THE 2022 VIRGINIA SOLAR SUMMIT RETURNS TO RICHMOND IN APRIL!
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2021's Keynote Speakers
Kelly Speakes-Backman
Acting Assistant Secretary
U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Matthew Strickler
Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources
Robin Ernst
President
Monarch Vegetation Services, Inc.
Emil Avram
Vice President
Business Development
Dominion Energy, Inc.
Featured 2021 Speakers
Terry Kilgore
Delegate
Virginia House of Delegates
Chelsea Barnes
Legislative Director
Appalachian Voices
Evan Hansen
Delegate
West Virginia House of Delegates
Lora Strine
U.S. EPA
RE-Powering America's
Lands Initiative
Paul Curran
Founder and Managing Director
BQ Energy
Noelle Coates
Senior Counsel
American Electric Power
Felicia Fred
Senior Environmental Consultant
Draper Aden Associates
Will Payne
Managing Partner
Coalfield Strategies
Patricia Overmeyer
Deputy Director
U.S. EPA Office of Brownfields & Land Revitalization
Meade Anderson
VRP & Brownfields Program Manager
Virginia DEQ
Lexie Hain
Executive Director
American Solar Grazing Association
Todd Flowers
Director of Business Development
Dominion Energy
Judy Dunscomb
Senior Scientist
The Nature Conservancy
Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
President
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Carrie Hearne
Associate Director
Energy Equity Programs
Virginia Department of Energy
Adam Wells
Regional Director
Community & Economic Development
Appalachian Voices
Carey Kling
Business Development Director
BQ Energy
Daniel Kestner
Innovative Reclamation Program Manager
Virginia Department of Energy
Yesenia Rivera
Director of Energy Equity and Inclusion
Solar United Neighbors
Erin Belt
Manager, Office of Stormwater Management
Virginia DEQ
Vince Maiden
Program Manager
Virginia DEQ
Betsy Arlen
Associate Director of Development
Sun Tribe Solar
Gary White
Program Manager
NJIT
Lexie Main
Sierra Club
Nick Polier
Energy Programs Manager
Virginia Department of Energy
Dr. Kris Westover
President
Mountain Empire Community College
Rod Northway
Senior Vice President
Savion Energy
Mary "Beth" Major
Renewable Energy Program Manager
Virginia DEQ
Tony Smith, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & President
Secure Futures
Elizabeth Marshall
Senior Project Coordinator
Energy Transition Initiative
University of Virginia
Rich Allevi
Vice President of Development
Sun Tribe Solar
Jonathan Sweet
County Administrator
Pulaski County
Caitlin Cyrus
Environmental Scientist
VHB
Jon Hillis
President
SolUnesco
Michael Skiffington
Director of Policy and Planning
Virginia Department of Energy
Thank you Terawatt sponsors for making 2021 a FREE event!
