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Welcome to the inaugural Clean Economy Summit in Washington, DC!

The Summit has convened investors, entrepreneurs, and professionals like you from across the nation who have assumed ongoing leadership roles in building the clean economy. It has been designed to provide a rich networking forum where you can connect, share perspectives and ideas, and enhance your understanding of the policy development and political process.

On the first day, you will participate in facilitated discussions to surface and prioritize policy proposals with the greatest potential to unleash economic growth and job creation in the sector. The program on the second day will provide you with information on valuable programs and market opportunities that exist despite the current policy constraints. The formal and informal activities on both days have been structured to maximize the opportunities for you to interact and form meaningful relationships with your fellow delegates.

The need for information-sharing and collaboration is more important than ever, and we encourage you to take advantage of the Summit’s many opportunities to exchange views with your fellow industry leaders. We wish you a successful experience and invite you to share with us any suggestions you may have for making it even better in the future.

Sincerely,

Welcome

Jeff AndersonExecutive DirectorClean Economy Network

Table of ContentsWelcome

Agenda at a Glance

Keynote Speakers

Summit Sessions

Luncheon Keynote

Founding Leadership Council Members

CENEF Board & Staff Listing

Speaker Biographies

Mayflower Hotel Floorplan

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CLEAN ECONOMY SUMMIT 2011 page 2

Sponsor AcknowledgementA special thank you to the following companies who have generously sponsored special pro-grams and activities at the CENEF 1st Annual Summit:

nanosolar

Warren BelmarChair

Clean Economy Network Education Fund

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The Clean Economy Network Foundation would also like to thank its foundation partners without whose support this Summit would not be possible: Energy Foundation Rockefeller Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund

christensen global strategies

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Agenda Monday January 24, 20118:30 AM - 10:30 AM

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

11.00 AM - 11:55 AM

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

6:30 PM - 11:00 PM

CEN Chapter Recognition Breakfast and Leadership TrainingRhode Island Room

Summit Delegate RegistrationOutside of the State Room

Welcome and Overview of Summit Structure and GoalsState Room

Keynote speakerSenator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana)“Setting the Table: The Problem and the Opportunities”

State Room

Lunch with SpeakerElizabeth Littlefield, President & CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Grand Ballroom

CEN Chapter Co-Chair Leadership TrainingRhode Island Room

Track Discussions** (see note)1 - Transportation and Infrastructure

Georgia Room2 - Commercialization, Deployment and Manufacturing

Pennsylvania Room3 - Electricity

Massachusetts Room4 - Clean Economy Markets

New York Room Break and Informal Networking

Track Discussions** (see note)1 - Transportation and Infrastructure

Georgia Room2 - Commercialization, Deployment and Manufacturing

Pennsylvania Room3 - Electricity

Massachusetts Room4 - Clean Economy Markets

New York Room

CENEF 2011 Leadership Awards & GalaAwardees: David Vieau, CEO of A123 Systems, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and Verizon**NOTE: Only members of the CEN Leadership Council and special guests chosen for their subject matter expertise are invited to be active participants in Track Discussions. Other attendees may choose to observe the discussions as available space permits.

CLEAN ECONOMY SUMMIT 2011page 3 Tuesday January 25, 20118:00 AM - 9:00 AM

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

11:10 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM - 12:40 PM

12:40 PM - 1:40 PM

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Registration and BreakfastOutside of the Grand Ballroom

Welcome and update on CEN and CENEF Grand Ballroom

Keynote Speaker“State of the Clean Economy: The View from Capitol Hill ”Senator Byron Dorgan (D - North Dakota)

Grand Ballroom

Keynote SpeakersChair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Nancy Sutley & U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus“State of the Clean Economy: The View from the Administration”

Grand BallroomBreak

Panel break-out I* Panel: EPA Regulatory Authority

Pennsylvania RoomPanel: Learning from State and Local Policies and Programs: CLEAN Contracts/Feed-in Tari�s

Georgia RoomPanel: Emerging Market Opportunities: Military and Defense

Rhode Island RoomBreak Networking Lunch and SpeakerJohn Woolard, CEO of BrightSource Energy

Grand BallroomBreak Panel break-out II*Panel: Accessing Existing Federal Programs and Resources

Pennsylvania RoomPanel: Accelerating Clean Economies through Regional Innovation

Georgia RoomPanel: Emerging Market Opportunities: Rural and Agriculture

Rhode Island RoomBreak

Keynote Speaker: David Crane, CEO of NRG“State of the Clean Economy: The View from the Business Community”

Grand Ballroom Wrap up/Acknowledgements/Thanks

Grand Ballroom Reception for Chapter Co-Chairs and Steering Committees

2nd floor Piano Bar Mezzanine

*NOTE: For more complete Panel descriptions and panelists, please see the Summit Sessions page.

