Patrick Woodcock was named DOER Commissioner in February 2020. Formerly, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Undersecretary of Energy, Commissioner Woodcock was named Acting Commissioner in December 2019 and served in this role until his current appointment.

Woodcock joined the Baker-Polito Administration in 2017 and served as the Undersecretary of Energy in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for over two years. In that position, Woodcock oversaw the Department of Energy Resources and the Department of Public Utilities. Woodcock serves on the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Board and Investment Committee, represents Massachusetts on the Boards of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Inc. and National Association of State Energy Officials, and is a member of the Energy Facilities Siting Board.

Prior to his time in the administration, Woodcock was Director of the Maine State Energy Office, a position he held from 2013 through 2016. Previously, Woodcock worked for United States Senator Olympia Snowe in her Washington, D.C. office. Woodcock graduated from Bowdoin College and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government.

As a member of the California State Legislature, Assemblymember David Chiu represents a half million constituents in the 17th Assembly District, which encompasses eastern San Francisco. During his first 6 years in the Legislature, David has authored 64 new laws addressing a wide spectrum of issues, including housing, homelessness, transportation, education, environment, clean energy, health, public safety, and civil rights. He has served as Chair of the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee and the California API Legislative Caucus.

Prior to joining the Assembly, David served as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for six years. Before being elected to public office, David previously served as a civil rights attorney, a criminal prosecutor, Democratic Counsel to the US Senate Constitution Subcommittee, a law clerk to a federal appellate judge, and Chief Operating Officer of a public affairs technology company. He is married to Candace Chen, a public interest attorney who manages a refugee foster care youth program.

Born and raised in the Ironbound-section of Newark, New Jersey, President Fiordaliso served as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) since 2006 when he was nominated by Governor Richard Codey and confirmed by the Senate. In 2011 and 2013, President Fiordaliso was re-nominated by Governor Chris Christie and confirmed by the Senate to continue as a Commissioner of the NJBPU. On January 16, 2018, he was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy to serve as President of the NJBPU and on May 16, 2019, Governor Murphy re-nominated him and on May 30, 2019, he was confirmed by the Senate to continue to serve as NJBPU Commissioner and President. President Fiordaliso was appointed as a member of the State Planning Commission on December 21, 2018. He also serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) Committee on Critical Infrastructure and Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment; is a member, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC), is a member of the National Council on Electricity Policy (NCEP), is on the Board of Directors of the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI), and is also a member of the Advisory Council to the Board of Directors of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

Álvaro Ortega currently serves as the CFO of Vineyard Wind, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the United States. Álvaro has 15 years of experience in Energy and Finance, assuming different roles in Iberdrola, the largest renewables operator worldwide and for Avangrid, a renewables leader in the United States. Álvaro holds an MBA from Babson University in Wellesley, MA, and a Master's Degree in Economics from Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao, Spain.

Siri Espedal Kindem is the President of Equinor Wind US and is responsible for its offshore wind portfolio throughout the U.S. East Coast, including Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects off the coast of Long Island. Previously, Kindem was Senior Vice President for Operations North in the Norwegian and Barents Sea. In addition, she was head of renewables for Equinor’s New Energy Solutions (NES) and has significant experience in the offshore wind energy industry. She holds a Master’s in Physical Chemistry from the University of Bergen and has held several senior roles within Equinor throughout her career, having led operations, investment strategy, technology, and development for numerous projects.

Spyridon Martinis Spettel, CEO of OW Ocean WINDS, holds a degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the Aristotle University, a Postgraduate Degree in Finance from CESMA, a full-time MBA from IEDE-Laureate University, an International Executive MBA from the IE Business School and took part in the Xynteo Executive Global Leadership Vanguard Program. He joined EDPR in 2008 where he led several business development departments across Europe. In 2016 he became Executive Operating Director for Europe, and a year later the Executive Business Initiatives Director. He currently holds a number of positions in the EDPR group, and is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and is CDO of EDP Renováveis.

Dr Peter Abbott has been a member of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service for 15 years. Before becoming British Consul General to New England in 2020, he served as Counsellor at the British High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan, with operational oversight of the largest mission in the UK’s overseas diplomatic network. Earlier in his career, Peter was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Lisbon. Before being posted to Portugal, Peter covered West Africa, with a particular focus on the emerging threat of terrorism and instability in Mali and the Sahel. Prior to this, he led the Government’s review of the UK counter-radicalisation strategy, Prevent, based in the Office for Security and Counter-terrorism at the Home Office. This followed a posting to the British Embassy in Washington where he was Private Secretary to the Ambassador, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, from 2008-2010.

Sean Moran focuses on asset finance, with an emphasis on financing, acquiring, and disposing of renewable energy, zero carbon, and infrastructure assets. Instrumental in creating the structure that has become the standard for renewable energy deals in the United States, Sean has handled many of the country's largest and most complex renewable energy financing transactions, including numerous first-of-its-kind deals.

In the course of his practice, Sean represents Fortune 50 companies, investors, sponsors, and developers. His clients include some of the largest investors in the renewable energy market, collectively investing billions of dollars in renewable energy generation. His projects include wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and waste-to-energy facilities that generate electric power in all but a couple of states.

Recently, he has represented both investors and sponsors in the development of solar and storage facilities, off-shore wind power facilities, and fossil fuel power facilities that sequester carbon.

Sean is ranked by Chambers USA as a Band 1 lawyer nationally in Projects: Renewables and Alternative Energy.

Prior to becoming manager of the Transmission Planning Department, Mr. Berner held the position of manager of the Interconnection Analysis department, developing analyses associated with the reliable interconnection of various types of new generation and merchant transmission facilities throughout the entire interconnection process.

Prior to joining PJM, Mr. Berner served as operations manager at a nominal 550 megawatt natural gas combined cycle facility, overseeing the facility through construction and initial operation. He also served for three years in the Operations department of a waste-to-energy facility. He served more than 10 years in the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power Program.

Mr. Berner earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering technology from the Excelsior College.