Joanne Bissetta is the Director of the Green Communities Division at the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. She started at DOER in 2009 as a Regional Coordinator, working directly with municipal officials and volunteers on Green Communities Designation and clean energy projects, and was named Director in 2022. She possesses over two decades of local and state government experience, having worked at MassDEP, the Town of Concord, and City of Cambridge. Joanne earned a BS in communications at Emerson College and a MA in Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University. When not working, you can find her in the garden, on her bike, or tending to her backyard chickens.

Frank Natale is CEO of VADAR Systems, Inc. Mr. Natale has worked with town and school financial officials for the last 26+ years to create easy to use, sophisticated financial software built specifically for Massachusetts towns and school systems.

Ted Cormier is Director of Client Services of VADAR Systems, Inc. For more than two decades, Mr. Cormier has led the development of VADAR's financial products. He has worked with countless FD's, accountants and school business administrators to assist in UMAS/DESE chart of account migrations and DLS/DESE state reporting utilities.

Andrew has served New Bedford Public Schools as for 17 years.  He has been the Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations since 2018.  Prior to his current role he was Business Manager, Director of Federal & State Funded Programs and a teacher.  Additionally he taught at Bristol Community College for 11 years.

Since 1991, John has focused on the design of safe & accessible playgrounds.  He was part of the Team contracted by the US Access Board in 2000 to develop and write the Design Guide to ADA and Play Areas.  John is a recognized speaker and has presented well over 500 seminars throughout North America, addressing Character in Youth, Playground Regulations, Performance Based Surfacing Specifications and the American with Disabilities Act.  He is a Registered CEU Provider with the American Society of Landscape Architects; a Certified Playground Safety a TRIAX and Rotational Penetrometer Inspector and a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist.

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Regina M. Ryan founded Discrimination and Harassment Solutions, LLC in 2014 to provide specialized and interactive training services to educate employees on issues of discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and other employment-related topics. In addition, she recognized the need for employers to complete independent investigations when confronted with allegations of employee wrongdoing including but not limited to ethics violations, bullying, and harassment/discrimination. In response, DHS conducts impartial investigations to determine violations of policy or the law. Beyond training and investigations, DHS consults with employees to audit policies and practices and to mediate internal employment disputes.

Ms. Ryan practiced law at Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff for 26 years specializing in employment litigation. In addition to her litigation experience, Ms. Ryan completed multiple MCAD certified training courses for conducting investigations and training related to discrimination and/or harassment in the workplace. She also holds the ATIXA Civil Rights Investigator Level Two Certification for Title IX investigations. Ms. Ryan has been a featured speaker at many conferences focusing on topics including sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace and Title 1X.

Sara Ross is a co-founder of UndauntedK12, a nonprofit focused on supporting America’s public schools to make an equitable transition to zero carbon while preparing youth to build sustainable futures in a rapidly changing climate. Prior to her work at Undaunted, Sara founded Sungage Financial, a residential solar finance company that makes clean energy accessible to more homeowners. Sara serves on the board of the BASIC Coalition, a non-partisan coalition of civic, public sector, labor, and industry associations who support federal funding to help under-served public school districts modernize and build K-12 public school facilities.

Tracey Ogden’s expertise is groundwater development, specializing in drilling & geothermal installations throughout New England for 29 years. As a Principal at TAO Consulting, Tracey provides early design consultation, bid de-scoping, implementation, project oversight, expert witness services, peer reviews, commissioning and LEED excellence achievement. She fills the gap between the geo-technical designer/OPM and the general contractor. Her services ensure the geothermal/groundwater project achieve the intended objective and has no technical or contractual obstacles.

An energy professional and Certified Energy Manager with over 16 years of experience in the energy and building infrastructure industry. Possessing both a legal and technical background, Chris combines broad-level energy resource management expertise with a detailed understanding of the related contract vehicles, business models and financial tools to help best design, finance and implement comprehensive, sustainable and cost-effective energy infrastructure projects. Chris brings a strong local presence and reputation in New England, having served as President of the NE Association of Energy Engineers, sitting on the Finance Committee, Energy Advisory and Water Management Advisory Committees of his home town of Sharon MA.

Neil has a master’s degree in public administration from Columbia University and holds several professional certifications including Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Inspector General.  He is also a Massachusetts Certified Public Purchasing Official (MCPPO) Neil has more than 36 years of public sector experience, including nearly 30 years with the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General. Since 2018 he has managed the Office’s training and compliance functions. Previously, he co-managed the Office’s investigations division. Neil is also an adjunct faculty member at Clark University and UMass Lowell and is a frequent guest presenter in academia and for professional organizations. Neil also volunteers for the AARP’s Fraud Watch Network.