As a sustainability expert with a focus on corporate strategy, Emily helps organizations align communications strategies with growth goals. For nearly 20 years, she has consulted with clients from startups to the Fortune 50 in the food, climate tech, consumer products, financial and energy sectors. At Edelman, she and her team lead advisory services work to help clients research, create and execute impactful programs that deliver business results as well as award-winning fully integrated social purpose communications campaigns.Previously, at GreenOrder, a boutique management consultancy, Emily led sustainability strategy for Facebook, IKEA, Intuit, steelcase inc, Zappos, and a large investor-owned utility. Her work focused on helping companies develop sustainable business models and integrating communications on sustainability for customers, media, investors, partners, and regulators. Emily has also worked at Pacific Gas & Electric Company helping guide strategic analysis of PG&E’s renewable energy portfolio, developing content strategy for the company’s sustainability reports, and shaping policy implementation of California’s climate change law, AB32. Earlier in her career, she worked in forest conservation policy in Washington DC and in Booz Allen Hamilton’s Strategic Communications practice. Emily holds a BS cum laude from UC Berkeley in Natural Resource Management and an MBA from The University of Maryland. She has served on the Advisory Board at SXSWEco from 2012-2016 and was named one of Forte Foundation’s 2017 MBAs on the Move.

Edward is Senior Director, Global Sustainability at Meta. His team develops and executes Meta’s approach to efficient and responsible business operations. Meta has set an ambitious goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain (scope 3) in 2030 and, starting in 2020, Meta’s global operations (scopes 1 and 2) reached net zero greenhouse gas emissions and are supported by 100 percent renewable energy. Meta also prioritizes water stewardship across its operations and has set a goal to be water positive by 2030. Beyond operating responsibly, Edward’s team drives efforts to support global communities and make a positive impact on the world by minimizing Meta’s energy, emissions, and water impact, protecting workers and the environment in its supply chain, and partnering with others to develop and share solutions for a more sustainable world. https://sustainability.fb.com/

Lindsay is an attorney specializing in environmental, social, governance (ESG) legal and regulatory matters. She counsels companies in a range of industries on developing and implementing their sustainability strategies, including communicating environmental marketing claims. 

Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. She was selected as an Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Emerging Leader in 2021 and, since 2022, she has served on the Steering Committee of ELI's Emerging Leaders Initiative. The National Black Lawyers recognized Lindsay as a "Top 100" attorney in Washington, DC in 2023. Lindsay was also selected as a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder in 2023.

Dave Stangis is Partner and Chief Sustainability Officer at Apollo, where he oversees the firm’s cross-functional sustainability efforts including strategy, reporting, ESG, climate initiatives, and employee engagement. He is also a member of the Firm’s Leadership Team. Prior to joining Apollo, Dave founded 21C Impact, an advisory firm dedicated to delivering a differentiated impact on business results with a focus on ESG and corporate sustainability initiatives. Previously, he was Chief Sustainability Officer at Campbell Soup Company where he created and led the company’s ESG, Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability & Public Affairs strategies. Dave joined Campbell from Intel Corporation, where he served as the Company’s first Global Director of Corporate Responsibility.

Dave currently serves as a mentor to the AgFunder Network. He previously served as Executive Adviser at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson College, and Instructor in Villanova University’s Sustainable Enterprise Executive Education program.

Dave earned his BS in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Detroit Mercy, MS in Occupational & Environmental Health from Wayne State University, and MBA in Finance and General Management from the University of Michigan.

Anisa is a sustainability and philanthropy executive with a track record of connecting environmental, social, and governance issues to business performance, reputation, and shareholder value. She currently serves as Chief Sustainability Officer at Rivian as well as President and Trustee of the Rivian Foundation. Previously Anisa worked at Tiffany & Co. for nearly two decades. During her tenure she served as Tiffany & Co.’s first-ever Chief Sustainability Officer as well as Chairman and President of the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, focusing the company’s philanthropic strategy on supporting nonprofit organizations dedicated to the stewardship of natural resources and empowerment of local communities, in the areas of responsible mining and marine conservation. She developed Tiffany & Co.’s metrics-driven ESG effort, which has been recognized by investors and the private and nonprofit sectors for its substance and transparency, including Tiffany & Co.’s commitment to become a net zero company. Her career has focused on catalyzing collaborative, mutually beneficial relationships among an array of stakeholders, scaling programs and impact, and effectively communicating strategy and purpose to diverse constituencies and audiences. She is a recognized expert in philanthropic, environmental and social impact issues with extensive board leadership experience on a variety of domestic and international nonprofit, industry, and multi-stakeholder bodies.

Joel Makower is a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and the bottom line. As a writer and strategist on corporate sustainability practices and clean technology, he has helped a wide range of companies align environmental goals with business strategy. Joel is a bestselling author or co-author of several books on business and sustainability, including his latest, The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America's Prosperity, Security, and Sustainability in the 21st Century (St. Martin's Press).

He is a frequent commentator in print, broadcast and online media, and a sought-after speaker to companies and business groups around the world. In 2012, Joel was awarded the Hutchens Medal by the American Society for Quality, which cited “his ability to tell compelling stories that both inform and inspire business leaders toward profitable action.” From 1991 to 2005, Joel was editor of The Green Business Letter, an award-winning monthly newsletter on corporate environmental strategy. He is a graduate in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley and is an advisor to both for-profit and non-profit organizations. The Associated Press has called Joel "the guru of green business practices."

Solitaire is a renowned sustainability expert and solutionist. She works with some of the worlds’ most influential organisations to activate social justice and environmental restoration. She is Co-founder & Chief Solutionist at Futerra and Trustee of the Solutions Union. She was named “Ethical Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2008 and more recently chair of the UK Green Energy Scheme, trustee of Ashden, a founder member of the United Nations Sustainable Lifestyles Taskforce and a London Leader for Sustainability. Watch her popular Ted talk, read her Forbes column and enjoy her first book, The Happy Hero: How to Change Your Life by Changing the World, which is available now.

Bryan Lewis leads the Emerging Leaders program at GreenBiz.org, which elevates, cultivates and supports the next generation of Black, Indigenous and other leaders of color (BIPOC) in the climate community. His work connects underrepresented young professionals to global leaders in the sustainability industry and builds lasting connections that bridge the gap towards a diverse and well-resourced green workforce.
Prior to joining GreenBiz, Bryan served as Executive Director of EcoWorks Detroit where he led climate and energy education, building decarbonization, and local community organizing initiatives. He has a background in youth mentorship and career development and currently leads a network of emerging clean energy leaders in Michigan. Bryan received a Masters in Energy Science, Technology, and Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

As Corporate Counsel – Sustainability for Salesforce, Ryan Hart works closely with Salesforce’s Sustainability Team as an attorney dedicated to sustainability matters with a focus on supply chain sustainability, renewable energy procurement, and carbon credit procurement.

In his role, Ryan has developed and helped operationalize Salesforce’s Sustainability Exhibit, which is now included in supplier procurement contracts to help reduce the company’s carbon footprint. He also negotiates renewable energy power purchase agreements, works on sustainability compliance matters, and negotiates a wide variety of sustainability-related agreements.

Prior to joining Salesforce, Ryan represented institutional lenders, investors, and developers in the financing, development, and acquisition of over 6.5 GWs of renewable energy projects, both nationally and internationally. Ryan obtained his JD from University of California, Berkeley School of Law and most recently completed the Berkeley Law Executive Education Sustainable Capitalism and ESG program, the UC Berkeley Extension Advanced Program in Sustainable Management and became a UC California Certified Climate Steward.

As part of McDonald’s Global Impact leadership, Jenny McColloch leads the Sustainability & ESG team, which designs and manages McDonald’s cross-cutting environmental, social and community impact strategies, including overseeing corporate giving and volunteerism. Partnering with groups within and beyond McDonald’s, Jenny’s team coordinates impact initiatives and public commitments to drive meaningful, industry-wide change across the value chain – from supply chain through to the restaurant, customer and community experience. Together with IR and other internal partners, her team also manages McDonald’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) progress tracking and reporting for long-term value creation.

Jenny joined McDonald’s in 2012. She’s held a variety of roles related to restaurant and supply chain sustainability strategy, including enabling McDonald’s climate action strategy with science based targets to reduce GHG emissions and strategic planning to drive climate resiliency and risk management. She previously held roles with Nestlé Waters N.A and as Education Director for Salish Sea Expeditions. 

Jenny earned her BS/MS in Earth Systems from Stanford University and her MBA from the Yale School of Management. She serves on the First Movers Advisory Board for the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program, and is committed to mentoring students and early career professionals exploring sustainability and ESG-related fields.

A passionate believer in the power of business to make the world a better place for everyone, Scot Case has focused on the intersection of business, environmental, and social concerns since the mid-1990s. With strategic leadership experience in the retail, quick-service restaurant, manufacturing, government, and non-profit sectors, Scot provides a system-wide perspective that makes it possible for organizations, teams, and individuals to thrive in a rapidly changing future.

Elizabeth directs climate impact and net zero acceleration at EDF+Business, the private sector engagement division of Environmental Defense Fund. She has led EDF partnerships with Walmart, UPS, Airbnb, Lyft and FedEx. Elizabeth also leads coalition collaborations with the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions (BASCS), Transform to Net Zero (TONZ), and works with the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA). Under her leadership, EDF+Business created the first-of-kind Supply Chain Solutions Center and the Pathways to Net Zero report series. The Pathways series offers pragmatic, actionable tools for companies to cut emissions now, set interim targets, and invest in climate technologies for hard-to-abate sectors. Elizabeth has a Masters in Public Policy in Environment and Natural Resources Policy from Harvard University. 

Peter Prengaman is the global climate and environmental news director
for The Associated Press, leading a team around the world dedicated to
stories about climate change, from the impact on people to policy
debates and green technologies.

Prengaman has been with the AP for 20 years and held several roles,
from statehouse reporter in Oregon to bureau chief in Brazil. He has
reported on and overseen big stories from more than 15 countries,
including hurricanes, droughts, wildfires and ecological disasters, such
as the 2010 Gulf oil spill and 2019 tailings dam collapse in Brumadinho,
Brazil. Between journalism assignments and linguistic studies,
Prengaman has lived about 10 years overseas, in Brazil, Argentina, the
Dominican Republic, Spain, Chile and Morocco.

He is co-author of “Dilma’s Downfall: The Impeachment of Brazil’s
First Woman President and the Pathway to Power for Jair Bolsonaro’s
Far-Right.” Prengaman is married, has three children and lives in
Phoenix, Arizona.

Suzanne Shelton is the CEO of Shelton Group, an ERM Group Company, the nation’s leading marketing communications agency entirely focused exclusively in the ESG space. She regularly counsels C-level executives at Fortune 1000 organizations on how to best define and leverage their sustainability approaches to drive business results. She currently serves on the board of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the executive advisory board of Cyclyx, and recently served on the board of the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA). Ms. Shelton offers insights and inspiration on conference stages around the country, guest writes for the likes of Fast Company, Green Builder and GreenBiz, and directly manages a team of leaders who, collectively, have made Shelton Group a 30-year success story.

Cara Pike is the founder and director of Climate Access, a nonprofit focused on building political and public support for climate solutions through its strategic communications learning and training center, pilot projects that test new engagement approaches, and research and consulting services. Her work includes creation of the Preparation Frame: A Guide for Understanding and Engaging Around Climate Impacts; the Ecological Roadmap, a values-based approach to building support for environmental protection; Climate Communications Behavior Change – A Guide for Practitioners, and other widely used publications and toolkits. Cara regularly advises government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Clients have included the City of Boston, Ocean Science Trust, Union of Concerned Scientists, Urban Sustainability Director Network, and others.

Peter is a recognized pioneer of sustainability, responsible for some of the world’s most impactful strategic campaigns on climate change and nature restoration of the last 20 years. In the 2000s, Peter developed the first strategy for the United Nations’ communications on climate science, and then led campaigns for Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room to support private sector solutions to climate change. Browning Environmental Communications was founded in 2017 and works with FORTUNE 500 companies on their environmental strategies, as well as most UN agencies and environmental NGOs, and many cleantechs. They’ve also designed multi-stakeholder agenda-setting campaigns that have been instrumental in promoting the nature agenda, and educating the public on carbon offsetting.

Dylan has spent nearly two decades building better environmental and social impacts in the nonprofit and public sectors and the Fortune 500. Prior to GreenBiz, she was a lead strategist on the social innovation team at Verizon, where she introduced climate justice as a core element of the company’s climate approach and worked to address the rural digital divide. Formerly, at power company NRG, she developed climate and water strategy, and helped conceive and launch a consultancy to help commercial customers navigate climate action, resilience, clean energy, and energy efficiency. 

She now applies her experience in the field to lead and build upon GreenBiz’s offerings for sustainability professionals, working to support, drive, and lift up sustainability practice in business. A former music journalist, she lives in Brooklyn, NY.