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Maximilian Auffhammer, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and International and Area Studies, has been at Berkeley since 2003. Auffhammer revitalized one of the least successful courses in ARE, turning it into one of the most popular and successful courses in the graduate program. Students time and again point to the fact that he manages to turn a subject that they don’t necessarily respond to, economics, into something fascinating and relevant: “I have done poorly in econ before,” says one student, “and this is a 360 degree change for me. I now actually like econ.” Auffhammer’s colleagues, too, praise his teaching: “Not more than one in a hundred ladder faculty members achieve the kind of success in the classroom that he routinely achieves, year after year.” The Committee noted that he is both an incredible mentor and an incredible teacher, leading students through dense material with clarity and enthusiasm.

John Balbach, Managing Partner, Global Alliances, is a pioneer of the cleantech investment category and is currently building a new cleantech fund and serving on the boards and actively advising numerous cleantech companies, funds and policy groups.

Prior, John was Managing Partner of the Cleantech Group worldwide and head of the Cleantech Group’s Silicon Valley office, creating the world’s largest network of cleantech investors and companies and generating widespread market and policy adoption of cleantech as a main pillar of the post recession global economy.

Prior to the Cleantech Group, John served as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, advisor to world leaders, founder of international non-profits and senior policy-maker in Washington, D.C. John’s responsibilities have included drafting the first cap and trade regime which solved acid rain, managing US national security allocations exceeding $12 billion, launching 18 early-stage companies and raising or advising on the placement of $350 million in capital for private and public companies.

In Silicon Valley, John served on the founding team of Blueprint Ventures, a venture capital firm with $200 million under management, and was a pioneer of the global build-out of broadband wireless networks which now serve millions of customers globally.

In the public arena, John served as a Senior Aide to US Senator Gordon Humphrey and to the Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, with responsibilities spanning international environment, trade, military policy and conflicts including flashpoints Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua and Sudan. He was later co-founder of the State of the World Forum, a multi-year summit providing common ground during the post-Cold War era with leaders from 80 countries, including Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Vicente Fox, Oscar Arias, Thabo Mbeki and Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto and Hau Pei-Tsun.

John has lived in North America, Europe and Asia and his work has taken him to over 70 countries. He currently serves on the Mayor of San Francisco’s Cleantech Counsel, the San Francisco Carbon Collaborative and is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He holds a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University. John speaks to audiences and media worldwide about clean technologies and climate change and he has been widely published on issues including technology, venture finance and international human and ecological rights.

Jeffrey Byron, of Los Altos, was appointed to the California Energy Commission by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in June 2006. The five members of the Energy Commission are appointed by the Governor to staggered five-year terms and require Senate confirmation. By law, four of the five members of the Energy Commission are required to have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physics, environmental protection, economics, and law. One commissioner is appointed to represent the public-at-large. Commissioner Byron fills the public-at-large position with over 30 years of experience in the electric power industry and over 10 years of service assisting customers in meeting their energy needs.

Commissioner Byron serves as Presiding Member of the Energy Commission's Electricity and Natural Gas Committee, the Siting Policy Committee, and the Integrated Energy Policy Committee. He also serves as Associate Member on the ad hoc committee for the joint greenhouse gas reduction proceeding with the CPUC.

Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Byron served as president of Byron Consulting Group, developing strategic energy solutions for mid to large-sized firms since 2002. Commissioner Byron served as Co-Chair of the Silicon Valley Leadership Council's Energy Committee and managed an energy efficiency program to reduce energy use and carbon emissions among businesses and other organizations on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Sustainable Silicon Valley. Previously, he developed combined heat and power projects for Calpine C*Power from 2000 to 2001, and was Energy Director for Oracle Corporation from 1996 to 2000. Commissioner Byron served at the Electric Power Research Institute from 1985 to 1995 in a variety of capacities, including commercialization director and executive technical advisor.

Commissioner Byron received a Bachelor and a Master of Science degree from Stanford University.

Will Coleman brings a background in energy-related technology, development, and policy to the MDV team. He focuses on cleantech investments. In addition to investing, Will supports MDV portfolio companies.

Prior to MDV, Will worked in Washington, DC as an advisor to private equity and project finance clients focusing on the energy sector. Will also worked as a legislative director building state and federal level coalitions to support renewable energy legislation. In 2004, Will was invited to sit on the California Energy Commission's Biofuels Working Groups to formulate strategies for reducing California's dependence on petroleum. Will has also worked for GE Wind in the commercial operations group, Xseed Capital, and on a variety of renewable energy projects in China, West Africa, and India.

Will is on the Venture Fund Advisory Board for the ASE, which operates the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and is on the advisory committee for the California Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, an $840m fund to stimulate deployment of low carbon transportation technologies. Will has also served on the advisory committee for the Western Governors' Association.

Will has an MBA and an MS in Energy & Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley Will founded the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) and the new Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation (CEEI). Will also earned an AB magna cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard University.

Cisco DeVries has made a career of solving complex policy, political, and communication challenges in both the government and private sectors. He has worked for three members of President Clinton’s cabinet, members of Congress, mayors, state legislators, Fortune 500 corporations, start-up companies, and non-profit organizations. For five years, he served as chief of staff to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, where he developed innovative environmental and climate policies. During his tenure, Berkeley was consistently named one of the top-ten “greenest” cities in the country. DeVries envisioned and led the initial development of Berkeley FIRST, a nationally recognized city program allowing property owners to pay for solar installations as a voluntary 20-year assessment on their property tax bill. While with the San Francisco firm Staton & Hughes, DeVries provided policy, media, and political assistance for a wide variety of clients – including Members of Congress and the California Legislature, non-profit organizations, transportation firms, and renewable energy companies. During the Clinton Administration, DeVries served as an aide to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and, later, the U.S. Secretary of Energy. DeVries holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego and a Master’s degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Oakland, California with his wife and son. He also sits on the Board of the Oakland Museum of Children’s Art.

Paul Douglas, Manager of Renewable Procurement and Resource Planning, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Paul is responsible for the design and implementation of the CPUC’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program, the largest program of its kind in the nation. Since the program’s inception, Paul has taken the lead on a wide range of RPS implementation challenges, ranging from avoided cost calculations and bid evaluation methodology to renewable energy credit (RECs) trading and procurement guidelines. To date, the program has resulted in approximately 7,000 MW of renewable generation under contract.

He also created the underlying concept and played a key role in the formation of the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI), a statewide multi-agency initiative to help identify the transmission projects needed to accommodate California’s renewable energy goals. Paul Douglas joined the CPUC in 2001. Prior to the CPUC, Paul worked in the high-tech industry. He has a BA in business and finance from the San Francisco State University.

Dr. Peter S. Fiske is the Chief Technology Officer of PAX Mixer Inc. and PAX Water Technologies, VP for Business Development for PAX Streamline, Inc., as well as VP for R&D for parent company PAX Scientific, Inc. In his various roles, Fiske manages day-to-day operations for PAX Water and PAX Mixer, overseeing all aspects of Sales, Marketing and Product Development. Prior to joining the PAX Companies, Fiske was co-founder of RAPT Industries, Inc., a start-up based on technology from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where Fiske was a staff member for 6 years. RAPT Industries developed a new process for rapidly shaping and polishing optical, semiconductor and photovoltaic materials.

Fiske has had a long involvement in science and technology policy making at the Federal level. In 1996, Fiske was selected as a White House Fellow and served one year in the Pentagon as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology (Dr. Paul Kaminski). He has testified several times to Congress and has led advocacy efforts.

Fiske has a track record of success in winning Federal and State R&D and technology demonstration contracts. For RAPT Industries, Fiske won more than $12M in federal funding from the Department of Defense, NASA and the Department of Commerce – including a highly competitive Advanced Technology Program award in 2003. At PAX, Fiske has won a second ATP, several California Energy Commission grants and one of the first ARPA-E grants from the Department of Energy. He continues to advise technology companies in the areas of government R&D funding, Congressional advocacy and regulatory strategy.

Fiske is the author of 20 technical articles, most in international peer-reviewed journals including SCIENCE. He served on Rep. Ellen Tauscher’s (CA-10) Small Business Advisory Committee where he worked with other small business owners and Congressional staffers to evaluate and propose legislative initiatives to increase the growth and economic vitality of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a nationally-recognized author and lecture on the subject of leadership and career development for scientists and engineers and writes a regular column in the journal Nature.

John Gage joined KPCB in 2008, with a primary focus on Greentech.

Prior to joining KPCB, he was a Chief Researcher and Vice President of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, an international information technology company based in California. He was one of the founders of Sun, in 1982, when a group of students and professors from Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley joined to create open systems in hardware and software.

He has served on the Boards of Trustees of the United States National Library of Medicine, FermiLabs, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute NetDay, Schools OnLine, United States National Research Council, the Internet Society (ISOC) and other scientific and educational groups.

He serves on the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security, the Board of Advisors of the United States Institute of Peace, the National Academy of Sciences, and the International Advisory Board of the Malaysian Multimedia Corridor.

He attended the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Rob Glen is Director, Americas-West, at the New Energy Finance division of Bloomberg L.P. and responsible for the group's commercial activities in the Western United States and Canada. He joined New Energy Finance in January 2008 and helped to drive the growth in revenue and new clients that contributed significantly to the firm's successful exit in December 2010. For the five years prior to New Energy Finance, Rob was Managing Director, Financial Markets, at the 451 Group, a leading, US-based analyst services company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. He served the firm in both business development and analysis development capacities and was responsible for sales to the financial services segment globally.

