Wayne Morgan is President of West Virginia American Water. In this role, he is responsible for delivering high quality water and related services to more than 500,000 people throughout the state of West Virginia.

Wayne has more than 25 years of experience in the management, operation, planning, design and construction of water and wastewater systems with American Water and consulting engineering firms.

Richard (Rich) Gius is Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Atmos Energy Corporation. Rich joined Atmos in October of 2007 as both CIO and as a corporate officer. He is responsible for leading Atmos' enterprise-wide information technology strategy, architecture, project delivery and operations execution, focusing on many of the company’s strategic initiatives including service excellence and operational effectiveness. Prior to joining Atmos, Gius spent more than two decades at Cardinal Health, rising through various positions of increasing responsibility. In 2003, he was named by Computerworld Magazine as a Premier 100 IT Leader, recognizing IT leaders who have applied information technology in effective, creative and innovative ways to advance their organization's strategy.

Terry Oliver has worked globally to advance sustainable energy and re-engage the electric utility industry in critically important research and development. He has worked for BPA since 1981. Terry led the world’s largest residential conservation program and ground-breaking research in community-based conservation, designed the first Demand-Side Management programs ever undertaken by a developing country, created linkages between sustainable energy, jobs, and the local and global environment with non-government organizations throughout Asia, South Africa, and the Middle East. He helped create BPA’s Non-Wires Solutions initiative.

In June 2005 Terry was appointed Bonneville Power Administration’s first Chief Technology Innovation Officer, responsible for re-energizing, focusing, and managing BPA’s research and development activities. As CTIO, Terry has grown BPA’s investment in research and development, transformed BPA’s the executive and staff engagement defining and managing a research portfolio, and led the creation of technology roadmaps to articulate BPA’s research agenda.

As Vice President of Organizational Development for the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), Lorraine S. Webb is responsible for succession planning, performance management, staffing, diversity, employee relations and training and development for the nation’s largest municipally owned natural gas utility. PGW serves more than 500,000 customers and has annual operating revenues of more than $859 million.

Ms. Webb joined PGW as the Director of Human Resources in 1997 and rose through the company to become Director of Strategic Planning in 2001 and Vice President of Organizational Development in 2005.

Wayne Morgan is President of West Virginia American Water. In this role, he is responsible for delivering high quality water and related services to more than 500,000 people throughout the state of West Virginia. Wayne has more than 25 years of experience in the management, operation, planning, design and construction of water and wastewater systems with American Water and consulting engineering firms.

Paul De Martini is Vice President, Edison SmartConnect at Southern California Edison. Edison SmartConnect is the company’s award-winning program that will replace millions of traditional electric meters with smart meters and other advanced technologies to empower customers to conserve energy and save money.

Paul De Martini also oversees the strategic direction of SCE’s SmartGrid development which includes advanced grid technologies, electric transportation and Edison SmartConnect technologies. Paul joined SCE in late 2002.

Don Von Dollen is the Program Manager for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Communications and Data Integration Group and the leads the IntelliGrid Program. The IntelliGrid Program is focused on accelerating the transformation of the power delivery infrastructure into the intelligent grid needed to support our future society through a unique collaboration of public and private stakeholders.

IntelliGrid has conducted substantial R&D on the topic of Smart Grids and works closely with utilities and suppliers to implement the results of the work. Results are available at www.EPRI-IntelliGrid.com.

Don joined EPRI in 1991 and has held positions as Applications Manager for Power Delivery and Markets, Program Manager for Underground Transmission and Project Manager. Don has managed EPRI’s superconductivity research program including wire and cable development, and research projects relating to transmission cable systems.
Before joining EPRI, he was a Research Engineer with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

Scott Anders is the Director of the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC), an academic and research center of the University of San Diego School of Law. He joined EPIC in October 2005 as its inaugural director and has since developed both its academic and research programs. Scott’s work at EPIC has focused on regulatory and policy issues relating to the development of efficient and low-carbon energy. Prior to joining EPIC, Scott was director of policy and planning at the California Center for Sustainable Energy, where he managed legislative and regulatory activities.

Al has 34 years of experience with Detroit Edison (DTE Energy) including 19 years in management, 5 years in marketing/sales and 10 years in distribution and subtransmission planning. Currently, Al is a Director in the DTE2 project responsible for System Integration and Architecture. Recently, responsible for the Planning, Design and Construction of the Transmission and Distribution System serving 2 million Industrial, Commercial and Residential customers in Southeastern Michigan. Provide direction to an organization comprised of 15 Service Centers, Data Integrity and Business Systems.

Al has held positions with increasing responsibilities including long range and day to day work direction of Engineers, Service Planners, Technicians, Account Executives, Account Representatives, etc.. He has developed Productivity Measurement Systems , and reorganized the responsibilities of personnel to accommodate changes in the Corporation and marketplace. Established and managed annual construction budgets in excess of $100 million. Represented the Corporation at Community and Governmental activities. Represented the Electric Utility Industry as a Director on the Board of the Common Ground Alliance (CGA). Al holds his BS in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University.

Kevin P. Fisher is Director of Operations for the Las Vegas Valley Water District in Las Vegas, Nevada. Current responsibilities include overseeing the Operations Department which includes the Distribution Division, the Production Division, and the Water Quality/Maintenance Engineering Division, with a combined staff of approximately 220. Kevin has 20 years of experience in the water industry. He has been with the District since 1994 and has held various positions in the Engineering Department/Construction Management and in the Operations Departments.

Jan Magill is director of strategic partnerships at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW). Jan has played a major role in the development and implementation of education and workforce models and resources for the Chamber’s over three million businesses. Her contributions to ICW include workforce development initiatives for chamber leadership on such topics as hiring at risk youth, managing the business impact of older workers, creating market-responsive community colleges and fostering chamber partnerships with the public workforce system. For the past two years, Jan has spearheaded the Chamber’s leadership role on the aging workforce and frequently speaks at national conferences on the topic.

Tony is the Director of Energy Delivery Asset Management for FirstEnergy. During his 28 years within the electric utility industry he has served in numerous management positions, including Operations Director, Director of Performance and Process Improvement, and various manager positions within both engineering and operations. He is an active member of several professional and industry organizations, including EEI and EPRI. He remains active in other groups as well, including the National Hurricane Conference, the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Conference, and InfraGard which is a members alliance between government (led by the FBI) and the private sector. When needed Tony serves on an Advisory Committee for the Ohio Department of Homeland Security.

James A. Musso is Manager, Siting and Land Rights for Xcel Energy, Inc. Xcel Energy was formed in August 2000, by the merger of New Century Energies (Denver) and Northern States Power Company (Minneapolis). In his current capacity as Xcel’s Manager, Siting and Land Rights he is responsible for electric transmission, distribution, substation and natural gas facility siting, licensing, permitting, and land rights acquisition for Xcel’s five state northern region: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, and Michigan. He has over 30 years of environmental, facility siting and regulatory compliance experience with the electric utility industry.