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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.

David "Skip" Prichard is an American business executive who serves as president and CEO of OCLC, a global nonprofit computer library service and research organization.

Glen Harvey works at Wested and a CEO at Wested and is based in San Francisco, California. He studied at Stanford University between 1975 and 1978 and University of Kentucky.

Kellye Testy is a President/CEO at LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL and Dean at UW Medicine. She has worked as Dean at LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL. Kellye works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL, BOARD MEMBER at LSSSE - Law School Survey of Student Engagement, and MEMBER at AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE/THE. She attended Indiana University.

I am proud to lead CFA Institute and its more than 170,000 members worldwide in promoting the highest standards of education, ethics, and professional excellence in the investment profession.

David Myers is a Senior Vice President at MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH, Member of the Board of Directors at American Institutes for Research, and President & Chief Executive Officer at American Institutes for Research and is based in Washington, District of Columbia. He has worked as Senior Vice President & Director of Education, Human Development and Workforce Division at American Institutes for Research. David studied at Washington State University between 1975 and 1980.