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The reliability of the North American electric grid ranks within the top five concerns for 97% of businesses. To better understand the industry and address the risk to our businesses, join us for an exclusive event for CEOs and board directors.

Our expert panel will share an overview of the electrical grid, from generation to transmission and distribution. We will cover the primary sources of electricity and the intricacies of moving power across regions and adding power to the grid to meet growing demand. We'll discuss the most pressing threats to the grid, including cyber-attacks, physical sabotage, natural disasters, the challenges of integrating renewable energy sources, and the resulting obstacles your business could face.

As CEOs, it is our responsibility to understand and consider key risks, mitigate those as practical, and improve resiliency for our businesses, our employees, and the communities we impact. Our objective with this program is to gain insight and knowledge to address the electric grid in our risk management and to support strategic planning.

SPEAKER BIOS:

Mike Caranfa

SVP & General Manager, TRC Companies, Board Member

Mike is a seasoned senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in telecom, technology, and the utility industries. He currently leads the Advanced Energy practice of TRC, a leading, global consulting, engineering, and construction management firm that provides environmentally focused and digitally powered solutions. Prior to TRC, Mike was the CEO of a $1.5B North American division of Engie - a $60B, global, multinational, energy company. Before joining Engie, Mike served in several executive roles with Honeywell from senior director to general manager. As GM, he led the $750M Smart Energy division in North America.

Mike is also a retired Army officer with 22 years of service. While on active duty he served as an Army Ranger with the 1st Ranger Battalion and an Infantryman in the 24th Infantry Division. After 7 years of active duty, he joined the Army National Guard becoming an officer in the 36th Infantry Division in Texas where he completed his military career. During his career, he earned numerous awards and recognition including several Army Commendation Medals, the Texas Medal of Merit, the Meritorious Service medal, and the Bronze Star for actions in combat.

Mike is a graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania where he earned his BA in psychology and of the Pennsylvania State University where he earned his MBA.

Karen Henneberger

Board Director, recent CEO in the US Department of Energy (DOE)

Karen is a seasoned U.S. Government senior executive, board member, venture fund limited partner, and executive consultant. She excels in connecting and inspiring individuals, teams, and organizations to deliver on innovative strategic visions, successfully navigate technically complex environments, and distill complex objectives into actionable plans. 

As CEO of Seven Rules Consulting, LLC, she combines exceptional technical acumen, insightful strategic leadership, and effective financial management expertise to deliver unparalleled results. She led three of the U.S. Navy’s largest, most complex, and strategically important nuclear propulsion plant development and construction programs. She was also the first female senior executive at Naval Reactors (NR), a joint Department of Energy and Navy program that oversees the safe operations of all Navy nuclear-powered ships. Recently retired from the Federal government, Karen founded 7 Rules Consulting to translate her vast cross-functional executive experience in operations, strategy development, digital transformation, and enterprise risk management to advise other C-Suite and government executives in delivering similar strategic impact. 

A graduate of Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, she has also earned a master ’s-level certificate in nuclear engineering from the Bettis Reactor Engineering School and a Master of Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Catherine Kortlandt

Board Director, Division Counsel, Linde

Catherine has over 20 years experience at Linde, formerly Praxair, Inc., the largest industrial gas provider in the world which has transformed from a $4 billion dollar revenue company in 1998 to a powerhouse, $28 billion dollar revenue company today, a member of Dow Jones World Sustainability Index since 2003 and one of 2021 World’s Most Ethical Companies (Ethisphere Institute). As in-house counsel, she advises the United States and Canada core industrial gases businesses.

She supports ESG sustainability and compliance initiatives such as launching Linde GreenTM atmospheric gases line, arranging for renewable and low carbon electricity supply and pushing business integrity objectives through the supply chain. She champions diversity and personal growth by mentoring diverse people throughout the company as well as in the Law Department.

Catherine regularly negotiates capital intensive, high revenue hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen supply relationships in the Houston Shipping Channel (oil and petrochemicals), the Oil Sands, steel production in East Chicago, and car manufacturing in Michigan; manages and resolve disputes and litigation with major steel, chemical, oil, and electricity companies resulting in extended and improved relationships and revenue streams. She also advises the energy procurement team on natural gas and electricity agreements, economic and energy efficiency incentives, and balancing business risk with regulatory and compliance issues and climate change.

