David oversees all aspects of LADWP’s offerings and strategies designed to overcome market barriers to the comprehensive adoption of energy efficiency by LADWP’s customers. He has partnered with SoCal Gas and SCPPA to expand joint incentive program offerings and participated in development of the most aggressive efficiency targets in the nation. Consistently he has grown LADWP’s efficiency budget year over year. He is reorganized internal staff to improve throughput and customer experience. Overall, David has expanded LADWP’s investments in efficiency while streamlining processes to improve program delivery and customer experience.

Lauren Faber O’Connor is the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles. In her role she is driving the implementation of LA’s landmark Sustainable City pLAn, released in April 2015, which puts forth an actionable vision for transforming LA’s environment, economy and equity. Working with every city department and outside stakeholders, Lauren focuses on strategic integration of the pLAn’s pillars in order to achieve the City’s short and long-term goals, ensure benefits accrue to all communities in LA, and pursue regional and international collaborations including Climate Mayors, a coalition of nearly 400 US Mayors committed to US leadership on climate change established during her tenure with Mayor Garcetti.