October 28, 2025

Meet the DPX Advisory Board

The 2025 Data Center POWER eXchange Advisory Board has played a pivotal role in shaping this first-of-its-kind executive summit, tackling the urgent energy challenges fueled by the explosive growth of AI, hyperscale data centers, and cloud computing.

Their insight was instrumental in developing the event’s full lifecycle approach—bringing together every stage of the energy-to-data-center ecosystem to drive collaboration and solutions.

We extend our deepest thanks to our Board members for their vision, expertise, and leadership in steering the conversation and setting the course for an event designed to deliver real-world impact.

2025 Advisory Board Members

• Maria Faconti, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
  
  
• Rizwan James, Director of Operations, Dominion Energy
  
  
• Jose Daniel Lara, Senior Researcher, NREL
  
  
• Sean Lev, Partner, Harris, Wiltshire, Grannis
  
  
• Tim Matthews, Partner, Morgan Lewis
  
  
• Umed Paliwal, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  
  
• Ravi Pasula, Senior Director of Global Energy, Equinix
  
  
• Evan A. Pierce, Vice President of Site Development for the Americas, EdgeConneX
  
  
• Staci Pies, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Policy, INCOMPAS
  
  
• Megan Reusser, Technology Manager, Burns & McDonnell
  
  
• Jay Shah, Head of Product Marketing, Amazon
  
  
• Lisa Youngers