Speakers
The people on this year’s program
Founders, hiring managers, and operators from across the climate economy, day by day. Open a speaker to read their bio and find their sessions.
Monday, September 21
Green and blue jobs · 36 speakers
- Keynote speaker
Kristy Drutman
Co-founder, Green Jobs Board
21 Mon · Opening Remarks +6
- Keynote speaker
Usman Fahimullah
Co-Founder, Green Jobs Board
21 Mon · Opening Remarks +5
Abigail (Abhaer) Thomas
Community Engagement and Program Manager, BrightAction Communities
21 Mon · How to Create a Sustainable Future in Every Job
Allison Abbott
VP Market Operations, Motivate LLC
21 Mon · Urban Planning
Anna Dukor
Chief Financial Officer, Oceanic Global
21 Mon · Blue Jobs
Brionté McCorkle
Executive Director, Georgia Conservation Voters
21 Mon · So You Want a Green Job? Finding Your Place in Clean Energy
Chantella Mitchell
Program Director, New York Community Trust
21 Mon · So You Want a Green Job? Finding Your Place in Clean Energy
Christopher Griffin
Creator, Plant Kween LLC
21 Mon · Conservation Jobs
Claudette Pichardo
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Kinetic Communities Consulting
21 Mon · So You Want a Green Job? Finding Your Place in Clean Energy
Coretta Anderson
Senior Manager, Influencer Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, Earthjustice
21 Mon · "Protecting What We Love, Storytelling for Nature" Happy Hour with Earthjustice
Dany Sigwalt
Managing Director, Green Leadership Trust
21 Mon · Joining Green Boards
Dianna Cohen
Chief Vision Officer, Plastic Pollution Coalition
21 Mon · Finding Your Green Mentor
Gerardo Aguilar
Sustainability Consultant, AECOM
21 Mon · Urban Planning
Greg Whitt
Senior Legal Recruitment Manager, Earthjustice
21 Mon · Finding Your Green Mentor +1
Isaias Hernandez
Environmentalist, Author, & Storyteller, QueerBrownVegan
21 Mon · Finding Your Green Mentor
Jason Seedall
Director, The Roosevelt Initiative
21 Mon · Conservation Jobs
Jeff Geist
Director of Community Engagement, Programs and Partnerships, Doris Duke Foundation
21 Mon · Conservation Jobs
Juliana Ojeda
Program Operations Director, Green 2.0
21 Mon · Finding Your Green Mentor
Justine Gray
Community Garden and Programs Coordinator, Doris Duke Foundation
21 Mon · Food & Regenerative Agriculture Careers
Kelly Darnell
President of Clean Power Institute and COO of American Clean Power Association, American Clean Power Association
21 Mon · The Future of Clean Energy Careers with American Clean Power
Krystle Edwards
Director of Campaigns and Engagement, The Center for Cultural Power
21 Mon · Pitch the Future: Storytelling the Green Economy We Want
Lina Taylor
CEO, HQimpact.org
21 Mon · Lunch & Learn Coaching Session: How to Prep for a Job Interview Like an Olympian
Malia Darby
Manager, Work Solutions, JobsFirst NYC
21 Mon · Plenary Session: The Future of Green Jobs in NYC
Marcene Mitchell
SVP of Climate Change, World Wildlife Fund
21 Mon · Cultivating Hope with World Wildlife Fund
Margaret Nyamumbo
Founder & CEO, Kahawa 1893
21 Mon · Food & Regenerative Agriculture Careers
Mariama Ndiaye
Director, Co-Design Lab, Mayor’s Office of Atlanta
21 Mon · Urban Planning
Mark Haver
Founder and Chief Consultant, BlueGreen Generation
21 Mon · Blue Jobs
Maxine Griffin Somerville
Chief People and Culture Officer, National Audubon Society
21 Mon · Conservation Jobs
Nikki Tourigny
Director of Employment & Business Services, The HOPE Program
21 Mon · Plenary Session: The Future of Green Jobs in NYC
patrick duffy
Founder, Common Thread Real Estate
21 Mon · Urban Planning
Peter Malinowski
President & CEO, Billion Oyster Project
21 Mon · Blue Jobs
Reuben Parish
Senior Manager of Global Fleet Management, Lime
21 Mon · Urban Planning
Soumya Gokuli
Senior Project Manager - Green Economy, NYCEDC
21 Mon · Plenary Session: The Future of Green Jobs in NYC
Stephanie Klocke
Executive Director, Resiliency Manufacturing Industrial & Infrastructure Council, NYC Office of Talent & Workforce Development
21 Mon · Plenary Session: The Future of Green Jobs in NYC
Steve Simitzis
Managing Partner, Replicator VC
21 Mon · Food & Regenerative Agriculture Careers
Wen-Jay Ying
CEO and Boss, Local Roots NYC
21 Mon · Food & Regenerative Agriculture Careers
