Speakers

Abigail Gampher is a Legal Analyst for Bloomberg Law. Abigail provides practical guidance and data-driven analysis for in-house counsel and law firm attorneys grappling with ESG and activist investor matters. As Bloomberg Law’s subject-matter expert on these topics, she has authored over 35 articles analyzing ESG and investor activism developments for a legal audience. A select few include: ANALYSIS: Green Product Claims Face Growing Consumer Scrutiny; ANALYSIS: Potential Activist Targets Score Low in ESG; and ANALYSIS: Q4 Activism Boosts 2022 Activity to Five-Year High. Abigail is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia. She holds a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law and a B.A. in International Relations from Hendrix College.

Adam Wasserman is the founder and Executive Director of Finpublica (www.finpublica.org) – a non-profit that inspires and empowers finance leaders to achieve their Environmental, Social and Governance goals by cultivating a deeply engaged community, providing expansive content, and serving as a catalyst for action. He also is the managing member of August Way Law & Consulting PLLC (www.augustwaylaw.com), a boutique law firm for financial services companies, executives, and professionals looking to achieve excellence and innovation while remaining compliant with their regulatory requirements. Adam has more than 25 years’ experience in the legal, finance, securities, and ESG spaces. He most recently served as the Head of Enforcement for the New York Stock Exchange, where he helped rebuild its market regulation program from the ground-up and led a team of professionals devoted to assuring that NYSE’s markets remained safe and fair. Previously, he was a White Collar and Securities partner at Dechert LLP where, among other matters, he represented the Board of Directors of Lehman Brothers in all litigations, investigations, and corporate governance matters arising from the largest bankruptcy in history. Adam has been recognized by the Legal 500 for “experienced, sage counsel,” selected as a New York Metro Super Lawyer, and named by Law360 earlier in his career as one of the country’s five White Collar “Rising Stars.” He is a member of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network and Finance Leaders Fellow, chairs the Board of Knology (a think tank focused on practical social science for a better world), and lives in New York with his wife, two children, and two dogs.

Adam is Head of Stewardship, Americas, at BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).He leads our firm’s stewardship activities in the region, including direct corporate engagement and proxy voting, working with policymakers on key issues relating to sustainable finance and investment, and representing BNPP AM in key investor ESG networks. Adam joined us in 2018 and is based in New York.Prior to joining us, Adam was Managing Director of Corporate Engagement at Domini Impact Investments. During his 20 years at Domini he built a corporate engagement programme focused on improving the ESG performance of major US corporations, as well as developing Domini’s public policy advocacy programme and proxy voting policies.He has a wealth of experience in a broad range of ESG issues, including climate change, deforestation, labour standards, human rights and supply chain management. He has been an active member of a wide variety of ESG networks and organisations and has been instrumental in helping companies to evolve their corporate practices in key areas.Adam served on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee, and is a founder of the Global Network Initiative, a multi-stakeholder organization addressing threats to freedom of expression and privacy rights in the ICT sector. He currently serves on advisory committee of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights and was a member of the Eminent Persons Group that oversaw development of the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework. In 2008, he was named to the Directorship 100, Directorship magazine’s listing of the most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom. Adam began his career as a Litigation Associate at New York law firm Cahill, Gordon & Reindel.

Aeisha Mastagni is a portfolio manager in the Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies unit of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. She is responsible for working with a dedicated team to further CalSTRS’ mission of securing the financial future and sustaining the trust of California’s public educators.Aeisha is part of the team that oversees the Sustainable Investment Portfolio and leads CalSTRS’ stewardship efforts, which include proxy voting, corporate engagement and working with regulatory authorities on market-wide issues.In 2012, Aeisha joined the board of directors at Golden 1 Credit Union, one of the nation’s largest credit unions with more than $14 billion in assets and over 1 million members. In 2015, she joined the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, whose mission is to be the leading voice for effective corporate governance.Before joining CalSTRS, Aeisha worked in the Corporate Governance unit of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System for six years, overseeing the proxy voting program and the corporate governance manager portfolio.Aeisha has a bachelor’s degree in economics from California State University, Sacramento.

Aleksandra Dobkowski-Joy is Vice President, ESG at The Estée Lauder Companies, where she leads the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting strategy. Aleksandra drives the implementation and continuous enhancement of ESG data collection, consolidation, governance, and controls. She is responsible for implementing ESG disclosure approaches to satisfy expectations of key stakeholders, including investors, regulators, consumers, and employees. She spearheads the annual development of the company’s Social Impact and Sustainability Report, and leads alignment to major reporting frameworks and emerging global ESG disclosure regulation.

Prior to joining ELC, Aleksandra was President and Chief Operating Officer at Framework ESG, where she led the delivery of core services in sustainability strategy and disclosure. Aleksandra started her career at the US Environmental Protection Agency. She holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University, and a BS in Biology from the University of Connecticut.

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex has a PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar, and was previously a tenured professor at Wharton and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, testified in the UK Parliament, and given the TED talk “What to Trust in a Post-Truth World” and the TEDx talk “The Social Responsibility of Business” with a combined 2 million views. He serves as Mercers School Memorial Professor of Business at Gresham College, giving a four-year programme of lectures to the public, and on Royal London Asset Management’s Responsible Investment Advisory Committee. Alex’s book, “Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit”, was featured in the Financial Times list of Business Books of the Year for 2020. He has been named to Poets and Quants Best 40 Professors Under 40 and Thinkers50 Radar.

Alex Liftman joined Bank of America in 2002. As Global Environmental Executive, Alex is responsible for the bank’s global environmental sustainability strategy, including business integration, operational initiatives, employee programs, public and corporate policy, and philanthropic and other investments. In particular, she works closely with executive management and senior leaders across the company to steward Bank of America’s goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations, supply chain and financing activities before 2050. She also collaborates closely with the company’s Sustainable Finance team and lines of business to meet its commitment to mobilize $1 trillion by 2030 toward sustainable, low-carbon technologies and activities. In her previous leadership roles, Alex managed global communications strategy and served on the leadership teams of several of Bank of America’s lines of business, including Global Wealth and Investment Management, Business Banking and Small Business. Prior to joining Bank of America, she co-managed Edelman’s Technology Finance Group in San Francisco, leading public relations activities for Morgan Stanley’s Technology Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Charles Schwab & Co., and other global clients.Alex is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she received a bachelor of science in mathematics. She is passionate about protecting the environment and is actively engaged in her community, including serving on the Boston Green Ribbon Commission and the Advisory Board for the The Trustees.

Alex Novarro has devoted his professional life to safeguarding wildlife and their habitats. His goal is to create a world where people can fully appreciate and enjoy the benefits of nature. As a Senior Manager at GreenBiz, Alex is responsible for curating events and content that focus on nature and biodiversity.

Alex began his career as a scientist, studying the impacts of climate change on animal populations. He became a national leader for Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, an organization that brings together private, public, and non-profit sectors to achieve shared conservation objectives. He later worked at The Nature Conservancy, where he directed a program to enhance access to nature and improve climate resilience on protected lands.

Alex holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Maryland and a BS in Environmental Science from SUNY Brockport. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College.

Alex Wright-Gladstein is the founder and CEO of Sphere. Over 80% of Americans are worried about climate change, but 99% of Americans with retirement savings don’t have the option to make climate-friendly investments. Sphere makes green investing available to everyone by making it easy to add green options to retirement plans. Prior to founding Sphere, Alex was founding CEO of Ayar Labs, an MIT technology spinout that has raised $200M in venture funding and makes data centers and supercomputers faster and more energy efficient by using light to move data between chips. She has also been the energy entrepreneurship practice leader at MIT and an energy efficiency program manager at smart grid company EnerNOC (now Enel X). She received an MBA from MIT and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Tufts University.

Ally is a Lead Advisor within Nasdaq's ESG Advisory practice, working with companies across a range of industries on their ESG strategies and disclosure. Part of her advisory work includes supporting companies on their engagement with ESG-minded investors in efforts to attract additional ESG capital. Prior to joining Nasdaq, Ally spent five years with Sustainalytics, a leading ESG Ratings provider. Again in an advisory capacity, Ally worked with institutional asset managers, wealth managers, and banks across the UK and US on the integration of ESG data throughout the investment process. She holds a M.S. in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.S. in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from Georgetown University. Ally also holds ESG Investing and Climate & Investing certificates with the CFA.

Amy Brusiloff is a community development executive at Bank of America. She lends to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and works on broader initiatives that deploy capital to achieve progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. She is also a member of Bank of America’s Global Environmental Group, which manages the bank’s commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions before 2050. Ms. Brusiloff has been working in the field of community development for 37 years. She was a director at Merrill Lynch Community Development Company, where she structured and executed community development debt and equity transactions. Ms. Brusiloff was previously a regional director of Freddie Mac’s multifamily division, where she managed a team that underwrote the purchase of multifamily housing loans and provided credit enhancement for tax-exempt housing bonds. Earlier, Ms. Brusiloff worked as a vice president at Bankers Trust Company in its Community Development Group. In 1986, she started her career in the South Bronx as the director of housing development for MBD (Mid-Bronx Desperadoes) Community Housing Corporation, followed by two years at the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development as a senior mortgage officer. Ms. Brusiloff graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brandeis University in 1986, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Andrea joined his current role in early 2021, and he is responsible for all the corporate finance activities, including all the global capital market issuances, leases, working capital programs, LCs, line of credits as well as in charge of managing the relationship with more than 40 banks globally. Andrea is also the Global focal point for ESG Financing. He returned to corporate after 3y in Equate, Dow second largest JV based in Kuwait, where he was the Corporate Treasurer, with global responsibility for credit and financial risk management, operations and back office, insurance, planning, corporate finance and investors relation. Before this role, Andrea spent 4 years in Saudi Arabia working in Sadara Petrochemical as Assistant Treasurer. In this role he was instrumental in developing the Treasury Department organization, strategy, and operational processes to support Sadara moving from a construction to an operational phase. As Corporate Risk Director Andrea was responsible for managing the credit risk, financial risk (interest rate and FX) and the insurance program for the company.Andrea joined Dow in 2005 in the Customer Financial Services group within Treasury as a Credit Manager. In January 2009, Andrea joined the Corporate Risk Group as Financial Risk Manager in the Treasury Department, and was responsible for managing the daily global liquidity, FX exposure and the hedging strategy. In November 2011 Andrea assumed the role of Director in the Corporate M&A Group. He was responsible for supporting the Dow Corporate strategy and portfolio optimization via acquisition, divestiture and JV. Prior joining DOW, Andrea worked as Management Strategy Consultant in various firms in Italy.Andrea holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Michigan State University, Broad Graduate School of Management, and a Master of Science in Business and Management Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan, Italy.

