Tricia Pridemore was elected to the Georgia Public Service Commission in 2018.

Pridemore serves on many boards in the energy industry, and works on constructive solutions to our nation’s electric transmission, pipeline safety and energy transition issues:

• 1st Vice President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). She will serve as President of NARUC in 2024.
• Immediate Past Chair, Board of the Financial Research Institute (FRI) at the University of Missouri
• Member, National Petroleum Council
• Member, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Advisory Board
• Member, Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Public Interest Advisory Council
• Member, New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities Advisory Council

Pridemore is recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians. She served on both the 2019 Transition Team of Gov. Brian Kemp and the 2011 Transition Team of Governor Nathan Deal. She co-chaired both of Governor Nathan Deal’s Inaugurals.

Pridemore is a member of the Rotary Club of Marietta. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State University.

Marc Reitter is president and chief operating officer of AEP Ohio.

He is responsible for all aspects of electric service for AEP Ohio's 1.5 million customers. He leads more than 1,500 employees with a focus on providing electric service, building a smarter energy infrastructure and delivering new technologies and custom energy solutions to customers.

Since joining AEP in 2002, Reitter has held leadership positions in AEP's Finance organization, Strategic Initiatives group, and in Utility Group Business Services, assisting in business development opportunities. Most recently he was vice president, Regulatory and Finance for AEP Ohio, a position he assumed in May 2016.

Reitter earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Arizona State University and a master's of business administration from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. An Ohio native, Reitter serves as board chair for Goodwill Columbus and also serves on the boards of the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, One Columbus, Smart Columbus, Ohio Chamber of Commerce and Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.

Tom Falcone is the President-Elect of the Large Public Power Council (LPPC), an association of 29 of the largest not-for-profit public power systems in the United States. Together, LPPC members provide electricity to over 30 million customers in 22 states and Puerto Rico.

Prior to joining LPPC, Tom was the chief executive and chief financial officer of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), the nation’s third-largest public power utility. During his decade-long tenure, LIPA increased grid investment by 300% to over $6.4 billion, reduced outages by 40%, achieved top-tier reliability, and launched the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Additionally, LIPA was able to secure approval for $3.3 billion in transmission investments to integrate 3,000 megawatts of clean energy, implemented smart meters and opt-out time-of-day rates, obtained four credit-rating upgrades, and reduced leverage by 25%—all while keeping electric rate adjustments below the rate of inflation.

LIPA’s accomplishments were recognized by the American Public Power Association (APPA) with two national achievement awards – the E.F. Scattergood Award for sustained achievement and the Sue Kelly Award for Community Service.

Tom is the past chair of the LPPC and also served on the boards of the APPA, the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, and the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook University.

Before joining LIPA, Tom was an investment banker and advisor to publicly owned utilities and state and local governments. In that role, Tom raised more than $25 billion for infrastructure investments across the country. Tom received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Joseph DeCarolis was confirmed Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 31, 2022.

Dr. DeCarolis provides leadership, planning, and direction to fulfill the agency’s role as the nation’s premier source of independent, impartial energy information. To accomplish this, he oversees a wide range of statistical, analytical, and dissemination activities that enable the mission. He also serves as a primary spokesperson for the agency, representing EIA in key government and industry forums.

Before his appointment as EIA Administrator, Dr. DeCarolis served as a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University (NC State). He also previously worked as an environmental scientist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, where he engaged in energy systems modeling to quantify the air pollution impacts from future energy system development.

His career and publications have centered on addressing energy and environmental challenges as they relate to engineering, economics, and public policy. His core research involves developing and applying energy system models to examine energy futures under uncertainty. The modeling work has focused on maximizing transparency, partly through open source code and data and partly on developing a toolkit to rigorously assess future uncertainty. He has also engaged in collaborative research focused on conducting techno-economic assessments of various energy technologies, integrating building energy simulation into the architectural design process, and applying life cycle assessment to solid waste management.

His distinguished honors and awards include the NC State Outstanding Teaching Award, NC State Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding New Teacher Award (Southeastern Section), and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He was also named a University Faculty Scholar at NC State.

Dr. DeCarolis received a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and he holds a BS in Physics and Environmental Science and Policy from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.