US Army Lt. Col. Alan Samuels is a Reserve Officer assigned to the Army Reserve Sustainment Command in support of the Research, Development, and Engineering Command. He deployed to Afghanistan for...
Champions of Change: Innovators In Renewable Energy
The White House honors nine individuals as Champions of Change who are making a difference advancing new ideas that are leading the way to a clean energy future and an economy that’s built to last.
Erin Geegan is CEO of Zam Energy and part of the leadership team for Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) in the Rocky Mountain Region. She is working towards a future where transportation is fueled...
Jerome Taylor is a 30 year employee and CEO of MFA Oil, a farmer owned energy cooperative headquartered in Columbia, Missouri. MFA Oil is owned by 40,000 farmers with the mission of improving the...
James Liao is the Parsons Foundation Professor of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a leading expert in Metabolic Engineering...
Kevin Frank is President and CEO of York, PA-based Voith Hydro. Frank is a board member of the National Hydropower Association and currently chairs its CEO Council, which advocates for hydropower...
Vernice Creese is President and CEO of Unlimited Energy Solar Solutions, Inc. (UESS, Inc.) -- a 28-year-old renewable energy company in Central California specializing in Solar Photovoltaic and...
Ed O’Rourke is the CEO of Iris Technology Corporation, an Irvine, California-based company dedicated to delivering the best power and energy solutions for American troops. Iris Technology supplies...
Eric Ingersoll is the CEO and Founder of General Compression, and one of the inventors of its core technology. General Compression is developing utility-scale, compressed air energy storage...
Jan Blittersdorf is President and CEO of NRG Systems, which provides wind and solar measurement and turbine control equipment to electric utilities, wind farm developers, turbine manufacturers,...