MOVE America 2025 Speakers

Sam Abuelsamid is a principal analyst leading Guidehouse Insights' Mobility Research Service with a focus on transportation electrification, automated driving and mobility services. With Guidehouse, Sam has worked with numerous clients to help them understand emerging technology trends and...

Earl Adams Jr. is the Vice President of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Plus. Adams leads Plus’ global public affairs and safety advocacy efforts. He also advises on regulatory development as the company partners with global commercial vehicle makers including Scania/MAN/International of...

Bio: Britany Affolter-Caine, PhDDr. Britany Affolter-Caine is the executive director of Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC), an alliance of Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. As one of the nation's top university innovation clusters, the...

Les Alexander is the President & CEO of the Battery Innovation Center and has held executive positions at Navitas Systems (VP Research and Development and Government Business Development), lnmatech (CEO) (Supercapacitor start up), A123 Systems (GM Government Business), and T/J Technologies...

Tara Andringa is the Executive Director of Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), a nonprofit coalition focused on engaging with the public about automated vehicles and their potential to improve the safety, mobility and sustainability of our transportation system. Ms. Andringa has led...

Ms. Carla Bailo – ECOS Consulting LLC   Carla Bailo is the President and CEO of ECOS Consulting LLC and past President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), and is a leader in engineering and vehicle program management with 45 years of experience in the automotive industry.   In...

As General Manager, E-Mobility North America, Zoë Baldwin is responsible for the growth and profitability of the Shell Recharge public electric vehicle charging network in the U.S. and Canada. This includes leading the development of a growing network of public charging points at Shell gas...

Brent Baldwin is the Director of Industry Relations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where he connects academia with industry through action-based learning. With leadership experience at Tesla, Stryker, Optum, and various startups, Brent has led strategic...

Jeff Barry is an Innovation and Consumer Insights executive, currently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at Dot Foods, the largest food redistributor in the United States. For 25+ years he has worked across B2C, B2B, CPG, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Startups, tech companies...

Scott Belcher is the Executive Director of the publicly lead Automated. Connected. Electric. Shared. (ACES) Mobility Coalition.  He is also the Founder and Chief Executive of SFB Consulting, LLC and a co-founder of Cybrbase, LLC.  In these capacities he works at the intersection of...

Elaine Buckberg is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, former Chief Economist of General Motors, and a former senior U.S. Treasury official. She has served as an advisor to top leadership across government, corporate, and finance, using economics ...

Michael Buff is the Director of Product Management for Electrify America, overseeing product strategy and planning for Electrify America’s public and commercial network in North America. In 2024, the Electrify America network saw continued growth, with customer charging sessions rising by 50% and...

Jamie Butters is executive editor of Automotive News, leading the reporting, editing and production of the bible of the auto industry across multiple platforms. He joined the organization as its chief content officer in 2018. Butters has covered the auto industry in Detroit for more than two...

Tara Casanova Powell is the Principal of Casanova Powell Consulting, an independent traffic safety research consulting firm and the current CEO for the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP). Tara is the former Program Coordinator for the Annual Lifesavers National...

Robin Chase is a transportation entrepreneur. She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the world’s leading carsharing network; as well as co-founder of NUMO, an alliance organization that leverages tech-based disruption in the transport sector to create sustainable and just mobility. She has...

Matthew E. Chen (Matt) is the Director of Government Affairs for Blink Charging Co., a vertically integrated, U.S.-based EV infrastructure company. He represents Blink with the federal government and Midwest and Eastern states and advocates for policies that encourage EV adoption and support EV...

Arun is the Director of Maintenance R&D at Ryder. He is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction in evaluating and assessing new technologies in the EV/AV/Advanced Vehicle space. Arun has over 30 years of global engineering, operations and management experience in the...

Steve Christensen brings deep public and private sector experience ideal to ensure we achieve our mission through impactful multi-stakeholder partnerships and programs.He has worked seamlessly across government, academia and business to both improve communication on complex issues and to...

Jason Chua is a product development executive that has successfully built and led high-performing teams at companies large and small. As founding COO of Universal Hydrogen, he built the product and business infrastructure that grew the team to $90M in venture funding and 100+ employees. At...

