2023 Speakers
2023 Speakers
We are honored to have these inspiring climate leaders join us as speakers for our 2023 conference.
Please check back often as we share more speakers.
Adam Gromis
Head of Sustainability Policy, Uber
Adam Klauber
Vice President Sustainability and ESG, World Energy
Alice Reynolds
President, California Public Utilities Commission
Amb. Eleni Kounalakis (RET.)
Lieutenant Governor of California
Ambassador Nina Hachigian
Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
Anne Smart
Vice President of Public Policy, ChargePoint
Beccie Drake
Offshore Wind Digital Lead, Arup
Beth Wytiaz
SVP, Net Zero Strategy Executive, Bank of America
Cathy S. Woollums
SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Chris Benjamin
Director, Corporate Sustainability, PG&E
Crystal Upperman, PhD
Senior Manager, Deloitte
Dan Krekelberg
Policy Director, The Climate Registry
Dana Mooney Davis
Assistant VP, Sustainability, Energy, Climate, WSP USA
Deborah January-Bevers
President and CEO, Houston Wilderness
Doreen M. Harris
President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Dr. Austin J. Shelton
Director, University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant
Dr. Idania Zamora
Program Manager, Climate Protection, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
Dr. Natalie Suder Egnot
Managing Health Scientist and ESG Advisor, Stantec
Eddie Ahn
Executive Director, Brightline Defense
Elizabeth Babcock
Deputy Director, City and County of Denver's Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency
Elizabeth Beardsley, P.E.
Senior Policy Counsel, U.S. Green Building Council
Emily Cloke
His Majesty’s Consul General, British Consulate General, Los Angeles
Emily Pierce
VP, Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure, Persefoni
Emily Sanford Fisher
Executive Vice President, Clean Energy, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
Emily Wimberger, PhD
Managing Partner, Hua Nani Partners
Esther Sosa
Senior Advisor for Policy, IRA Implementation, Environmental Protection Agency
Gene Rodrigues
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Office of Electricity), U.S. Department of Energy
Governor Jay Inslee
State of Washington
Gwen S. Yamamoto-Lau
Executive Director, Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority
Heather Repenning
Executive Officer, Sustainability Policy, LA Metro
Heather Rosenberg
Associate Principal and Resilience Leader, Arup
James Lee
ESG Sourcing Manager, The Clorox Company
Janet Peace
Head of Advisory Services, Anew Climate
Jawaad Malik
Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, SoCalGas
Jennifer Phillips
Assistant Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency
Jessica Filante Farrington
Director, Global Environmental Sustainability, AT&T
Joe Baker
Senior Sustainability and ESG Reporting Specialist, IBM
John O. Niles
Natural Climate Solutions, Senior Manager, Salesforce
Joshua Tenorio
Lt. Governor, Guam
Josiah McClellan
Carbon Assets, Land O'Lakes Truterra
Julia Souder
Chief Executive Officer, Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDESC)
Julia Pyper
Vice President of Public Affairs, GoodLeap
Karen Glitman
Senior Director, Distributed Energy Resources Program, Center for Sustainable Energy
Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Department of Energy
Kathryn Zyla
Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center
Kevin Davis
Director of Emerging Technologies, CarbonCure Technologies
Laurie Fitzmaurice
Business Development - Renewables & New Energies (Americas), Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Luiz Barata
Waterfront Resilience Program Senior Planner, Port of San Francisco
M. Bernadette Bezy
U.S. Ecological Sciences Technical Discipline Leader, Stantec Consulting Inc.
Marian Van Pelt
Senior Vice President, Climate and Clean Energy + ICF Climate Center Senior Fellow
Matthew Cranford
Director, Pollination
Melissa Hoffer
Climate Chief, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Michael Jung
Executive Director, Climate Center, ICF
Michelle Passero
Director, Climate and Nature-based Solutions, The Nature Conservancy
Michelle Miano
Environmental Protection Division Director, New Mexico Environment Department
Michelle Thomas
Principal Manager, Building Electrification & Codes and Standards, Southern California Edison
Mitchell Toomey
Vice President of Sustainability and Responsible Care®, American Chemistry Council
Monique Oxender
Chief Sustainability Officer, Keurig Dr Pepper
Nancy Sutley
Deputy Mayor of Energy and Sustainability, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
Peter Weisberg
Director, Development, 3Degrees
Rebecca Foster
Chief Executive Officer, VEIC
Robert Kay
Americas Climate and Sustainability Services Leader, Principal, Arup
Roshini Das
Associate Director, Commercial Sustainability, Guidehouse
Saskia Feast
Managing Director, Global Client Solutions, Climate Impact Partners
Senator Henry Stern
California State Senate
Sharon Nolen
Program Manager & Fellow, Global Natural Resource Management, Eastman Chemical Company
Stephen Torres
Principal Manager, Climate Adaptation & Resilience Planning, Southern California Edison
Susan Joy Hassol
Director, Climate Communication
Suzanne Fallender
VP, Global ESG, Prologis
Suzanne MacDonald
Senior Researcher, Stakeholder Engagement, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Verena Radulavic
Vice President for Business Engagement, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Zahirah Mann
President & Chief Executive Office, South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone (SLATE-Z)
