Directors
Jamie Fordyce – Managing Director
jfordyce@mit.edu
Jamie Fordyce is a second-year MBA candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His focus is on the commercialization of early stage energy technologies, with a particular interest in energy storage, water treatment, and unconventional gas. Jamie recently worked at GE Power & Water, where he was responsible for identifying emerging market growth opportunities in water treatment. Before coming to MIT, he served as energy advisor to Commissioner Dian Grueneich of the California Public Utilities Commission, and spent two years prior on the staff of the Environmental Defense Fund. Jamie received his A.B. from Harvard University in 2005. Having served as a sponsorship director for the 2011 Conference, Jamie is excited to be back on board as this year’s Managing Director.
Sarah Fletcher – Friday Content Co-Director
sfletch@mit.edu
Sarah Fletcher is a second-year graduate student in the Technology and Policy Program at MIT. As a research assistant at the MIT Energy Initiative, she contributed to MIT’s study The Future of Natural Gas and now continues her thesis research on environmental risk analysis of shale gas extraction. Before coming to MIT, Sarah worked in Washington, DC analyzing national energy and climate change policy at the National Commission on Energy Policy. She holds a BA in physics and economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Sarah helped organized the Building Energy Management Systems workshop in the 2011 MIT Energy Conference and is thrilled to return as a Content Director in 2012.
Richard Zhang – Friday Content Co-Director
ryz@mit.edu
Richard Zhang is a second year graduate student in Electrical Engineering, with research interests in power electronics, power systems and electromagnetism. Throughout his first year of study at MIT he worked on the MIT Future of the Electric Grid study, focusing on the technical and market implications of large scale, grid level wind and solar integration. Richard was a member of the energy conference organizing team in 2011, leading the workshop “Grid 101” on power systems. Outside of the MIT energy community, he has also served as a co-chair of the MIT Graduate Student Council Orientation Committee. Richard holds a BE in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Michael Hagerty – Saturday Content Co-Director
mhagerty@mit.edu
Michael Hagerty is a second year master’s student in MIT’s Technology and Policy Program with a focus in energy policy. His research at MIT is focused on analyzing the effects of intermittent renewable generation on the electric power sector generation mix. Last year he worked on organizing the Renewable Fuels panel and is excited to pull together a great conference this year as a Content Director. Michael graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS in Chemical Engineering and worked for four years at UOP/Honeywell as a Field Service Process Advisor on the startup and operations of oil refinery and petrochemical process units, mainly located in Southeast Asia. He is interested in working in alternative fuels after he graduates in May 2012.
Tanvir Madan – Saturday Content Co-Director
tmadan@mit.edu
Tanvir Madan is a second-year Master’s student in the Technology and Policy Program at MIT, conducting research on energy efficiency improvements and de-carbonization of the power sector using economic modeling tools. In last year’s conference, he helped organize the panel entitled “Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.” Originally from Kolkata, Tanvir completed his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Tanvir’s most recent work experiences include the Kauffman Foundation and a clean energy IPP start-up in India, where he focused on business development in the solar space. Tanvir has a specific interest in the renewable energy sector and is looking to advance his interest further after graduation.
Álvaro Fernández – Showcase Director
alvarof@mit.edu
Álvaro Fernández is pursuing an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a scholarship from “Fundación Caja Madrid.” His greatest passion is the energy sector and would like to work helping solve the great challenges at hand in the industry. While at Sloan, Álvaro has been a lead organizer of the MIT Sloan Clean Energy Study Tour to Spain and Denmark, which allowed student attendees to meet policy makers and first-line executives from top energy companies in both countries. Prior to moving to Boston, Álvaro worked at McKinsey & Company’s Madrid Office, serving clients throughout Europe in topics like energy, telecom or operations. Álvaro holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI (Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid). Originally from Cádiz, Spain, Álvaro is an avid rugby player at MIT Rugby Football Club, where he is also one of the Recruiting Co-Chairs.
Johanna Engel – Operations Director
joengel@mit.edu
Johanna Engel is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on solar energy storage by means of conversion. As a member of the electroceramics group, she is investigating a novel catalyst and possible anode materials for photoelectrolysis, the splitting of water with the sun’s energy. Prior to her studies at MIT, Johanna attained a B.S.E. in Materials Science and Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. Johanna has been an active member of the energy community at MIT since working on the Friday Night Showcase logistics of the 2010 Energy Conference. Last year, she was part of the conference logistics team and generally enjoys the opportunity to discuss the various energy related issues with peers from all disciplines. In addition, Johanna has been a part of the MIT rowing club since 2008 and served as the club’s co-president last year.
