17th Annual Kickoff Forum Registrants

Thanks to the following individuals who have already registered to attend the CCIF 17th Annual Kickoff Forum on November 8, 2026 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (List in order of state/territory/province/country, organization, last name.  Updated periodically–not automatically–from registration.)
ST First Last Title Organization
AB Derek Olmstead Administrator & CEO CAMPUT / Market Surveillance Administrator
AL Stoney Stone Senior Account Executive HData
AR Katie Anderson Commissioner Arkansas Public Service Commission
AR Bridgette Frazier Administrative Law Judge Arkansas Public Service Commission
AR Jamie Moody Communications Director Southern Renewable Energy Association
AR Gina Gargano-Amari Lead Regulatory Analyst Southwest Power Pool
AR Michael Marchand Director, State Regulatory Walmart
AZ Aimee Cvancara Associate State Director – Arizona AARP
AZ Lea Márquez Peterson Commissioner Arizona Corporation Commission
AZ Kevin Thompson Commissioner Arizona Corporation Commission
CA Lee Ainslie Head of Growth BurnBot
CA Forest Kaser Director California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety
CA Pat Tsen Chief Deputy Executive Director California Public Utilities Commission
CA Anthony Brunello Partner California Strategies
CA Cariana Morales Chief of Staff GridCARE
CA Scott Engstrom Chief Commercial Officer GridX, Inc.
CA Laurie Dowling Executive Director National Utilities Diversity Council
CA Jen Kalafut Director, Regulatory Relations Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
CA Nidhi Upadhyaya Manager, Market Development and Policy Rhizome
CA Kelly Crandall VP, Regulatory and Policy UtilityAPI
CO Anne Sherwood Chief Legal Officer CORE electric cooperative
CO Cameron Brooks President E9 Insight
CO Steven Berman VP Regulatory Liberty Utilities
CO Jarrad Wright Senior Researcher National Renewable Energy Lab
CO Erin Soden Legal Regulatory Analyst Onward Energy
CO Claire Wayner Senior Associate RMI
CO Robin Arnold Dir. of State, Federal, and International Affairs Western Interstate Energy Board
CO Jason Peuquet RVP, Regulatory Xcel Energy
DC William Malcolm Gov Affairs Director AARP
DC Carolena Bellini Policy Associate Advanced Energy United
DC Sasha Malik Policy Associate Advanced Energy United
DC Jenna Warmuth Director Advanced Energy United
DC Maeve Hulsman-Wells Coordinator American Clean Power Association
DC Eva Brungard Infrastructure Analyst Arnold Ventures
DC Jeff Plewes Principal Charles River Associates
DC Cassandra Shields Manager, State Regulatory Policy Edison Electric Institute
DC Mari Smallwood Senior Coordinator, Regulatory Affairs Edison Electric Institute
DC Kristine Telford Vice President Edison Electric Institute
DC Kiera Zitelman Senior Director Edison Electric Institute
DC Stephanie Johnson AVP Regulatory Affairs EPSA
DC Kimberly Frank Partner K&L Gates LLP
DC Sherry Lichtenberg Sr Mgr Policy NARUC
DC Danielle Sass Byrnett Senior Director, Ctr for Partnerships & Innovation NARUC
DC Viet Ngo Managing Counsel PSEG
DC Joseph Daniel Principal RMI
DC Ann Collier Director, Grid Strategy Smart Electric Power Alliance
DC Damali Harding Senior Director, Markets & Policy Solar Landscape
DC Jimmie Hammontree Director – State Government & Regulatory Affairs Williams
DE Michael Richard Commissioner Delaware  Public Service Commission
FL Chante’ Jones Associate State Director of Advocacy AARP Florida
FL Robert Pickels Regulatory Affairs Director Duke Energy Florida
FL Juliet Hauser Chief Advisor Florida Public Service Commission
FL Mike La Rosa Commissioner Florida Public Service Commission
FL Ana Ortega Commissioner Florida Public Service Commission
FL MaryRose Sirianni Director Regulatory Affairs TECO
GA Monique Andrews Consumer Affairs Manager Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Jamie Barber Director EERE Unit Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Tim Bierenfeld HR Director/Co-chair education & Research Committee Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Benjamin Deitchman Assistant Director, Electric Unit Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Mugendi Gitonga Utility Engineer Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Bobby Iseley Utilities Engineer – Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Unit Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Lynn Page HR Director/Co-chair education & Research Committee Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Arni Parikh Utility Analyst 2 Georgia Public Service Commission
HI Naomi Kuwaye Commissioner Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
HI Deborah Kwan Communications Officer Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
HI Anand Samtani Office of Policy and Research, Staff Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
HI Lorraine Akiba President/CEO LHA Ventures
IA Amy Wheatley Director Regulatory Alliant Energy
ID Brad Kinney Sales Operations Leader GE Vernova
IL Nick Dreher Policy Lead – East Everyday Electric
IL Erin O’Connell-Diaz President FutureFWD, Inc
IL Jason Stevenson Senior Account Executive HData
IL Stacey Paradis Commissioner Illinois Commerce Commission
IL Doug Scott Chair Illinois Commerce Commission
IL Will Baker Senior Director, Market Development Renew Home
IN Maison Bleam Regional Director (Central Region) MISO
IN Jennifer Shikany VP Rates & Reg Strategy NiSource
IN Sarah Freeman Principal RAP
JM Cheryl Lewis Deputy Director-General Jamaica Office of Utilities Regulation
KY Mary Pat Regan Vice Chair Kentucky Public Service Commission
LA Edward Yeilding Policy Director Louisiana Public Service Commission
MA Karsten Barde Director of Policy & Regulatory Strategy National Grid
MA Josh Cohen VP, Policy SWTCH
ME Phil Bartlett Senior Director, Regulatory Policy Base Power Company
ME Sharon Reishus Advisor Halcyon
ME Carrie Gilbert Commissioner Maine Public Utilities Commission
MI John Quackenbush President JQ Resources, LLC
MI Michael Moody Special Litigation Division Chief Michigan Department of Attorney General
MI Anne Armstrong Director, Customer Assistance Division Michigan Public Service Commission
MI Erik Nordman Director, Institute of Public Utilities Michigan State University
MN William Seuffert Director of Regulatory Affairs Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO)
MN Tracy Smetana Energy Affordability Office Director Minnesota Department of Commerce
MN Austin Li Fellow analyst Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
MN Jeff Lyng Chief Sustainability Officer; Vice President, External Affairs & Policy Xcel Energy
MO Matthew Dority Dir. Regulatory Affairs Evergy
MO Douglas Anderson Advisor Missouri Public Service Commission
MO Maida Coleman Commissioner Missouri Public Service Commission
MO John Mitchell Commissioner Missouri Public Service Commission
MO Mary Mitchell Other Missouri Public Service Commission
MS George Butler Director of Consumer Services Mississippi Public Service Commission
MS De’Keither Stamps Commissioner Mississippi Public Service Commission
NC Rebekah de la Mora Project Manager NC Clean Energy Technology Center
NC Madeline Hurley Staff Attorney North Carolina Utilities Commission
NC Floyd McKissick Jr Commissioner North Carolina Utilities Commission
NC Thad Culley Sr. Director of Regulatory Policy Sunrun
NC Peter Ledford Attorney Ward and Smith, P.A.
ND Sheri Haugen-Hoffert Commissioner North Dakota Public Service Commission
NJ Richard Mroz Managing Director Archer Public Affairs | Resolute Strategies
NJ Joseph Coviello Commissioner New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
NJ Lisa Fontanella Research Director S&P Global
NM Greg Nibert Commissioner New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
NV Tammy Cordova Commissioner Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
NV Karen Olesky Economist Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
NV Jesse Panoff Attorney Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
NY Sara Enright Sr Director, Safety and Energy Consumer Reports
NY Meghan Nutting VP of Regulatory Reform IREC
NY Akira Kanazawa Consultant Mizuho Bank
NY Celia Tandon Senior Associate RMI
NY Brooke Hodge US Power Market Analyst Rystad Energy
OK Kim David Chairman Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OK Jason Murray Legal Advisor to Commissioner Kim David Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OK Erica O’Neal Regulatory Assistant to Commissioner Kim David Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OK Geoffrey Rush Regulatory Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OR Josh Keeling Chief Commercial Officer UtilityAPI
PA Rick Benitez Chief Executive Officer – Principal BENGC
PA Jesse Rodriguez Director, Regulatory Affairs Constellation
PA Amy Brinton Sr. Director, Government Affairs and Economic Dev Cypress Creek Energy
PA Andy Chung Energy Innovator Fellow Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PR Lillian Mateo-Santos Founder and Principal Argia Advisory, LLC
PR Robert Garcia Cooper Manager BDO USA
PR Charlene Rodriguez Public Interest Citizen
PR Alexander Burgos Miembro Asociado Junta Reglamentadora Servicio Publico de Puerto Rico
SD Gary Hanson Commissioner South Dakota Public Service Commission
TN Katrina McMurrian Executive Director CCIF
TN Michaela Marincic Senior Research & Data Analyst Three3, Inc.
