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.

speaker-image Past Speaker: Alexia Kelly - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Alexia Kelly - Climate Leadership Conference

Climate Mitigation Expert, U.S. Department of State (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Alka Banerjee - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Alka Banerjee - Climate Leadership Conference

Managing Director, Product Management, S&P Dow Jones Indices (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Amy Francetic - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Amy Francetic - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President, New Ventures and Corporate Affairs, Invenergy LLC (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Andrew Revkin - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Andrew Revkin - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Reporter, Climate, ProPublica (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Andy Hoffman - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Andy Hoffman - Climate Leadership Conference

Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Anna Pavlova - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Anna Pavlova - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President Government Relations, Schneider Electric (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Ben Grumbles - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Ben Grumbles - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Bernadette Woods-Placky - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Bernadette Woods-Placky - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Director, Climate Central (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Brian Deese - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Brian Deese - Climate Leadership Conference

Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, White House (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Bruno Sarda - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Bruno Sarda - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Sustainability Operations, Dell Technologies (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Carl Pope - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Carl Pope - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice Chairman, America’s Pledge (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Carol M. Browner - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Carol M. Browner - Climate Leadership Conference

Former EPA Administrator (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Catherine McKenna - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Catherine McKenna - Climate Leadership Conference

Minister of Environment & Climate Change, Canada (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Cathy Woollums - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Cathy Woollums - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Berkshire Hathaway Energy (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Chelsea Mozen - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Chelsea Mozen - Climate Leadership Conference

Sustainability Lead, Etsy (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Chris Crane - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Chris Crane - Climate Leadership Conference

President and CEO, Exelon Corporation (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Chris Wheat - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Chris Wheat - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Christine Kehoe - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Christine Kehoe - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, California Electric Plug-in Vehicle Collaborative (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Dan Reicher - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Dan Reicher - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Danielle Azoulay - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Danielle Azoulay - Climate Leadership Conference

Head of CSR and Sustainability, L’Oreal (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Deb Frodl - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Deb Frodl - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Executive Director, GE's Ecomagination (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Diane Leopold - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Diane Leopold - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Operating Officer, Dominion Energy (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Dirk Forrister - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Dirk Forrister - Climate Leadership Conference

President & CEO, IETA (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Dr. Atyia Martin - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Dr. Atyia Martin - Climate Leadership Conference

CEO, All Aces (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Dr. Georges Benjamin - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Dr. Georges Benjamin - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, American Public Health Association (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome - Climate Leadership Conference

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

Senior Program Officer, Environment at The Kresge Foundation (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Ed Maibach - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Ed Maibach - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Edan Dionne - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Edan Dionne - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Edward B. Murray - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Edward B. Murray - Climate Leadership Conference

Mayor, City of Seattle (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Emilie Mazzacurati - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Emilie Mazzacurati - Climate Leadership Conference

Founder and CEO, Four Twenty Seven (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Erin Meezan - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Erin Meezan - Climate Leadership Conference

VP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Interface, Inc. (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Ethan Zindler - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Ethan Zindler - Climate Leadership Conference

Head of Americas at BloombergNEF (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Eugenia Gregorio - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Eugenia Gregorio - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of Corporate Responsibility, The Tower Companies (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Frank Senso - Climate Leadership Conference

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)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Gerry Anderson - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Gerry Anderson - Climate Leadership Conference

Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Gina McCarthy - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Gina McCarthy - Climate Leadership Conference

Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Gwen Migita - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Gwen Migita - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship, Caesars Entertainment (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Harriet Tregoning - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Harriet Tregoning - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Office of Economic Resilience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Harry Lamberton - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Harry Lamberton - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President - Energy and Environmental Services, Waste Management (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jairo Garcia - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jairo Garcia - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Climate Policy, City of Atlanta (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: James Balog - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: James Balog - Climate Leadership Conference

Founder and Director, Earth Vision Institute and Extreme Ice Survey (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: James Chen - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: James Chen - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President of Public Policy, Rivian (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jamie M. Gentoso - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jamie M. Gentoso - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Executive Officer of US Cement Operations at LafargeHolcim (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jenell Moffett - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jenell Moffett - Climate Leadership Conference

Climate Protection, City of Austin (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jerry Norcia - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jerry Norcia - Climate Leadership Conference

President and CEO at DTE Energy (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jewel James - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jewel James - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Market Expansion & Policy, Renovate America, Inc. (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jigar Shah - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jigar Shah - Climate Leadership Conference

President & Co-Founder, Generate Capital (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: John Hickenlooper - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: John Hickenlooper - Climate Leadership Conference

Governor of Colorado (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: John Viera - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: John Viera - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Director, Sustainability, Ford Motor Company (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Jonathan Powers - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Jonathan Powers - Climate Leadership Conference

Federal Environmental Executive, White House Council on Environmental Quality (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Katharine Hayhoe - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Katharine Hayhoe - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Katherine Hammack - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Katherine Hammack - Climate Leadership Conference