Rob joined the 451 Group after a 15 year career in the securities industry. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Managing Director and the San Francisco office head for Jacobs Capital, an Atlanta-based investment bank with an innovative, technology-enabled business model for serving midmarket companies. During the same period, he also served as a senior advisor for the Shattan Group, a specialist, New York-based investment bank focused on private placements of equity and equity-related securities. Previously, he was a Director, Investment Banking, in the Prudential Volpe Technology Group's San Francisco office, responsible for originating and executing financing and advisory engagements in the enterprise software sector. His duties also included coordination of Prudential's strategic alliance with Silicon Valley Bank and the marketing of its banking and research capabilities to the venture capital community. In more than 13 years with Prudential, Rob also served as Director of Corporate Development and chief of staff to the CEO of its securities arm; as a lobbyist for two years in the parent company's federal government relations office specializing in investment-related public policy issues; and as a founder of the investment bank's new-business program for its financial advisors.

Rob went to Wall Street in 1987 after almost a decade as a Washington based journalist. He served as a staff correspondent and, subsequently, contributing editor at National Journal, a National Magazine Award-winning weekly focused on policy and politics. He also cofounded and authored a nationally syndicated opinion column, 'Here and Now,' that appeared in more than 100 metropolitan newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post and Miami News. He has contributed to such periodicals as The Economist, American Banker, 451 TechDealmaker, Legal Times and the Almanac of American Politics.

Rob received a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business, where he was named a Stern Scholar. Rob is President of the Board of Directors of the Cow Hollow School in San Francisco and former Chairman of the Board of the Citizen's Research Foundation in Los Angeles. He is married with three children.

Evan Goldman manages the Environmental Business Cluster (EBC) and serves as its Entrepreneur-in-Residence, providing EBC "start-up" executives with mentoring and strategic counsel on corporate planning, funding and development. In addition, Mr. Goldman supports Prescience International as in-house Strategic Business Counsel. Mr. Goldman is both a California and Israeli attorney who has held numerous legal and business positions for U.S. and Israeli based technology companies and law firms. Prior to joining the EBC and Prescience, Mr. Goldman led the legal department of BrightSource Energy (utility-scale solar thermal power plants), where he negotiated preferred stock financings totaling over $160 million, processed a large DOE loan guarantee application, and was responsible for all strategic and commercial agreements. Before that, he served in corporate development and legal roles for InsureWorx (insurance claims and policy management systems), Virtual Ports (laproscopy systems), Magnolia Broadband (fabless semiconductor wireless solutions), Rainfinity/EMC (firewall and storage software solutions), Heller Ehrman (San Francisco and Silicon Valley based law firm), ViryaNet (mobile field service solutions), Shraga Biran & Co. (Israeli based law firm), Elop/Elbit Systems (electro-optics products and systems), Fried Frank (New York and Washington D.C. based law firm), and Bezeq (Israeli national telecommunications service provider). Mr. Goldman received his Masters in International Business Law from the American University (Washington, D.C.) and his Bachelor of Law from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem).

Brian is one of the leaders of Deloitte’s Clean Tech practice which was formed in 2005 to focus on this rapidly growing market. Brian has worked extensively with clean technology companies and has deep industry insight into the issues that these companies face. His experience spans solar, wind, transportation, battery storage, fuel cells and energy efficiency companies. Teaming with partners from the firm’s Technology, Energy/Utilities and Life Sciences practices, Brian has been instrumental to making Deloitte a leader in Clean Tech.

Brian joined Deloitte in 2004 and his primary focus is building venture capital relationships, working with venture capital funds and their portfolio companies to provide innovative service offerings and quality professional services. He has over 20 years of financial and operating experience, including stints at Bank of America, four high-growth companies (Buyers Club, Gear 1, ArtSearch and Astoria Software), Coopers & Lybrand, C&L, Frontier Ventures and Crystal Ventures.

M.B.A., B.S., University of Chicago.

Mike Gravely is the Manager of the Energy Systems Research Office at the California Energy Commission. His office manages over $250 million in active energy related research and development projects. The office supports research for California in a variety of technical areas that include: Smart Grid, Renewable Grid Integration, Transmission, Distribution, Demand Response, Energy Storage, Distributed Energy Resources, Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), and Sustainable Communities. His office also manages the Energy Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Program that awards an average of 25-35 small grants annually (for up to $95K each). As part of the EISG Program, he works with highly successful EISG awardees to help them obtain follow-on funding from the CEC, DOE, private industry and venture capitalists. Mike has over 30 years of engineering and integration experience in the energy, aerospace and communications fields. Mike Gravely has a BSEE from the Virginia Military Institute and an MSEE from California State University at Sacramento.

Dr. Ilan Gur holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where his research focused on the creation and integration of nanostructured materials for low-cost solar cells. Ilan’s work at Berkeley led to key scientific contributions that have served as a basis for Solexant, a startup aimed at enabling grid-parity thin film photovoltaics. Turning his attention from energy generation to storage, Ilan helped launch Seeo, Inc., a venture backed company commercializing a new generation of lithium batteries. Ilan has developed and co-taught graduate courses on the technologies and markets of photovoltaics and advanced batteries. He works passionately to develop, promote, and commercialize clean technologies that realize the incredible potential for novel materials to shape our energy future.

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Sean Harrington is the Director for Client Solutions at Opower, where he’s responsible for company’s activity, implantation and growth in the Silicon Valley. Sean has been leading high-performance teams, working with customers and partners for over 8 years. Prior to joining Opower, Sean was in charge of the global development for Better Place, an electrical vehicle services provider, accelerating the transition to sustainable transportation. He was notably managing collaborations with international and domestic markets, at political and corporate level. Sean has also held several positions from case writer for the Stanford Graduate School of Business to managing director and founder of Trek Travel, a tourism company and a community fostering green values all around the world. Sean has an MBA from Stanford University.

Mark Hartney leads ARPA-E’s Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies program.

Prior to joining ARPA-E, Hartney served as the Chief Technical Officer for FlexTech, an industry-government partnership focused on research and development for flexible electronics including displays, photovoltaics and OLED lighting. While at FlexTech, he also founded and served as the managing director for the 3D@Home Consortium. Hartney previously worked at Silicon Image, a semiconductor manufacturer in a variety of technical, marketing and business development roles, and at dpiX, a display and sensor manufacturing company in similar roles.

Hartney worked in a variety of positions in Washington, D.C. executing federal policy and managed projects on both semiconductor manufacturing and displays, at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Hartney also previously held research and development positions at MIT Lincoln Labs and AT&T Bell Labs.

Hartney earned his B.S. and M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his doctoral degree at University of California at Berkeley, all in chemical engineering. He has over 60 technical publications, 100 conference presentations and four issued patents.

Mr. Jenkins-Stark is Chief Financial Officer for BrightSource Energy. Jenkins-stark brings more than three decades of energy industry and finance experience to BrightSource Energy. Prior to joining BrightSource Energy, Jenkins-Stark served as Chief Financial Officer at Silicon Valley Bank. He previously served as Vice President of Business Operations and Technology at Itron, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Silicon Energy Corporation. He has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GATX Capital and held senior management roles at PG&E Corporation. He serves on the Board of Directors for TC Pipelines L.P. Jenkins-Stark holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.B.A from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

OPOWER is a 65-person Smart Grid and Energy Efficiency software company that partners with utilities to engage their customers to drive large-scale reductions in energy usage. The product is an Energy Reporting platform that reaches customers in the mail through individualized Energy Reports, online through a suite of web-based tools, and on the phone through a Customer Service Representative platform. The company employs a combination of behavioral science, data analytics and software expertise to engage customers. As President and Founder, Alex Laskey is OPOWER’s public face, responsible for engaging utility and government partners in OPOWER’s vision and products. He is highly sought-after as a speaker at energy-related conferences and for a throughout the country and abroad. In his role as OPOWER’s President, Alex was invited to the White House to meet with President Obama and discuss innovation and job creation in the green economy. Prior to OPOWER, Alex enjoyed a career in politics and policy serving as a campaign manager, strategist and public opinion analyst for several candidates nationwide. Alex provided strategic consulting on several statewide ballot measures for The Nature Conservancy, The Trust for Public Land, and The League of Conservation Voters. Alex has worked for the White House and on a presidential campaign. Before turning to politics and policy, Alex produced the award-winning feature film, Assisted Living, and worked as the director of new business and strategy for The Romann Group, a New York-based advertising agency. Alex received his B.A. in History of Science from Harvard University.

Ben Machol manages the Clean Energy and Climate Change Office for the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9. Prior to that, he served as the region’s Senior Energy Advisor. In his 19 years at the agency, Ben has served in several different capacities, including Guam Program Manager, where he oversaw EPA programs on the island and development of innovative infrastructure finance opportunities for U.S. island Territories. Ben also spent many years in EPA's water programs, working with U.S. and Mexican officials to develop water and wastewater infrastructure along our border region. Ben is a licensed Professional Engineer, with a master's degree in environmental engineering, and a bachelor's in mechanical engineering, both from University of California, Berkeley.

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Dr. Vineet Rajgarhia is managing the Research and development of BioArchitecture Labs technology as it begins the move from proof of concept in a laboratory to an industrially proven technology platform for producing low cost biofuels from renewable, non-food based, abundantly available Seaweed.

Vineet has over 15 years experience in developing and scaling technologies that convert annually renewable resources to biofuels and green chemicals. Prior to BioArchitecture labs., Vineet was a management founder at Mascoma Corporation where he led the development of low cost cellulosic biofuels from abundantly available, non-food sources such as wood chips, energy crops and agricultural waste. Preceding Mascoma Corporation, Vineet was part of the founding team at NatureWorks (Cargill-Dow joint venture) where he developed pioneering low cost and green technology for producing biodegradable poly-lactic acid plastics from corn. This technology recently received the American Chemical Society award for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology and has been widely licensed by several biofuels and chemical producers.

