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David Carroll

Job Title: 
President & CEO
Organization: 
Gas Technology Institute

A respected leader in the global energy sector, David Carroll directs GTI’s wide-ranging efforts to develop the strategies, technologies, and innovations necessary to drive transformation of the global energy system.

Mr. Carroll joined GTI in 2001 and assumed his current position in 2006. Prior to joining GTI, he held various technical and management positions with Praxair, Inc., CB&I, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Mr. Carroll became President of the International Gas Union (IGU) in 2015, his term concluding at the World Gas Conference in Washington, D.C. in June 2018, and remains a member of the IGU Management Team and Executive Committee. He also served as Chair of the 17th International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas held in Houston, Texas in April 2013. He sits on the board of National Fuel Gas Company, a diversified natural gas producer, transporter and utility. Mr. Carroll is a member of the American Gas Foundation Board of Trustees, the Society of Gas Lighting, and the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative Governing Board.

He earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in business administration from Lehigh University, and has completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

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USEA Membership Application

January 1st, 2013
USEA Documents

Andrew Black

Job Title: 
President & CEO
Organization: 
Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA)

Andy Black is President and CEO of LEPA, a Washington, DC-based trade association representing more than fifty pipeline companies and 97 percent of the liquid pipeline industry.  LEPA members deliver crude oil, refined products like gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel, natural gas liquids such as propane and ethane, carbon dioxide, and other liquids. American consumers and workers use products carried by liquid energy pipelines every day in their daily lives.

Andy promotes LEPA’s mission of responsible government policies, performance excellence, and public support for liquid pipelines.  Andy has pursued LEPA’s legislative and regulatory agenda with Congressional committee leadership, FERC Commissioners, DOT PHMSA Administrators and Deputies, and their staffs.  He has testified before Congressional committees on pipeline safety legislation, safety activities, pipeline expansion, border-crossing approvals, security, and propane supply issues.

Andy previously served in a government relations position in Washington for the El Paso Corporation.  Prior to that, he was Director of the Office of External Affairs for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). He earlier worked on Capitol Hill for thirteen years as a staff member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and for Congressman Joe Barton of Texas.

Andy has a B.S. in Economics from Texas Christian University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.

Anthony Bitonti

Job Title: 
Program Manager
Organization: 
United States Energy Association

Anthony Bitonti is a Program Manager at the United States Energy Association (USEA), supporting initiatives across Europe and Eurasia under the Just and Secure Energy Transition (JSET) program. He manages bilateral activities, develops annual workplans and budgets, and oversees the planning and execution of international and domestic events. He also contributes to the JSET Cybersecurity Program, helping regional partners strengthen the resilience of their critical energy infrastructure.

Anthony brings over 30 years of experience in designing and implementing international energy capacity-building programs in collaboration with U.S. government agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, Departments of Commerce, Energy, and State, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. He has led numerous high-level orientation visits, reverse trade missions, workshops, and executive briefings for energy sector stakeholders both in the United States and abroad.

His extensive international experience includes managing programs in Eastern Europe, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey.





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Will Polen

Job Title: 
Senior Director
Organization: 
United States Energy Association

William Polen is the Senior Director of the United States Energy Association (USEA), where he leads a team that supports cooperative energy programs with the U.S. government. He has over 30 years of experience in domestic and international energy development and is an expert in project design and delivery, capacity building, field operations, and strategic partnerships.

He most recently directed the Just and Secure Energy Transition Program, which supported the integration of energy infrastructure and markets across ten countries in Europe and Eurasia to accelerate sustainable energy investment, improve grid resilience, and promote public engagement. Mr. Polen also spearheaded the creation of the Eastern European Natural Gas Partnership, a 12-country initiative that advances regional energy security through strategic LNG and pipeline infrastructure development.

In partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Mr. Polen oversees the CONSENSUS Program, which promotes technologies that reduce emissions from fossil fuels while strengthening U.S. energy security and the security of critical minerals.

Mr. Polen holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Delaware and a Master of Arts in International Development from The American University.

