Congressman Andrew N.  Kim was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018.  He represents the Third Congressional District of New Jersey, which stretches from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore encompassing most of Burlington County and parts of Ocean County. As a member of the House, Congressman Kim serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Small Business. In his first term, Congressman Kim passed bills into law that help military service members and their families find economic opportunities and stopped the use of harmful chemicals that impact New Jersey’s water by the U.S. military. In addition, Congressman Kim has held more than two dozen town halls and has helped constituents by resolving more than 4,300 issues with federal agencies. Congressman Kim grew up in South Jersey, the proud son of Korean immigrants, where he attended public K-12 schools before becoming a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to serving in the House, Congressman Kim worked as a career public servant under both Democrats and Republicans. He served at USAID, the Pentagon, the State Department, the White House National Security Council, and in Afghanistan as an advisor to Generals Petraeus and Allen. He currently lives in Burlington county with his wife and two baby boys.

Colonel Kimberly A. Johnson was born in Carlsbad, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Tulane University.  She was chosen for the Foreign Area Officer Program in 2007 and reported to the Naval Postgraduate School in 2008 were she earned a Masters of Arts in National Security Affairs-East Asian Studies after completing the Special Projects Course in Mandarin at the Defense Language Institute. She then spent a year in Beijing, China for In-Country Training.  After completion of this assignment, she was assigned as Adjutant, Wounded Warrior Battalion (West) from July to December 2014. She then served as the Assistant Chief of Staff G-1, U.S. Marine Forces, Korea. She was then selected for command, serving as the Inspector-Instructor 4th Law Enforcement Battalion from December 2014 to June 2017. Colonel Johnson then served as Officer-in-Charge, Coordination, Liaison, Assessment, and Training Section, Pacific Command at Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group from July 2017 to July 2019. Colonel Johnson then assumed the duties as the Assistant Chief of Staff G-1, Marine Forces Command in July 2019.

Colonel Stephen Lightfoot attended Carnegie Mellon University on an NROTC scholarship and commissioned in 1994. He then earned his Naval Aviator wings in 1996, and was selected to fly the AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter. From 2001 to 2005, he served with Marine Helicopter Squadron One in Quantico, VA. He then was selected to attend Command and Staff College and earned a Masters Degree in Military Strategy and Studies from 2005 to 2006. He deployed with HMLA-369 and deployed to Iraq twice in 2006 to 2009. From 2009 to 2010, he served as the Executive Officer at The Basic School in Quantico, VA. He then returned to Camp Pendleton from 2010 to 2013 for a deployment with HMLA-469 to Afghanistan. From 2018-2020, Col Lightfoot commanded MAG-24 and supported deployments across the Indo-Pacific AOR in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, and Australia. In 2020, Col Lightfoot transferred to HQMC Aviation and was subsequently selected to serve as the Senior Marine Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Navy. While in this billet, he was selected to attend the Harvard Business School – Advanced Management Program.

Mr. Dennis Hirotsu retired as Vice President of Corporate Research & Development (R&D) after a 35-year career at Procter and Gamble (P&G). His P&G career spanned multiple businesses, geographies, and R&D functions.  He worked on P&G‘s Baby Care, Feminine Protection, Household Cleaner, Adult Incontinence, and Hair Color businesses.  His global experience includes two 6+ year assignments in Asia expanding P&G’s Baby and Feminine Care businesses in the region, and the launch of shaped and Ultra-thin diapers into Europe.  He’s led various aspects of R&D including Products Research, Process Development, and Packaging.  Dennis also led company-wide programs to develop and deploy new innovation methods, and training across the company. Dennis has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Dennis previously served as a SASE Board member, and now serves as Executive Advisor for SASE with a focus on SASE Professional.  He is also a member of Queen City Angels, an angel investing group in Cincinnati, OH.

 Ajit Apte is vice president of technical services, leading asset & records management, distribution engineering, distribution planning, electric system reliability planning, investment strategy, project management, Smart Grid initiatives, and vegetation management. Apte reports to the BGE president and chief operating officer. Apte was previously director of customer strategy and governance at BGE. In that role he developed and led an enhanced customer engagement strategy in support of BGE's customer-centric focus. This included initiatives such as the launch of BGE Marketplace and the MDM upgrade, the cross-OpCo ePay project and Prepaid Power pilot implementation, and a push to increase the number of customers who opt in for e-bills, resulting in improved customer satisfaction and significant cost savings. For five years prior to his joining BGE, Apte was director of information technology for Exelon Utilities, where he was responsible for metering, billing and customer care platform post-launch. He also held IT leadership positions at Constellation, where he worked for a decade after joining the company in 2002.

Prior to his Exelon roles, Apte was managing principal at Mastech Corporation and IT analyst at Tata Consultancy Services. Apte is a board member of Creative Alliance, a Baltimore non-profit organization that builds communities by bringing together artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds to experience spectacular arts and education programs and engage in the creative process. He received the Professional Achievement Award from the Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers in 2017 and he completed Howard County Leadership in 2019.

Sandy Grace is vice president of government and external affairs for BGE. She is responsible for shaping, leading, and directing the company’s positions on legislation affecting BGE’s customers. Her organization, which includes state affairs, external affairs, and marketing, primarily supports and builds strategic relationships with legislators, local officials, and communities. Grace reports to the BGE senior vice president of governmental and external affairs. Grace has served in her current role at BGE since January 2020. She has been with Exelon since 2010. She was most recently vice president of policy development for Exelon Utilities, where she was responsible for the development and alignment of policy positions across the Exelon Utility operating companies. She previously served in roles that focused on transmission and micro grid policy and investment opportunities. She joined Exelon as assistant general counsel, advising the company on complex regulatory, policy, and transactional matters. Prior to joining Exelon, Grace spent nearly a decade in private law practice. She represented and provided advice to some of the nation's largest electric utilities on matters ranging from regional transmission organizations (RTOs), mergers and acquisitions, to the California wholesale electric market crisis of 2000/2001. Grace has also served as a law clerk for several administrative law judges at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She is a member of the Maryland Bar, District of Columbia Bar, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit, and the Energy Bar Association. Grace received a Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service.