VERGE 21

Senior Diplomatic Expert, European Commission

International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers

President & CEO, The Solutions Project

CEO, Fervo Energy

Climate Activist, Re-Earth Initiative

Founder and CEO, Gro Intelligence

Principal, Prime Impact Fund

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures

Co-founder & EVP, ecoSPEARS

Executive Director, Climate Emergency Fund

Co-Founder & Executive Director, One Earth

Multimedia Artist, Writer, Composer

CEO, New Energy Nexus

Founder and Chairman, Lowercarbon Capital

Founder, Native Renewables

Mobility Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Climate Advisor, OneMillionOfUs

Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

Director of Partnerships, Zero Hour

Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon Corporate Development, Amazon

Founder, Battery Tour & United Nations Young Leader for SDGs

Author, Regeneration

Head of Programs & Solutions, SkyNRG

Lead, Food Initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

Senior Technical Advisor, Climate Intelligence, RMI

Senior Director of Transportation Electrification, ICF Climate Center

Chief Innovation Officer, HowGood

Deputy Director for Energy Justice, Department of Energy

Vice President, Accelerator, Imagine H2O

SVP, Executive Director, VERGE, GreenBiz Group

Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal, XPRIZE Foundation

Director of Startup Programs, GreenBiz Group

Heat of Investments & Fund Partnerships, Third Derivative

Co-Founder, Ampaire

Project Manager Circular Design, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Founder & CEO, Uncharted Power

Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business, University of Virginia

Director of Partnerships for Social Justice, Santa Clara University

Co-Founder & President, The Plant

Executive Director, Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC)

CEO & Co-Founder, Kanin Energy

Commercialization Manager, Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator

Product Lead, XWing

Customer Support Coordinator, GreenBiz

Co-Founder of Climate Vault & Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, University of Chicago

CEO, Patch

Director of Research & Development, North America Fabric Care, Procter & Gamble

CEO, Higg

Technical Services Manager, Renewable Aviation, Neste

Senior Editor, GreenBiz Group

Managing Partner, BMW i Ventures

CEO, LanzaTech

Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, PowerSecure, Inc.

Founder, CEO and Chair, CarbonCure Technologies

Chief Development Officer, BEF

Director, Climate Investments & Partnerships, Venture for Climate Tech

Policy Director of Mobility and Inter-Agency Relations, Office of the Mayor, City of Oakland

Head of Infrastructure Strategy & Planning, Electrify America

Policy Manager, Bloom Energy

Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Bon Appetit Management Company

Energy Manager, Renewables, Facebook

Co-Founder, Watershed

Founder & CEO, Frost Methane

Electric Sector Coordinator, EIS Council

Director - Customer Decision Sciences, DNV GL

Co-Founder & CEO, ClearFlame Engines

Vice President, Global Workplace Programs, Google

Partner, Urban Us

CEO, Puro.earth

General Manager Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Solutions, Honeywell

Executive Director, University of Washington

State and Local Partnerships Lead, Air Mobility Division at Hyundai Motor Group

Director & Investment Partner, Acario Innovation

Director, Innovation, South Pole

Senior Director Business Solutions, ENGIE Impact

Managing Director, S2G Ventures

VP, Energy Supply Advisory, Edison Energy

Investor, Piva Capital

Director of Environmental Management at Port of Los Angeles, Port of LA

Director, Transportation Markets, 3Degrees

Program Manager, Carbon Utilization R&D, Department of Energy

Global Markets Lead, Energy Web

Chief Operating Officer Scale, Microgrid

Senior Product Manager – Microgrids, Bloom Energy

Key Segment Manager - State Government, Municipal & Co-Op, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions

Vice President & Editorial Director, GreenBiz Group

Senior Vice President, Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Director of Strategy, KitchenTown

