Mayor Miguel Pulido has been a major force in the renaissance and redevelopment of the City of Santa Ana. He is currently serving his sixth term as Mayor.  A native of Mexico City, Mayor Pulido was first elected to public office in 1986 after achieving a personal victory in saving the family business from city redevelopment plans.  He has been a leader on the Council for the past 23 years and serves on a variety of national, state and regional boards.  During his extensive career, Mayor Pulido has taken a leadership role in promoting public safety, advocating arts and culture, and developing economic development opportunities for the city.  In 2001 he brought the first Mexico Trade Center in the United States to Santa Ana and continues to assist small businesses.  He is also active in clean air initiatives and in promoting alternative energy and serves as the Orange County City’s representative to the AQMD.  He also was recently appointed to chair the Energy Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.  Mayor Pulido is the Co-Chair of CleanTech OC.

Professor Scott Samuelsen is Director of the Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP), a Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Environmental Engineering, and a Henry Samueli Endowed Chair at the University of California Irvine.  He directs as well the National Fuel Cell Research Center on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission, and co-Chairs the California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative in conjunction with the California Air Resources Board.  His research is directed to building integration and utilization of distributed generation, renewable production of electricity and transportation fuels, gas turbine combustion systems for propulsion and power generation, fuel cells and fuel cell systems for stationary applications, fuel cell/gas turbine hybrid technology, the hydrogen infrastructure for mobile hydrogen-fueled combustion and fuel cell vehicles, the systems integration of emerging advanced energy technologies, and the smart grid paradigm.  He directs research on advanced coal, natural gas, and biomass power plants for the co-production of electricity and hydrogen, distributed generation in support of energy-efficient and environmentally-preferred power generation, plug-in and battery electric vehicles, hydrogen-fueled vehicles, the nexus of electricity, transportation, and water, and smart grid technology.  

Greg Trimarche serves as head of Bryan Cave LLP Irvine office's Commercial Litigation practice.  In addition to litigation, Mr. Trimarche’s practice includes government affairs, regulatory matters, and business transactions, particularly in the areas of energy and environmental law.  Most recently, Mr. Trimarche’s practice has focused on the clean tech industry, including but not limited to solar and wind power, biofuels, alternative fuel vehicles, energy facility siting and permitting, smart grid, and other energy and resource conservation matters. In particular, Mr. Trimarche assists clean tech clients in their efforts to obtain “stimulus” grants, tax credits and other government incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”) and other government programs.  Mr. Trimarche also serves as Co-Chair of CleanTech OC.

Steve Westly is CEO of The Westly Group, a venture advisory firm which helps entrepreneurs build the clean technology companies of the future.  Before launching his firm, Mr. Westly was California State Controller and the chief financial officer of the world’s sixth largest economy. As Controller, Westly spearheaded innovative tax programs to help close the State’s budget deficit and led the effort to commit more than $1 billion to clean technology investments. Westly ran for Governor in the 2006 Democratic Primary and was narrowly defeated.  Westly began his career in government in Washington DC, where he worked on Capitol Hill and in Jimmy Carter’s Department of Energy in the Office of Conservation and Solar. He returned to California where he worked at the Public Utilities Commission and for the city of San Jose. Westly was Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party and served four terms as a member of the Democratic National Committee.  In the private sector, Westly guided the online auction company eBay through its period of most rapid growth, working as a senior vice president of marketing, business development, mergers and acquisitions, and international operations. Prior to taking eBay public, Westly was a senior executive for a number of technology companies in Silicon Valley.