Dr. Marija (Maya) Prica is a power system engineer at the Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), specializing in energy infrastructure modeling, grid reliability, and electricity markets.

With 25 years of experience, Maya leads energy market modeling and analysis efforts for government, industry, and academia. She has provided consulting for national agencies and major utilities, contributed to staff development at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and served as an associate professor at Case Western University. She serves on the NERC Large Load Task Force as an advisor and contributor.

Maya holds a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as M.Sc. and B.S. degrees in power engineering from the University of Novi Sad.

Kyle Thomas is the vice president of engineering & compliance services at Elevate Energy Consulting. He is responsible for the execution of engineering and technical projects, client work and strategies, business development, industry engagement and leadership, and organizational growth. Kyle is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and has leadership and technical expertise in electric transmission and distribution, facility ratings, NERC compliance, resiliency, system restoration, planning, integration of renewable resources, large loads, data centers, power system protection and control, automation, control, wide-area measurements, fault analysis, and system modeling and simulations. He is a Senior Member with the IEEE and is actively involved in other industry groups including CIGRE, ESIG, GWA, NASPI, the Transient Recorder User Council, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the North American Transmission Forum. He has held various leadership roles in these international working groups and has more than 20 industry publications.