2014 Conference Acknowledgements
Conference Co-Chairpersons
John Rhodes
President and Chief Executive Officer
NYSERDA
Robert Catell
Chairman of the Board, Advanced Energy Center
Chairman, NYS Smart Grid Consortium
Dr. Yacov Shamash
Vice President, Economic Development
Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University
Scientific Advisory Council
Chairperson: Dr. Doon Gibbs
Director for Science & Technology
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dr. Ed Bogucz
Executive Director
Syracuse C. o. E., Syracuse University
Dr. Cornelius Murphy
President
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Dr. Ellen Burkhard
Senior Project Manager
Clean Energy Research and Market Development
NYSERDA
Dr. Nada Anid
Dean, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Dr. Esther Takeuchi
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Stony Brook University, Advanced Energy Center
Dr. Kurt Becker
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Dr. Kamal Shahrabi
Dean of the School of Engineering Technology
Farmingdale State College
Dr. Doreen Edwards
Dean of Engineering
Alfred University
Dr. Jose Holquin-Veras
Director of the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation and Environment (CITE)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Richard Perez
Research Professor
University at Albany
Program Committee
Chairperson: Don LaVada
NYSERDA
Ric Trotta
Trotta Associates
Nancy Doon
New York State Smart Grid Consortium
New York City Environmental Division of VHB Engineering
Lauren Perry
National Grid
Dr. Ellen Burkhard
NYSERDA
Richard Drake
NYSERDA
Marje Issapour
Farmingdale State College
Diane Blankenhorn
PSE&G-LI
Organizing Committee
Jim Smith
Assistant Vice President Economic Development,
Advanced Energy Center at Stony Brook University
Kathleen Ferrell
VP Coordinator, Office of the VP for Economic Development,
Stony Brook University
Charlie MacLeod
President,
SMM Advertising
Wendy Morris
Managing Partner,
Expovention
Adam Ortiz
Coordinator for Economic Developement Advanced Energy Center,
Stony Brook University
Christine Immel
Materials Coordinator, Advanced Energy Center,
Stony Brook University
Sponsorship Committee
David Winchester
CleanTech Rocks
John Lese
Expovention
Jack Kramer
Advanced Energy Center
Special Thanks
Tom Congdon
Assistant Secretary for Energy
New York State
Ric Trotta
President & Senior Consultant
Trotta Associates
Joe Boroweic
Program Manager
NYSERDA
Joe Tario
Senior Progect Manager
NYSERDA
Christine Pritchard
Special Assistant for Energy Initiatives
New York State