FOUNDING MEMBERS

The founding members of the Utility Policy & Management Community represent an emerging network of scholars, practitioners, students, public-service professionals, and organizational partners working across utility policy, governance, regulation, management, and essential infrastructure systems.

This list recognizes individuals who joined or expressed interest during the community’s early formation stage. Affiliations are provided for identification purposes only and do not imply institutional endorsement unless explicitly stated.

INDIVIDUAL FOUNDING MEMBERS (Alphabetical Order)

Summer 2026

David Adams

Associate Professor

California State University, Fullerton

Jyoti Aggarwal

Doctoral Candidate

UT Dallas

John Albert

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Nikolay Anguelov

Professor

UMass Dartmouth

Victoria Ball

Policy Analyst

Virginia Department of Energy

Rabita Banee

Energy (Policy) Research Analyst

Virginia Department of Energy

Jesse Barnes

Assistant Professor

Department of Public Administration

University of Texas at San Antonio

Joshua A. Basseches

Assistant Professor

Tulane University

Leah Brooks

Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration

Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration

George Washington University

Stefano Carattini

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

Georgia State University

Sanya Carley

Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning

University of Pennsylvania

Brandon Charles

Doctoral Candidate

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Syracuse University

Chien-fei Chen

Professor of Sociology

Clemson University

David Eaton

Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor of Natural Resource Policy Studies

LBJ School of Public Affairs

UT Austin

Ezzat Tanzila Evana

Graduate Research Assistant

Florida State University

S. Mohsen Fatemi

Founding Organizer, Doctoral Candidate

School of Public Affairs & Administration

University of Kansas

Jonathan Fisk

Associate Professor

University of Utah

Xue Gao

Assistant Professor

Askew School of Public Administration and Policy

Florida State University

Aimee Gendusa-English

Board Member

GridEquity

Rachel Gold

Senior Principal, Carbon-Free Electricity

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

Michelle Graff

Assistant Professor

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy

Georgia Institute of Technology

Robert Gudea

Executive Director, Founder

GridEquity

Kris Hartley

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University

Gang He

Associate professor

Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Baruch College

Juniper Katz

Assistant Professor

School of Public Policy

University of Massachusetts Amherst

David Konisky

Lynton K. Caldwell Professor

School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Indiana University Bloomington

Gilbert Michaud

Assistant Professor

School of Environmental Sustainability

Loyola University

Susan Minushkin

Program Director

Better Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Land-use Decision Making (BUILD) Research Network

James Norcross

Professor of Cybersecurity

Dallas College

Angela Páez

Associate Professor

Tennessee State University

Beth Pauley

Regional Campaign Manager

Greenlight America

Presley Powers

Researcher

EcoMetric Consulting

Yueming 'Lucy' Qiu

Professor

School of Public Policy

University of Maryland College Park

Athar Rashid

Assistant Professor

Department of Governance & Public Policy

National University of Modern Languages

Joohyun Ryu

Ph.D. Student

School of Government and Public Policy

University of Arizona

Robin Rose Saywitz

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

Saint Louis University

Kurt Schwabe

Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy

School of Public Policy

University of California, Riverside

Md Nazirul Islam Sarker

Professor

Xi'an University of Finance and Economics

Kelly Stevens

Assistant Professor

University of Central Florida

Anmol Soni

Assistant Professor

Louisiana State University

Michael Stoll

Corporate Counsel

American Water

Margaret Taylor

Research Scientist

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

Manny Teodoro

Professor

LaFollette School of Public Affairs | Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Yu Wang

Associate Professor in Global Energy Policy

Department of Political Science

Iowa State University

Adam Wiechman

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Princeton University

Yanzhe Zhang

Professor

Jilin university

ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT & ENGAGEMENT (Alphabetical Order)

Summer 2026

The Utility Policy & Management Community also gratefully acknowledges organizations that have expressed support for, interest in, or willingness to remain engaged with the development of this emerging community.

Listings in this section do not necessarily imply formal endorsement unless specifically stated.