2022 IPF Featured Speakers
Please visit our Agenda for a complete list of speakers, workshops, and conference events.
Amanda Lefton
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Andy Geissbuehler
Bill White
Clarke Bruno
CEO, Anbaric
Clint Plummer
CEO, Rise Light and Power
Damien Bednarz
Managing Director, Attentive Energy
Dan McGrail
CEO, Renewable UK
David Hardy
CEO, Ørsted Offshore North America
Joseph Fiordaliso
President, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Jennifer-Ayers Brasher
Senior Director, Transmission & Interconnection, RWE
Jennifer Granholm
U.S. Secretary of Energy
Joris Veldhoven
Commercial and Finance Director, Atlantic Shores
Joshua Weinstein
Vice-President, Head of Offshore Development, Invenergy
Kadri Simson
European Union Commissioner for Energy
Kent Herzog
Senior Managing Director, 1898 & Co.
Laura Beane
President, Vestas North America
Liz Burdock
President & CEO, Business Network for Offshore Wind
Phil Murphy
Governor, State of New Jersey
Richard Glick
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Rich Voorberg
President, Siemens Energy North America
Sheila Oliver
Lieutenant Governor, State of New Jersey (invited)
Stephen Bull
Executive Vice President, Renewables, Aker Solutions
Will Hazelip
President, Strategic Growth & Partnerships, National Grid Venture
Workshop Speakers
Aimee Thurlow
Project Manager, OceanAggie LLC
Alana Duerr
Director, U.S. Projects, Simply Blue Group
Amber Hewett
Offshore Wind Energy Program Director, National Wildlife Federation
Anastasija Kuprijanova
Director of Business Development, Ferries & Transportation Services, Hornblower Group, Inc
Andy Williamson
Head of Energy Transition, OPITO
Andy Ziegwied
Vice President of Ocean Data, Ocean Aero
Ann Overmeire
Chief Operating Officer, Blue-Cluster
Bea Hildenbrand
Manager, Offshore Wind, G+Energy Institute
Brandon Ennis
Offshore Wind Technical Lead, Sandia National Laboratories
Carrie Cullen-Hitt
Executive Director, NOWRDC
Cheri Hunter
Renewable Energy Program Coordinator, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Chris Whitehead
Air Practice Leader, Enviro Sciences, Inc.
Chris McHugh
Global Technical Authority, Geophysics Sulmara
Christy Lan
Senior Technical Adviser for Renewable Energy, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Dr. Cornelis A. Plet
Principal Consultant, Energy Systems, DNV
Dan Ortega
North America Representative, Global Wind Organisation
Dan Kuchma
Professor, Tufts University
Dieter Gütschow
Director of Strategy and International Business, TNEI Services Ltd
Davon McCurry
Deanne Hargrave
Geoscience Manager, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind/Shell New Energies
Doug Copeland
Development Manager, Atlantic Shores
Dr. Drew Carey
CEO, Inspire Environmental
Ekin-Senlet, Esq.
Partner, Regulatory Practice Area Chair, Barclay Damon, LLP
Elizabeth Gowell
Head of Strategic Permitting, Ørsted
Elias Greenbaum
President, GTA, Inc.
Eric Swanson
Geoscientist and Marine Archaeologist, Marine Archaeology
Evan Matthews
Director, Offshore Wind Operations, Crowley Wind Services
Fabio Fracaroli
Senior Director, Renewable Segment, North America, Hiatchi Energy
Frankie Myers
Vice Chairman, Yurok Tribe
Fred Zalcman
Director, NY Offshore Wind Alliance
Gordon Perkins
GISP Visualization Practice Leader, Environmental Design & Research
Harriet Green
Operations Manager, Empire Wind & Beacon Wind, Equinor US
Jeff Keever
Government Affairs Representative, Avondale Marine, T. Parker Host
Jennifer Mundt
Assistant Secretary for Clean Energy Economic Development, North Carolina Department of Commerce
Joe Tirone
Head of Power and Renewables Group, Baker Donelson
Dr. John Hardin
Executive Director, Office of Science, Technology & Innovation, North Carolina Department of Commerce
John O'Keeffe
Head of Renewables, America Bluewater Shipping
Joshua Verleun , Esq.
LEED GA Article VII Manager, Empire Wind & Beacon Wind, Equinor
Jose Serna
Chief Technology Officer, ESTEYCO
Kathy French
Vice President, Environmental, LS Power
Karen Hanley
Executive Vice President, The Permitting Institute
Kathy Vigness-Raposa, PhD
Principal Scientist, INSPIRE Environmental
Kevin Pearce
Business Development Manager, Siemens
Kiva VanDerGeest
Visualization Project Manager EDR
Kristian Rogers
Project Biologist, DNV
Lee Laurendeau
CEO, EEW AOS EEW American Offshore Structures
Laura Morton
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Mark Severy
Research Engineer, Coastal Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Michael J. Saint James
Principal Consultant, Saint James Marine
Martin Degen
Commercial Director & Vice-President, Offshore Wind Havfram
Marcos Suarez
Project Manager, Basque Energy Cluster
Marcus Peters
Vice President, Offshore HSE (Global), RWE Offshore
Matthew Hall
Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Paul Gallagher
Principal, Gallagher Energy Advisors
Pieter Jan Jordaens
Program Manager, Onshore and Offshore Wind, Sirris
Rassim Hariz
Global Leader, Partnerships and Projects Development, WindGrid (Elia Group)
Ross Eaton
Director of Marine Systems, Charles River Analytics
Dr. Sarah Courbis
Senior Marine Scientist & Regulatory Specialist, Worley Group Inc.
Senol Ozmutlu
Projects Director, Vryhof Anchors B.V.
Sherryll Huber
Offshore Wind Project Manager, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
Stephen Cabano
President, PATHFINDER LLC
Stephen Szymanski
Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Americas Nel Hydrogen
Commander Stephen West
US Coast Guard
Stephanie Milne
US Team Leader, Offshore Wind RPS Group
Vahan Gevorgian
Vahan Gevorgian, Chief Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory