Board of Directors
Chair
V. John White, Executive Director/Co-Founder
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
John is a legislative advocate and political consultant, and heads CEERT, a non-profit coalition of the nation’s leading public interest environmental groups and businesses working on energy efficiency and renewable technologies.
President
Jane Hotchkiss, President/Co-Founder
Energy for the Common Good
Jane is an expert in the renewable energy industry, and leads Energy for the Common Good, a non-profit organization seeking to advance the acceptance of fusion energy as an integral part of a clean energy economy.
Secretary
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Professor
University of Cambridge
Marie-Claire is an expert jurist & professor in int
ernational policy, law and partnerships on sustainable development. She works on the intersections of law, policy, and governance related to climate change, biodiversity conservation, economic development, and sustainability, with a focus on the interests of future generations and global justice.
Treasurer
Laban Coblentz, Head of Communication
ITER
Laban’s career has crisscrossed multiple sectors of technology, communication, education, and sustainable development, leading him to ITER, the world’s largest multinational science and technology project, a collaboration of 35 countries to demonstrate industrial-scale fusion energy.
Member
Desmond Chan, Chief Technology Officer
Bechtel National
Desmond has broad responsibility for technology innovation, advanced reactor design, fusion technology program development, emerging technology evaluation and due diligence, technical expertise development, and expert consultation in the four major nuclear and defense business sectors: Nuclear Security & Operations, Nuclear Power, Defense & Security, and Environmental.
Member
Amy C. Roma, Partner
Hogan Lovells
Amy has broad experience with the commercial needs of businesses with nuclear or nuclear-related assets, and practices nuclear and radioactive materials law involving the NRC, Agreement States, the Department of Energy (DOE), and international issues.