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Brian Kearns

Job Title: 
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Organization: 
United States Energy Association

Brian Kearns serves as USEA's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.  In this capacity, Brian is responsible for all financial, human resources and office administration aspects.  Brian has served in this capacity since joining USEA in 1992.  Prior to joining USEA, Brian was an experienced audit manager with Arthur Andersen, a large international audit and consulting company.

Brian has been an active member of the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) since passing the CPA exam in 1984.  Brian graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a B. S. degree in Accounting.  He is active in his community and volunteers his time with several institutions.

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23rd Annual Energy Efficiency Forum

June 14th, 2012

At the 23rd Annual Energy Efficiency Forum, we will examine how advanced efficiency technologies, smart energy policies and consumer education can be integrated today to enhance energy security, improve global competitiveness and accelerate economic growth.

Clay Nesler

Job Title: 
VP of Global Energy and Sustainability, Building Efficiency
Organization: 
Johnson Controls

Clay Nesler is the Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability for the Building Efficiency business of Johnson Controls. In this role, he is responsible for overall energy and sustainability strategy, policy, communications and innovation on a global basis. He is also a member of the Johnson Controls sustainability leadership team responsible for setting overall sustainability strategy and policy across the corporation.

Since joining Johnson Controls in 1983, Clay has held a variety of leadership positions in technology, new product development, marketing and strategy in both the United States and Europe. He has been active in ASHRAE as an author, speaker and technical committee chairman. He is the recipient of the 2005 CoreNet H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator’s Award for development of the Solutions Navigator™ game board-based collaborative planning tool. He is also listed as the co-inventor of ten U.S. Patents. Clay received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Clay currently serves on the Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, the Executive Committee for the Energy Efficiency Forum in Washington, D.C. and the advisory committee for the Climate Registry.

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C. David (Dave) Myers

Job Title: 
President, Building Efficiency
Organization: 
Johnson Controls

 

C. David (Dave) Myers was named the ninth President of the Johnson Controls Building Efficiencybusiness on Dec. 9, 2005.

Previously, he served as CEO for YORK International. Mr. Myers joined York in 1994 as Director of Financial Planning and Controls. That same year, he became Director of Finance, Airside Products Group. He was promoted to Corporate Controller in 1995 and then became Vice President of Finance, Engineered Systems Group in 1998. In 2000, he was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and then became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2003. Mr. Myers was promoted to President and CEO in 2004.

He is a C.P.A. and a graduate of Pennsylvania State University.

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Anthony E. Malkin

Job Title: 
President
Organization: 
Malkin Holdings

 Anthony E. Malkin received a B.A. degree cum laude from Harvard College in 1985.

That year, Mr. Malkin joined Chemical Venture Partners, L.P., a recently formed venture capital and leveraged buyout affiliate of Chemical Bank 

(now CCMP Capital).

In 1989, Mr. Malkin joined Malkin Holdings. He is now president of this firm and of its affiliates, including W&H Properties. Altogether, these firms comprise the real estate acquisition, management, construction and marketing arm of the Malkin family, which has been active in real estate for four generations. Mr. Malkin’s grandfather, Lawrence A. Wien started the family in the real estate business in 1929 and in 1934 created the concept of real estate syndication. Mr. Malkin works with his father and Chairman Peter L. Malkin.

Through his real estate business, Mr. Malkin has been a leader in existing building energy efficiency retrofits through coordinating the team of Clinton Climate Initiative, Johnson Controls, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Rocky Mountain Institute in a groundbreaking project at the Empire State Building (esbnyc.com). Mr. Malkin also leads the Malkin family office in additional investments in the United States and internationally.

Mr. Malkin is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Real Estate Roundtable and Chair of its Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee, the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York and a board member of the sustainable forestry management company Greenwood Resources, advisory board member of MissionPoint Capital Partners, member of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, member of the Advisory Council of the NRDC’s Center for Market Innovation, and member of the Advisory Council of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Mr. Malkin guest lectures on real estate and family businesses at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

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