Stuart Prior

Board Director, CEO of Emerald Transformer 

Stuart has successfully led Emerald Transformer, a private equity-backed company, as the CEO for the past seven years, driving the company to new heights of growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Emerald Transformer has solidified its position as a prominent player in the US energy sector, specializing in the remanufacturing and decommissioning of transformers to support the US distribution grid infrastructure.

In his previous position, he provided sustained profitable growth for a multinational elevator corporation with operations throughout the Americas. His experience includes operations, sales, service, engineering, manufacturing, finance, Board leadership, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning. Stuart served as the CEO of Field & Factory Operations for Latin America and Brazil for ThyssenKrupp Elevator. Before being named CEO in 2010, his previous assignment was COO of ThyssenKrupp’s Latin America and Brazil field operations. Previous roles for ThyssenKrupp include Executive Vice President of Product Sales and Marketing for the Americas Operating Unit.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Stuart has since gone on to further develop his professional skills through management and executive board training, including executive board training at Harvard University, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and the European School of Management.

The reliability of the North American electric grid ranks within the top five concerns for 97% of businesses. To better understand the industry and address the risk to our businesses, join us for an exclusive event for CEOs and board directors.

Our expert panel will share an overview of the electrical grid, from generation to transmission and distribution. We will cover the primary sources of electricity and the intricacies of moving power across regions and adding power to the grid to meet growing demand. We'll discuss the most pressing threats to the grid, including cyber-attacks, physical sabotage, natural disasters, the challenges of integrating renewable energy sources, and the resulting obstacles your business could face.

As CEOs, it is our responsibility to understand and consider key risks, mitigate those as practical, and improve resiliency for our businesses, our employees, and the communities we impact. Our objective with this program is to gain insight and knowledge to address the electric grid in our risk management and to support strategic planning.

SPEAKER BIOS:

Mike Caranfa

SVP & General Manager, TRC Companies, Board Member

Mike is a seasoned senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in telecom, technology, and the utility industries. He currently leads the Advanced Energy practice of TRC, a leading, global consulting, engineering, and construction management firm that provides environmentally focused and digitally powered solutions. Prior to TRC, Mike was the CEO of a $1.5B North American division of Engie - a $60B, global, multinational, energy company. Before joining Engie, Mike served in several executive roles with Honeywell from senior director to general manager. As GM, he led the $750M Smart Energy division in North America.

Mike is also a retired Army officer with 22 years of service. While on active duty he served as an Army Ranger with the 1st Ranger Battalion and an Infantryman in the 24th Infantry Division. After 7 years of active duty, he joined the Army National Guard becoming an officer in the 36th Infantry Division in Texas where he completed his military career. During his career, he earned numerous awards and recognition including several Army Commendation Medals, the Texas Medal of Merit, the Meritorious Service medal, and the Bronze Star for actions in combat.

Mike is a graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania where he earned his BA in psychology and of the Pennsylvania State University where he earned his MBA.

Karen Henneberger

Board Director, recent CEO in the US Department of Energy (DOE)

Karen is a seasoned U.S. Government senior executive, board member, venture fund limited partner, and executive consultant. She excels in connecting and inspiring individuals, teams, and organizations to deliver on innovative strategic visions, successfully navigate technically complex environments, and distill complex objectives into actionable plans. 

As CEO of Seven Rules Consulting, LLC, she combines exceptional technical acumen, insightful strategic leadership, and effective financial management expertise to deliver unparalleled results. She led three of the U.S. Navy’s largest, most complex, and strategically important nuclear propulsion plant development and construction programs. She was also the first female senior executive at Naval Reactors (NR), a joint Department of Energy and Navy program that oversees the safe operations of all Navy nuclear-powered ships. Recently retired from the Federal government, Karen founded 7 Rules Consulting to translate her vast cross-functional executive experience in operations, strategy development, digital transformation, and enterprise risk management to advise other C-Suite and government executives in delivering similar strategic impact. 

A graduate of Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, she has also earned a master ’s-level certificate in nuclear engineering from the Bettis Reactor Engineering School and a Master of Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Catherine Kortlandt

Board Director, Division Counsel, Linde

Catherine has over 20 years experience at Linde, formerly Praxair, Inc., the largest industrial gas provider in the world which has transformed from a $4 billion dollar revenue company in 1998 to a powerhouse, $28 billion dollar revenue company today, a member of Dow Jones World Sustainability Index since 2003 and one of 2021 World’s Most Ethical Companies (Ethisphere Institute). As in-house counsel, she advises the United States and Canada core industrial gases businesses.