Vineet has over 20 patents in the renewable to fuels and chemicals space. He holds a PhD in Industrial Microbiology from Ohio State University and has a MBA from Columbia University, NY.

Melinda Richter is the founder and CEO of Prescience International, a firm dedicated to the commercialization of science and technology through starting and managing research centers, incubators, foundations and institutes such as the San Jose BioCenter, Environmental Business Cluster (EBC), UC Berkeley BioExec Institute and Cleantech Institute. With over 15 years of global experience managing and operating incubators and research centers, Ms. Richter specializes in the practices that expedite the path to commercialization.

Ms. Richter started her career within a small elite leadership group of 8-10 people who were selected and developed to be one of the leaders of the Nortel Networks. Ms. Richter worked for eight years in Nortel Networks throughout North America, the U.K., Europe, Central and Latin America, and Asia. Ms. Richter worked in acquisitions, strategic planning, marketing, contract negotiations, engineering and manufacturing optimization, world trade market development, and general management of an IT business unit. One of Ms. Richter’s key accomplishments was the successful implementation of a new technology across Nortel Networks’ seven international regions including Nortel Africa, Nortel Asia South Pacific, Nortel CALA (Caribbean and Latin America), Nortel China, Nortel Europe, Nortel Japan, and Nortel U.K. Ms. Richter won several Nortel awards including the highest level CEO Award for People / Emerging Market Development in China. In China, Ms. Richter was responsible for creating joint ventures with locally owned telecommunications companies and, post agreement, she was responsible for developing the management for each joint enterprise. She also was responsible for general management development for Nortel Asia Pacific, which encompassed the regions of Nortel China, Nortel Japan, and Nortel Asia South Pacific. In her final position, she was responsible for integrating and managing a software business unit which was an acquisition of a 1500 person firm.

Ms. Richter left Nortel to start eTreasurer, a European online financial and accounting hub for CFOs, where she raised $11M and executed operations in London, Paris and Barcelona. Following, Ms. Richter led business development for high technology companies in Silicon Valley before entering the field of incubation for science and technology by co-leading the life science and technology incubator, ASTIA (formerly known as the Women’s Technology Cluster).

Currently Ms. Richter’s firm oversees the direction of centers of commercialization including the San Jose BioCenter, a science and technology incubator that provides specialized facilities, capital equipment, laboratory support and business development services to life science and cleantech companies and the Environmental Business Cluster (EBC), the largest private technology commercialization program for clean energy start-ups in the United States. Prescience International also directs the University of California at Berkeley’s BioExec Institute and Cleantech Institute which Ms. Richter co-founded. Prescience also co-founded and currently directs the California Center for Healthcare and BioMedical Technology Research Foundation, InnovateMD. Additionally, Prescience International consults on other commercialization centers such as the US Market Access Center and international agencies such as JETRO, the Canadian Consulate General, and the Finnish agency Global Connexus, and provides business development services to their respective companies in the fields of science and technology.

Ms. Richter currently sits on the governing board of the National Business Incubation Association and the boards of University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business BioExec Institute and San Jose State University’s Masters of Biotechnology Program. Ms. Richter holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in France.

Matt Ringer is the manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s technology commercialization program, and leads NREL’s innovation management process. He oversees NREL’s investment of the Technology Commercialization and Deployment Fund, a DOE-sponsored seed investment fund to help enhance deal flow within the laboratory. Matt is currently evaluating opportunities across the clean technology space that utilize NREL-developed intellectual property. Matt has been at NREL for 8 years.

Prior to working on technology commercialization, Matt was a Sr. Chemical Engineer in both the Biomass and Hydrogen Programs at NREL. On the biomass side, Matt’s primary focus was the analysis of various production processes using thermochemical technologies to convert biomass to products such as methanol, hydrogen and Fischer-Tropsch Liquids. He also worked on analyzing fuel production technologies from microalgal-derived lipids.

On the hydrogen side, he developed the H2A Delivery Components model, was a primary developer of the H2A Production models, and assisted in the development of the H2A Delivery Scenario model. The purpose of these models was to assess the viability and costs of implementing a Hydrogen Economy. These models can be access via the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Program webpage.

Before coming to NREL in 2001, Matt worked at Membrane Technology and Research in Menlo Park, CA. This start-up company focused on developing membrane systems to separate and recover valuable components of off-gas and process streams in the petrochemical, refining and natural gas industries. Matt’s responsibilities at Membrane Technology and Research included research on novel natural gas related products, process simulation and sales engineering and support.

Matt has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego and an MBA from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business.

Pam is the Business Development Manager at JBEI, where she has worked promoting industry interaction since the project’s inception. Pam is the Marketing Manager in the Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Management department at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, a position she has held since 2001. Prior to joining Berkeley Lab, Pam pioneered innovation in the health care arena at the University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente and in high tech at Xerox Palo Alto Research Park. Pam served as Executive Director of a national educational organization, Student Pugwash, dedicated to educating university students about the ethical and social issues raised by science and technology. Ms. Seidenman was the founder and owner of Zero Gravity, a women’s outdoor clothing company.

Pam Seidenman received her B. A. with honors in Cross-cultural Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She received an M. A. with honors in Geography from Cambridge University as a Thouron British-American Exchange Fellow, and undertook graduate work towards a Ph. D. in Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where her focus was on organizational innovation. Ms. Seidenman received a National Science Foundation Fellowship to support this study.

Dr. Mark C. Trexler directs DNV’s work in the United States relating to climate strategies and markets. Prior to joining DNV he directed EcoSecurities’ Global Consulting Services group from 2007-2009, was President of Trexler Climate + Energy Services (TC+ES) from 1991 to 2007, and was with the World Resources Institute’s Climate Energy and Pollution Program from 1988 to 1991. TC+ES was the first consulting firm in the United States to specialize in climate change risk management, and Mark has worked with major corporations around the world for more than 20 years to help manage their understanding and initial responses to the climate change issue.

Mark has focused particularly in corporate strategic planning, carbon market forecasting, project development for voluntary and Kyoto markets, and the development and design of emissions trading programs. Private-sector clients have included global energy companies such as Chevron, PacifiCorp, Southern California Edison, TransAlta, AES Corp., J-Power, and Statoil, and consumer products companies such as Nike and Stonyfield Farm. Mark has also worked with national and international groups and agencies including The Nature Conservancy, the United Nations Development Programme, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Global Environment Facility.

Mark is widely published on the technical and policy issues relating to climate change, from the economics of climate change mitigation to ecosystem adaptation to sea level rise. He has served as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is a member of the editorial board of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, a leading climate journal. Mark also has worked extensively on energy policy issues from facility siting to technology R&D policy. He holds a BA from Antioch College, and MPP and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. He has spent almost 10 years living abroad, and speaks five languages.

Eric Wesoff is a senior analyst at Greentech Media where he covers the financing and technology of renewable energy and cleantech markets. His clients and networks include the leading investors and public and private companies in renewable energy. Prior to joining Greentech Media, Eric founded Sage Marketing Partners in 2000 to provide sales and marketing/consulting services to venture capital firms and their portfolio companies in the alternative energy and telecommunications sectors. Eric has become a well known, respected authority and speaker in these fields. He also was the publisher of the Venture Power newsletter, a subscription-only newsletter covering venture capital investment in renewable energy. Eric's expertise covers solar power, fuel cells, biofuels and advanced batteries. His strengths are in market research and analysis, business development and due diligence for investors. He frequently consults for energy startups and Silicon Valley's premier venture capitalists. From 1988 to 1996, Eric served as product marketing manager for Siemens Optoelectronics, where he oversaw complex product lines and managed relationships with global customers. He then became the U.S. marketing and sales manager for Akzo Nobel Photonics, which was acquired by JDS Uniphase. Eric later served as the sales director for Dicon Fiber Optics, where he was responsible for selling millions of dollars of fiber optic telecom equipment. He has consulted for Merck, JDSU, Coherent, IBM and scores of other firms, governments and investors

Dr. Alan C. Lloyd is the President of the International Council on Clean Transportation. He served as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency from 2004 through February 2006 and as the Chairman of the California Air Resources Board from 1999 to 2004. Prior to joining CARB, Dr. Lloyd was the Executive Director of the Energy and Environmental Engineering Center for the Desert Research Institute at the University and Community College System of Nevada, Reno, and the chief scientist at the South Coast Air Quality Management District from 1988 to 1996. Dr. Lloyd's work focuses on the viable future of advanced technology and renewable fuels, with attention to urban air quality issues and global climate change. A proponent of alternate fuels, electric drive and fuel cell vehicles eventually leading to a hydrogen economy, Dr. Lloyd is currently the Co-Chair of the ETAAC of CARB and Chairman of HTAC, was the 2003 Chairman of the California Fuel Cell Partnership and a co-founder of the California Stationary Fuel Cell collaborative. He earned both his B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Gas Kinetics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.

Alex is working to speed up the next industrial revolution, focusing on solar energy utilization, thermal efficiency, energy conversion devices, energy storage, and biofuels.

Over the past 10 years, Alex has successfully created, launched, and grown a variety of technology and household products. As a Group Product Manager at Google, Alex built the Agency display advertising team and created Google's next generation third party serving and targeting system. As part of this effort Alex was a leader of the $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. On the consumer side of Google's business, Alex earned an Executive Management Group award for leading the product response to Microsoft's IE7 browser launch that significantly increased Google's search share. In Brand Management at Procter & Gamble, Alex leveraged a forgotten technology and led two award winning marketing campaigns to build his brand to $80 million in sales. And, in Product Development at Procter & Gamble, Alex led the development and launch of three new-to-the-world Febreze products that helped the brand achieve sales of over $400 million in 50 countries in 24 months.

