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 · 39 speakers
- Host
Kristy Drutman
Co-founder, Green Jobs Board
21 Mon · Opening Remarks +10
- Host
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
Alicia Hernandez
Investment Manager, Sustainable Ocean Alliance / Seabird Ventures
21 Mon · Blue Jobs
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 Voter
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
- Moderator
Christopher Griffin
Creator, Plant Kween LLC
21 Mon · Conservation Jobs
Claire Still
Social Value and Climate Lead, US East Advisory, AECOM
21 Mon · Urban Planning
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
Drew Caputo
Vice President of Litigation, Lands, Wildlife and Oceans, Earthjustice
21 Mon · "Protecting What We Love, Storytelling for Nature" Happy Hour with Earthjustice
- Moderator
Durga Sreenivasan
Advocate for Justice, @durganyc
21 Mon · So You Want a Green Job? Finding Your Place in Clean Energy
Greg Whitt
Senior Legal Recruitment Manager, Earthjustice
21 Mon · Finding Your Green Mentor +1
- Moderator
Isaias Hernandez
Educator, 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
- Moderator
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
- Moderator
Patrick Duffy
Founder, Common Thread Real Estate
21 Mon · Urban Planning
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
Tanasia N Swift
Associate Director of Engagement Projects, Billion Oyster Project
21 Mon · Blue Jobs
- Moderator
Wen-Jay Ying
CEO and Boss, Local Roots NYC
21 Mon · Food & Regenerative Agriculture Careers
Tuesday, September 22
Climate technology and capital · 45 speakers
- Host
Kristy Drutman
Co-founder, Green Jobs Board
22 Tue · Opening Remarks +10
- Host
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
Consultant
22 Tue · Unhinged Professional Development Tips
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
- Moderator
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
- Moderator
Greg Whitt
Senior Legal Recruitment Manager, Earthjustice
22 Tue · Power to the People: Partnership, Storytelling, Litigation & Civic Engagement with Earthjustice +1
Hennessy Garcia
Organizer, Organizer
22 Tue · Plenary Session: Women Leading on Climate
Jake Bittle
Writer, Grist
22 Tue · Climate Communications 101 with Climate Central
- Facilitator
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
- Moderator
Ky Polanco
Co-Founder, Executive Publisher, FEMINIST
22 Tue · Plenary Session: 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
- Moderator
Lorena James
Founder, Roundtree Resilience
22 Tue · Salary Negotiations and Power Dynamics
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
- Moderator
Matt Scott
Director of Storytelling and Engagement, Project Drawdown
22 Tue · Climate Storytelling and the Arts
Maya Penn
Founder, CEO, Upenndo! Productions
22 Tue · Plenary Session: Women Leading on Climate
Michel Legendre
Advisory Committee, Carmack Collective
22 Tue · Get Your Climate Work Funded
- Moderator
Nakisha "Nikki" Evans
Senior Vice President for 'Workforce Development and Education, Brooklyn Navy Yard
22 Tue · Ask a Climate Founder
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
Nupol Kiazolu
Activist and Organizer, We Protect Us
22 Tue · Plenary Session: Women Leading on Climate
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
- Moderator
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 · 41 speakers
- Host
Kristy Drutman
Co-founder, Green Jobs Board
23 Wed · Opening Remarks +10
- Host
Usman Fahimullah
Co-Founder, Green Jobs Board
23 Wed · Opening Remarks +5
Anna Sacks
Founder, The Trash Walker
23 Wed · Circular Economy Jobs
Anna Yum
Community Manager, NYU Tandon Urban Future Lab
23 Wed · Innovative Technologies & Industries
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
Cassia Martin
Alumni, Cllimate Tech Academy
23 Wed · Technical Pathways into Clean Energy
Chris Castro
EVP-Chief Sustainability Officer, Climate First Bank
23 Wed · Plenary: Good Green Jobs and a Just Transition with B Lab
- Moderator
Diamond Spratling
Founder & Executive Director, Girl Plus Environment
23 Wed · Environmental Justice & Advocacy
- Moderator
Dominique Drakeford
Producer + Chief Curator, Compost, Cotton & Cornrows
23 Wed · Sustainable Fashion Jobs
Elijah Oliver
Business Outreach Specialist, Energy EDC
23 Wed · Technical Pathways into Clean Energy
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
- Moderator
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
- Moderator
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?
Kate Danielsen
Strategic Partnerships Manager, eBay
23 Wed · Circular Economy Jobs
Leonel Nepomuceno
Junior Data Analyst, Life3
23 Wed · Technical Pathways into Clean Energy
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
Mahdiyyah Muhammad
Director of Partnerships, Member Engagement, & Community, Black Fiber & Textile Network
23 Wed · Sustainable Fashion Jobs
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
Mira Musank
Founder, Fafafoom Studio + Rethink The Runway
23 Wed · Sustainable Fashion Jobs
Mona Chun
Chief Strategy Consultant, mebl | Transforming Furniture
23 Wed · Circular Economy Jobs
- Moderator
Moshood Olugbode
Project Manager, Instructor
23 Wed · Technical Pathways into Clean Energy
Natalia Villamizar
Energy Analyst and Capstone Coordinator, Energy EDC
23 Wed · Technical Pathways into Clean Energy
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
Robert Zandi
Associate Director of Renewable Energy Programs, Kingsborough Community College- CUNY
23 Wed · Future Ready: Community Colleges Powering Tomorrow's Workforce
- Moderator
Saad Amer
Founder, Justice Environment
23 Wed · Plenary: Good Green Jobs and a Just Transition with B Lab
Tiffany Yeh
CEO, Eztia Corp.
23 Wed · Innovative Technologies & Industries
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
Arielle King
Program Manager, Green Jobs Board
Carmela French
Sr Legal Recruiter, Earthjustice
Clementina Martinez-Masarweh
Founder / Textile Waste Strategist, DNA Sustainable Threds
Daniel Muchnick
Team Lead, Green Mountain Energy
Farwiza Farhan
Executive Director, Forest, Nature and Environment Aceh Foundation
Gerardo Aguilar
Sustainability Consultant, AECOM
JC Sandberg
Chief Policy Officer, American Clean Power Association
Omar Duran
CEO, Founder, LIFE3
Peter Malinowski
President & CEO, Billion Oyster Project
Sara Shipley
Team Lead, Green Mountain Energy