Keith Kerman is a Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and NYC’s first Chief Fleet Officer, serving 50 agencies including NYPD, FDNY and DSNY. NYC operates the nation’s largest municipal fleet with 28,500 fleet units, over $1 billion in annual expenditure, and 1,800 staff. NYC Fleet is a national leader in EV adoption, charging, telematics, biofuels, Vision Zero, shared services, and more.

Keith is a permanent civil servant in his 30th year including 17 with NYC Parks working from Central Park as Assistant Commissioner of Citywide Operations. Keith has now served in senior roles under four NYC Mayors.

In 2019 Keith received the Sloan Public Service Award, referred to as the Nobel Prize of NY public service. In 2021, Keith received a national Climate Leadership Award from the Climate Registry, C2ES, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. In 2022, Keith received a Legendary Lifetime Achievement Award by a vote of his peers and awarded by Government Fleet Magazine.

Keith is from Massachusetts and Harvard College, where he met his wife Denise, an attorney who works for Bloomberg LP. They have two children, Todd and Keith, and are dual residents of Pelham and Manhattan.

Melissa Bauer is the ESG Strategy Lead at eBay where she leads efforts to reduce global emissions, coordinate international shipping and packaging logistics, and scale positive impact with eBay’s community of buyers, sellers, investors, employees, leaders, and partners. Melissa has more than 10 years of ESG and sustainability experience, with deep expertise in GHG and climate foot printing and reduction, supply chain sustainability, product life cycle assessment, D.E.I., sustainable packaging, coalition building, and stakeholder and employee engagement. Prior to eBay Melissa was the Director of Sustainability and Strategic Initiatives at the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC) and a Sustainability and Energy Consultant for the National Park Service through Hitachi Consulting. She also served as a program development manager for National Geographic, focused on large carnivore conservation in Namibia. She received a Master’s in Environmental Management from Duke University, concentrating on Sustainable Business Systems.Melissa lives in Denver, CO with her husband, and their pets. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, sports, gardening, hiking, and pretty much anything in or by the ocean. Melissa spent the pandemic attempting to bake the perfect macaron, as well as tackling Colorado 14ers, and has never met a chocolate chip cookie she didn't like.

Dr. Francis, a former Medical School Faculty member, is a public health executive, entrepreneur and transportation disruptor. Dr. Francis is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of EVNoire.  EVNoire’s work focuses on two pillars: E-Mobility Best Practices and Equity Best Practices. The EVNoire Team specializes in providing business solutions to enhance electrification strategies for Utilities, Non-Profits, Municipalities, Government Agencies, Public Health Organizations, and Regional and National organizations to expand this market share.  EVNoire also engages communities on workforce development opportunities in the alternative fuel/electric vehicle economy.

Sara leads public policy and market strategy efforts for EVgo, which encompasses state and federal efforts to accelerate transportation electrification across the U.S. with public utilities commissions, elected officials, and state and federal agencies. Prior to EVgo, Sara led public policy and market strategy efforts at a national solar energy finance and development firm based in Washington D.C.