We will be having 2 speakers come give presentations. See below for their bio’s.
Mark Nelson is Managing Director at Radiant Energy Fund. He has discussed nuclear safety in Ukraine in television appearances with CNBC and Bloomberg, among others, and has contributed to articles on the same topic from Bloomberg and the BBC. His analytical work on clean energy has been cited in Reuters, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other papers of record internationally. He holds an MPhil in Nuclear Engineering from Cambridge University, and BS degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Oklahoma State University. Previously he worked as Senior Analyst at Environmental Progress in Berkeley, California, with previous stops at the Breakthrough Institute in Oakland, California and Los Alamos National Laboratories in New Mexico.
Madison Hilly is the Founder and Executive Director of Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, a nationwide advocacy effort to articulate a new vision for nuclear growth as a way to regain American industrial capabilities and create dignified jobs in clean energy and manufacturing. Madison has traveled to meet with and advise policymakers and journalists around the world, including in France, Germany, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and South Korea. Her organizing efforts built a coalition of industry and civil society that led to the world’s largest pro-nuclear demonstration, Stand Up For Nuclear. She has presented her work at the AtomExpo International Forum, the International Uranium Fuel Seminar, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Previously, Madison was the Executive Vice President of Environmental Progress in Berkeley, California. Madison holds a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.