2024 Keynoters & Plenary Session Speakers
REMADE℠ was proud to welcome our distinguished keynoters and plenary session speakers, all of whom are leading the way in accelerating the U.S.’s and the world’s transition to a Circular Economy. To learn more, click here.
Day One - April 10
Nabil Nasr
Chief Executive Officer
The REMADE Institute
Dr. Nabil Nasr is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the REMADE Institute, where he oversees everything from node-level research roadmap development to corporate engagement of the Institute’s largest industrial partners. Dr. Nasr also serves as the Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and an Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Throughout his career, Dr. Nasr has worked in the fields of sustainable manufacturing, remanufacturing, clean production, and sustainable product development for over 25 years, and is considered an international leader in research and development efforts in those disciplines. Dr. Nasr has served as an expert delegate for the U.S. government in several international forums, including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Dr. Nasr is also a member of the International Resource Panel (IRP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Dr. Nasr’s significant expertise in sustainable manufacturing leadership continues with his latest endeavor, the REMADE Institute. Dr. Nasr holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Helwan University (Egypt), an MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, and both an MS and PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Rutgers University.
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Founder
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Dame Ellen MacArthur made yachting history in 2005, when she became the fastest solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe. She remains the UK’s most successful offshore racer ever, having won the Ostar, the Route du Rhum, and finished second in the Vendée Globe. She received the French Legion of Honour from President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, three years after having been knighted by HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Having become acutely aware of the finite nature of the resources on which our linear economy relies, she retired from professional sailing to launch the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2010.
The Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, and has helped establish the subject on the agenda of decision-makers around the world. Since the publication of its first economic report in 2012, the Foundation has launched global initiatives on plastics, fashion, and food, developed innovation networks with educators, businesses, and governments, and released more than 20 reports and books.
Dame Ellen is a World Economic Forum Global Agenda Trustee for Environment and Natural Resource Security, and she sat on the European Commission’s Resource Efficiency Platform between 2012 and 2014.
In October 2022, Ellen accepted the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, in acknowledgment of EMF’s work to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Theresa Kotanchek
Chair
National Materials & Manufacturing Board
Theresa Kotanchek is the Chief Executive Officer of Evolved Analytics LLC, a data science and analytics system and software provider (www.evolved-analytics.com). Utilizing proprietary algorithms, evolved analytics discovers elusive relationships in complex data systems, extracting new insights and knowledge. Evolved Analytics’ suite of global solutions are broad reaching across multiple-industry sectors, enabling new catalyst, drug and materials discoveries, enhanced business forecasting, supply chain planning and logistics, and automated process and quality control.
Prior to assuming her current role, Kotanchek spent twenty-three years in executive and leadership positions at Dow Chemical, including Vice President for Sustainable Technologies, Innovation Sourcing and Information Research, Chief Technology Officer of Dow Chemical China Company Limited, Global Business Director of Dow Ventures, Global R&D Director of Dow Plastics, and Corporate Director of Materials Science and Engineering.
Kotanchek holds a doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering, a masters of science in Ceramic Science, and a bachelor of science in Ceramic Science and Engineering from Penn State. She is currently the Chair of the National Academy of Engineers’ National Materials and Manufacturing Board and has served as a member of the NAE Committee on Foundational Best Practices for Making Value in America.
Internationally recognized, she has given more than 200 invited lectures, published over 100 technical articles and holds six U.S. patents.
Jeff Marootian
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.
Andres Clarens
Assistant Director for Industrial Decarbonization
White House Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP)
Andres Clarens is the Assistant Director for Industrial Decarbonization in the White House Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP). In that role he is working across the federal agencies and with the private sector to raise near term ambition for emissions reductions in key sectors including cement and commodity chemicals.
Dr. Clarens is on loan to OSTP from the University of Virginia, where he is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Director of the Pan University Environmental Institute. His research focuses on decarbonization pathways and ways that carbon management, in low carbon cement and in other industrial processes, can be used to accelerate decarbonization. His work with the Environmental Institute supports researchers from across the university engaged in place-based climate solutions research.
Hans Bruyninckx
International Resource Panel Member
UN Environment Programme
Former Executive Director
European Environment Agency
Hans Bruyninckx is Professor of Environmental Governance at Antwerp University, Belgium and Senior fellow at the Singapore National University. He holds a PhD in International Environmental Politics form the Colorado State University. From 2013 till 2023 he was the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency. Before that he was professor at the Catholic University Leuven (Belgium) and Wageningen University (Netherlands). He is a member of the International Resource Panel and coordinating lead author of the Global Resources Outlook 2024 Report.