Andrew Kessler is the President of NY Green Bank, a Division of NYSERDA. Over a 28-year career, Mr. Kessler has developed extensive experience in corporate and project finance and advisory as well as operational management, corporate development, and project development. Prior to joining NY Green Bank, Mr. Kessler founded and led the Biogas, Waste & Recycling Advisory group at the Danish Trade Council based in Washington, D.C. and served as Co-Head of the Danish Trade Council’s North America Energy & Environment Group. In 2010, Mr. Kessler founded Turning Earth, an integrated organics recycling company focused on converting organic waste streams into biogas and other beneficial resources. Prior to launching Turning Earth, Mr. Kessler spent 15 years as an investment banker holding senior positions as a corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions professional at various firms including HSBC, Waller Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Duff & Phelps. He has executed equity, debt, and M&A transactions across a diverse set of sectors and markets and has served in numerous corporate governance leadership roles. Mr. Kessler has written and lectured on renewable energy topics and regularly speaks at industry forums and conferences. Mr. Kessler earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Andrew is a co-founder of Karner Blue Capital and has been its Executive VP, General Counsel, and CCO since it commenced operations as an investment adviser in 2018. Andrew maintains a minority ownership stake in KBC and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. From January 2006 through June 2019, Mr. Niebler served in progressively more senior roles within the legal department of Calvert Investments, Inc., including General Counsel and Senior Vice President from January 2017 through June 2019. Prior to joining Calvert, Mr. Niebler held positions as a structured finance and securities law attorney at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP and a foreign exchange trader and international economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Aniket Shah is Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainable Finance Strategy at Jefferies Group LLC. In this role, Aniket leads the integration of ESG and sustainability analysis within the global investment research department and engages with clients on this dynamic area of corporate and financial services. Prior to joining Jefferies, Aniket held senior roles in emerging market investing and financing sustainable development in both the public and private sectors, including at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, OppenheimerFunds and UBS Group AG. Aniket serves on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International and the UN SDSN. He is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Aniket is a member of the Economic Club of New York and the Bretton Woods Committee, and is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Oxford, where he completed his PhD on the financing of sustainable development.

Annie Chor Joyce is Managing Director, Head of ESG, US for Amundi US. She is responsible for developing the ESG strategy for the US market and US ESG expertise exported to overseas markets. She collaborates closely with global ESG teams, investment management, marketing, and distribution across the firm globally, as well as with external partners. Annie reports jointly to Lisa Jones, President and CEO of Amundi US, and Head of the Americas, and Elodie Laugel, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Amundi, based in Paris. She is a member of the US Executive Committee, US Management Committee, and US Operating Committee.Annie has a decade and a half of experience in the financial markets and sustainable investing, working with institutional and wealth investors across the impact investing spectrum in public and private markets. She joins Amundi US from MSCI Inc., ESG Research, where she led MSCI’s fixed income ESG coverage and worked closely with institutional clients on integrating ESG and climate strategies across the firm. Prior to MSCI, she worked at several impact-driven organizations, including Social Finance, a national impact finance and advisory non-profit, Éclat Impact, an impact investing fintech startup, and the World Economic Forum. Prior to this, she worked at Barclays Capital in Global Markets. Annie serves on the Investment Committee of the Phi Beta Kappa Society Foundation, is a Founding Member and Co-Leader of Invest for Better, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Saint Joseph’s Prep. She is a Fulbright scholar and received a Dual MBA and Master of Advanced Management degree from IE Business School and the Yale School of Management. She earned a B.S. in Finance with Minors in International Studies and Human Development from Boston College.

Ariana Barrenechea joined Free Float in 2021 and is the Head of Analytics. She helped build the company’s first product, Board Sabermetrics, a proprietary version of Corporate Moneyball that assesses individual director performance based on ESG 2.0 analytics.Prior to Free Float, Ariana worked at Pratt & Whitney as a Structures Engineer, designing jet engine parts for commercial and military aircraft. Ariana co-founded MINTy Girls in Germany to address the gender gap in STEM professionals and was a recipient of the German Business Start-up Grant “EXIST”. Ariana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Erfurt, in Germany.

Ariel brings over 10 years of progressive leadership and technical expertise working with senior decision- makers across all domains of sustainability and climate change, in major sectors including oil and gas, mining, international development, forestry, manufacturing, finance, and consumer business. As the Head of ESG for Manulife’s General Account, she helps drive Manulife’s transition to net zero in $427 billion of assets under ownership and supports investment teams in navigating the complexities, trade- offs, and nuances of ESG. Prior to joining Manulife, Ariel led the development, implementation, and assessment of sustainability and social impact strategies for major clients at Deloitte. She has her MSc in Sustainable Energy Development from the Haskayne School of Business (Calgary) and a Bachelor of Science with specialization in Biological Science from the University of Alberta.

Asha Mehta, CFA, is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Global Delta Capital and the author of the book, Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist’s Journey to a Sustainable Future. Her thematic focus includes Emerging & Frontier Markets and Sustainable Investing. She was previously an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Lead Portfolio Manager and Director of Responsible Investing at Acadian Asset Management. Early in her career, she conducted microfinance lending in India. She has traveled to over 80 countries and lived in six. Asha is a market maker and investment pioneer. She managed the world’s first Frontier markets fund as well as the first institutional actively managed Emerging Markets Fossil Fuel Free fund. She launched one of the earliest onshore China strategies in the United States. Separately, Asha led the first quantitative investor to become a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investing, which now oversees more than $100 trillion in investment assets. Asha was named one of the Top 10 Women in Asset Management by Money Management Executive and profiled as a “Brilliant Quant” by Forbes magazine. Asha is an active advocate of financial literacy and financial empowerment. She is a supporter of several related organizations, including Compass Working Capital and 100 Women in Finance. Asha holds an MBA with Honors from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.S., Biological Sciences, and A.B., Anthropology, from Stanford University. She lives between Boston and Florida with her husband and three children.

Asheen (he/his) is the Director of ESG & Sustainability for PagerDuty (NYSE: PD), a digital operations management company. Prior, Asheen has served as the global head of sustainability for Dassault Systèmes, and has consulted in sustainability strategy for companies in tech, fashion, chemicals, and financial services. In these roles, Asheen co-authored the aerospace sector guidance to the GHG Protocol, co-developed a net-positive innovation handprinting methodology, and contributed to the Higg Product eco-index. He also co-founded the public benefit corporation Eleven Radius to catalyze the circular economy in the fashion industry. Asheen holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Babson College, and teaches Biomimetic Design at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD).

In his downtime, Asheen is into travel, cooking, fashion, languages (because of the travel), and running (because of the cooking). He concocts dishes with his daughter and coaches his son’s town soccer team. If you’ve read this far, he’ll buy you a bourbon.

Ashlyn leads policy and advocacy Cervest where she helps customers and the public sector leverage climate intelligence to support high-quality, decision-useful, and equitable climate risk management. She worked previously on the Corporate Sustainability team at the Washington, DC-based Albright Stonebridge Group, and received her MBA from the Yale School of Management.

As the Sustainability Project Manager, Ayrton Bryan supports the globe as a professional and champion for greater environmental accountability. Ayrton is leading the workstreams in the company’s determination of its enterprise-wide carbon footprint, Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of products, and greater tracking of sustainability related data (energy, waste, and water use).  In 2023, he was named to the Milwaukee Business Journal 40 under 40 and the Harvard Business School Young American Leader Program.

Bryan also is passionate around community impact and empowerment. He helped create a new Role at Rockwell Automation to drive great employee career outcomes. He is also active in several nonprofits focusing on diversifying small businesses and representation in the outdoors.

Prior to joining Rockwell Automation, he was an Environmental Health and Safety Manager at global companies. His work focused on employee safety and well-being, environmental reporting, and employee engagement.

Ben Morley is a Partner and Associate Director in BCG’s Boston office, where he focuses on supporting private equity funds on ESG topics across the investment lifecycle. Ben is BCG’s private equity practice lead for ESG due diligence and ESG reporting and metrics, in which capacity he leads BCG’s support of the ESG Data Convergence Initiative. Before joining BCG Ben was a Principal at The Bridgespan Group where he supported private equity funds in launching dedicated impact investing vehicles. Ben started his career at Bain & Company and holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Bert Hunter is EVP and Chief Investment Officer of the CT Green Bank – the nation’s first state-level green bank. Since 2012, as CIO for the Connecticut Green Bank Mr. Hunter leads a team of clean energy finance professionals that develop innovative financing programs that have deployed $2.2 billion in public and private investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy using approximately $300 million of public resources. As of 2021, CGB’s remit has expanded to include Environmental Infrastructure – including water, waste & recycling, land conservation, resiliency and environmental markets. Prior to joining the Green Bank, Mr. Hunter was CFO and Chief Risk Officer of Spectrum Capital, Ltd, an investment banking JV with MUFG focused on commercial aircraft finance and investment in U.S. electric power generation. Prior to Spectrum, Mr. Hunter was the treasurer of the international leasing company of Chemical Bank (now JPMorgan Chase), where he managed the funding for a billion-dollar diversified portfolio of equipment loans and leases in more than a dozen countries outside the United States. He received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is an alumnus and former Trustee of Wake Forest University.

Beth Boland is Chair of the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice, Vice Chair of the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team, and a former Vice Chair of the Litigation Department. She represents clients in shareholder suits, SEC and Attorney General investigations, and consumer class actions. Named one of the “most powerful business people” in Boston by the Boston Business Journal and one of the most “influential” attorneys in the Commonwealth by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Beth regularly represents corporations in connection with insider trading issues, Ponzi schemes, accounting fraud, corporate control issues, and derivative actions. Beth is the Chair of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She also advises corporate boards, leads internal investigations and the defense of government enforcement actions involving whistleblower claims, government contracts, corporate governance issues, and disputes involving executive compensation and strategic business transactions.Beth also defends some of the nation’s largest financial institutions and retailers in connection with class action litigation and multi-agency enforcement actions involving privacy, fraudulent sales practices, and other statutory violations. She has won numerous class actions, including a case with industry-wide ramifications in front of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Her clients operate in a wide range of industries, including financial services, high technology, manufacturing, and retail.Earlier in her career, Beth served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Milton Pollack in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York while he was assigned to the Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken insider trading litigations.

Beth Gould Creller oversees the Sustainability & Climate Risk (SCR®) Program offered by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Prior to joining GARP, she was a risk management professional in the upstream oil and gas industry where she developed an embedded Enterprise Risk Management program, key in company capital decision-making and asset valuation. Working across multiple continents, her background spans corporate risk, internal audit, global supply chain, business continuity planning, sustainability, and governance.

Blair helps companies implement the vision of the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability and supports the integration of ESG issues into the business strategies and decision-making of banks, energy companies and investor relations teams within and outside the Ceres Company Network. He also serves as a banking-sector expert for the Ceres Accelerator, developing recommendations and analysis that push banks to better integrate climate change into their strategy, risk management, governance and disclosure.Prior to joining Ceres, Blair worked in climate change policy research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, analyzing the evolution and efficacy of national climate policy mixes. He has also worked in strategic planning and investor relations for Nexen, a Canadian energy company, where he was responsible for economic analysis, benchmarking and the development and communication of company strategy.Blair holds an MA in Comparative International Studies from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and a BCom in Finance and International Business from McGill University in Montreal. Blair is also a CFA charterholder.

Bob MacKnight, S&P Global Managing Director, leads the Climate Risk Solutions team and is an expert in physical and transition risk analysis. His current work focuses on building SaaS and data solutions to help clients embed climate into their corporate decision making and support regulatory reporting requirements on climate and nature risk. Mr. MacKnight has worked with multi-national corporations, government entities and financial institutions to develop software, data, and research products to address climate risk, sustainability and the energy transition. He holds a BS and an MS from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Brad Sparks is Executive Director of A4S (Accounting for Sustainability), part of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation. He leads the US Chapter of the A4S CFO Leadership Network, supporting Fortune 500 CFOs and their finance teams in embedding sustainability into strategy and business decision-making. He also leads A4S activities across the US, including working with asset managers, asset owners and the wider finance community. Brad previously served as an Executive Director with KPMG focused on ESG issues. Brad is a lecturer at UCLA Anderson and an Executive-in-Residence at Cornell University’s Center for Global Sustainable Enterprise.

Bradford Campbell, partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, advises financial service providers and plan sponsors on ERISA Title I issues, including fiduciary conduct and prohibited transactions. A nationally-recognized figure in employer-sponsored retirement plans, Brad is the former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits and head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. As ERISA’s former “top cop” and primary federal regulator, he provides his clients with insight and knowledge across a broad range of ERISA-plan related issues. He also serves as an expert witness in ERISA litigation. Brad has been listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Persons in Defined Contribution by 401kWire and has been listed as one of the top 15 ERISA attorneys in the country by a poll of the National Association of Plan Advisors. He has testified before Congress on employee benefits issues 11 times, including testimony before four different Congressional Committees regarding the effects of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary regulation.