Elena Ciccotelli, host and producer of "EVs for Everyone Podcast," is an award-winning automotive executive who significantly contributes to the electric vehicle sector. Formerly with Lyft and Teleperformance, her podcast delivers engaging content on EV technologies and market trends. ...

Peter Cohen is VP and General Manager, Light Duty at Terawatt, leveraging a decade of experience in mobility, operations, strategy, and finance to advance the EV transition for light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles. With previous roles in strategy and operations at DoorDash and Via, Peter...

Todd Croftchik is Managing Counsel for Toyota's United States Product Liability Litigation.  Todd also supports Toyota business units, including the quality organization, the sales organization, and the North American research and development groups.  Despite the vagaries associated with the...

Charles de la Chevrotière is a certified Urban Planner with over 20 years of experience in urban and transportation planning, in both private and public sectors.  Strong believer in the power of active mobilities and public transportation in (re)building the pedestrian realm, Charles is...

Mark de la Vergne is the Director of Economic Innovation and Policy at Michigan Central. He focuses on generating outcomes that drive material economic benefit for Michigan Central, the City of Detroit and the State of Michigan.  Prior to joining Michigan Central, Mark led innovative mobility...

Dawn Distler is a seasoned professional with 35 years of experience in the public transportation industry. She started her career as a bus operator at METRO, quickly advancing to roles such as SCAT Operations Manager and Assistant Director of Customer Services. After 17 years at METRO, Dawn moved...

Mabel Feng is the Director of Product Management at Proterra, where she leads the product and policy team focused on equipping OEMs with innovative battery technology to accelerate electrification across the commercial vehicle and industrial sectors.   Before joining Proterra, Mabel built a...

Pamela Fletcher is CEO of Sion Power, the leading developer of high-energy lithium-metal rechargeable battery technology. She is focused on accelerating the commercialization of the company’s Licerion® lithium-metal technology. This technology promises to disrupt conventional lithium-ion technology ...

Darcyne Foldenauer is Executive Director of the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) under SAE-ITC. She joined the company in 2022 as a 25+ year manufacturing veteran in the automotive, aerospace, and defense sectors. In her current role she is responsible for oversight and leadership of...

Tobias Glitterstam serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for International Motors, LLC. In this role, he is responsible for corporate strategy, communications, government relations, and mobility solutions. As a member of International's executive leadership...

Micah works with FractalEV’s ecosystem of partners and customers to help bring the right solution to each project. Micah spent years in ISP and IOT reliability, where he has helped reduce support costs and operational headaches for companies with millions of devices in the field. Before that, his...

As vice president data strategy, Nigel is focussed on collaborating and aligning across the organization to ensure the company’s data strategy meets data-driven needs securely at speed and scale. This includes leadership of the data & analytics team, supporting the business across advanced...

Partha Goswami has 30+ years of experience in the automotive industry in R&D, Planning and technology strategy. In his most recent role in GM as Professional Fellow of technology trends, he was responsible for identifying emerging tech-trends and their evolution. Currently, Dr. Goswami provides ...

Poonam Goyal is the Sector Head and Senior Equity Analyst for North American E-Commerce and Athleisure at Bloomberg Intelligence since 2009. With 20 years of equity research experience, Poonam covers leading e-commerce and athleisure brands at Bloomberg some of which include...

Will Graylin is CEO of IndiGOtech, an Electric Mobility company with breakthrough affordable EVs for fleets & drivers. He is also the Founder and CEO of OV Loop, Inc., a Universal Wallet and Commerce Messaging platform for frictionless commerce experiences everywhere. Previously, Will was the...

Cameron Greene is the Vice President of Government Relations at the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA). Based in Washington, DC, Cameron leads ATSSA's advocacy program, overseeing both federal and state government relations strategy and serving as the lead Capitol Hill...

Steve Greenfield is General Partner of Automotive Ventures, an early-stage automotive technology and mobility VC fund that helps entrepreneurs raise growth capital and accelerate their businesses and delivers outsized returns to investors in the fund. Steve served as TrueCar’s Senior Vice...

Dan Grossman has been at the forefront of the automotive, electric and shared mobility sectors for more than 15 years. He was a pioneer in the car sharing space with Zipcar as a start-up and launched more than 150 new cities and 100 university campuses and helped guide the company through its IPO...

Magnus is leading the Connected Services area within Volvo Group Trucks North America with responsibility to develop, deliver and support current and next generation of services for Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks to maximize customer productivity and vehicle uptime. Magnus has over 20 years’...

Michael Hale Jr. is a systems thinker, mobility strategist, and ecosystem builder with a bold vision for tech-enabled cities that work for everyone. Based in Detroit, he operates at the intersection of public innovation, economic justice, and cultural relevance—currently leading transformative...

Angie Hargesheimer, a proud Texas A&M University alumna, boasts a remarkable 34-year career with Ryder System, Inc. Her extensive experience in leadership roles across rental, sales, and maintenance has uniquely equipped her to assist companies transitioning to Electric Vehicles. As a prominent ...

Thomas Herbert is an accomplished engineering and business leader with over two decades of experience in automotive safety and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Currently serving as a Product Director at Magna Electronics, he leads global teams in pre-development initiatives, market...

Laura Iannaccone joined the County of Los Angeles’ Internal Services Department with the Energy and Environmental Services (EES) Team in 2019. She serves as the Manager of EES’ Clean Transportation and Energy Programs and is working to meet the County’s Sustainability zero emission vehicle and...

Marina is the Co-Founder and CEO of Apex Transit Solutions, a WBE certified asset based transportation company based in Charlotte, NC with a strong focus on sustainability.  Her passion for the industry is deeply personal, Marina is the daughter of a truck driver, and trucking has been a...

Justine Johnson is an accomplished economic development and mobility executive with more than 10 years of experience in external affairs, strategy and government and community relations. Prior to joining Team Michigan as Chief Mobility Officer, Justine was appointed to the Los Angeles County...

Vince Keenan is the Head of Innovation Engagement for the Mayor’s Office of Mobility Innovation and co-leads Detroit's hydrogen economy initiative. His work spans 25 years in engagement, civic participation, and urban revitalization and has helped negotiate over $5 billion worth of new...

Daniel Keh is Senior Managing Director of Atlanticus Advisors. Dan is a trusted advisor to companies across the mobility, technology, and energy transition sectors and offers deep thought leadership and independent strategic advice, in particular to companies involved in technological convergence.  ...

Jessica Keller is the Mobility & Transportation Manager for the City of West Palm Beach, Florida, where she leads initiatives to deliver a safe, connected and resilient transportation network. With nearly 30 years of experience spanning policy, planning, engineering, and operations in both...

Alex Keros is the Senior Vice President of Product at EVgo and brings his extensive experience in the automotive industry to oversee product and services strategy, including market research and defining product requirements to ensure a seamless customer experience. Prior to joining EVgo, Mr. Keros ...

Shawn Kerrigan, Ph.D., is the COO and Co-founder at Plus. Under his direction, the company is building AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Partners including TRATON GROUP’s Scania, MAN, and International brands, Hyundai Motor Company, Iveco Group, Bosch, and DSV...

Liz founded the Autotech Council in 2012 to promote innovation in the automotive industry and has successfully guided 100s of companies as they drive change and lead the industry into the future. In her work with the Autotech Council, auto makers, Tier 1 vendors, and mobility investors from around...

Dong-Su Kim, Ph.D. is the CEO of LG Technology Ventures.  He has over thirty years of investment, strategy, planning, and technology experience.  LG Technology Ventures was established in 2018 as the venture capital investment arm of the LG Group of South Korea.  As the founding CEO, Dong-Su...

Boris Kort-Packard is Chief Engineer, Global Vehicles for FedEx where he is facilitating progress to Carbon Neutral Operations by 2040 with focus on 100% total transition to EV PUD vehicles.  As Chief Engineer, he provides vision and analysis to direct world-wide strategic fleet safety innovation...

Daniel Laury – Visionary Entrepreneur, Tech Innovator, and Philanthropist Daniel Laury is a trailblazing entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Udelv, a Silicon Valley company at the forefront of autonomous delivery technology. With a keen ability to foresee industry shifts, he identified a...