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CEN Chapter Recognition Breakfast and Leadership TrainingRhode Island Room

Summit Delegate RegistrationOutside of the State Room

Welcome and Overview of Summit Structure and GoalsState Room

Keynote speakerSenator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana)“Setting the Table: The Problem and the Opportunities”

State Room

Lunch with SpeakerElizabeth Littlefield, President & CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Grand Ballroom

CEN Chapter Co-Chair Leadership TrainingRhode Island Room

Track Discussions** (see note)1 - Transportation and Infrastructure

Georgia Room2 - Commercialization, Deployment and Manufacturing

Pennsylvania Room3 - Electricity

Massachusetts Room4 - Clean Economy Markets

New York Room Break and Informal Networking

Track Discussions** (see note)1 - Transportation and Infrastructure

Georgia Room2 - Commercialization, Deployment and Manufacturing

Pennsylvania Room3 - Electricity

Massachusetts Room4 - Clean Economy Markets

New York Room

CENEF 2011 Leadership Awards & GalaAwardees: David Vieau, CEO of A123 Systems, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and Verizon**NOTE: Only members of the CEN Leadership Council and special guests chosen for their subject matter expertise are invited to be active participants in Track Discussions. Other attendees may choose to observe the discussions as available space permits.

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Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy

Senator Dick Lugar is an unwavering advocate of U.S. leadership in the world, strong national security, free-trade and economic growth.

This fifth generation Hoosier is the U.S. Senate's most senior Republican and longest serving Member of Congress in Indiana history.

He is the Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee and a member and former chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976 and won a sixth term in 2006 with 87 percent of the vote, his fourth consecutive victory by a two-thirds majority.

Senator Lugar has been a leader in reducing the threat of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. In 1991, he forged a bipartisan partnership with then-Senate Armed Services Chairman, Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), to destroy these weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union.

As Chairman of the Agriculture Committee, Senator Lugar built bipartisan support for 1996 federal farm program reforms, ending 1930s era federal production controls. He has promoted broader risk management options for farmers, research advancements, increased export opportunities and higher net farm income. Sena-tor Lugar initiated a biofuels research program to help decrease U.S. dependency on foreign oil. He also led initiatives to streamline the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reform the food stamp program and preserve the federal school lunch program.

Combining his experiences on the Foreign Relations and Agricul-ture Committees and recognizing that energy security impacts every aspect of life in the United States, from the cars we drive and how much we pay at the gas pump to our vulner-ability to foreign terrorism and our relationships with other countries, Senator Lugar launched the Lugar Energy Initiative.

Senator Lugar has promoted policies that spur economic growth, cut taxes, lead to job creation, eliminate wasteful government spending and reduce bureaucratic red tape for American businesses.

Richard Lugar and his wife, Charlene, were married September 8, 1956, and have four sons and thirteen grandchildren.

David Crane, NRG EnergyDavid Crane has been the President and CEO of NRG Energy, a Fortune 500 leading whole-sale power generation company, since December 2003. Under his leadership, NRG doubled its size to nearly 26,000 megawatts—enough to power nearly 21 million homes. Crane is a leading voice on climate change and the power sector’s role in reducing greenhouse gases from the next wave of new power generation while meeting growing energy needs. He is outspoken on the need to advance climate legislation and support clean energy resources and technologies critical to our transition to a Low carbon society.

As part of Crane’s commitment to low and no carbon generation, in 2007 NRG submitted the first application in 30 years to build new American nuclear power, owns the largest photovoltaic solar field in CA and four wind farms in Texas. The Company is also developing biomass and offshore wind initiatives as well as a commercial-scale carbon capture demonstration, and is working to electrify the transportation sector.

Prior to joining NRG, Crane was CEO of International Power. He has also worked for Lehman Brothers and ABB Energy Ventures. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

Ray Mabus is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy. As Secretary, he leads America’s Navy and Marine Corps and is responsible for an annual budget in excess of $150 billion and almost 900,000 people.

The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for conducting all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, and mobilizing. Additionally, he oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities, and is responsible for the formulation and imple-

mentation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense.

Prior to joining the administration of President Barack Obama, Mabus served in a variety of top posts in government and the private sector. In 1988, Mabus was elected Governor of Mississippi. As the youngest governor of Mississippi in more than 100 years at the time of his election, he stressed education and job creation. He passed B.E.S.T. (Better Education for Success Tomorrow), one of the most comprehensive education reform programs in America, and was named one of Fortune Magazine’s top ten education governors. He was appointed Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Clinton Administration in 1994. During his tenure as Ambassador, a crisis with Iraq was successfully averted and Saudi Arabia officially abandoned the boycott of United States businesses that trade with Israel. He also was Chairman and CEO of Foamex, a large manufacturing company, which he led out of bankruptcy in less than nine months paying all creditors in full and saving equity. Prior to becoming Governor, he was elected State Auditor of Mississippi and served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy aboard the cruiser USS Little Rock.

In June 2010, President Obama asked Secretary Mabus to prepare a long-term recov-ery plan for the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. After extensive travel and many meetings, his report “America’s Gulf Coast: A Long-Term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill” was released in September 2010. The report was met with broad bi-partisan support.

Secretary Mabus is a native of Ackerman, Mississippi, and received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Mississippi, a Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins..

Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental QualityNancy Sutley is the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). In her role as Chair, she serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President.

Prior to her appointment, Sutley was the Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment for the city of Los Angeles, California. She represented Los Angeles on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and served on the California State Water Resources Control Board from 2003- 2005. Sutley also worked for California Governor Gray Davis as Energy Advisor, managing state and federal regulations, legislative affairs, finances and press relations. She served as Deputy Secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations in the California EPA from 1999-2003. She advised on water and air pollution policy, and established budget and legislative priorities. During the administration of President William J. Clinton, Sutley worked for the EPA as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator in San Francisco and special assistant to the Administrator in Washington, D.C.

