Feargal Brennan
Director of the Renewable Energy Marine Structures CDT
Celina Cunningham
Deputy Director
Maine Governor’s Energy Office
Celina Cunningham serves as the Deputy Director of the Governor’s Energy Office in Maine. Before joining GEO, Celina most recently was Vice President/Chief of Staff at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), where she worked on overarching strategies and policies. Before joining SEIA, Celina spent a decade in public service at the federal level handling energy and environmental issues, including at the U.S. Department of the Interior and as staff at the U.S. House of Representatives.
Douglas Boren
Regional Supervisor, Office of Strategic Resources
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Pacific OCS Regional Office
Doug Boren brings over 20 years of federal experience in a wide range of activities including renewable energy and regulatory oversight to his current position as Regional Supervisor, Office of Strategic Resources, for the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region. The Mission of BOEM is to manage development of U.S. OCS energy and mineral resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Doug is responsible for managing a diverse team of on-staff specialists to facilitate opportunities for renewable energy leasing on the OCS offshore California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. His team is also responsible for overseeing the existing oil and gas leases offshore California.
Prior to BOEM, Mr. Boren held positions with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy. Mr. Boren holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences, with an emphasis in marine biology, from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is also a combat veteran who served our nation as a member of the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment.
Lars Samuelsson
Manager
ABS Global Offshore Renewables
Naval architect with over 20 years of offshore experience. Experience from 80 MW of Floating Wind. Co-Convenor of the IEC TC 88 / MT 3-2 initiative to update IEC 61400-3-2 & Co-Convenor of the US initiative to create a standard for floating offshore wind turbines in US waters.
Anthony Viselli
Chief Engineer
University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center
Dr. Anthony Viselli, P.E., is the Chief Engineer for Ocean Energy Programs at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dr. Viselli has nearly 20 years of experience in the research design, testing, and construction of marine and offshore structures.
Dr. Viselli currently leads the design and engineering efforts for New England Aqua Ventus I, a single turbine 11 MW floating offshore wind demonstration project to be deployed in the Gulf of Maine. The project will utilize the VolturnUS floating concrete semi-submersible hull, designed and patented at UMaine. Dr. Viselli leads a team of over 20 engineers, technicians, and staff dedicated to floating offshore wind R&D.
Dan Zalkind
Senior Researcher
NREL
Daniel Zalkind is a senior researcher at NREL, where he studies wind turbine control systems and leads the development of the Reference Open-Source Controller (ROSCO) and the Wind Energy and Integrated Servo-controls (WEIS) toolset. Daniel’s research interests include the interaction between floating wind turbine design and controls, from the component level to the farm level.
Daniel Veen
Product Manager
Bentley Advancing Infrastructure
Daniel Veen, PhD, is responsible for defining and executing the product development and market strategy for MOSES at Bentley Systems. Dan joined Bentley in 2013 as a senior developer on the MOSES team, focused on enhancing the core hydrodynamics solver. Since 2019 he has also been responsible for the development of OpenWindPower Floating Platform, an integrated solution leveraging the capabilities of MOSES and SACS for the design and analysis of floating wind turbines.
David Hughes
Project Engineer
OceanWinds
David Hughes is a Project Engineer with OceanWinds, a joint venture of EDPR and Engie focused solely on Offshore Wind Development. He has been with the company for 3 years and is focused on West Coast project development. He was previously a member of the Ocean Winds East development team that achieved success in the 2022 NY/NJ Bight BOEM Lease Auction.
Jerica Nolte
Floating Technical Lead
TotalEnergies
Jerica joined TotalEnergies US in the beginning of 2022 as Floating Technical Lead for US projects. Throughout her 10 year offshore wind career, she specializes in the naval architecture of floating offshore wind platforms and determining which solution best matches an offshore wind project’s needs. Prior to TotalEnergies, she worked for EnBW North America’s team as Floating Technology Manager focusing on floating offshore wind projects that will provide energy for large regions of the United States and Europe. Before joining EnBW, Jerica worked with Principle Power, a leader in foundation design for offshore wind turbines. Her experience spans from Senior Naval Architect, Project Manager, and Engineering Management. Jerica graduated with a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a M.S. in Ocean and Resource Engineering from University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Jason Jonkman
