Driving Change in the Energy Sector - Speaker & Moderator Bios
Seth Dunn is renewables policy leader at GE Energy. In this role he is responsible for market development and policy in the Americas and leads a global team with coverage of Europe, China, India, and the Asia-Pacific. Seth joined GE in 2005 with the Renewable Energy Leadership Program, through which he completed rotations in sales, marketing, and product development. Prior to joining GE, Seth served as a researcher with the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC, where he published and spoke extensively on energy and environmental issues. He holds BA, MBA, and MEM degrees from Yale University and is proud to note that his twin sister, Heather, is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Daniel Hullah is a partner with RockPort Capital. He was born and educated in the UK where he received a BA and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. He came to the United States in 1999 as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Chicago. Following his stint in Chicago, Daniel left academia but stayed in the States as he branched out into a career in management consulting at ZS Associates – a firm that focuses exclusively on sales and marketing. Daniel moved to Boston in 2001 to start a new ZS office, and went on to pursue an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Shortly after returning to the States from INSEAD, Daniel joined RockPort in Boston. Since then he has been an active member of the screening and diligence team and has worked on multiple transactions in several key cleantech sectors most notably solar energy and green buildings. He has represented RockPort on investor panels at conferences throughout the country.
Sienna Rogers is a manager with Pacific Gas & Electric Company where she currently leads the financial forecasting and analysis team. Since joining PG&E through its leadership development program, Sienna has worked on a variety of strategic issues including the company’s renewable energy portfolio, implementation of climate change legislation and mitigating risks of the physical impacts of climate change. Prior to joining PG&E in 2006, she worked in JPMorgan's Financial Sponsor investment banking group in New York and San Francisco. Sienna received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Duke University.
Armand Cohen (Moderator) is co-founder and executive director of the Clean Air Task Force (CATF), a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing atmospheric pollution through research, advocacy and private sector collaboration. CATF partners with a variety of companies to develop and implement global strategies for the commercialization of low carbon energy technology -- focusing on fossil energy with carbon capture and storage, advanced renewables, and advanced nuclear power. Among other efforts, CATF’s China office has facilitated more than a dozen US-China joint ventures in the low carbon space. Armond has been working on the connection between energy, air pollution and climate change for more than two decades. Prior to co-founding CATF, Armond developed and directed the Conservation Law Foundation Energy Project in New England, specializing in energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric industry structure. He is an honors graduate of the Harvard Law School and Brown University, and served as a judicial clerk for the federal appeals court in Chicago. Armond is a member of the Keystone Energy Board and the US EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee. He writes and speaks widely on energy, climate and related environmental matters, and testifies frequently before Congress and other governmental bodies.
Daniel Hullah is a partner with RockPort Capital. He was born and educated in the UK where he received a BA and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. He came to the United States in 1999 as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Chicago. Following his stint in Chicago, Daniel left academia but stayed in the States as he branched out into a career in management consulting at ZS Associates – a firm that focuses exclusively on sales and marketing. Daniel moved to Boston in 2001 to start a new ZS office, and went on to pursue an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Shortly after returning to the States from INSEAD, Daniel joined RockPort in Boston. Since then he has been an active member of the screening and diligence team and has worked on multiple transactions in several key cleantech sectors most notably solar energy and green buildings. He has represented RockPort on investor panels at conferences throughout the country.
Sienna Rogers is a manager with Pacific Gas & Electric Company where she currently leads the financial forecasting and analysis team. Since joining PG&E through its leadership development program, Sienna has worked on a variety of strategic issues including the company’s renewable energy portfolio, implementation of climate change legislation and mitigating risks of the physical impacts of climate change. Prior to joining PG&E in 2006, she worked in JPMorgan's Financial Sponsor investment banking group in New York and San Francisco. Sienna received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Duke University.
Armand Cohen (Moderator) is co-founder and executive director of the Clean Air Task Force (CATF), a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing atmospheric pollution through research, advocacy and private sector collaboration. CATF partners with a variety of companies to develop and implement global strategies for the commercialization of low carbon energy technology -- focusing on fossil energy with carbon capture and storage, advanced renewables, and advanced nuclear power. Among other efforts, CATF’s China office has facilitated more than a dozen US-China joint ventures in the low carbon space. Armond has been working on the connection between energy, air pollution and climate change for more than two decades. Prior to co-founding CATF, Armond developed and directed the Conservation Law Foundation Energy Project in New England, specializing in energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric industry structure. He is an honors graduate of the Harvard Law School and Brown University, and served as a judicial clerk for the federal appeals court in Chicago. Armond is a member of the Keystone Energy Board and the US EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee. He writes and speaks widely on energy, climate and related environmental matters, and testifies frequently before Congress and other governmental bodies.