Executive Planning Committee (May 10-11)

Wilhelmina Proby is the Manager of the Customer Contact Center at NW Natural in Portland, Oregon. Wilhelmina has 20 years of customer service experience, 15 of which working in a contact center environment. In her time with NW Natural, Wilhelmina has worked in many capacities including Contact Center Supervisor, and most recently the Emergency Contact Center Supervisor, before moving into the CCC Manager role in October of 2021.

A native of Portland, she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Colorado State University. Wilhelmina considers herself a servant leader who strives to better any team in which she is apart. An advocate for diversity and inclusion, she served on the NW Natural DE&I Council from 2015 – 2018, two of which as co-Chair. In 2020 she became one of the inaugural co-Chairs of the African American ERG.

Phil joined Copperleaf as Vice President, Sales and Business Development in 2009, and has been instrumental in expanding Copperleaf’s client base across the globe. In his current role as Managing Director for the Americas, he is responsible for leading sales, marketing, customer experience, and operations in the region. Phil has a passion for helping prospects and clients see how value-based decision making can advance their businesses and loves working with our talented Americas team and network of partners to help each client find the right starting point with Copperleaf.

Phil started his career as an electrical engineer but quickly realized he preferred client engagement, which led him to sales and business development. He has more than 25 years in client-facing roles, the last 20 of which have been in sales and sales leadership.

Prior to Copperleaf, Phil’s client base included government, military, commercial wireless infrastructure manufacturers, venture-funded factories in Asia, and a range of both commercial and residential clients in the energy management and automation systems space. He was a partner in a custom electronics design and integration firm and a commercial lighting and control products company, and spent seven years at Spectrum Signal Processing, ultimately attaining the role of Vice President, Sales and Business Development.

Phil earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Phil lives in Coquitlam, BC where he enjoys outdoor adventures in the snow, on the water, and in the mountains.

With over 20 years of experience in the electric utility industry, Lora is currently serving as SMUD’s first Chief Zero Carbon Officer. In this role, she’s responsible for the transition of SMUD’s power supply to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030. Lora provides leadership for SMUD’s energy supply, which includes design, construction, maintenance and transition of SMUD’s power generation assets; the sale and procurement of energy resources and settlements of energy transactions and customer program design and development pertaining to distributed energy resources. She’s also responsible for research and development activities and establishing new business partnerships that align with SMUD’s 2030 zero carbon goal.

Lora’s previous leadership experience at SMUD includes overseeing the day-to-day operations of the distribution grid, transmission and distribution maintenance engineering, the development of electrical design and construction standards and the work management activities for line design and construction. Lora led the deployment of SMUD’s smart meter project and managed SMUD’s distribution automation project.

Lora earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the California State University, Sacramento and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Western Energy Institute and the CSUS, Foundation Board and is a member of the Leadership Roseville class of 2023.