Steering Committee

Texas Energy Summit 2021 Steering Committee

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Shaun Auckland

Local Government Program Manager
SPEER
sauckland@eepartnership.org

Steve Brown

President
Capital Assets Energy, LLC
sbrown@capcleanenergy.com

Marlene Plua

Climate and Clean Energy Coordinator
Stoic Energy
marlene.gchavez@gmail.com

Elena Craft

Senior Director, Climate & Health
Environmental Defense Fund
ecraft@edf.org

Andrew DeCandis

Principal Planner
Houston-Galveston Area Council
andrew.decandis@h-gac.com

Cassidy Ellis

New Market Strategy Manager
Ameresco
cellis@ameresco.com

Pam Giblin

Senior Policy Advisor
Climate Leadership Council
pam.giblin@bakerbotts.com

Laura Goldberg

Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Communications & Community Engagement
Center for Houston’s Future
lgoldberg@futurehouston.org

Heather House

Manager, Urban Transformation
RMI
hhouse@rmi.org

Yarcus Lewis

Sustainability Projects Supervisor
City of Plano
yarcusl@plano.gov

Brett Perlman

CEO/President
Center for Houston’s Future
bperlman@futurehouston.org

Farshad Shahsavary

Energy and Engineering Manager
Texas Facilities Commission, Office of Energy Management
Farshad.Shahsavary@tfc.texas.gov

Clay Pope

Principal
Capital Access Partners
pope@texstrat.us

Caitlin Smith

Vice President, AB Power Advisors
AB Power Advisors
caitlin.smith@abpoweradvisors.com

Adrienne Underwood

Director of Communications
PSE Healthy Energy
adrienne@psehealthyenergy.org

Jason Vandever

Building Code Program Manager
SPEER
jvandever@eepartnership.org

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Matt Welch

State Director
Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation
matt@conservativetexansforenergyinnovation.org

Ashley Williams

Chief Operating Officer
TEMA
awilliams@texasema.org

Bahman Yazdani

Bahman Yazdani

Assistant Director
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Energy Systems Laboratory
byazdani@tamu.edu

Patricia Zavala

Board Member
TxETRA Education Fund
PatriciaZavala.TxEtra@gmail.com