Speakers

John Kotek is Senior Vice President for Policy and Public Affairs at the Nuclear Energy Institute, and isPresident of Nuclear Matters, a grassroots coalition of nuclear energy advocates. From 2015-2017, Johnserved as Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in the US Department of Energy. John was Staff Director to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, which in 2012 recommended a new strategy for the U.S. nuclear waste management program.  John has also served as a Congressional fellow, an R&D program manager at Argonne National Laboratory-West in Idaho, and as a public affairs consultant.