President of Smart Buildings, ABB

Head of Sustainability Innovation, EcoVadis

Director, Design for Food, IDEO

Policy Analyst, Crypto Impact & Sustainability Accelerator, World Economic Forum

Founder & CEO, Vessel

Senior Analyst, WattTime

Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact, Xylem

Director of Catastrophe R&D, Liberty Mutual Insurance

President, Shell Energy North America, Shell Energy

Program Manager, Columbia University

Chief Operating Officer & Founder, Dispatch Goods

CEO, Noya

President, Mercy for Animals

General Director, Electrification Strategy and Cell Engineering, General Motors

Market Development Manager - Americas, Neste

CEO and Founder, Joro

CEO and Founder, Rebellyous Foods

Senior Director, Corporate Engagement, Forests, WWF

Director, Climate Resilience, PG&E

Founder and CEO, Miyoko's Creamery

Founder, Project InsideOut

Sr. Director Global Sustainability and Social Impact, The Hershey Company

CEO, Soteria Battery Innovation Group Inc.

President and CEO, CalStart

Head of Sales, ClearTrace

Corporate Partnerships, Climeworks

Director, Science, Technology and International Affairs Program, Georgetown University

VP, Services Solutions, Tetra Pak Americas

CEO, FREDsense Technologies

Director of Sustainability, Lendlease Communities, Lendlease Americas

Food Systems Analyst and Conference Chair of VERGE Food, GreenBiz Group

Founder and CEO, Matriark Foods

CEO, SupplyShift

Associate Editor, GreenBiz Group

CEO, Lyten

Director of Water Security Science and Innovation, The Nature Conservancy

Energy Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Co-Founder and CEO, Epic Cleantec

CEO, Terraformation

Market Strategy Manager, Bloom Energy

Executive Director, Sovereign Energy

Business Development Manager, WattBuy

Director, Sustainability Business Development, Microsoft

Founder, Full Table Solutions and Director of Strategy, Food for Climate League

Vice President, Terminal Tractors, Kalmar

Co-Founder, 12 Tides

Head, Food for Good, Google

CEO, Blue Frontier, LLC

Chief Sustainability Officer, The Metals Company

CEO, Planetary Hydrogen

Founder and CEO, Freewire

Vice President, Sustainability & CSR, Sodexo

Managing Partner, Octane OC

CEO, AutoGrid

Science Lead for Carbon and Ecosystem Services Global Portfolio, Corteva AgriScience

CEO, Holy Grail

Senior Researcher, Pacific Institute

Lead Water Economist, Eastern and Southern Africa, The World Bank

Senior Vice President, GNA

Co-Founder & International CEO, EcoTree

CEO, Varuna

VP Government Affairs & Corporate Communications, Region Americas, BMW Group

Global Water Program Leader, Kimberly-Clark

Program Manager, NAACP

VP Sustainability, North America, Rabo AgriFinance

Manager, Agriculture Sustainability, Nutrien

Director of Workforce Development, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Senior Attorney, Clean Energy, Earthjustice

Director, Business Development for Fleets, EVgo

Executive Directo, E2

Director, Investor Engagement, Food & Forests, Ceres

Fashion Model & Nuclear Energy Influencer, Isodope

Founder and CEO, Strategen

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Questionmark

CEO, National Hydropower Association (NHA)

Manager, RMI

Innovation Director, EDF

Co-Founder and Principal, EVNoire

Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Danone

Research Analyst, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Chairperson, Joint US China Collaboration on Clean Energy

Principal Planner, Policy & Planning, City of Seattle, Department of Transportation

CEO & President, Cofounder, Hydropoint

Environmental Managing Director, Black & Veatch

Head of Energy Partnerships, Google Nest

Director, Energy & Sustainability, Iron Mountain

President, Smart Grid North America, Schneider Electric

Vice President of New Business Development, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA)

Managing Partner, British Petroleum

Carbon Free Energy Lead, Google

Director of Marketing, Clean Energy Ventures

CEO, SKOOT

Executive Director, Sovereign Energy Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers

Senior Director, Energy & Climate Practice, 3Degrees

General Manager, RippleX, Ripple

Vice President, Programs, REBA

Senior Assistant General Manager and CSO, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)

