Keynote Speaker: Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director of Nth Power

Nancy Floyd is founder and managing director of Nth Power, one of the first venture capital firms to specialize in new energy technology. With $400 million under management, Nth Power has invested in 42 companies, including the market leaders in energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean transportation and smart grid. A national figure in the energy policy debate, Nancy just testified in Congress in September before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Nancy currently serves on the boards of Thetus and Serveron (Portland, Ore.), Imperium Renewables and Propel Biofuels (Seattle), Spectrasensors (L.A.) and Smartsynch (Jackson, Miss.). She is also on the boards of the American Council on Renewable Energy, Portland Family of Funds (a community investment bank pioneering triple bottom line real estate investment), and the Center for Resource Solutions. She was recently appointed by Governor Kulongoski to the Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission.