2023

Renata Arsenault is Ford Motor Co.’s Technical Expert for Advanced Battery Recycling.  Based at Ford Ion Park, Ford’s new Battery Center of Excellence, she has been interfacing closely with battery suppliers, recyclers and other industry members since 2006.  She is involved in multiple facets of Sustainability at Ford, spanning battery recycling, 2nd use, LCA, strategic…

Sam Jaffe is the senior director of business development for Addionics, an Israel-based company making porous current collectors. Jaffe was previously the head of battery research at E Source, the company which purchased Cairn ERA, a consulting and research firm he founded in 2015. He had previously worked at consulting firms such as Navigant (now…

Robert (Bob) Clatterbuck is a senior investigator at Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.  With over 35 years in the field of hazardous materials transportation and 25 years in hazmat enforcement, field operations and investigations, Bob has a working knowledge of hazardous materials in transportation, to include lithium…

Denise Gray is Head of External Affairs and Government Relations, North America LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc.(LGES MI), a U.S subsidiary of LG Energy Solution, Ltd. a South Korean corporation. Former positions included President and Board of Director Member, LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc, Tech Center. In that role, her team developed battery solutions for…

Sid is a Principal in Hatch’s Advisory practice and leads its battery market solutions services. He has 18 years of diverse experience in finance and engineering and specialist expertise in equity capital markets, market analysis, valuation, and transaction advisory. At Hatch, Sid has led and sponsored various market analysis and strategy engagements for battery raw…

Dirk Spiers is the founder and CEO of Spiers New Technologies (SNT). He is a pioneer and market leader in the repair, remanufacturing and refurbishment of advanced EV battery packs and pre-treatment recycling. SNT has been awarded General Motor’s Supplier of the Year 2021 and Overdrive award for 2021. His experience in remanufacturing, battery, solar…

Matthew Rhodes is a Principal Engineer in Grid Operations Support at Salt River Project (SRP) in Phoenix, Arizona. He has worked in System Protection at SRP for 13 years working on field designs, relay settings and commissioning.  Matthew is an SME on SRPs synchrophasor applications to improve electric grid resiliency.  Matthew also works to improve…

For 35 years, Julie Blunden has rapidly grown small energy companies to leaders in their sectors from power plants to retail power, solar and EV charging. She currently serves as Plus Power’s Chief Operating Officer building transmission-scale stationary energy storage facilities to enable grid decarbonization.  In addition, Julie serves on Boards related to batteries for…

Linda Gaines is a Systems Analyst in the Energy Systems and Infrastructure Analysis Division at Argonne National Laboratory. She holds a BA in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia. Her primary interest is problem solving, applied to efficient use of resources. Her most recent work has involved studying ways…

David Howell is a Vice President of Strategic Marketing Innovations (SMI), located in Washington, D.C.  Dave has 38 years of experience executing research, development, & manufacturing activities that includes advanced batteries and critical materials. Dave served 20 years at the U.S. Department of Energy, most recently as the Deputy Director of the Manufacturing and Energy…