September 15, 2023
Pier 60, Chelsea Piers
New York, NY

2023 Speakers

Rohit Aggarwala

Rohit Aggarwala

Commissioner
New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection, and NYC Chief Climate Officer

Rizwan Baig

Chief Engineer
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Jamey Barbas

Project Director, Mario Cuomo Bridge, NY State Thruway Authority; Commissioner, Gateway Development Commission

Scott Blair

Editor-in-Chief
Engineering News-Record

Joe Cazares

Program Management Specialist
Jacobs

Robyn Colosimo

Deputy Assistant, Secretary of the Army (Project Planning and Review).

Aileen Cho

Senior Transportation Editor
ENR

Michael DeSena

Senior Civil Engineer
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, Newark, N.J.

Thu-Loan Dinh

P.E. Assistant Commissioner
New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC)

Kathryn Garcia

Director of State Operations and Infrastructure
Office of NY Governor Kathy Hochul

Doreen M. Harris

President and CEO
New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Kent Herzog

Managing Director
Northeast, 1898 & Co., Burns & McDonnell

Gene Martin

President
Champlain Hudson Power Express (TDI)

Laura Mason

Executive Vice President
Capital Delivery Amtrak

Pam McFarlend

Senior Editor, Government, Environment and Labor,
Engineering News-Record Magazine

James A. Morrison

Chief Technology Officer
Gateway Development Comission

Debra K. Rubin

Editor-at-Large, Energy, Business and Workforce
Engineering News-Record Magazine

Mike Taylor

Head of Ports
Equinor US Renewables

Jamie Torres-Springer

President
MTA Construction & Development

Jan Tuchman

Executive Editor, Events
Engineering News-Record Magazine

Edgar Westerhof

Edgar Westerhof

VP & Director
Climate Adaptation Arcadis

Richard D. Wilder, P.E.

Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of the Office of Design,
New York State Department of Transportation