Sutley received her Bachelors degree from Cornell University and her Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.

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Summit SessionsJanuary 25th, 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM Panel DiscussionsPanel Discussion - EPA Rulemaking Process & Clean Air Act AuthorityIn 2007, the Supreme Court validated EPA's authority to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. Given the failure of Congress to pass legislation that would price carbon emissions, EPA is moving forward with regulation under existing Clean Air Act authority. This route of addressing carbon will impact business opera-tions and growth as compared to establishing a carbon price or market. This panel will gather the country's leading experts on potential EPA regulation who will illustrate the rulemaking process and the subsequent implications for the business community.

Moderator: Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres

Speakers: John Coequyt, Senior Representative – Climate and Energy Issues, Sierra Club James Connaughton, Executive Vice President - Corporate A�airs, Public and Environmental Policy, Constellation Energy Kyle Danish, Member, Van Ness Feldman Brian Wol�, Senior Vice President - External A�airs, Edison Electric Institute

Panel Discussion - Learning from State & Local Policies & Programs: CLEAN Contracts/Feed-in Tari�sRegional, state and local actors are laboratories for e�ective federal policy development and, over the last few years, have crafted innovative programs and adopted policies that promote clean economy. This panel will explore the best practices and lessons learned from these programs and discuss which policies can work at the federal level and which are best left to local governments. This year, the main focus of this panel will be CLEAN Contracts (also known as Feed-in Tari�s), a policy tool that local and state governments have utilized to deploy clean energy and a policy that has potential to be adapted and adopted at the federal level. This panel will con-vene both state and local experts who developed or implemented CLEAN Contract policies and federal experts who seek to build upon their work.

Moderator: Michael Northrop, Program Director – Sustainable Development, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Speakers: Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE Arno Harris, CEO, Recurrent Energy Mary Leslie, President, Los Angeles Business Council Craig Lewis, Executive Director, CLEAN Coalition

Panel Discussion - Emerging Market Opportunities: Military & DefenseThe Department of Defense (DOD) is historically and consistently a leader in developing and commercializing cutting edge technologies, such as the internet and global positioning systems (GPS). Paired with the fact that the DOD is also the largest energy consumer in the United States, there are numerous opportunities to pilot and scale clean technology products and business models with DOD – both in the field and at permanent installa-tions. The DOD recently set ambitious goals and released plans to decrease its resource and carbon intensity. In doing so, the agency is charting a new course ripe for collaboration in innovation and business growth. This panel will explore the significant and largely untapped opportunities for the clean economy within the defense sector by convening experts and pioneers of this nexus to highlight how the military and the clean economy can benefit from one another.

Moderator: Vice Admiral Lee Gunn (Ret.), President, Institute for Public Research, CNA

Speakers: Dr. Je� Marqusee, Executive Director, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Director, Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) Tom Morehouse,, Principal Deputy Director of the O�ce of Operational Energy Plans and Programs, US Department of Defense Cathy Snyder, Vice President for Energy and Environment, Lockheed Martin Washington Operations Jonathan Wolfson, CEO, Solazyme R. James Woolsey, Chairman, Woolsey Partners LLC

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Panel DiscussionsPanel Discussion - Accessing Existing Federal Programs & ResourcesDozens of federal programs across the administrative agencies can help clean economy companies grow. But with little publicity to reveal the resources, these opportunities often go unnoticed and untapped. Given the current state of the economy and legislative inaction to unleash more assistance, businesses should make the most of existing programs. This panel will look at how companies are repositioning themselves within the chang-ing landscape and where growing businesses can look to find resources to assist them. Panelists will focus on administrative e�orts within the Departments of Energy and other agencies—such as tax incentives, grants, and loan guarantees—to help educate businesses about available resources.

Moderator: Warren Belmar, Board Chair, Clean Economy Network Education Fund

Speakers: Gary Burner, Director - O�ce of Federal Lending; CFO - Federal Financing Bank, US Department of Treasury Ro Khanna, Deputy Assistant Secretary – Domestic Operations for the U.S. & Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration John Mizroch, Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Jonathan Silver, Executive Director - Loan Programs O�ce, US Department of Energy Sanjay Wagle, Associate Director – Commercialization, ARPA-E, US Department of Energy

Panel Discussion - Accelerating Clean Economies Through Regional InnovationInnovation is the engine of economic growth and a key component to our economic recovery. It drives new tech-nologies and industries that in turn create jobs and spur webs of economic development between researchers, innovators, incubators, manufacturers, start-ups and small businesses, and more. These economic e�ects of innovation are most apparent and oftentimes more successful when fostered at regional and local levels. The clean economy's roots are in innovation and so clean technology companies take on a unique and local personal-ity across the U.S., exemplified by the Midwestern expertise in life sciences and agriculture, the abundance of start-ups in Silicon Valley, and the tenacious solar industry growth in Colorado, to name a few. It is clear that the clean economy is well positioned to pursue regional models for innovation and growth to encourage economic expansion across the U.S. This panel will investigate how we can support clean economy innovation networks to be widespread but localized catalysts of development that gives back to the economic health of communities.

