23rd Annual Ohio Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Symposium
Highlights from the 2025 Event
Hosted by the Ohio Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Coalition and Leadership Partner Honda at the
Honda Heritage Center, Marysville, Ohio – October 27–28, 2025.
Honda CR-V e:FCEV Display
Honda Vehicles used for transportation and Ride and Drive
Leadership and Support Team
Bill Whittenberger, Exec. Director and Scott Swartz, Chairman, OFCHC
Eric Walli and Lisa Rimpf, Symposium Committee; missing Emanuel Wagner, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Paul Matter, pH Matter/Power to Hydrogen
Linda Buckosh and Yamini Gurralu, OFCHC
10/27 OFCHC Members Meeting — Bill Whittenberger, Executive Director, OFCHC
10/27 Opening & Honda Welcome Remarks — Eric Walli, AVP Enterprise Strategy, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
10/27 Government Affairs Advocacy Panel Discussion
Alex Chapman, Ridge Creek Global, Moderator
Brian Hicks, Hicks Partners, Connor Dolan, FCHEA, and
Tyler Duvelius, Swing State Strategies
10/27 Reception
10/28 Workforce Development Panel Discussion
Lisa Rimpf, Babcock and Wilcox, Moderator
Julie Michael Smith, Vista Azul, Mark Mason, University of Toledo
Mark Henning, Cleveland State University
10/28 Presenters and Attendees
Bob Nelson, Executive VP, American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
Bill Whittenberger, Exec. Director, OFCHC
Jack Brouwer, Director - Clean Energy Institute, Professor, UC Irvine
Gary Robinson, VP of Sustainability and Business Development, American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
Wladimir Sarmiento-Darkin, Dir, National BD and Clean H2, Linde Gases US
Amy Koscielak, Sr. Business Dev. Leader, American Electric Power
Mike Ahearn, VP Hydrogen Service, Plug Power
Shawn Bennett, Energy & Resilience Div. Manager, Battelle
Akshay Thakur, Co-Founder & CEO, Blackcurrant Inc.
Matt Ulrich, Technical Sales, RedHawk Energy Systems
Bill Lehner, Chief Strategy Officer, Independence Hydrogen
Exhibitors
Exhibitors Row
Greentree Consulting, Patrick Fullenkamp and Lorenzo Prestel
Dr. Yanhai Du of Kent State Univ. with student demonstrator Lorenzo Prestel
James Wasas and his Standard H2 Team
Cameron Kasper and Gerry Kuchta, Hyster Yale Material Handling/Nuvera
Nuvera Live Demonstration
Nuvera Live Demonstration
Ben Williams and Kaley Byler, Ariel Corp.
Ariel Corporation Exhibit
Blackcurrant Exhibit
Honda Heritage Center Museum
Fuel Cell Vehicle from the past
Fuel Cell Vehicles from the Past