Megan Glendon – Marketing Director
mglendon@mit.edu
Megan Glendon is a second year student at the MIT Sloan School of Management. This summer Megan worked at PRTM, an operations strategy consulting firm, in the Energy Business Group in Mountain View, CA. Prior to coming to Sloan, Megan worked at Charles River Associates (CRA) in the Energy & Environment Practice. At CRA, she worked with utility and renewable energy clients to develop corporate strategy and improve organizational effectiveness. At MIT Sloan, she was an organizer of the MIT Sloan Clean Energy Study Tour to Denmark and Spain, which enabled 25 students to travel to Europe and meet with top companies and policymakers in the clean energy industry. She is also a Vice President of the Management Consulting Club. Megan was an organizer of the 2011 Energy Conference and is excited to return as the Marketing Director.
Dan Connell – Sponsorship Co-Director
dconnell@mit.edu
Dan Connell is a first year student at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to coming to Sloan, Dan served as a Naval Intelligence Officer across the Middle East and Asia in a variety of roles. His last assignment prior to completing his military service was with the Joint Chiefs of Staff Intelligence Directorate in Washington, DC. A joint student with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Dan is extremely interested in energy finance, smart grid implementation, and energy regulatory policy. Dan holds a BA in History from Seton Hall University.
Adam Borelli – Sponsorship Co-Director
aborelli@mit.edu
Adam Borelli is an MBA candidate in MIT’s Sloan School of Management’s Class of 2013. Prior to enrolling in Sloan, he was the Executive Director of New Leaders Council (NLC). Before that Adam worked on the Investments Team at Google.org as the Investments Researcher on renewable energy investments and grants. He previously worked as a Research Manager for Tiburon Strategic Advisors, a research-based strategy consulting firm to financial institutions. Before that, Adam worked for We the People, Inc., a 501(c)4 organization, served as the California State Coordinator for Generation Dean, and the National Committeeman for the California Young Democrats. Adam sits on the Netroots Nation Advisory Council and the Advancement Committee for Asylum Access. In 2011 Adam received the Gerbode Fellowship, a prestigious award given to the top five nonprofit leaders. Adam received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley.
Organizers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
| Agnes Chu | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Andrea Gulisano | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Nairika Murphy | Boston University | Showcase |
| Briana Burgess | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Jason Paller-Rzepka | Undergraduate, undeclared | Showcase |
| Jee Soo Yoo | Department of Material Science and Engineering | Showcase |
| Jorge Moreno | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Malini Sridharan | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Matthew Chapa | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | Showcase |
| Missy Showers | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Showcase |
| Rachel Keeler | Earth, Atmoshpere, and Planetary Sciences | Showcase |
| Robert Duran-Barbara | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Rupak Chakraborty | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Showcase |
| Satyait Suri | MIT Sloan School of Management | Showcase |
| Veronica Hume | Department of Chemical Engineering | Showcase |
| Alice Chao | Technology and Policy Program | Marketing |
| Amelia Bishop Landberg | MIT Sloan School of Management | Marketing |
| Angela Zhang | Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Marketing |
| Ivana Polim | Department of Chemical Engineering | Marketing |
| Jaewon Jeong | MIT Sloan School of Management | Marketing |
| Jane Chipman | MIT Sloan School of Management | Marketing |
| Kevin Yates | MIT Sloan School of Management | Marketing |
| Marie Wolbert | MIT Sloan School of Management | Marketing |
| Melanie Wong | Technology and Policy Program | Marketing |
| Samuel Brinton | Technology and Policy Program | Marketing |
| Sharmeen Noor | MIT Sloan School of Management | Marketing |
| Addison Stark | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Operations |
| Amy Rose | Technology and Policy Program | Operations |
| Anna Turskaya | Department of Material Science and Engineering | Operations |
| Bernhard Stohr | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Bobby Byrd | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Carolyn Freeman | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Christine Marcus | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Mary Anito | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Michelle Barber | Department of Chemical Engineering | Operations |
| Philip Obi | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Ricardo De Armas | Undergraduate, undeclared | Operations |
| Ronald Chan | Undergraduate, undeclared | Operations |
| Ross Collins | Technology and Policy Program | Operations |
| Sandra Torres | MIT Sloan School of Management | Operations |
| Simon De Stercke | Yale School of Forestery and Environmental Studies | Operations |
| Aditya Kunjapur | Department of Chemical Engineering | Shale Gas Panel (Lead) |
| Patricio Zambrano-Barragán | Department of Urban Studies and Planning | Shale Gas Panel |
| Jan Eide | Technology and Policy Program | Shale Gas Panel |
| Evgeny Alexeyev | MIT Sloan School of Management | Shale Gas Panel |
| Rashi Gupta | MIT Sloan School of Management | Shale Gas Panel |
| Peter Winarsky | MIT Sloan School of Management | Storage Panel (Lead) |
| Jocelyn Newhouse | Department of Material Science and Engineering | Storage Panel |
| Melanie Kuhn | Department of Material Science and Engineering | Storage Panel |
| Ingrid Bonde Akerlind | Technology and Policy Program | Storage Panel |
| Ying Lucy Fan | Department of Chemical Engineering | Storage Panel |
| Michael Rutberg | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Water Panel (Lead) |
| Jia Wang | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Water Panel |
| Sean Grundy | MIT Sloan School of Management | Water Panel |
| Megan Lickley | Engineering Systems Division | Water Panel |
| Tsuyoshi Segawa | MIT Sloan School of Management | Demand Response Panel (Lead) |
| Layla Zhu | MIT Sloan School of Management | Demand Response Panel |
| Bus Leonard | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Demand Response Panel |
| Jessica Artiles | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Demand Response Panel |
| Vivin Nath | MIT Sloan School of Management | Demand Response Panel |
| Pearl Donohoo | Engineering Systems Division | Transmission Panel (Lead) |
| Ioanna Karkatsouli | Engineering Systems Division | Transmission Panel |
| Qingqing Huang | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Transmission Panel |
| Carlos Greaves | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Transmission Panel |
| Athens Fitzcheung | MIT Sloan School of Management | Transmission Panel |
| Amanda Cuellar | Technology and Policy Program | State Policy Panel (Lead) |
| Anisha Gururaj | Department of Chemical Engineering | State Policy Panel |
| Sam Telleen | MIT Sloan School of Management | State Policy Panel |
| Devin Helfrich | Technology and Policy Program | State Policy Panel |
| Leah Stokes | Department of Urban Studies and Planning | State Policy Panel |
| Stefano Passerini | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | Uncertainty Panel (Lead) |
| Gabriel Bousquet | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Uncertainty Panel |
| Ellie Bertani | MIT Sloan School of Management | Uncertainty Panel |
| Alexandra Hazard | Undergraduate, undeclared | Uncertainty Panel |
| Bernard El-Khoury | Technology and Policy Program | Uncertainty Panel |
| Michael Kanaan | Boston University | Commercialization Workshop (Lead) |
| Akshar Wunnava | MIT Sloan School of Management | Commercialization Workshop |
| Fan Zhong | MIT Sloan School of Management | Commercialization Workshop |
| Kai Xiang | Department of Material Science and Engineering | Commercialization Workshop |
| Wardah Inam | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Solar Workshop (Lead) |
| Alexander Siegenfeld | Undergraduate, undeclared | Solar Workshop |
| Anna Jolene Mork | Department of Chemical Engineering | Solar Workshop |
| Sadia P Raveendran | Technology and Policy Program | Solar Workshop |
| Senthil Balasubramanian | MIT Sloan School of Management | Solar Workshop |
| Robert Brasington | Technology and Policy Program | Baseload Workshop (Lead) |
| Alex Salazar | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | Baseload Workshop |
| Bhushan Desam | MIT Sloan School of Management | Baseload Workshop |
| Jiankang Wang | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Baseload Workshop |
| Michael Parran | MIT Sloan School of Management | Fuels Workshop (Lead) |
| Alexandra Westbrook | Department of Chemical Engineering | Fuels Workshop |
| Alessandro Labelli | MIT Sloan School of Management | Fuels Workshop |
| Morgan Edwards | Technology and Policy Program | Fuels Workshop |
| Michael Bredehoeft | Technology and Policy Program | Fuels Workshop |