Moderator: Dan Carol, Senior Fellow, NDN

Speakers: John Fernandez, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development James Gambino Vice President of Technology Commercialization: Physical Sciences, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Southeastern Pennsylvania Lesa Mitchell, Vice President, Kau�man Foundation Peter Rothstein, President, New England Clean Energy Council Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration

Panel Discussion - Emerging Market Opportunities: Rural & AgricultureTransforming the foundation of our economy to rely on a clean and innovative new infrastructure o�ers signifi-cant opportunity to revitalize and engage both rural communities and the agriculture sector. Oftentimes, these constituencies are left out of policy development and overlooked by businesses. Yet rural America will play a key role in the expansion of clean energy and provides new market opportunities for many clean economy compa-nies. This panel will look at some of these opportunities as well as programs within the U.S. Department of Agri-culture that engage with rural America. In addition to this perspective, we will have businesses and policymakers active in agricultural o�set markets, rural economic revitalization, and other related issues to discuss opportuni-ties for increased engagement by the clean economy community.

Moderator: Jason Scott, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners

Speakers: Sarah Bittleman, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture Joe Hudson, Co-Founder & Managing Director, One Earth Partners David Kolsrud, President, DAK Renewable Energy Jack Oswald, CEO, Syngest

Break for Lunch

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ITLuncheon KeynoteJohn Woolard is President and CEO of BrightSource Energy, a developer of utility-scale solar power plants. In this role, John brings more than two decades of ex-perience in the energy technology sector as an execu-tive, entrepreneur and investor.

Prior to joining BrightSource Energy, John co-founded Silicon Energy, one of the first successful clean tech companies, and was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 2003. John joined the executive team at Itron, Inc. in 2003 following its acquisition of Silicon Energy, and was Vice President of Software Solutions and subsequently the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. John previously held positions with VantagePoint Ven-ture Partner’s CleanTech Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

John is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and he currently serves on the advisory boards of the Tu-olumne River Preservation Trust and U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Energy Institute and Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. John is also a member of the Oakland Zoo’s East Bay Zoological Society Board of Trustees.

John holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, a Masters in Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia. John is a lifetime member of the Sierra Club.

John WoolardPresident & CEO

BrightSource Energy

Founding Leadership Council Members

A123 SystemsAbundant Power GroupAdvanced Technology VenturesAgri-Tech ProducersBaker Botts LLPBottle Rock PowerDraper Fisher JurvetsonEcoMotorsEko AMPEnerG2EOS ClimateFirelake Capital ManagementFLS Energy Greentech CapitalGridPointK&L GatesMelink CorporationMohr Davidow Venture PartnersNanosolarNatel EnergyNewWorld Capital Group

NextWave EnergyOorja

Pattern EnergyPlextronics

ProterraRecurrent EnergySchiller Consulting

Simbol MaterialsSmall Business Majority

SolarReserveSolazymeSolTherm

Southern Energy ManagementSungevitySynGest

Tendril NetworksTerraPass

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiZeaChem

Leadership Council

Founding Members

The Leadership Council is made up of the CEO’s of CEN’s corporate members, plus appointed civic and business leaders.

Founding Chair: Carter Bales, Chairman and Founding Partner, NewWorld Capital Group

Founding Corporate Members:

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Josh BeckerFounder, New Cycle Capital

Warren Belmar (Chair)Managing Director, Capitol Counsel GroupDC/FL

David BohigianHedge fund manager

Shelley CohenSenior Project Developer, Ameresco

Rob Day (Co-Chair) Partner, Black Coral Capital

Nicholas Moore EisenbergerManaging Principal, GreenOrder

Richard HusseiniPartner, Baker Botts LLP

Sunil Paul Founder, Spring Ventures

Graham RichardPrincipal, Graham Richard

Associates

Joel SerfaceChief Strategy O�cer,

CyberCity 3D Inc.

R. James Woolsey Partner, Vantage Point

Venture Partners

StaffJe� AndersonExecutive Director

Liz Gilchrist Deputy Executive Director

Tim Gree�Policy Director

Michelle HarrisNational Membership & Program Director

Nader HalawaField Director

Chris DallyProgram Manager

Lexie BriggsProgram Manager

Kari ManloveSenior Policy Associate

Sam BlodgettPolicy Associate

Crystal Cook Membership & Development

Coordinator

Tamar StrainExecutive Assistant to the

Executive Director

Based on the economics of roll-to-roll printing, our mission is to deliver the most cost e�cient solar electricity.

The Nanosolar Utility Panel is specifically designed for MW-scale solar power plants.

Through its innovative design, the Nanosolar Utility Panel enables the lowest total-system cost for large-scale installations.

Nanosolar’s project partners include the energy industry’s largest and most successful power plant developers and builders.

nanosolarSummit sponsored by

Nanoscience enabled.

www.nanosolar.com

Solazyme, Inc. is an industrial biotechnology company producing renewable oils and bioproducts using microalgae. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in South San Francisco, Solazyme's unique technology allows algae to produce oil and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities quickly, e�ciently and at large

scale.

Summit sponsored by

United States Navy Riverine Combat Boat (RCB-X) powered by Solazyme’s renewable

naval distillate fuel, Soladiesel®HRF-76.

www.solazyme.com

Renewable Oil Production for Food, for Fuel, for Life.