Brendan leads Walmart’s enterprise Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and shared value efforts, including ESG strategies, investor and stakeholder engagement, and disclosures. Since taking on this role in 2020, Brendan has led efforts to refresh Walmart’s ESG priorities, enhance Walmart's ESG reporting, improve Walmart's standing with the investment community and ESG raters, build governance and reporting infrastructure, and shape the ESG field. He and his team work closely with the Office of the Corporate Secretary, Investor Relations, the Controller’s Office and key leaders across segments and functions on the overall ESG agenda. Brendan was previously a litigator with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, DC and held leadership roles in Walmart’s Global Ethics & Compliance organization from 2015-2020.

Brianne is the head of Geospatial Analytics within the Morgan Stanley Global Sustainability Office where she focuses on biodiversity and physical climate risks. She is a trained hydrometeorologist and former professor of Environmental Science. Her work in sustainability has spanned the range from on the ground threatened species surveys to designing sustainable drinking and wastewater solutions. Brianne’s academic research focused on urban flooding, high resolution rainfall data, and sustainable flooding solutions like bioswales. She was an author of the NYC Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report and led a City-funded team to investigate flooding risks and mitigation across NYC. Brianne received her bachelors and Master of Engineering degrees from Cornell University and her PhD in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources from Princeton University.

Bridget joined the ESG Solutions team as a Director in July 2022. She is a published ESG investing specialist with buy- and sell-side experience, providing ESG advice and solutions to corporate and institutional clients. Prior to joining TD, Bridget was the Co-Head of ESG Research at State Street Associates, presenting insights with academic partners and leading the bank's client engagement on ESG market signals. Her research is published in several peer-reviewed journals. She holds a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from The George Washington University.

Brigham is a Partner in PwC’s ESG practice and has fifteen years of experience advising companies on their ESG strategies, program development and reporting.-Brigham is a Certified Public Accountant and has experience with financial and non-financial audits and filing for sustainability related credits and incentives. Summary of experience:-Brigham has led extensive strategy, program development and reporting projects across a range of Fortune 100 clients in financial services, energy, retail & consumer, health, automotive and industrial product industries-Focused on ESG reporting transformation efforts to meet emerging investor & regulatory requirements, with a focus on leveraging leading standards such as SASB & TCFD-Served as a subject matter specialist for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a named contributor to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Corporate Value Chain standard.

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.

Candice Long is a tax professional who serves organizations with strategic tax planning and analysis services. She specializes in tax credits and incentives across areas such as research and development, environmental sustainability, capital investments, and employee hiring, among others. Candice is also the Global Credits, Grants, and Incentives hub leader for North America. She orchestrates client service offerings across multiple functions and service lines around the world for her clients.

Candice Carr Kelman studies policy dimensions of sustainability issues, such as how to manage tradeoffs and foster synergies between biodiversity conservation and human development. She has studied Integrated Conservation and Development Projects in Indonesian national parks, the global trade in electronic waste, and collaborative approaches to ecosystem stewardship. 

Two major themes in Carr Kelman's research are the complex relationships between environment and development, and the role of governance and institutions in creating more resilient socio-ecological systems. Her current research is about collaborative conservation in Arizona, studying multi-scalar forest restoration collaboratives in the White Mountains. She has taught courses on Environmental politics; Policy and governance for sustainability; Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, and Corporate social responsibility.

Carletta Ooton is the Head of ESG for Private Equity and an Operating Partner at Apollo Global Management, Inc., responsible for advancing the Firm’s ESG integration and operational performance across its private equity portfolio in the areas of energy usage, carbon emissions, water consumption, DEI, and safety. Carletta joined Apollo from Amazon where she served as the Vice President of Product Assurance, Risk and Security since 2014. She was instrumental in Amazon’s foundational sustainability efforts, calculating its initial carbon footprint and launching Amazon’s Climate Pledge. Carletta has held key leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company, Cott Beverages, Bath & Body Works, Unilever and Tate & Lyle. Carletta holds a BA in Biological Sciences and Chemistry and a MA in Microbiology.

Carole Laible is the CEO of Domini Impact Investments. She has over twenty years of impact investing experience, having joined Domini in 1997. Ms. Laible is responsible for the overall research and mutual funds operations of the firm. She also leads institutional client service and marketing initiatives, and collaborates with Amy Domini, Chair, in the development of overall business strategy and business plan implementation. Ms. Laible served for several years as Domini’s Director of Finance and Compliance. She later became Chief Operating Officer and then President. She played a key role in the launch of a new strategy for the Domini Impact Equity Fund, for which she is also the Co-Portfolio Manager. It’s a role she also holds for the recently launched Domini Sustainable Solutions Fund and the Domini International Opportunities Fund. She also oversees the current investment strategy and sub-manager selection for the Domini Impact Bond Fund and the Domini Impact Equity Fund. Ms. Laible has spearheaded Domini’s pioneering work on systems-level issues and stability. This systems approach includes the Domini Forest Project, which recognizes that forests provide significant value to investors, corporations, Indigenous Peoples, and biodiversity, including as a crucial part of the climate system, and investors’ policies and practices can impact forests both positively and negatively. Ms. Laible has also been active in the fossil fuel divestment movement. She has supported divestment outreach and advocacy efforts, especially those related to the NYS Common Retirement Fund.Carole serves as a founding member of Sustainability Accounting Standards Board™ (SASB)™ Investor Advisory Group, engaging with companies on the use of SASB metrics. She works to support diversity in the field of finance, including as a Global Angel member of 100 Women in Finance.Ms. Laible holds a B.S. in accountancy from St. John’s University.

Carolina is the Director of Advisory & Corporate Insights at Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), a trusted advisor to companies on their corporate purpose journeys to build long-term sustainable value and tell their impact stories. In the past two decades, she has worked with CEOs and leaders in sustainable finance, legal, corporate social responsibility, and investor relations for decades. CECP shares actionable insights with its CEO-led coalition to address stakeholder needs. CECP is a movement of more than 200 of the world’s largest companies that represent $7.7 trillion in revenues, $37.4 billion in total community investment, 14 million employees, 22.5 million hours of employee engagement, and $21 trillion in assets under management. CECP helps CEO transform their strategy by providing benchmarking and analysis, convenings, and strategy and communications in CECP’s five Centers of Excellence covering topics such as community investment; employee engagement; environmental, social, and governance (ESG); sustainable business; diversity equity inclusion (DEI); and telling the story.Carolina holds multiple ESG and environmental certifications and concurrently serves as a Board Observer at A10 – a Private Equity leader in sustainable finance for climate resilience. She speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French; has worked in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Carolina completed her full-time master’s degree at Columbia University, receiving the Walter N. Maguire Honor fellowship, and recently graduated from the Santa Clara University Woman’s Corporate Board Readiness Program.

Caroline Flammer is a Professor of International and Public Affairs and of Climate at Columbia University with joint appointments at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Climate School. She is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Member at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Caroline is an expert in sustainable investing and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Her research examines whether and how sustainable finance and impact investing can help finance a more sustainable world. Moreover, her research examines how, and under which conditions, firms can incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into their activities to enhance their competitiveness while strengthening—instead of undermining—the very system in which they operate and hereby play a critical role in addressing climate change, inequality, global health, and other grand challenges related to society and the natural environment. The Web of Science ranked her among the top-100 Highly Cited Researchers in the economics and business profession in terms of impact over the past 10 years. At Columbia, she serves as the Director of SIPA's new Sustainable Investing Research Initiative which aims to foster scholarship, education, and dialogue on the interplay and interdependencies between investment and major challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and social inequalities. Among other roles, Caroline serves as the President of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), a global multi-disciplinary network of scholars fostering rigorous academic research on corporate sustainability, as the Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and as a Council Member of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Future Council on the future of responsible investing.

Catherine Berman is CEO and co-founder of CNote, an award-winning impact platform on a mission to close the wealth gap through financial innovation. Using the power of technology and a community-first framework, CNote enables corporations and individuals to efficiently invest at scale in fixed income and time deposit products that advance economic equality, racial justice, and climate change initiatives. Catherine is a three-time entrepreneur with experience launching and building scalable businesses. Her previous startup, Global Brigades, grew into a multi-million dollar firm in less than four years and is now the world’s largest student development firm. Prior to launching CNote, Catherine served as Managing Director of Charles Schwab, one of America’s leading financial services businesses. At Schwab, Catherine led a strategy group focused on the intersection of predictive analytics, data, and product development. Before joining Schwab, Catherine served in management positions including Senior Vice President of Astia (venture capital), Strategy & Operations Manager at Deloitte Consulting, LLP (management consulting), and Vice President of Evins Communications, LLC. Her international work experience spans the globe with extensive work in Central and South America. Catherine graduated magna cum laude from Boston University and earned her Masters Degree from the University of Oxford. She founded the Oxford Women in Business Network which remains a powerful business network for women.

Chad Reed leads Strategic Initiatives and ESG for HASI, a leading investor in climate solutions with nearly $10 billion in climate positive managed assets. His current focus includes the integration of emissionality considerations into the next generation of carbon accounting. He also leads the HASI Foundation and co-hosts the Climate Positive Podcast. Previously, he served in various roles, including structured finance, risk management, ESG, and investor relations with an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management. He holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and the Johns Hopkins University.

At Independence Point Advisors, Chris helps clients drive value in the capital markets through ESG while helping steer the capital markets to drive impact and systemic change in the world. Chris brings more than 20 years of business expertise when working with clients to advance sustainability, impact and Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Chris’ expertise was developed through her years as a leader at EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice as well as her hands-on experience as an entrepreneur and across multiple functions within the corporate world. Chris is a spouse and mother of two, an avid runner and gardener, a wanna-be skier and chef.

Christopher (Chris) McKnett is the head of Sustainable Strategy, Stewardship, and Implementation for the Sustainability team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to joining WFAM as a senior environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategist, Chris served as head ESG strategist for State Street Global Advisors and was a member of the firm’s senior leadership team. Previously, he worked at KLD Research & Analytics in Boston, one of the first research firms to specialize in ESG, and American Century Investments. He began his investment industry career in 1999. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and a master’s degree in business administration from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. He is a First Movers Fellow of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program.

As a director of climate research on the Sustainable Investment Team, Chris spearheads Wellington’s collaborations with Woodwell Climate Research Center and the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. These initiatives are aimed at integrating climate science into the investment process and understanding how the physical and transition risks associated with climate change may affect capital markets. He is a portfolio manager for Wellington’s climate adaptation strategy. Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternatives Investment Analyst designations, and he is a CPA. He is also a professor of finance at Bryant University.

Cindy brings 25+ years of experience navigating the complexities of the ESG arena, including senior level roles with global corporations, environmental nonprofits, and consulting firms. Cindy Drucker serves as Senior Advisor to Inspiration Mobility Group (“Inspiration”), the first transportation decarbonization company providing an end-to-end electrification solution that saves money, improves operational performance, and reduces Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Inspiration develops, finances, and manages the real assets that accelerate commercial EV deployment. Cindy’s work with Inspiration focuses on ESG, stakeholder relations, and communications.

Cindy previously served as Managing Director, ESG Consulting Services for PwC where she provided ESG consulting services for a variety of Fortune 100 companies. Her background includes serving as Head of Public Policy Innovation and Sustainability Strategist for MassMutual where she conceived a new Climate Fund and helped establish the company’s initial Net Zero commitment for operations and investments. She also served as Head of Global Sustainability for S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. where she led the development and implementation of global sustainability and social impact initiatives for the $12 billion company and its portfolio of products, such as Ziploc®, Windex®, Glade®, OFF®, and Scrubbing Bubbles®.

