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Speakers

Each track includes expert-led sessions presented by industry professionals from organizations including NUCA, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission, Staking U, Colorado 811 and more. Topics cover excavation safety and locating technologies, regulatory updates, leadership, communication, and data-driven decision-making.

In addition to the tracks, there is also a Keynote speaker.

Dallin Cooper

Dallin is a globally recognized speaker, author, and serial entrepreneur. After founding multiple companies and orchestrating two successful exits, he has dedicated his career to transforming the way category-leading companies communicate, connect, and lead.

Annemarie Bluff

Annemarie Bluff is the Safety Manager at Authentic Drilling, Inc., a drilling company that specializes in difficult access geotechnical, environmental, exploration and water well drilling services.

B.J. Hartley

B.J. brings extensive field experience and a practical understanding of utility operations, damage prevention programs, and stakeholder engagement throughout the communities served by Black Hills Energy.

Carla Sanchez

Carlie White

Casey Hensley

Casey Hensley is Colorado’s PUC Pipeline Safety Program Chief. She has a deep commitment to public service and environmental protection.

Cindy Kyle

Ms. Kyle is a trained Construction Health and Safety Technician and is responsible for compliance with the requirements of the contract, plans and specifications.

Claudia Randall

Dale Robinson

Dale Robinson is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, occupational safety and health executive, master instructor trainer, and trusted advisor with nearly five decades of industry experience, including more than 43 years in the oil and gas industry.

David Siddle

David Siddle, Frontier Precision Geospatial Mapping and Damage Prevention Director, has been a champion of bringing line locating and mapping data together since 2008.

Dillon Ohrt

Dillon is an active advocate for excavation safety and pipeline awareness education throughout the industry.

Erick Anderson

Erick Anderson has been protecting City and County of Denver property since he started working there as a Seasonal Park Ranger in 2009.

Jacquee Wilson

Jacquee Wilson is the Administrator for the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission and the Public Safety Manager for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division of Oil and Public Safety.

Jason Jacobson

Jason Jacobson is the founder of J Mikel Solutions, an executive coaching and leadership development practice built for construction, government, and other high-pressure industries.

Jessica Nesvold

Jessica Nesvold joined the PUC March 2022.

Jim Proszek

Jim Proszek is Of Counsel in the Tulsa, Oklahoma office of the law firm of Hall, Estill.

Joel Elcock

Joel has been in traffic control for 21 years.

Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones, Frontier Precision Damage Prevention Sales Specialist, has over a dozen years of private locating experience. 

Kevin Stilson

Kevin J. Stilson has served as a Government partner for over 30 years. Working in partnership with FEMA, PHMSA, Army Corp of Engineers, City of Colorado Springs, City of Pueblo, El Paso County, CO and the State of Colorado he has influenced the rules and regulations that we have today.

Luis Ortiz

Mario Mora

Born and raised in Colorado, I have worked in damage prevention for 31 years.

Micheala Layton

Mike Abla

Roger Cox

Roger Cox is the founder and president of ACTS Now, Inc., a consulting organization dedicated to advancing damage prevention and public safety, by building a culture through industry collaboration, where safe work isn’t the exception, it’s simply how the job gets done.

Rose Martinez

Ryan Echer

Ryan Echer serves as the Pipeline Safety Program Supervisor for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), where he is dedicated to protecting the public through strong pipeline safety oversight and damage prevention initiatives.

Sanatam Khalsa

Anthony "Tony" Jorgenson

Anthony “Tony” Jorgenson has maintained an active litigation practice for the past 29 years and is a member of the Oklahoma and Colorado bars.

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