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June 9, 2022 | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | 27923 Highland Ave, Highland, CA

Join energy executives and community leaders for the First Annual Leaders in Energy Summit to discuss energy innovation and workforce development in our local communities.

The Leaders in Energy Summit is brought to you by SBD International Airport and Right Energy Group

Speakers

Jerry Silva

Chair, Leaders in Energy Summit

Partner, Right Energy Group

Event Moderator

Michael Burrows

Chief Executive Officer

SBD International Airport

Host

David Byrd

Former National Director

Minority Business Development Agency

U.S. Department of Commerce

Erica Beal 

Founder & CEO

AVIVV

Workforce Development

Kevin R. Frost

Former Director

Office of Indian Energy Policy
and Programs

U.S. Department of Energy

Laura Stadler

Chief Commercial Officer

Frio Valley Infrastructure

Hydrogen

Hon. James Campos

Former Director
(Assistant Secretary)

U.S. Department of Energy

Hydrogen/Accessing Energy Infrastructure Funding

Joe Baca, Jr.

County Supervisor, Fifth District

County of San Bernardino

Grant Funding on Energy Infrastructure and Workforce

Tan H. Nguyen

CEO

NUWIN Enterprises

Waste/Sustainability

Kevin T. Stewart

Director of Water Reclamation

San Bernardino Municipal Water Department

Water Infrastructure/Sustainability

John Valdivia 

Mayor

City of San Bernardino

Community Opportunities, Energy Access 

Larry McCallon

Mayor

City of Highland

Opening Remarks

Laurie Dowling

Executive Director

National Utilities Diversity Council

Grant Funding Federal Energy 

Infrastructure and Diversity Inclusion

Brad Viator

Vice President of External Affairs

Edison of Electric Institute

Energy Outlook, Grid Hardening

EV Chargers, Battery Storage

Jonathan Palacios-Avila

Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing

StratosFuel, Inc.

Alternate Fuels

Andrea Korney

Vice President of Sustainability 

Frostbyte Consulting

Energy Sustainability

James S. Coleman

CEO 

Lion Power Systems

Battery Technology

Gary Oppedahl

Vice President of Emerging Technologies 

Emera Technologies

Hydrogen

Program Agenda

• 7:45 AM – 8:10 AM: Breakfast & Networking
  
• 8:10 AM - 8:15 AM: Welcome Remarks/Group Stretch
  Jerry Silva, Chair, Leaders in Energy Summit; Partner, Right Energy Group
  Lead by Kevin Rindal, CEO, Vimocity
  
• 8:15 AM – 8:25 AM: Opening Remarks 
  Larry McCallon, Mayor of the City of Highland
  
• 8:25 - 8:35 AM: Updates
  Jerry Silva, Chair, Leaders in Energy Summit; Partner, Right Energy Group
  Michael Burrows, Chief Executive Officer, SBD International Airport
  Kristian Venegas, Associate Provost, University of La Verne
  Jessica Morales, Director of the Randall Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact, University of La Verne
  Frank Montes, CEO, Inland Empire Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  
  
• 8:35 AM – 9:35 AM: Grant Access/Energy Infrastructure
  Laurie Dowling, Executive Director, National Utilities Diversity Council
  Kevin Frost, Former Director of Office, Indian Energy Policy and Programs
  

• 9:35 AM – 9:50 AM: Break

• 9:50 AM – 11:15 AM: Innovation/Sustainability/Alternative Fuels  
  Tan H. Nguyen, CEO, NUWIN Enterprises
  Jonathan Palacios-Avila, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing, StratosFuels, Inc.
  Kevin T. Stewart, Director of Water Reclamation, San Bernardino Municipal Water Department
  James S. Coleman, CEO, Battery Technologies 
  
• 11:15 AM -1:20 PM: Lunch & Keynote Speakers
  David Byrd, Former National Director,  Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. DOC
  Brad Viator, Vice President of External Affairs, Edison of Electric Institute
  Andrea Korney, Vice President of Sustainability, Frostbyte Consulting
  
  
• 1:20 PM – 1:30 PM: Legislative Updates
  Joe Baca Jr., Fifth District Supervisor, County of San Bernardino
  John Valdivia, Mayor of San Bernardino
  
• 1:30 PM -2:30 PM: Workforce Development 
  Erica Beal, Founder & CEO, AVIVV 
  Kevin R. Frost, Former Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, U.S. DOE
  
  
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
  
  
• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM: Energy Forecast/Hydrogen
  Laura Stadler, Chief Commercial Officer, Frio Valley Infrastructure
  Honorable James Campos, Former Director (Assistant Secretary),  U.S. Department of Energy
  TBA Southern California Gas Company 
  Gary Oppedahl, Vice President of Emerging Technology, Emerging Technologies
  
  
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM: Closing Remarks
  Mike Burrows, Chief Executive Officer, SBD International Airport
  Jerry Silva, Chair, Leaders in Energy Summit; Partner, Right Energy Group
  Kevin Rindal, CEO, Vimocity
  
  
• 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Networking Reception
  
  * Program subject to change without notice

Conference Venue

BEAR SPRINGS HOTEL EVENT CENTER

27923 Highland Ave, Highland, CA 92346

SBD Cares Scholarship Fund

SBD CARES: A portion of your sponsorship dollars will be utilized by San Bernardino International Airport, Inc. (SBIA, Inc. dba SBD Cares) to build a scholarship fund supporting Inland Empire college-bound and college students interested
in pursuing education in S.T.E.M., Business Administration, and Public Administration majors.

SBIA, Inc. is a 501(3)(c) | TAX ID: 45-4407589

Sponsorship Opportunities

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Contact Us

Jerry Silva | Right Energy Group

(626) 536-3435

jerry@rightenergygroup.com

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