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Executive Director, Climate Emergency Fund
Co-Founder & Executive Director, One Earth
Multimedia Artist, Writer, Composer
CEO, New Energy Nexus
Senior Diplomatic Expert, European Commission
International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers
Founder and Chairman, Lowercarbon Capital
President & CEO, The Solutions Project
Founder, Native Renewables
CEO, Fervo Energy
Mobility Analyst, GreenBiz Group
Climate Advisor, OneMillionOfUs
Climate Activist, Re-Earth Initiative
Founder and CEO, Gro Intelligence
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
Principal, Prime Impact Fund
Director of Partnerships, Zero Hour
Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon Corporate Development, Amazon
Founder, Battery Tour & United Nations Young Leader for SDGs
Author, Regeneration
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures
Co-founder & EVP, ecoSPEARS
Co-Founder & President, The Plant
Founder & CEO, Uncharted Power
Deputy Director for Energy Justice, Department of Energy
Co-Founder, Ampaire
CEO & Co-Founder, Kanin Energy
Vice President, Accelerator, Imagine H2O
Director of Startup Programs, GreenBiz Group
Heat of Investments & Fund Partnerships, Third Derivative
Lead, Food Initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Project Manager Circular Design, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Executive Director, University of Washington
Managing Director, S2G Ventures
Investor, Piva Capital
State and Local Partnerships Lead, Air Mobility Division at Hyundai Motor Group
Director of Catastrophe R&D, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Director of Environmental Management at Port of Los Angeles, Port of LA
Senior Product Manager – Microgrids, Bloom Energy
General Manager Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Solutions, Honeywell
Energy Manager, Renewables, Facebook
Technical Services Manager, Renewable Aviation, Neste
President of Smart Buildings, ABB
Director, Transportation Markets, 3Degrees
Key Segment Manager - State Government, Municipal & Co-Op, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
Head of Sustainability Innovation, EcoVadis
Program Manager, Carbon Utilization R&D, Department of Energy
Co-Founder of Climate Vault & Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, University of Chicago
Policy Director of Mobility and Inter-Agency Relations, Office of the Mayor, City of Oakland
Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, PowerSecure, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer Scale, Microgrid
Senior Analyst, WattTime
Policy Analyst, Crypto Impact & Sustainability Accelerator, World Economic Forum
Electric Sector Coordinator, EIS Council
Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact, Xylem
Chief Development Officer, BEF
Head of Infrastructure Strategy & Planning, Electrify America
Senior Director, Corporate Engagement, Forests, WWF
Founder, Project InsideOut
CEO, Terraformation
President, Mercy for Animals
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Metals Company
Head, Food for Good, Google
Corporate Partnerships, Climeworks
Founder and CEO, Freewire
President and CEO, CalStart
General Director, Electrification Strategy and Cell Engineering, General Motors
Market Strategy Manager, Bloom Energy
Sr. Director Global Sustainability and Social Impact, The Hershey Company
CEO, Lyten
Director of Sustainability, Lendlease Communities, Lendlease Americas
Executive Director, Sovereign Energy
CEO, SupplyShift
Vice President, Sustainability & CSR, Sodexo
Director, Science, Technology and International Affairs Program, Georgetown University
Associate Editor, GreenBiz Group
CEO and Founder, Joro
CEO, Blue Frontier, LLC
CEO, Soteria Battery Innovation Group Inc.
Director, Climate Resilience, PG&E
Managing Partner, Octane OC
CEO, Holy Grail
Lead Water Economist, Eastern and Southern Africa, The World Bank
VP Government Affairs & Corporate Communications, Region Americas, BMW Group
Senior Attorney, Clean Energy, Earthjustice
Director, Energy & Sustainability, Iron Mountain
Global Water Program Leader, Kimberly-Clark
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Questionmark
Chairperson, Joint US China Collaboration on Clean Energy
CEO, National Hydropower Association (NHA)
Senior Vice President, GNA
Program Manager, NAACP
VP Sustainability, North America, Rabo AgriFinance
Manager, Agriculture Sustainability, Nutrien
Manager, RMI
Executive Directo, E2
Director, Investor Engagement, Food & Forests, Ceres
Fashion Model & Nuclear Energy Influencer, Isodope
Director of Workforce Development, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
General Manager, RippleX, Ripple
CEO & President, Cofounder, Hydropoint
Manager, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility, Kilroy
Carbon Free Energy Lead, Google
President, Argent Materials
Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Danone
Sustainability Director, San Francisco International (SFO)
Senior Regulatory Advisor for Hydrogen, Orsted
Executive Director, TechRise by P33
Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Enviva
Vice President of New Business Development, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA)
General Partner, Include Venture Partners
Senior Assistant General Manager and CSO, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
Global Renewable Energy Program Manager, Mars
Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Vice President, Environmental Consulting & Technologies
Partner, 42phi Ventures
Senior Advisor, Environmental Protection Agency
Managing Director, RMI
Vice President, Sustainability & Shared Value, Maple Leaf Foods
CEO, Beta Hatch
Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability, Microsoft
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara
Chief Technology Officer, Solid Power
Corporate Development, United Airlines Ventures
Chief Program Officer, Verra
Director of Food and Agriculture, The Breakthrough Institute
Director for Strategic Initiatives, Energy & Infrastructure, The Nature Conservancy
Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition
Senior Equity Consultant, WSP
Vice President, Product, QuantumScape
Transportation & Innovation Manager, Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure
Head of Sustainable Sourcing, Nestlé
CEO, Generate Capital
Chief Technology Officer, Bedrock Ocean Exploration
Resilience & Climate Change Lead, AECOM
CEO, Boston Metal
Founder & Chief Innovation Strategist, TPM Focus
Founder & CEO, ISeeChange
Head of Manufacturing, BrightDrop
SVP, Strategic Business Development, Everland
Communications & Government Relations Director, Northern Lights
Project Director, Food Program, World Resources Institute
Vice President, Energy & Climate, XPRIZE Foundation
CEO & Founder, Olokun Materials
Director, Business Development for Strategic Partnerships, EVgo
Senior Manager II, Sustainability, Walmart
VP, Chief Sustainability, Environment & Safety Officer, Ford
Advisory Board Member, Evergreen Action
Gobal Freshwater Lead, WWF International
Founder & CEO, Source Global, PBC
Senior Manager, Corporate Engagement, The Climate Group
Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Supply, Edison Energy
Nest Partnerships, Google
VP, Development, AlphaStruxure
Co-Founder and Chief Investigator, The Lexicon
Director of Sustainability, Amazon Web Services
Deputy Director, CalStart
Senior Director of Fleet Operations, PepsiCo
Vice President, Science and Technology, Unilever
Head of ESG Center of Excellence, OneTrust
Senior Director, Environmental Policy, The Coca-Cola Company
Director of Science, Lowercarbon Capital
President, Perdue Premium Poultry and Meats, Perdue Farms
Regional President of The Americas and Executive Vice President, FedEx Express
Strategic Ecosystem Director, EMEALA Region, Johnson Controls
Senior Vice President, DNV GL
Operations Manager, Vehicle Innovation Center (VIC), NFI Group
Director, Venture Capital - AI Fund, Micron Technology
President & CEO, Philadelphia Energy Authority
