2025 Energy Forum Speakers
Ken Ahmann
Colusa Indian Energy Corp.
Chief Operating Officer
Jeff Baudier
Bernhard Capital Partners
Senior Managing Director
Luke Bolar
ClearPath
Chief External Affairs Officer
Kevin Book
Clearview Energy Partners LLC
Managing Director
Logan Burke
Alliance for Affordable Energy
Executive Director
Jeff Cantin
Solar Alternatives, GSREIA
President and Founder
Ashwith Chilvery
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL)
Director of Use-Inspired Research & Development
Leland Cogliani
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
Senior Principal Chair , Energy Practice
Emily Federer
Port of New Orleans
Director of Sustainable Development
Josh Fleig
Louisiana Economic Development
Chief Innovation Officer
Arushi Sharma Frank
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Spring Gaines
Center for Planning Excellence
Research and Policy Manager
Monika Gerhart
Gulf South Renewable Energy Industries Association
Executive Director
Lucas González
Tulane University CONICET-UCA/UNSAM
Postdoctoral Fellow, CIPR
William G. Gurrola
Sempra Infrastructure
Vice President & General Manager of Port Arthur LNG
Jeffrey Hales
University of Texas at Austin
Charles T. Zlatkovich Centennial Professor of Accounting
Larry Hand
Entergy Louisiana
Vice President of Regulatory and Public Affairs
Lolita Jackson
Sustainable Development Capital Limited
Executive Director, Sustainable Cities
Lawrence J. Kahn
Tulane Utility Vegetation Management Institute/ Tulane Center for Environmental Law
Director/ Distinguished Research Fellow
Mary King
Aligned Climate Capital
Vice President
Alex Kolker
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Associate Professor
Tom Kuhn
Global Energy Advisors
President & CEO
Stephen Loy
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL)
Director of Technology Commercialization
Drew Marsh
Entergy Corporation
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Liz Maxwell
The Idea Village
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Michael Mazzola
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL)
Principal Investigator and Executive Director
Girard Melancon
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL)
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Tim Ong
Eye 4 Innovation: Human Centric Innovation
CEO
Adam Peltz
Environmental Defense Fund
Director and Senior Attorney, Energy Transition
Evan Polisar
General Atomics
Director of Government Affairs, Energy Group
James Rajotte
Government of Alberta
Alberta’s Senior Representative to the U.S.
Chris Robb
Robb Commodities Consulting
Commodities Consultant
Brian Roberts
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Executive Director & Chief Scientist
Eric Smith
Tulane University
Professor of Practice / Associate Director
Chandra Stacie
St. Charles Clean Fuels
Director of Government Affairs and Community Relations
Jason Stanek
PJM Interconnection
Executive Director - Governmental Affairs
Gray Stream
Gulf Coast Sequestration; Stream Companies
Executive Chairman; President
Stephen P. Swiber
State of Louisiana
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR)
