armstrong](images/chanette-armstrong_400x400.jpg)
Jay Weatherill, 45th Premier of South Australia
![Jay Weatherill](images/jay-weatherill_400x400.jpg)
Jay Hakes, Former Administrator, US Energy Information Administration
![Jay Hakes](images/jay-hakes-headshot400.jpg)
Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences
![Marcia McNutt](images/marcia-mcnutt_400x400.jpg)
Howard Gruenspecht, Former Deputy Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
![Howard Gruenspecht](images/howard-gruenspecht_400x400.jpg)
CMU alumnus Harmeet Singh, CTO, Greenlots
![Harmeet Singh](images/harmeet-singh_400x400.jpg)
Colette Honorable, Partner, Reed Smith LLP, Energy and Natural Resources Group
![Colette Honorable](images/colette-honorable_400x400.jpg)
Alex Laskey, President & Founder, Opower
![Alex Laskey](images/alex-laskey_400x400.jpg)
Sanjit "Bunker" Roy, Social Activist & Founder, Barefoot College
![Bunker Roy](images/sanjit-bunker-roy_400x400.jpg)
Andrew Stevenson, Formerly of Tesla Special Products
![Andrew Stevenson](images/andrew-stevenson_400x400edited.jpg)
CMU alumnus Paul Browning, President & CEO, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc.
![Paul Browning](images/paul-browning_400x400.jpeg)
Mary Conturo, Executive Director, Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
![Mary Conturo](images/conturo_400sq.jpg)
Chris White, Executive Vice President & Chief Sales Officer, Bloom Energy
![Chris White](images/chris-white_400x400.jpg)
Balaji Ganapathy, Head of Workforce Effectiveness, Tata Consultancy Services
![Balaji Ganapathy](images/ganapathy_400x400.png)