Her prior roles include serving as Executive Vice President, Global Sustainability for Weber Shandwick – the world’s leading public affairs, marketing, and strategic communications consulting firm -- where she built and led a multimillion-dollar strategic sustainability and energy consulting practice. Cindy was appointed to the Presidential Oil Spill Commission, created by President Obama in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and she also served as full-time, in-house Senior Advisor to the President & CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US).

Cindy has served on the sustainability advisory board of organizations such as World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD-US), World Economic Forum, and Sustainable Brands. She is a former member of the GreenBiz Executive Network (GBEN) and Corporate EcoForum and previously Co-Chaired the Corporate Council of The Sustainability Consortium. Cindy received a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis. She also studied international business and economics at the London School of Economics.

Colleen Corrigan, Ph.D., is a Senior Sustainability Advisor for Pure Strategies. She works with corporate clients on developing strategies to promote sustainability in company operations, value chains, material selection and natural resources management. Colleen focuses on helping companies set science-based targets for nature to protect and regenerate biodiversity. Her work in this area helps companies understand their impacts and implement strategies, collaborations, and business process changes to mitigate harm to and restore affected ecosystems.Prior to joining Pure Strategies, Colleen was the founder of Conservation Matters, an organization that consults on biodiversity protection, strategy development, and program delivery with a focus on marine protection, indigenous issues, and environmental governance for clients including National Geographic, UNESCO, and the World Wildlife Fund.Previously, Colleen was a senior officer in protected areas at the United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Center in the UK. She was also senior manager for international sustainable development policy with Conservation International and learning facilitator for international field programs at The Nature Conservancy. Her career has included working with three branches of the U.S. Department of the Interior.Colleen holds a Ph.D. from the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management at the University of Queensland, Australia and an M.S. in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Colleen C. Davis was elected State Treasurer on November 6, 2018, re-elected in 2022 for another four-year term. As Treasurer, Colleen is a Bond Issuing Officer, participates on the State Employee Benefits Board, Administers the State Employees Retirement, 529 Education Savings, and ABLE Plans, leads her office on the Delaware Economic & Financial Advisory Council, a member of the Agricultural Preservation Board, serves on the Board of Pardons and in many capacities in service of Delaware. She sees this as an opportunity to ensure everyone is participating in a thriving economy, retiring well and maintaining great healthcare outcomes both physically and financially and her track record is consistent with strong fiscal stewardship. In 2021 despite the pressures of the pandemic Delaware’s cash reserves saw a 600% growth rate, a quadruple AAA bond rating. In 2019 she lead the state to its first competitive bond sale in over eight years saving $ 17 million in that single issuance alone. She championed growing participation in ABLE for persons with disabilities as well as the DE Deferred Compensation for state employees and teachers. She directed release of American Rescue Plan Act funds prior to the deadline set by US Treasury becoming the first state to complete the process and ensuring that local critical services remained solvent. Colleen most recently spearheaded the development and passed legislation for the monumental DE EARNS program, which will provide roughly 150,000 Delaware workers the opportunity to save for retirement and close the wealth gap. Colleen has a rich history of working for the First State. She served on several Boards in the private sector including the Delaware Physician Assistant Advocacy Group (DAPA), QuiqMeds Pharma, Evry Life Sciences and Delaware Maritime Education. Formerly she served as Board member & Translational Science Consultant for Forge Life Sciences, Co-Founder & VP of Pivotal Healthcare Consulting, Lecturer for Arcadia & Phila

Curtis Ravenel is a Senior Advisor to the co-chairs and Vice Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and a founding member of the Secretariat for the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).  He also serves as a Distinguished Fellow in Sustainable Finance at ClimateWorks Foundation, a Board Member of Context Labs BV and a Strategic Advisor to Apollo Global Management.

Curtis founded the Sustainable Business & Finance Group at Bloomberg LP and served as its Global Head, reporting directly to the Chairman, from 2007-2019. Under his leadership, Bloomberg integrated sustainability considerations into the firm’s operations globally and developed a full range of Sustainable Finance products to evaluate sustainability-related risks and opportunities for finance professionals.

He was awarded a David Rockefeller Fellowship with the Partnership for New York City in 2011, appointed by the Obama Administration to serve on the US chapter of the G8 Advisory Board on Impact Investing in 2013 and received the Columbia Business School Exemplary Leadership Award in 2016. Curtis holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in History from Davidson College.

Cynthia Curtis is the SVP, Head of Portfolio ESG of Revantage, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company that provides best-in-class corporate services. Cynthia is responsible for spearheading the strategy, development and implementation of the Revantage global ESG program. In partnership with Blackstone, she is charged with operationalizing the ESG strategy and providing strategic guidance to initiatives across Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies. She also oversees the sustainability strategy and program within Revantage.

With 28 years as an Allocator, GP and LP, President & COO, Dail St. Claire began her career managing assets for NYC’s $240Bn pension fund after which she co-founded Williams Capital Management Trust and Williams Capital, the largest women-and minority-owned broker dealer investment bank in the US today. Leading SEC and FINRA audits, she manages businesses with P&L responsibilities and advises growth venture capital, private equity and private credit, and alternative investment funds.

Dan Harrison is the Salesforce Net Zero Cloud Distinguished Architect. He has been helping companies align carbon initiatives with business goals since the launch in 2019. His 10 years of Salesforce experience are in addition to 18 yrs doing delivery at IBM. His passion is focused on technology that is advancing quickly, like ESG, and his innovation has resulted in him filing over two dozen patents in areas such as AI, blockchain, and cloud computing.

Daniel Pianko is a Managing Director at Achieve and was formerly an MD at University Ventures. With over a decade of experience in the education industry, Daniel has built a reputation as a trusted education adviser and innovator in student finance, medical education, and postsecondary education. A frequent commentator on higher education, Daniel’s insights have been featured in national media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, TechCrunch, Inside Higher Ed, and The Chronicle of Higher Education .

Daniel began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, and quickly became intrigued by the potential of leveraging private capital to establish the next generation of socially beneficial education companies. After leaving Goldman, Daniel invested in, founded, advised, or managed a number of education-related businesses that led to the creation of University Ventures. Prior to founding UV, he established a student loan fund, served as chief of staff for the public/private investments in the Philadelphia School District, and worked as a hedge fund analyst.

Daniel graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University, and holds a M.B.A. and M.A. in Education from Stanford University.

Danielle Fugere, President & Chief Counsel, leads As You Sow’s program teams in creating lasting social and environmental change through shareholder advocacy and legal initiatives. She brings an in-depth knowledge of clean energy, sustainability, and team building to her work.Danielle previously served as Executive Director of the Environmental Law Foundation, focusing on environmental health and water protection; as Western Regional Program Director for national nonprofit Friends of the Earth, she spearheaded innovative climate change strategies and directed campaigns to promote sustainable alternative energies and fuels.Through her work, Danielle has been instrumental in securing industry conversions to environmentally sound technologies and securing compliance with environmental laws. She holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a B.A. in Political Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Darrell Boverhof is a Director in Dow’s Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Organization (EHS&S) where he is responsible for the company’s Sustainability reporting and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosures.Darrell joined Dow in 2006 and has held several roles in EHS&S including as a Toxicology Leader, a Product Stewardship Leader for Dow Building and Construction, Dow Energy Materials and Dow Corporate Ventures, and as the Director of Global Toxicology, and Product Regulatory Director for North America and Latin America.During his career, he has represented Dow externally with several organizations including the American Chemistry Council and the ILSI-HESI. Externally he also serves on the Medical Committee for the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation, on the Editorial Board for Toxicological Sciences and as the chair of the Society of Toxicology Endowment Fund Board. He also holds an appointment with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as a Steering Committee member for the Environmental Health Matters Initiative. He has published over 40 manuscripts/book chapters and has co-edited a book on toxicogenomics in safety evaluation and risk assessment.Darrell holds a PhD in Biochemistry/Toxicology from Michigan State University and a BSc in Biomedical Toxicology from the University of Guelph, Canada. Prior to his graduate work, he was employed as a Scientific Evaluator with Health Canada.

Divya Mankikar is the Global Head of Market Engagement – Sustainability. She brings over 15 years of sustainable investment experience to S&P Global. She is responsible for leading S&P Sustainable1’s efforts to engage with policy makers, regulators, standard setters, multi-lateral agencies, trade bodies and key market participants. 

She joined S&P Global from CalPERS as Head of Sustainable Investment and Climate Strategy in the office of the CEO. Divya is a co-founder of Climate Action 100+ - a global initiative supported by investors representing over $54 trillion that seeks a low-carbon transition through collaborative engagement of systemically important carbon emitters. 

She holds a BA/MA from Boston University in Energy and Environmental Analysis, an International MBA in finance from IE Business School in Madrid, and an MA in Law and Diplomacy focused on business and human rights law from Tufts University’s Fletcher School. 

A trained biologist with a PhD in resilience science, Alex has an ability to pinpoint exactly how organizations rely on social and natural resources to create value. He has worked across two continents as a consummate sustainability professional, having honed his understanding of corporate sustainability in senior management roles at listed companies.Alex leads BWD’s North America operations, partnering with organizations large and small to transform their sustainability approach. He is an expert in setting up corporate sustainability strategies, delivering integrated reporting, performing scenario analyses, and helping companies prepare for assurance over sustainability disclosure.Born and raised in the USA, Alex spent over a decade as a professional in Australia and is a dual citizen of both countries.

Dr Ana Nacvalovaite holds a doctoral degree from Oxford University, centred around ethical business and investment practices with research based on regulation, sustainability, and transparency of investments of sovereign wealth funds. Ana is a Research Fellow at Oxford University, Kellogg College Centre for Mutual & Co-owned Business, where her work focuses on investigating engagement of stakeholders in ESG and SDGs to further implementation of sustainable finance internationally. Ana’s work highlights the importance of conversing with governments, private sector, and academic community to encourage collaborating on positive and imminent changes coming out from standing united on finding solutions that are global, inclusive, and manageable. Amongst other projects in sustainable finance, Ana serves as an expert advisor to the British Standards Institution on the Committee of Experts on Sustainable Finance, working on ‘Sustainable Finance Framework’. Having participated in drafting and reviewing of International Standards on Green Instruments, she is now raising awareness of the importance of a ‘just transition’, and the role of sustainable finance required to support the ‘S’ in ESG.

Stephanie is the creative force behind the Impact Finance Center, which she founded in 2013. As an academic entrepreneur, philanthropic advisor, researcher, and educator in the field of impact investing, Stephanie sets the vision and provides leadership for the entire organization while focusing on business development, client engagement, and industry thought leadership through her research, writing, and speaking. Stephanie has 20 years of experience at the intersection of business and natural resources, working for the EcoProducts Fund $100 Ecosystem Service private equity fund, the Nature Conservancy, the USDA Forest Service, DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Journal of Wildlife Management, and several universities. Stephanie received her Ph.D. from the Boone and Crockett Wildlife Conservation Program at the University of Montana. She has a B.S. in Biology & Wildlife Management from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point and a M.S. in Ecology from Utah State University. Stephanie is an Aspen Institute Environment Forum Scholar, Environmental Leadership Senior Fellow, Property Environment Research Center Fellow, Ford Foundation Community Forestry Fellow, and Boone and Crockett Professional Member.

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.

