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William Troy is a Chief Executive Officer at ASQ (American Society for Quality). He works or has worked as Director:Army Staff at US Department of Defense.

Arshad Mansoor is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), responsible for the institute’s operation and its portfolio of R&D and demonstration programs, spanning all sources of generation, power delivery and utilization, and the environment. Previously Mansoor served as senior vice president, research and development, responsible for leading the development of the R&D portfolio, effective collaboration in shaping and conducting research, and the effective application of research findings, including technology transfer. Prior to that, as vice president of EPRI’s Power Delivery and Utilization sector, he led research, development, demonstration, and application of transmission and distribution and energy utilization technologies. He was vice president then CEO of the former EPRI subsidiary, EPRI Solutions, and vice president and director of engineering of the EPRI Power Electronics Application Center. Beginning in 2007, he directed EPRI’s Energy Efficiency Initiative to facilitate smarter power delivery and end-use. In 2012 Mansoor launched EPRI’s Integrated Grid initiative, charting a course for the electricity sector to integrate distributed resources such as rooftop solar and onsite energy storage with utilities’ central generation, transmission, and distribution systems. More recently, he has guided and shaped EPRI’s Efficient Electrification Initiative, examining the potential for economywide electrification to reduce overall energy demand and emissions while improving economic efficiency and enhancing customer satisfaction. Today he is driving low-carbon research spanning the evolving energy system, interconnected energy technologies and emerging resources such as hydrogen. Focused on accelerating decarbonization across the economy, this work is identifying effective pathways to double by 2030 the U.S. energy-related CO2 emission reductions achieved since 2005 -- and to enable a more than 80 percent reduction by 2050. Mansoor holds five U.S. patents in power electronics and distributed energy resources. He is a senior member of the IEEE and served as vice president of the U.S. National Committee of CIGRE, the international council on large electric systems, and as a member of the board for the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He has published numerous papers in journals and conference proceedings and has given talks and participated in panels at leading technical forums worldwide. He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Mansoor earned his Master of Science (1992) and doctorate (1994) in electrical engineering, focusing on power systems engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. He completed the MIT Reactor Technology Course and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Stephanie Sklar is the Chief Executive Officer at Sonoran Institute. She is a former Director of Development, Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona and Executive Director at Social Venture Partners Greater Tucson. Ms. Sklar earned her M.A.T. in English from Brown University and received an AB in English at Vassar College and studied post-graduate business at George Washington University.

Sejal Palande is a Joint Chief Executive Officer at American Chemical Society (ACS) and is based in Thane, Maharashtra, India. She has worked as Management Intern at robotics, Embedded System and Robotics at Team Robocon KJSIEIT, and Trainee at Vital Electronics And Manufacturing Corporate. Sejal studied at Dr Datar Science Dr Behere Arts and Shri Pilukaka Joshi Commerce College S K Patil Nagar Chiplun Tal Chiplun Dist Ratnagiri 415 605, Gharda Foundations Gharda Institute Of Technology At & Post Lavel Tal Khed Dist Ratnagiri between 2017 and 2018, and K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology between 2018 and 2021.

• Proven non-profit chief executive with high emotional intelligence and empathy, lived-experience, commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, direct-service experience, and with strong business acumen including leading start-ups, turnarounds, realignments and success sustaining situations • Successful fundraiser and highly responsible steward and manager of financial resources• Demonstrated dynamic leadership in advancing a mission-driven and collaborative culture, professionally developing people, attracting/recruiting talent and nurturing cohesive teams• Visionary and strategic leader skilled at building capacity, creating and implementing innovative programs, managing growth and executing for results• Data-driven, outcomes-oriented social entrepreneur with commitment to quality and impact• Skillful at engaging and cultivating collaborative partnerships and networks for movement-building for collective impact-strong relationship builder at Board and stakeholder levels• Lifelong learner, former college professor and co-founder of two higher education non-profits • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fluency in Spanish and extensive public speaking experience including keynoting at graduations and National conferences and interviews on television and in print