Registration and Networking Continental Breakfast (GRAND BALLROOM FOYER)

Summit Opens (GRAND BALLROOM)
Honor Color Guard – California State University, Sacramento School of Engineering
Program Facilitator, Nancy Zarenda, Co-Vice Chair, CUDC
Energy Summit Chair Bill Harper, VP and Chief Diversity Officer, PG&E
Chair, CUDC, José L. Pérez

Welcome (GRAND BALLROOM)
Roger Dickenson, President, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
Joel Ayala, Director, Governor’s Office on Economic Development

Opening Remarks - “Inclusion and Opportunity in the New Green Economy”
Commissioner Nancy Ryan, California Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner John Bohn, California Public Utilities Commission

General Session: “A Roundtable Conversation on Diversifying Sustainable Technology Industries for the Future of California” (GRAND BALLROOM)
Moderator: Former Assemblymember Gwen Moore, Co-Vice Chair, CUDC

Panelists:
Alan J. Fohrer, Chairman and CEO, SCE
John (Jack) S. Keenan, Sr. VP, COO, PG&E
Michael Niggli, President & COO, San Diego Gas & Electric
Anne S. Smith, COO, Southern California Gas Company

Concurrent Morning Panel Sessions

Room 306
Panel I – Workforce: “The Future of the Green Job Market
Moderator: Jose Millan, Vice Chancellor, Economic Development and Workforce
Preparation Division, California Community Colleges

Panelists:
Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez, Chair, Assembly Committee on Jobs,
Economic Development and the Economy
Panama Bartholomy, Advisor to the Chairman Karen Douglas, California Energy
Commission
Jason Walsh, Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Blue Green Alliance

Room 315
Panel II – Business Opportunities: “Diverse Businesses Advancing in the Green Economy”
Moderator:
Former Lt. Governor Cruz M. Bustamante,
Go Green Consultants

Panelists:
Alex Leon, CFO, Vanir Group of Companies
Tamara Walden, CEO of Walden Energy and Partner of Yaka Energy
Tracy Tomkovicz, CEO of S&S Supplies and Solutions
Richard McCaskill, CEO of Recon Recycling
Will Johnson, CEO of Visage Energy

Room 304-305
Panel III – “Private Sector Investments”
Moderator: Syngon L. Hare, S L Hare Capital Investment Bank

Invited Panelists:
Dennis Arriola, CFO, Sunpower
Stuart R. Hemphill, Sr. Vice President, Power Procurement, So Cal Edison
Bob Percopo, Executive Vice President, Project Finance Advisory Services,
Global Marine and Energy, Chartis Insurance
Jim O’Neal, Small Business Administration, District Administrator

Room 302-303
Panel IV – State Legislative Policies to Promote the Green Economy
Moderator: José L. Pérez, Latino Journal and Chair of the CUDC

Panelists:
Manal Yamout, Special Advisor to the Governor for Renewable Energy Facilities
Senator Alex Padilla, Chair, Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications
Assemblymember Steven Bradford, Chair, Committee on Utilities and Commerce
Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, Member of Committee on Utilities and Commerce

Afternoon Keynote Speaker – “Meeting the Challenge of Diversity in the New Green Economy” (GRAND BALLROOM)
Program Facilitator:
Johnnie Giles, Vice President, Government Affairs for Calif. Region, Comcast

Welcome to Sacramento
The Honorable Kevin Johnson, Mayor, City of Sacramento

Key Remarks:
Introduction: Vicki Zeiger, VP Human Resources Diversity & Inclusion, San Diego Gas & Electric and Co-Vice-Chair of the CUDC
Chair Karen Douglas, California Energy Commission
President Michael R. Peevey, California Public Utilities Commission

Concurrent Afternoon Panel Sessions

Room 306
Panel I – Workforce: “Developing, Cultivating, and Training a Green Pipeline”
Moderator:
Rob Howard, Utility Workers Union of America

Panelists:
Marcy Drummond, Vice President of Workforce & Economic Development, Los Angeles Trade Technology College & member of President Obama Task Force on Green Jobs
Barbara Halsey, Executive Director, State Workforce Investment Board
Tim Rainey, Executive Director for Workforce and Economic Development, California Federation of Labor

Room 315
Panel II – Business Opportunities: “How Green can Grow your Business”
Moderator: Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, President, Berkhemer Clayton Executive Search & National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO, CA)

Panelists:
Karen Sedgwick, Director of Supply Management, San Diego Gas & Electric –
Southern California Gas Company
Jack D. Sahl, Ph.D., Director, Environment and Resource
Sustainability, Southern California Edison
Des Bell, SVP Shared Services, Pacific Gas & Electric
Beth Shiroishi, Assistant Vice President,
Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability, AT&T

Room 302-303
Panel III – Role of Community Based Organizations in Energy Efficiency
Moderator:
Lawrence Lee, Publisher, Sacramento Observer

Panelists:
Beverly Ho-A-Yun Popek, Asian, Inc.
Louise Pérez, Community Resource Project, Inc.
David B. DeLuz, Greater Sacramento Urban League
Richard Villaseñor, Vice President of TELACU Weatherization

Room 304-305
Panel IV – Business Opportunities: “Diverse Businesses Advancing in the Green Economy”
Moderator: Joan Kerr, Director of Supplier Diversity, PG&E

Panelists:
Maria de la Parra, CEO of BMB Construction and Properties
Sarav Periasamy, CEO of PERI Software
Al Barnes, CEO of Sun Energy
Joe Bessler, President & CEO, Silverwood Energy, Inc.

End of Summit