Alex also knows the joy and pain associated with starting a venture from scratch. In 2002, Alex began in Cleantech, founding Ocular Technologies to commercialize enhanced efficiency evaporators utilizing a proprietary monolayer coating that improved air conditioning performance. The challenges of commercializing components of a larger system controlled by an entrenched industry provided Alex with a learning experience that informs his investing.

Growing up outside of Philadelphia, PA, Alex earned a BS in Chemical Engineering with honors from Lehigh University and later an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Ms Zimpfer is Regional Deputy Director for the USEPA's Region 9 office in San Francisco, California. Ms. Zimpfer has served in a variety of managerial and engineering positions in Water, Waste, and Superfund Divisions at USEPA. From 1989 to 1994, she was Director of the San Francisco Estuary Project, a locally based effort involving over 120 stakeholders to develop consensus on a Comprehensive Plan to restore the San Francisco Bay and Delta. She served five years as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Ms. Zimpfer also worked as a Hazardous Waste Engineer for the California Toxic Substances Control Division. Ms. Zimpfer researched abandoned mines for the State of Colorado and worked as an engineer for the Town of Breckenridge and the City of Littleton, Colorado.

Annette Finsterbusch is a director for Applied Ventures in the Corporate Business Development group of Applied Materials since 2004, responsible for identifying, recommending and managing venture capital investments. She is also a Kauffman Fellow. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Ms. Finsterbusch was the CEO at MindShadow.com, a technology spin-out of DaimlerChrysler's Research and Technology Center. Prior to that position, Ms. Finsterbusch was an investment manager for DaimlerChrysler Venture Capital since 2001, responsible for enterprise software investments. Ms. Finsterbusch also had previously worked for Applied Materials, leading its business development efforts in Russia, Belarus and Armenia from 1996 through 2000, chartering the company's first office in Moscow. Ms. Finsterbusch's philanthropic directorships include seats on both the Board of Directors for the Junior League of San Jose and the Exception Women Executives of San Jose State University. Ms. Finsterbusch received a Bachelor of Science in economics and geology from the University of Houston and a Master's in Business Administration in Strategy and Finance from San Jose State University, where she was honored with the Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award in 2004.

Anthony Eggert was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as Senior Advisor to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board where he works on the implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32). He previously served as advisor on energy and climate policy to the Office of Federal Governmental Relations for the University of California Office of the President since April 2007. From 2002 to 2006, Eggert was an associate research director for the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Prior to that, he was a project engineer then manager for the Ford Motor Company California Fuel Cell Partnership from 1996 to 2002. Eggert earned a Master of Science degree in Transportation Technology and Policy from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Brian is one of the leaders of Deloitte’s Clean Tech practice which was formed in 2005 to focus on this rapidly growing market. Brian has worked extensively with clean technology companies and has deep industry insight into the issues that these companies face. His experience spans solar, wind, transportation, battery storage, fuel cells and energy efficiency companies. Teaming with partners from the firm’s Technology, Energy/Utilities and Life Sciences practices, Brian has been instrumental to making Deloitte a leader in Clean Tech.

Brian joined Deloitte in 2004 and his primary focus is building venture capital relationships, working with venture capital funds and their portfolio companies to provide innovative service offerings and quality professional services. He has over 20 years of financial and operating experience, including stints at Bank of America, four high-growth companies (Buyers Club, Gear 1, ArtSearch and Astoria Software), Coopers & Lybrand, C&L, Frontier Ventures and Crystal Ventures.

M.B.A., B.S., University of Chicago.

Cathy serves as CPUC Staff Coordinator for the 2009-2020 California Energy Efficiency Strategic Planning Process. Cathy has fifteen years of experience as an analyst, coordinator, facilitator and writer on environmental and energy policy issues. Prior to joining the CPUC, she worked for ten years on climate mitigation policies, including on the design of best-practice standards for the voluntary carbon offset market and forest-based carbon sequestration projects. Most recently, Cathy helped design certification programs for renewable energy certificates -- with the Center for Resource Solutions-- and documented the economic benefits of energy efficiency measures, with the Climate Group.

Cathy has a Ph.D. in Environmental Policy from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a B.A. in International Relations and Spanish Literature.

Christopher M. Harris, Ph.D., joined NREL in May of 2009 as the Associate Director of Licensing under Commercialization and Technology Transfer. Chris is the team lead for licensing and also has responsibility for technologies in the areas of photovoltaics and basic sciences, leveraging his strong physics background. Prior to joining NREL, Chris was the Senior Licensing Manager at the University of Virginia Patent Foundation where his primary duties included evaluating the patentability and marketability of engineering, physical science and software technologies, as well as identifying potential licensees and negotiating contracts. In 2003, he became a registered U.S. Patent Agent and in 2008 he became a Certified Licensing Professional.

Chris received his doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Virginia in spring 2001. He also received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from the University of Virginia in 1993 and 1998, respectively. His doctoral work focused on the use of polarized electron-proton scattering to determine the charge distribution within the proton, a fundamental quantity known as GEp. This experiment was carried out at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va. He also has performed experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, in Menlo Park, Calif. Much of his graduate work pertained to the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to measure the magnitude and direction of the nuclear polarization in materials such as 15NH3, 15ND3 and 6LiD. He has twice been invited to speak at international workshops on the use of polarized targets in nuclear physics experiments and has co-authored papers published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A and Physics Letters B, among others.

Prior to his graduate school career, Chris worked as a software design engineer for Martin Marietta in King of Prussia, Pa. There he helped design command and control type software for a classified contract.

Dr. Somerville is a professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

His research focuses on the characterization of proteins implicated in plant cell-wall synthesis and modification. He has published more than 200 scientific papers in plant and microbial genetics, genomics, biochemistry and biotechnology.

Somerville has served on the scientific advisory boards of many corporations, academic institutions and private foundations in Europe and North America. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of London and the Royal Society of Canada.

Craig Lewis, Founding Principal of RightCycle, achieves desirable Smart Energy outcomes via legislation, regulation, and public funding (grants, siting incentives, etc). His efforts are focused on California and at the Federal level. Mr. Lewis has over 20 years of experience working in high growth industries, including renewables, wireless, and semiconductors. Mr. Lewis transitioned from the wireless industry to the Smart Energy industry in 2005 by spearheading energy policy development for Steve Westly’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign in California. Until early-2009, Mr. Lewis was VP of Government Relations for GreenVolts, a solar technology company, where he served for two years securing successful policy outcomes in legislation, regulation, and public funding.

Mr. Lewis is a leading Smart Energy strategist and advocate. He is the Founding Principal of the FIT Coalition and is currently leading the legislative effort in California to implement a comprehensive Feed-In Tariff (FIT) that will increase the size of California’s renewable energy market by more than an order of magnitude. Mr. Lewis’ legislative proposal is referred to as the Renewable Energy & Economic Stimulus Act of 2009 (aka REESA FIT). The REESA FIT is being pursued via AB1106, which is authored by Assemblyman Fuentes, Chair of the Assembly Utilities & Commerce Committee. In early-June 2009, AB1106 successfully passed through the California Assembly, and is now positioned to be signed into law by mid-October.

Mr. Lewis is also a leading advocate for comprehensive FITs throughout the United States and for using them to unleash the tremendous potential of Wholesale Distributed Generation (WDG), which is the 20MW-and-under, distribution-interconnected market segment that avoids transmission dependencies and the long delays that are associated with transmission build-outs.

Mr. Lewis has held senior government relations, corporate development, and marketing positions at wireless and semiconductor leaders, including Qualcomm, Ericsson, LinCom Wireless, Comarco Wireless, and Altera. He was active in the strategic planning and lobbying efforts to obtain the long-sought approval for CDMA technology in China; and has led the establishment of several successful business operations in Asia. Mr. Lewis received his MBA and MSEE from the University of Southern California, and his BSEE from UC Berkeley.

Mr. Lewis was also a formative member of the Clean Tech for Obama (CT4O) organization, which was highly successful in raising funds for the Obama campaign and in elevating the importance of clean technology; not only within the campaign, but also throughout the general public; across the country and around the globe.

Daniel Farber is the Sho Sato Professor of Law and chair of the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Faculty Director of the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment. Professor Farber serves on the editorial board of Foundation Press, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Law Institute. He is the editor of Issues in Legal Scholarship.

Professor Farber is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he earned his B.A., M.A., and J.D. degrees. He graduated, summa cum laude, from the College of Law and was the class valedictorian. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Illinois Law Review. After graduation from law school, he was a law clerk for Judge Philip W. Tone of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and then for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States. Professor Farber practiced law with Sidley & Austin, where he primarily worked on energy issues, before joining the University of Illinois College of Law faculty in 1978. He was a member of the University of Minnesota Law School faculty from1981 to 2002. At Minnesota, he was the McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law. He also has been a Visiting Professor at the Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School. He was a co-founder and co-editor of Constitutional Commentary, a faculty-edited journal of constitutional law scholarship.

Among Professor Farber’s dozen books are JUDGMENT CALLS: POLITICS AND PRINCIPLE IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Oxford University Press 2008); RETAINED BY THE PEOPLE: THE “SILENT” NINTH AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AMERICANS DON’T KNOW THEY HAVE (Basic Books 2007); and LINCOLN'S CONSTITUTION (University of Chicago Press 2003).

Daniel M. Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) and the co-Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment. Kammen is the Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center. Kammen received his undergraduate (Cornell A., B. ’84) and graduate (Harvard M. A. ’86, Ph.D. ’88) training is in physics After postdoctoral work at Caltech and Harvard, Kammen was professor and Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton University in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 1993 – 1998. He then moved to the University of California, Berkeley. Daniel Kammen is a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He hosted the Discovery Channel series ‘Ecopolis, and had appeared on NOVA, and on ’60 Minutes’ twice.

