Past 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 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

Past Speaker: Alexia Kelly - Climate Leadership Conference

Climate Mitigation Expert, U.S. Department of State (2013)

Past Speaker: Alka Banerjee - Climate Leadership Conference

Managing Director, Product Management, S&P Dow Jones Indices (2015)

Past Speaker: Amy Francetic - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President, New Ventures and Corporate Affairs, Invenergy LLC (2017)

Past Speaker: Andrew Revkin - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Reporter, Climate, ProPublica (2017)

Past Speaker: Andy Hoffman - Climate Leadership Conference

Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan (2020)

Past Speaker: Anna Pavlova - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President Government Relations, Schneider Electric (2019)

Past Speaker: Ben Grumbles - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment (2018)

Past Speaker: Bernadette Woods-Placky - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Director, Climate Central (2019)

Past Speaker: Brian Deese - Climate Leadership Conference

Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, White House (2015)

Past Speaker: Bruno Sarda - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Sustainability Operations, Dell Technologies (2014)

Past Speaker: Carl Pope - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice Chairman, America’s Pledge (2019)

Past Speaker: Carol M. Browner - Climate Leadership Conference

Former EPA Administrator (2015)

Past Speaker: Catherine McKenna - Climate Leadership Conference

Minister of Environment & Climate Change, Canada (2018)

Past Speaker: Cathy Woollums - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Berkshire Hathaway Energy (2019)

Past Speaker: Chelsea Mozen - Climate Leadership Conference

Sustainability Lead, Etsy (2019)

Past Speaker: Chris Crane - Climate Leadership Conference

President and CEO, Exelon Corporation (2017)

Past Speaker: Chris Wheat - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago (2017)

Past Speaker: Christine Kehoe - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, California Electric Plug-in Vehicle Collaborative (2014)

Past Speaker: Dan Reicher - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University (2016)

Past Speaker: Danielle Azoulay - Climate Leadership Conference

Head of CSR and Sustainability, L’Oreal (2018)

Past Speaker: Deb Frodl - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Executive Director, GE's Ecomagination (2017)

Past Speaker: Diane Leopold - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Operating Officer, Dominion Energy (2020)

Past Speaker: Dirk Forrister - Climate Leadership Conference

President & CEO, IETA (2015)

Past Speaker: Dr. Atyia Martin - Climate Leadership Conference

CEO, All Aces (2018)

Past Speaker: Dr. Georges Benjamin - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, American Public Health Association (2019)

Past Speaker: Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Program Officer, Environment at The Kresge Foundation (2020)

Past Speaker: Ed Maibach - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (2015)

Past Speaker: Edan Dionne - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM (2019)

Past Speaker: Edward B. Murray - Climate Leadership Conference

Mayor, City of Seattle (2016)

Past Speaker: Emilie Mazzacurati - Climate Leadership Conference

Founder and CEO, Four Twenty Seven (2017)

Past Speaker: Erin Meezan - Climate Leadership Conference

VP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Interface, Inc. (2020)

Past Speaker: Ethan Zindler - Climate Leadership Conference

Head of Americas at BloombergNEF (2020)

Past Speaker: Eugenia Gregorio - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of Corporate Responsibility, The Tower Companies (2015)

Past Speaker: Frank Senso - Climate Leadership Conference

Anchor and Washington Bureau Chief, CNN (1984-2009) and Director, George Washington University's School of Media & Public Affairs (2016)

Past Speaker: Gerry Anderson - Climate Leadership Conference

Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy (2018)

Past Speaker: Gina McCarthy - Climate Leadership Conference

Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2016)

Past Speaker: Gwen Migita - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship, Caesars Entertainment (2016)

Past Speaker: Harriet Tregoning - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Office of Economic Resilience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2015)

Past Speaker: Harry Lamberton - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President - Energy and Environmental Services, Waste Management (2016)

Past Speaker: Jairo Garcia - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Climate Policy, City of Atlanta (2017)

Past Speaker: James Balog - Climate Leadership Conference

Founder and Director, Earth Vision Institute and Extreme Ice Survey (2017)

Past Speaker: James Chen - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President of Public Policy, Rivian (2020)

Past Speaker: Jamie M. Gentoso - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Executive Officer of US Cement Operations at LafargeHolcim (2020)

Past Speaker: Jenell Moffett - Climate Leadership Conference

Climate Protection, City of Austin (2013)

Past Speaker: Jerry Norcia - Climate Leadership Conference

President and CEO at DTE Energy (2020)

Past Speaker: Jewel James - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Market Expansion & Policy, Renovate America, Inc. (2017)

Past Speaker: Jigar Shah - Climate Leadership Conference

President & Co-Founder, Generate Capital (2019)

Past Speaker: John Hickenlooper - Climate Leadership Conference

Governor of Colorado (2018)

Past Speaker: John Viera - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Director, Sustainability, Ford Motor Company (2013)

Past Speaker: Jonathan Powers - Climate Leadership Conference

Federal Environmental Executive, White House Council on Environmental Quality (2013)

Past Speaker: Katharine Hayhoe - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University (2018)

Past Speaker: Katherine Hammack - Climate Leadership Conference

Assistant Secretary, Installations, Energy & Environment, U.S. Army (2013)

Past Speaker: Kathy Baughman McLeod - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of The Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, The Atlantic Council (2020)

Past Speaker: Kelly Semrau - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communication & Sustainability, S.C. Johnson (2014)

Past Speaker: Kevin Bryan - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Policy Director, Keystone Policy Center (2018)

Past Speaker: Kevin Rabinovitch - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Sustainability Director, Mars Incorporated (2016)

Past Speaker: Kim Cobb - Climate Leadership Conference

Georgia Power Chair | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ADVANCE Professor | Director, Global Change Program at Georgia Institute of Technology (2020)

Past Speaker: Kim Jordan - Climate Leadership Conference

Co-Founder & Executive Chair, New Belgium Brewing (2018)

Past Speaker: Kimberly Hill-Knott - Climate Leadership Conference

Detroit Climate Action Collaborative/ Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (2017)

Past Speaker: Kyung-Ah Park - Climate Leadership Conference

Managing Director and Head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs (2020)

Past Speaker: Larry Hogan - Climate Leadership Conference

Governor of Maryland (2019)

Past Speaker: Liesl Clark - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (2020)

Past Speaker: Lisa Jackson - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple (2017)

Past Speaker: Lisa Shibata - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Manager, Corporate Citizenship, The Walt Disney Company (2017)

Past Speaker: Lou Hutchinson - Climate Leadership Conference

VP, Public Sector, Constellation (2013)

Past Speaker: Louise Bedsworth - Climate Leadership Conference

Deputy Director, California Office of Planning and Research (2014)

Past Speaker: Mandela Barnes - Climate Leadership Conference

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (2020)

Past Speaker: Maria Vargas - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, DOE Better Buildings Challenge, U.S. Department of Energy (2015)

Past Speaker: Mary Nichols - Climate Leadership Conference

Chair, California Air Resources Board (2014)

Past Speaker: Matt Clouse - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Renewable Energy Policy and Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2015)

Past Speaker: Matthew Rodriquez - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary for Environmental Protection, California Environmental Protection Agency (2016)

Past Speaker: Michael Hancock - Climate Leadership Conference

Mayor, City of Denver, CO (2018)

Past Speaker: Michael Mann - Climate Leadership Conference

Distinguished Professor and Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC), Penn State University (2014)

Past Speaker: Michael Regan - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary, Department of Environmental Quality, North Carolina (2018)

Past Speaker: Mustafa Santiago Ali - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice & Community Revitalization, Hip Hop Caucus (2018)

Past Speaker: Naomi Oreskes - Climate Leadership Conference

Professor, History of Science, Harvard University and Author, Merchants of Doubt (2017)

Past Speaker: Nate Hurst - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Director of Environmental Progress, HP (2015)

Past Speaker: Patricia Espinosa - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (2017)

Past Speaker: Patricia Fuller - Climate Leadership Conference

Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change (2020)

Past Speaker: Projal Dutta - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Sustainability Initiatives, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (NYMTA) (2014)

Past Speaker: Rachel Kyte - Climate Leadership Conference

Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University (2020)

Past Speaker: Ray Mabus - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary, U.S. Navy (2015)

Past Speaker: Rebecca Boudreaux - Climate Leadership Conference

President & Board Member, Oberon Fuels (2017)

Past Speaker: Rhea Suh - Climate Leadership Conference

President, National Resources Defense Council (2016)

Past Speaker: Richard Saines - Climate Leadership Conference

Partner, Head- North American Climate Change and Environmental Markets Practice, Baker McKenzie, LLP (2017)

Past Speaker: Rob Bernard - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft (2016)

Past Speaker: Robert Rubin - Climate Leadership Conference

Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary (2015)

Past Speaker: Scott Tew - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand (2019)

Past Speaker: Senator Debbie Stabenow - Climate Leadership Conference

U.S. Senator for Michigan (2020)

Past Speaker: Stephanie Rico - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Wells Fargo (2013)

Past Speaker: Steve Tochilin - Climate Leadership Conference

General Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Delta Airlines (2013)

Past Speaker: Suzanne Lindsay-Walker - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Sustainability Officer at UPS (2020)

Past Speaker: Tim Mohin - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (2016)

Past Speaker: TJ DiCaprio - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Director of Sustainability, Microsoft (2013)

Past Speaker: Tom Langan - Climate Leadership Conference

External Affairs Director, North America, Unilever (2014)

Past Speaker: Tom Steyer - Climate Leadership Conference

Retired Founder, Farallon Capital Management (2014)

Past Speaker: Vince Digneo - Climate Leadership Conference

Sustainability Strategist, Corporate Responsibility, Adobe (2018)

Past Speaker: Wayne Balta - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President for Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM (2014)

Past Speaker: William K. Reilly - Climate Leadership Conference

EPA Administrator, 1989-93 | Chairman Emeritus, World Wildlife Fund | CoChair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (2020)

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)

Zahirah Mann

President & Chief Executive Office, South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone (SLATE-Z)