Senior Program Director, Groundswell

Director of Impact Strategy, Impossible Foods

Senior Regulatory Advisor for Hydrogen, Orsted

Executive Director, ReFED

Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability, Microsoft

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara

CEO, Heirloom

Global Lead, Sustainable Shopping, Amazon

Director of Urban Water Policy, Stanford University

Executive Director, NACFE

Director, Federal Affairs, INRIX

Senior Advisor, Environmental Protection Agency

Vice President, Sustainability & Shared Value, Maple Leaf Foods

Founder and CEO, Advanced Energy Group

General Partner, Include Venture Partners

Executive Director, Commission on the Future of Mobility (CFM)

Head of Cleantech & Sustainability, North America, Thoughtworks

Business Strategist, Black & Veatch

Senior Account Manager, ABB

Chair, California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Chief Sustainability Officer, Rubicon

President, Argent Materials

Sustainability Director, San Francisco International (SFO)

Global Renewable Energy Program Manager, Mars

Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Vice President, Environmental Consulting & Technologies

Manager, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility, Kilroy

Executive Director, TechRise by P33

Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Enviva

Managing Director, MIT Solve

CEO, Greenlots

Partner, 42phi Ventures

Senior Product Management Consultant & Managing Director, Aamidor Consulting

Chief of Staff, Automotus

Managing Director, RMI

Senior Analyst, Carbon, GreenBiz Group

CEO, Beta Hatch

Strategic Development Consultant, Route to Market LLC

Corporate Social Responsibility Strategist, Verizon Inc.

Founder & Managing Partner, TerraPraxis

CEO & Founder, Aquacycl

CEO, Vence Corp

Managing Director, Equity & Access, Elemental Excelerator

Chief Technology Officer, Solid Power

Director for Strategic Initiatives, Energy & Infrastructure, The Nature Conservancy

Senior Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Solytic

Co-founder & CEO, Wildtype

Chief Technology Officer, Bedrock Ocean Exploration

Resilience & Climate Change Lead, AECOM

Founder & Chief Innovation Strategist, TPM Focus

Global Energy Markets and Policy Lead , Google

Project Director, Food Program, World Resources Institute

Chief Marketing Officer, QuantumScape

Offering Manager, ESG, OneTrust

Corporate Development, United Airlines Ventures

Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Ecolab

CEO, Signol Limited

Head of Sustainable Sourcing, Nestlé

Head of Manufacturing, BrightDrop

Director, Business Development for Strategic Partnerships, EVgo

Program Officer, Corporate Water Stewardship, WWF

Senior Manager II, Sustainability, Walmart

Director of Food and Agriculture, The Breakthrough Institute

Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition

Senior Equity Consultant, WSP

Transportation & Innovation Manager, Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure

CEO & Founder, Olokun Materials

Founder & CEO, Replate

CEO, Generate Capital

CEO, Full Cycle Bioplastics

CEO, Boston Metal

Managing Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Senior Vice President, Aligned Climate Capital

Vice President, Product, QuantumScape

Programme Manager, Sustainable Energy for All

Senior Advisor, GreenBiz Group

SVP, Strategic Business Development, Everland

SBTi Technical Lead, WWF

Sr. Technical Leader, Technology Innovation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Founder & CEO, ISeeChange

Green Finance & ESG Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Chief Program Officer, Verra

VP of Global Sustainability, VF Corporation

Co-Founder & Chief Workforce Officer, ChargerHelp!

Co-founder, rePlant Capital

Head of Climate, Stripe

Vice President, Energy & Climate, XPRIZE Foundation

Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

Principal, Urban Transformation, RMI

CEO & Founder, Parcelly

Communications & Government Relations Director, Northern Lights

Director, Global Water Stewardship, PepsiCo

Host, Producer, Carbon Pulse

Senior Writer, Transportation, GreenBiz Group

Head of Business Development, NCX

Gobal Freshwater Lead, WWF International

Senior Vice President & Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Chairman & Co-founder, GreenBiz Group