Assistant Secretary, Installations, Energy & Environment, U.S. Army (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kathy Baughman McLeod - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kathy Baughman McLeod - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of The Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, The Atlantic Council (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kelly Semrau - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kelly Semrau - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communication & Sustainability, S.C. Johnson (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kevin Bryan - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kevin Bryan - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Policy Director, Keystone Policy Center (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kevin Rabinovitch - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kevin Rabinovitch - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Sustainability Director, Mars Incorporated (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kim Cobb - Climate Leadership Conference

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)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kim Jordan - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kim Jordan - Climate Leadership Conference

Co-Founder & Executive Chair, New Belgium Brewing (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kimberly Hill-Knott - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kimberly Hill-Knott - Climate Leadership Conference

Detroit Climate Action Collaborative/ Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Kyung-Ah Park - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Kyung-Ah Park - Climate Leadership Conference

Managing Director and Head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Larry Hogan - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Larry Hogan - Climate Leadership Conference

Governor of Maryland (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Liesl Clark - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Liesl Clark - Climate Leadership Conference

Director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Lisa Jackson - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Lisa Jackson - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Lisa Shibata - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Lisa Shibata - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Manager, Corporate Citizenship, The Walt Disney Company (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Lou Hutchinson - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Lou Hutchinson - Climate Leadership Conference

VP, Public Sector, Constellation (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Louise Bedsworth - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Louise Bedsworth - Climate Leadership Conference

Deputy Director, California Office of Planning and Research (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Mandela Barnes - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Mandela Barnes - Climate Leadership Conference

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Maria Vargas - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Maria Vargas - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, DOE Better Buildings Challenge, U.S. Department of Energy (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Mary Nichols - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Mary Nichols - Climate Leadership Conference

Chair, California Air Resources Board (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Matt Clouse - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Matt Clouse - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Renewable Energy Policy and Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Matthew Rodriquez - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Matthew Rodriquez - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary for Environmental Protection, California Environmental Protection Agency (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Michael Hancock - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Michael Hancock - Climate Leadership Conference

Mayor, City of Denver, CO (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Michael Mann - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Michael Mann - Climate Leadership Conference

Distinguished Professor and Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC), Penn State University (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Michael Regan - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Michael Regan - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary, Department of Environmental Quality, North Carolina (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Mustafa Santiago Ali - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Mustafa Santiago Ali - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice & Community Revitalization, Hip Hop Caucus (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Naomi Oreskes - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Naomi Oreskes - Climate Leadership Conference

Professor, History of Science, Harvard University and Author, Merchants of Doubt (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Nate Hurst - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Nate Hurst - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Director of Environmental Progress, HP (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Patricia Espinosa - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Patricia Espinosa - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Patricia Fuller - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Patricia Fuller - Climate Leadership Conference

Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Projal Dutta - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Projal Dutta - Climate Leadership Conference

Director, Sustainability Initiatives, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (NYMTA) (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Rachel Kyte - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Rachel Kyte - Climate Leadership Conference

Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Ray Mabus - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Ray Mabus - Climate Leadership Conference

Secretary, U.S. Navy (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Rebecca Boudreaux - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Rebecca Boudreaux - Climate Leadership Conference

President & Board Member, Oberon Fuels (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Rhea Suh - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Rhea Suh - Climate Leadership Conference

President, National Resources Defense Council (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Richard Saines - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Richard Saines - Climate Leadership Conference

Partner, Head- North American Climate Change and Environmental Markets Practice, Baker McKenzie, LLP (2017)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Rob Bernard - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Rob Bernard - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Robert Rubin - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Robert Rubin - Climate Leadership Conference

Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary (2015)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Scott Tew - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Scott Tew - Climate Leadership Conference

Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand (2019)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Senator Debbie Stabenow - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Senator Debbie Stabenow - Climate Leadership Conference

U.S. Senator for Michigan (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Stephanie Rico - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Stephanie Rico - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Wells Fargo (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Steve Tochilin - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Steve Tochilin - Climate Leadership Conference

General Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Delta Airlines (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Suzanne Lindsay-Walker - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Suzanne Lindsay-Walker - Climate Leadership Conference

Chief Sustainability Officer at UPS (2020)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Tim Mohin - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Tim Mohin - Climate Leadership Conference

Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) (2016)
speaker-image Past Speaker: TJ DiCaprio - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: TJ DiCaprio - Climate Leadership Conference

Global Director of Sustainability, Microsoft (2013)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Tom Langan - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Tom Langan - Climate Leadership Conference

External Affairs Director, North America, Unilever (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Tom Steyer - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Tom Steyer - Climate Leadership Conference

Retired Founder, Farallon Capital Management (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Vince Digneo - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Vince Digneo - Climate Leadership Conference

Sustainability Strategist, Corporate Responsibility, Adobe (2018)
speaker-image Past Speaker: Wayne Balta - Climate Leadership Conference

Past Speaker: Wayne Balta - Climate Leadership Conference

Vice President for Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM (2014)
speaker-image Past Speaker: William K. Reilly - Climate Leadership Conference

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)