With more than 20 years of financial and legal experience, David is a Director of Deloitte & Touche’s Regulatory & Capital Markets consulting practice group, based on the West Coast. In this role, he oversees regulatory compliance, operational and technology consulting services to financial services companies including investment advisers, mutual funds, transfer agents, broker-dealers, banks, and insurance companies. He has helped numerous investment managers and hedge fund advisers develop and enhance their compliance programs and risk management efforts while serving as a seasoned adviser to firms’ Boards of Directors, senior management and compliance professionals.

Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche, David was vice president and counsel to Wellington Management Company, LLP, serving as head of the firm’s Asia Legal Services. Prior to that, David served as a senior vice president of the Investment Advice and Products division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and also as chief counsel to Schwab's International Group.

David previously served as corporate vice president, principal, and general counsel to Montgomery Asset Management, LLC, and other firms. He was also associated with the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart in the corporate and securities group in Washington, D.C., specializing in investment management and advisory matters.

In government, David served in various counsel roles with the Divisions of Corporation Finance and Enforcement, respectively, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.

David received his B.A. degree from the State University of New York and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 1987, where he currently serves as Trustee.

In 2008, Don retired from State Service as a Senior Energy Analyst at the California Public Utilities Commission, and immediately returned to work (part time) at the California Energy Commission.

Throughout his career, Don’s primary areas of interest, responsibility, and expertise have been Energy efficiency and and renewable-based self generation program evaluation and regulation; energy consumption patterns and efficiency opportunities; integrated resource planning (IRP).

BACKGROUND: Credentials and Work Experience

• Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations), University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975.
• Taught political science at various colleges and universities (1969-79) in West Virginia, Nevada, California, and West Germany.
• Energy Specialist with the California Energy Commission (1980-1986) and at the California Public Utilities Commission (1986-2008).
• Board Member, the CPUC-established California Board for Energy Efficiency, April, 1997-January, 1999.
• Consulting (1994-99), on energy and utility industry; primary client, Division of Consumer Advocacy, Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Ethan Elkind is the Bank of America Climate Change Research Fellow with a joint appointment at the UC Berkeley School of Law and the UCLA School of Law. In this capacity, he serves as the key organizer and researcher for UCLA-UC Berkeley’s grant-funded climate change workshops. He taught at the UCLA law school’s Frank Wells Environmental Law Clinic and served as an environmental law research fellow. He has a background in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), climate change law, environmental justice, and other environmental law topics. In 2005, he co-founded The Nakwatsvewat Institute, Inc., a Native American nonprofit organization that provides alternative dispute resolution services and support for tribal governance, justice and educational institutions.

Gary Gero serves as the President of the Climate Action Reserve (formerly known as the California Climate Action Registry) where he is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the organization’s policy and programs. This includes working to ensure the organization’s activities meet the highest standards for quality, transparency and environmental integrity and leading the growth of a robust and trusted offset project registry.

Prior to joining the Climate Action Reserve, Gary managed the Green LA programs at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in the nation. In that capacity, he redesigned and restarted the LADWP Solar Program and oversaw the tripling of Energy Efficiency programs, including creating targeted programs for low-income and small business customers. His role also included managing the distributed generation, advanced transportation, green power and tree planting programs.

Gary’s career includes nearly 20 years of work in local government, primarily in the City of Los Angeles where he served as Air Quality Director and subsequently Assistant General Manager for the Environmental Affairs Department. Gary developed and implemented numerous environmental policies and programs in the areas of climate change, sustainable development, energy and alternative fuel vehicles. His work for the City of Los Angeles has been recognized by the Los Angeles City Council.

A native of Los Angeles, Gary is a member of numerous environmental organizations and he has served as a Planning Commissioner in the City of Glendale where he promoted sustainable land use policies and affordable housing. Gary holds a Master of Science degree in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics in London, England and a pair of undergraduate degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.

Hal LaFlash is the director of emerging clean technologies in the energy procurement organization at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

His duties include assessing the state of technologies that will affect how PG&E fills its future resource needs, which includes understanding, evaluating, and supporting emerging renewable energy and other clean energy technologies.

Hal has been at PG&E for 29 years where he has held various positions in energy efficiency, non-utility generation, gas transportation, resource planning, and renewable energy policy. He also held positions at PG&E Corporation in corporate development and business planning.

Hal was a member of the Solar Task Force of the Western Governors Association’s Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative; he co-authored “Hedging Carbon Risk: Protecting Customers and Shareholders from the Financial Risk Associated with Carbon Dioxide Emissions,” which was published by the Electricity Journal; and he is currently a co-chair of the Utility Committee of the American Council on Renewable Energy, a member of the Executive Board of the California Biomass Collaborative, and a judge and member of the Board of Advisors for the California Clean Tech Open business plan competition.

Hal has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.

Dr. Ilan Gur holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where his research focused on the creation and integration of nanostructured materials for low-cost solar cells. Ilan’s work at Berkeley led to key scientific contributions that have served as a basis for Solexant, a startup aimed at enabling grid-parity thin film photovoltaics. Turning his attention from energy generation to storage, Ilan helped launch Seeo, Inc., a venture backed company commercializing a new generation of lithium batteries. Ilan has developed and co-taught graduate courses on the technologies and markets of photovoltaics and advanced batteries. He works passionately to develop, promote, and commercialize clean technologies that realize the incredible potential for novel materials to shape our energy future.

Jay Stein, executive vice president for Research at E source, leads research on a wide range of topics, including programs, energy technologies, customer care, energy management, and retail energy markets. His particular areas of expertise include energy efficiency, renewable energy, and load management technologies. He is also a specialist in HVAC, high-tech industrial process technologies, and the information technology industry. Jay was the project director for the E source Multi-Client Studies “Delivering Energy Services to Semiconductor and Related High-Tech Industries” and “Delivering Energy Services to Internet Hotels and Other High-Density Electronic Loads.” Over Jay’s 30-year career in the twin fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy, he has designed utility demand-side management programs, advanced HVAC systems, and solar thermal collectors. He has also authored and coauthored more than 100 technical papers, magazine articles, and book chapters. Before joining E source, Jay was a cofounder of E-Cube Inc., one of the nation’s leading energy consulting firms specializing in building-energy analysis and commissioning.

Jeffrey Byron, of Los Altos, was appointed to the California Energy Commission by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in June 2006. The five members of the Energy Commission are appointed by the Governor to staggered five-year terms and require Senate confirmation. By law, four of the five members of the Energy Commission are required to have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physics, environmental protection, economics, and law. One commissioner is appointed to represent the public-at-large. Commissioner Byron fills the public-at-large position with over 30 years of experience in the electric power industry and over 10 years of service assisting customers in meeting their energy needs.

Commissioner Byron serves as Presiding Member of the Energy Commission's Electricity and Natural Gas Committee, the Siting Policy Committee, and the Integrated Energy Policy Committee. He also serves as Associate Member on the ad hoc committee for the joint greenhouse gas reduction proceeding with the CPUC.

Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Byron served as president of Byron Consulting Group, developing strategic energy solutions for mid to large-sized firms since 2002. Commissioner Byron served as Co-Chair of the Silicon Valley Leadership Council's Energy Committee and managed an energy efficiency program to reduce energy use and carbon emissions among businesses and other organizations on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Sustainable Silicon Valley. Previously, he developed combined heat and power projects for Calpine C*Power from 2000 to 2001, and was Energy Director for Oracle Corporation from 1996 to 2000. Commissioner Byron served at the Electric Power Research Institute from 1985 to 1995 in a variety of capacities, including commercialization director and executive technical advisor.

Commissioner Byron received a Bachelor and a Master of Science degree from Stanford University.

John Balbach, Managing Partner, Global Alliances, is a pioneer of the cleantech investment category and is currently building a new cleantech fund and serving on the boards and actively advising numerous cleantech companies, funds and policy groups.

Prior, John was Managing Partner of the Cleantech Group worldwide and head of the Cleantech Group’s Silicon Valley office, creating the world’s largest network of cleantech investors and companies and generating widespread market and policy adoption of cleantech as a main pillar of the post recession global economy.

Prior to the Cleantech Group, John served as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, advisor to world leaders, founder of international non-profits and senior policy-maker in Washington, D.C. John’s responsibilities have included drafting the first cap and trade regime which solved acid rain, managing US national security allocations exceeding $12 billion, launching 18 early-stage companies and raising or advising on the placement of $350 million in capital for private and public companies.

In Silicon Valley, John served on the founding team of Blueprint Ventures, a venture capital firm with $200 million under management, and was a pioneer of the global build-out of broadband wireless networks which now serve millions of customers globally.

In the public arena, John served as a Senior Aide to US Senator Gordon Humphrey and to the Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, with responsibilities spanning international environment, trade, military policy and conflicts including flashpoints Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua and Sudan. He was later co-founder of the State of the World Forum, a multi-year summit providing common ground during the post-Cold War era with leaders from 80 countries, including Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Vicente Fox, Oscar Arias, Thabo Mbeki and Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto and Hau Pei-Tsun.

John has lived in North America, Europe and Asia and his work has taken him to over 70 countries. He currently serves on the Mayor of San Francisco’s Cleantech Counsel, the San Francisco Carbon Collaborative and is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He holds a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University. John speaks to audiences and media worldwide about clean technologies and climate change and he has been widely published on issues including technology, venture finance and international human and ecological rights.

