NCSD 2020 - Program

10:00am - 10:35pm

Welcome

Daphne Dixon, Co-founder & Executive Director, Live Green

10:05am - 10:15am

Electric School Bus Toolkit Program

Daphne Dixon, Co-founder & Executive Director, Live Green

10:15am - 10:30am

Opening Remarks

Bill McKibbon, Co-founder & Senior Advisor, 350.org

10:30am - 11:15am

Electric School Bus Toolkit: Local Champions

Panel Moderator:
Thomas Chorman, Senior Engineer, National Grid

Panelists:
Angelus Papageorge, Executive Director of Operations, Fairfield Public Schools, Connecticut

Sonia Skindrud, Weston, Connecticut

Sharon Huttner, Branford, Connecticut

11:15am - 12:00pm

How Legislative Action Supports Electric School Bus Adoption

Panel Moderator:
Matt Macunas, Legislative Liaison and Director of Transportation Initiatives, CT Green Bank

Panelists:
Kaye Kory, State Delegate, Virginia

Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr., State Senator, New Jersey

12:00pm - 12:45am

Electric School Buses: Success Stories Across the Nation

Panel Moderator:
Richard Lee, Director of School Bus Sales, Eastern USA, Lion Electric Bus Company

Panelists:
Tim Shannon, Director of Transportation, Twin Rivers Unified School District, California

Sergio Alfonso, Transportation Supervisor, White Plains School District, New York

Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur, Director of Transportation Efficiency, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Dave Meeuwsen, Transportation Director, Zeeland Public Schools, Michigan

12:45pm - 1:00pm

Closing Remarks

Matthew Goetz, Senior Associate & Program Manager, Georgetown Climate Center