Battery Workforce Challenge Competition Leadership

Meet the Battery Workforce Challenge Organizing Steering Committee

Michael Berube

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Sustainable Transportation

U.S. Department of Energy

Micky Bly

Senior Vice President and Head of Global Propulsion Systems

Stellantis North America

Jon Darrow

Vice President of Propulsions

Stellantis North America

Kimberly DeClark

Head of Strategic Communications

Argonne National Laboratory

Hannah DiPalomares

Technical Project Manager

Argonne National Labratory

Ajay Gnanasekaran

Senior Program Director of the Battery Workforce Challenge

Argonne National Labratory

Oliver Gross

Senior Fellow of Energy Storage and Electrification

Stellantis North America

Jennifer Heimberg

Special Event Manager

Argonne National Laboratory

Em Jankauski

Communications Specialist

Argonne National Labratory

Michael Laughlin

Technology Manager for the Technology Integration Program at the Vehicle Technologies Office

U.S. Department of Energy

David Robertson

Principal Battery Engineer

Argonne National Labratory

Ravi Saripella

Advanced Battery Engineer

Argonne National Labratory

Mark Smith

Program Manager for the Technology Integration Program at the Vehicle Technologies Office

U.S. Department of Energy

Trista Smith-Crudup

Vocational Program Manager

Argonne National Labratory

Kevin Snyder

Tech Lead for BattChallenge and Propulsion System Chief Engineer for BEVs

Stellantis North America

Ajay Suresh

Project Engineer

Argonne National Labratory

Kristen Wahl

Director of Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions

Argonne National Laboratory

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