Sarah Dimson-Tararuj
Head of Programs & Strategic Projects
Amazon Climate Pledge
Sarah Dimson-Tararuj is an experienced Senior Management Professional with global experience in the design, development and implementation of sustainable infrastructure projects, and climate-resilient strategies that work to transform communities, create markets, and advance responsible business practices.
Scott Tew
Vice President, Sustainability & Managing Director
Trane Technologies
Scott Tew is the leader of the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability at Trane Technologies (CEES) and is responsible for forward-looking sustainability initiatives aimed at transitioning to more efficient and climate-friendly solutions and minimizing resource use within company facilities. He serves as a thought leader in linking public policy, economic impacts and a value-stream approach to sustainability. His efforts have led to the development of world-class initiatives, including introduction of the company’s comprehensive 2030 Sustainability Commitments with the largest customer-facing corporate commitment to combat climate change with the Gigaton Challenge; and as a pioneer in integrated reporting.
Scott holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in environmental science and ecology from Livingston University. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Corporate Eco Forum; as the board chair of the World Environment Center; and as the chair of the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD).
Michael Finelli
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Chief North America Officer
SYENSQO
Michael Finelli is an experienced professional with over 30 years in the chemical industry, including more than 15 years in executive leadership roles. As the Chief Technology & Innovation Officer (CTIO) and Chief North America Officer at Syensqo, he lead a team of 2,000 professionals – Syensqo explorers and changemakers including those in the Group’s key strategic platforms: Battery materials, Green Hydrogen, Thermoplastic Composites, and Renewable materials & biotechnology. His CTIO responsibilities encompass allocating resources according to the group strategy to drive innovation while guiding commercial activities, operations, capital planning, partnerships, and alliances for the four business incubators. On top of these roles, Finelli proudly serves as a board member for the American Chemistry Council, the FOSSI Advisory Board, and SynOrb (Syensqo and Orbia joint venture for Battery material PVDF in NA).
In Finelli’s previous roles, he held the position of President at Solvay Growth Initiatives and, before that, served as President of Solvay’s Specialty Polymers global business. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, a crucial hub for Syensqo in North America, he contributes to the region’s significance as a key commercial, research, and manufacturing center for the Group.
Becky Taylor
Director of Business Development
Caterpillar
Rebecca “Becky” Taylor is Business Development Director in the Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division. In this role, Becky leads growth initiatives within Cat® Reman, including inorganic growth for both new or existing product, market access efforts, and data analytics. Cat Reman is at the heart of Caterpillar’s commitment to services for customers and sustainability. Since 1973, Cat Reman has helped Caterpillar, Cat dealers and Cat customers succeed by offering high-quality, lower-cost replacement parts remanufactured from genuine Cat components. It reduces waste and minimizes the need for raw material, energy and water when compared to the manufacture of new parts. Overall, it’s good for customers, Caterpillar and the environment.
Becky began her career at Caterpillar in 2004 as the forecast analyst for Caterpillar Global Distribution Centers. She was promoted into various developmental leadership roles including 6 Sigma Black Belt, Dealer Parts Operations Consultant, Inventory Planning Manager, and Global Parts Inventory Collaboration Manager.
Becky holds a bachelor’s degree in logistics & supply chain management and marketing from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois. She is also a Certified Supply Chain Professional and is a member of the REMADE Institute governance board.
Day Two - April 11
Danielle Holly
Lead, North America
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Danielle is a senior social sector executive who has spent her career scaling mission-oriented organizations and programs. Currently, as Lead, North America at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Danielle is focused on expanding circularity in the US and Canada. Danielle had prior roles at the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program and was the CEO of Common Impact for more than a decade. She is a frequent writer and speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, corporate social innovation and leadership development. She’s a contributing writer to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Forbes and Nonprofit Quarterly.
Stephen Hammer
Chief Executive Officer
The New York Climate Exchange
Stephen Hammer is the founding CEO of The New York Climate Exchange following a decade at the World Bank as a senior climate policy advisor. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dr. Hammer taught at MIT, Columbia University, and the Pratt Institute where his teaching and research focused on urban energy systems and urban climate resilience. He co-founded the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN); is the author or co-author of dozens of articles and reports on climate finance, urban climate, and global climate policy topics; served as a member of the Energy Policy Task Force advising then-Mayor Bloomberg on New York City’s landmark climate and sustainability strategy (PlaNYC); and acts as a board member on a climate task force of the American Geophysical Union. Dr. Hammer holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a B.S. in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning from the University of California at Davis.
