2026 CleanTech Advocacy Day

Steven Schunemann, Hydrogen Development Manager, Puget Sound Energy

Steve Schueneman works on emerging technology evaluation at Puget Sound Energy, with a focus on clean hydrogen, geothermal energy, small modular nuclear, carbon capture and utilization, and fusion energy.  He has been at PSE for 20 years, holding a variety of roles in engineering, asset integrity management, corrosion control, emergency response, and gas operations.  In recent years he has been involved in clean energy strategy and hydrogen development and continues to be actively involved with the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association.  He is a California native and holds a degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  He currently lives in Seattle with his wife, two teenage daughters, a noisy doodle, and a very quiet bearded dragon lizard.   

Dave McCormack, CEO, Clean Energy Supplier Alliance

Dave McCormack has 45 years of technical, management, and executive experience in developing businesses and providing services to government and commercial clients. He established McCormack Consulting in April 2018 and provides strategic direction, risk assessment and other consulting services. Previously, as President of Dade Moeller & Associates. During his 13 years with Dade Moeller, he also served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Business Development. Before joining Dade Moeller, Dave worked for nine years with CH2M HILL, seven years with Foster Wheeler Environmental, 13 years with Battelle at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and two years with Stone and Webster Engineering. His responsibilities broadly encompassed the fields of health physics, safety analysis, and environmental, occupational and operational safety. Dave holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Oregon State University.

Mel Clark, President & CEO, CleanTech Alliance

Mel Clark is a leader with 20 years of nonprofit experience, as well as for-profit business experience in real estate and human resources.  She has a demonstrated track record of strong fiscal stewardship and program development.  She joined the CleanTech Alliance in April 2020.

She has two adult children, one in college studying computer science, the other a theatre lighting and pyro technician at Disney World.

She was born in Massachusetts, raised in Kansas, spent summers on the beach in Connecticut, and attended colleges in New York and Washington.  She is a life-long learner, and loves to read, travel, cook, bake, and garden, and enjoys hiking, yoga, swimming, diving, and tolerates running (long enough to finish a marathon in 2017).