Tuesday, September 22
Climate technology and capital · 40 speakers
- Keynote speaker
Usman Fahimullah
Co-Founder, Green Jobs Board
22 Tue · Opening Remarks +5
Aimée Christensen
CEO, Christensen Global & Sun Valley Forum
22 Tue · Climate Finance and Business Jobs
Alexia Leclercq
Executive Director, Land Justice Community School
22 Tue · Salary Negotiations and Power Dynamics
Ali Ciatti
Lead, Sustainability Creator Partnerships, YouTube
22 Tue · Climate Storytelling and the Arts
Angie Ostaszewski
Director, Strategy & Innovation, SEEL LLC
22 Tue · Unhinged Professional Development Tips with SEEL
Brittany DeGirolamo
Founder & CEO, Phocus Creative Group
22 Tue · Climate Storytelling and the Arts
Cecilia Ciepiela-Kaelin
Sustainable Finance Recruiter, Blue Earth Talent
22 Tue · Climate Finance and Business Jobs
Chris Edmonds
Director of Sustainability, NA, Oatly
22 Tue · Supply Chains and Avoiding Greenwashing in Business
Daniel Carrillo
Founder, Humanist
22 Tue · Climate Finance and Business Jobs
Daniel Hill
Creator, OpenDoorClimate
22 Tue · Navigating the Job Search in the Age of AI
Diana Franco
Senior Vice President Economic Mobility and Social Impact, NYCEDC
22 Tue · Salary Negotiations and Power Dynamics
Emilie Flanagan
CEO, Carson Power
22 Tue · Ask a Climate Founder
Emily Kane
Director, Career Services - MS, Environment and Sustainability Management, Georgetown University
22 Tue · Fluent in Impact: Translating Climate Science into the Language of Business
Greg Whitt
Senior Legal Recruitment Manager, Earthjustice
22 Tue · Power to the People: Partnership, Storytelling, Litigation & Civic Engagement with Earthjustice +1
Jessica Bergman
CEO, Baddie of the Week
22 Tue · Salary Negotiations and Power Dynamics
Johanna Alter Wilson
Financial Consultant, Strategic Financial Group, Inc.
22 Tue · Money and Mindset Workshop with Stone X Securities and Strategic Financial Group Inc.
Jonathan Smith
Senior Attorney, Earthjustice
22 Tue · Power to the People: Partnership, Storytelling, Litigation & Civic Engagement with Earthjustice
Kailey Bradt
CEO, Sonsie
22 Tue · Supply Chains and Avoiding Greenwashing in Business
Kerrie Carfagno
Assoc. Teaching Professor and Program Director, Environment and Sustainability Mgmt masters program, Georgetown University
22 Tue · Fluent in Impact: Translating Climate Science into the Language of Business
Kirti Datla
Director, Strategic Legal Advocacy, Earthjustice
22 Tue · Power to the People: Partnership, Storytelling, Litigation & Civic Engagement with Earthjustice
Kristy Drutman
Co-founder, Green Jobs Board
22 Tue · Closing Remarks +6
Ky Polanco
Co-Founder, Executive Publisher, FEMINIST
22 Tue · Plenary: Women Leading on Climate
Laura Thoms
Director of Enforcement, Earthjustice
22 Tue · Power to the People: Partnership, Storytelling, Litigation & Civic Engagement with Earthjustice
Lenore Reiner
Executive Director Senior Responsible Investing Strategy Specialist, Calvert Research and Management
22 Tue · Climate Finance and Business Jobs
Lukas Wenrick
Sr. Director, Learning Innovations, Arizona State University
22 Tue · Closing the Green Skills Gap: Year One of the Conservation Futures Academy
Matthew Miles Goodrich
Adviser, Carmack Collective
22 Tue · Get Your Climate Work Funded
Matt Scott
Director of Storytelling and Engagement, Project Drawdown
22 Tue · Climate Storytelling and the Arts
Michel Legendre
Advisory Committee, Carmack Collective
22 Tue · Get Your Climate Work Funded
Neil Yeoh
CEO, OnePointFive
22 Tue · Navigating the Job Search in the Age of AI
Nivi Jaswal-Wirtjes
Founder and President, The Virsa Foundation Inc.
22 Tue · Climate Storytelling and the Arts
Percy Summers
Senior Director, Conservation International
22 Tue · Closing the Green Skills Gap: Year One of the Conservation Futures Academy
Ricky Benavidez
Managing Director, The Carmack Collective
22 Tue · Get Your Climate Work Funded
Robert Valencia
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist for Latino Engagement and Outreach, Earthjustice
22 Tue · Power to the People: Partnership, Storytelling, Litigation & Civic Engagement with Earthjustice
Rocio Bermudez Pose
Impact Director, Yerba Madre
22 Tue · Supply Chains and Avoiding Greenwashing in Business
Scott Rosenberg
CEO, 257 Co.
