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EDUCATION: JULY 15-17, 2025 | EXHIBITION: JULY 16-17, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA
 

HYDROVISION International Logo 30 years of hydro excellence

EDUCATION: JULY 15-17, 2025 | EXHIBITION: JULY 16-17, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA
 

Women with Hydro Vision Luncheon

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Wednesday, July 17th | 11:30AM – 1:00PM | Room 405

Our Women with Hydro Vision program is designed to recognize women who have made and/or are continuing to make significant contributions to the hydro industry by sharing their unique talents and “vision” to improve and advance the hydro industry.

The Women with Hydro Vision committee, consisting of industry peers and former Women with Hydro Vision award recipients, evaluated all nominations received based on their overall merit, career achievements, and other contributions to the hydro sector.

Join us for lunch to celebrate the remarkable women recognized through our Women with Hydro Vision program, whose outstanding contributions have propelled the hydro industry forward.

 

Sponsored by:

Kingsbury  

 

Supported sponsors: 

CEATI American Crane

 

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Congratulations to Our 2024 Winners!

Isha Shrestha, Director

 

Nilgiri Khola Hydropower Company Pvt. Ltd.

Isha Shrestha

Isha Shrestha is a seasoned hydropower sector strategist with over ten years of impactful contributions to Nepal’s renewable energy landscape. With diverse educational backgrounds like double grad degree holder in Law, Social Work and a Master’s Degree in Gender studies and ongoing doctoral research.  

She is a staunch advocate for gender equality in sustainable development and the energy Sector. Her roles as an Executive Committee Member of the Independent Power Producers Association Nepal (IPPAN), a key figure in the Nepal Chamber of Commerce, Director of Nilgiri Khola Hydropower Company Limited (Nilgiri Khola I – 38 Mw and Nilgiri Khola II Cascade Hydropower Project- 71 MW), She is also leading two projects (Rahughat Mangale Hydropower Project (37 Mw) Upper Rahughat Hydropower Project (48.5 Mw) as a Deputy General Manager of Tundi Power Company Ltd and Sagarmatha Hydropower Company with Dudhkoshi Project of 171 MW.  She is committed to advancing Nepal’s energy sector and fostering female leadership within it. 

Nilgiri Khola Hydropower Company Limited 

Nilgiri Khola Hydropower Company Limited 

Rebecca Simpson, Engineering Manager

Grant County PUD

Rebecca Simpson

Rebecca Simpson is the Engineering Manager at Grant PUD with over 14 years of experience in dam safety for Grant PUD’s two large, complex hydroelectric developments on the Columbia River in central Washington state. She holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering from the University of Central Florida. 

Throughout her time at Grant PUD, Becca has been involved in many dam safety projects including the response and remediation of the Wanapum Spillway Fracture, a quantitative risk analysis of the seismic stability of the Wanapum left embankment, discovery of a disbonded lift joint in the Priest Rapids spillway, construction of a roller compacted concrete set-back dam to mitigate for seismic concerns of the Priest Rapids right embankment, and numerous FERC Part 12D Inspections. One of her favorite work tasks is outreach to internal departments and external organizations through Emergency Action Plan (EAP) trainings and exercises. Through the EAP she can share the importance of dam safety to the community. 

Grant County PUD

Rocío Uría-Martínez, Senior R&D, Environmental Sciences Division

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Rocío Uría-Martínez

Rocío Uría-Martínez is a Senior R&D staff member in the Environmental Sciences Division at ORNL. In her role as research economist, her work focuses on energy market data analysis and modeling of energy systems and markets using optimization and statistical methods. She has explored a broad range of topics related to energy systems from the perspectives of market efficiency, resilience, and/or environmental performance. On hydropower, apart from being lead author for the four editions of the Hydropower Market Report released to date, she has contributed to other analyses such as the effects of climate change on federal hydropower, modeling of PSH operations and revenue, and cost allocation in multipurpose hydropower projects. Rocío received her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis. Before joining ORNL in 2010, she worked as market analyst for Iberdrola.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Priscilla Dornas, Senior Engineering Manager

 

Brasil PCH

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Priscilla Dornas is a Senior Engineering Manager with Brasil PCH, which owns 14 small hydro power plants totalling more than 300 MW of installed power. Dornas has been with the company for nearly 12 years, working in plant maintenance. Before joining Brasil PCH, she was an electrical engineer with Alusa Engenharia for nearly nine years, coordinating electrical work. Dornas has an BMA in project management from FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas.

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