Executive Committee
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Dr. Deborah D. Stine (Team Leader), Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and Professor of the Practice, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University. She can be reached at dstine@andrew.cmu.edu. |
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David Mawhinney, Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship; Executive Director, Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship; Managing Director, Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund; Director, i6 Agile Innovation System; Associate Teaching Professor, Tepper School of Business |
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Jeffrey A. McDaniel, JD, Executive-in-Residence, Innovation Works |
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Dr. Robert A. Meeder, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation |
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Dr. Gregory Reed, Director, Center for Energy; Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department; Director, Electric Power Initiative and Power Systems Lab; Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh |
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Jennifer Young, Senior Director, Industry Networks, Pittsburgh Technology Council |
Advisory Committee
Jonathan Cagan
George Tallman and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Co-Director Integrated Innovation Institute
College of Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Liang Cheng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director
Laboratory Of Networking Group Department of Computer Science and Engineering
RCEAS
Lehigh University
Rich DiClaudio
President and CEO
Energy Innovation Center
Lindsay D’Ambrosio
Manager, Harbor Launch Business Incubator
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
University of Maryland
James Delattre, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Research
Director, Office of Entrepreneurship & Commercialization
Penn State University
Mark DeSantis
CEO
kWantera
Caulton L. Irwin
Director, TransTech Energy Research & Business Development Program
West Virginia University
NRCCE, Energy Efficiency Division
Lisa Getzler
Executive Director
Lehigh University’s Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation
Bob Graham
Lecturer
Center for Leadership Education
Whiting School of Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Nick Hammond
Associate Vice President of Innovation and Economic Development
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Thomas Healey
CEO & Founder, Hyliion
Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University
Hugh P. Johnson
Senior Associate Director
Institute for Energy & the Environment
Drexel University
Katrina Kelly
Manager, Strategy and Business Development
University of Pittsburgh Center for Energy
Tony L. Kerzmann
Associate Professor of Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering Coordinator
Robert Morris University
Paul Laurent
Director of Student Services and Programs
Office of Energy and the Environment
Ohio State University
Stephen Lee
Professor & Head
School of Architecture
Carnegie Mellon University
Christopher Littman
Business Development Director & Operations Manager
Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension Center
Case Western Reserve University
Thomas Macagano
Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Business
Chatham University
Jack Mason
Executive in Residence
Director of Entrepreneurial Studies
Palumbo Donahue School of Business
Duquesne University
Michele Migliuolo, Ph.D.
Executive in Residence
TechGROWTH Ohio
Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
Ohio University
Don Morrison
Chairman of Deal Flow
BlueTree Allied Angels
Angela Shock
Program Coordinator, Industries of the Future
West Virginia University
Corey Young
Director
Center for Energy Policy and Management
Washington & Jefferson College
Jimmy Williams
Executive Director and Distinguished Service Professor, Engineering and Technology Innovation Management Program
Carnegie Mellon University