SBX 2026 Keynote Announcement & Hotel Room Block

Dawn Lindell, former CEO of Seattle City Light, will deliver a forward-looking closing keynote focused on where we should go from here and what it will take to truly accelerate the industry. Dawn has 20 years of utility experience in electric distribution and transmission, water, wastewater, and gas. Before her time at City Light, Dawn served as the General Manager at Burbank Water and Power, setting strategic direction and delivering water, power, and business high-speed internet to the media capital of the world. She has experience leading two federal multi-state regional transmission utilities, serving as a transformational Chief Information Officer at both municipal and federal utilities, and leading customer service at a large municipal utility to top-quartile J.D. Power customer service performance. Dawn has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration, with a focus on information technology, from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.