Dietmar Detering
After growing up on a dairy farm in Germany, Dietmar Detering earned his Ph.D. in political science in 1999 at Münster University. He then moved to New York City and built an online event publishing business (EventMe! Inc.), which he sold in 2021. He has served in volunteer leadership roles with several community organizations while raising two daughters with his wife. Passionate about environmental protection since he was a teenager, Dietmar started focusing on nuclear power advocacy in 2018. Besides his activities in New York, he is also a member of Germany’s Nuklearia group.
Eric Dawson
Eric has been a web designer for professionals & small businesses for over 10 years. His interest in using innovative technology to address environmental issues has led him to invest in venture capital funds focused on resource efficiency. In addition, he has become involved in local, grassroots groups in New York City focused on finding bipartisan solutions to various social problems.
Isuru Seneviratne
Isuru is a rigorous finance professional with two decades’ experience in investment diligence, policy advocacy, and sustainable business development. Since 2024, he works with the multidisciplinary team of change makers at LucidCatalyst to develop cost-effective solutions for energy and climate. Isuru advocates for durable and effective climate policies and reliable and affordable energy systems. He founded Radiant Value Management in 2015 to pursue undervalued opportunities spanning energy resources and technology. He has a Master’s in Sustainability from Harvard Extension School and the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting accreditation from Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (IFRS Foundation).
Leonard Rodberg
Leonard Rodberg, PhD, a theoretical physicist by training, is Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies at Queens College, City University of New York, where he taught for 35 years, including 22 years as Departmental Chair, until retiring in 2016. He has a background in nuclear physics, public policy, and health care policy. At Queens College, he taught courses on computer-based analysis of urban problems, health policy, and climate change. Early in his career he was chief of the Science Policy Office in the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency within the US State Department.
Keith Schue
Keith spent five years with The Nature Conservancy in Florida, working on the impact of human development and infrastructure on ecosystems, habitat fragmentation, and large-landscape conservation. Applying his knowledge and experience as an electrical engineer, he currently reviews & comments on energy policy.
Carl Perez
A native New Yorker, Carl began his nuclear adventure in his last year of undergraduate studies at Babson College. As CEO of Elysium Industries, a molten salt reactor company, he led its partnerships, technology development, and government relations for a decade. In 2022, he co-founded Exodys Energy, a nuclear fuel recycling vendor, alongside U.S. Navy nuclear system designers and recycling operators from La Hague in France. He advises several nuclear initiatives within industry and government, such as Nuclear Energy Institute’s Recycling Task Force and coauthored the latest “Molten Salt Reactor & Thorium Fuel Cycle” textbook.
Ryan Pickering
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Ryan is an energy developer and policy expert with a Political Science degree from Loyola Marymount University and advanced studies in Energy Innovation at Stanford University. As co-founder of the Nuclear is Clean Energy (NiCE) Club at UC Berkeley, he helped extend operations at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. He serves as Crew Facilitator for the Department of Energy’s Consent-Based Siting Consortia, advancing nuclear fuel storage with tribal consent, and contributes to the DOE’s Pathways to Commercial Liftoff reports. A speaker at global forums like COP28 and Climate Week NYC, Ryan advocates for integrating nuclear and renewable energy to drive sustainable development and global peace.