Collegiate Wind Competition Judges 2014

The following is a list of the participating judges in the U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2014. 

Engineering Design Review

  • Ben Polito, President and Co-Founder of Pika Energy
  • Charles Newcomb, Director of Technical Strategy at Endurance Wind Power
  • Trudy Forsyth, Managing Director of Wind Advisors Team

Business Plan

  • Justin Kaster, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Cleantech Open, Midwest Division
  • Bruce Eastman, Chief Operating Officer of Inovus Solar
  • Ralf Sigrist, Attorney-at-Law/Consultant

Market Issues

  • Fara Courtney, Founding CEO, U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative
  • Larry Flowers , Consultant, G4Wind LLC (retired Deputy Director, AWEA Distributed and Community Wind)
  • Rich Vander Veen, President of Mackinaw Power LLC

Business Pitch

  • Haley Estes Roberto, President of Harvest the World Network
  • Troy Patten, President and CEO of Northern Power Systems
  • Mike Derby, Wind Energy Research and Development Program Manager at U.S. Department of Energy
  • Keith Longtin, General Manager of Wind Products at General Electric

COLLEGIATE WIND COMPETITION 2014