2025 Texas Energy Summit Steering Committee

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    Tsion Amare


    Manager, Texas Political Affairs
    Environmental Defense Fund

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  • Cliff Bradock


    Director of Business Development, METCO Engineering, Inc.

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  • Nora Esram


    Chief Executive Officer, New Buildings Institute

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  • Crysta Guzman


    Sr. Environment and Development Planner, North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)

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  • Dana Harmon


    Executive Director, Texas Energy Summit
    Principal, Juniper Advisory Group

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  • Silva Hamie


    Assistant Director for Energy Policy
    Instructional Associate Professor at the Texas A&M Energy Institute

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  • Erick Jones


    Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

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  • Becky Klein


    Principal, Klein Energy LLC
    Founder & Director, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute

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  • Jeremy Mazur


    Director, Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy, Texas 2036

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  • Todd McAllister


    Chief Executive Officer, SPEER (South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource)

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  • Laura Merten


    Manager of State Affairs, Apex Clean Energy

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  • Glen Rhoden


    Energy Manager, Harris County Office of County Administration

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    Angela Rowell


    Manager, Texas Energy Summit
    Program Manager, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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  • Dub Taylor


    Chief Operating Officer, Texas PACE Authority

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  • Margo Weisz


    Executive Director, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)

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  • Kacy Wycoff


    Program Lead, State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)

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  • Bahman Yazdani


    Associate Director, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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  • Patricia Zavala


    Executive Director, Powerhouse Texas

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