2026 SPEAKERS

Tackling “From Uncertainty to Clarity: Leveraging Brand Power for Business Impact”.

Rudy D. Garza

President & CEO
CPS Energy

Meghan McConomy

VP of Consumer Brand Strategy & Marketing
NRG

Jeff Hahn

Principal
Hahn

Will Bosanko​​​​

CEO

Carolyn Vadino

Vice President, Head of Communications
Con Edison

Ionel Nechiti

Investment Director
Aramco Ventures

Heather Jones

Senior Director, Client Engagement
BrandActive

Diego Paez

Senior Director of Retail Performance Management
NRG

Prof Vikas Mittal

Professor of Marketing
Jones Graduate School of Business

Christine McGee

Head of Communications, Siemens Energy North America
Siemens Energy

James Smith

Chief Marketing Officer
APG&E

Nick Centera

Director of Marketing
Qcells North America

Dr. Lawrence Jones Edison Electric Institute

Lawrence Jones PhD

Co-Founder
Energy Plexus Institute

Tom Weirich

Head of Marketing & Stakeholder Relations
EDP Renewables North America

Melissa Sorola

Vice President, Corporate Communications and Marketing
CPS Energy

Arnold Santayana

Interim Director, Enterprise Customer Experience
CPS Energy

Misty Choiffe

Head of Marketing and Communications
ForeFront Power

Kinsey Grant Baker

Head of Content
Energy Central

K.C. Boyce

Vice President
Escalent

Prof Jake Edie

Adjunct Professor
University of Illinois

Rob Cantrell

CEO
Atlantic Energy

Nick Cooper

Global Vice President Strategy & Innovation
Landor

Destin Singleton

VP Energy and Power
Hahn

Kevin Keohane

Managing Partner
Brandpie, US

Katie Rosario

Head of Retail Marketing Octopus Energy

Prof Fridrik Larsen

Founder
CHARGE/brandr Index

Rik Haslam

Managing Partner, Go-to Market,
Brandpie, US

Diana Castellanos

Head of Marketing and Communications
Atlas Renewable Energy

Michu Benaim Steiner

Partner/CEO
In-House

Hussain Manjee

Chief Success Officer
DHD Films

Aaron Nichols

Policy Specialist
Exact Solar

Kristina Zagame

Content & Show Host
Plugged In

Jacob Yang

Director of Growth
CHARGE

Hayley Thompson

Vice President, Global Marketing
SmartestEnergy

Timothy Wang

Managing Partner
Keymaker

Nancy Edwards

Managing Partner
Clean Power Marketing

Brittany Hirson

CEO
South Bay Energy Corp

Mush Khan

Co-Founder & CEO
Alchemy Industrial

Evan Denton

Associate Creative Director
 DHD Films

J.R. Kenna

Director of Sales
CleanChoice Energy

Jason Stephenson

Vice President, Energy
Escalent

Suzanne Haggerty

Director, Syndicated Research – Energy Industry
Escalent