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Rick Shansky

Rick Shansky is the Senior Vice President of Power Supply and Wholesale Markets for Long Island Power Authority. In this role, Mr. Shansky is responsible for LIPA’s power supply planning, procurement, and portfolio management, as carried out by PSEG Long Island. Mr. Shansky also manages LIPA’s participation in wholesale power markets and the day-to-day procurement of power and fuel to serve the energy needs of LIPA’s customers. Mr. Shansky has 40 years of electric utility experience and has held several management positions since joining LIPA in 2008. 

Previously, Mr. Shansky held positions at Consolidated Edison Company of New York and the Long Island Lighting Company in energy management, resource planning, fuel and purchased power, and generation planning.

Mr. Shansky received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in Energy Management from the New York Institute of Technology. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York.

Bryan Stockton

Bryan Stockton serves as Head of Regulatory Affairs at Ørsted. In this role, he helps shape the company’s regulatory agenda to positively impact the emerging offshore wind market in North America. He previously managed regional environmental and permitting strategy for Ørsted’s offshore wind projects in the mid-Atlantic.

Bryan has over 15 years of experience at the intersection of renewable energy and environmental law and policy. Prior to joining Ørsted, Bryan served as counsel at an international law firm in Washington, D.C., where he handled environmental regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters. He worked for a range of infrastructure, energy, and industrial clients, and was active in pro bono matters. At a prior firm, he managed federal regulatory affairs for several energy developers, including the first domestic offshore wind project built.

Bryan holds a bachelor’s and a law degree, both from Georgetown University. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Tom Cunningham

Tom Cunningham is a Senior Public Affairs Manager at Equinor Renewables US, responsible for leading stakeholder engagement for the Beacon Wind project in the U.S. Northeast and for supporting strategic engagement across the U.S. Previously, he was a senior director for government affairs for Equinor in Washington, responsible for international affairs and trade issues. Prior to joining Equinor in 2017, he was Deputy Director of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council. From 2003 to 2016, he was at the U.S. Department of State, culminating as Energy Diplomacy Team Lead for Europe.

He has taught a graduate course on European energy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and served as a fellow in the U.S. Senate in 2009, working on climate and energy legislation. He holds an M.A. in German and European Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and French from Colorado College. He is based in Washington, where he lives with his wife and two young children.