Operational Energy Speaker Faculty

2024 Chairman


Honorable Sharon Burke
Honorable Sharon Burke
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy
US DoD

2024 speakers


Mr. Paul Farnan
Mr. Paul Farnan
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment
US Army
Andrew Mayock
Andrew Mayock
Federal Chief Sustainability Officer
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Richard Kidd
Richard Kidd
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience
US DoD
Mr. Roberto I. Guerrero
Mr. Roberto I. Guerrero
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Operational Energy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environment
US Air Force
James Caley
James Caley
Director of Operational Energy
Department of the Navy
John Garstka
John Garstka
Director for Cyber Warfare
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Dr. Halle Cheeseman
Dr. Halle Cheeseman
Program Director, ARPA-E
Department of Energy
Dr. Jeff Waksman
Dr. Jeff Waksman
Program Manager at the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO)
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Mr. Jim Allen
Mr. Jim Allen
Technical Director for Operational Science and Engineering (OSE) of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL)
US Army
Colonel Chris Vitale
Colonel Chris Vitale
Director, Army Operational Energy and Climate Change Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
US Army
Colonel Matthew McKinney
Colonel Matthew McKinney
Commander of Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany
US Marine Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin J. Thomas
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin J. Thomas
Commander, 105th Civil Engineer Squadron Stewart Air National Guard Base, NY
US Air Force
Dr. Andrew Higier
Dr. Andrew Higier
Director of the Energy Portfolio
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Dr. Kimberly Spangler
Dr. Kimberly Spangler
Director, SERDP & ESTCP
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Energy and Environment Resilience
Dr. Dominck Wright
Dr. Dominck Wright
Lead Data Analyst & Wargaming
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)
Dr. Annie Kammerer
Dr. Annie Kammerer
Chief of the Nuclear Power Branch Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE)
Department of the Army Headquarters (HQDA)
Dr. Robert Mantz
Dr. Robert Mantz
Principal Director for Renewable Energy Generation and Storage (REG&S)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E))
Kirk A. Phillips
Kirk A. Phillips
Director, Air Force Office of Energy Assurance (OEA)
US Air Force
Dr. Nat Horner
Dr. Nat Horner
Director, Grid Cybersecurity and Communications, Office of Electricity
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Mr. Wsewolod Rusow
Mr. Wsewolod Rusow
Head of Research and Lessons Learned Division, NATO Energy Security Center of Excellence in Vilnius, Lithuania
NATO
Elias D. Wilcoski
Elias D. Wilcoski
Research Physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
US Navy
John Quirk
John Quirk
Majority PSM
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Honorable (Ret.) Miranda Ballentine
Honorable (Ret.) Miranda Ballentine
Former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment, & Energy)
US DoD
Joseph K. Miller
Joseph K. Miller
President
BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
Tim Tetreault
Tim Tetreault
Installation Energy & Water Program Manager
ESTCP
Neetu Farabaugh
Neetu Farabaugh
Acting Deputy Director for Global Resilience
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
Colonel (P) Jin H. Pak
Colonel (P) Jin H. Pak
58th Quartermaster Commandant CASCOM Deputy Commander, Sustainment Modernization
US Army
Oliver Fritz
Oliver Fritz
Director for Operational Energy
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
Michael Valore
Michael Valore
Sr. Director – Advanced Reactor Commercialization eVinci Technologies
Westinghouse Electric Company
Michael Smith
Michael Smith
Nuclear Portfolio Lead, Operational Energy-Innovation (OE-I)
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy Resilience and Optimization
Dean Zeal McGrew
Dean Zeal McGrew
Branch Chief – Powertrain Electrification
US Army
Arnold C. Dupuy, PhD
Arnold C. Dupuy, PhD
Faculty Associate, Energy Academic Group
Naval Postgraduate School
Thomas Turets
Thomas Turets
Director, Business Process Support
Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA)