Meet Our Staff

Abigail Ross Hopper President and CEO
Mike Smith Chief Business Officer
John Smirnow General Counsel & Vice President of Market Strategy
Sean Gallagher Vice President of State Affairs
Katherine Gensler Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Dan Whitten Vice President of Public Affairs
Justin Baca Vice President of Markets & Research
Tony Chen Vice President of Business Development
Celina Cunningham Vice President & Chief of Staff
Sara Birmingham Senior Director, State Affairs
Dave Gahl Senior Director of State Affairs, Northeast
Evelyn Butler Senior Director of Codes and Standards
Suzanne Farris Director of Executive & Board Affairs
Rick Umoff Regulatory Counsel and California Director, State Affairs
Thomas Kiggen Director of Membership
Dana Sleeper Director of External Affairs
Shawn Rumery Director of Research
Kevin Lucas Director of Rate Design
Joe Cain, P.E. Director of Codes & Standards
Colin Silver Director of Digital & Internal Communications
Alex Hobson Director of External Communications
Tim Perry Director of Information Technology
Heather Whitpan Senior Manager, Government Affairs
Maggie Clark State Affairs Senior Manager, Southeast
Morgan Lyons Senior Communications Manager
Scott Elias Senior Manager of Programs & State Initiatives
Becky Long Senior Manager, Events & Sustainability
Hannah Panek Meetings & Events Manager
Antuan Scott Membership Development Manager
Christina Brooks Operations Manager - Membership
Jordan Slade Membership Development Manager
Aaron Holm Research Engineer
Allie Enck Membership Development Manager
Khephren Menna Membership Development Manager
Amir Yazdi Assistant General Counsel
EJ Hillman Manager of Digital Communications
Jen Meacham Office Manager
Ty Hallmark Advocacy Events Coordinator
Rachel Goldstein Research Associate
Claire August Congressional Affairs Coordinator
Kerry McGowan Office Administrator