Elan Emanuel is responsible for mobilizing investments and partnerships with a broad portfolio of investors to accelerate WaterEquity’s impact addressing the global water and sanitation crisis. He brings more than 15 years of experience in developing public-private partnerships to this role. Prior to WaterEquity, Elan launched a successful global cocoa program at Fair Trade USA. Additionally, Elan has extensive experience in the legal sector, domestically for Hanson Bridgett LLC, and internationally for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Elan holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Eliza is the global water lead at Microsoft and is responsible for Microsoft’s Water Positive commitment. In this role, she leads investments in replenishment and water access and sanitation projects across the globe, advises businesses across the company on reducing water use, and advises Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund (CIF) in making water-related investments. Prior to this role, Eliza was the water lead at WSP where she provided corporate water stewardship consulting services to a range of clients across apparel, food and beverage and technology sectors. Eliza led the water and agriculture program at Ceres, where she worked with investors and companies to tackle water challenges and developed the organizations’ bi-annual Feeding Ourselves Thirsty report benchmarking companies on their water management practices. Prior to Ceres, she implemented replenishment projects for Coca-Cola in India. Eliza has a BA in Environmental Policy and a MBA from the George Washington University School of Business

Elizabeth Seeger was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in July 2022, effective November 2022.Ms Seeger has over 20 years’ experience of standard-setting, investment and working on sustainability topics. She joined the ISSB from global investment firm KKR, where she served as Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, responsible for helping oversee the firm's consideration of sustainability matters throughout KKR’s investment process and part of KKR's Global Impact team. She also oversaw KKR’s public sustainability reporting efforts, including the development of SASB and TCFD-aligned reporting.Before joining KKR in 2009, she served as a project manager in the corporate partnerships programme (now known as EDF+Business) of Environmental Defence Fund and a consultant with the Corporate Executive Board (CEB, now known as Gartner), where she advised companies from a broad range of industries in Europe and the United States. Before CEB, Ms Seeger was an associate at the Environmental Law Institute, a non-profit organisation focused on environmental law and policy research and education.Ms Seeger served on the SASB Standards Board as an inaugural member, but began her standard-setting work when becoming a member of the SASB Standards Council in 2012.She is a 2013 Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow and earned a BA in Environmental Studies with honours from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Lowery is a Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance and ESG with ERM, a sustainability consulting firm. She is also
a Senior Executive Advisor with GI Partners and Piva. She was formerly the Managing Director of Sustainability and ESG
at TPG. Beth joined TPG after a 20-year career with General Motors Company where she was a member of GM’s Senior
Leadership Group as Corporate Vice President, Environment, Energy & Safety Policy and Secretary to the Public Policy
Committee of the GM Board of Directors. She also served as General Counsel for GM—North America. Beth has held
various executive positions, including Senior Knowledge Leader and a Principal of GreenOrder at LRN, where she was
focused on working with global enterprises to develop sustainability strategies and initiatives. Beth was also a partner at
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn and a law clerk to Michigan Supreme Court Justice G. Mennen Williams. She has
served on several non-profit boards including the World Environment Center, InForum Center for Leadership, Keystone
Center and the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers. Her primary responsibilities within TPG included leading the
Sustainability and ESG program development, strategy and deployment across the Firm, engaging with portfolio
companies to build sustainable businesses, and assisting deal teams on due diligence matters. Ms. Lowery was a
member of the PRI Private Equity Advisory Committee and is currently a Board Member of Denali Water Solutions, Keter
Environmental Services, Sagard Holdings, Anuvia, and American Battery Technology Company. She is also a member of
the Caesars Entertainment CSR External Advisory Board and on the Corporate Eco Forum Advisory Board.

Elizabeth (Beth) Kelleher Dwyer was named as the Director of the Department of Business Regulation (DBR) in May 2023 under Governor Dan McKee. In addition to her current role as Superintendent of Financial Services where she oversees the regulation and enforcement of Insurance, Banking and Securities, she will also oversee The State Fire Marshal’s office (including the Bomb Squad), The State Building Office, Office of Cannabis Regulation, Gaming and Athletics and a wide variety of professional licenses. 

Beth has been employed by the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation for over twenty years, first as General Counsel to the Insurance Division, then as Associate and Deputy Director, responsible for Banking, Insurance and Securities. In that time, she has championed both the rights of consumers and streamlining operations to provide efficiencies to businesses that operate in Rhode Island. Ms. Dwyer is a past president of the Rhode Island Women's Bar Association. She was awarded the 2010 Rhode Island Attorney General's Justice Award for Consumer Protection. She completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Education. 

Beth has been a member of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for six years and has served as chair and vice chair of various committees, task forces and working groups. In 2022, she was appointed as the NAIC representative to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Stability Oversight Counsel (FSOC) and is a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.

Beth has lived in Rhode Island for most of her life and is a graduate of Providence College and Pepperdine University School of Law. She holds the designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from The American College and Senior Professional in Insurance Regulation (SPIR) from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She was admitted to practice law in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and various Federal Courts in California and Rhode Island.

Ellen has worked at the intersection of sustainability and human resources as a recruiter and consultant for 25+ years. A super connector, Ellen’s passion for sustainability and ESG was sparked while obtaining her MBA from Yale and interning at L.L.Bean. Ellen is a regular speaker at industry events, and pens a column with GreenBiz entitled “Talent Show.” She frequently shares her perspective with global media outlets, including Marketplace, the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s.

Emilio Tenuta’s 38-year tenure at Ecolab includes 25 years of technical, marketing and business management experience in various industries including Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Lodging, Healthcare, Primary Metals and Automotive. In the past 11 years, Tenuta has led Ecolab’s strategic sustainability journey focused on corporate responsibility, internal environmental stewardship and helping customers operate more sustainably. He is actively involved in advancing global sustainability practices, with a significant focus on water stewardship and climate action. In partnership with Global S&P Trucost – and a multi-stakeholder advisory group – Tenuta led development of the Water Risk Monetizer, industry’s first financial modeling tool to assess water-related risk, and the Smart Water Navigator, a free online tool to help businesses improve water management and achieve their water reduction targets. In recent years, he’s become a leader in environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and reporting and has collaborated with a number of large impact investors. Partnering with investor relations and Ecolab’s Chief Executive Officer, Tenuta has advanced Ecolab’s reputation as an ESG leading company. Tenuta is actively involved in advancing industry sustainability and corporate responsibility practices. He sits on the board of directors of the World Environment Center, a global non-profit, non-advocacy organization and the leadership council of the Corporate Eco Forum.

Prior to joining Persefoni, she was Assistant Director in the Office of International Affairs at the SEC where she was responsible, among other things, for the SEC's engagement with international regulators, standard setters, and regulatory bodies on climate-related disclosure issues. Prior to joining the SEC, she was with the law firm Debevoise and Plimpton.

Emmanuel Tamrat is Research Analyst at the Council of Institutional Investors, a leading voice for corporate governance on behalf of asset owners, asset managers, service providers, and other market participants. He supports CII’s corporate engagement, thought leadership, and public policy advocacy with research and analysis on key issues in corporate governance, ESG, and capital markets.
 
Emmanuel has a particular interest in sustainable finance and has developed webinars, reports, and other content to inform CII members about climate risk, greenhouse gas emissions, and other sustainability topics that are material to the long-term interests of institutional investors.
 
Prior to joining CII in 2022, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Policy from Middlebury College, where he pursued his academic interests in public policy, economics, and environmental studies while preparing to advance sustainability in his professional life.

Eric Faurot leads GreenBiz Group, the leading B2B media company amplifying sustainable innovation. In this role he is responsible for the overall strategy and growth of the company. Previously he managed and produced some of the most influential technology events, including COMDEX, INTEROP, Black Hat and Web 2.0. Most recently he grew the technology division of UBM from $38 million to $63 million in three years.

Erik Snyder’s acumen for business and love of the environment led him to be founder of the Drawdown Fund in 2018. The Drawdown Fund invests growth capital to scale technologies and businesses that reverse global warming by sequestering CO2 or reducing emissions. The Drawdown Fund was co-founded by Paul Hawken and follows the strategy laid out in the New York Times Best-seller: “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan to Reverse Global Warming.” Prior to the Drawdown Fund, Erik worked on investments held by GLE Capital, a global multi-family office and was CEO of Armada Skis. Erik received his MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) where he was a recipient of the Rock Entrepreneurial Fellowship. Before HBS, Erik worked at Partners Capital Investment Group managing a multi-asset class hedge fund and overseeing private equity investments. Erik’s corporate career began with PRTM Management Consultants after graduating from Cornell University with Honors.Erik’s background is as diverse as his passions. He has been involved in a number of successful entrepreneurial enterprises, worked for a non-profit in Nepal, was a climbing guide in Mexico, and played professional soccer in Bolivia. Outside of work, Erik spends his time being as active as possible with his wife, Julie, and two boys, Jake (12) and Nate (10). You might find him running through the mountains preparing for an ultra-marathon or skiing in a remote part of the world. Regardless of the adventure, Erik always enjoys coming home to Park City for Sunday brunch with his family.    Venture Innovations to Reach Net Zero

Erika L. Chan joined U.S. Steel as the Corporation’s first Head of Sustainability.  In this role, she has enterprise-wide responsibility for all aspects of the Corporation’s sustainability efforts. Prior to joining U.S. Steel, Erika worked for Dell Technologies where she shaped the corporate sustainability strategy, advanced long-term goals, and identified opportunities to integrate sustainability practices into business units. Erika has also led the Asia Pacific marketing team at The Nature Conservancy, and she practiced international development consulting at Deloitte Emerging Markets Group.

Erika received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Resource Management and Business from The University of Texas at Austin.

She serves on the Advisory Council of The University of Texas at Austin Environmental Science Institute and is an Advisory Board member of The Nature Conservancy of Texas.

Erika is the Chief Impact Officer at Pathstone. She joins the Pathstone team from Cornerstone Capital Group*, the sustainable and impact investment advisory firm she founded in 2013. Erika’s mission is to bring the disciplines of finance, economics, and sustainability to bear in pursuit of a more regenerative and inclusive form of capitalism. Over the course of her 25-plus years on Wall Street, she developed a deep belief in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis as a critical input to investment decision-making. Prior to launching Cornerstone Capital Group, Erika was Managing Director and Head of Global Sector Research at UBS Investment Bank. She chaired the Global Investment Review Committee, served on the UBS Securities Research Executive Committee, and served on the Environmental and Human Rights Committee of the UBS Group Executive Board. Erika’s work has been featured by media including Bloomberg, The Guardian, the Financial Times, Investor Relations Magazine, and Forbes. Erika speaks on sustainable investing and finance at venues around the world including the UN Global Compact, theUN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the Clinton Global Initiative, the Wharton School, the NYSE, the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), the Aspen Institute, the White House, and many others. Erika holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School.

Eryn is currently an Assistant Account Executive on the Edelman Smithfield ESG Advisory team. She has a background in global development and susatinability with a focus on climate change as a racial justice issue. Eryn has been invited to speak on panels to discuss topics such as climate justice relating to African Americans, the effects of climate change on human ecology in the Philippines, and global development economics.

After working in a school in North Philadelphia and witnessing first-hand the reality of inequitable resourcing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Eryn's interests shifted to how sustainable finance could be used as a tool to create equitable solutions to these problems. This led her to serve as a global microloan enterprise development and audit manager, providing loans to people in developing nations to help them start businesses, and assist in communal financial recovery from COVID-19.

Passionate about community impact, Eryn is also a volunteer at the Food and Water watch organization in New York.

Due to her experiences, Eryn believes that Green Finance can be a tool used to bring about equitable solutions and is a step in the right direction to creating a more inclusive and environmentally friendly world for everyone.

