2023
Abby Wulf
Abby leads the American Battery Materials Initiative (ABMI), the White House-led, Department of Energy-coordinated, interagency effort to secure the minerals and materials needed to meet electric vehicle (EV) and broader electrification goals. Prior leading ABMI, Abby was the founding Director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, a Washington, DC-based nonpartisan nonprofit that focused on…
Read MoreKraig Houser
Kraig Houser is the Process Technology Director at Cirba Solutions. His career spans 12 years in the chemical industry in process technology, operations, corporate strategy, and business management. Through these experiences Kraig has been involved in industries including custom manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, flame retardants, and lithium-ion battery raw materials and has developed a keen sense of…
Read MoreNathan Nye
Nathan Nye is responsible for leading Tesla’s vision and business strategy for the Circular Economy sector in the Americas. His focus is on life cycle management and development of integrated Lithium-Ion recovery & recycling programs for all business channels, feeding battery materials back into the supply chain, creating a closed-loop, and reducing the need for…
Read MoreMark Caffarey
Mark Caffarey is the President Umicore USA. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from Brussels University, 1983. He joined Umicore in 1984, where he served as Department Head Special Materials in Hoboken Belgium from 1990-1994 and received a Master in Business from the Flanders School of Business in 1992. Mark subsequently served as Umicore’s General Manager…
Read MoreDale Fox
Dale Fox is a Senior Principal Engineer in Electrical Engineering Services at Salt River Project. His job duties include special electrical engineering studies and projects, support and training to engineers, and design/engineering/guidance for substation projects. He was recently the project manager for the Bolster Substation and Battery Energy Storage Project located southeast of the Agua…
Read MoreJoe LoGrasso
Joe LoGrasso has led development of advanced propulsion and battery energy storage systems for 33 years. Joe is currently Vice President-Battery Systems Engineering & Strategy for the power sports leader, Polaris. He was Sr. Manager at Stellantis leading the development and launch of multiple battery systems and was also Director at XALT Energy leading battery…
Read MoreJeff Yambrick
Jeff Yambrick is the Founder and CEO of Energy Supply Developers (ESD) which was created a to help businesses in the battery industry to establish facilities in the US. He is also the Principal of EvIsYam Solutions LLC working with companies in the battery industry. He has spent over 25 in the battery industry and…
Read MoreJoern Tinnemeyer
Joern Tinnemeyer is Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of EnerSys. Enersys is the global leader in industrial energy storage systems. Joern is responsible for global engineering, global quality, and technology development. Joern studied applied mathematics and electrical engineering at the University of Toronto and holds a MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering. His…
Read MoreAlex Jacquez
Alex Jacquez serves as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial Strategy for the White House National Economic Council. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, he served as Senior Policy Advisor for labor and economic policy on the Senate Budget Committee under Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He has previously served in various…
Read MoreChristina Lampe-Onnerud
Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud is Founder and CEO of Cadenza Innovation, a growth-stage company transforming energy storage for grid, EV, commercial and industrial, and urban battery deployments. Earlier in her career, Dr. Lampe-Onnerud founded and served as CEO and International Chairman of Boston-Power, a battery company providing products to the consumer electronics, transportation and other end…
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