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PACENation 2021 Virtual Summit

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Speakers

Sean Williamsom

Policy Advisor, US Department of Energy

Colin Bishopp

Executive Director, PACENation

Donald Gilligan

President, NAESCO

Carolyn Berndt

Legislative Director, Sustainability, National League of Cities

Kristina Klimovich

Head of Advisory and Consulting, GNE Finance

Brian Scott

Founding Director & Co-Chief Ambassador, PACECanada & PACEAlberta

Shay Singh

Head of Strategic Partnerships, Tether Ltd (NZ)

Emma Harvey

Programme Director, Green Finance Institute

Caleb Bell

Partner, Bricker & Eckler

Jane Elias

Division Manager, Energy and Sustainability, Sonoma County

Byron DeLear

Managing Director and Central Regional Executive - Midwest, Ygrene Energy Fund

Sarah Hunt

CEO, The Rainey Center

Panama Bartholomy

Executive Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition

Elyssa Rothe

Senior Director, Policy & Programs, Greenworks Lending from Nuveen

Benjamin Furnas

Director of Climate and Sustainability, City of New York

Liz Lovelett

Senator, State of Washington

Raj Mukherji

Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore, New Jersey General Assembly

Peter Klein

Vice President, Finance, St. Paul Port Authority

Jessica Bailey

CEO and Co-Founder, Greenworks Lending from Nuveen

Sylvester Turner

Mayor, City of Houston

Keith Mestrich

Former CEO, Amalgamated Bank

Julio Fuentes

President & CEO, Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Adolphus Pruitt

President, St. Louis NAACP

Cecilia Estolano

CEO, Better World Group

Ellie Cohen

Executive Director, The Climate Center

David Robinson

Council Member, City of Worthington, Ohio

Mark Pischea

President, Conservative Energy Network

John Hall

Associate Vice President, Clean Energy, Environmental Defense Fund

Tremaine Phillips

Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission

Michael Centore

Director, Market Research

Jim Reinhart

CEO, Ygrene Energy Fund

Glyn Milburn

Director of Government Affairs, Ygrene Energy Fund

Julian Naidoo

Principal Professional Officer: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Energy Markets, City of Cape Town

Christopher Nard

CEO, Fortifi Financial

Craig Fugate

Former Administrator, FEMA

Matthew Gough

Senior Campaign Representative-My Gen, Sierra Club

Bob Blumenfield

Representative, LA City Council

Shaina Kilcoyne

Energy and Sustainability Manager, Municipality of Anchorage (AK)

James Vergara

Chief Investment Officer, PACE Funding Group LLC

Martin Gitlin

Attorney, Clean Energy Counsel, LLP

Adriane Jaynes

Oklahoma C-PACE Administrator, INCOG

Ken Cheng

Senior Vice President, DBRS/Morningstar

Sol Mardakhayev

Rosemawr Management

Sean Kelly

Partner, Winston & Strawn

Brooke Mangiarelli

Associate, Bricker & Eckler

Jessa Coleman

Senior Manager of Programs, PACE Financial Servicing

Lain Gutierrez

CEO, CleanFund

Thomas Culhane

Assoc Professor/Dir of Climate Change & Sustainability, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Univ of South Florida

Jason Hartke

Executive VP, External Affairs, International Well Building Institute

Toby Ast

C-PACE Business Development Manager, Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank

Leah Wiggs

VP, Government Affairs

Meg Arnold

SVP of Market Transformation

Jon Potter

Public & Government Affairs/Communications

Sarah Auchterlonie

Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Darnell Moses

Vice President of Development Finance, CDFA

Frances Kern Mennone

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Cross Street Partners

Keith Klein

City of Dayton

Colin Kalvas - Bricker

Bricker & Eckler

Abigail Johnson

Executive Director, Virginia PACE Authority

Mohammed Elahi

Deputy Director, Cook County

Robert Bewkes

Counsel, Greenworks Lending from Nuveen

Melanie Lucas-Conwell

Portfolio Manager, 49SAF

Fred Lee

Co-CEO, NYCEEC

Wendy Lee O'Malley

Vice President, MassDevelopment

William Peterson

SVP - Senior Lending Officer, Amalgamated Bank

Maryrose Myrtetus

Program Manager, Philadelphia Energy Authority

Andrea Roess

Managing Director, DTA

Charlene Heydinger

President, Texas PACE Authority

Clifton Kellogg

Executive Director, C-PACE Alliance

Peter Morgan

Partner, Winston & Strawn

Deb Riley

Partner, Allen Matkins

Dan Carey

Market President, One Community Bank

Alexandra Cooley

COO and Co-Founder, Greenworks Lending

Rachel Hood

Representative, Michigan House of Representatives

Deborah Stone

Chief Sustainability Officer, Cook County, IL

Mary Leslie

President, Los Angeles Business Council

Aaron Kraus

VP, Market Development and Strategy, Greenworks Lending by Nuveen

Robert Iber

Senior Advisor, US Dept of Housing and Urban Development

Carlton Brown

Principal, Direct Invest Development

Martin Nunnally

Senior Underwriter, Principal Transactions, Counterpointe SRE

Rachel Hobbs

Director of Market Development, PACE Funding Group

Joel Eckhause

Chief Operating Officer, Spring Labs

mounir ibrahim

VP, Strategic Initiatives

Ian Li

Senior Enterprise Account Executive

David Sykes

Partner, Chapman & Cutler

Lynn Parins

Senior Counsel, Foley & Lardner

Michael Yaki

SVP&Counsel, Policy and Programs, Petros PACE Finance

Susana Reyes

Vice President, Board of Commissioners, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Lara Cottingham

Chief of Staff&Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Houston

Mark Lundine

Administrator, Economic Development Division, City of Columbus, Ohio

Peter Grabell

Senior Vice President, Dividend Finance

Ethan Elser

Executive Vice President, PACE Equity

Susan Morth

CEO, Energy Investment Corporation (EIC)

Bill Fay

Executive Director, Energy Efficient Codes Coalition

Philippe Hartley

Manging Director, CleanFinancing LLC

Andy Meyer

Senior Vice President, Petros PACE Finance

Thomas Nida

Executive Vice President, City First Bank

Michael Linder

Loan Officer, St. Paul Port Authority

Alysse Lembo-Buzzelli

Senior Manager, CT Green Bank

Tracy Phillips

Director, CO PACE

Josh Campbell

Executive Director, Missouri Energy Initiative

Chris Jones

PACE Financing Consultant, Bricker & Eckler

Bill Spivey

Executive Director, FDFC

Kimberly Johnston

Marketing Manager, Slipstream

Dori Estrella

Energy and Sustainability Analyst, SCEIP

Yaphett El-Amin

Executive Director, MOKAN

Jim Stanislaus

Chief Financial Officer, Petros PACE Finance

Kevin Augustyn

Vice President, DBRS/Morningstar

Sandeep Srinath

Director, ING Capital

Cliff Majersik

Senior Advisor, Policy and Programs, IMT

Lindsey Shaw

Manager, Energy and Sustainability Programs, Montgomery County, MD

Peter Erwin

Associate Director for Programs, NYCEEC

Emily Salzberg

Managing Director, Building Standards and Performance, Washington State Department of Commerce

Stephanie Mah

Vice President, DBRS/Morningstar

Matt Zehnder

Director, Key Banc Capital Markets

Warren Friend

Founder, Pemaquid Advisors

Andy Holzhauser

Partner & Chief Financial Officer, Donovan Energy

MARIAH PEAKE

Co-Founder, Ebee Management

Parker White

CEO, Unety

Greg Leventis

Program Manager, Electricity Markets and Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Natalie Goodman

Founder & CEO, Incentifind

Alissa Gardenswartz

Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

John Rao

Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Mark Schmidt

President, PACE Funding Group

Suzanne Martindale

Senior Deputy Commissioner, California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation

Kimberly Lewis

Summit Chair

Katie Fry Hester

State Senator, Maryland State Senate

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Cook County C-PACE

Cook County, IL

Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority

PACE Lender and Program Administrator

NYCEEC

NYCEEC - New York City's PACE program administrator

PACE Financial Servicing

C-PACE program design consultant and administrator of the MD-PACE program

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Texas PACE Authority

Texas PACE Authority - serving 59 Local Governments

Missouri Energy Initiative

Administrator of Show Me PACE Clean Energy District

Greenworks Lending

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Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank

Small State, Big Businesss! RI C-PACE Program Administrator

Connecticut Green Bank

Connecticut's C-PACE Administrator

Council of Development Finance Agencies

Advancing Development Finance Knowledge, Networks & Innovation

Greenworks Lending by Nuveen

Greenworks Lending by Nuveen (TIAA)

Lean & Green Michigan

Michigan's Energy Finance Marketplace