Ethan Rouen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, where he teaches the elective course Reimagining Capitalism, and the faculty co-chair of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at Harvard Business School.His current research interest focuses on understanding economic inequality and the measurement of human capital. He has been awarded from the American Accounting Association the Competitive Manuscript Award, the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal, and the Best Dissertation Award in the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section. His research has been published in The Journal of Financial Economics, The Accounting Review, Management Science, and The Review of Accounting Studies, and his journalism and opinion articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, Le Monde, HuffPo, The Hill, CEOWORLD Magazine, and Fortune.com, among others. He appears frequently in national and international media outlets.Professor Rouen earned a BA in history and English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MS in journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. From Columbia Business School, he received an MBA in finance and accounting, an M.Phil. in accounting, and a PhD in accounting.

Fiona is currently the Senior Director in the Redefining Value team of WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) where she is focused on systemic issues relating to Governance & Capital. This role leverages her Legal background and extensive experience leading on transformative agendas in the finance and corporate worlds, first in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and more recently on the sustainability imperative.Fiona is a US/UK dual qualified lawyer (now non-practicing) with expertise spanning international capital markets and corporate disclosure, investor relations, financial regulation and sustainability-related laws and policy developments. Her corporate experience includes nine years as the Head of Legal, Treasury, ESG and Disclosure at NatWest (2011-2020), and more than two years driving sustainability initiatives at Amazon (2020-2023). In both roles, she initiated and delivered enterprise-wide corporate sustainability transformation initiatives in anticipation of incoming regulation. She has a proven track record of building, managing and leading high performing diverse teams and operating effectively at the most senior levels on complex and cross-cutting issues. At NatWest, she was a member of the Group and subsidiary Executive Disclosure Committees for more than five years, as well as a member of the Treasury Executive Committee.Before joining NatWest (RBS) in 2011, she practiced law in New York and London in the corporate practice of Davis Polk & Wardell, having started her career in assurance and advisory at PWC in New York. She holds a LLM in International Trade and Business Law (cum laude) from Fordham University and LLB in Law with German Law from University College London. WBCSD is the premier, global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world's leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature positive and more equitable future.

Florian is currently a research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management where he cofounded the Aggregate Confusion Project. His research interest covers sustainable investing with a focus on ESG ratings, the disagreement between different rating agencies, and how it affects investors, firms, as well as academic research.He received his PhD in economics from Paris-Dauphine University. During his PhD, he held a visiting research position at ETH Zurich. Florian worked as a quantitative researcher at Amundi Asset Management and as a quantitative strategist/ trader at Alphadyne Asset Management. He taught at Paris-Dauphine University, Sciences-Po Paris, and MIT Sloan.

Gabriel Thoumi has 17 years’ experience leading ESG, sustainability, and climate risk finance initiatives for global clients on four continents including direct engagement with more than 40 corporations in the S&P 500, investors and banks, multilateral development banks, governments, and civil society organizations. As both a former banker and asset manager, he has broad and detailed sectoral coverage knowledge informing transition modeling informing billions of dollars of transactions globally.He is an award-winning research manager (2014, 2015, 2020, and 2021) and a member of various Fortune 500, scientific, and financial technical committees including the S&P Sustainable Finance Scientific Council. He has published more than 70 ESG investment research reports, alongside hundreds of articles, edited two books on sustainable finance and natural capital, and frequently presents globally.Since 2016, he has lectured at Johns Hopkins University teaching Financing a Sustainable World and ESG Integration. He is also the former President of the Board, 2 Degrees Investing Initiative, U.S. Finally, he has served as a political appointee to various Washington DC regional urban planning and climate advisory commissions, 2013-2021.Gabriel has an MBA and Master of Science from the University of Michigan. He is a LEED AP. and is a former Erb Institute, Rockefeller Foundation Natural Capital, and Consortium fellowship recipient. Previous to working in sustainable finance, Gabriel had a successful career as a junior oceanography science officer in the North Atlantic and as an art history consultant. In his free time, he enjoys running, mountaineering, and ocean sailing.

Gavin Smith, PhD, is a Managing Director, Head of Equity Research and Sustainable Investing for PGIM Quantitative Solutions. He is responsible for the research, oversight and incorporation of ESG in our investment platform. In addition, he oversees research and analysis for Quantitative Equity portfolios. Prior to his current role, Gavin was most recently a portfolio manager and before that was a key member of PGIM Quantitative Solutions’ Research team where he focused on alpha and implementation research that could be applied across markets and strategies. Prior to joining PGIM Quantitative Solutions, Gavin led the North American Quantitative Research team at Macquarie Capital. Previously, Gavin served in quantitative research positions at Barclays Capital and Plato Investment Management in Sydney, Australia. He earned a BComm (Honors) in finance from the University of Wollongong and a PhD in finance from the University of New South Wales in Australia

George Basile, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized creative thinker and practitioner in the field of sustainability. Basile started out on a traditional academic career path, with a B.S. in Physics from University of California-Irvine followed by a Ph.D. in Biophysics from University of California-Berkeley and a post-doc at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He has held teaching positions at Berkeley and Stanford, and helped develop Green MBA programs in the United States and Sweden. He currently serves on the boards of nonprofit organizations and new ventures, and advises Fortune 500 clients on sustainable business practices and integrated operational and marketing strategies. He served as the R&D head of The Natural Step, an accelerator of global sustainability, and co-founded Thrive Unlimited. Dr. Basile is widely published and is a sought-after speaker focusing on creating strategic alignment between business drivers and emerging market needs.

Georges Dyer is an Executive Director of the Intentional Endowments Network, a broad-based collaborative network that engages key stakeholders in the higher education, business and non-profit sectors and provides education, peer networking, convening, thought leadership and information exchange to advance intentionally designed endowments that contribute to a healthy, just and sustainable society.

Georges founded Greenland Enterprises, a consulting firm specializing in strategic sustainable development and is a Trustee of Stratleade Sustainability Education. He is a graduate of The Mountain School, Dartmouth College, and the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, where he earned a Master of Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability.

Ms. Zoolagud is a Managing Director in Deloitte & Touche’s Risk and Financial Advisory practice largely serving FSI clients. She has 2 decades of experience in leading large programs to operationalize regulatory, risk, compliance requirements through business, data, controls and technology transformations for clients in the financial services industry. She has been recently focusing on advising clients around data related to ESG and the complex overlapping standards/frameworks. With a background in technology and data, she has helped financial services clients define and stand up enterprise data governance and data standards and quality programs.

As Director, Sustainable Finance & ESG, Grant leads on program development for GreenFin – the premier sustainable finance and investing event aligning the sustainability, investment and finance communities. Grant works to direct the vigor of capital markets toward the realization of a clean and just economy, and to make GreenFin the launchpad of the ideas, insights and connections that will shift capital allocation to support sustainability.

Grant previously served as Senior Account Executive with GreenBiz, working with clients across financial services, transportation, tech and consulting. Prior to joining GreenBiz, Grant worked under the auspices of the USDA implementing reforestation projects in fire-affected regions of Northern California. Grant holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Environmental Governance from Oxford University. He is animated by a healthy diet of existential anxiety and an enduring faith in humans’ ability to solve problems together. Grant loves, more than most things, to surf.

Hank is a director at TCR, an energy consulting firm focused on electricity market and renewable energy. Hank's work focuses on energy system modeling and analysis. At TCR, he advises clients on energy market operations, renewable energy integration, asset valuation, and decarbonization strategies.

Hara is a principal at RMI and a leader of RMI’s Carbon Markets Initiative, which applies data and technology to transparently trace, evaluate, and differentiate products in the carbon market. Hara came to lead RMI’s Carbon Markets Initiative after six years in the climate tech venture community. She cofounded and led Third Derivative, a global startup acceleration platform within RMI, covering opportunities in industrial, building, transportation, electricity and carbon removal tech. She led and supported early-stage venture capital investments at Braemar Energy Ventures, focusing on digital energy, advanced materials, and industrial decarbonization. She also worked in strategy and business development at Eos Energy Storage, a zinc-based battery storage startup. Hara started her career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and she also volunteered as a product designer with TechnoServe’s Cocoa Program in Cote d’Ivoire and as an engineer with the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia.

Heather Clancy, vice president and editorial director at GreenBiz, specializes in chronicling the role of technology in enabling corporate climate action and transitioning to a clean, inclusive and regenerative economy. An award-winning journalist, she started her journalism career on the business desk of United Press International, and her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.

Clancy was the launch editor for the Fortune Data Sheet, the magazine's newsletter dedicated to the business of technology. She co-authored the Amazon best-seller for entrepreneurs, "Niche Down, How to Become Legendary By Being Different." She is proud to serve on the boards of the WSLA Alumnae Group, a mentorship organization dedicated to nurturing feminine leadership in the corporate sustainability movement, and EcoAthletes, a collective of collegiate, professional and amateur athletes dedicate to using their voices to surface solutions to climate change.

Helle Bank Jorgensen is an internationally recognized expert on sustainable business practices, with a 30-year record of turning environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks into innovative and profitable business opportunities. She works with many global Fortune 500 board members and executives, as well as smaller companies and investors.Helle is the founder and chief executive of Competent Boards, which offers online climate and ESG programs that draw on the experience of over 180 renowned board members, executives, and investors. Hundreds of directors and senior executives have enrolled in these programs to mitigate the risks and seize the opportunities presented by ESG and climate change.Helle serves at:-Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence’s Sustainability & ESG Insights Council;-World Economic Forum (WEF) Expert Network for Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Emerging Multinationals;-His Royal Highness Prince of Wales A4S (Accounting for Sustainability) Global Expert Panel;-The Non-financial Digitisation Working Group of the Impact Management Project (IMP);-The Reuters Panel of Expert Judges for the Responsible Business Awards;-Canadian Climate Governance Experts –- a Commonwealth Climate & Law Initiative;-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the ESG Exchange.In 2020 she was awarded the Global Impact Award and named one of "5 people in ESG to look out for." She was also selected as one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in the Green Economy in the US and Canada for 2022. Ms. Bank Jorgensen is the author of the newly published book Stewards of The Future: A Guide for Competent Boards, an Amazon bestseller.

In her current role as Senior Manager of the Greentown Labs Investor Program, Jackie is responsible for managing the flow of connections and capital between the amazing network of investors in Greentown Labs' startup community and the 200+ member startups who are part of Greentown Labs. As North America's largest climatetech startup incubator, Greentown Labs' provides resources and connections to help climatetech startups thrive - and they have raised more than $4 billion in funding since Greentown's inception in 2011. Previously, as the Director of Project Development at BlueWave Solar, she focused on developing large-scale community solar and dual-use agrivoltaic solar projects in Massachusetts, bringing project concepts through permitting and engineering, while supporting the financing and sale of those assets. She graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Environmental Science, and minors in Sustainable Business Practices and International Affairs.

In her role as the in-house subject matter expert on major environmental, social & governance (ESG) and sustainable finance concepts, Jaclyn is tasked with raising Preqin’s profile as the leading provider of ESG data and analytics for the alternative assets market by setting the vision and strategy for Preqin’s ESG product suite. Jaclyn also ensures ESG principles are embedded into Preqin’s culture through the implementation of a corporate responsibility strategy that considers all stakeholders when making business decisions. Prior to Preqin, Jaclyn was the Director of ESG Products at S&P Global Ratings. As the strategic client facing lead, she grew S&P’s market share by translating market trends and issues facing companies and investors into best-in-class product solutions. She managed and continuously enhanced Ratings’ current ESG products and set the roadmap for future product developments. Before transitioning to S&P Global Ratings, Jaclyn was the Global Lead of Sustainability & ESG at S&P Global. She and her team were accountable for the management of the Company’s ESG risks and opportunities, as well as disclosure to key stakeholders including investors. As the Global Lead, she spearheaded the responses to notable third party ESG assessments such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and company disclosures to frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Taskforce for Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Jaclyn started her career at S&P Global in 2013. Previously, she worked in sales at Recyclebank, a New York City based start-up that focuses on clean technology and sustainability. Jaclyn served as a member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s Board of Director’s Development Committee. 