Water Technology Market Analyst, BlueTech Research

CEO, Natel Energy

Founder & CEO, Source Global, PBC

Senior Manager, Corporate Engagement, The Climate Group

VP, Chief Sustainability, Environment & Safety Officer, Ford

Principal, Climate Interactive

Advisory Board Member, Evergreen Action

Green Cloud Lead, North America

Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Supply, Edison Energy

Deputy Director, CalStart

Co-Founder and Chief Investigator, The Lexicon

Director of Business Development, Transformative Technologies, Black & Veatch

Director of Sustainability, Amazon Web Services

Director, Communications, Generate Capital

CSR Director, Carrefour

Co-Founder and CCO, Chargetrip

Office of Environmental Justice Program Manager, California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Program Manager, Global Initiatives, C40 Cities

Nest Partnerships, Google

Senior Sustainability Program Manager, Procurement, Microsoft

Green Cloud Lead, North America

VP, Development, AlphaStruxure

Senior Director of Fleet Operations, PepsiCo

Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, ABB

Vice President, Science and Technology, Unilever

Structures and Sustainability Specialist, Arup

CEO, American Rivers

Director of Medium Duty Sales, Peterbilt Motors

Director, LEED, U.S. Green Buildings Council

Evan Costagliola, Principle, Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates

CEO, Augment City

Senior Director, EV Policy, Electrification Coalition

Regional President of The Americas and Executive Vice President, FedEx Express

Manager, Decarbonizing Industrial Supply Chain Energy (DISC-e), REBA Institute

Head of ESG Center of Excellence, OneTrust

Director of Science, Lowercarbon Capital

Director, Venture Capital - AI Fund, Micron Technology

Head of Stavanger Smart City, City of Stavanger

CEO, 80 Acres Farms

Co-Founder and Editor, Climate Tech VC

Climate Interactive

Managing Director, Climate Finance Fund

Global Director, Climate Action, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Climate Interactive

Senior Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA)

VP & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

Senior Vice President, DNV GL

Marketing Analyst II, Renewable Energy Group

Senior Director, Environmental Policy, The Coca-Cola Company

Senior Director, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance

President, Perdue Premium Poultry and Meats, Perdue Farms

CEO, Native American Natural Foods, TANKA

President & Co-Founder, GreenBiz Group

Assistant Manager, Climate Interactive

Director of Sustainability, Lendlease Communities, Lendlease Americas

Operations Manager, Vehicle Innovation Center (VIC), NFI Group

President & CEO, Philadelphia Energy Authority

Founder, People's Justice Council/Alabama Interfaith Power and Light

Strategic Ecosystem Director, EMEALA Region, Johnson Controls

CEO and Principal Consultant, Mobility Development Group

Sr. Director, Sustainability, Salesforce

Director of Programs and Partnerships, Ratio Institute

Senior Green Building Coordinator, San Francisco Department of the Environment

Chief Sustainability Officer, Chemours

Global Head of Philanthropy, PepsiCo and Vice President, The PepsiCo Foundation

Climate Interactive

Special Assistant to the President, White House National Security Council

Climate & Transportation Policy Advisor, Transportation Electrification (TE) Program Manager, City of Seattle

Head of Nordic Edge Smart City Innovation Cluster, Nordic Edge

Business Partnerships, Climate Interactive

Crop Consultant, Cal Ag Solutions

Climate Interactive

Deputy Director of Policy, Carbon 180

Global Manager - Sustainable Energy, Supply & Reliability, General Motors

President of North America Supply , Diageo

Head of Houston Incubator and VP of Innovation, Greentown Labs

Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for Environment

Climate Interactive

Chief Impact Officer, HP Inc

Emerging Mobility Co-Lead, Principal, Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates

Director of Business Partnerships, Energy and Mobility, 3Degrees

Co-Founder, Wildtype

Program Director, New Energy Nexus

VP of Communications & Government Relations, Redwood Materials

Director of Innovation, CO+I Advanced Development, Microsoft

Sustainability Director, San Francisco International Airport

CEO, Finite Carbon

VP Business Development, Boston Metal

Director, Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan

Global Real Estate & Facilities Sustainability Lead, Microsoft