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As Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy, Mr. Belmar was responsible for coordinating the activities and functions assigned to the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulatory Law, the Assistant General Counsel for Fossil Energy and Energy E�ciency, the Assistant General Counsel for Regula-tory Interventions and Power Marketing, and the Assistant General Coun-sel for General Law. In that role, he acted as principal legal advisor, on behalf of the General Counsel, to the Secretary and senior DOE o�cials within assigned functional areas, and performed other tasks within and outside of functional responsibility as determined by the General Coun-sel, including the development and regulatory implementation of the Department’s Loan Guarantee Program for Innovative Technologies and its Advanced Technology Vehicle Loan Program, resolving issues arising in the operation of the Department’s energy e�ciency, alternative fuels, and renewable energy programs, and the Department’s e�orts to address electric transmission congestion matters and to facilitate the construction of wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and other renewable energy sources for electric power generation.

Continuing his e�orts in these areas, Mr. Belmar has recently commenced service as Chair of the Federal Clean Energy Finance Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.

Sarah Bittleman is a Senior Advisor to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack specializing in energy and Environmental Protection Agency issues. Bittleman previously worked for the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives on a range of policy and strategic development issues involving agriculture, energy, natural resources and climate change. She holds a Master of Public Administration from East Carolina University, a Juris Doctorate from Tulane University of Law School and a BA in Political Science from Union College in New York State. She grew up in upstate New York.

Speaker Biographies

Dan Carol is the Senior Fellow for Innovation and Clean Economy at NDN's New Policy Institute, where he serves as a strategic adviser to their Electricity 2.0 and 21st Century Economy projects, focusing on bottom-up and regional innovation. He is the author of a new working paper, The Acceleration Agenda.

Most recently, Carol served as the Content & Issues Director for the Obama for President Campaign, where he guided the launches of Obama's NewEnergyforAmerica.com plan and Clean Tech and Green Business Leaders for Obama (CT40).

A long-time catalyst and evangelist for building new approaches for a Green New Deal, Carol co-founded The Clean Economy Network in 2009 and remains a board member.

John Coequyt directs the Sierra Club’s international climate programs and represents the Sierra Club on domestic climate and energy issues. John has been working on domestic and international climate change policy for over a decade. Prior to joining the Sierra Club John served as an international climate campaigner for Greenpeace USA. John was the Greenpeace U.S. representative to the international climate negotiations. Prior to joining Greenpeace John was a senior analyst with the Environmental Working Group, an investigative organization that examines health and environmental threats. Coequyt received a B.A. from Williams College and an M.P.P. from the University of Chicago School of Public Policy.

The Honorable James L. Connaughton, executive vice president, corporate a�airs, public and environmental policy, directs Constellation Energy’s environmental and energy policy matters, as well as public and government a�airs. He leads a comprehensive public and environmental policy agenda as the company leverages the strength of its low-emitting merchant fleet, expanding renewable portfolio and energy e�ciency services, and its position as a leader in advancing the critical renaissance of emission-free nuclear energy.

Prior to joining Constellation Energy in February of 2009, Mr. Connaughton served as chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality from 2001-2009. In this capacity, he served on President Bush’s senior sta� as senior environment, energy and natural resources advisor, and as director of the White House O�ce of Environmental Policy.

Mr. Connaughton is a trustee of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. A native of Maryland, he is a graduate of Yale University and graduated second in his class, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the Northwestern University School of Law. In 2008, Northwestern University honored him with its Distinguished Alumni Award. He is married with two children.

Kyle Danish advises a range of clients on environmental and energy matters, with a special focus on corporate climate strategy, emissions trading-related transactions, and regulation under the Clean Air Act. His clients include electric generators, financials, manufacturers, o�set providers, industry coalitions, and think tanks. Mr. Danish is counsel to the Coalition for Emission Reduction Policy, a group of companies advocating for market-based flexibility in greenhouse gas regulation. He has been recognized as a top environmental lawyer in Chambers Global, the International Who’s Who of Environmental Lawyers, and U.S. News Best Lawyers. Mr. Danish is the only U.S. lawyer to receive a “Band One” rating in Chambers’ global assessment of climate change lawyers. Mr. Danish is an adjunct faculty member at the American University Washington College of Law and the George Washington University Law School. He is on the editorial board of the Carbon & Climate Review.

Mike Eckart is founding President and a member of the Board of Directors of the ACORE. He also is co-chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), a member of the governing Bureau and Steering Committee of the REN 21 global policy network, and an Observer to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He is a 2009 recipient of the Corporate Responsibility Award, a 2008 recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, a 2006 recipient of RSA's Good Deal for All Award, and a four-time participant in the Clinton Global Initiative.

In 1998 he was named Renewable Energy Man of the Year of India for his work in bringing financing to solar energy markets, and in 1999 formed a $25 million joint venture between Shell and ESKOM in South Africa which electrified 10,000 o�-grid homes with solar home systems.

