Participating Member Board Nominations

GBA 2026 Board of Directors

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The Green Button Alliance is now accepting nominations from its Participating Member companies to fill two seats on the Green Button Alliance’s Board of Directors for the 2026 year.

Participating Member companies’ Primary representatives will receive nomination information via email and can nominate a candidate from their company, or from another P-Member company, to run in GBA’s 2026 Board of Directors election — with voting to take-place in this quarter.

Participating Member employees are also welcome to visit their Member Compass to submit a nomination:

Submit Nomination in the Member Compass

All employees of Participating Member companies are eligible to be nominated to run for a seat on the GBA’s Board of Directors.

The two seats available for Participating Member company representation include:
  • A two-year seat — for the candidate garnering the most votes.
  • A one-year seat — for the candidate with the next-most number of votes.

Nominations will close on 17 October 2025 with the election beginning on 20 November 2025.  Election results will be announced following the election.

The two new Directors will commence their positions on the Green Button Alliance’s Board of Directors on 01 January 2026. 

Board of Directors

Fiscal and Calendar Year 2025 Representatives
  • Syed Mir
    Syed Mir
    VP Corporate Services & CIO London Hydro (519)661-5800
    Board Chair & Sponsor Rep. 🗳️
  • Josh Keeling
    Josh Keeling
    Chief Commercial Officer UtilityAPI (971)222-8615
    Board Vice-Chair, Treas., & Sponsor Rep. 🗳️
  • Bob Champagne
    Bob Champagne
    Digital Transformation Officer BHC Global (949)409-6833
    Board Secretary & Sponsor Rep. 🗳️
  • Vinny Lou
    Vinny Lou
    Product Owner, Digital Services: Data Sharing Consolidated Edison Company of New York
    Board Sponsor Rep. 🗳️
  • Victoria Wang
    Victoria Wang
    Manager, Digital Channels & Analytics Enbridge Gas Inc.
    Board Sponsor Rep. 🗳️
  • Lucas Scheidler
    Lucas Scheidler
    Sr Product Manager, Software & Services Itron Inc. (510)844-2899
    Board Participating Rep. (2024-2025) 🗳️
  • Bill Pfister
    Bill Pfister
    Managing Director, Business Analytics & Energy Supply Edison Electric Institute (202)508-5000
    Board Participating Rep. (2025-2026) 🗳️
  • Laurie Palmer
    Laurie Palmer
    Chief Operating Officer, Business & Infrastructure Services ERTH Corporation (519)521-4160
    Board Participating Rep. (2025) 🗳️
  • Jonathan Booe
    Jonathan Booe
    Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer North American Energy Standards Board (713)356-0060
    Board Liaison Rep. 🗳️
  • Chris Irwin
    Chris Irwin
    Prog Mgr Transactive Energy, Comms & Interop U.S. Department of Energy
    Board Liaison Rep.
  • Dave Wollman
    Dave Wollman
    GBA’s former NIST Rep. with the U.S. Department of Commerce
    Board Liaison Emeritus
  • Jeremy J. Roberts
    Jeremy J. Roberts
    Executive Director & General Manager Green Button Alliance (215)918-1026
    Executive Director of GBA