Water, Energy, & Environment Task Force
Name:
Water, Energy, & Environment Task Force
Date:
July 18, 2023
Time:
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Join the East Bay Leadership Council’s Water Energy & Environment Task Force as we discuss the future of hydrogen. We will hear from Tomi Riley with Air Products, Taylor Huff with H Cycle, and Ryan Lau with AC Transit. These experts will share updates on the progress made by their respective organizations in developing hydrogen-based fuel alternatives. We will also learn more broadly about the different types of hydrogen production, hydrogen’s role in the energy sector, and the future of hydrogen in California.
Our Speakers:
TOMI RILEY is the Manager of Government Relations with Air Products and brings to that role more than 20 years of communications, government affairs, and community outreach experience in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining Air Products, Tomi held a number of senior positions including Director, Bay Area Government Relations for the California Alliance for Jobs, a labor-management organization focused on water and transportation project funding and affordable housing. She was Vice President in California for The PBN Company, a strategic communications firm and later started her own public affairs firm, bringing on two partners to form StrategiComm, LLC where she was the Managing Partner.
TAYLOR HUFF is VP Hydrogen Marketing for H Cycle, which is a renewable hydrogen producer headquartered in Concord. He is focused on developing H Cycle’s facility in Pittsburg. Taylor started his career with BP developing international energy projects, before transitioning to focus on advancing renewable hydrogen as a clean energy fuel to reduce climate change. He holds an M.S. Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
RYAN LAU is an External Affairs Representative at AC Transit and Chair of the East Bay Leadership Council Transportation Task Force. He is the lead on zero emission technologies for the Legislative Affairs and Community Relations Department.
Our Speakers:
TOMI RILEY is the Manager of Government Relations with Air Products and brings to that role more than 20 years of communications, government affairs, and community outreach experience in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining Air Products, Tomi held a number of senior positions including Director, Bay Area Government Relations for the California Alliance for Jobs, a labor-management organization focused on water and transportation project funding and affordable housing. She was Vice President in California for The PBN Company, a strategic communications firm and later started her own public affairs firm, bringing on two partners to form StrategiComm, LLC where she was the Managing Partner.
TAYLOR HUFF is VP Hydrogen Marketing for H Cycle, which is a renewable hydrogen producer headquartered in Concord. He is focused on developing H Cycle’s facility in Pittsburg. Taylor started his career with BP developing international energy projects, before transitioning to focus on advancing renewable hydrogen as a clean energy fuel to reduce climate change. He holds an M.S. Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
RYAN LAU is an External Affairs Representative at AC Transit and Chair of the East Bay Leadership Council Transportation Task Force. He is the lead on zero emission technologies for the Legislative Affairs and Community Relations Department.