He has over 25 years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, high technology, and finance. Previously, he was Chairman/CEO of United Power Systems, Inc.; Co-founder and Vice President of the venture capital firm Arete Ventures, Inc.; Manager of Strategic Planning for the Power Systems Sector of General Electric Company; and a Principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton's energy practice where he conducted many of the original national studies in the 1970s on emerging energy technologies including solar PV, solar heating & cooling, solar thermal-electric, windpower, hydropower, geothermal energy, cogeneration, energy storage, advanced coal combustion, gasification, liquefaction, synthetic fuels, and advanced nuclear.He served in the US Navy Submarine Service. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Arno Harris is the CEO of Recurrent Energy, a leading solar project developer and generating company. As the primary global development platform for Sharp Corporation worldwide, Recurrent Energy is helping our world find a more sustainable way to meet its energy needs. Prior to Recurrent Energy, Arno was general manager of EI Solutions, serving large-scale commercial and government solar customers. EI Solutions was formed when Arno sold his pioneering solar business, Prevalent Power, to Energy Innovations. Arno's previous experience includes founder and leadership roles for high tech startups. His background combines marketing, business development, and consulting with experience serving such clients as Berlex, Toyota Motor Sales USA, GlaxoWellcome, MCI, Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Nikon Precision, IKEA International and NBC Digital Publishing. Arno writes about solar and renewable energy on his blog Clean Energy Future.

Vice Admiral Lee Gunn is President of the Institute for Public Research (IPR) at CNA in Alex-andria, Virginia. IPR Provides expert, high-level analytical services in the areas of safety and security, health research and policy, organizational learning and e�ectiveness, education, and air tra�fic management. He joined CNA in 2001 after serving in the U.S. Navy for thirty-five years. His last active duty assignment was Inspector General of the Department of the Navy where, together with his Marine Deputy, he was responsible for the Department’s over-all inspection program and its assessments of readiness, training, and quality of service.

Serving in the Surface Navy in a variety of theaters, Admiral Gunn rose through the cruiser/destroyer force to command the Frigate USS Barbey, then command of the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare tactical and technical evaluation Destroyer squadron, DESRON 31. He later com-manded Amphibious Group Three. As Commander of PHIBGRU THREE he served (in addition to many other duties) as the Combined Naval Forces Commander, and Deputy Task Force Commander of Combined Task Force United Shield. Task Force United Shield conducted the final withdrawal of United Nations peacekeeping forces from Somalia in February and March of 1993. United Shield was, and still is, the only amphibious withdrawal operation under fire conducted since the Korean War.

Admiral Gunn’s awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Supereior Service Medal, six Legions of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal (with Combat Distinguishing Device), the Navy Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, and numerous theater and service awards.

Gunn also serves as President of the American Security Project, a bi-partisan national secu-rity think tank in Washington, DC; Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA; an Advisor to the Global Perspectives Initiative at the University of Central Florida; and a member and Executive Board member of the Surface Navy Associa-tion.

John Fernandez was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and was sworn into o�ce on September 14, 2009.

As the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), Fernandez is charged with leading the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the global economy. Fernandez served as Bloomington, Indiana’s mayor from 1996 to 2003. With his Leadership, Bloomington’s economy thrived despite facing significant changes arising from the new global economy. Fernandez worked with business and Indiana University leaders to launch Bloomington’s Life Sciences Partnership, securing more than $243 million in private investments and creating more than 3700 jobs. He also developed an aggressive downtown revitalization plan resulting in more than $100 million in new investments.

A first generation American, Fernandez received a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Indiana University. He also earned a Master of Public A�airs (M.P.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental A�airs.

James Gambino is Vice President of Technology Commercialization: Physical Sciences for Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP). The Technology Commercialization Group creates pathways to commercialization for new companies, entrepreneurs and researchers by building consortia and regional initiatives with universities, government and private partners. Jim is also responsible for developing and managing Ben Franklin’s Regional Energy Strategy, seeded with funding from the Commonwealth’s

Alternative Energy Development Program under the Energy Investment Act. He also represents Ben Franklin in the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy E�cient Buildings (GPIC) project, as Task 6 Leader for Deployment, Demonstration and IP Management.

Jim has successfully commercialized high value disruptive technologies across multiple markets as a senior executive in multinational companies, joint ventures, and start-ups. Prior to joining Ben Franklin, Jim was Vice President and CTO at Elementis Specialties, Inc., a speciality chemical company, where he was responsible for research and development, new business development, and licensing.

Jim is a past Director of the Commercial Development and Marketing Association (CDMA), trustee of the PDMA-CDMA Educational Foundation, and 2008 winner of the CDMA Golden C award for Commercial Development Excellence. Jim is also a board member and trustee of the Chemist Club of New York, and a partner of PolySolutions

Advisors LLC, a consultancy to technology start-ups and emerging companies.Jim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, and completed the Business Management Executive Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Ro Khanna was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service at the United States Department of Commerce. The U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, part of the International Trade Administration, is the key export promotion agency of the federal government.

In this capacity, Mr. Khanna is responsible for overseeing the domestic operations of 109 U.S. Export Assistance Centers operating in 48 states. He has played an instrumental role in implementing the President's National Export Initiative around the country. In addition, Mr. Khanna is responsible for a number of trade promotion programs, the Trade Information Center, and marketing and communications strategies. Mr. Khanna has been involved with planning and executing a number of export missions for the Department including to India, Brazil, China, and Mexico.

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Mary Leslie is president of the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC), an advocacy and educational organization dedicated to serving local businesses while informing and impacting positive change at multiple layers of government. For more than 70 years, the LABC has been an influential link between business and government and has had a major impact on public policy issues related to education, housing and environmental sustainability.

