ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Alex Viqueira
Alex Viqueira
Senior manager, transmission development
Invenergy
Whip-smart and well-connected, the former McCarter & English and Kivvit protégé is a rising star among energy policy executives.
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Alexandra Jingoli Smolar
Alexandra Jingoli Smolar
CEO
Jet Electrical Testing
Heads company that specializes in commissioning, preventative maintenance, equipment repair, apparatus testing and emergency response/troubleshooting.
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan
CEO
N.J. Economic Development Authority
The state has made offshore wind a priority focus in its Energy Master Plan. Sullivan is helping to ensure the state gets all of the economic development benefits that come...
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Bob Brabston
Bob Brabston
Executive director
N.J. Board of Public Utilities
He leads and manages the technical divisions of NJBPU — audits, clean energy, energy, reliability and security, state energy services and water — translating the decision-making and policy...
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Mark McDonough
Mark McDonough
President
N.J. American Water
Head of the largest water utility in the state, McDonough and NJAW are helping towns across New Jersey making necessary and overdue updates to their water facilities.
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Janice Fuller
Janice Fuller
President, Mid-Atlantic
Anbaric
Smart, experienced leader with all the right connections on the ground, she heads the New Jersey efforts for an Anbaric team that plays well nationally.
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Grace Power
Grace Power
Partner
McCarter & English
One of the top energy lawyers in the state, she brings deep experience in the energy, utilities and renewables industries — and extensive knowledge of New Jersey policy. She previously served...
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Lauren Thomas
Lauren Thomas
Managing director, transmission and substation construction and maintenance
Public Service Electric & Gas
She leads multibillion-dollar electric transmission and distribution projects with a team of more than 1,000 to maintain the transmission system that powers...
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Shaun Keegan
Shaun Keegan
Co-founder & CEO
Solar Landscape
A bill signed at beginning of year to further strengthen N.J.’s community solar program will be great for business for Keegan’s Asbury Park-based company, which has promised to hire more...
ROI Influencers: Energy & Utilities 2024 — Preethy Thangaraj
Preethy Thangaraj
Deputy director & policy adviser
Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy
Long a rising star in the energy sector, she will use this new role to continue to advance the administration’s clean...