Abby Fellinger is the manager of Texas RE's registration and certification program. Prior to joining Texas RE in 2011, Abby was employed at Temple-Inland for 12 years. She spent four years in the Forest Product Division's IT department before moving to the Paperboard Group, where she provided procurement and scheduling support for box plants, paper mills, and external customers. She holds a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Stephen F. Austin State University, as well as a paralegal advanced technical certificate from Austin Community College.

Brad Woods is a Senior Reliability Engineer in Texas RE's Reliability Services department. Prior to joining Texas RE, Brad had 19 years of experience in the electric power industry with 12 years consisting of transmission planning. Brad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Dr. Carey W King is a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, where he performs interdisciplinary research related to how energy systems interact within the economy and environment. He is also an assistant director at the Energy Institute. Dr. King has affiliations within the Jackson School of Geosciences, the McCombs School of Business, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He is the author of the book The Economic Superorganism and has published over three dozen technical articles in refereed journals.

Carol Liu is the manager of the system performance analysis team at American Electric Power (AEP). Her team focuses on studies involving transient analysis for AEP Transmission, including dynamic stability studies, insulation coordination studies, and NERC compliance standards. Carol has 17 years of experience in the electric power industry including high voltage testing, distribution, and transmission.  She received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and an MBA degree from Ohio State University.

Chase Smith is the compliance and policy manager at Southern Power, where he is responsible for setting Southern Power’s wholesale electricity market policy strategy in regional transmission organizations across the United States. He has served on various ERCOT and SPP committees and working groups, including as the chair of ERCOT’s Reliability & Operations Subcommittee and a voting member of SPP’s Markets & Operations Policy Committee. Additionally, he is responsible for ensuring Southern Power’s ongoing compliance with wholesale electricity market rules and regulations. In prior roles, Chase managed power purchase agreements associated with Southern Power’s renewable energy resources and implemented strategies to optimize Southern Power’s renewable energy resources’ market participation.

Christine Hasha is the senior director of cyber security risk & compliance for GE Digital, where she is responsible for governance, risk, and compliance of their software portfolio. Having worked in the cybersecurity industry for over 25 years, Christine has served in a number of roles. Prior to GE Digital, Christine was the senior manager of critical infrastructure protection (CIP) and corporate compliance for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), she served as chair of the ERCOT CIP Working Group, was an ISO/RTO Council representative, and as an executive committee member on the NERC Reliability and Security Technical Committee.

Devin Kitchens is a compliance team lead at Texas RE. Prior to joining Texas RE in 2018 as a CIP cyber and physical security analyst, he worked at First Community Services as an IT business solutions analyst and an IT risk management specialist. Devin earned a bachelor of business administration in finance from Texas State University, and a master of business administration from Texas A&M University. Additionally, he holds computing technology industry association (CompTIA) security+ and associate business continuity professional (ABCP) certifications.

Jason Christopher is the director of cyber risk at Dragos, Inc. and is a certified instructor at SANS. Prior to joining Dragos he was the chief technology officer for Axio Global. Over the course of his 20-year career, Jason has also worked as a researcher for EPRI, and spent time at the Department of Energy and FERC, where he was the technical lead for CIP v5. Jason holds a graduate degree focused on distributed energy resources and inertia modeling for power systems.

Jay Teixeira is the manager of resource integration at ERCOT, where he has 26 years of experience in SCADA/ICCP, Transmission Planning, network modeling, and resource integration. Jay was responsible for the initial ICCP startup at ERCOT from 1996 to 2001 and the ERCOT determination of congestion management zones from 2001 to 2005.  He was also involved the creation of the ERCOT Planning Guides and Regional Planning Group process. Prior to ERCOT, Jay worked for City Public Service in San Antonio and the United States Air Force.

JC Culberson is the director of NERC and regulatory compliance at Electric Power Engineers, LLC. JC has a wealth of experience in NERC and regulatory compliance, transmission and system operations, RTO/ISO operations and planning, and ERO operations. JC has managed and led numerous compliance and operations departments in the energy industry, with a record of successful implementation of compliance processes and operations for these entities. JC has served as the chair for the NERC Cold Weather Standard Drafting Team in 2012-2013, and has served as an advisor to NERC compliance and technical projects.

Jimmy Glotfelty was appointed to serve as a commissioner on the Public Utility Commission of Texas on August 6, 2021, for a term set to expire on September 1, 2025. His public sector experience includes serving as senior policy advisor to U.S. secretary of energy Spencer Abraham, energy policy director to Texas governor George W. Bush, and legislative director to congressman Sam Johnson. He founded and led the Office of Electricity at The U.S. Department of Energy, led the joint US-Canadian Power System Outage Task Force, and served on the White House task force to streamline energy permitting. Before his appointment, he served as founder and executive vice president of Clean Line Energy. Jimmy received his bachelor of science in political science and marketing from Texas Christian University.

Joe Arthur is the technical services manager for energy storage at Nextera Energy. His team provides engineering and operations support for Nextera’s fleet of utility-scale battery storage facilities. He has previously worked in engineering, operations, and new site commissioning at solar and natural-gas power generating facilities. He has a B.S. and M.S. of electrical engineering from the University of South Florida, and is a licensed professional engineer.

Kaitlin Van Zee is the enforcement director at Texas RE. She joined the company as an enforcement attorney in November 2016. Prior to joining Texas RE, Katie spent six years as an attorney in the Oversight and Enforcement Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas where she litigated and negotiated administrative penalties for violations of the Public Utility Regulatory Act, ERCOT Protocols, and the Texas Water Code. In 2014, Katie served as an expert for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Energy Regulatory Partnership Program with Mexico where she advised regulators at the Energy Regulatory Commission as they established new regulatory and compliance procedures. Katie holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and international studies from the University of South Carolina and a JD from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mark Lauby is senior vice president and chief engineer at NERC. Mr. Lauby joined NERC in 2007 and has held multiple positions, including vice president and director of Standards and vice president and director of Reliability Assessments and Performance Analysis. Prior to joining NERC, Mr. Lauby worked for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for 20 years, holding a number of senior positions. Mr. Lauby is the author of more than 100 technical papers. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Michael Jacobs is a senior compliance and reliability engineer for US onshore operations at Ørsted, where he manages activities associated with NERC and ISO/RTO rules and regulations. Michael has 16 years of experience in the electric power industry including regulatory compliance, risk and project management, and reliability assurance. Michael holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Southern University and A&M College.

Nick Wintermantel is a principal at Astrapé Consulting, where his most recent work has focused on system modeling engagements using the Strategic Energy Risk Valuation Model (SERVM) for clients. Nick has been active in the energy industry since 2000, holding various positions within the Southern Company prior to his current role. He has broad experience in integrated resource planning, system production cost modeling, reliability modeling, intermittent resource integration, generation development, contract structuring, and risk analysis. While at Astrapé Consulting, Nick has performed work for utilities, RTOs, and other stakeholders across the U.S. including the Southern Company, TVA, Duke Energy, MISO, SPP, ERCOT, FERC, PGE, and the California Public Utility Commission. Nick is an engineer with an MBA.

Razvan Robu is a field service engineer at Siemens Energy, responsible for patch management, transformer monitoring, and substation automation systems. He is a licensed electrical engineer with over 16 years of experience in substation GIS, FACTS and power generation C&P design, testing, commissioning, system hardening, and patch management working in worked in Romania, Austria, UAE, Germany, Qatar and the United States. Razvan earned his bachelor of engineering degree in automation engineering from Petru Maior University in 2007 and his substation automation expert certificate from Siemens Power Academy in 2022.

Robert Golen is the manager of regional planning at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Robert has over 13 years of experience in the electric power industry, including his previous role as a manager of operations engineering at the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Clarkson University.

Scott Vaughan is the transmission assets manager at California ISO. He has over 20 years of experience in the electric industry, including generation design and operations, system protection, substation design and construction, project engineering and management, distribution system operations, engineering and maintenance, and system restoration design. Scott has a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from California Polytechnic State University, an MBA from Golden Gate University, and is a registered professional engineer in the state of California.

Sirius Ahn is a senior manager of transmission planning at Oncor Electric Delivery and has been with Oncor for 14 years. Sirius leads Oncor’s technical studies and compliance team where they focus on analyzing system stability performance and performing special transmission planning studies related to NERC Reliability Standards and providing compliance support. Prior to his current role, Sirius worked at system protection, operations engineering support and TMS/SCADA departments at Oncor. Sirius holds a BSEE from University of Texas at Arlington and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.