James Goudreau most recently served as the Vice President of Sustainability & ESG at CVS Health. In that role, he was focused on advancing social and environmental efforts to help CVS Health shape a more equitable and sustainable future.Prior to his role at CVS Health served as Head of Climate and Head of Environmental Sustainability External Engagement for Novartis. He crafted global strategy and policy for Novartis to increase climate resilience, reduce GHG emissions and increase energy resilience across their global operations and supply chain. These efforts included managing a diverse portfolio of efforts in external reporting, technology, partnerships, renewables procurement and climate risk assessments designed to achieve efficiency, resilience and greater shareholder value. Prior to joining Novartis, he culminated a military career as a U.S. Navy Captain working on energy and climate security issues in the Pentagon. As the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy) he focused on increasing operational capabilities and climate resilience globally for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. He is an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability, is a member of the Climate Security Action Group at the Center for Climate and Security at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University and a member of The Consensus for American Security at the American Security Project. He served on the Carbon Removals Technical Working Group for the revision of the Greenhouse Gas Protocols and has served as an elected Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors for NAEM. He was selected for the 2017 Energy Manager Today 50.James has completed the Tuck Executive Program at the Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Norwich University as well as a Masters in Management degree from Troy University.

James is an Executive Director of Research and Product Development at MSCI, where he leads the MSCI New York Climate Risk Center. In this role, James builds solutions to help financial institutions manage their climate-related investment risks, with a focus on fixed income and credit risk. Prior to MSCI, he worked at Moody’s Analytics, developing corporate, sovereign, and real estate credit models for both general and climate applications. James holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Jason focuses on public equity manager due diligence and monitoring. Additionally, he is a member of Strategic’s ESG Committee and serves as ESG Investment Team Lead, working closely with Strategic’s clients and prospective clients who wish to more fully integrate ESG principles into their portfolios. Prior to joining Strategic, he served as Director of Investments at the Inova Health System Investment Office, which he launched with two colleagues. He has also worked at Cambridge Associates as an Investment Director, at NERA Economic Consulting, and he interned in the Investment Offices of both Williams College and Princeton University. Jason holds an M.B.A. from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Washington, D.C.

Jason Jay is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative. He teaches executive and masters-level courses on strategy, innovation, and leadership for sustainable business. He has helped secure MIT Sloan's position as a leader in the field of sustainability through teaching, research, and industry engagement. Dr. Jay’s publications have appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, California Management Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Greenbiz, and World Economic Forum. With Gabriel Grant, he is the author of the international bestseller Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World. Dr. Jay also works as a facilitator for companies, organizations, and business families, supporting high quality conversation and shared commitment to ambitious sustainability goals. His clients have included EFG Asset Management, Novartis, Bose, Environmental Defense Fund, BP and the World Bank.

Jason joined the Pacific Institute in 1993 and became its president in October 2016. Additionally, Jason serves as the Head of the CEO Water Mandate, a UNGC initiative and has supported it since 2008.  He is also a co-founder of the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a global initiative that has developed and is now implementing a freshwater certification program to advance responsible water practices by water providers and large-scale users.

Jeffrey Schub leads Sustainable Finance Integration at Wells Fargo, reporting
to the Chief Sustainability Officer. Jeff drives a range of strategic initiatives
across the bank, providing subject matter expertise to the lines of business
and clients to help meet Wells Fargo’s goal to deploy $500 billion of
sustainable finance by 2030.

Prior to Wells Fargo, Jeff was the Executive Director of the Coalition for Green
Capital, where he drove the green bank movement, resulting in the creation
of more than a dozen new climate finance institutions that have mobilized
more than $15 billion clean energy investment. In this role, Jeff directed the
campaign to create a $20 billion U.S. national green bank, which was signed
into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Earlier in his career, Jeff worked
for a leading solar developer as well as in economic consulting.

He holds an MBA from the Yale University School of Management and a
bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy from Brown University.

Jen Sullo is Managing Director of Asset Management and Investment Solutions at Earth Finance. She brings significant expertise integrating sustainability into portfolio construction, investment, and due diligence processes as well as creating tailored, client-specific sustainable investment funds for private wealth and institutional investors – including corporate retirement plans, insurance reserve pools, non-profit investment portfolios, and financial intermediary platforms. Jen has worked globally to provide education and strategic advice to sophisticated asset owners on decarbonization goal / target setting, climate scenario analysis, carbon footprinting and benchmarking, regulatory considerations, implementation pathways, and broad-ESG integration. Prior to Earth Finance, Jen was Global Head of Sustainable Investing Solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management ($2.2T) where she was responsible for global sustainable investing strategy, product development, and partnerships. Previously, as Managing Director and ESG Practice Lead of Rocaton Investment Advisors ($600B), she was responsible for ESG integration within multi-asset Advisory and OCIO channels. Prior to Rocaton, Jen held various positions at J.P. Morgan, Voya Investment Management and GE Asset Management. She graduated from Fairfield University with honors and an M.S. in Finance and from Trinity College with honors and a B.S. in Economics.

Jenna Nicholas is the co-founder and CEO of Impact Experience which is focused on addressing structural racism and dismantling prejudice by confronting and engaging with the historical and ongoing realities of inequality and racial bias. Impact Experience applies insights from the disciplines of systems transformation and organizational development, design thinking, somatic psychology, and experiential learning to build bridges between organizations and among people that catalyze collaboration and investment. Impact Experience tackles society's most pressing issues including post-hurricane rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, Houston and Puerto Rico, workforce training programs in former coal economy driven communities in West Virginia, building capital in people of color and women-run businesses, equitable and inclusive investment processes, supporting sustainable agriculture practices and working with corporations to integrate more of a climate focus into their retirement accounts and bank deposits.Jenna is also the Managing Director of One Planet VC where she invests in early-stage businesses in transformative industries, such as education technology, marketplaces, media, and the future of mobility. There is a focus on investing into socially conscious companies, at least 60% of which are run by women and people of color. Jenna leads Corporate Development for One Planet Group which incubates, operates and invests in businesses. She has led the acquisition and integration of three companies over the course of 15 months. Jenna formerly founded Phoenix Global Impact, a firm that specializes in impact investing, social entrepreneurship, and strategic philanthropy. Through her firm, she project-managed Divest-Invest Philanthropy, a coalition of foundations, divesting from investments in fossil fuels and reinvesting in new economy solutions. Jenna spoke at TedX Portland about the Divest-Invest work.Jenna has also worked with the World Bank Treasury on green bonds

Jenny Mathilde Nordby joined RepRisk in 2018 and is the Head of Business Development. She is responsible for RepRisk’s global business development department, including direct sales, strategic product integration partnerships, and redistribution channels. She previously led RepRisk’s Partnerships department and oversaw the company’s market, regulatory, and competitive intelligence.
 
Before joining RepRisk, Jenny worked at SEB – first, as an Account Manager covering Nordic institutional and corporate clients within Client Coverage, then in Institutional Sales, and finally in Corporate Risk Advisory and Analytics within Capital Markets. During her tenure at SEB, she also worked in rotations at other locations and departments in London, Singapore, and Stockholm.
 
Jenny holds a dual Bachelor's degree in Economics and International Relations from the University of Oslo, in Norway, and a Master of Science in Management and Finance from Imperial College, London, in the UK. She completed exchange semesters at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and at the American University, in Washington D.C., USA.

Jess Gaspar is the Head of Research at FCLT Global. In this role, he shapes the research agenda while working with the organization’s members and staff to advance the content and ensure its impact. He joined FCLT Global in 2023 after nearly two decades as a research leader at financial institutions. Jess has financial expertise across asset classes spanning the full value chain from security selection through manager evaluation, asset allocation, portfolio construction and risk management. He has also worked extensively on sustainability, the environment and climate change as a researcher, strategy builder and product designer.In his most recent role, Jess spent five years as the Global Head of Research for AllianceBernstein’s $100bn+ Multi-Asset Solutions business where he directed a global team responsible for strategic asset allocation, systematic tactical asset allocation, retirement and risk. He also served the firm as a member of AB’s Responsibility Steering Committee, Trust Company Board and partnership with Columbia’s Climate School.Prior to AllianceBernstein, Jess was Head of Asset Allocation and Research at Commonfund, one of the pioneers in investing long term portfolios for nonprofits. Earlier, he was director of research for Cornerstone Quantitative Investment Group, a systematic macro hedge fund where he coauthored Commodity Investing published by Wiley Finance. Jess joined the financial sector from McKinsey and Company and began his research career as a professor at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business where he taught international economics to M.B.A. students and computational methods in economics and finance to Ph.D. students.He earned his PhD in Economics from Stanford University and his BS in Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a US citizen and is married with three grown children.

Jessica “Jessie” Buendia is the Dream.Org Vice President of Sustainability and Green For All National Director. Green For All works at the intersection of the environmental, economic, and racial justice movements to advance solutions to poverty and pollution and to ensure that the people hit first and worst by pollution and climate change do not benefit last and least from the solutions. Under her leadership, Green For All is working to advance proactive bipartisan climate policy, support the implementation of Biden’s Justice40 initiative, ensure investments from the Inflation Reduction Act are directed to the communities most impacted by poverty and pollution, and uplift Black and Brown entrepreneurs and job pathways in the green economy.

Before coming to Green For All, Jessie held positions within the public, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors on climate equity. Most recently, Jessie served as an executive at the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) under the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. SGC promotes sustainability, health, and equity across the State by helping California achieve its climate change and racial equity goals through place-based, community-driven infrastructure investments and transformative programming. Jessie launched racial equity and technical assistance initiatives that expanded California’s reach and impact in communities and propelled SGC as a leader on equity at the state level.

Before coming to Green For All, Jessie held positions within the public, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors on climate equity. Most recently, Jessie served as an executive at the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) under the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. SGC promotes sustainability, health, and equity across the State by helping California achieve its climate change and racial equity goals through place-based, community-driven infrastructure investments and transformative programming. At SGC, Jessie oversaw a $1 billion annual budget and launched racial equity and technical assistance initiatives that expanded California’s reach and impact in communities and propelled SGC as a leader on equity at the state level. Jessie spearheaded the passage of the nation’s first state-level, multi-agency Racial Equity vision statement, action plan and served as the State’s host for the Capitol Collaborative on Race and Equity and the Interagency Racial Equity Working Group.

Jessie has held positions at the Greenlining Institute, East Bay Community Law Center, Janelle Monae’s Fem the Future Foundation, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Foundation, Health Access Foundation, Rose Foundation, California State Legislature, and Urban Habitat. She has also lived and worked in Mexico, France, India, and South Africa. Jessie has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Princeton University, an Advanced Project Management Certificate from Stanford University, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Macalester College. She is a certified coach with a focus on building transformational leadership within the social justice sector. She is originally from Iowa and currently resides in Sacramento with her wife and children.

Jindrich Kloub, a partner in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, is an internationally recognized antitrust lawyer with nearly 20 years of competition law experience. He leads the firm’s European antitrust team, and his practice focuses on complex conduct investigations, cartel defense, ESG collaborations, digital markets (DMA) and foreign subsidies (FSR) regulations, and general antitrust counselling and compliance advisory. Before joining the firm, Jindrich was the Executive Director of Operations at the Hong Kong Competition Commission, overseeing all antitrust enforcement and policy initiatives. Prior to that, he was a case handler at the European Commission’s DG Competition between 2006-2017, where he conducted numerous international cartel investigations across various sectors. Jindrich regularly speaks at international conferences, authors articles on competition law, and maintains deep connections within the international enforcement community. He has been a visiting professor of competition law at Université Catholique de Lille in France since 2010.

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."

