Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Leadership Summit

September 29 - 30, 2026 | Bell Harbor International Conference Center | Seattle, Washington

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Summit Speakers

Meet the speakers joining us at the Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Leadership Summit. More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

 
Abbey Brown

Clean Fuel Standard Technical Lead, Washington Department of Ecology

Angela Rosenwood

SAF & Sustainability Program Manager, Alaska Airlines

Ashwin Jadhav

Vice President Business Development, Twelve

Christopher Efird

CEO & Chairperson of the Board, NXTClean Fuels

Derek Vardon

CEO, Alder Renewables

Jade Patterson

Energy Specialist, Bloomberg

Jake Gentry

Executive Director, Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator

John Plaza

Chief Investment Officer, SkyNRG

Jon Goldsmith

Senior Vice President, Renewables, Par Pacific

Jon Holden

General Vice President, IAM Union

Josh Heyne

Director of Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Lab, Washington State University

Keith Sawyer

Manager of Alternative Fuels, AvFuels

Kenneth Hill

Managing Director, BioCarbon Strategies

Kurt Ellison

Maritime and Aviation Policy Director, Climate Solutions

Liat Carlyle

Consultant, Earth Finance

Marko Liias

Washington State Senator

Matt Tomich

President, Energy Vision

Matt Upmeyer

Vice President of Commercial, Montana Renewables

Michael Freels

Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy

Nahelani Parsons

Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Renewable Fuels Coalition

Patrick Gjelstrup Rosenquist

Director, EIFO

Piotr Wozniak

Director, Regulatory Compliance, Renewable Fuels, Phillips 66

Richard Corey

Partner, AJW

Rick Larsen

U.S. Representative

Ryan Calkins

Commissioner, Port of Seattle

Ryan Faucett

Vice President of Sustainability Partnerships, Boeing

Ryan Spies

Managing Director, Sustainability, Alaska Airlines

Stephanie Celt

Interim Energy Policy Director, Washington State Department of Commerce

Stephanie Meyn

Climate Program Manager, Port of Seattle

Steve Csonka

Executive Director, CAAFI

Sunny Lopez

Senior Director of Aviation & Sustainable Fuel Sales, Phillips 66

Tim Zenk

Managing Director, Earth Finance

Todd Chaput

Executive Director, Economic Alliance of Lewis County

Todd Woodard

Marketing & Public Affairs Director, Spokane Airport

Zhuoran Duan

Earth Scientist, PNNL