Bryan Hannegan is President and CEO of Holy Cross Energy, a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative utility providing electricity and energy products and services to more than 55,000 customers in Western Colorado. Prior to joining Holy Cross in July 2017, Bryan was the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Systems Integration at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where he co-founded the US Department of Energy's Grid Modernization Initiative and started up the successful Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). Earlier in his career, Bryan led several power sector industry R&D programs at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), was a senior energy and environmental policy advisor to President George W. Bush, and was a science advisor for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.