TX Christopher Burden Tech Mngr Reg Comp/Stds Policy Enbridge (U.S.), Inc.
TX Scott Lipton Policy Director, Western Region ERock, Inc.
TX Chuck Bondurant Director, CISRM Public Utility Commission of Texas
TX Marzi Bolhassani MOS Manager Railroad Commission of Texas
TX Yvonne Jackson Director Gas Services Railroad Commission of Texas
TX Scott Holmes CTO Resilient Structures (RS)
UT Chris Parker Director Utah Division of Public Utilities
VA Jennifer Montague President & COO Columbia Gas of Virginia
VA Robert Gee President Gee Strategies Group, LLC
VA Kim Duffley Sr. Director of Energy Policy and Legal Counsel NARUC
VA Nicole Finocchio Member Services/Professional Development Specialist NARUC
VA Joe Damico Chief Administrative Officer Virginia State Corporation Commission
VA David Essah Director Virginia State Corporation Commission
VA Pamela Genung Deputy Director – Public Utility Regulation Virginia State Corporation Commission
VT Jeffrey Loiter Technical Director NARUC
VT George Twigg Executive Director NECPUC
WA Philip Jones Executive Director Alliance for Transportation Electrification
WA Shawn Bonfield Sr. Manager, Regulatory Policy & Strategy Avista
WA Jay Balasbas President JMB Strategies
WA Amy Andrews Energy and Accounting Policy Advisor Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WA Milt Doumit Commissioner Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WA Ann Rendahl Commissioner Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WI Matt Stoltz Account Executive Advanced Energy United
WI Cat Giljohann AVP- Regulatory Affairs Alliant
WI Carrie Templeton Director, Regulatory Affairs Alliant Energy
WI Tara Bachman Deputy Administrator Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Mikhaila Calice Executive Assistant to Commissioner Hawkins Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Kate Christensen Administrator, Energy Regulation and Analysis Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Cara Coburn Faris Chief Legal Counsel Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Marcus Hawkins Commissioner Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Kristy Nieto Commissioner Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Kara Pennoyer Chief of Staff & Executive Assistant to the Chair Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Matt Sweeney Executive Assistant
ST First Last Title Organization
AB Derek Olmstead Administrator & CEO CAMPUT / Market Surveillance Administrator
AL Stoney Stone Senior Account Executive HData
AR Katie Anderson Commissioner Arkansas Public Service Commission
AR Jamie Moody Communications Director Southern Renewable Energy Association
AR Gina Gargano-Amari Lead Regulatory Analyst Southwest Power Pool
AZ Aimee Cvancara Associate State Director – Arizona AARP
AZ Lea Márquez Peterson Commissioner Arizona Corporation Commission
AZ Kevin Thompson Commissioner Arizona Corporation Commission
CA Forest Kaser Director California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety
CA Pat Tsen Chief Deputy Executive Director California Public Utilities Commission
CA Anthony Brunello Partner California Strategies
CA Cariana Morales Chief of Staff GridCARE
CA Scott Engstrom Chief Commercial Officer GridX, Inc.
