NHA’s 2024 Board of Directors Candidates

Carl Atkinson, Voith

Mark Benacquisto, United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) Millwrights

Todd Briggeman, Black & Veatch

Kamal Gautam, rPlus Hydro

Scott Hennessey, Brookfield Renewable Energy Group

Kelly Larimer, Kleinschmidt

Jillian Lawrence, Hull Street Energy, LLC

Duff Mitchell, Juneau Hydropower

Preston Pierce, Duke Energy

Gia Schneider, Natel Energy

It’s time for NHA Member organizations to vote for your association’s leadership. The primary contact of your organization is responsible for casting this vote.

Voting must be completed by December 4. Instructions about voting using the online voting platform are provided below.

Your organization will vote for 5 individuals to fill open board of directors’ seats for 2024. There are 10 candidates to choose from — watch videos of all 10 above.

HOW TO LOG-ON AND VOTE

Please follow these steps to log-in to the platform and vote:

Step One: Accessing the Voting Portal

• Click HERE to access the voting platform.

Step Two: Logging In

• The default password was included in the initial email primary members received on November 1.
• Please log in with your email address
• If you have trouble with this password, please contact Catherine Ryan at catherine@hydro.org. 
• NOTE: Your username & password are not related to any other NHA platform. It is completely separate.

Step THREE: Accessing the Voting Page (“My Judging Assignments”)

• As shown in the photo below, after you log-in, click on “My Judging Assignments”, located on the left side dropdown menu, and it will take you to the voting page.

Step Four: Reviewing Candidates

• As shown in the photo below, you will select five of the ten candidates (please choose five nominees).
• Click the “View Candidate Profile” link to review each candidate profile.

Step Five: Voting for Candidates

• Click the button marked “Add to Top 5” to select a candidate. The word “ADDED” will appear. The candidate’s name will also appear in the top righthand box.
• After you’ve made your selections, please click the “Finalize Ballot” button.

Thank you for taking part in this important process. You can log in HERE. If you have any trouble, please email Catherine at catherine@hydro.org.

NHA extends our thanks to this year’s Nominating Committee: Pam Sullivan, American Municipal Power Inc.; Megan Nesbitt, ANDRITZ Hydro Corp.; Alan Michaels, New York Power Authority; Eric Van Deuren, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; and Suzanne Biddle, Tennessee Valley Authority.