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USEA NOW: June 2024

May 31st, 2024
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USEA Recognizes Transelectrica as 2024 International Partner of the Year

May 30th, 2024

Romanian transmission system operator is leading region to clean, secure energy transition

The United States Energy Association (USEA) is honored to recognize Transelectrica as International Partner of the Year for 2024, for its regional leadership and commitment to helping countries across Southeast Europe achieve a clean and secure energy transition.

USEA Hosts Annual Membership Meeting & Public Policy Forum

May 30th, 2024

The United States Energy Association (USEA) successfully hosted its Annual Membership Meeting & Public Policy Forum on May 30, 2024. The event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to discuss the future of energy and its impact on the global landscape.

USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 48: BCI President & Executive Director Roger Miksad

May 29th, 2024
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on battery storage, Roger Miksad, President and Executive Director of

USEA Power Sector Podcast 47: Long Duration Energy Storage Council CEO Julia Souder

May 29th, 2024
In this episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on energy storage, Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council and Chair of the Global Renewables Alliance answered questions by journalist Herman K. Trabish about what LDES technologies are, the importance of their role in the transition to clean energy, how these technologies are likely to progress, and the policies that can bring them to market.

Yair Frastai

Job Title: 
CEO & Co-Founder, Board Director
Organization: 
VerAI Discoveries
Yair has dedicated his career to tackling complex challenges in the Israeli Intelligence Special Operations Forces, initiating and implementing far-reaching paradigm shifts in planning and operations. For his achievements, Yair was awarded the prestigious Israel Defense Prize. As an executive in the mining sector in the last ten years, Yair has led various Mineral Exploration R&D and operations programs in the South and North Americas, collaborating with top research institutes in the US, Canada, Australia, and England.

Yair holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture (B.Arch.) from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.
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Dr. Liz Dennett

Job Title: 
CEO
Organization: 
Endolith

Liz Dennett, Ph.D. is a passionate technologist and entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience pioneering innovative data-driven solutions in the biotech and energy industries. She has a proven track record of integrating genomics, biotechnology, and cloud-first engineering to create commercial solutions that address pressing sustainability challenges.

Currently, Liz serves as the CEO of Endolith, where she leads a dedicated team in exploring the potential of microbes and synthetic biology to revolutionize sustainable mining practices.  Liz is also the CTO of Cemvita where she is leading the development and deployment of nature-inspired biosolutions to enable the transition to a carbon-neutral future.

Prior to joining Cemvita, Liz was VP of Data Architecture and Data Engineering at Wood Mackenzie, the Lead Solutions Architect for Energy Data Platforms at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and has previously held roles of increasing scope and complexity within Wood Mackenzie Amazon Web Services (AWS), Biota Technology, Hess Corporation, and the NASA Astrobiology Institute.  Liz currently holds an advisory board position with the UW-Madison Dept. of Geoscience.

With expertise in developing technology strategy and data platforms, Liz has extensive experience creating and delivering novel technology visions. As AWS Lead Solutions Architect, she led the AWS Implementation of the OSDU Data Platform, an international open-source initiative spanning industry, academia, and governmental entities. As VP of Data Architecture at Wood Mackenzie, Liz slayed data silos through the company’s robust data and analytics products to help transform how they delivered value to energy customers globally. Within her time at Biota Technology, she led the scale up and commercialization of subsurface genomics for energy customers.

Liz's entrepreneurial spirit and technological expertise have earned her numerous accolades, including being named #13 in the “Top 50 Women Leaders in Houston” in 2022. As a recognized domain expert and technology evangelist, she has given over 100 invited presentations and has written over a dozen academic and industry publications, and was the host of the Horizons podcast, a candid perspective on the Energy Transition. Liz has also provided technical subject matter expertise to help guide and shape renewable energy strategy and investment with Amazon Climate Pledge teams.

Liz holds a MS and PhD in Geoscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has completed executive education at the Haas School of Business. Liz’s passions include building things, board games, and stubbornly refusing to believe things are “hard”.

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Renee Hodges

Job Title: 
Head of Business Development
Organization: 
Endolith
For over 20 years I have worked in Mining and Oil and Gas as an Environmental professional. Early in my career I was a regulator, moving to mining and oil and gas operational Health Safety and Environment roles. More recently I have focused on innovation in the mining and oil and gas space, where I have seeded research including proof of concept projects and start up investments. I have also expanded my skills in commercial and business development, supporting and managing the acquisition and divestment of mining Assets. I have worked in the USA and Australia and supported operations in the UK, South Africa and Chile. I am proud to represent my Maori heritage and women in mining and metals.
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Eric Herrera

Job Title: 
CEO and Co-Founder
Organization: 
Maverick Biometals
CEO and Co-Founder, Eric, is a seasoned synthetic biologist. Eric previously worked at Oak Ridge National Institute for Science Education at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense researching enzymology. He also studied environmental toxicology in Mexico and Ghana. Eric is passionate about bringing biotech solutions to industry to reduce costs and complexity of industrial systems. He also studied anthropology — ask him about the lost temple he found!
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Dr. Frederick Day-Lewis

Job Title: 
Chief Geophysicist - Environmental Subsurface Science Group
Organization: 
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Fred Day-Lewis joined PNNL in 2021 as a Chief Geophysicist in the Environmental Subsurface Science Group within the Earth Systems Science Division. Prior to coming to PNNL, Fred worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for 18 years as a Research Hydrologist. Fred has worked on a variety of applied-research projects related to subsurface characterization and monitoring, groundwater remediation, groundwater/surface-water exchange, geophysical inverse problems, thermal methods, hydrologic parameter estimation, and petrophysics. Fred currently serves as an associate editor for the journal Groundwater. He previously served as an associate editor for Water Resources Research, Geosphere, and Hydrogeology Journal, and he co-edited the American Geophysical Union monograph Subsurface Hydrology: Data Integration for Properties and Processes. Fred is a past president of the American Geophysical Union Near Surface Geophysics Section, and past Vice President of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysics Society. He was elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2015 for seminal contributions to hydrogeophysics.
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