Art Marcelynas will discuss electricity energy choices and policies, including:

• Choosing an Electric Supplier – Options for electricity supply choice
•  Understanding your electric bill
• Impact of mandated “clean” energy requirements – CT’s “Renewable Portfolio Standards” or RPS
• Other renewable energy options, and
• Rate impact of energy-related policies

Art Marcelynas has nearly thirty years of regulatory experience with Connecticut’s Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC), the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy, and the DPUC’s successor agency, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Early in his career, Art focused on private water company ratemaking and regulatory policy. In 1993, his duties shifted to oversight of Connecticut’s investor-owned electric utilities, The Connecticut Light and Power Company and The United Illuminating Company, with emphasis on sales forecasting, rates, and rate design. Art was a leader in implementing retail choice and other energy related initiatives in Connecticut, and expanded his portfolio of duties to include senior staff positions in conservation and load management programs and budgets, energy policy implementation and ongoing development of the retail electric supply market.

In 2005, Art established the retail electric supply “rate board” that provides residential and smaller business customers real-time access to supplier rates and offers, and expanded that resource to accommodate a growing market, new product offers and other ongoing changes.

He has led teams as a subject matter expert in numerous supplier-related regulatory dockets and industry working groups. His current duties include working with PURA Commissioners to implement recent supplier-related legislation, including Connecticut Public Act 14 75. Art actively participates in regulatory proceedings impacting the Connecticut retail electric supplier market, advising Commissioners on a variety of energy policy issues.

Contact information:

Art Marcelynas
PURA
Ten Franklin Square
New Britain, CT 06051
P: 860.827.2887
E: Arthur.Marcelynas@ct.gov

Karen Abbott

Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War. The book tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything—their homes, their families, and their very lives—during the Civil War.

Seventeen-year-old Belle Boyd, an avowed rebel with a dangerous temper, shot a Union soldier in her home and became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her considerable charms to seduce men on both sides.

Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to enlist as a Union private named “Frank Thompson,” witnessing the bloodiest battles of the war and infiltrating enemy lines, all the while fearing that her past would catch up with her.

The beautiful widow Rose O’Neal Greenhow engaged in affairs with powerful Northern politicians, used her young daughter to send information to Southern generals, and sailed abroad to lobby for the Confederacy, a journey that cost her more than she ever imagined.

Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy Richmond abolitionist, hid behind her proper Southern manners as she orchestrated a far-reaching espionage ring—even placing a former slave inside the Confederate White House—right under the noses of increasingly suspicious rebel detectives.

Dr. Baker directs the Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Public Policy & Education at Fordham University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of management at IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, and President Emeritus of WNET-Thirteen, New York’s public television station.
During his 21 year tenure as president of WNET in New York, America’s flagship public broadcaster, Baker led the effort to raise over one billion dollars for the station. As a commercial broadcaster, Baker helped start many cable networks, introduced both Oprah Winfrey and Charlie Rose as talk show hosts, and oversaw the launch of the Discovery Channel and the Disney Channel. He was president of Westinghouse Television and Chairman of Group W Satellite Communication.

He is the recipient of seven Emmy Awards, two Columbia Dupont Journalism Awards, and is the executive producer of the theatrical film and PBS documentary, The Face: Jesus in Art. He is co-author of the book Leading with Kindness (American Management Association, 2008) and hosts the series of the same name on public television. Baker is also the co-author of Every Leader is an Artist (McGraw-Hill, 2012), and Down the Tube: An Insider’s Account of the Failure of American Television (Basic Books, 1998).

He holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, and nine honorary doctorates from universities in America and Europe. His interests include astronomy, horology, and polar science, and he is believed to be the eighth person in history to have stood on both the North and South Poles.

GRAND CENTRAL STATION, spared from demolition, is now restored to its original beauty. This 1913 Beaux Arts masterpiece remains one of New York’s most famous landmarks.

Art Gottlieb is a local historian on subjects of political and military history. He was formerly a professional curator of naval history and the Technical Director of Exhibits at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City. In these roles, Mr. Gottlieb worked regularly with veterans of all services towards the creation of exhibits accurately illustrating the history of 20th century warfare.

From 1989 through 1997, Mr. Gottlieb coordinated with all branches of the armed services and National Guard towards the preservation of historic ships, aircraft and armor from around the world, and has facilitated the recovery of scores of artifacts from warships slated for demolition from reserve fleets.

For the past 10 years Mr. Gottlieb has refocused his professional efforts towards reaching out and addressing the growing needs of aging veterans and their families. In addition to maintaining a private practice as a Counselor and Certified Senior Advisor in Norwalk, CT, he is a field instructor for Sacred Heart University. Mr. Gottlieb offers Pro Bono counseling services to soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mr. Gottlieb served as an Auxiliary Officer of the United States Coast Guard for 17 years and for 4 years was Commander of Flotilla 7-2, Division 1 (Southern Region), Sector Long Island Sound North.

Pierre McGuire is NBC Sports Group’s NHL ‘Inside the Glass’ analyst, alongside the broadcast team of play-by-play voice Mike “Doc” Emrick and analyst Eddie Olczyk. In 2013 McGuire won the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter. Previously, he was the game analyst for TSN Canada’s national NHL broadcasts. In addition to his NHL work, McGuire has covered men and women’s hockey at the past three Winter Olympics, as well as NBCSN’s coverage of college hockey. Recognized as one of the NHL’s most passionate and knowledgeable analysts, McGuire has received multiple Best Game Analyst Gemini awards, and he has been selected eight times by Hockey News as one of the game’s 100 most influential people. Prior to his radio and television career, McGuire coached at several colleges, was hired as a scout by the Pittsburgh Penguins and was part of that organization’s back-to-back Stanley Cup titles, and served as head coach of the Hartford Whalers.

At the DMA Pierre will speak about recent developments and dynamics in the NHL as a league; the prospects of various teams, particularly the Rangers, Devils, and Islanders; and other perspectives about hockey in general that he feels will be of interest. He looks forward to a robust Q+A.

Fay Vincent, Jr.

Francis Thomas “Fay” Vincent, Jr. (born May 29, 1938) is a former entertainment lawyer and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989 to September 7, 1992.

After graduating from law school, Vincent was a partner in the law firm of Caplin & Drysdale. He also served as Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Vincent was the chairman of Columbia Pictures and the vice chairman of Coca-Cola beginning in March 1982. In April 1986, he was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President of the Coca-Cola Company, which placed him in charge over all of the company’s entertainment activities.

Joshua Chamberlain

Philip Vitiello, well-known Connecticut Civil War historian, will speak about Joshua Chamberlain, Medal of Honor winner for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Philip, Program Director of the Civil War Round Table of South Central Connecticut, is both historian and re-enactor.

He majored in law enforcement administration at New Haven University and currently works as a marketing director.

Joshua Chamberlain was a soldier, a statesman and a scholar. Philip’s slide presentation reviews his journey from Bowdoin College professor to the Brevet Major General of US volunteers. In 1862 he joined the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment,  and led it in its epic stand against the Confederate attack on Little Round Top at Gettysburg, earning the Medal of Honor.

Chamberlain later became governor of Maine, and President of Bowdoin College.