CA Laurie Dowling Executive Director National Utilities Diversity Council
CA Nidhi Upadhyaya Manager, Market Development and Policy Rhizome
CA Kelly Crandall VP, Regulatory and Policy UtilityAPI
CO Anne Sherwood Chief Legal Officer CORE electric cooperative
CO Cameron Brooks President E9 Insight
CO Steven Berman VP Regulatory Liberty Utilities
CO Jarrad Wright Senior Researcher National Renewable Energy Lab
CO Erin Soden Legal Regulatory Analyst Onward Energy
CO Claire Wayner Senior Associate RMI
CO Robin Arnold Dir. of State, Federal, and International Affairs Western Interstate Energy Board
CO Jason Peuquet RVP, Regulatory Xcel Energy
DC William Malcolm Gov Affairs Director AARP
DC Carolena Bellini Policy Associate Advanced Energy United
DC Sasha Malik Policy Associate Advanced Energy United
DC Jenna Warmuth Director Advanced Energy United
DC Maeve Hulsman-Wells Coordinator American Clean Power Association
DC Eva Brungard Infrastructure Analyst Arnold Ventures
DC Jeff Plewes Principal Charles River Associates
DC Cassandra Shields Manager, State Regulatory Policy Edison Electric Institute
DC Mari Smallwood Senior Coordinator, Regulatory Affairs Edison Electric Institute
DC Kristine Telford Vice President Edison Electric Institute
DC Kiera Zitelman Senior Director Edison Electric Institute
DC Stephanie Johnson AVP Regulatory Affairs EPSA
DC Kimberly Frank Partner K&L Gates LLP
DC Danielle Sass Byrnett Senior Director, Ctr for Partnerships & Innovation NARUC
DC Viet Ngo Managing Counsel PSEG
DC Joseph Daniel Principal RMI
DC Ann Collier Director, Grid Strategy Smart Electric Power Alliance
DC Damali Harding Senior Director, Markets & Policy Solar Landscape
DC Jimmie Hammontree Director – State Government & Regulatory Affairs Williams
DE Michael Richard Commissioner Delaware  Public Service Commission
FL Chante’ Jones Associate State Director of Advocacy AARP Florida
FL Juliet Hauser Chief Advisor Florida Public Service Commission
FL Mike La Rosa Commissioner Florida Public Service Commission
FL Ana Ortega Commissioner Florida Public Service Commission
FL MaryRose Sirianni Director Regulatory Affairs TECO
GA Monique Andrews Consumer Affairs Manager Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Jamie Barber Director EERE Unit Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Tim Bierenfeld HR Director/Co-chair education & Research Committee Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Benjamin Deitchman Assistant Director, Electric Unit Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Mugendi Gitonga Utility Engineer Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Bobby Iseley Utilities Engineer – Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Unit Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Lynn Page HR Director/Co-chair education & Research Committee Georgia Public Service Commission
GA Arni Parikh Utility Analyst 2 Georgia Public Service Commission
HI Naomi Kuwaye Commissioner Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
HI Deborah Kwan Communications Officer Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
HI Anand Samtani Office of Policy and Research, Staff Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
HI Lorraine Akiba President/CEO LHA Ventures
IA Amy Wheatley Director Regulatory Alliant Energy
ID Brad Kinney Sales Operations Leader GE Vernova
IL Erin O’Connell-Diaz President FutureFWD, Inc
IL Doug Scott Chair Illinois Commerce Commission
IL Will Baker Senior Director, Market Development Renew Home
IN Jennifer Shikany VP Rates & Reg Strategy NiSource
IN Sarah Freeman Principal RAP
JM Cheryl Lewis Deputy Director-General Jamaica Office of Utilities Regulation
KY Mary Pat Regan Vice Chair Kentucky Public Service Commission
LA Edward Yeilding Policy Director Louisiana Public Service Commission
MA Karsten Barde Director of Policy & Regulatory Strategy National Grid
MA Josh Cohen VP, Policy SWTCH
ME Phil Bartlett Senior Director, Regulatory Policy Base Power Company
ME Sharon Reishus Advisor Halcyon
ME Carrie Gilbert Commissioner Maine Public Utilities Commission
MI John Quackenbush President JQ Resources, LLC
MI Michael Moody Special Litigation Division Chief Michigan Department of Attorney General
MI Erik Nordman Director, Institute of Public Utilities Michigan State University
MN William Seuffert Director of Regulatory Affairs Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO)
MN Tracy Smetana Energy Affordability Office Director Minnesota Department of Commerce
MN Austin Li Fellow analyst Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
MN Jeff Lyng Chief Sustainability Officer; Vice President, External Affairs & Policy Xcel Energy
MO Matthew Dority Dir. Regulatory Affairs Evergy
MO Douglas Anderson Advisor Missouri Public Service Commission
MO Maida Coleman Commissioner Missouri Public Service Commission
MO John Mitchell Commissioner Missouri Public Service Commission
MO Mary Mitchell Other Missouri Public Service Commission
MS George Butler Director of Consumer Services Mississippi Public Service Commission
MS De’Keither Stamps Commissioner Mississippi Public Service Commission
NC Rebekah de la Mora Project Manager NC Clean Energy Technology Center
NC Madeline Hurley Staff Attorney North Carolina Utilities Commission
NC Floyd McKissick Jr Commissioner North Carolina Utilities Commission
NC Thad Culley Sr. Director of Regulatory Policy Sunrun
NC Peter Ledford Attorney Ward and Smith, P.A.
