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All our invited speakers are female executives, engineers, policy makers, and academics who help solve the unique challenges facing autonomous driving.
Women in Autonomy: Rules of the Road (10/24) Speakers include: |
Xantha Bruso. |
Xantha Bruso is the Autonomous Vehicle Policy Manager at AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, where she works to shape policy in support of the safe deployment of connected and automated vehicles. She previously worked at Pacific Gas & Electric on climate, energy, and transportation policy, where she influenced the design of California’s Cap-and-Trade and Low Carbon Fuel Standard programs, and helped create the regulations and markets for carbon offsets in California. Xantha earned her BA from Dartmouth College, Master of City Planning from MIT, and MBA from Presidio Graduate School. She lives with her husband and two sons in Marin. |
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Holly Gordon is Head of Policy at Ike Robotics, an automated truck technology company. Prior to Ike, Holly led BART’s newly formed Sustainability team, focusing on reducing the transit agency’s carbon footprint. Prior to BART, Holly led Government Affairs for Sunrun, helping to grow the company's footprint from 3 states to 10 states and from 400 customers to over 35,000 customers. Holly was elected to and served on the Executive Committee of the Solar Energy Industries Association as the State Policy Chair, and she co-founded and was President of the Large-scale Solar Association. Holly led cases and taught at the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic and at Chicago-Kent’s Program in Environmental and Energy Law. She also served as an adjunct environmental law professor at the University of San Francisco and Northwestern University. Holly received a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a B.A. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. |
Holly Gordon. |
Candice Plotkin. |
Candice Plotkin serves as Lead Counsel, Regulatory Policy at Cruise. In that role, she establishes and advances Cruise’s policy positions on existing and proposed laws affecting autonomous vehicles in the United States and abroad. She joined Cruise after spending five years at Lyft managing legal regulatory guidance on product lines and initiatives, including autonomous vehicle technology. Candice began her career as an attorney focused on litigation and dispute resolution matters at Covington & Burling LLP and attended Harvard University for her undergraduate studies and law school. Outside of defining the AV regulatory landscape, Candice is currently trying to plan her first murder mystery dinner!
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