Julie Blunden joined SunPower in April of 2005 and serves as vice president, public policy and corporate communications. She is responsible for public relations, financial relations, public policy, and market development. Prior to SunPower, Ms. Blunden was a consultant at KEMA-XENERGY on energy markets, renewable resources and policy to industry, utilities and state and federal governments. In this capacity in 2004, Ms. Blunden supported the Schwarzenegger administration in developing the Million Solar Homes Initiative. In 1997 she co-founded Green Mountain Energy Company, a national retail electric supplier of renewable power. Ms. Blunden began her career doing development and acquisitions in the independent power generation business at the AES Corporation. Ms. Blunden received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB from Dartmouth College majoring in engineering, modified with environmental studies. She serves on the Board of Directors at the Center for Resource Solutions and the Real Goods Solar Living Institute, as well as on the Board of Advisors for Vote Solar.

Lee Cooper is Manager of the Emerging Technologies (ET) team at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Lee leads a team of energy efficiency ET project and portfolio managers, and represents PG&E on the Emerging Technologies Coordinating Council.

Prior to joining PG&E, Lee worked at SAP, Oracle, MITRE Corporation, and Raytheon Company in a variety of management and technical roles. Lee holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northeastern University.

Luis Arbulu is currently part of the investments team of Google.org, the philanthropic and cleantech arm of Google. In this capacity, he leads investments in the energy, environment, and global development sectors. At Google, Luis also served as CFO for the multi-billion-dollar online ad syndication business, providing analytical and strategy support, and launching several payments infrastructure products. Luis was also Google.org's first finance manager, establishing the grants and investments strategy and mechanisms. Luis was a recipient of Google's CFO award, for his work on ads strategy and operations.

Prior to Google, Luis was an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton (now Booz & Co.) where he covered a variety of industries including healthcare, auto, greentech, etc. working on issues such as mergers and acquisitions, product development, divestitures and outsourcing. In the past, Luis has worked in investment banking, the leadership rotation of a major US telecommunications company, and in various roles in the environmental and cleantech sectors, including as an engineer and project finance associate at Black & Veatch, and as a PM at an environmental services startup.

He obtained his MBA from the Wharton School and his engineering degree from the University of Kansas, where he was a Fulbright scholar. Born and raised in Peru, he also attended Unversidad Catolica in Lima. In his (rare) free time, Luis enjoys cycling, cooking, and the arts, as well as the occasional game of soccer.

Dr. Mark C. Trexler directs DNV’s work in the United States relating to climate strategies and markets. Prior to joining DNV he directed EcoSecurities’ Global Consulting Services group from 2007-2009, was President of Trexler Climate + Energy Services (TC+ES) from 1991 to 2007, and was with the World Resources Institute’s Climate Energy and Pollution Program from 1988 to 1991. TC+ES was the first consulting firm in the United States to specialize in climate change risk management, and Mark has worked with major corporations around the world for more than 20 years to help manage their understanding and initial responses to the climate change issue.

Mark has focused particularly in corporate strategic planning, carbon market forecasting, project development for voluntary and Kyoto markets, and the development and design of emissions trading programs. Private-sector clients have included global energy companies such as Chevron, PacifiCorp, Southern California Edison, TransAlta, AES Corp., J-Power, and Statoil, and consumer products companies such as Nike and Stonyfield Farm. Mark has also worked with national and international groups and agencies including The Nature Conservancy, the United Nations Development Programme, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Global Environment Facility.

Mark is widely published on the technical and policy issues relating to climate change, from the economics of climate change mitigation to ecosystem adaptation to sea level rise. He has served as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is a member of the editorial board of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, a leading climate journal. Mark also has worked extensively on energy policy issues from facility siting to technology R&D policy. He holds a BA from Antioch College, and MPP and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. He has spent almost 10 years living abroad, and speaks five languages.

Michael R. Peevey was appointed President of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) by Governor Gray Davis on December 31, 2002, having been originally appointed to the CPUC by Governor Davis in March 2002. In December 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reappointed Mr. Peevey to the CPUC for another six-year term.

As President of the PUC, Mr. Peevey is committed to protecting the public interest by promoting consumer needs, while challenging utilities to embrace new technologies and provide safe, high-quality services.

Mr. Peevey is committed to maximizing energy efficiency and demand response opportunities and ensuring that California's environment is protected. He is also a strong supporter of renewable energy and renewable procurement requirements for utilities, and is a leader in implementing California's Solar and Greenhouse Gas Initiatives. He also serves as Chairman of the California Emerging Technology Fund.

Mr. Peevey has made it a priority to work closely with sister agencies, such as the California Department of Water Resources, the Independent System Operator, the California Energy Commission, and the Air Resources Board-- agencies in which the PUC has overlapping or complementary responsibilities, to assure that California has adequate energy resources and transmission facilities to support its growing population and improving economy.

From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Peevey was President of NewEnergy Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Peevey was President of Edison International and Southern California Edison Company, and a senior executive there beginning in 1984. Mr. Peevey has served on the boards of numerous corporations and non-profit organizations.

Mr. Peevey has received many awards recognizing his leadership in developing energy policy and promoting recognition of California's diverse population, including a "Distinguished Citizen Award" from the Commonwealth Club of California for achievements in green and sustainable energy in 2007; the Pat Brown Legacy Award in 2003; named "Man of the Year" by the Power Association of Northern California; recognized with the Climate Action Champion Award by the California Climate Action Registry in 2004; and leadership recognition from American Council for Energy Efficiency (2005), the Utility Minority Access Program (2006), and the California Solar Energy Industries Association (2006).

Mr. Peevey holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is married to Carol J. Liu, who served three terms representing the 44th Assembly District (La Canada Flintridge) in the California legislature and in November 2008 was elected to the California Senate to represent the 21st Senate District. They have three children.

Mike Gravely is the Manager of the Energy Systems Research Office at the California Energy Commission. His office manages over $250 million in active energy related research and development projects. The office supports research for California in a variety of technical areas that include: Smart Grid, Renewable Grid Integration, Transmission, Distribution, Demand Response, Energy Storage, Distributed Energy Resources, Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), and Sustainable Communities. His office also manages the Energy Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Program that awards an average of 25-35 small grants annually (for up to $95K each). As part of the EISG Program, he works with highly successful EISG awardees to help them obtain follow-on funding from the CEC, DOE, private industry and venture capitalists. Mike has over 30 years of engineering and integration experience in the energy, aerospace and communications fields. Mike Gravely has a BSEE from the Virginia Military Institute and an MSEE from California State University at Sacramento.

Molly Tirpak Sterkel is currently the Program and Project Supervisor for the Distributed Generation and California Solar Initiative section in the Energy Division at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Molly has more than 14 years of experience leading efforts to create clean energy policies and programs, including projects focused on climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and utility energy procurement. Prior to joining the CPUC in 2005, Molly worked as a consultant for ICF Consulting, where she performed energy policy and program strategy work for state and federal governments. Her work included managing strategy support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, a voluntary industry Partnership assisting organizations trying to purchase renewable energy. Prior to joining ICF Consulting, Molly helped create two non-profit organizations that support groundbreaking approaches to renewable energy and climate change policy, the California Climate Action Registry and the Center for Resource Solutions. Molly has a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor’s from Georgetown University.

Neal is a Founding Partner of Jane Capital Partners. Formerly, Neal was a Director of Business Development at Globalgate, an e-commerce holding company, and an Associate at Doyle & Boissiere LLC, a private equity firm backed by CalPers. Neal has extensive experience with distressed and special situation transactions and financings. He has been involved in the acquisition and oversight of several businesses in the technology, aerospace, semiconductor, and manufacturing sectors. Neal began his career with the energy group of Bankers Trust, working on M&A, financing, and distressed situations in the oil & gas and energy service sectors. He holds a B.A from Texas A&M. Neal serves on the boards of Carbonflow, Inc. and Waiterpad POS Systems.

Pamela R. Contag, Ph.D currently serves as CEO of Cygnet BioFuels. Founded in 2009, Cygnet BioFuels is a company focused on the utilization of novel organisms for feedstock and biofuel production. Dr. Contag founded Xenogen Corporation in 1995 and served as President and Founder at Xenogen from 1995 to 2006, and concurrently, the CEO of Xenogen Biosciences from 2000-2006 when Xenogen merged with CaliperLS. In 2000, Xenogen Corporation was listed as one of the “Top 25 Young Businesses” by Fortune Small Business and in both 2001 and 2003 received the R&D 100 award for achievements in Physics. In 2004, Xenogen was named in one of the top 100 fastest growing companies by the San Francisco Times and received the Frost and Sullivan Technology Innovations awards. Dr. Contag was named one of the “Top 25 Women in Small Business” by Fortune magazine. In 2006, Dr. Contag founded Cobalt Technologies, Inc., a venture backed company that produces biobutanol from renewable feedstock. She was the Chairman and CEO of Cobalt Biofuels from 2005-2008. Cobalt was named a “Top 20 Cleantech” company in 2008.

Dr. Contag has held various consulting and board positions; public, private and not-for-profit. Dr. Contag is currently Chariman of ConcentRX, Inc. a privately held Immunotherapy Company and a Board Member of Delcath, Corp. (Nasdaq) and a member of the DOE Biomass Technical Advisory Committee. Other positions include a consulting Professorship at Stanford School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics (1999-present), the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1999-2005) and the editorial board of the Journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism (2002-present). Dr. Contag was a Director of Xenogen Corporation (1995-2005), Chairman of Cobalt Technologies (2005-2008).

With more than 25 years of microbiology research experience, Dr. Contag is widely published in the field of Microbiology and Optical imaging and has over 35 patents. Dr. Contag received her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1989 studying Microbial Physiology and Genetics (for Alternative Fuels) and completed her Postdoctoral Training at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1993 specializing in “Host/Pathogen Interactions”.