Ms. Leslie has overseen the growth of the LABC as one of Southern California’s most influential business advocacy organizations, having worked closely with leaders from business, government and the non-profit sectors to enact policies that have significantly increased a�ordable housing, incentivized sustainable development and encouraged business support for public education.

Michael Northrop directs the Sustainable Development grantmaking program at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York City, where he focuses on energy and climate change. Northrop moonlights as a Lecturer at Yale University’s Forestry and Environmental Studies School, where he teaches a graduate course on environmental campaigns. Previous positions have included a stint as Executive Director of Ashoka, an international development organization that seeks and supports “public sector entrepreneurs”; and at an investment Bank, First Boston in New York City. Northrop also serves on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC Sustainability Advisory Board, on NYC’s Waterfront Advisory Board, on the Advisory Board of Climate Change Capital in London; and on the boards of directors of Oceana, a global marine conservation organization; the Climate Prosperity Project, a national civic organization committed to the creation of a low-carbon and prosperous American economy; SmartPower, which encourages demand for renewable energy; and Princeton in Asia, which o�ers fellowships for post-graduate work across Asia. Northrop has an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, where he was also an English major as an undergraduate.

Lesa Mitchell is a Vice President with the Kau�man Foundation, responsible for the Foundation’s frontier work in understanding the policy levers that influence the advancement of innovation from the universities into the commercial market and the new relationships between philanthropy and for profit companies. Under Mitchell’s leadership, the Foundation is defining and codifying alternative commercialization pathways, and identifying new models to foster innovation. Mitchell was instrumental in the founding of the Kau�man Innovation Network/iBridge Network, the Translational Medicine Alliance, the National Academies-based University-Industry Partnership and leader in the replication of innovator-based mentor programs across the U.S. In addition, Mitchell serves on the boards of the Regenerative Medicine Foundation and the University of Kansas Institute for Commercialization.

Prior to joining Kau�man, Mitchell spent twenty years of her career in global executive roles at Aventis, Quintiles, and Marion Laboratories and ran an electronic clinical trials consulting business in support of global pharmaceutical clients.

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ITDr. Je�rey Marqusee is currently the Executive Director of the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Director of the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). SERDP is a tri-agency (DoD, DOE, and EPA) environmental research and development program managed by the Department of Defense. SERDP supports research and development to solve environmental issues of relevance to DoD. ESTCP is a DoD wide program designed to demonstrate innovative environmental technologies at DoD facilities. ESTCP provides for rigorous validation of the cost and performance of new environmental technologies in cooperation with the regulatory and end-user communities. Prior to his current position, Dr. Marqusee served as a program manager for environmental technology in the O�ce of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security. He was the principal advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary on environmental technology issues. Before joining DoD, he worked at the Institute for Defense Analyses, where he advised both DoD and NASA in the areas of remote sensing, environmental matters, and military surveillance. Dr. Marqusee has worked at Stanford University, the University of California, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Physical Chemistry.

Craig Lewis is the Executive Director of the Clean Coalition, an organization focused on implementing best practices for scaling cost-e�ective clean, local energy that is available now, throughout the United States. Mr. Lewis is a leading Smart Energy strategist and advocate with over 20 years of experience in the renewables, wireless, and semiconductor industries. He has been working since 2005 to achieve Smart Energy outcomes via legislation, regulation, and public funding. Among many other campaigns at the national level and throughout the country, the FIT Coalition is leading the legislative e�ort in California to implement a statewide Clean Local Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) program that, if implemented, will increase California’s clean energy market by a factor of ten. Mr. Lewis spearheaded energy policy development for Steve Westly’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign in California and was VP of Government Relations for GreenVolts, a solar technology company before he founded the FIT Coalition in January 2009. He navigated the first successful solar project through California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) solicitation process and has been involved in more than two dozen RPS projects.

He received a MBA and MSEE from the University of Southern California, and a BSEE from UC Berkeley.

Mindy S. Lubber is President of Ceres, the leading coalition of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to build sustainability into the capital markets and address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. She also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a network of more than 90 investors representing approximately $10 trillion in assets that coordinates U.S. investor responses to the financial risks and opportunities of climate change.

Ms. Lubber is the recipient of the Skoll Social Entrepreneur Award and under her leadership, Ceres has been awarded Global Green USA’s 2009 Organizational Design Award and Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards in 2007 and 2008. She was recently voted one of “The 100 Most Influential People in Corporate Governance” for 2009 by Directorship Magazine, who noted Ceres’ substantial influence in its field.

Before coming to Ceres, Ms. Lubber was the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Founder/CEO of Green Century Capital Management, an investment firm managing environmentally screened mutual funds.

John F. Mizroch is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C., o�ce of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in providing regulatory counsel and legislative insight to clients in the areas of energy and environmental technology.

Prior to joining the firm, John served as Acting Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy's O�ce of Energy E�ciency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which manages the federal government's principal investments in clean technology and energy transformation. He had been with EERE since 2006, when he was appointed by the President to serve as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. Among his accomplishments at EERE, John led the implementation of the first two landmark bipartisan energy policy acts to have been passed in more than a decade (EPACT 2005 and EISA 2007); developed and launched the Solar America Initiative, the 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report, and the National Biofuels Action Plan; and served as the DOE's primary representative to the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue and the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate Change. John also negotiated and implemented many significant energy and environmental technology accords with China, India, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, and Spain, among other countries.

