Meet The Team
Clark Suprynowicz, Executive Director of the Energy Innovators Network, has had a long career in both the arts and in event production. Clark Suprynowicz was the Exec. Director of the Bay Area non profit Immersive Arts Alliance (IAA), serving that organization since 2020.
With IAA, Clark pioneered large-scale public art in the pandemic environment, including (with Catharine Clark and BOXBLUR) the Bay Area premiere of the floating exhibition Night Watch by artist Shimon Attie (2021), the Oakland Festival of Immersive Arts (2022), multiple iterations of Mobile Light Art Station (2023), and, most recently, a major arts activation for APEC at SF City Hall for the SF Chamber of Commerce, featuring work by artist Michelle Grenier.
Clark founded the Energy Innovators Network as a Public Benefits Corporation in 2024 to support the Enrgy Innovation Summit, its working team, and its international plans.
Clark Suprynowicz
Can (pronounced “Jon”) is a visual artist working on immersive audiovisual experiences blurring boundaries between physical and digital spaces. He works with virtual / augmented reality, projection mapping, geodesic domes, large-scale displays and digital fabrication.
With a background in both Physics and Design, Can received his Master's Degree in Art & Technology from San Francisco Art Institute as a Fulbright Scholar. He was awarded Autodesk Pier 9 and Adobe AR Artist Residencies. His work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and media art festivals around the world, including the Luminary Event Series in SF, ZKM, Karlsruhe; Ars Electronica, Linz; SAT, Montreal; Sonar D+, California Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium; Dolby Gallery, MUTEK.JP.
Can Büyükberber
Julie Fry
Julie Fry is Paris Liaison for the Energy Innovation Summit. Most recently serving as President & CEO of California Humanities, the statewide arts and humanities grantmaker and programmer, Julie is now a Paris-based international arts and culture consultant. Previously, she served as a Program Officer for the Performing Arts Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, where she managed a grantee portfolio of more than 140 nonprofit arts organizations and led the Foundation’s efforts in making arts education accessible to the 6 million K-12 public school students in California.
Technical Director Richard Trapani has worked with IAA Founder Clark Suprynowicz on multiple occasions, planning and making operational state-of-the-art multimedia installations.
Rich co-founded the interactive technology design studio Anticlockwise Arts, the live electronic music and arts agency LoveTech. Richard has created installations for The Exploratorium, The Tech Museum of Innovation, and CA Academy of Sciences.
For Immersive Arts Alliance, Rich has been lead TD on multiple activations, including (2023) Mobile Light Art Station, as well as the recent APEC exhibit at SF City Hall.
Richard Trepani
Patrick Raab is the Market Initiatives Lead for Google X, the “moonshot factory.” His work there is business development and strategic initiatives to accelerate innovation and commercialize energy transition solutions. Patrick joined the Board of Immersive Arts Alliance (IAA) in 2022. He has been instrumental in working with leadership at IAA in laying the groundwork for the SF premiere of the Energy Innovation Summit. Most recently, Patrick was recently part of a team with Google, Arcadia and Elevate and EDPR to implement utility bill reductions for 25,000 low-income households. Google will use this solar power to work towards its 2030 goal to operate entirely on 24/7 carbon-free energy.
Patrick’s degree is from Duke University.
Patrick Raab
Miriam McGovern
Executive Event Producer Miriam McGovern started her career over a decade ago in Scandinavia, studying business management through The Danish Business Academy. In 2016, in California, she managed stage and area designs at Enchanted Forest and Symbiosis, and founded her own event production company. As CEO of Mad Hat Production LLC, she has produced 200+ events. In 2017 she co-founded the first cryptocurrency-focused venue in San Francisco, Node Worldwide. Miriam has managed several Burning Man camps and arts festivals including, for Immersive Arts Alliance, the Oakland Festival of Immersive Arts (2022). She has in-depth experience in managing marketing teams, construction teams, and artists of all kinds.
Originally from Lyons, France, Julien Vergely graduated first-in-class from Université Jean Moulin (Avocat, Law).
He served as the Chief Operating Officer for Swissnex San Francisco until 2022. He was thereafter Director of Operations for Off the Grid in SF, “developing scalable turnkey solutions to transform spaces into powerful community experiences.”
Julien works with the Energy Innovators Network on fundraising and development, and is also Liasion for production of the Energy Innovation Summit in Zurich, Switzerland.
Julien Vergely
Lexi is Sponsorship Coordinator for the Energy Innovation Summit. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2023 from Saint Louis University (Madrid Campus) with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations.
Lexi is adept at qualitative research, and employs a suite of analytical tools in this work.
Her earlier role at Immersive Arts Alliance was as Development Officer for Grants and Philanthropy.
Lexi de Guzman
Monique Borgstrøm, Director of Communications, is a seasoned communications professional with a strong background in psychology and extensive experience in event management. She holds degrees from Stockholm University and the University of Southern Maine, and a communications diploma from the Copenhagen Business Academy.
She launched her career by founding MM Music, where she orchestrated the Troubadour Festival in Copenhagen, collaborating with key cultural organizations. Prior to this, she worked as project manager with the social enterprise Danchurchsocial.