Marilyn A. Brown is the Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she is Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Lab and a Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Her current research focuses on the the design of public policy to promote clean energy systems, the integration of distributed resources into the electric grid, and the creation of jobs in the advanced energy economy. Previously she held leadership positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where she conducted several national climate change mitigation studies and became a leader in the analysis and interpretation of energy futures in the United States. She has authored more than 250 publications and five books including Green Savings: How Markets and Policies Drive Energy Efficiency (Praeger Press, 2015) and Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016). Among her honors and awards, she is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for co-authorship of the report on Mitigation of Climate Change, she has served on eight committees of the National Academies of Sciences (currently on Geographical Sciences), and she is a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee.

Kevin Greiner has served as Gas South’s President and CEO since the company’s founding in 2006. Since that time, Gas South has become one of the Southeast’s leading retail natural gas providers, roughly doubling in size to serve approximately 300,000 residential, business and governmental customers in competitive markets in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Mr. Greiner has over 15 years of experience in the energy industry, including prior management roles with Southern Company. Mr. Greiner is a community-minded executive who serves numerous non-profit organizations through board leadership roles. He served as the 2016-17 Chairman of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, Georgia’s leading education policy and advocacy organization. He serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Greater Atlanta and chaired their 2012-13 Workplace Campaign, which brought in over $77 million in community investment. In addition, Kevin serves on the Board of Governors for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and on the Boards of Directors for the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Buckhead Coalition and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta.

Meredith Brown earned a dual degree with a BS in Environmental Studies and a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health from Emory University and Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health.  She has a passion for the relationship between human and environmental health that has led to a commitment to sustainability.  She has worked in the environmental health, safety and sustainability departments at Delta Air Lines, Home Depot and currently serves as the Recycling and Waste Reduction Manager at Cox Enterprises. Meredith is responsible for achieving the company’s goal of zero waste to landfill through cost and service optimizations, creative recycling solutions and employee engagement.

Eric Gebhardt is Vice President of Product Management at GE Energy Connections. In this role, Eric provides the overall strategic direction for the product portfolio across Energy Connections, bringing together commercial and operating functions to ensure alignment for successful product development as well as operational and commercial launches.

Eric is an Officer of the General Electric Company and has been engaged in the Energy Industry for his entire 25+ year career with GE. Eric is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering. He is also a frequent speaker at industry, government and academic forums and holds 9 patents.

Alex Herceg leads global Smart Cities research at Lux Research, as a member of the Digital team. He regularly analyzes technologies, strategies, and business models of emerging companies related to the intersection of digitization, energy, and connectivity in the built environment. In this role he advises Lux’s large corporate clients on issues related to innovation, strategy, investments and partnerships, and product development. He regularly delivers keynote speeches at conferences and he has been quoted in Forbes, Eco-Business, Renewable Energy Focus, SonntagsZeitung, Fierce Cities, and many others. Alex joined Lux Research after working as a green building consultant for Canada’s leading sustainability consultancy MMM Group Ltd., based in Toronto. In this role, he advised real estate development clients on sustainability issues related to commercial and residential development projects. Prior to this, Alex spent time at MCW, where he held various positions in business development, engineering design, and energy services. Alex is a licensed Professional Engineer and LEED accredited professional for commercial building design and construction.

Kevin King has nearly a decade of experience in credit risk and fraud analytics, having served in a variety of roles at ID Analytics since joining the company in 2007 including analytics, business analysis, product strategy and professional services. In each of these roles, King has focused on applying ground breaking analytic tools to the unique financial services challenges, and has directly supported projects at top 10 banks, several “Big 4” wireless carriers, the two leading U.S. satellite television companies, and multiple leading cable and internet providers. A driving force behind ID Analytics’ thought leadership program, he has authored several thought leadership whitepapers on a range of topics spanning fraud, credit and identity risk. King holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado.

Vladi led Lucid’s early product and engineering teams and has driven the evolution of the company from its inception in 2004. A recipient of awards from U.S. EPA and Cleantech Open, Vladi has dozens of widely-cited publications in the field and has delivered many distinguished presentations, including at TEDx. Vladi helped pioneer groundbreaking research in commercial building monitoring systems and real-time feedback technology. Vladi holds a BA with high honors in Environmental Studies and Computer Science from Oberlin College.

Juliette Apicella serves as the Director of Sustainability for Gables Residential, an award winning, vertically integrated, real estate company and privately held REIT. Gables specializes in development, construction, ownership, acquisition, financing and management of multifamily and mixed-use communities. She is responsible for the overall direction and coordination of the sustainability program for Gables. Prior to this role, she worked at Southface Energy Institute as the program manager supporting the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge, led by the City of Atlanta, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. Juliette has over 28 years of experience in the energy efficiency, commercial green building and design industries. Prior to joining Southface in 2011, Juliette developed marketing and outreach campaigns for energy efficiency programs and managed commercial design projects in low- and high-rise buildings working with national corporate clients through-out the United States. Juliette is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Interior Architecture. She is a LEED accredited professional and serves as a member of the City of Decatur, Environmental Sustainability Board.

Nate Nilles is Lucid’s VP of Business Development, responsible for Channel and Technology Partnerships. Nate has served as President of Obvius, a Leviton Manufacturing Co., and managed the metering (M&V) division within Leviton’s Lighting & Energy Solutions Business Unit. In a prior role, Nate served as VP of Sales & Marketing at Obvius, and spent more than 5 years managing National Accounts for Veris Industries, a Schneider Electric Company. Nate holds a business degree from Washington State University, Carson College of Business and an MBA from University of Oregon, Charles H. Lundquist College of Business.

Krystal Maxwell is a research analyst with Navigant Research. She currently focuses on market analysis of the lighting sector, including emerging markets for lighting technologies; connected and smart lighting for commercial and residential buildings; and lighting controls. Previously, Maxwell was Navigant Research’s client service lead, facilitating communications and customer service with the group’s global client base.

Prior to joining Navigant Research, Maxwell was an event specialist and sales manager at A Spice of Life Catering and Events, working with a variety of clients from the sale, to planning, to execution of their events. She has also worked as an assistant manager at Century Theatres and as an office administrator at the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. Maxwell holds a BA in political science, with a minor in German, from Occidental College and studied abroad at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.

Sean leads Urjanet’s Data Standards & Policy team. He is an avid student of utility rate design, with a focus on North American electric and gas markets. As an undergraduate, Sean studied energy data visualization systems, presenting his research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Sean holds a degree in Marketing from Georgia College & State University.

Mike is the SVP of Alternative Data Strategy & Business Development for TransUnion’s $800 million+ Financial Services Division. In this role Mike coordinates the integration of L2C’s team and assets with TransUnion’s legacy data, analytic and technology assets. Beyond acquisition integration, Mike focuses on business and product development strategies for Financial Service clients leveraging incremental data to TransUnion’s traditional consumer credit file.

Mike previously served as the CEO of L2C, Inc., which he co-founded in 2000. He led the Business and Product Development strategic functions for L2C, Inc. from the founding of the Company until its acquisition by TransUnion in 2015. L2C led the consumer credit industry by creating consumer credit scoring algorithms leveraging alternative credit bureau data. Alternative credit bureau data are defined as data incremental to the industry’s traditional three credit bureau files that can be compliantly used for consumer credit scoring. L2C was the first Credit Reporting Agency (CRA) to convert its database infrastructure to an open source Hadoop framework housing data for over 260 million US consumers. Mike and his team achieved broad adoption of L2C’s service offerings by 60% of the top US banks and Mike led the development of innovative Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliant Reseller Agreements with TransUnion & Equifax for distribution of L2C solutions to all connected lenders. Before co-founding L2C in March 2000, Mike worked for seven years in the securities business with Morgan Keegan Company as a First Vice President where he was advisor to several burgeoning technology companies.

Mike graduated from The University of the South with a BA in Economics and received his MBA in Finance from Georgia State University. He is married with one son and enjoys spending time with his family, cycling and traveling.