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Mapping Out the Routes to Decarbonized Transportation

Before electric vehicles can really be on the move at scale, new infrastructure is needed to support their use, and provide greater consumer assurances to drive adoption of alternative fuel transportation solutions. This session will cover infrastructure planning, design, financing, and installation. Speakers will also share strategies for fleet conversion.

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MODERATOR

Antoine Thompson

Antoine Thompson

Executive Director
Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition

Executive Director,
Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition

Antoine M. Thompson is a nationally recognized leader for environmental justice, green business, housing, diversity, and urban policy. He earned dual bachelors’ degrees in History and African & Afro-American Studies from SUNY Brockport and is the Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition (GWRCC), a public-private partnership that promotes the use of clean, American transportation fuels for homeland security, improved air quality, environment justice, diversity, and inclusion. Antoine is the former Executive Director of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) the oldest organization of African American real estate professionals in the United States. He led efforts to increase advocacy on Capitol Hill on closing the racial wealth gap through increasing the rate of Black homeownership. Antoine was elected to the New York State Senate in 2006 and 2008 and served as the Senate Deputy Majority Whip and the first African American to Chair the Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and Co-Chair of the Senate Minority and Woman Business Enterprise Task Force.

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PANELISTS

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Marnie Abramson

Principal
Lightility

Principal,
Lightility

Marnie is the Principal and Founder of Lightility, a Woman-Owned Small Business dedicated to converting outdated and inefficient energy infrastructures into cost savings and improved asset value. They specialize in EPC projects for LED, EV and commercial solar. Under her leadership, Lightility clients have realized over $110 million in energy savings, more than $23 million in utility rebates and grants, and carbon emission reductions of over one billion pounds. Lightility is an award-winning trade ally with PEPCO utility company winning ‘Best Customer Experience’ in 2019, ‘Largest Incentive’ Award in 2021 and 2022, and ‘Most Efficient Project’ in 2022. In 2018 Lightility was honored with an ‘Outstanding Achievement in Green Building Technology’ Award from the Mayor and Council of the City of Rockville, Maryland. Marnie holds a Master of Science degree in Real Estate from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from American University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Suburban Hospital, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Sustainability Advisory Council for The American University Kogod School of Business and Pepco Holdings EmPOWER Maryland Advisory Board. Marnie is also a LEED Accredited Professional.

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Matt Erskine

Chief Strategy Officer
Connected DMV

Chief Strategy Officer,
Connected DMV

Matt Erskine serves as Chief Strategy and Economic Officer for Connected DMV, the Greater Washington, DC regional 501(c)3 that advances transformational economic development initiatives. Matt served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, and he served as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Virginia Governor Mark Warner. In addition, he has worked in management consulting including as Principal and Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton. He received his B.A. as an Echols Scholar from the University of Virginia and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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Deron Lovaas

Chief, Environment & Sustainable Transportation
Maryland Dept. of Transportation

Chief, Environment & Sustainable Transportation,
Maryland Dept. of Transportation

Deron Lovaas has worked on state and federal transportation policy for almost 3 decades. He currently holds the environment and sustainable portfolio at the Maryland Department of Transportation. He worked for more than 20 years at the Natural Resources Defense Council before joining MDOT, leading initiatives and projects focused on transportation, utility, housing, and clean vehicles policy. Before that he worked with other nonprofit advocacy groups as well as with the Maryland Department of the Environment. Deron graduated from the University of Virginia.

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Edwin Luevanos

CEO
Citizen Energy

CEO,

Citizen Energy

Edwin Luevanos is the co-founder of Citizen Energy, LLC and Avanza EV, a new national initiative to increase EV adoption in disadvantaged communities. Edwin is a serial entrepreneur, having started private companies in clean energy tech, finance, and project development. Prior to working in the private sector, Edwin worked at the U.S. Department of Energy in the areas of energy savings performance contracting, energy demand management, green procurement, public engagement, and workforce development. During the Recovery Act, Edwin had the unique opportunity to support The White House and Obama administration in implementing outreach strategies for over $75 billion in clean energy investments. For almost two decades, Edwin has also worked with environmental and community organizations on the expansion of social equity programs for Latino communities. Edwin obtained his undergraduate degree from California State University Fresno, and a Masters in Business from Boston University. Edwin is the proud son of immigrants from Mexico.

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Josh Green

Josh Green

CEO & Founder
Inspiration Mobility

Founder & CEO,
Inspiration Mobility

Josh Green is the Founder and CEO of Inspiration Mobility Group, a sustainable investment platform that develops, finances and manages the real assets enabling the EV transition. Since 2003, he has been a successful investor, entrepreneur, and Board member in the clean energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors. His broad experience includes being a project investor in clean energy projects and sustainable infrastructure, a venture capitalist, and the Co-Founder and CEO of a project development and carbon credit company. Prior to launching Inspiration, Josh launched and managed two investment vehicles focused on the energy transition, Traverse Venture Partners and CCM Energy, and was a founding investor in, and Board Director of, Generate Capital. Before CCM, he was the CEO and co-founder of Verdeo Group, a project developer backed by Black River Asset Management and Wolfensohn & Company and acquired by Sindicatum Sustainable Resources. Earlier in his career, Josh held various investment roles at Climate Change Capital, the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, and Softbank. Josh began his career working with major companies and utilities in South America as a Consultant with Monitor Group. Josh holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Dartmouth College.

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