Workshop Speakers
We are excited to share our 2023 IPF workshop and panel speakers. Note that new speakers are added daily. Speakers and workshops are subject to change. To view the complete workshop schedule, visit the full agenda here.
Alana Duerr
Director, US Projects, Simply Blue Group
Alberto Morandi
General Manager - Houston, GustoMSC
Alex Guimaraes
Principal Analyst, Equinor
Alissa Baker
Offshore Wind Transmission Lead, U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office
Ampea Karikari-Boateng
Senior Research Engineer, Intelligence Condition Monitoring
Andrew Elvin
President, EODEX US
Annika Mathiasson
US Deputy Country Director, PEAK Wind
Art Trembanis
Director of the Coastal Sediments, Hydrodynamics and Engineering Laboratory (CSHEL), College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of Delaware
Bill Magness
Senior Principal Consultant, DNV
Brittiny Bennett
Environmental Manager, EPI Group
Bruce Carlisle
Managing Director Offshore Wind, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
Bryan O’Neil
Director, Global Offshore & Power Generation Industry Segments, The Lincoln Electric Company
Byron Cooper
President and CEO, North Shore Steel
Cam Poole
Energy and Innovation Associate, GNO
Carl Kaiser
Program Manager, Acoustics and Subsea, Saildrone
Carrie Cullen Hitt
Co-Lead of Transmission Strategy for U.S. Offshore Wind, Equinor
Cerianne Cummings
Offshore Wind Market Director, Kent
Charlotte McAfee
Director for Construction Projects, Dominion Energy’s Construction Projects
Chris Almond
Business Development and Commercial Manager, Services, Kraken Robotics
Chris McHugh
Global Technical Authority, Geophysics, Sulmara Subsea
Christian LeBlanc
Director & Partner, Wood Thilsted
Christy Lan
Senior Technical Adviser for Renewable Energy, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Cornelis Plet
Head of Department (Vice President) of Power System Advisory group, DNV
Curtiss Fox, Sr.
Technical Leader, EPRI
Dan Matthews
Commercial Director USA, Furgo
Dan Ortega
North America Representative, GWO
Dave Cullen
Field Chief Technology Offer, OTORIO
Dave Inman
Power Systems Development Mgr., Siemens Energy Inc.
Dave Jones
Salidrone
David Matthews
Head of Business Strategy, Clarksons Platou Offshore & Renewables
Deanne Hargrave
Geoscience Manger, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
Deidre Helberg
President and CEO, Helberg Electrical Supply LLC and DBA HES Energy Products
Dennis Hindhede
Associate Director, Wood Thilsted
Dereck Stubbs
Director, Industrial Cybersecurity Consulting at ABS Group
Desray Reeb
Marine Biologist, BOEM
Doug Fairchild
Welding, Metallurgy, and Steel Consultancy, LLC
Drew Burke
Head of New Business Development, Shell
Eagle Wu
CEO and Founder, VinciVR
Ed Anthes Washburn
Managing Director Partner, Coast Line Transfers LLC
Ekin Senlet
Regulatory Partner, Barclay Damon
Elizabeth Andrews
Lead Geophysicist, Avangrid
Elizabeth Kretovic
Director of Business Development Offshore Wind North America, American Bureau of Shipping
Elizabeth Marchetti
Fisheries Liaison Officer, Equinor Wind US
Emily Shumchenia
Director, Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind
Eric Hines
Professor of Practice, Tufts University
Eric Lantz
Senior Manager and Wind Analysis Lead, NREL
Erik Antokal
Director of Workforce Development, Ørsted
Erwin van den Berg
Co-Owner and Consultant, NjordIC
Felipe Cecilio
Vice President, Renewable Energy Logistics, North, Central & South America, Kuehne + Nagel Inc.
Gary Rozmus
Senior Consultant, GEI Consultants
Geoff Neild
HSE Director Vineyard Wind, New Power Partners
Georges Sassine
Vice President, Large Scale Renewables, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Georgia Beyersdorfer
Client Account Manager, Black & Veatch
Hannah Abend
Director of Growth, Wood Thilsted
Hannah Taylor
Technology Manager in the Wind Energy Technologies Office, Department of Energy
Heather Cousson
Geoscience Manager, Mayflower Wind
Helen Stewart
Chief Hydrographer, Marine Asset Integrity Group, Fugro
Ian Bramson
Global Head of Industrial Cybersecurity, ABS Group
Ivan Harnett
Director, US Renewables, Acteon
James Davis
Aviation Specialist, Vestas
James Fisher
Deputy Geoscience Manager, Fugro
James Manwell
Professor, UMass Amherst
James Morris Jr.
Ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jamie Durand
Senior Environmental Project Manager, POWER Engineers
Jan Matthiesen
Director, Offshore Wind and Maritime Decarbonization, The Carbon Trust
Jason Cotrell
Founder and CEO, RCAM Technologies, Inc.