She supports ESG sustainability and compliance initiatives such as launching Linde GreenTM atmospheric gases line, arranging for renewable and low carbon electricity supply and pushing business integrity objectives through the supply chain. She champions diversity and personal growth by mentoring diverse people throughout the company as well as in the Law Department.

Catherine regularly negotiates capital intensive, high revenue hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen supply relationships in the Houston Shipping Channel (oil and petrochemicals), the Oil Sands, steel production in East Chicago, and car manufacturing in Michigan; manages and resolve disputes and litigation with major steel, chemical, oil, and electricity companies resulting in extended and improved relationships and revenue streams. She also advises the energy procurement team on natural gas and electricity agreements, economic and energy efficiency incentives, and balancing business risk with regulatory and compliance issues and climate change.

Stuart Prior

Board Director, CEO of Emerald Transformer 

Stuart has successfully led Emerald Transformer, a private equity-backed company, as the CEO for the past seven years, driving the company to new heights of growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Emerald Transformer has solidified its position as a prominent player in the US energy sector, specializing in the remanufacturing and decommissioning of transformers to support the US distribution grid infrastructure.

In his previous position, he provided sustained profitable growth for a multinational elevator corporation with operations throughout the Americas. His experience includes operations, sales, service, engineering, manufacturing, finance, Board leadership, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning. Stuart served as the CEO of Field & Factory Operations for Latin America and Brazil for ThyssenKrupp Elevator. Before being named CEO in 2010, his previous assignment was COO of ThyssenKrupp’s Latin America and Brazil field operations. Previous roles for ThyssenKrupp include Executive Vice President of Product Sales and Marketing for the Americas Operating Unit.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Stuart has since gone on to further develop his professional skills through management and executive board training, including executive board training at Harvard University, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and the European School of Management.

CEOs and Board Directors, are you waiting to see if AI is worth it? Even if you’re not embracing AI, you can be sure your competition is! Be competitive and balance your investment in AI wisely with the most relevant information and effective strategies to move your business ahead.

In this webinar you'll learn the three critical things leaders need to know today about AI:

You will leave with best practices to deploy today and, more importantly, to navigate the future implications of AI.

SPEAKER BIOS:

Dr. Mark T. Maybury

Dr. Mark Maybury is the Vice President of Commercialization, Engineering & Technology for Lockheed Martin, responsible for leading efforts to commercialize dual-use products and services from research and development (R&D) to accelerate growth in strategic commercial and defense sectors. He works with Lockheed Martin’s business areas and functions, Corporate Technology Office, LM Ventures Investment Committee (VIC) and LMEvolve Board to strengthen commercial partnerships and licensing and to explore innovative business models that accelerate and scale new products and services in core and near adjacent markets.

Previously, Dr. Maybury was the first chief technology officer for Stanley Black & Decker, growing $1B in annual new product revenue from R&D. He served on the STANLEY Ventures Board, as executive champion for STANLEY X which incubated 7 startups, and as Executive Sponsor of STANLEY Techstars, accelerating 40 companies targeting VC and PE investment.

Dr. Maybury’s previous roles include Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Chief Technology and Chief Security Officer at MITRE and Director of the National Cybersecurity. He guided spinning out 5 commercial technologies/startups as MITRE CTO. Dr. Maybury serves as a special government employee for the Defense Science Board providing strategy and technology advice to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He serves on several commercial boards governing innovation and growth. His past board service includes the Object Management Group, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Intelligence Science Board and Homeland Security S&T Advisory Committee.

Dr. Maybury is a Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He received his BA in mathematics from College of the Holy Cross and MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also holds a Master of Philosophy in Computer Speech and Language Processing and Ph.D. in AI, both from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Natalie Pierce

Natalie Pierce is a Gunderson Dettmer Partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Group, and Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She focuses on the needs of emerging companies, venture capital, and growth equity firms. She also focuses on the future of work, including counseling companies on incorporation of GenAI and other technologies.  

She hosts Gunderson’s FutureWork Playbook podcast and co-authored “Why Lawyers Must Responsibly Embrace Generative AI” featured in the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, Bloomberg Law, and Law360, and published by the Berkeley Business Law Review. She also co-authored the AI ethics chapter of “AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law,” “Legal Operations in the Age of AI and Data, Powered by AI – Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce,” and the “AI In the Workplace” chapter of the ABA’s AI book published in 2024. 