Paul Douglas, Manager of Renewable Procurement and Resource Planning, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Paul is responsible for the design and implementation of the CPUC’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program, the largest program of its kind in the nation. Since the program’s inception, Paul has taken the lead on a wide range of RPS implementation challenges, ranging from avoided cost calculations and bid evaluation methodology to renewable energy credit (RECs) trading and procurement guidelines. To date, the program has resulted in approximately 7,000 MW of renewable generation under contract.

He also created the underlying concept and played a key role in the formation of the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI), a statewide multi-agency initiative to help identify the transmission projects needed to accommodate California’s renewable energy goals. Paul Douglas joined the CPUC in 2001. Prior to the CPUC, Paul worked in the high-tech industry. He has a BA in business and finance from the San Francisco State University.

Professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Materials Science in 1987. He joined Bellcore in 1989 and initiated research in several key technology areas, including ferroelectric nonvolatile memories. He has extensive experience in the use of advanced characterization techniques to understand high technology materials and in the science and technology of complex materials. Prof. Ramesh joined the University of Maryland in 1995 and was promoted to Professor in 1999 and Distinguished Professor in 2003. In 2004 he joined the University of California faculty in the Materials Science and Engineering and Physics departments.

Mr. Glascock, a partner in Orrick’s San Francisco office, is a member of the Energy and Project Finance Group. Mr. Glascock has more than 20 years of experience in energy and infrastructure project finance and restructurings, and acquisition and development transactions, with an emphasis on representing sponsors, developers, lenders and investors in a variety of energy and infrastructure financing transactions for both fossil fuel-fired and renewable energy projects, including both fundamental fossil fuel projects as well as solar, wind, geothermal, landfill gas and biomass projects.

Mr. Glascock has been recognized by Euromoney as one of the World’s Leading Project Finance Lawyers and one of the World’s Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers, and he is listed as a leading financing lawyer in the International Financial Review. Mr. Glascock has also been recognized by Chambers and the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers as one of the leading project finance lawyers in California and is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Project Finance Law.

Dr. Clark, a long-time advocate for the environment, is an author, lecturer and advisor specializing in renewable energy and sustainable communities. In 2007, Dr. Clark received a Nobel Peace Prize, along with his colleges of United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for his work as the first Research Director for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, establishing the economic and technical basis for renewable energy technologies to be commercialized in developing nations.

In 2004, he founded Clark Strategic Partners, a consulting firm using his political-economic expertise in order to guide and advise clients on how to implement sustainable development. Major clients include from 2007-present:

• Los Angeles Community College District (Energy Director)
• Paramount Pictures (Energy Technology Advisor for solar and renewable systems)
• Asian Development Bank, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), Peoples Republic of China (Senior Foreign Energy Advisor)

Dr. Clark is recognized worldwide through his advising Foreign and Local Governments, Educational Facilities as well as Major Film Studios and Shopping Malls on sustainable development. His major client is the LA Community College District in which he is directing the nine college campuses on how to become energy independent and carbon neutral. See recent (June 09) report on LACCD Program from Blu Moon Blog site at:

http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090617/la-community-college-system-heads-energy-independence

See Climate Change Blog (July 09) at:

http://www.celsias.com/article/sustainable-communities-theory-practice/

Prior to launching Clark Strategic Partners, Dr. Clark was Senior Advisor on Renewable Energy, Emerging Technologies, and Finance to California Governor Gray Davis from 2000 to 2003. He was a Visiting Professor of Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship at Aalborg University, Denmark, where he had been a Fulbright Fellow in 1994 and a visiting professor since then. Dr. Clark was the Manager of Strategic Planning for Technology Transfer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (University of California and US Department of Energy) during the 1990s.

Dr. Clark’s passion and dedication to mitigating climate change is an inspiration to others. He has taught classes on Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship Courses at University of California, Davis (UCD) as well as at (UCR) Riverside and Los Angeles (UCLA) and other universities such as Pepperdine University in California and Torino Poli-technical University in Torino, Italy. Dr. Clark works closely with environmental economist, Jeremy Rifkin advising Germany, Italy, Portugal. He is a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute and sits on the Alumni Board, University of California, Berkeley and Advisory Boards for the Mineta Institute, San Jose, California and the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, and City of Santa Monica Solar Program.

Dr. Clark co-authored “Agile Energy Systems: global lessons from the California energy crisis” (2004). His most recent co-authored book is “Qualitative Economics: toward a science of economics” (2008). Dr. Clark’s next book is “Sustainable Communities” (Springer Press) due in the Summer of 2009. Then in early 2010, “Sustainable Development Tools and Mechanisms” will be published by Elsevier Press. He has over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and numerous mass media credits including articles, papers and over a dozen documentary video and film on topical social issues. Dr. Clark earned three separate masters’ degrees in different fields from three universities and his Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley.

Alex is working to speed up the next industrial revolution, focusing on solar energy utilization, thermal efficiency, energy conversion devices, energy storage, and biofuels.

Over the past 10 years, Alex has successfully created, launched, and grown a variety of technology and household products. As a Group Product Manager at Google, Alex built the Agency display advertising team and created Google's next generation third party serving and targeting system. As part of this effort Alex was a leader of the $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. On the consumer side of Google's business, Alex earned an Executive Management Group award for leading the product response to Microsoft's IE7 browser launch that significantly increased Google's search share. In Brand Management at Procter & Gamble, Alex leveraged a forgotten technology and led two award winning marketing campaigns to build his brand to $80 million in sales. And, in Product Development at Procter & Gamble, Alex led the development and launch of three new-to-the-world Febreze products that helped the brand achieve sales of over $400 million in 50 countries in 24 months.

Alex also knows the joy and pain associated with starting a venture from scratch. In 2002, Alex began in Cleantech, founding Ocular Technologies to commercialize enhanced efficiency evaporators utilizing a proprietary monolayer coating that improved air conditioning performance. The challenges of commercializing components of a larger system controlled by an entrenched industry provided Alex with a learning experience that informs his investing.

Growing up outside of Philadelphia, PA, Alex earned a BS in Chemical Engineering with honors from Lehigh University and later an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Catherine Wolfram is an associate professor of business administration at the Haas School of Business and co-executive director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Innovation at Berkeley. She is also a researcher at the UC Energy Institute, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and an affiliated faculty member in the Agriculture and Resource Economics department and the Energy and Resources Group at Berkeley. Wolfram has published extensively on the economics of energy markets. She has studied electricity industry privatization and restructuring around the world, assessing the performance of competitive wholesale electricity markets and the effects of restructuring on generation efficiency.

Daniel M. Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) and the co-Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment. Kammen is the Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center. Kammen received his undergraduate (Cornell A., B. ’84) and graduate (Harvard M. A. ’86, Ph.D. ’88) training is in physics After postdoctoral work at Caltech and Harvard, Kammen was professor and Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton University in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 1993 – 1998. He then moved to the University of California, Berkeley. Daniel Kammen is a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He hosted the Discovery Channel series ‘Ecopolis, and had appeared on NOVA, and on ’60 Minutes’ twice.

Duane Larson is the Director of the United States largest utility managed portfolio of energy efficiency programs at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He has spent twenty- eight years doing energy efficiency at PG&E as an Energy Auditor, Program Manager, Supervisor, Manager, and Director. Duane is a former member of the National Fenestration Rating Council’s Board of Directors, a member of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for both the TopTen USA and Home Energy magazine. His work requires him to bring together the different perspectives and needs of state energy regulators, manufacturers, retailers, local governments, energy service providers, customers, and the utility company to meet the needs of California’s diverse business and residential customers.

Hal LaFlash is the director of integrated resource planning and policy in the gas and electric supply organization at Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

His duties in resource planning include implementing an ongoing Integrated Resource Planning process that evaluates all of the supply and demand resource options for PG&E, including customer energy efficiency, demand response programs, renewables, conventional generation, and transmission.

A major responsibility of his position is planning for and attracting “best fit” renewable resource additions to meet the California Renewable Portfolio Standard. This lead to working with the concentrating solar power industry on the Solar Task Force of the Western Governors Association’s Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative.

Hal is also responsible for evaluating the environmental aspects of PG&E’s resource mix. As such, in June 2005, he represented PG&E on the World Environment Day panel “From Skyscrapers to Greenhouses: Leaders Take Action to Reduce CO2.” He also co-authored “Hedging Carbon Risk: Protecting Customers and Shareholders from the Financial Risk Associated with Carbon Dioxide Emissions,” which was published by the Electricity Journal in July 2005.

Hal joined PG&E in 1980 where his first position was assistant solar engineer. He has since held various positions in energy efficiency, nonutility generation, tariffs, and gas transportation. He also held positions at PG&E Corporation in corporate development and business planning. He has been in his current position since January 2004.

Hal has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Saint Mary’s College of California.

John Balbach, Managing Partner, Global Alliances, is a pioneer of the cleantech investment category and is currently building a new cleantech fund and serving on the boards and actively advising numerous cleantech companies, funds and policy groups.

Prior, John was Managing Partner of the Cleantech Group worldwide and head of the Cleantech Group’s Silicon Valley office, creating the world’s largest network of cleantech investors and companies and generating widespread market and policy adoption of cleantech as a main pillar of the post recession global economy.

Prior to the Cleantech Group, John served as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, advisor to world leaders, founder of international non-profits and senior policy-maker in Washington, D.C. John’s responsibilities have included drafting the first cap and trade regime which solved acid rain, managing US national security allocations exceeding $12 billion, launching 18 early-stage companies and raising or advising on the placement of $350 million in capital for private and public companies.

In Silicon Valley, John served on the founding team of Blueprint Ventures, a venture capital firm with $200 million under management, and was a pioneer of the global build-out of broadband wireless networks which now serve millions of customers globally.

