Northwest Energy Policy: Guest Speakers

Final decisions on the guest speakers we will invite to join us will be depend on our current policy topics we select. Based on past classes, they will no doubt be stellar group.  Here is a partial list of the guest speakers in this class over the past four years along with the title of their position at the time they joined us:

• Brad Avakian, Oregon’s Labor Commissioner and former Senator and Chair, Oregon Senate Environment and Natural Resources 
• Rep. Jules Bailey, Member Oregon House Environment and Water Committee; Member, Oregon House Sustainability and Economic Development Committee
• Aubrey Baldwin, Staff Attorney and Clinical Professor, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC) at Lewis and Clark Law 
• Jeremiah Bauman, Advocate, Environment Oregon
• Jeff Bissonnette, Director, Fair and Clean Energy Coalition, and Organizing Director, Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon 
• Scott Brattebo, Director, Regulatory Affairs, PacifiCorp
• Bill Campbell, Principal, Equilibrium Capital, and Chief Executive Officer, Equilibrium Resource Management Corporation
• Rep. Ben Cannon, Chair, Oregon House Environment and Water Committee
• George Compton, Senior Economist, Oregon Public Utilities Commission
• Nicole Cordan, Policy and Legal Director, Save Our Wild Salmon
• Joseph Desmond, Senior VP for External Affairs, NorthernStar Natural Gas
• Senator Jackie Dingfelder, Chair, Oregon Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
• Bo Downen, Policy Analyst, Public Power Council
• Angus Duncan, Founder and President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation; Chair, Oregon Global Warming Commission
• Greg Duvall, Managing Director of Power Supply, PacifiCorp
• Terry Flores, Director, Northwest River Partners
• Brent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper
• Claire Fulenwider, Executive Director, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• Maury Galbraith, Manger, Electric Rates and Planning, Oregon Public Utilities Commission
• Margie Gardner, CEO, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and former Executive Director, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• Fred Gordon, Director of Planning and Evaluation, Energy Trust of Oregon
• Ann English Gravatt, Policy Director, Renewable Northwest Project  
• Charlie Grist, Senior Analyst, Conservation Resources, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
• John Harrison, Information Officer, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
• Mark Hatfield, Distinguished Professor of Government and former US Senator
• Pamela Lesh, President and Principal Consultant, Graceful Systems; former Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Planning for Portland General Electric
• Gilly Lyons, Senior Policy Analyst, Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
• Steve Hawke, Senior Vice President, Portland General Electric
• Brian Kuehne, Manager, Resource Planning, Portland General Electric
• Robert McCullough, President, McCullough Research
• Elliot Mainzer, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Bonneville Power Administration
• Sarah McKinley, Senior Policy Advisor, Bonneville Power Administration
• Paul Norman, Senior Vice President, Power Services, Bonneville Power Administration
• Terry Oliver, Chief Technology Innovation Officer, Bonneville Power Administration
• Reuben Plantico, Director of Environmental Policy, Portland General Electric
• John Platt, Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
• Seth Prickett, Director of Public Policy and Governmental Affairs, Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association
• Matt Rea, Project Manager, Columbia River Treaty Review, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Dave Robertson, Director, Government Affairs, Portland General Electric
• Jamie Pinkham, Policy and Watershed Manager, Columbia Rivert Intertribal Fish Commission
• Jim Sanders, Director of Energy Resources, Clark Public Utilities
• John Saven, Executive Director, Northwest Full Requirements Utilities
• Michael Schilmoeller, Senior Power Systems Analyst, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
• John Sorenson, Executive Director, N2e
• Nancy Stephan, Project Manager, Columbia River Treaty Review, BPA
• Henry Tilghman, Senior Manager, Government Relations, Vestas-American Wind Technology
• David Van't Hof, Governor Kulongoski’s Sustainability Advisor
• Josh Warner, Policy Development Specialist, Bonneville Power Administration
• Michael Warwick, Manager, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs, Portland Office
• Rodger Weaver, former Director, PacifiCorp Regulatory Department
• Steve Weiss, Senior Policy Analyst, NW Energy Coalition
• Peter West, Director of Renewable Energy Programs, Energy Trust of Oregon
• J. Keith White, Vice President, Business Development and Energy Supply, NW Natural
• Bob Wittenberg, Manager, Skamania PUD
• Steve Wright, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration