Closing the Digital Divide with Blair Levin, Sr. Non-Resident Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Project at the Brookings Institution

Blair Levin serves as a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Project at the Brookings Institution. He also is the Policy Advisor to New Street Research, an international equity research firm. Blair began his career practicing law in North Carolina.  He then served as Chief of Staff to...

Creating Your Narrative with Chante Harris, Co-founder of Women of Color Collective in Sustainability

Chante Harris currently leads the investor network and corporate partnerships for Venture for ClimateTech, a climate tech venture studio and accelerator sourcing the best climate tech solutions across the globe. She also oversees the For ClimateTech Global Innovation Challenge and is spearheading the exploration of a thesis for a...

Why Geothermal Energy Makes Sense with Kathy Hannun, Co-founder & President of Dandelion Energy

Kathy Hannun is the Co-founder and President of Dandelion Energy, the largest residential geothermal company in the United States. Dandelion transitions homeowners from fossil-fueled to geothermal heating and cooling using their custom geothermal drilling suite and Dandelion Air heat pump. Before founding Dandelion, Hannun was a Rapid Evaluator at...

Let’s Talk About Corporate Accountability with Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow

Andrew Behar is CEO of As You Sow, the nation’s leading non-profit practitioner of shareholder advocacy and engagement. Since 1992, As You Sow has used shareholder power to align investments with values and compel companies to reduce material risk on issues including climate change; toxins in the food system;...

Rethinking the Grid with Dan Schnitzer, CEO of SparkMeter

Dan Schnitzer is CEO of SparkMeter, the leading provider of smart metering systems that enable utilities to implement pre-paid billing and real-time monitoring and control on micro-grids and central grids alike. He has served as a consultant to the United Nations Office for Project Services in Haiti, and for the World Bank. From 2014 to...

Reaching for Pre-Industrial Carbon Levels With Kelly Hering, CTO & Co-Founder at Charm Industrial

Kelly Hering is the CTO and co-founder at Charm Industrial, where she leads the engineering team developing their pyrolysis and gasification systems. Prior to Charm, she led the early upper stage design at Astra, a small rocket company, and the mechanical design at Planet for their constellation of Dove...

Cultivating a Cleantech Sisterhood with Lisa Ann Pinkerton, Founder and Chairwoman of Women In Cleantech & Sustainability

From the newsroom to the boardroom, Lisa Ann Pinkerton has used her keen analytical skills to share technology stories with the world for over a decade. She is Founder and CEO of the award-winning Technica Communications, Founder and Chairwoman of the non-profit Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, an international...

Private Equity for Climate Solutions with Ibrahim AlHusseini, Founder & Managing Partner, FullCycle

The right technology at the right time. Ibrahim AlHusseini is an award-winning serial entrepreneur turned tech investor. He made his fortune in fiberoptics and rolled it into Cleantech in the early 2000s after witnessing the acceleration of plastic pollution in our seas and oceans. He is the founder of...

A People-Driven Approach to Animal Welfare with Azzedine Downes, President & CEO of IFAW

Animals and people can thrive together. When Azzedine Downes became President and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in 2012, one thing was clear to him: “Talking to people who already agreed with us just isn’t enough to get real results.” As IFAW’s Executive Vice President...

Sustainability is a Competitive & Social Advantage with Steve Schmida, Founder & Chief Innovation Officer of Resonance

In a world of 10 billion, sustainability is going to be central to business. Steve Schmida is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Resonance, an award-winning global development and corporate sustainability consulting firm with more than 100 consultants and offices in Vermont, Washington, D.C., Seattle, and Manila. Resonance...

The Intersection of Economics & the Natural World with Marc Conte, Associate Professor of Economics at Fordham University

Aligning actions with the true cost to society is crucial. Marc Conte is an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Fordham University, a faculty research fellow at New York University, and a recent Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of the Environment.  As an environmental economist, his research...

Optimistic Leadership with Juan Verde, Policy Expert & Corporate Strategist Advocate for the Green Economy

And working in public and private sectors for maximum impact. When Juan Verde came to America from the Canary Islands at age 15, he didn’t speak a word of English. He went on to graduate from top universities and work for President Clinton, President Obama, and President Biden among other...