John Hoeppner is the Head of US Stewardship and Sustainable Investments at LGIM America. He is the US representative of the Corporate Governance team. John is charged with shaping the firm’s corporate engagements and driving demand for sustainable investing strategies in the US market.Prior to joining LGIM America in 2018, he led the Impact Investing practice and launched an ESG data and consulting business at Mission Measurement. Prior to this, he held multiple senior product positions in the asset management divisions of UBS and Northern Trust. John championed a range of corporate and product related sustainable investment efforts. He started his investment career at Cambridge Associates on the capital markets research team. John earned a BCom from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

John Davies heads up GreenBiz Group's research efforts and leads the GreenBiz Executive Network, a member-based, peer-to-peer learning forum for sustainability professionals. The network is made up of senior executives from $1B+ corporations working together to share best practices and lessons learned for implementing sustainable development programs. Davies is an experienced entrepreneur and innovator who has applied his business and management skills to launching start-ups as well as improving the operations of existing businesses. He is a frequent keynote speaker at international events, is well-known for his supply chain and sustainability expertise and is the author of numerous articles in business, industry, and educational publications. Davies received his BA from SUNY at Fredonia and his MA from the University of Delaware.

Josh has been CEO of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility since 2016, overseeing programs and operations for the organization. ICCR is a 50 year-old coalition of more than 300 institutional investors that collaboratively engage corporations on environmental, social, and governance issues. Josh has more than 25 years’ experience as a non-profit leader, coalition-builder, policy advocate, and public interest lawyer. Prior to ICCR, Josh co-directed the New Economy Project, an organization on the forefront of the fight against discriminatory financial practices. Among earlier roles, Josh founded and ran the Foreclosure Prevention Project at South Brooklyn Legal Services and helped create and lead New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, a broad policy coalition which fielded successful campaigns to achieve groundbreaking legislation and regulation to curb financial abuses. Previously, Josh also worked with Oxfam America on private sector campaigns, and as a housing lawyer representing low income tenants. Josh was a member of the Consumer Advisory Board of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Josh has a J.D. from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. from Amherst College.

Josh Green is the founder and CEO of Inspiration Mobility (“Inspiration”), the first Electrification Accelerator offering turnkey solutions to decarbonize commercial transportation at scale. In 2021, Josh launched Inspiration  with one goal in mind: dramatically accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by quickly and easily delivering the outcomes that matter to businesses: lower costs, higher reliability, improved safety and driver satisfaction, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Throughout his career, Josh has launched and managed multiple investment funds focused on the energy transition, including Traverse Venture Partners, CCM Energy, Generate Capital, and Verdeo Group, a leading clean energy project developer backed by Black River Asset Management and Wolfensohn & Company.

Josh holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Dartmouth College, and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.  

Joyce Cacho is a combination leading-edge Operating Executive, and ‘nose-in-fingers-out’ Board member. Building on a C-suite career focused on P&L restructuring in banking and manufacturing, Joyce brings enterprise risk management (ERM), M&A, and ESG/Sustainability skills to the boardroom to grow companies. As the board chair, Sistema.Bio, Joyce is engaged in the energy-bio, technology innovation, and carbon offset industries. In addition to board director experience with Sunrise Banks, N.A., and World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), Joyce served on the board of Land O’Lakes, Inc. — a Fortune 250 company.Joyce contributes to systems change as a Governance expert and Leadership Committee member of 2022 #GetOnBoard week, How Women Lead and Advisor, Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR), Silicon Valley Executive Center, Santa Clara University. As a board trustee, College of the Atlantic (COA), Joyce works to support innovation in education. Serving as an Advisor, Competent Board and Chief Judge, US Businesses in Africa Awards keep Joyce focused on impact via Corporate Governance in mature and emerging markets.Joyce holds a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation and is a member of the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Society – New York (professional) which supports her QFE and Audit Committee board expertise. She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow and was named to the 2021 list of Most Influential Black Executives by Savoy Magazine.

Julie Nash is senior program director for food and forests at Ceres, a nonprofit organization working with influential investors to build sustainability leadership. Julie directs the strategy for mobilizing leading investors and companies to address sustainability risks in food and forest supply chains.

She brings to Ceres an extensive corporate sustainability background with nearly 15 years of direct experience, including roles at Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s, and Kraft Foods. Julie earned her Ph.D. in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a BS from Cornell University. 

I am a PwC ESG (environmental, social, governance) Consulting Partner with experience helping clients in a variety of industries undertake ambitious programs to successfully transform their sustainability, finance, IT, and risk and compliance capabilities since 2000. I've been assisting company leaders with building ESG/sustainability capabilities since 2010. My ESG experience includes strategy, value chain impact assessment, goal setting, training, disclosure and reporting, and data governance and technology. My broader experience includes process and controls improvement, program design and implementation, and program management office. I have also served as the PwC US Environmental Inclusion Network Champion, the Lead Diversity Partner Champion for Consumer Markets Advisory, and the leader of the Women’s Inclusion Network for PwC’s Detroit office.

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a B.A. in Accounting and M.S. in Accounting Information Systems, both from Michigan State University. I previously served on the MSU Department of Accounting and Information External Advisory Board (2018-2022).

Julius E. Kimbrough Jr. works with the Foundation’s investment committee, board and staff colleagues to reimagine, develop and drive innovative strategies to use capital and markets to build power within systems and advance racial justice across the South. Julius sources new investment opportunities, performs due diligence, and manages relationships with advisors and the day-to-day operations of the Foundation’s program-related and market-rate investment portfolios. In partnership with the chief finance and operations officer, Julius acts as staff liaison to the investment committee. He also represents the Foundation at convenings to share insights regarding American capitalism and learn with other philanthropic organizations seeking to advance racial equity through their investments. Julius came to MRBF from Stonehenge Capital, where he managed their federal New Markets Tax Credit program and helped source other economic development finance opportunities. Before joining Stonehenge, Julius served as executive director of a community land trust, pioneering affordable residential and commercial real estate solutions in New Orleans. He also headed Liberty Bank and Trust Company’s community development unit, which helped families finance affordable homes and provided capital to small businesses and agencies nationally. Julius also has served as a foundation program officer, urban planner, economic analyst and investment banker. Julius earned a degree in History from Hampton University and master’s degrees in Public Policy and Business Administration from the University of Chicago. When he is not thinking about work, Julius can be found binge watching history documentaries or trying to learn more about indigenous cultures through travel within the Americas.

Kate is a Director of Shareholder Advocacy at Trillium Asset Management, a socially responsible investment firm that has incorporated ESG into its investment processes since its founding in 1982. Kate engages with corporate leadership on a variety of environmental, social, and governance issues, focusing primarily on Trillium's climate-related advocacy. Her past areas of work have included deforestation, human rights, political spending, and drug pricing.Prior to joining Trillium, she worked at Friends Fiduciary Corporation, a faith-based investment firm, where she developed and implemented the firm’s engagement program and coordinated collaboration with other investors, NGO and grassroots partners, and policy experts.

As Director, Global Climate Strategy at Aramark, Kate oversees the organization’s climate strategy, including measuring progress and driving implementation toward its commitment to reduce food-related emissions 25% by 2030 and to set science-based targets. Kate collaborates across the organization on initiatives such as climate-friendly menus, efficient operations, and sustainable sourcing. Previously, Kate worked as Sustainability Director for the Town of Concord, MA, where she was responsible for launching the town’s first comprehensive climate action and resilience plan. Kate also spent 5 years at Environmental Defense Fund in Boston where she managed EDF Climate Corps, a network of professionals united to advance climate solutions and the leading graduate fellowship program in energy and sustainability. Kate holds a dual degree from Clark University, MBA and MS in Environmental Science and Policy as well as a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Katherine Collins is Head of Sustainable Investing at Putnam Investments and portfolio manager for Putnam's Sustainable Equity strategies, with approximately $6.5 billion in assets under management. SHORT VERSION: * favored for most settings *Katherine Collins is Head of Sustainable Investing at Putnam Investments and portfolio manager for Putnam's Sustainable Equity strategies, with approximately $6.5 billion in assets under management. In addition to her investment roles, Ms. Collins is an author and beekeeper, and holds degrees from Harvard Divinity School and Wellesley College. She serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Santa Fe Institute, Omega Institute, Harvard Divinity School Dean's Council, and Wellesley Centers for Women. In 2021, she was named to the inaugural Forbes “50 Over 50” list of leaders who are shaping the future of finance.MEDIUM VERSION:Katherine Collins is Head of Sustainable Investing at Putnam Investments and portfolio manager for Putnam's Sustainable Equity strategies, with approximately $6.5 billion in assets under management. Ms. Collins has over thirty years’ experience as an active fundamental investor, and was named to the inaugural Forbes “50 Over 50” list of leaders who are shaping the future of finance in 2021. She is a beekeeper, the author of Month of Sundays and The Nature of Investing, and founder of Honeybee Capital, an independent investment research firm focused on sustainable investment themes. Earlier in her career, she served as Head of Equity Research, Portfolio Manager, and Equity Research Analyst at Fidelity Investments. Katherine serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Santa Fe Institute, Omega Institute, Harvard Divinity School Dean's Council, and Wellesley Centers for Women. She earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a B.A. from Wellesley College, and is a CFA charter holder.

Katie Schmitz Eulitt leads the ISSB SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group, comprising over 60 leading global asset owners and managers – with >$53 Trillion AUM – supporting a global baseline standard for the communication of corporate performance on ESG issues relevant to the assessment of enterprise value to investors. This reprises similar roles Katie has played at the Value Reporting Foundation, prior to its merger with IFRS in August 2022 and at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board prior to that. She also co-leads market engagement in Asia Pacific markets, with an emphasis on Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

Katie worked with investment bank Salomon Brothers for over a decade in the US, Japan, and Hong Kong. Her experience in project development and finance spans the energy sector (both fossil fuels and renewables), the protection of forested lands, and water disinfection in developing markets.

She holds a BA in Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from l’Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, an executive certificate in sustainability from the Presidio Graduate School of San Francisco, and a Global Competent Boards Designation.

Kristen Duda is a director at PwC, focused on the intersection of ESG and technology. As the lead for PwC’s U.S. joint business relationships and alliances for ESG technology, Kristen works with clients to build their strategic ESG roadmap. With over 19 years of experience in sustainability, Kristen has advised global companies on turning material business risks to value creation.Kristen holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Chemical Engineering and is a licensed professional engineer.

Kristen B. Sullivan is a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and leads Sustainability and ESG Services, working with clients to help address their sustainability and non-financial disclosure strategy needs. Kristen also serves as the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s Global Audit & Assurance Sustainability and Climate Services Leader and the Integrated Reporting Community of Practice Leader. Kristen brings extensive experience in delivering sustainability risk assessment, governance, strategy alignment, measurement, reporting, and assurance services. Given the growing market emphasis on the importance of ESG standards and frameworks, Kristen serves as a member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Community, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Assurance Task Force, the Sustainable Stock Exchange (SSE) Initiative Corporate Working Group, and as Chair of the AICPA Sustainability Task Force. She previously served on the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Working Group. Kristen has authored a number of publications around the value of sustainability and ESG disclosure and assurance. She was #10 on the 2020 Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders list.Kristen has more than 25 years of experience with Deloitte, beginning her career in Deloitte’s Audit and Advisory Services, working in Deloitte’s National Office in several capacities, and working with the deputy CEO of Deloitte LLP focused on regulatory and public policy matters. Kristen is a CPA (CT, MO) and CGMA and earned SASB’s Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential. Kristen completed the Berkeley Law Executive Education Certification: ESG: Navigating the Board’s Role. Kristen also serves as a member of the Eureka College Board of Trustees and the Financial Women’s Association. Kristen lives in Greenwich, CT, with her four year old daughter.