Katelyn leads the Transportation Electrification team at Energy New England, driving the expansion of mobility products and services for municipal light plants and communities in Massachusetts. With an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction, a B.S. in Mathematics, and certifications as a Certified...

Amber Lundy is a design leader at the intersection of advanced concepts, machine learning, and AI-driven experiences. Her global upbringing and diverse background (computer science, industrial design, UX, robotics and transmedia art) uniquely position her to lead at companies like Emotient...

Mariano Menkes leads Corporate Development at Enterprise Mobility. Prior to joining EM, Mariano worked at Equity International, a Private Equity firm based in Chicago. Prior to his eight-year tenure at Equity International, Mariano was an Analyst for Citigroup’s Investment Banking Group based in...

Eran Ofir is an entrepreneurial senior executive with a proven track record of driving business growth and large-scale annual turnover through innovation, relentless sales, and tenacious team building around a joint vision. During a career spanning over two decades he gained extensive...

Misti Padgett-Murphey, CDE, is the Director, Brand Strategy, Creative Studio, and Communications at Electrify America. In this role, she leads the development, implementation, and management of Electrify America’s internal and external marketing strategies for Electrify America, Electrify...

Trenholm Palmer is the Director of Insurance Services and Solutions for Volvo Financial Services (VFS) in the United States market. He is responsible for the operations and growth of VFS's commercial and connected insurance distribution across the heavy truck and construction equipment finance...

Jayson D. Pankin is a founder, President & CEO of the nonprofit AutoHarvest Foundation. Jayson and his partner, Dr. David E. Cole created a unique innovation ecosystem led by some of the most highly respected figures in the automotive and manufacturing industries. AutoHarvest.org launched in...

Mike Peregudov is the co-founder of Whizz, a leading e-bike subscription service for delivery workers in the US. Whizz oversees over 3,500 e-bikes, has grown by 100% YoY, and successfully raised more than $20M in funding.

Katherine L Peretick was appointed to the Michigan Public Service Commission by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on January 4, 2021, and reappointed on July 3, 2021. Her term ends July 2, 2027. Commissioner Peretick is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). She...

Megan Perrero is a national award-winning B2B journalist and lover of all things transit. Currently, she is the Editor in Chief of Mass Transit magazine, where she develops and leads a multi-channel editorial strategy while reporting on the North American public transit industry. Prior to her...

Michael Peters brings a sense of curiousity to his role in the e-mobility industry, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Sway Mobility. His experience in investment banking, sustainability, and electric mobility combine to foster his interest in re-imagining mobility solutions for...

Dr. Andreas Reschka is a leading expert in the field of autonomous driving, with a focus on safety engineering and business development. He currently serves as the Senior Director of Product, Systems, and Safety at Pony.ai, where he not only oversees the enhancement of safety frameworks for...

Chris Rizik is the founder and managing partner of Renaissance Venture Capital (www.renvcf.com), a first-of-its-kind fund of funds that has become a national model for attracting capital to underserved regions and strategically bringing together the startup and major corporate communities. Chris is ...

Mel Roberts is an automotive innovation and engineering leader with over 20 years of experience spanning industry and academia. As Director of North America Infotainment & Features Planning at Stellantis, she drives feature strategy by integrating market trends, customer insights, and...

Daniel Röska is a senior executive and thought leader with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of mobility, investment, and strategy. He has built and led top-ranked research teams, advised global corporations on strategic transformation, and developed deep expertise in identifying...

Mike has worked in the commercial vehicle industry for nearly 40 years, is the Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and is the trucking lead for RMI. Mike’s specialty is brokering green truck collaborative technologies into the real world at scale. He currently...

Sergio Roman serves as TxDOT’s Director of Emerging Aviation Technology charged with the safe and efficient integration of innovation into the Texas aviation system. He has worked with uncrewed and autonomous systems for over 15 years. His formal education background includes Uncrewed...

Jim Ross was elected to the office of Mayor at the City of Arlington in June 2021. Jim has spent decades serving his community and his country.  As a proud resident of Arlington for forty years, he has witnessed the growth and growing pains this community has endured.   From 1979 to 1983, Jim...

