U.S. Local Content Power List Announced, Reveals September 24 Honors at Lavan Midtown NYC and Opens Nominations for The Caribbean and South America Power Lists

New York, NY. Local Content today named the honorees of the 2026 Local Content Power List, United States edition, recognizing the leaders driving measurable supplier, workforce, and community development and investment across U.S. industries and markets within public-private infrastructure.

The 2026 honorees will be celebrated at the Local Content Power List Honors on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at Lavan Midtown in New York City, held during the Local Content Most Trusted Companies Summit. Local content policies are the laws, regulations, and procurement frameworks that require infrastructure projects to source a defined portion of their suppliers, workforce, and community investment from the local economies in which they operate. for any company looking to expand their work into other local and global markets understanding a regions local content requirements is a competitive advantage and compliance mandate.

The 2026 Honorees

In alphabetical order by last name:

Nadia Adam, Staten Island Industrial Alliance · Eddie Armstrong, Armstrong & Associates · Karen J. Baker, KJ Baker & Associates · Michael Behrmann, Renewable Energy and Cleantech Expert · Andrea Bonilla, Vineyard Offshore · Colonel Jeff Cantor, U.S. Army (Ret.), NJ State Veterans Chamber of Commerce · Denielle Christensen, WaveWorks Alliance · Jessica Dealy, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) · Ileana Ferber, MBA, Colibri Business Development · Tom Giulietti, UBS Arena/New York Islanders · Marjaneh Issapour, MS, P.E., National Workforce Services · Maryanne Jefferson, Oceantic Network · Andel Koester, The New York Climate Exchange · Nathaniel Mayo, Intertidal LLC · Thomas Montalbine, Roman Stone · Anthony "AJ" Negrelli, Clay Bridges Consulting· Philip Pong, New Jersey Institute of Technology · Janna Rodriguez, The Innovative Daycare Corp · John Schneidawin Jr., Port of Albany · Kate Shea, Cal Poly Humboldt · Maynard Smith, US Wind, Inc. · Tone Søndergaard, Offshore Wind Innovation Hub at NYU Tandon · Kimberly Tanami, The Tanami Group · Teresa Tarulli, New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program · Dustin Varnell, Spirit Advisory · Peter Lonelle Walker, MANSA Consultants.

The September 24 Honors will also mark the expansion of the Power List into The Caribbean and South America, where local content policies have shaped energy, infrastructure, technology, hospitqality, tourism, and more recently TV/Film industry for decades. Caribbean frameworks are anchored by Trinidad and Tobago's mature petroleum ecosystem, project-level commitments across Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Barbados, increasingly stringent local thresholds in regional development financing, the U.S. Virgin Islands' Eligible Virgin Islands Supplier Program, and Puerto Rico's Act 60-2019, which incentivizes local job creation, professional services, and manufacturing investment.

South American frameworks include some of the most expansive local content laws written this decade, including Guyana's Local Content Act 2021 and longstanding regimes across Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Ecuador.

Local Content Power List | The Caribbean and Local Content Power List | South America nominations are open through July 31, 2026. Honorees from both regional lists will be included in the September 24 celebration. Companies who work

Individual U.S. profiles are published at localcontent.com/power-list.

"Global local content policies have shaped local economies for decades. The professionals within this growing list represent trusted leaders across commercial, industrial, digital, and social infrastructure. For regulators, local stakeholders, and industry alike, you can trust their involvement produces tangible local economic impact." Dan Sierra, Managing Director, LocalContent.com. "Our partners in other regions such as Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa and Middle East will see further expansion of this list in 2027 and 2028.

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