Steve Luckowski
Program Manager
U.S. Department of Defense
Stephen Luckowski is an Advanced Manufacturing Associate at the Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. His primary role is to support OUSD(R&E) as the Program Manager for the Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. In addition to his role at OSD, Mr. Luckowski also provides organizational strategic planning for the Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (JPEO A&A). As Government Program Manager for the Institutes, Mr. Luckowski works on behalf of the DoD’s Manufacturing Technology Program to provide guidance and direction on the strategy for long-term engagement with the nine manufacturing innovation institutes and their ecosystems, which cover a spectrum of technologies from additive manufacturing to integrated photonics. As JPEO A&A ManTech lead, Mr. Luckowski’s focus is developing and demonstrating new manufacturing process technology improvements in prototype development of armament systems and components, to help reduce system costs and enable new designs as they transition from prototype to production. Mr. Luckowski previously supported OSD as the Government Program Manager for Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), providing guidance and direction on the establishment of an advanced fibers and textiles manufacturing innovation ecosystem. Mr. Luckowski has also been responsible for transformational efforts in several key manufacturing technology thrusts within the Army/DoD to include titanium material processing and joining, digital manufacturing and design, and additive manufacturing.
Prior to this, Mr. Luckowski served as Chair of the Metals Processing and Fabrication Subpanel within the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP) and spent one year on a professional development assignment with the Defense Production Act Title III program, working in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy.
Mr. Luckowski holds a Bachelor of Science in materials engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and previously served in the U.S. Army, leaving service at the rank of Major. He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and a prior Chair/current member of the American Welding Society D1.9 Structural Welding Titanium Code Committee. Mr. Luckowski has been awarded multiple patents and has been recognized by the Army’s Greatest Invention Awards Program for inventions in titanium welding as well as armament and protection systems.
Chris Saldaña
Director
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Christopher Saldaña is the director of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO). During this particularly important and transformative time for AMMTO, Dr. Saldaña is leading the office’s strategy, management, and execution to advance materials and manufacturing technologies and dramatically reduce industrial emissions.
Dr. Saldaña joined AMMTO from Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, where he has worked since 2014 and last served as a Ring Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to that role, he held the Harold and Inge Marcus Career Professorship at the Pennsylvania State University and worked as a research engineer at M4 Sciences Corporation.
Dr. Saldaña has extensive experience in supporting both industry and government laboratories though visiting affiliations/positions with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the Indian Institute of Science, Technische Universität Dortmund, Autodesk, and Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Saldaña has received several awards, including an NSF CAREER award, the Robert J. Hocken SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer award and an R&D100 Technology Award. He serves as an associate editor for IISE Transactions (Design and Manufacturing) and is on the editorial boards of Manufacturing Letters, Computer Aided Design and Applications, and the ASTM Journal of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing.
Dr. Saldaña’s research interests are centered on establishing the processing science needed to realize next generation material systems and manufacturing processes. Dr. Saldaña received a B.S. from Virginia Tech in 2004, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2006 and 2010, respectively.
Khershed Cooper
Program Director
National Science Foundation
Dr. Cooper is a Program Director in the Advanced Manufacturing program in ENG/CMMI at NSF. He directs basic research activities in advanced manufacturing, and associated Manufacturing USA and NSF-DFG collaborations. He is a disciplinary program officer for the Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) and a co-program director for Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) and CAS-Climate, Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) and National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) and Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet). He was on a 6-month detail in the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) where he coordinated international collaborative research and development activities with several countries.
He is an NSF representative for NSTC’s Nano Science Engineering and Technology (NSET) Sub-committee, which frames the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Strategic Plan. He represents NSF for NextFlex and REMADE Manufacturing USA institutes.
Prior to joining NSF, Dr. Cooper was a Program Officer for Manufacturing Science at ONR and, concurrently, a Senior Research Metallurgist at NRL. His earlier appointments were to serve as Supervisor of the Materials Research Group at Geo-Centers, Inc and a Scientist II at Olin Metals Research Laboratory.
He received his MS and PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison and his BTech from IIT—Bombay. He has presented at national and international conferences, meetings and workshops over 200 invited talks and over 70 contributed presentations. He has nearly 150 publications, edited one book and holds one patent. He has sponsored and participated in international studies in various emerging areas of materials engineering and advanced manufacturing. He is a Fellow of SME and ASM International and a recipient of ASM International’s Burgess Memorial Award.
Mike Werner
Head of Sustainability Programs & Innovation
Mike leads Google’s sustainability programs and innovation group on the Global Sustainability Team where he drives strategic priorities for non-energy related sustainability programs including the circular economy, water stewardship, and nature & biodiversity.
Over the last 20 years, Mike has led teams driving circular economy, sustainable product design, green chemistry, and product environmental management in a range of sectors including consumer electronics, building and construction, and primary materials.
