The Grid Is a Battlefield, and Veterans Are Built for It is Hosted by Kevin Doffing with Project Vanguard
The grid is no longer a background utility. It’s the front line.
Explosive load growth from AI, data centers, and new manufacturing is colliding with a system built for a different era. At the same time, cyber and physical risks are converging in ways that stress every assumption we’ve made about reliability and resilience.
In this conversation, Army veteran and energy security leader Jonathon Monken lays out what’s changing, why it matters, and where veterans can lead next.
About Jonathon Monken
Jonathon Monken, Senior Partner at Converge Strategies, LLC, a consulting company focusing on the intersection of clean energy, resilience, and national security. Jonathon specializes in energy resilience strategy development for electric utilities, military installations, large commercial energy consumers, and community critical infrastructure. He designs energy resilience programs and planning resources for Federal and State government agencies, Fortune 100 companies, and electric utilities. He previously served as the Senior Director of System Resilience and Strategic Coordination for PJM Interconnection and the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Jonathon is a 21-year Army veteran with multiple combat deployments who is currently assigned to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
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