Kelleigh Shankel is the Chief Technology Officer at Battle Motors, a leading commercial vehicle OEM driving innovation in the electric and vocational truck sectors. With over 28 years of experience in the automotive and industrial space, Kelleigh has led engineering and operations for...

Ms. Shipman is the Assistant Program Manager - R&D in the High Reliability Systems Department at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Ms. Shipman leads commercial, government, and internal applied R&D for Cyber Physical Systems Security (CPSS) efforts. In this role, she is able to tackle...

Scott Shireman is the Director of the University of Michigan Center for Innovation, a world-class research, education and entrepreneurship center in Detroit that advances innovation and talent-focused community development to propel city, regional and statewide job creation and economic growth.A...

Lilly Shoup is Managing Director of Rebel Payments, Mobility, and Insights based in California.  With a background in transportation policy and planning that spans public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Lilly works to structure partnerships to achieve community policy goals. Previously, Lilly was...

Sophie Shulman is the former Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the nation’s primary vehicle regulatory agency, overseeing safety standards, fuel economy regulations, and advanced vehicle technologies such as automated driving systems. She also...

Kunal Sinha is the Global Head of Recycling at Glencore, and based in the firm’s New York office. In this role, he oversees a global business that recovers critical metals, such a Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, and (expected in the near term) Lithium, as well as precious and platinum group metals, from...

Tim Slusser serves as the Chief of Mobility Innovation, leading the City of Detroit’s Office of Mobility Innovation (OMI). OMI exists to help the City of Detroit navigate the rapidly changing transportation and mobility industries. This includes working across city departments to coordinate...

Douglas Smith is a professional urban planner and passionate about about the intersection of land use, transportation, and sustainability. He serves as Director, Location & Land Use for the U.S. Green Building Council where he helps to innovate and maintain the organization's rating system...

Chris has spent his career working with both emerging companies and large incumbents in the venture and mobility ecosystems. He is particularly interested in innovators that are reshaping large industries, and he enjoys lending his experience to support founders operating across such areas as...

Jeff Stefan is a technology-focused attorney with globally recognized legal authority in data privacy and advanced mobility. He leads the Mobility Practice Team at Varnum LLP, helping clients navigate the evolving legal and public policy landscape for new and emerging mobility technologies. In his...

Hemanth Tadepalli is the Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Subject Matter Expert (SME) at May Mobility, a company transforming transportation through cutting-edge autonomous vehicle technology. His career has spanned key cybersecurity roles at renowned organizations including...

Selika Josiah Talbott is a prominent transportation mobility advocate, author, and speaker known for her expertise in the field. Currently serving as Vice President of the Los Angeles Transportation Commission, she has a prominent voice in shaping transportation policy and accessibility. In...

Tiffany-Ann Taylor is the Vice President for Transportation at the Regional Plan Association (RPA). Prior to working at RPA, she served as Deputy Director of Freight Programs, Education and Research for the Freight Mobility unit at the New York City Department of Transportation and as an Assistant...

Monica Tellez-Fowler is the President/CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), the regional mobility organization providing service to Columbus and the Central Ohio region. Since joining COTA in March 2023, she has served as Chief Operating Officer before she was promoted to Deputy CEO in...

Justin Thompson is a public affairs and corporate communications leader with more than a decade of experience in state government, campaigns, public transit operations and maintenance, and management of exectutive leadership. As cheif of staff for Keolis North America, Justin works with the...

As the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Deputy Secretary for Multi-Modal Transportation, Julie White oversees the Rail Division, Division of Aviation, Ferry Division, and Integrated Mobility Division, which includes Public Transportation, Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation, and new mobility...

Bradley C. Wieferich, P.E., was appointed director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) on May 30, 2023, by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.  He has served the department for nearly 30 years in several capacities throughout the state, working his way up through vital management roles in...

President and Chief Executive Officer at ChargePoint, and a member of the Board of Directors. Previously served as ChargePoint’s Chief Operating Officer from July of 2022 until November of 2023, in which he was responsible for Product Management, Development, Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply...

Mr. Greg Winfree was appointed Agency Director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in December 2016. TTI is a state agency and the largest and most comprehensive higher education-affiliated transportation research institute in the United States, with $126 million in research...