Workforce Development Committee

This committee focuses on workforce development issues that impact or are expected to impact the manufacture and maintenance of high capacity advanced batteries and the devices that they power in North America. The committee studies skills gaps in the workforce and develops or recommends training programs and policies to address those gaps.

Workforce Development Committee

Alyssia Bostrom
Business Development 323 North Consulting, LLC (865)230-3201

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Mike Malley
Alabama Mobility & Power Center - U of Alabama (765)586-0911

Co-Chair

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Jill Pestana
Founder & CEO Pestana Solutions (661)972-1801

Co-Chair

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Haroun Abdelali
Forsee Power (614)448-8266

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KM Abraham
Northeastern University (781)444-8453

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Mohamad Alkhateeb
Spraying Systems Company (630)517-1547

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Susmitha Appikatla
Birla Carbon

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Bryan Atkins
ANDRITZ Bitrode Corp.

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Mariam Awara
Chief Operating Officer Pulsenics (647)877-2470

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Estera Barbarasa
Argonne National Laboratory (630)252-4124

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Aubree Barnum
Lithium Americas

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Emily Barrett
Chemical and Material Data Business Analysis Henderson Solutions (610)613-6450

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Kate Bashford
Appalachian State University Energy Center (603)777-7700

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Sanika Bhave
Blue Whale Materials, LLC (650)241-9505

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Sharon Bonesteel
(602)814-7357

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Meridith Bruozas
Argonne National Laboratory (630)252-1761

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Delia Bryan
INOAC USA (248)480-5978

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Lachlan Carey
RMI (609)608-6970

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Sean Cassady
HNTB Corp. (425)450-2732

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Michael Chambers
President The Chambers Group

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KJ Cho
University of Texas -- Dallas

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KJ Cho
University of Texas -- Dallas

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Polly Chu
Regional Innovation Officer & Executive Director, NENY Battery Tech Hub SUNY Binghamton University

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Michael Cook
Rockwell Automation Inc. (414)339-5980

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Maggie Cousin
Strategic Communications Lead NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York (585)975-9793

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Michael Czarnota
ReCharge Recycling, LLC (248)252-2194

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Renu Dalal
Alabama Mobility & Power Center - U of Alabama (765)586-0911

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Daniel Danquah
Silicon Ranch Cooperation (480)570-1614

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Rebecca S. Davies
Butzel Long, P.C. (313)225-7028

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Ella DeBode
Blue Whale Materials, LLC (973)715-1389

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Poojaa Deepak
Director AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology

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Shmuel De-Leon
Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd. 972528601517

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Vijay Dhar
LLC Owner Dhar Mission Innovation (408)768-7840

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shaun doherty
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability (607)233-3045

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Paul Dowell
Moment Energy

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Manish Dua
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Limited (956)071-8361

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Sheryl Edwards
Southern Arkansas University/LithiumLearns

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Mohamed Elkadragy
Daimler Truck North America (491)522-6114

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Brian Engle
Director, Business Development / Chair, SAE BSSC / Chief Safety Officer-NAATBatt Amphenol Advanced Sensors (814)834-5619

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Patrick English
Ferris State University (231)591-2353

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Jimmy Estrada
Business Solutions Manager IKA Works, Inc.

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Beth Farrow
(614)561-4366

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Ashlee Fitech
United Steelworkers (412)503-3557

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James Fleetwood
Chief Technology Officer C-BATT (812)360-5733

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Zach Fox
Sion Power Corporation (520)799-7608

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Prashant Pawan Gargh
Panasonic Corporation of North America (330)396-9414

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Philip Gunn
Manager, Trade and International Affairs SEIA Solar Energy Industries Association (120)258-0922 x 0

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Tatyana Guzman
SUNY Binghamton University (305)901-9151

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Austin Hanohano
Director - Sales & Business Development Digatron Power Electronics (475)450-4785

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Dale Harris
InnoEnergy 44736811

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Hinduja

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Amy Hortop
Argonne National Laboratory (630)252-2534

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Jackie Huynh
Pacific Northwest National Lab (765)430-3111

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Christopher Jannuzzi
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) (609)737-1924

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Judy Jeevarajan
UL Solutions (346)315-6870

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Daniel Jossman
Factorial Energy (518)588-3638

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Vibha Kalra
Cornell University (607)592-5037

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Chockkalingam Karuppaiah
Vetri Labs Corporation (408)480-7595

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Olayinka Kolawole
U.S. Department of Energy

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Bernie Kotlier
IBEW-NECA Cal (408)729-1110

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Dennis Kountz
Battery Innovation Center (610)793-0794

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Tommy Kurtz
Avident Advisors, (A Jones Walker LLP affiliate) (504)582-8371

