Speakers
Featured 2020 Speakers
Kim Cobb
Georgia Power Chair | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ADVANCE Professor | Director, Global Change Program at Georgia Institute of Technology
William K. Reilly
EPA Administrator, 1989-93 | Chairman Emeritus, World Wildlife Fund | CoChair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
James Chen
Vice President of Public Policy at Rivian
Jerry Norcia
President and CEO at DTE Energy
Senator Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senator for Michigan
Mandela Barnes
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Vincent Christ
Chief Executive Officer of ELYSIS
Kathleen Theoharides
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Patricia Fuller
Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change
Julie Cerqueira
Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance
Gerry Anderson
Executive Chairman of DTE Energy
Paul Camuti
Senior Vice President, Innovation and Chief Technology Officer at Ingersoll Rand
Liesl Clark
Director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Rachel Kyte
Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Bob Holycross
Vice President, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering at Ford Motor Company
Shannon Bouton
Global Executive Director, Sustainable Communities at McKinsey.org
Byna Elliott
Chief Enterprise Responsibility Officer at Fifth Third Bank
Kathy Baughman McLeod
Director of The Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at The Atlantic Council
Jamie M. Gentoso
Chief Executive Officer of US Cement Operations at LafargeHolcim
Mark O. Webb
Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer at Dominion Energy
Erin Meezan
VP and Chief Sustainability Officer at Interface, Inc.
Kyung-Ah Park
Managing Director and Head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs
Leigh Ann Johnston
Director, Sustainable Food Strategy at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome
Senior Program Officer, Environment at The Kresge Foundation
Andy Hoffman
Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan
Ingrid De Ryck
Vice President of Procurement and Sustainability at Anheuser-Busch
Ethan Zindler
Head of Americas at BloombergNEF
Suzanne Lindsay-Walker
Chief Sustainability Officer at UPS
Rob Threlkeld
Global Manager, Sustainable Energy/Supply Reliability at General Motors
Elizabeth Bradford
Global Technology Leader: Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Planning & Envision Rating System at Jacobs
Hank Cauley
Senior Vice President at Conservation International’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business
Sara Law
Head of Global Initiatives, CDP North America
Jon Coleman
Director of City Solutions at Ford Smart Mobility
Mardi McBrien
Managing Director at Climate Disclosure Standards Board
Damon Burns
President & CEO at Finance Authority of New Orleans
Eva Gladek
Founder & CEO of Metabolic
Tanya Peacock
Manager, Public Policy and Planning at SoCalGas
Rosina Bierbaum
Dean Emerita of the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment
Julien Gervreau
Vice President of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines
Ashley Allen
Climate and Land Senior Manager at Mars, Incorporated
Mark Mondik
Vice President, Carbon Markets at 3Degrees
Cynthia Cummis
Director of Private Sector Climate Mitigation at World Resources Institute
Mark LaCroix
Executive Vice President, Client Solutions at Natural Capital Partners
Victoria Sullivan
Director, Climate Policy at Duke Energy
Stephen Harper
Global Director, Environment, Energy and Sustainability Policy at Intel
Edward J. Stones
Senior Business Director of Energy & Climate Change at Dow, Inc.
Beth Wytiaz
Global Environmental Operations Manager at Bank of America
James Bradbury
Mitigation Program Director at Georgetown Climate Center
Margaret O'Gorman
President of the Wildlife Habitat Council
Zach Freeze
Senior Director for Sustainability at Walmart
Scott Hassell
Director of Environmental Sustainability at Fifth Third Bank
Kate Swayne Wilson
Senior Director of Sustainability at Vail Resorts
Jeremy Pathmanabhan
Program Manager, Climate Action for the City of Los Angeles
Connie Lilley
Director at Detroit 2030 District
Tim Slusser
Director, Smart Mobility Initiatives at NextEnergy
Sarah Young
Director of Public Affairs and Communications for the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
Andria McClellan
Norfolk City Councilwoman
Andres Rodriguez
Program Manager, Energy and Climate at IBM
Dr. Shay Bahramirad
Vice President of Engineering and Smart Grid at ComEd
Tim Coffin
Senior Vice President & Director of Sustainability at Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Emily O’Connell
Director of Energy Markets Policy at the American Gas Association
Alex Kragie
Director of the American Green Bank Consortium
Fernando Reyes-Gonzalez
Environmental Monitoring & Reporting Program Manager at Microsoft
David Gardiner
President of David Gardiner and Associates
Ivan Frishberg
Director of Impact Policy at Amalgamated Bank
Janet Peace
Senior Vice President, Policy and Business Strategy at Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Athanasia Xeros
Environmental Sustainability Lead at Mastercard
Ryan Lamberg
Sustainability Consultant at the National Biodiesel Board
Seth Levey
Director of Political and Public Affairs at Equinor US
Sue Gander
Managing Director of Electric Vehicle Policy for the Electrification Coalition
Diane Leopold
Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Dominion Energy
Jim Saber
President & CEO at NextEnergy
Ben R. Jordan
Senior Director, Environmental Policy at The Coca-Cola Company
Leah Lawrence
President and CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Joe Fargione
Science Director for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Region
Joel May
Creator & Director of Resilience, Disaster Durable Solutions® at BASF Corporation
Hans Royal
Director, Renewables & Cleantech at Schneider Electric
Alex Carr
Director of Special Projects at The Climate Registry
Samantha Harris
Global Lead, Climate + People at BSR
Amy Holm
Executive Director at The Climate Registry
Bob Perciasepe
President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Jeremy Faust
Environmental Sustainability Leader at Fifth Third Bank
Tom Erb
Policy Fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Mary Templeton
President & CEO at Michigan Saves
Missy Stults
Sustainability and Innovations Manager for the City of Ann Arbor
Ariel Wiegard
Federal Government Relations Syngenta Business Sustainability, North America
Josh Nothwang
AVP, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change at WSP
Kealy Herman
Project Director, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change at WSP
Rick Johnson
Director, Sustainability at Entergy Corporation
Michael Reading
Lead Risk Consultant, Enterprise Risk Management at Target Corporation
Michael LeMonds
Vice President, Environment, Land and Government Affairs at LafargeHolcim
Victoria Mills
Managing Director at Environmental Defense Fund
Amy Bailey
Director of Sustainability Engagement at Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Tim Juliani
Director of Corporate Climate Engagement at WWF
Chris Benjamin
Director, Corporate Sustainability at Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Teresa Hill
Partner at K&L Gates LLP
Jennifer Kaminski
Director of Outreach and Communications at The Climate Registry
Steven Lanou
Sustainability Project Manager at MIT Office of Sustainability
Trey Menville
Environmental Sustainability Supply Chain Specialist at Mastercard
Erin Walsh
Sustainability Lead at MetLife