ND Sheri Haugen-Hoffert Commissioner North Dakota Public Service Commission
NJ Richard Mroz Managing Director Archer Public Affairs | Resolute Strategies
NJ Joseph Coviello Commissioner New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
NJ Lisa Fontanella Research Director S&P Global
NM Greg Nibert Commissioner New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
NV Tammy Cordova Commissioner Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
NV Karen Olesky Economist Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
NY Sara Enright Sr Director, Safety and Energy Consumer Reports
NY Sara Enright Sr Director, Safety and Energy Consumer Reports
NY Meghan Nutting VP of Regulatory Reform IREC
NY Akira Kanazawa Consultant Mizuho Bank
NY Celia Tandon Senior Associate RMI
NY Brooke Hodge US Power Market Analyst Rystad Energy
OK Kim David Chairman Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OK Jason Murray Legal Advisor to Commissioner Kim David Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OK Erica O’Neal Regulatory Assistant to Commissioner Kim David Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OK Geoffrey Rush Regulatory Oklahoma Corporation Commission
OR Josh Keeling Chief Commercial Officer UtilityAPI
PA Rick Benitez Chief Executive Officer – Principal BENGC
PA Jesse Rodriguez Director, Regulatory Affairs Constellation
PA Amy Brinton Sr. Director, Government Affairs and Economic Dev Cypress Creek Energy
PA Andy Chung Energy Innovator Fellow Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PR Lillian Mateo-Santos Founder and Principal Argia Advisory, LLC
PR Lillian Mateo-Santos Principal Argia Advisory, LLC
PR Charlene Rodriguez Public Interest Citizen
SD Gary Hanson Commissioner South Dakota Public Service Commission
TN Katrina McMurrian Executive Director CCIF
TX Christopher Burden Tech Mngr Reg Comp/Stds Policy Enbridge (U.S.), Inc.
TX Scott Lipton Policy Director, Western Region ERock, Inc.
TX Marzi Bolhassani MOS Manager Railroad Commission of Texas
TX Yvonne Jackson Director Gas Services Railroad Commission of Texas
TX Scott Holmes CTO Resilient Structures (RS)
UT Chris Parker Director Utah Division of Public Utilities
VA Jennifer Montague President & COO Columbia Gas of Virginia
VA Robert Gee President Gee Strategies Group, LLC
VA Kim Duffley Sr. Director of Energy Policy and Legal Counsel NARUC
VA Nicole Finocchio Member Services/Professional Development Specialist NARUC
VA Joe Damico Chief Administrative Officer Virginia State Corporation Commission
VA Pamela Genung Deputy Director – Public Utility Regulation Virginia State Corporation Commission
VT Jeffrey Loiter Technical Director NARUC
VT George Twigg Executive Director NECPUC
WA Philip Jones Executive Director Alliance for Transportation Electrification
WA Shawn Bonfield Sr. Manager, Regulatory Policy & Strategy Avista
WA Jay Balasbas President JMB Strategies
WA Amy Andrews Energy and Accounting Policy Advisor Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WA Milt Doumit Commissioner Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WA Ann Rendahl Commissioner Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WI Cat Giljohann AVP- Regulatory Affairs Alliant
WI Tara Bachman Deputy Administrator Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Mikhaila Calice Executive Assistant to Commissioner Hawkins Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Kate Christensen Administrator, Energy Regulation and Analysis Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Cara Coburn Faris Chief Legal Counsel Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Marcus Hawkins Commissioner Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Kristy Nieto Commissioner Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Kara Pennoyer Chief of Staff & Executive Assistant to the Chair Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
WI Matt Sweeney Executive Assistant Public Service Commission of Wisconsin