Joe focuses on land use and public policy for private clients, public agencies, and neighborhoods. He draws from over 30 years of experience as a civil engineer, development manager, community advocate, and public policy practitioner. He started his career designing public infrastructure in the City of San Diego and at military facilities throughout the southwest. As a land development consultant he has provided creative problem-solving on complex land development projects in California, the western United States and internationally in Canada, China and Papua New Guinea.
Consultant & Subject Matter Expert - City of San Diego
Jeff is an OpenGeo developer extraordinaire and Code For America San Diego Brigade Captain. He is a talented entrepreneur who has his hands in a bit of everything at OpenGeo, but is largely focused on Geonode.
Oversee a highly educated staff in the long range population and transportation forecasting group. Recent projects include the development the SANDAG 2050 Regional Growth Forecast, transportation modeling and forecasting for the $200+ billion 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), and traffic analysis to support the acquisition of the South Bay Expressway.
We are Jamie Lee, Kiana Woodward, and Sulayman Jawaid, the Directors of Community and Outreach at the Student Sustainability Collective. We are having and People Power Mixer Mixer through which we want to get to know each other.
Management Consultant, Solana Energy & Co-Founder, San Diego Energy District Foundation
Lane Sharman is a senior executive with experience in power project development, regulatory affairs, and government relations. He is a business model innovator and strategic management and financial advisor.
Director of Strategic Planning and New Products and Services - San Diego Gas & Electric Company
Thomas R. Brill is the Director of Strategic Analysis at San Diego Gas and Electric Company. In this role, Tom leads strategic analysis and strategic plan development work at a time of significant industry changes in both the electricity and natural gas markets and also heads SDG&E's Rates, Load Analysis, and Demand Forecasting Departments. Previously, he served as Director of Corporate Regulatory Policy, Assistant General Counsel of Regulatory Policy, and as Director of Regulatory and Legislative Policy at Sempra Energy. In all of these positions, Mr.
Jamaal Knight is a San Diego native, currently working as a Legal Analyst on an IP litigation project with a local wireless technology company. Renewable energy, specifically solar energy, became a field of interest to Mr. Knight while researching the state and local energy regulatory structure in law school. After learning that ‘land requirements’ and ‘access to transmission’ were two of the major impediments to California meeting its renewable energy goals, Mr.
Principal Water Resources Specialist - City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department
Cathy Pieroni manages the Legislation, External Policy and Communications section at the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department. Cathy has nearly 20 years of experience working on water issues statewide. Cathy is an active member of the American Water Works Association, Water ReUse Association, and the Association of California Water Agencies. She has earned a B.A. from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego.