Speakers
Past Speakers
We thank these climate advocates, among many more, from across diverse sectors and regions who have
lent their voices to the Climate Leadership audience over the past 10 years.

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

Gerry Anderson
Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy (2018)

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

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

Wayne Balta
Vice President for Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM (2014)

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

Mandela Barnes
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (2020)

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

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

Dr. Georges Benjamin
Executive Director, American Public Health Association (2019)

Rob Bernard
Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft (2016)

Rebecca Boudreaux
President & Board Member, Oberon Fuels (2017)

Carol M. Browner
Former EPA Administrator (2015)

Kevin Bryan
Senior Policy Director, Keystone Policy Center (2018)

James Chen
Vice President of Public Policy, Rivian (2020)

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

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

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

Chris Crane
President and CEO, Exelon Corporation (2017)

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

TJ DiCaprio
Global Director of Sustainability, Microsoft (2013)

Vince Digneo
Sustainability Strategist, Corporate Responsibility, Adobe (2018)

Edan Dionne
Vice President, Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM (2019)

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

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

Dirk Forrister
President & CEO, IETA (2015)

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

Deb Frodl
Global Executive Director, GE's Ecomagination (2017)

Patricia Fuller
Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change (2020)

Jairo Garcia
Director, Climate Policy, City of Atlanta (2017)

Jamie M. Gentoso
Chief Executive Officer of US Cement Operations at LafargeHolcim (2020)

Eugenia Gregorio
Director of Corporate Responsibility, The Tower Companies (2015)

Ben Grumbles
Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment (2018)

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

Michael Hancock
Mayor, City of Denver, CO (2018)

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

John Hickenlooper
Governor of Colorado (2018)

Kimberly Hill-Knott
Detroit Climate Action Collaborative/ Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (2017)

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

Larry Hogan
Governor of Maryland (2019)

Nate Hurst
Global Director of Environmental Progress, HP (2015)

Lou Hutchinson
VP, Public Sector, Constellation (2013)

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

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

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

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

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

Rachel Kyte
Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University (2020)

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

Tom Langan
External Affairs Director, North America, Unilever (2014)

Diane Leopold
Chief Operating Officer, Dominion Energy (2020)

Suzanne Lindsay-Walker
Chief Sustainability Officer at UPS (2020)

Ray Mabus
Secretary, U.S. Navy (2015)

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

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

Dr. Atyia Martin
CEO, All Aces (2018)

Emilie Mazzacurati
Founder and CEO, Four Twenty Seven (2017)

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

Catherine McKenna
Minister of Environment & Climate Change, Canada (2018)

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

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

Jenell Moffett
Climate Protection, City of Austin (2013)

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

Chelsea Mozen
Sustainability Lead, Etsy (2019)

Edward B. Murray
Mayor, City of Seattle (2016)

Mary Nichols
Chair, California Air Resources Board (2014)

Jerry Norcia
President and CEO at DTE Energy (2020)

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

Kyung-Ah Park
Managing Director and Head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs (2020)

Anna Pavlova
Vice President Government Relations, Schneider Electric (2019)

Carl Pope
Vice Chairman, America’s Pledge (2019)

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

Kevin Rabinovitch
Global Sustainability Director, Mars Incorporated (2016)

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

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

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 (2020)

Andrew Revkin
Senior Reporter, Climate, ProPublica (2017)

Stephanie Rico
Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Wells Fargo (2013)

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

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

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

Bruno Sarda
Director, Sustainability Operations, Dell Technologies (2014)

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

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

Jigar Shah
President & Co-Founder, Generate Capital (2019)

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

Senator Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senator for Michigan (2020)

Tom Steyer
Retired Founder, Farallon Capital Management (2014)

Rhea Suh
President, National Resources Defense Council (2016)

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

Steve Tochilin
General Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Delta Airlines (2013)

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

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

John Viera
Global Director, Sustainability, Ford Motor Company (2013)

Chris Wheat
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago (2017)

Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome
Senior Program Officer, Environment at The Kresge Foundation (2020)

Bernadette Woods-Placky
Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Director, Climate Central (2019)

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

Ethan Zindler
Head of Americas at BloombergNEF (2020)