At Google, he helped create and launch ‘Recycling Near Me’ in Google Maps, a feature that illuminates drop off recycling locations all over the world, and has authored several thought leadership pieces on topics such as how to close the plastics circularity gap; accelerating circularity through commercial deconstruction and reuse, and safer chemistry.
Mike has a degree in chemistry from Villanova University and currently sits on several boards of directors in an executive and advisory capacity including Rheaply, ChemForward, Materiom, and the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund.
Carolyn Snyder
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Buildings & Industry
U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Carolyn Snyder is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Buildings and Industry at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, she leads over $800 million annually for cutting-edge research that advances energy efficiency and reduces emissions from our nation’s buildings and industry while supporting U.S. energy security and manufacturing competitiveness. She previously served as the Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Protection Partnerships Division, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, a White House Fellow in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and Director of Delaware’s Division of Energy & Climate. She earned a Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, Masters Degrees as a Marshall Scholar from Oxford and Cambridge, and a B.A. from Amherst College. Her scientific research has been published in Nature, Paleoceanography, and Climatic Change.
Tomohiko Sakao
Professor
Linköping University - Sweden
Tom joined Linköping University (LiU), as a Swedish Engineer (Sveriges Ingenjörer) Environmental Professor, in 2007, and has been active in both carrying out projects with industry and publishing academic articles. Since 2016, he has been elected as an Associate Member of CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering). He is currently a Professor at the Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), LiU. He is an internationally recognized expert in ecodesign and product/service system. He is doing research for developing theories applicable into practice and disseminating cutting-edge insights into industry is at the heart of his research and teaching. He has published the highest number of articles in the PSS area worldwide, which is clear evidence of his academic influence and expertise in the field.
Nabil Nasr
Chief Executive Officer
The REMADE Institute
Dr. Nabil Nasr is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the REMADE Institute, where he oversees everything from node-level research roadmap development to corporate engagement of the Institute’s largest industrial partners. Dr. Nasr also serves as the Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and an Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Throughout his career, Dr. Nasr has worked in the fields of sustainable manufacturing, remanufacturing, clean production, and sustainable product development for over 25 years, and is considered an international leader in research and development efforts in those disciplines. Dr. Nasr has served as an expert delegate for the U.S. government in several international forums, including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Dr. Nasr is also a member of the International Resource Panel (IRP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Dr. Nasr’s significant expertise in sustainable manufacturing leadership continues with his latest endeavor, the REMADE Institute. Dr. Nasr holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Helwan University (Egypt), an MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, and both an MS and PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Rutgers University.
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Founder
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
In 2005, Ellen MacArthur became the fastest solo sailor to sail around the world. Five years later, she set up the Foundation in her name to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
After circling the globe – carrying everything she needed with her – she returned with new insights into the way the world works, as a place of interlocking cycles and finite resources, where the decisions we make today affect what’s left for tomorrow.
Spending 71 days alone at sea, confronted by the awesome power and dazzling beauty of nature, Ellen began to ponder the fragility of the systems we’ve built. Her boat was her world and her survival was entirely dependent on the limited food, fuel, and other supplies she’d brought with her. She realized that our global economy is no different – it relies completely on the finite resources we extract, use and then dispose of.
When she returned, she began a new journey of learning to understand how our economy works. She realised that the solutions to our biggest problems don’t just lie in the way we make energy, but also in the way we use materials. Everything we use is in limited supply, from the precious metals in our computers and phones to the sand in cement used to make buildings.
She found that the linear system in which we live is fundamentally flawed. She asked herself what would a successful economy that uses things, rather than uses them up look like? After talking with business leaders, engineers and other experts, she concluded that building a system that could work in the long term is within our reach. But we would need to transform our extractive, throwaway economic model to one that was based on the principles of a circular economy – an economy designed to keep materials in use, eliminate waste and regenerate natural systems.
Theresa Kotanchek
Chair
National Materials & Manufacturing Board
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.
Jeff Marootian
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.
Hans Bruyninckx
International Resource Panel Member
UN Environment Programme
Former Executive Director
European Environment Agency
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.
Becky Taylor
Director of Business Development
Caterpillar
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.
Scott Tew
Vice President, Sustainability & Managing Director
Trane Technologies
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.
Michael Finneli
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Chief North America Officer
SYENSQO
Jeff Marootian is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and as Special Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris White House. He was also a member of the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Mr. Marootian was the Director of the District Department of Transportation, where he led the adoption of sustainable transportation technologies and oversaw more than $4 billion of critical infrastructure and utility projects including the reconstruction of the historic Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Mr. Marootian previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Sustainability Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is an alumnus of The George Washington University where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration.