The Evolving Role of Community Relations in Clean Energy Development

Thursday, May 25, 2023

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Location: Knowledge Hub

Moderator(s)

Natasha Kalergis Healey (she/her/hers)

CEO
Bantam Communications, Virginia

Speaker(s)

Jinnie Hall (she/her/hers)

Associate Director, Community Engagement
EDF Renewables
Bloomington, Minnesota
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Jaclyn Friedley

Director of Community Engagement
Vesper Energy
Dan Hendrick (he/him/his)

Head of External Affairs (East)
Clearway Energy Group
Sunnyside, New York
Brian O'Shea

Director of Public Engagement
Apex Clean Energy
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jade Scheele (she/her/hers)

Senior Director, Development
Vestas - Steelhead
Portland, Oregon

Community engagement and public affairs leaders and decision-makers are building community relations teams that deliver strategic and proactive public outreach across their project portfolios.

This shift in prioritized community outreach is happening across the industry, with development teams producing systematic and innovative approaches to public outreach that increases project success in the risky permitting phases of their wind and solar projects.

This panel will spark a timely and important dialogue with some of the industry's most experienced community relations experts, providing audiences with best-in-class protocols for navigating mission-critical stakeholder and community relations engagement for successful project development.