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Ohio State EmPOWERment Program – External Advisory Council

July 31, 2025

Serdar Tufekci, Chair*  
ENGIE North America, Inc. 

Bill Benson* 
Worthington Industries 

Christopher Brooks 
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.

Brad Chadwell* 
American Electric Power

Rashid Farahati 
Schaeffler

Thomas Litzinger* 
Pennsylvania State University 

David McCollum 
Oak Ridge National Lab

Ryan Newman* 
Siemens

Kelly Pearce 
American Electric Power (retired)

Lori Sternisha* 
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Sue Tenney* 
Ohio Energy Project

Deepa Vedavyas 
Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council

Dana Vingris 
Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council

Rupert Watson* 
First Solar

Peter Worley 
Go Sustainable Energy

Stanley Young* 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

*Former member