Register For Greater Indiana’s Annual Awards!

Each year, Greater Indiana recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing the organization’s mission.

Join us as we honor the work of our stakeholders fueling the future of Greater Indiana. Enjoy music provided by J. Elliott, appetizers, and a chance to hear from some of our partners. Network with alternative fuel transportation leaders and advanced technology providers.

Keynote Speakers:

Ben Wrightsman, CEO, Battery Innovation Center;
Chairperson, EV Product Commission

Ben Wrightsman is a strategic global industry executive with over 22 years of experience in high-tech manufacturing, electronics, advanced battery, energy economy, and product development companies. He has a passion for finding and utilizing untapped resources and capabilities within a company to open up new opportunities for growth and revenue generation along with rehabilitation.

Ben’s diverse background in executive leadership, mergers and acquisitions, research and development, new product introduction, engineering, business and product development, operations, field support, and supply chain gives him a broad range of understanding to tackle problems at all levels of the organization.

Ben has held key positions with one of industry’s leading electronics contract manufacturers, large format lithium battery manufacturer, advanced energy development firm, non-profit battery commercialization center, and owns and advises multiple small business ventures/startups. His career has taken him all over the world; working, living, supporting, and building companies in the US, Mexico, Asia, Canada, and portions of Europe.

Ben attended Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) majoring in electrical engineering where he was co-captain of the Electric Jag (Indy) race car team. He is a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, APICS-CPIM accredited, and received Sandler President’s Sales Certification. In addition to his primary role, Ben also has served on advisory boards for Indiana IoT Lab, CareBand, Eclipse Energy Labs, EMC2 lab, Switchback Energy, along with several OEM’s

In his spare time he enjoys off-road motorcycle adventure riding, racing, coaching softball, and tinkering on car, home, and technology projects with his daughters.

“Let up for a second, and that is where you will finish” – BMW

Craig Moore, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer RNG, Kinder Morgan

Craig is the Chief Commercial Officer RNG for Kinetrex Energy a Kinder Morgan Company and is responsible for all top-line growth and business development activities related to RNG.

Craig Moore has more than 20 years of experience in various disciplines such as capital markets, M&A, strategy, and energy, and prior to Kinder Morgan’s acquisition of Kinetrex Energy, Craig was the Chief Revenue officer for Kinetrex Energy, a leading inter-state liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) company. Early in 2020, Kinetrex launched it’s first RNG plant in Indianapolis with our JV partners EDL and Southside Landfill producing nearly a bcf of RNG annually. Kinetrex also has three more landfill RNG plants under construction in Indiana. Since being acquired by Kinder Morgan, Kinetrex has executed two acquisitions and the combined platform is projecting to produce 7.7 bcf RNG. Prior to Kinetrex, Craig was Citizens Energy Group’s Director of Corporate Development, while being responsible for the businesses within Citizens Resources or “for-profit” businesses including Kinetrex Energy. During his time at Citizens Energy Group, Craig was involved with the several water and wastewater acquisitions and oil drilling reinvestment plan.

Prior to his time at Citizens Energy Group, Craig held several positions of increasing responsibility at Cummins, Inc., the largest independent diesel and natural gas engine manufacturer in the world.

Before joining Cummins, Craig served in various financial roles inside and outside of the treasury department for Allstate Insurance Company. Craig holds an MBA from the DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from the Ball State University Miller College of Business.

The event is free for Greater Indiana members. Not a member? Check out our membership levels here!

Space is limited and an RSVP is required by December 1, 2022! Check out event details and register to attend HERE.

Kerri Garvin, Greater Indiana’s Executive Director, will be speaking at the Indiana Environmental Management Conference at 1:15 pm about reducing emissions using alternative fuels. Members interested in registering for the conference receive a 20% discount. Email Kaylee May, [email protected], to receive your discount code!

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Leader Sponsors:

Advocate Sponsors:

Interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Kerri@GreaterIndiana.com to learn more about the full list of sponsorship benefits and opportunities.