Michael M. Schneider, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)

• Vice President - Risk Management and Compliance, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Risk Officer at SDG&E, one of Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities. Schneider is responsible for risk identification, mitigation, quantification and financial frameworks, compliance, energy risk management, and asset management.
• Previously, in his role as Vice President - Clean Transportation and Asset Management, he oversaw clean transportation, asset management, growth and technology integration, strategic planning, and business optimization.
• Since joining SDG&E in 1992 he has held roles in customer service, regulatory operations, environmental, and finance. Schneider earned his MBA from George Mason University with an emphasis in finance and also earned Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Arizona.
• He serves on the Board of Directors of the San Diego River Park Foundation and the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.

Erik Bakken, Tucson Electric Power (TEP) 

• Vice President - Energy Resources, and Chief Sustainability Officer
• Erik joined TEP as a Corporate Counsel after earning a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona. He also earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Arizona State University.
• Since joining TEP in 2000 he has advanced through management positions in Land Resources and Environmental Services and was promoted to Senior Director - Transmission & Environmental Services in 2014. He was promoted to Vice President -Transmission & Distribution Planning and Environmental in 2018 before taking on expanded responsibilities in his current role.
   

Kevin Johnson, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

• Kevin Johnson is the Principal for Wildfire Resilience Partnerships at PG&E, where he develops projects, partnerships, and programs in service of realizing PG&E’s stand that “[All] Catastrophic Wildfires Shall Stop”. 
• Since joining PG&E in 2013 his roles and functions have included energy strategy and innovation, corporate strategy integration, and customer analytics. 
• Prior to PG&E Kevin worked at a strategy consulting firm and startup software company. He received a BA in Political Science from UCLA and MBA from Dartmouth.

Robert F. Lemoine, Southern California Edison (SCE)

• Robert LeMoine is Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Public Safety within SCE’s Audit and Risk Management department.
• Robert leads a team of risk managers, data scientists, and subject matter experts who are responsible for identifying operational risk, verifying effective mitigation plans, performing risk assessment analysis to develop key enterprise risks (including risks related to ESG, strategy, and climate change), identifying and mitigating public safety risks and performing loss control.
• Prior to joining Enterprise Risk Management in December 2018, Robert was Director, Operations, IT and Cybersecurity Audits. Prior to joining the Audit Services Department in September 2016, Robert was a Senior Attorney in SCE’s Law Department where he worked on a diverse range of issues, including General Rate Cases, wildfire rule makings, Catalina Gas and Water, telecommunications matters, and a wide range of transmission and distribution regulatory matters.

Arun Mani, KPMG

• Arun Mani, a Principal with KPMG, is an Energy and Water Sector Strategist who operates at the intersection of regulation, operations, and technology to advise clients worldwide on a variety of energy and water-related topics including but not limited to decarbonized supply, sustainable demand, intelligent infrastructure, and foundational technologies.
• With over 30 years of consulting work advising utility and energy companies' management and boards on various infrastructure decisions, Arun has a broad understanding of the electric, gas, and water sectors.
• Arun works with company leaders and clients to shape strategy, drive growth, and lead operational transformations. 

Dr. Alex Hollingsworth  

• Associate Professor at Ohio State University 
• Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
• Micro-economist with interests in health and environmental economics
• Co-hosts the podcast, The Hidden Curriculum, with Sebastian Tello-Trillo
• Publications include:  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Human Resources
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Dr. Jackson Dorsey  

• Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin
• Previously an Assistant Professor at Indiana University Kelley School of Business
• Dr. Dorsey earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Arizona in 2018
• His research focuses on environmental economics, energy economics, and industrial organization. His recent work aims to understand the market impacts of clean energy technologies, such as solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles, and energy storage. This includes investigating the determinants of energy technology adoption and drawing implications for public policy.
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Dr. Beth Tellman

• Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, in the School of Geography, Development, and Environment
• Her research addresses the causes of global environmental change and the consequences on people with a focus on access to water, flood risk, and land use change. She engages in multiple disciplines and methods to “socialize the pixel” or understand the social processes behind environmental change captured in satellite image pixels and leverage satellite data to improve human well-being.
• She is a Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Floodbase, a public benefit corporation that leverages remote sensing to build flood monitoring and mapping systems for countries and parametric insurance products. Her global flood mapping work was recently featured on the cover of Nature.
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