22 Tue · Ask a Climate Founder
Seth Collins
Co-Executive Director, Skill Up for Earth
22 Tue · Closing the Green Skills Gap: Year One of the Conservation Futures Academy
Shel Winkley
Chief Meteorologist / Senior Engagement Specialist, Climate Central
22 Tue · Climate Communications 101 with Climate Central
Suma Reddy
Founder/CEO, Gather
22 Tue · Ask a Climate Founder
- Moderator
Wesley Herche
Director Energy and Sustainability Solutions, Prologis
22 Tue · Supply Chains and Avoiding Greenwashing in Business
Whitney McGuire
Founder and Managing Partner, The McGuire Consulting Group
22 Tue · Salary Negotiations and Power Dynamics
Wednesday, September 23
Circularity and new ventures · 30 speakers
- Keynote speaker
Usman Fahimullah
Co-Founder, Green Jobs Board
23 Wed · Opening Remarks +5
Anna Sacks
Founder, The Trash Walker
23 Wed · Circular Economy Jobs
Aura Vasquez
Senior Director Advocacy & Policy, Hip Hop Caucus
23 Wed · Environmental Justice & Advocacy
Aviva Magder-Pascaris
Lead Instructor, School Workshops, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
23 Wed · Is Grad School for Me?
Beatrice Ajaero
Co-Founder, The Open Table Foundation, Inc.
23 Wed · Is Grad School for Me?
Bodhi Patil
Founder, InnerLight
23 Wed · InnerLight Workshop with Bodhi Patil
Chris Castro
EVP-Chief Sustainability Officer, Climate First Bank
23 Wed · Plenary: Good Green Jobs and a Just Transition with B Lab
Clementina “Sustainable Latina™️” Martinez-Masarweh
Founder / Textile Waste Strategist, DNA Sustainable Threds
23 Wed · Sustainable Fashion Jobs
- Moderator
Diamond Spratling
Founder & Executive Director, Girl Plus Environment
23 Wed · Environmental Justice & Advocacy
Emmy Scott
Executive Director, Earth Guardians
23 Wed · Lead the Shift: Building Regenerative Ventures like an Earth Guardian
Fabiana Otero
Director of Sustainability, Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County
23 Wed · Sustainable Fashion Jobs
Franziska Trautmann
Co-Founder and CEO, Glass Half Full
23 Wed · Circular Economy Jobs
Jaffee Judah
Executive Director, Recycle Reinvest
23 Wed · Environmental Justice & Advocacy
Jake Mitchell
Director of Memberships, Trellis Network, Trellis Group
23 Wed · Is Grad School for Me?
Jasmine Davenport
VP of Program Strategy, Dream.Org
23 Wed · Environmental Justice & Advocacy
Jessica Nelson
Sustainability Project Manager, Ben & Jerry's
23 Wed · Plenary: Good Green Jobs and a Just Transition with B Lab
John L Barry
Director of Community Forestry, Cohanzick Nature Reserve
23 Wed · Rooted in Culture, Growing the Workforce & Building the Next Generation of Urban Forestry Leaders
J.Renay Loper
Professor, Bard College, MBA Sustainability
23 Wed · Is Grad School for Me?
Karla Pinzón
Manager of Curriculum development, Solar One
23 Wed · Is Grad School for Me?
Kristy Drutman
Co-founder, Green Jobs Board
23 Wed · Opening Remarks +6
Lida Aljabar
Senior Director, Catalyst Initiative & Fund, American Forests
23 Wed · Rooted in Culture, Growing the Workforce & Building the Next Generation of Urban Forestry Leaders
Marcel Fukayama
Chief Impact & Movement Officer, B Lab
23 Wed · Plenary: Good Green Jobs and a Just Transition with B Lab
- Moderator
Mawuli Campbell
Founder of Hopamine, HOPAMINE
23 Wed · Innovative Technologies & Industries
Miguel Sossa-Mardomingo
Founder, Impact MÁS, VP Sustainability, Capgemini
23 Wed · Career Wayfinding
Mona Chun
Chief Strategy Consultant, mebl | Transforming Furniture
23 Wed · Circular Economy Jobs
Natalie Perez-Regalado
Manager, Climate Strategies, Foundation for California Community Colleges
23 Wed · Future Ready: Community Colleges Powering Tomorrow's Workforce
Radhika Bhatt
Climate Career Coach & Recruiter, Saathe Studio
23 Wed · Alchemizing Climate Opportunities on LinkedIn
Richard Cohen
founder and president, Elevate Packaging
23 Wed · Innovative Technologies & Industries
Saad Amer
Founder, Justice Environment
23 Wed · Plenary: Good Green Jobs and a Just Transition with B Lab
Yinka N. Bode-George
Founder and CEO, Sustain Our Future Foundation
23 Wed · Leading a Green Transition: Climate Justice Leadership in an Era of Large-Scale Infrastructure Development
Also on the program
Sessions to be announced