Jason Folsom
Vice President Of Business Development, Aker Solutions
Jeff Grabner
Executive Vice President, Technostrobe Offshore Solutions
Jeff Stewart
Operations Research Analyst, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Jennifer McCann
URI Coastal Resources Center & Rhode Island Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island & Rhode Island Sea Grant
Jennifer Menard
Vice President Of Economic & Business Development_National Offshore Wind Institute, Bristol Community College
Jennifer Palestrant
Director of Business Development for Offshore Wind for North and South America, Fugro
Jenny Spaulding
Senior Specialist, Offshore Wind Strategy & Growth, Vestas
Jian Fu
Program Lead for the System Integration team in the Wind Energy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Jim Brekke
President and Owner, Brekke Offshore Consulting
Jocelyn Brown-Saracino
Offshore Wind Lead, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Joe Tirone
Shareholder, Baker Donelson
John Bernecker
Senior Advisor for Transmission, NYSERDA
John Dalton
President, Power Advisory
Jonathan Abebe
Senior Technical Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy
Jonathan Cristiani
Bioenergy and Hydrogen Technology Manager, Black & Veatch
Josh Gange
Renewable Energy Program Specialist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Julia Bovey
Director of External Affairs for Offshore Wind, Eversource Energy
Justin Evans
Offshore Wind & Green Hydrogen, Worley
Kai Fiand
Regional Manager, CAPE Holland
Kane Kuharik
Offshore Sales Project Manager, Siemens Gamesa
Karen Hart
Geospatial Program Director, Woolpert
Kathryn Rovang
Senior Geoscientist/GIS analyst, Fugro
Kathryn Roy
Senior Environmental Specialist, RPS
Keith Dirickx
Project Manager, DEME
Kelsey Owens
Offshore Wind Sales Operations Marketing Leader-North America, GE Renewable Energy
Kim Fitzgibbons
Principal Consultant for Regulatory/NEPA & Permitting, Kleinschmidt Associates
Kristoffer Eriksen
Senior Manager, Wind Power O&M Specialist, PEAK Wind
Larry Gasteiger
Executive Director, WIRES
Laurie Jodziewicz
Senior Director of Environmental Affair, U.S. Wind
Leif Delp
Senior Advisor Floating Offshore Wind, Equinor
Lexi Reynolds
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
Marcia Lee
Channel Development Lead, Industrial Cybersecurity, ABS Corp.
Margaret Neves
Director, Business Development, POWER Engineers
Margarita Patria
Principal and Adjust Professor, CRA and Northeastern University
Marilyn Sauls
Chief, Engineering & Technical Review Branch, BOEM
Mario Torrey
Union Official, Seafarers Union
Marion Hill
Senior Vice President, Renewables and Power Grids, North America, DNV
Marjaneh Issapour
Director of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center, Farmingdale State College
Mark Severy
Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL
Mary Coyne
Commercial Leader, Offshore Wind, GE Renewable Energy
Maryam Zadfallah Farshami
Senior Project Engineer, Electrical Offshore Engineering, Invenergy
Mason Wilcox
First Coast Guard District Prevention, U.S. Coast Guard
Matthew DePetro
Embedded Entrepreneur - Global Solutions, Anduril Maritime
Matthew Palmer
President and CEO, Wood Thilsted USA
Matthieu Moerman
Head of Marine Projects, SAL Heavy Lift
Michael Drunsic
Offshore Wind Lead in the U.S., WSP
Michiko Sell
NERC CIP Services Supervisor, NAES Corporation
Mike Optis
President and Founder, Veer Renewables
Mike Pol
Research Director, Responsible Offshore Science Alliance
Mikkel Nielsen
Principal Renewables Consultant, Clarksons Renewables
Nick Wordsworth
Principal Consultant and CEO, Offshore Construction Associates
Oliver Freiland
Managing Director, HeliService International GmbH
Pat Kinsman
Vice President, Offshore Wind Development, The Port of Virginia
Patrick Boster
Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
Patrick Duffy
Offshore Wind Energy Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Rain Byars
Technical and Delivery Director, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC
Rebecca Green
Senior Scientist and Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Rebecca Karp
Managing Principal and CEO, Karp Strategies
Rhonda J. Moniz
President, UIG
Richard Payne
White Plains City Council and Drone Pilot, Offshore Wind Drones
Rick Robins
Marine Affairs Manager, RWE
Ron Schoff
Director for Research and Development of Enabling Technologies, Asset Management, and Renewable Generation, Electric Power Research Institute
Russell Titmuss
Senior Project Manager, GEI Consultants
Ruth Marsh Heffernan
Principal Engineer, Offshore Wind, DNV
Sam Kanner
Co-founder & CEO, Aikido
Sarah Courbis
Marine Protected Species and Regulatory Specialist, Advisian/Worley Group
Sarah Schweitzer
Senior Consultant for PEAK Wind, Consultant for Vineyard Wind
Shahil Shah
Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Shannon Souza
Principal CEO, Sol Coast Consulting & Design
Shawn Sheng
Senior Research Engineer, NREL
Sherwood Taylor
Senior Director, Workforce Development, Atlantic Cape Community College
Sophie Krenn
Business Development Manager, HeliService USA
Stein Housner
Offshore Wind Mooring Systems Engineer, NREL
Stephanie Milne
Team Leader U.S. Offshore Renewables, RPS North America
Stephen Wilson
Director Of Business Development, EPI
Steven MacDonald
Vice President of Renewable Energies, S. T. Hudson Engineers, Inc.
Stuart Nachmias
President and CEO, Con Edison Transmission
Sunu Pillai
Attorney, Saul Ewing, LLP
Susan Boyle
Senior Consultant, Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast
Suzanne MacDonald
Senior Researcher, Stakeholder Engagement, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tershara Matthews
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
Timothy Mack
Timothy Mack, Foundation and Localization Manager, US Wind
Tom Fulton
Head of Renewables and Mooring Development, Acteon
Tom McGaughy
Sr. Technology Leader for Structural Integrity and Materials Evaluation, EWI
Tommy Flindt
Senior Director, Technology & Market Development, Renewable Energy, Semco
Tone Søndergaard
Offshore Wind Innovation Hub
Vicky Mant
Commercial Director, RenewableUK
Walt Musial
Manager Offshore Wind, NREL
Wei Huang
Director, American Bureau of Shipping
William Baldwin
Partner and Maritime Transactions Team Leader, Jones Walker LLP
William Cotta
Supply Chain Manager, Ocean Winds – Mayflower Wind and Bluepoint Wind
Zach Skelton
Business Development Manager - Renewables, US, Seaway 7