The Tech Deployment Track advisory panel is key to accelerating climate tech deployment in Alaska.

Advisory panel volunteers come from major Alaska businesses, research institutions, government agencies, and community organizations. They’re experts in Alaska energy, transportation, and industry, and they volunteer their time to help Tech Deployment Track cohort companies find partner and project opportunities in Alaska.

During Session 1, 2023 Tech Deployment Track advisors listen to pitches from our 19 cohort companies, then offer tailored feedback that helps companies identify potential customers and projects across Alaska. After Session 1, some advisors choose to continue volunteering with the program, mentoring companies as they build project maps and work toward deployment in Alaska. It’s a productive, positive cycle with big benefits for the companies and individuals who participate. 

Meet the 2023 Tech Deployment Track advisors who share their knowledge and networks to accelerate Alaska’s energy transition.

• Brendan Babb - Chief Innovation Officer, Municipality of Anchorage

• Patrick Callahan - Lead Engineering Consultant, CTE

• Stephen Clermont - Managing Director, Planning & Development, CTE

• Katie Conway - Energy Program Manager, Denali Commission

• Morgan Cox - Lead Grant Writer, CTE

• Josh Craft - Grid Modernization Manager, Matanuska Electric Association

• Graham DeNoyer - Partner & Principal Consultant, Red Team This

• Crystal Enkvist - Executive Director, Alaska Power Association

• Garrett Evridge - Director, AFDF Startup Accelerator

• Bill Falsey - Senior Counsel, Huth Reynolds LLP

• Clayton Gooden - Director Natural Resources, NANA Regional Corp.

• Matt Holta - BD Market Leader, PNW, BDO USA

• Morgan Howard - Director, Sealaska

• Joseph Jacobson - Investor

• Linda Janes - Managing Director, gener8tor

• Richelle Johnson - Lead Analyst, University of Alaska Center for Economic Development

• Rachel Kallander - CEO, Founder; Kallander & Associates, Arctic Encounter

• Shaina Kilcoyne - Energy Transition Program Director, Alaska Venture Fund

• Lauren Latchem - Facilities Engineer 3, PRA

• Dan Lesh - Deputy Director, Southeast Conference

• Melanie Lucas-Conwell - Director, 49th State Angel Fund

• Anthony Mallott - President & CEO, Sealaska

• Bryan Miller - Partner & COO, Fenomenon

• Mary Miner - VP Community Development, Alaska Growth Capital BIDCO, Inc.

• Alan Mitchell - Owner / Energy Analyst / Software Developer, Analysis North

• Jason Moncrieff - Senior Project Manager, Coffman Engineers

• Ty Moore - CEO, Alaska Strategy Company

• Nikki Navio - Transportation Program Manager, Denali Commission

• Mary Ann Pease - Owner, MAP Consulting LLC

• David Persinger - Assistant General Manager, Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility

• Chris Pike - Research Engineer, ACEP

• Erik Pullman - Consultant, Kachemak Bay Technical Services

• Dan Raudebaugh - Executive Director, CTE

• Pasha Saleh - Head of Corporate Development, Alaska Airlines

• Christopher Schutte - Principal Consultant, Capricom

• Samson Shepherd - Owner, Arctic Manufacturing Services

• Patrick Simpson - President, PKS Consulting Inc

• Sean Skaling - Business Development Manager, Chugach Electric Association, Inc.

• Dan Smith - State Energy Coordinator, USDA-Rural Development

• Mark Spafford - Alaska Water Group Leader, Jacobs

• Michael Spencer - Energy Programs Manager, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation

• Jenny Starrs - Coordinator, Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment, Renewable Energy Alaska Project

• Jacqueline Summers - Executive Director, Health TIE

• Scott Waterman

• Mark Wiggin - General Manager, Kuukpik Oilfield Services & Director, Chugach Electric Association, Inc.

• Lynn Zender - Director, Zender Environmental Health Group

• Liam Zsolt - Director of Technology, ASRC Energy Services

• Mike Resner - Office of Naval Research

• Michele Anderson - Office of Naval Research

• Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins - Senior Advisor, America Achieves

• Chandler Kemp - Assistant Professor of Sustainable Energy, University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus

• Mark Henspeter - Business Development Analyst, Chugach Electric Association, Inc.

• Huckleberry Hopper - Technology Commercialization Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Theresa Dutchuk - Environmental Business Lead, DOWL

• Andrew Repking - Acting Manager of Engineering and Planning, SWS

• Bill Mendenhall - President, Trident Winds 4.9

• Jacques Annandale - Capital Assets Manager, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility

• Cordelia Kellie - Office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski

• Matt Carle - Sealaska Corporation

• Erin Whitney - Director, Arctic Energy Office