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Wellington Kwok
Caterpillar Inc. (309)578-1302

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Daniel Le
Dir. Sales - xEV Applications Flex-N-Gate (414)581-2125

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Fred Lee
KTON LLC (847)370-2471

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Taylor Lee
Kore Power

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Jason Leonard
NSWC Crane (812)381-2597

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David Liang
Re-Teck (408)805-9831

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Christoph Lienemann
PEM Motion USA, Inc. 15116179532

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Xinlai Liu
Cornell University

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Joe LoGrasso
Founder JL Energy Advisors LLC (248)686-1126

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Nima Lotfi
ANDRITZ Bitrode Corp. (573)578-2859

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Lauren Lynch
Senior Mechanical Engineer National Laboratory of the Rockies (NRL)

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Paula Magana
PEM Motion USA, Inc.

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Emily Marino
Volta Foundation

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Jeremy McDaniel
Contract Manufacturing Manager Photon Automation Inc (317)498-5300

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Levi McKinney
PEC North America, Inc. (754)248-4276

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Alyssa McQuilling
Consortium for Battery Innovation (919)971-0713

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Lamartine Meda
Xavier University of Louisiana (251)769-9811

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Frank Menchaca
SAE International (248)219-5463

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Rosanna Montenegro
LiNK BatteryTechnology LLC (832)316-6509

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Kimberly Moore
National Executive Director National Clean Transportation & Advanced Manufacturing Electrical Training Trust (202)215-4214

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Doug Morris
Polaris (678)591-1171

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Jade Mullins
Kore Power (802)989-4108

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Colleen Newman
Manager BCS Allegient

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Emil Nusbaum
Automotive Recyclers Association (203)561-8274

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Erick Oberstar
University of Wisconsin Madison (608)347-3667

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Bertha Ortega
PEM Motion USA, Inc. (444)318-5793

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Wendy Papakostandini
Anzu Partners (617)759-0555

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Jinman Park
Standard Energy Inc. 427192060

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Aditi Pathak
Customized Energy Solutions (516)639-5391

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Steven Patterson
InnoEnergy (248)425-8653

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Ryan Pekarek
MilliporeSigma (440)715-0485

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Andrew Perrott
SAE International

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Connor Pierce
SUNY Binghamton University (607)972-9802

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Chris Pirotte
Donaldson Company (619)481-4765

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Eleni Pitses
General Motors (313)648-9211

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Foelke Purr
Transatlantic Project Coordinator Fraunhofer USA Inc. (734)883-2082

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Subathra Rajendran
Cofounder & CTO Aatral

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Sam Ramirez
Forge Nano

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David Robertson
Argonne National Laboratory (312)403-0420

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John Rowley
NIIT (447)879-6977

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Emily Ruby

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Meera Sampath
SUNY Binghamton University (585)200-1845

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Mary Sims
Naval Postgraduate School (831)264-3724

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Muthu Siva
Mass Tech LLC (336)450-7543

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Ron Smith
Celgard, LLC (704)941-7366

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Vincent Sprenkle
Pacific Northwest National Lab (509)375-2370

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Alyssa Stavola
Battery Innovation Center (617)314-2376

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Anna Stefanopoulou
University of Michigan (734)615-8451

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Soeren Striepe
Magna International (905)726-7228

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Takuma Suzuki
Subaru Research And Development, Inc (734)957-4615

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Suzanne Swink
(202)486-8350

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The Chambers Group

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Tracie Tillinger
Business Development Manager Butzel Long, P.C. (313)225-7051

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Amy Trethaway
Argonne National Laboratory (602)370-2004

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Stephanie Van Kirk
Rockwell Automation Inc. (262)282-9118

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Annisha Vaughn
(804)339-5313

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Krisztina Voronova
TA Instruments-Waters LLC (415)757-7404

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Kristen Wahl
Argonne National Laboratory (512)845-4319

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John Warner
American Battery Solutions (810)919-4751

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Dave Weeks
555 Real Estate Development (702)498-4879

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Andrew Weng
Volta Foundation

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Virginia Whelan
Automotive Recycling Education Consultant (239)362-1283

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Ralph White
University of South Carolina (803)240-7132

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Trevor Wilcox
Volkswagen Group of America (423)355-1864

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Maximilian Wilk
PEM Motion USA, Inc. (015) 221-6403

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Ben Wrightsman
XC Technology LLC (317)331-1197

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Yusuke Yamaguchi
North American Subaru, Inc. (734)957-4615

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Yen Yeh
Executive Director Volta Foundation (650)250-6300

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Yongxian Zhu
Argonne National Laboratory (630)252-2534

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