Competition Leadership
Meet the EcoCAR EV Challenge Organizing Committee
Alycia Gilde
Senior Advisor for Transportation Strategy and Partnerships
U.S. Department of Energy
Michael Laughlin
Technology Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Smith
Technology Integration Program Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office
U.S. Department of Energy
Patrick Walsh
Technology Development Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Connie Bezanson
Education and Outreach Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Steven Boyd
Acting Deputy Director for Batteries and Critical Materials
U.S. Department of Energy
Bill Cawthorne
Chief Engineer - Ultium GEN1 Renewal Energy Storage System
General Motors
Chris Trush
Director of ADAS Application Software (Super Cruise)
General Motors
Bill Venner
Executive Chief Engineer for Affordable Electric Vehicles
General Motors
Connell D'Souza
Senior Team Lead, Student Programs
MathWorks
Lauren Tabolinksy
Global Academic Student Programs Manager
MathWorks
Kristen Wahl
Director, Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTCs)
Argonne National Laboratory
Jesse Alley
EcoCAR EV Challenge Senior Program Manager
Argonne National Laboratory
Kimberly DeClark
Head of Strategic Communications
Argonne National Laboratory
Richard Ezike
Clean Technology Project Manager
Argonne National Labratory
Nick Goberville
Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Research Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
Kayla Hamilton
Pre-Doctoral Connected and Automated Vehicle Research Engineer
Argonne National Labratory
Ashley Kronsell Oller
Communications Manager
Argonne National Laboratory
Jacque Lebreck
AVTC Special Events Lead
Argonne National Laboratory
Nick Moore
Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) Technical Project Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
David Ord
Propulsion Controls & Modeling Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
Lucas Shoults
AVTC Technical Project Manager
Argonne National Laboratory
Ryan Mansfield
Battery Calibration Engineer
General Motors
Jake McGrory
Control Systems Engineer
General Motors
Rami Mounajed
EcoCAR EV Challenge Project Manager
General Motors
Sam Reinsel
Student Competition Technical Evangelist
MathWorks
