Peter Asmus

Senior Advisor, Clarum Advisory; President, Pathfinder Communications
Keynote Speaker

Mike Bergey

Bergey Windpower, DWEA Board President

Speaker: DWEA Leadership Panel: State of the Industry

Speaker: Charging Ahead: DWEA Federal Policy Agenda

Erika Boeing

CEO & Founder, Accelerate Wind
Moderator: Innovations in DW: Business Models

Ian Brownstein

XFlow Energy

Speaker: Looking Forward: DWEA Leaders in Action

Dean Davis

President, Windward Engineering LC.
Speaker: Looking Forward: DWEA Leaders in Action

Chris Diaz

Seminole Financial Services

Jim Duffy

Nixon Peabody, DWEA Board Secretary, DW26 Planning Committee

Speaker: Updated Tax Provisions in OBBB: New Guidance on FEOC, Mfg 45X, Safe Harbors, Energy Communities, Prevailing Wages

Speaker: Windustry 2026 Community Awards

David Dunaway

Technical Associate, eFormative Options
Moderator: Case Studies of Distributed Wind Projects

Ketter Foutz-Ulrich

Ryse Energy

Speaker: DWEA Leadership Panel: State of the Industry

Speaker: Case Studies of Distributed Wind Projects

Indrek Gregor

CTO at TUGE Energia OÜ
Speaker: Introducing New Partners & Members: Lightning Round

Phil Hofmeyer

Design Engineering Manager, New Leaf Energy, Inc.
Speaker: Innovations in DW: Business Models

Padma Kasthuri

Buffalo Renewables, Inc.

Speaker: Transformation into New Opportunities for DW

Ken Kotalik

Northern Power Systems

Speaker: Looking Forward: DWEA Leaders in Action

Hemkant Limaye

Executive Vice President, Pioneer Wincon Energy Systems
Speaker: Introducing New Partners & Members: Lightning Round

Sonja Ling

Senior Analyst, eFormative Options

Moderator: Looking Ahead: DWEA Leaders in Action

Andrew Mackey

Executive Vice President, ProtoGen Inc.
Speaker: Upcoming DW-to-Everything Projects: Scaling up with Microgrids & Hybrid Systems

Tony Matias

Business and Energy Conservation Consultant, DAKI Green Energy, LLC
Speaker: Introducing New Partners & Members: Lightning Round

Devon “Rocky” McIntosh

President & CEO, Sonsight Wind
Speaker: Case Studies of Distributed Wind Projects

Forest Milder

Partner, Nixon Peabody
Speaker: Updated Tax Provisions in OBBB: New Guidance on FEOC, Mfg 45X, Safe Harbors, Energy Communities, Prevailing Wages

John Mogensen

Eocycle

Speaker: DWEA Leadership Panel: State of the Industry

Alexander Morgan

Business Development Engineer, Leitwind
Speaker: Introducing New Partners & Members: Lightning Round

Charles Newcomb

Consultant, Hoss Consulting
Moderator: Upcoming DW-to-Everything Projects: Scaling up with Microgrids & Hybrid Systems

Remy Pangle

Executive Director, Repowering Schools
Moderator: REpowering Schools DW Student Projects

Becky Pettit

Vice President, HSI Solar

Speaker: Introducing New Partners & Members: Lightning Round

Speaker: Expanding DW Markets

Jennifer Ralston

Vita Energia
Moderator: Transformation into New Opportunities for DW

Heather Rhoads

Executive Director, Distributed Wind Energy Association
Speaker: Looking Forward: DWEA Leaders in Action

Lloyd Ritter

Director, Green Capitol LLC
Moderator: Charging Ahead: DWEA Federal Policy Agenda

Paul Rowan

Windurance

Moderator: Expanding DW Markets

Steve Sherr

Foundation Windpower

Moderator: Updated Tax Provisions in OBBB: New Guidance on FEOC, Mfg 45X, Safe Harbors, Energy Communities, Prevailing Wages

Speaker: DWEA Leadership Panel: State of the Industry

Ian Sleger

All Energy Management, Inc.

Joe Spossey

Chief Executive, REInnovations
Speaker: Case Studies of Distributed Wind Projects

Brian Steinkamp

Founding Member & Board Chairman, HSI Solar
Speaker: Innovations in DW: Business Models
Speaker: Charging Ahead: DWEA Federal Policy Agenda

Ryan Storke

Storke LLC

Moderator: DWEA Leadership Panel: State of the Industry

Others TBA