Tuesday, March 23, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Grand Ballroom
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel
Open to all attendees and exhibitors

Katherine Hamilton
President
GridWise^® Alliance

Katherine Hamilton joined the GridWise Alliance in October of 2008 as its first full time President.  In her tenure, Hamilton has watched the Alliance membership grow from 70 to over 100 members.  In addition to new members, Hamilton has brokered numerous strategic alliances with key stakeholder groups.  Hamilton has also been instrumental in spearheading the legislative and policy efforts of the Alliance in the past year including developing legislative language and providing testimony for Congress. In addition to her activities to promote the many different initiatives of the Alliance, Hamilton has participated in numerous conferences as a keynote speaker and on smart grid panels.

Prior to joining the GridWise Alliance, Hamilton was policy advisor for Good Energies, Inc., a private investment company with a current portfolio in clean energy technologies of more than $6 Billion. In addition, Hamilton co-directed the American Bioenergy Association, where she worked with entrepreneurs, universities and utilities in developing biomass technologies. As the President of her own company, The Hamilton Group, she worked with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Midwest Research Institute and other organizations to lobby Congress and statehouses on various clean energy policies and funding. Hamilton also worked for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where she created several programs including federal energy audit and water conservation. Hamilton also served as NREL’s Manager of Government Relations in Washington, DC, becoming an expert witness on renewable energy for the House Committee on Science and serving as an advisor to Vice President Cheney’s Task Force in developing the national energy plan.  Hamilton apprenticed as a distribution engineer for Virginia Power (now Dominion Energy) and was a senior analyst in commercial energy efficiency.

Hamilton has degrees from Cornell University and the University of Paris, Sorbonne.

Gordon L. Gillette
President, Tampa Electric Co.

In July 2009, Gordon L. Gillette was promoted to President of both Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas, combining the functions and operations of electric and gas under one management team for the first time at TECO Energy. He is responsible for operations of the utilities, including Energy Supply, Energy Delivery Operations and Engineering, Customer Care, Fuels Management, and Regulatory Affairs.

Gillette had been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for TECO Energy since July 2004, which followed his 2001 promotion to Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He also served as President of TECO Guatemala, a TECO Energy subsidiary.

Previously, Gillette was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, a role he had held since March 1998. He served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for TECO Energy since April 1997.

He joined Tampa Electric in 1981 as an engineer and worked in the production and planning areas. He was promoted to Manager of Generation Planning in May 1986. He later served as Manager of Bulk Power and Generation Planning and then became Director of Project Services for TECO Power Services, responsible for fuel procurement, environmental permitting and compliance, and power sales contract administration.

In November 1994, he was promoted to Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Tampa Electric, and in November 1995, was named Vice President of Regulatory and Business Strategy for Tampa Electric.

He is a graduate of the Tampa Connection. He is past president of the Board of Directors for the Children’s Museum of Tampa. He is past chairman of the Board of the Hillsborough County Education Foundation and currently serves as chair of the Leadership Council for the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations. He serves as vice chairman of the University of South Florida Foundation and as a Board member for the Tampa Museum of Art.

Gillette is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Florida, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Florida Engineering Society.

Gillette received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida in 1981 and his Master of Science in Engineering Management in 1985.

He is married and has a son and a daughter.

Dave Barry
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist

Dubbed "the funniest man in America" by the New York Times, nationally-syndicated columnist Dave Barry has been splitting sides for over a decade with his ingenious observations on any and all aspects of American society, ranging from beer to Barbie to exploding pop tarts to "the worst songs ever recorded" ("MacArthur Park," for the record). Barry was a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for Distinguished Commentary for his "consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns." In addition, Barry is a best-selling author with such modern-day classics as Dave Barry in Cyberspace and Dave Barry Turns 40.

After a very, very brief stint with The Associated Press in 1975, Barry joined Burger Associates, a consulting firm that teaches effective writing skills to businesspersons. He spent nearly eight years trying to get various businesspersons to stop writing things like, "enclosed please find the enclosed enclosure," but he eventually realized it was hopeless. In 1983, he took a job at The Miami Herald and he has been there ever since. His column appears in several hundred newspapers.

Barry has written a stream of bestsellers including Babies and Other Hazards of Sex, Dave Barry Slept Here: A Short History of the United States, Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead, Homes and Other Black Holes and Claw Your Way to the Top. He also wants everyone to know that he owns a guitar that was once played by Bruce Springsteen.

At the lecture podium, Dave Barry's one of a kind wit has the power to electrify an audience. His program of contemporary commentary is perfect for any group wishing to explore the social quirks and calamities that make living in the '90s such a unique experience.

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