In the public arena, John served as a Senior Aide to US Senator Gordon Humphrey and to the Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, with responsibilities spanning international environment, trade, military policy and conflicts including flashpoints Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua and Sudan. He was later co-founder of the State of the World Forum, a multi-year summit providing common ground during the post-Cold War era with leaders from 80 countries, including Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Vicente Fox, Oscar Arias, Thabo Mbeki and Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto and Hau Pei-Tsun.

John has lived in North America, Europe and Asia and his work has taken him to over 70 countries. He currently serves on the Mayor of San Francisco’s Cleantech Counsel, the San Francisco Carbon Collaborative and is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He holds a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University. John speaks to audiences and media worldwide about clean technologies and climate change and he has been widely published on issues including technology, venture finance and international human and ecological rights.

John Gage joined KPCB in 2008, with a primary focus on Greentech.

Prior to joining KPCB, he was a Chief Researcher and Vice President of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, an international information technology company based in California. He was one of the founders of Sun, in 1982, when a group of students and professors from Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley joined to create open systems in hardware and software.

He has served on the Boards of Trustees of the United States National Library of Medicine, FermiLabs, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute NetDay, Schools OnLine, United States National Research Council, the Internet Society (ISOC) and other scientific and educational groups.

He serves on the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security, the Board of Advisors of the United States Institute of Peace, the National Academy of Sciences, and the International Advisory Board of the Malaysian Multimedia Corridor.

He attended the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Luis Arbulu is currently part of the investments team of Google.org, the philanthropic and cleantech arm of Google. In this capacity, he leads investments in the energy, environment, and global development sectors. At Google, Luis also served as CFO for the multi-billion-dollar online ad syndication business, providing analytical and strategy support, and launching several payments infrastructure products. Luis was also Google.org's first finance manager, establishing the grants and investments strategy and mechanisms. Luis was a recipient of Google's CFO award, for his work on ads strategy and operations.

Prior to Google, Luis was an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton (now Booz & Co.) where he covered a variety of industries including healthcare, auto, greentech, etc. working on issues such as mergers and acquisitions, product development, divestitures and outsourcing. In the past, Luis has worked in investment banking, the leadership rotation of a major US telecommunications company, and in various roles in the environmental and cleantech sectors, including as an engineer and project finance associate at Black & Veatch, and as a PM at an environmental services startup.

He obtained his MBA from the Wharton School and his engineering degree from the University of Kansas, where he was a Fulbright scholar. Born and raised in Peru, he also attended Unversidad Catolica in Lima. In his (rare) free time, Luis enjoys cycling, cooking, and the arts, as well as the occasional game of soccer.

Melinda Richter is the founder and CEO of Prescience International, a firm dedicated to the commercialization of science and technology through starting and managing research centers, incubators, foundations and institutes such as the San Jose BioCenter, Environmental Business Cluster (EBC), UC Berkeley BioExec Institute and Cleantech Institute. With over 15 years of global experience managing and operating incubators and research centers, Ms. Richter specializes in the practices that expedite the path to commercialization.

Ms. Richter started her career within a small elite leadership group of 8-10 people who were selected and developed to be one of the leaders of the Nortel Networks. Ms. Richter worked for eight years in Nortel Networks throughout North America, the U.K., Europe, Central and Latin America, and Asia. Ms. Richter worked in acquisitions, strategic planning, marketing, contract negotiations, engineering and manufacturing optimization, world trade market development, and general management of an IT business unit. One of Ms. Richter’s key accomplishments was the successful implementation of a new technology across Nortel Networks’ seven international regions including Nortel Africa, Nortel Asia South Pacific, Nortel CALA (Caribbean and Latin America), Nortel China, Nortel Europe, Nortel Japan, and Nortel U.K. Ms. Richter won several Nortel awards including the highest level CEO Award for People / Emerging Market Development in China. In China, Ms. Richter was responsible for creating joint ventures with locally owned telecommunications companies and, post agreement, she was responsible for developing the management for each joint enterprise. She also was responsible for general management development for Nortel Asia Pacific, which encompassed the regions of Nortel China, Nortel Japan, and Nortel Asia South Pacific. In her final position, she was responsible for integrating and managing a software business unit which was an acquisition of a 1500 person firm.

Ms. Richter left Nortel to start eTreasurer, a European online financial and accounting hub for CFOs, where she raised $11M and executed operations in London, Paris and Barcelona. Following, Ms. Richter led business development for high technology companies in Silicon Valley before entering the field of incubation for science and technology by co-leading the life science and technology incubator, ASTIA (formerly known as the Women’s Technology Cluster).

Currently Ms. Richter’s firm oversees the direction of centers of commercialization including the San Jose BioCenter, a science and technology incubator that provides specialized facilities, capital equipment, laboratory support and business development services to life science and cleantech companies and the Environmental Business Cluster (EBC), the largest private technology commercialization program for clean energy start-ups in the United States. Prescience International also directs the University of California at Berkeley’s BioExec Institute and Cleantech Institute which Ms. Richter co-founded. Prescience also co-founded and currently directs the California Center for Healthcare and BioMedical Technology Research Foundation, InnovateMD. Additionally, Prescience International consults on other commercialization centers such as the US Market Access Center and international agencies such as JETRO, the Canadian Consulate General, and the Finnish agency Global Connexus, and provides business development services to their respective companies in the fields of science and technology.

Ms. Richter currently sits on the governing board of the National Business Incubation Association and the boards of University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business BioExec Institute and San Jose State University’s Masters of Biotechnology Program. Ms. Richter holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in France.

Norm has been with the EPA since 1997 after completing doctoral and postdoctoral research on pesticide toxicology in the Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley. Norman develops ecological risk assessments and human drinking water exposure assessments for pesticides undergoing registration or reregistration in the U.S.. He is also working to develop and implement novel exposure assessment methods into EPA’s risk assessment process.

Patricia Thompson is a well-recognized energy consultant with more than 15 years of experience providing guidance to energy and environment sectors. Her research has focused on the mechanisms to deploy and improve the acceptance of distributed renewable clean tech resources as well as acceptance of voluntary conservation programs. Her experience is diverse: she has facilitated a major state rulemaking to value demand side resources and contract modeling on a several billion dollar power purchase agreement. She has also been selected to teach or author protocols/and or book chapters for several national and international organizations (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Electric Power Research Institute, Association of Energy Service Providers, International Energy Program Evaluation Conference). For ACEEE, she will be featured as a chapter author on social marketing for its upcoming e-book resource and will present current market research on electric vehicle adoption and grid risk mitigation. For EPRI, Ms. Thompson is coauthoring a protocol to assess impacts related to residential feedback systems. She is a popular lecturer for AESP in marketing and social marketing workshops and has chaired conferences on this topic as well, notably “Accelerating Change” with E Source.

Ms. Thompson also advises Duke Energy on regulatory filings, manages intervener relations, and provides strategic advice to legal staff, including hiring and managing key subcontractors. She also supports collaborative R&D and marketing efforts to ensure product/service effectiveness using new approaches, methods, technologies or delivery systems that aim to benefit Duke Energy and Duke’s constituency.

Her representative clients include Duke Energy, X Prize Foundation, EPRI, Mitsubishi, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Pacific Gas and Electric, BrightSource Energy, Ontario Power Authority, California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, Bonneville Power Administration, Energy Trust of Oregon, and Southern California Edison. An alumnus of E Source and Summit Blue, she has also launched two syndicated research product lines and sits on the advisory boards of several start up efforts in the energy sector.

Ms. Thompson earned her J.D. at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1998, where she was the Editor in Chief of the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy. Admitted to the Colorado Bar in October, 1998, she also received a B.S. in Earth Studies from UCSC.

Paul Douglas, Manager of Renewable Procurement and Resource Planning, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Paul is responsible for the design and implementation of the CPUC’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program, the largest program of its kind in the nation. Since the program’s inception, Paul has taken the lead on a wide range of RPS implementation challenges, ranging from avoided cost calculations and bid evaluation methodology to renewable energy credit (RECs) trading and procurement guidelines. To date, the program has resulted in approximately 7,000 MW of renewable generation under contract.

He also created the underlying concept and played a key role in the formation of the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI), a statewide multi-agency initiative to help identify the transmission projects needed to accommodate California’s renewable energy goals. Paul Douglas joined the CPUC in 2001. Prior to the CPUC, Paul worked in the high-tech industry. He has a BA in business and finance from the San Francisco State University.

Trina Martynowicz’s diverse professional background spans a wide range of environmental professions, including environmental science, policy, and engineering. Such efforts include promoting emerging technologies to further reduce air emissions, overseeing air emission controls for highly emitting sources, creating national policy in cleaning up highly contaminated sites, and removing harmful pesticides from the U.S. market. She currently works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in San Francisco in the Clean Energy and Climate Change Office overseeing a national partnership between Federal, state, and local governments and private industries to enhance and expedite innovative technologies aimed to reduce regional air pollutants and greenhouse gases in California’s worst air quality areas. She also serves as a lead coordinator for clean energy and climate change initiatives within the EPA’s western region. In addition, she works in the transportation sector with the West Coast Diesel Collaborative, a voluntary public-private partnership to reduce diesel fuel use and air emissions though the goods movement, including marine vessels, rail, trucks, and public fleets. Trina previous professional experiences include working at the EPA in Washington DC to set regulation and guidance to cleanup the nation’s most contaminated Federal properties. Her efforts also led to the creation of unprecedented national policies to minimize adverse environmental impacts of pollution to Native American Indians and environmental justice communities. As a California native, Trina received Bachelors degrees in Environmental Science and Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and as a lover of the Big Apple, received a Masters degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University.