Natalie has received a variety of accolades, including being named a Fastcase 50 Award Winner, one of Daily Journal’s “Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyers” and “Top Labor and Employment Lawyers,” Chambers USA’s “Minority Lawyer of the Year,” American Lawyer “Best Mentor,” San Francisco Business Times “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women,” and she was a member of the Governing Council of the ABA’s Center for Innovation. 

She earned her B.A. at UC Berkeley with Honors and law degree from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and recipient of the Emil Schlesinger Labor Law Prize at graduation. 

Sofia Tenreiro

Sofia Tenreiro is a Senior Partner at Deloitte Portugal, being the Industry Leader for the Energy, Resources, and Industrials businesses.

She started her career at Procter & Gamble (B2C Marketing), in Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland, then heading to lead the most profitable division in L'Oreal Spain.

Following her journey in the FMCG industry, Sofia created the strategic B2C marketing team at Optimus Telco (Portugal) after which, still at Sonae, embraced the challenge to conduct the Commercial and Marketing transformation in Publico media group.

Later, an invite to join Microsoft Portugal as an Executive Board Member came up, where she transformed all Consumer and SME channels' business.

After 8 years, Sofia accepted the role of General Manager at Cisco Portugal, given her big passion for Digital and new Technologies as Cyber, Analytics, IoT, and Cloud.

In 2019, Sofia was appointed as Executive Board Member at Galp, Portugal’s leading Integrated Energy company, where she defined a new customer-centric strategy aimed at driving a profound business, digital, and cultural transformation while accelerating the energy transition.

In 2016, Sofia was appointed as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). She graduated, in 2022, from the Harvard Business School, having completed the AMP, Advanced Management Program.

MODERATOR:

Sarah Alter

Sarah Alter has spent over 25 years transforming Fortune 500 organizations by building and rebuilding both B2B and B2C growth strategies as well as their brand and customer experience journeys. Her background is global having worked in the United States, Europe, and Asia and cross-functional having led teams and strategies in Marketing, Sales, Digital Technology, and Customer Service. Sarah held executive-level roles for such notable brands as Staples, Quill, and Discover Financial Services.

More recently, as CEO of NextUp whose mission is to advance all women in business, Sarah partnered with over 900 companies, half the Fortune 500, by providing leadership development regional networking, and corporate insights and solutions. Under her leadership, revenue grew by more than 60% and the membership community was diversified and grew 100% to over 18,000 and growing.

Currently, Sarah is serving on two for-profit boards and providing Go-to-market Strategic advice for organizations such as bluSparc, an Educational Tech ology Service Provider, and Automato AI, an AI-powered Content Management Provider for marketspace sellers. From a Non-Profit Board perspective, Sarah is on her third term for the Illinois State Lottery Advisory Control Board and just recently joined the Harvard Business School Women's Alumni Boards.

Sarah earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Northwestern. She and her husband and dog are now empty nesters in Glencoe with all three children launched and out adulting. Her favorite volunteer role is dog walking and snuggling at Orphans of the Storm!

CEOs and Board Directors, are you waiting to see if AI is worth it? Even if you’re not embracing AI, you can be sure your competition is! Be competitive and balance your investment in AI wisely with the most relevant information and effective strategies to move your business ahead.

In this webinar you'll learn the three critical things leaders need to know today about AI:

You will leave with best practices to deploy today and, more importantly, to navigate the future implications of AI.

SPEAKER BIOS:

Dr. Mark T. Maybury

Dr. Mark Maybury is the Vice President of Commercialization, Engineering & Technology for Lockheed Martin, responsible for leading efforts to commercialize dual-use products and services from research and development (R&D) to accelerate growth in strategic commercial and defense sectors. He works with Lockheed Martin’s business areas and functions, Corporate Technology Office, LM Ventures Investment Committee (VIC) and LMEvolve Board to strengthen commercial partnerships and licensing and to explore innovative business models that accelerate and scale new products and services in core and near adjacent markets.

Previously, Dr. Maybury was the first chief technology officer for Stanley Black & Decker, growing $1B in annual new product revenue from R&D. He served on the STANLEY Ventures Board, as executive champion for STANLEY X which incubated 7 startups, and as Executive Sponsor of STANLEY Techstars, accelerating 40 companies targeting VC and PE investment.

