Jeff Bladen
Head of Energy, Verrus
Jeff Bladen brings over 25 years of experience shaping the energy grid. Previously, he was Meta’s global director of energy, leading teams that developed and executed energy strategy across its global data center fleet.
Earlier, Jeff held executive roles at the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), driving market and technology strategies, and leadership positions at PJM Interconnection, Constellation Energy, DNV GL Energy, and Gamesa.
He holds an MBA with honors from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BA from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.
David Dardis
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Policy Officer, Constellation
David Dardis is a veteran energy industry lawyer with more than two decades of experience representing utilities, electric generation companies, and power and gas marketers, and serving in the federal government.
He manages all legal, government and regulatory affairs for Constellation as well as the corporate governance and corporate compliance functions. He serves on the Constellation Executive Committee, which sets strategy and direction for the company.
He holds a BA in Politics from Pomona College and a JD from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Caroline Golin 
CEO/Founder of Envision Energy Advisors
Dr. Caroline Golin is a global expert in energy markets and product development and the CEO and Founder of Envision Energy Advisors. Until mid-2025, she served as Global Head of Energy Market Development & Innovation at Google, where she led a global strategy team working to shape markets and expand commercial opportunities to help Google meet its energy needs.
Through the development of new business models, partnerships, and market reforms, Caroline and her team worked to power the world’s global digital infrastructure and accelerate the decarbonization of the grid across the globe. Caroline holds a Masters and PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology and lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and four children.
Jackson Ewing
Director of Energy and Climate Policy, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Jackson Ewing's current work focuses on sustainably meeting load growth challenges, international climate and energy transition finance, environmental markets, and US-China climate and energy relations.
Dr. Ewing leads educational exchanges between Asia and the United States through a leadership role with Duke Kunshan University in greater Shanghai. He has worked in more than twenty countries, and collaborates closely with actors in government, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations.
Tyler Norris
James B. Duke Fellow, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
Tyler H. Norris's PhD research focuses on bulk electric power systems.
He was previously VP of development at Cypress Creek Renewables, where he managed a multi-gigawatt project portfolio and hundreds of millions in capital investments. Prior, he was director at S&P Global Platts and special advisor for tech-to-market at the US Department of Energy. He was invited to testify to the US House Energy & Commerce Committee based on his role as lead author of the Nicholas Institute study Rethinking Load Growth.
