Staff

Joey Franklin

Affiliation: Washington State University

Role: Communications Consultant

Highlight with AGI: “Being able to meet so many cool people and learn more about their world-changing work”

What are you looking forward to within your organization/AGI? “I am excited to be applying to grad school at WSU and continue my work with AGI”

What is a fun fact about yourself? “I am a big fan of the Star Wars prequels”

Jeannine Burke

Affiliation: ESIC

Role: ESIC Manager and assists the AGI/ESIC Marketing/Promotions Coordinator

Highlight with AGI: “The teamwork approach between not only WSU and PNNL but the inclusion of industry.”

What are you looking forward to within your organization? “See the outcomes of these collaboration in the form of awards and meaningful advances to the power grid.”

“I have enjoyed working with the AGI Co-Directors and staff as we prepare for each AGI Day. This is a great team!”

What is a fun fact about yourself? “I am a CRAZY grandma!!!!! But I think everyone knows that, lol!”

Karla Grimaldo

Affiliation: PNNL

Role: Administrator

Highlight with AGI: “Assisting with logistics of AGI day”

What are you looking forward to within your organization/AGI? “Helping meet the goals of the institute”

What is a fun fact about yourself? “I like earth tones and thrillers”

Ginger Krause

Bethany Lee

Bethany brings extensive marketing and reporting experience from throughout the Tri-Cities area. Her impressive portfolio includes digital marketing campaigns for several prominent organizations including Century 21 Tri-Cities, Visit Tri-Cities, and Northwest Public Radio. As a former interactive media reporter at the Tri-City Herald, Bethany developed strong storytelling skills while covering breaking news and being one of their first videographers. A proud WSU Communications graduate, Bethany enjoys cooking and crafting with her family.

Xiaoli Duan

Xiaoli Duan joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2010 as a research scientist in the electricity infrastructure and building division. Throughout her career here, she has held leadership roles as a project manager, program manager, and team leader. Duan also oversees multi-million-dollar portfolios in energy resilience, building control optimization, grid analytics, and grid AI.

Duan brings over a decade of experience leading large-scale energy initiatives for the United States Army, working closely with the Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installation Energy and Environment. Duan has a strong track record of translating DOE-developed technologies supporting the Office of Building Technologies, Office of Electricity, and the Federal Energy Management Program into real-world applications. In this space, Duan has led multi-lab and multi-stakeholder efforts with partners across the Army, Navy, state agencies, utilities, and high-tech companies.

Prior to PNNL, she served as an Assistant Program Manager at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, where she led energy and water projects.