Dr. Maybury’s previous roles include Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Chief Technology and Chief Security Officer at MITRE and Director of the National Cybersecurity. He guided spinning out 5 commercial technologies/startups as MITRE CTO. Dr. Maybury serves as a special government employee for the Defense Science Board providing strategy and technology advice to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He serves on several commercial boards governing innovation and growth. His past board service includes the Object Management Group, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, Intelligence Science Board and Homeland Security S&T Advisory Committee.

Dr. Maybury is a Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He received his BA in mathematics from College of the Holy Cross and MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also holds a Master of Philosophy in Computer Speech and Language Processing and Ph.D. in AI, both from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Natalie Pierce

Natalie Pierce is a Gunderson Dettmer Partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Group, and Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She focuses on the needs of emerging companies, venture capital, and growth equity firms. She also focuses on the future of work, including counseling companies on incorporation of GenAI and other technologies.  

She hosts Gunderson’s FutureWork Playbook podcast and co-authored “Why Lawyers Must Responsibly Embrace Generative AI” featured in the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, Bloomberg Law, and Law360, and published by the Berkeley Business Law Review. She also co-authored the AI ethics chapter of “AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law,” “Legal Operations in the Age of AI and Data, Powered by AI – Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce,” and the “AI In the Workplace” chapter of the ABA’s AI book published in 2024. 

Natalie has received a variety of accolades, including being named a Fastcase 50 Award Winner, one of Daily Journal’s “Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyers” and “Top Labor and Employment Lawyers,” Chambers USA’s “Minority Lawyer of the Year,” American Lawyer “Best Mentor,” San Francisco Business Times “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women,” and she was a member of the Governing Council of the ABA’s Center for Innovation. 

She earned her B.A. at UC Berkeley with Honors and law degree from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and recipient of the Emil Schlesinger Labor Law Prize at graduation. 

Sofia Tenreiro

Sofia Tenreiro is a Senior Partner at Deloitte Portugal, being the Industry Leader for the Energy, Resources, and Industrials businesses.

She started her career at Procter & Gamble (B2C Marketing), in Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland, then heading to lead the most profitable division in L'Oreal Spain.

Following her journey in the FMCG industry, Sofia created the strategic B2C marketing team at Optimus Telco (Portugal) after which, still at Sonae, embraced the challenge to conduct the Commercial and Marketing transformation in Publico media group.

Later, an invite to join Microsoft Portugal as an Executive Board Member came up, where she transformed all Consumer and SME channels' business.

After 8 years, Sofia accepted the role of General Manager at Cisco Portugal, given her big passion for Digital and new Technologies as Cyber, Analytics, IoT, and Cloud.

In 2019, Sofia was appointed as Executive Board Member at Galp, Portugal’s leading Integrated Energy company, where she defined a new customer-centric strategy aimed at driving a profound business, digital, and cultural transformation while accelerating the energy transition.

In 2016, Sofia was appointed as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). She graduated, in 2022, from the Harvard Business School, having completed the AMP, Advanced Management Program.

MODERATOR:

Sarah Alter

Sarah Alter has spent over 25 years transforming Fortune 500 organizations by building and rebuilding both B2B and B2C growth strategies as well as their brand and customer experience journeys. Her background is global having worked in the United States, Europe, and Asia and cross-functional having led teams and strategies in Marketing, Sales, Digital Technology, and Customer Service. Sarah held executive-level roles for such notable brands as Staples, Quill, and Discover Financial Services.

More recently, as CEO of NextUp whose mission is to advance all women in business, Sarah partnered with over 900 companies, half the Fortune 500, by providing leadership development regional networking, and corporate insights and solutions. Under her leadership, revenue grew by more than 60% and the membership community was diversified and grew 100% to over 18,000 and growing.

Currently, Sarah is serving on two for-profit boards and providing Go-to-market Strategic advice for organizations such as bluSparc, an Educational Tech ology Service Provider, and Automato AI, an AI-powered Content Management Provider for marketspace sellers. From a Non-Profit Board perspective, Sarah is on her third term for the Illinois State Lottery Advisory Control Board and just recently joined the Harvard Business School Women's Alumni Boards.

Sarah earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Northwestern. She and her husband and dog are now empty nesters in Glencoe with all three children launched and out adulting. Her favorite volunteer role is dog walking and snuggling at Orphans of the Storm!

Join fellow CEOs from across industries for a dynamic discussion exploring the landscape of current business opportunities and challenges. Share your unique perspective and gain valuable insights from others. We'll foster open, collaborative dialogue on navigating the evolving economic climate, identifying emerging trends, and uncovering innovative solutions. 

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