NREL Announces 2025 Executive Energy Leadership Cohort – CleanTechnica

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Last Updated on: 6th June 2025, 02:01 am

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 19 leaders to participate in its 2025 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs). The program curriculum is structured to support decision makers from government, corporate, nonprofit, and community organizations as they work to apply energy practices in their respective communities.

NREL bridges foundational research with practical applications, ensuring that breakthroughs across all energy technologies work together to lower energy costs, drive economic growth, bolster national security, and deliver abundant energy.

The four-month program offers executive decision makers an opportunity to learn in depth about energy technologies and analytical tools directly from NREL’s most prominent researchers, engineers, and professionals. Just as energy technology has advanced over the years, the program has continually evolved to incorporate the latest innovations and breakthroughs. The Energy Execs participants will visit NREL campuses in Boulder and Golden, Colorado, to explore the latest developments within the energy space. At the conclusion of the program, participants will showcase their learning by presenting a group energy project relevant to their organization or community.

Since its inception in 2007, the Energy Execs program has grown to include nearly 400 participants representing 39 U.S. states, one U.S. territory, and three countries.

For more information, visit the Energy Execs website.

Editors please note: A complete list of the 2025 Energy Execs participants follows:

• Alexandra Rozen, Colorado Public Utilities Commission (Colorado)
• Anas Sadkhi, Denver International Airport (Colorado)
• Brian Bartle, Danone North America (Colorado)
• Bryant Komo, Hawaiian Electric Company (Hawaii)
• Caitlin Casassa, Colorado Office of Sustainability (Colorado)
• Carlos Aguiar-Hernandez, City of Phoenix (Arizona)
• Dana Hoffman, City of Denver, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (Colorado)
• Daniel Tkacik, Carnegie Mellon University Scott Institute for Energy Innovation (Pennsylvania)
• Derrick Cheng, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (California)
• Dominic McGraw, City of Philadelphia, Office of Sustainability (Pennsylvania)
• Elizabeth Lehman, City of Cleveland, Department of Port Control (Ohio)
• Jo Anne Wessinger Hill, Public Service Commission of South Carolina (South Carolina)
• John Parks, Colorado Energy Office (Colorado)
• Monique Lovato, Office of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
• Peter “Jake” Leech, Southeast Sustainability Directors Network (Florida)
• Raj Basi, POWDR (Utah)
• Samantha Voncannon, energy industry professional (Colorado)
• Stephanie Nowers, Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology / Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska)
• Tyler Hamman, Energy and Environmental Research Center (North Dakota)

NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy’s primary national laboratory for energy systems research and development. NREL is operated for DOE under contract number DE-AC36-08GO28308.

News release from NREL.