Before his tenure at the Department of Energy, John was president and chief executive o�cer of the World Environment Center (WEC).

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R. James Woolsey is Chairman of Woolsey Partners LLC. He is also a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global A�airs.

Mr. Woolsey currently chairs the Strategic Advisory Group of the Washington, D.C. private equity fund, Paladin Capital Group, and he is Of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. o�ce of the Boston-based law firm, Goodwin Procter. In the above capacities he specializes in a range of alternative energy and security issues.

Mr. Woolsey previously served in the U.S. Government on five di�erent occasions, where he held Presidential appointments in two Republican and two Democratic administrations, most recently (1993-95) as Director of Central Intelligence. From July 2002 to March 2008 Mr. Woolsey was a Vice President and o�cer of Booz Allen Hamilton, and then a Venture Partner with VantagePoint Venture Partners of San Bruno, California until January 2011. He was also previously a partner at the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, DC, now Goodwin Procter, where he practiced for 22 years in the fields of civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

During his 12 years of government service, in addition to heading the CIA and the Intelligence Community, Mr. Woolsey was: Ambassador to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Vienna, 1989–1991; Under Secretary of the Navy, 1977–1979; and General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, 1970–1973. He was also appointed by the President to serve on a part-time basis in Geneva, Switzerland, 1983–1986, as Delegate at Large to the U.S.–Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Arms Talks (NST). As an o�cer in the U.S. Army, he was an adviser on the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), Helsinki and Vienna, 1969–1970.

Mr. Woolsey was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attended Tulsa public schools, graduating from Tulsa Central High School. He received his B.A. degree from Stanford University (1963, With Great Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa), an M.A. from Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar 1963–1965), and an LL.B from Yale Law School (1968, Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal).

Jonathan Silver was named Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs O�ce in November 2009. Mr. Silver leads the Department’s $70 billion dollar investment program in alternative energy, financing a wide range of solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, fossil and nuclear energy projects. As Executive Director, Mr. Silver is responsible for the agency’s strategic direction, management of all elements of the transaction process and represents the agency before Congress and the public.

The Loan Programs O�ce is currently the largest project finance e�ort in the United States. Under Mr. Silver’s leadership, the agency financed the first U.S. nuclear power project in 30 years; underwrote the world’s largest wind farm; doubled the amount of concentrated solar power generation capacity in the U.S.; financed the largest solar power parabolic trough project in the world; and provided financing to projects that have over four gigawatts of generating capacity and will reduce or avoid nearly 40 million tons of CO2 annually.

Prior to leading the Loan Programs O�ce, Mr. Silver was co-founder and the Managing Director of Core Capital Partners, a successful early-stage investor in alternative energy, advanced manufacturing, telecommunications and software.

Jonathan Wolfson is CEO and co-founder of Solazyme, where he oversees the management and strategic direction of the company. Prior to Solazyme, Jonathan was the VP of Finance and Business Development for 7thOnline, a venture-backed supply chain software company. Prior to that, Jonathan was co-founder, President and CEO of InvestorTree, a financial software and services firm. He has also worked as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley and as a business/legal analyst for Triarc Companies. He holds a JD and an MBA degree from NYU. Additionally, he spent several years as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Malcolm D. Woolf was appointed in June 2007 by Governor Martin O'Malley to lead the Maryland Energy Administration in promoting a�ordable, reliable and clean energy. In this role, he helped enact the most ambitious set of energy goals in the nation, including the EmPOWER Maryland Act seeking a 15% reduction in peak demand and overall electricity consumption, a 20% renewable standard, and a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve these goals, MEA has launched over a dozen new programs and incentives to promote greater use of clean energy technologies.

An energy expert with experience at the national level and in the private sector, Woolf was recently elected vice-chair of the National Association of State Energy O�cials (NASEO), has twice been invited to testify before the Senate Energy Committee, and is frequently featured in national media, including NPR and CNN.

Woolf was previously the Director of the National Governors Association's Natural Resources Committee, which shapes federal policy on energy, agriculture, the environment, and natural resources. While with the NGA, Woolf launched the NGA's Energy Project to evaluate and prioritize state and federal energy policies and shape the federal energy agenda. Woolf also served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, working on energy and environment issues, including renewable and rural energy. Woolf was also a Senior Attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and an Environmental and Energy Associate with both Winston & Strawn and Piper & Marbury L.L.P.

Woolf received his B.A. magna cum laude from Tufts University and Pembroke College, Oxford University. He earned a Masters of Public Administration and Public Policy and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.

Peter Rothstein is President of the New England Clean Energy Council, a non-profit organization with 200 clean energy member companies focused on accelerating New England’s clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class clean energy cluster. The Council develops and executes a wide array of programs in five key areas: Innovation, Growth, Education, Adoption, & Policy.

Peter has many years of venture, entrepreneurial, executive and deal experience across the cleantech venture market. Before assuming leadership of the Clean Energy Council in 2010, Peter led the Council’s innovation initiatives, including the Clean Energy Fellowship Program started in 2008. Peter also leads a Council project to form a New England Energy Innovation Consortium combining major research universities, state energy o�ces, cleantech private sector partners, venture capital and other stakeholders to collaborate on energy research, commercialization and cluster development.

Peter has a Masters degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management with a concentration in energy economics and finance, and a BA in Environmental Design from Clark University.

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