Guest Speakers
This year’s guest speakers are now being recruited. The list of guest speakers from last spring is representative:
- Billy Barquin, Attorney General, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
- Jeff Bissonnette, Director, Fair and Clean Energy Coalition, and Organizing Director, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon
- Rep. Ben Cannon, Chair, Oregon House Environment and Water Committee
- Ken Canon, Facilitator, Northwest Energy Efficiency Task Force
- Joseph Desmond, Senior VP for External Affairs, NorthernStar Natural Gas
- Senator Jackie Dingfelder, Chair, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Michael Early, Executive Director, Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities,
- Tom Eckman, Manager, Conservation Resources, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- Jason Eisdorfer, Greenhouse Gas Policy Strategist, Bonneville Power Administration
- Claire Fulenwider, Executive Director, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- Maury Galbraith, Manger, Electric Rates and Planning, Oregon Public Utilities Commission
- Fred Gordon, Director of Planning and Evaluation, Energy Trust of Oregon;
- John Harrison, Information Officer, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- Steve Hawke, Senior Vice President, Portland General Electric
- Jeff King, Senior Resource Analyst, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- Brian Kuehne, Manager, Resource Planning, Portland General Electric
- Elliot Mainzer, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Bonneville Power Administration
- Sarah McKinley, Senior Policy Advisor, Bonneville Power Administration
- John Platt, Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
- Dave Robertson, Director, Government Affairs, Portland General Electric
- Michael Schilmoeller, Senior Power Systems Analyst, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- John Sorenson, Executive Director, N2e
- Henry Tilghman, Senior Manager, Government Relations, Vestas-American Wind Technology
- David Van't Hof, Governor Kulongoski’s Sustainability Advisor
- Josh Warner, Policy Development Specialist, Bonneville Power Administration
- Steve Weiss, Senior Policy Analyst, NW Energy Coalition
