Suffolk County IDA November Dinner 2024

Join the Long Island Business Development Council
for our Suffolk County IDA Dinner
at The Radisson Hotel, Hauppauge

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Edward P. Romaine
Suffolk County Executive

Edward P. Romaine was elected Suffolk County Executive
in November of 2023, the most recent chapter in a lifetime of service
to the residents of Suffolk County.
Prior to his election, Mr. Romaine served as
Brookhaven Town Supervisor
for 12 years, where he championed environmental
and quality of life issues while significantly
strengthening the Town’s finances

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GUEST SPEAKERS

John Rhodes
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Power Authority

On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, John Rhodes was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Long Island Power Authority by its Board of Trustees. Mr. Rhodes brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this position. He is a true public servant having been a trusted voice on clean energy reforms to both President Biden and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. Mr. Rhodes comes to LIPA from the New York Department of Public Service, where he was Chief Program Officer, charged with overseeing New York’s ratepayer-funded programs for clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy affordability at New York agencies and utilities.

Before that, Mr. Rhodes was Special Assistant to the President in the Biden Administration’s Climate Policy Office, where he worked to advance the deployment of clean energy, transmission, and building and vehicle electrification solutions. Mr. Rhodes also served as Chair of New York’s Public Service Commission and CEO of its Department of Public Service. He developed and implemented ambitious, equitable, and practical clean energy policies to ensure reliability and to protect customers and communities. Major policies focused on distributed renewables, offshore wind, electric vehicle charging, building efficiency and electrification, data transparency, and utility bill affordability. Mr. Rhodes was also President and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), where he developed and implemented innovative clean energy policies and programs to combat climate change and create jobs and investments in New York’s clean energy economy, including the Clean Energy Standard, its Clean Energy Fund, the New York Green Bank, and New York Sun.

Before his time with NYSERDA, Mr. Rhodes was the Director of the Center for Market Innovation at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Other related experience includes three years at global cleantech investor Good Energies and a partner at Booz Allen Hamilton. Early in his career, he worked at Metallgesellschaft, a German mining, metals, and engineering firm, as a trader in Frankfurt and as country manager for India.

Mr. Rhodes currently teaches classes on energy policy at the Columbia University School for International and Public Affairs and at the Yale School of the Environment. He was a member of the advisory board of Rewiring America and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Electricity and served on the boards of the American Federation for Aging Research, the Association to Save Energy, the New York Citizen’s Budget Commission, the Urban Green Council and the New York Institute for Special Education.

Mr. Rhodes received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and holds a master’s degree from the Yale School of Management.

 

Jean-Pierre Clejan
Technology Executive
GreenLogic LLC

Jean-Pierre Clejan is a renewable energy subject matter expert, specializing in solar electricity and heat pump systems for residential and commercial buildings which minimize energy bills, carbon footprint and exposure to future rate increases. With certifications from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners as an NABCEP PV Installation Professional, and the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association as an IGSHPA Geothermal Installer, he is well versed in the best-practices use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in new construction, major renovation and retrofit projects.

Mr. Clejan delivers accredited programs to design professionals seeking his technological expertise to guide their clients towards sustainable construction projects and enjoys working with architects, engineers and LEED professionals in developing zero energy or near-zero energy buildings – many of which are showcased as case studies in his accredited programs.

Mr. Clejan received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Applied Science degree from Caltech. He currently serves as Technology Executive for Long Island-based solar integrator GreenLogic Energy and is one of DPC Continuing Education’s original speakers, with multiple accredited programs available on-demand.

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Suffolk County’s Renewable Energy Initiatives

The experts discuss the importance of renewable energy
to Long Island’s economy
and its communities.

 

Monday, November 18, 2024
5:30pm to 8:30pm
The Radisson Hotel

110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Hauppauge

The evening begins with signing in, finding friends and co-workers, and networking with attendees at 5:30 p.m., followed by a scrumptious dinner and our keynote speaker. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m., with our speaker’s presentation beginning at approximately 7.

**SEATS FOR THIS DINNER ARE
SOLD OUT**

FOR MORE INFORMATION ~ CONTACT
MARLENE McDONNELL
marlene.mcdonnell@gmail.com
516-314-8982

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