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Thursday April 30, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Moderators 
Clean Energy Policy and Strategy Consultant, Patrick Sterns Clean Energy Strategies
Patrick Sterns is a clean energy policy and strategy consultant for a variety of different firms and trade associations. He has been in solar and battery storage since 2011 and has worked on many industry issues and policies, including net metering, workforce rules, virtual power...
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President, ProtoGen
As President and Founder of ProtoGen, he is an energy resilience pioneer with nearly 30 years of industry experience. Beginning as an electrician in 1996 and achieving Master Electrician status by 2001, he founded ProtoGen in 2016, motivated by his firsthand experience during Hurricane...
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Tribal Program Manager, Sazan Group
Sean is the Tribal Program Manager at Sazan Group. He holds a Master’s of Business Administration with more than 10 years’ experience in Tribal program administration and management. As tribal program manager at Sazan Group, Sean’s work focuses on Tribal sector engagement and...
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Energy & Project Manager, Mid-Columbia Economic Development District
Lindsay McClure is the Energy & Project Manager at Mid-Columbia Economic Development District (MCEDD), which serves six counties in northern Oregon and southern Washington along the Columbia River Gorge. At MCEDD, Lindsay’s portfolio includes community energy resilience planning...
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Thursday April 30, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Discovery A
