2021 Climate Action Pursuit February Speakers & Cohort Leaders
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Our February Keynote Speakers:

Jacqueline Patterson
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program
NAACP
Bio

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Founder, Urban Ocean Lab &
Co-Founder, The All We Can Save Project
Bio

Yevonne Allen
Program Director | Truckee Meadows Community College
Bio
Jennifer Andrews
Project Director | University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute
Bio
Jesica Andrews
Senior Project Manager | Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance
Bio
Matthew Arsenault
Program Manager | Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative
Bio
George Ashton
Managing Director of Strategic Investments | Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Bio
Jagdeep Bachher
Chief Investment Officer & Vice President of Investments | University of California System
Bio
Patience Marime-Ball
Founder & CEO | Women of the World Endowment
Bio
Catherine Berman
CEO & Co-Founder | CNote
Bio
Afsaneh Beschloss
Founder & CEO | Rock Creek
Bio
Jochebed Bogunjoko
Founder & CEO | J Aduke Consulting
Bio
Hannah Bowen
Director of Events and Communications | Intentional Endowments Network
Bio
Deb Boyden
Head of US Defined Contribution | Schroders
Bio
Ben L. Bynum, MD
Portfolio Director, Program Related Investments | The Colorado Health Foundation
Bio
Jack Byrne
Dean of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs | Middlebury College
Bio
Habekah Cannon
Managing Attorney | The Law Office of Habekah B. Cannon
Bio
Tim Carter
President | Second Nature
Bio
Dr. F. Javier Cevallos
President | Framingham State University
Bio
Meghan Chapple
Director of the Office of Sustainability & Senior Advisor to University Sustainability Initiatives | George Washington University
Bio
Madeline Clark
Associate Investment Director | Cambridge Associates
Bio
Dr. Darron Collins
President | College of the Atlantic
Bio
Richard Cook
President Emeritus | Allegheny College
Bio
Kevin Coyle
Counsel to the President and CEO | National Wildlife Federation
Bio
Dr. Michael M. Crow
President | Arizona State University
Bio
Caroline Dallas
Associate Director of Private Investment Sourcing | Global Endowment Management
Bio
Mick Dalrymple
Director of University Sustainability Practices | Arizona State University
Bio
Eric Darrisaw
Director | Agile Fractal Grid
Bio
Chris Davidson
Director of Hybrid Power Solutions | Siemens Smart Infrasturcture
Bio
Andy DeMeo
Climate Programs Data Manager | Second Nature
Bio
Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
Board Member | Crane Institute of Sustainability
Bio
Alice DonnaSelva
Managing Director | Intentional Endowments Network
Bio
Dr. Michael V. Drake
President | University of California System
Bio
Elizabeth Drake
Climate Action Manager | Office of Sustainability at Swarthmore College
Bio
Diana Duffy
Coordinator of Energy and Utility Services | Keene State College
Bio
Georges Dyer
Co-Founder & Executive Director | Intentional Endowments Network
Bio
Temple Fennell
Co-Founder & Managing Director | Clean Energy Ventures
Bio
Torrey Feimster
Director of D&I Advocacy | Global Endowment Management
Bio
James M. Fenton
Director of FSEC Energy Research Center | University of Central Florida
Bio
Dr. David Finegold
President | Chatham University
Bio
Bradley Flamm
Director of Sustainability | West Chester University
Bio
Amberjae Freeman
CEO | Etho Captial
Bio
Danielle Fugere
President & Chief Counsel | As You Sow
Bio
Emma Fulop
Program Manager | Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative
Bio
Susan Gary
Professor Emerita | University of Oregon School of Law
Bio
Russ Gaskin
Managing Partner | CoCreative
Bio
Cary Gaunt
Director of Campus Sustainability | Keene State College
Bio
Susanna Gibbons
Faculty & Managing Director | David S. Kidwell Funds Enterprise at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Bio
Nili Gilbert
Investment Committee Chair | David Rockefeller Fund
Bio
Jeff Gitterman
Co-Founding Partner | Gitterman Wealth Management
Bio
Dr. Jean Goodnow
President | Delta College
Bio
Mary Green
Vice President & Client Portfolio Manager | Federated Hermes
Bio
Gabby Heidrich
Youth Engagement Program Coordinator | Climate Reality Project
Bio
Meredith Lorenz Heimburger
Principal | Global Endowment Management
Bio
Tobias Hess (Bard '22)
Founder | Sunrise Movement at Bard College
Bio
Dr. Karin Hilgersom
President | Truckee Meadows Community College
Bio
Dr. Eric Howard
Director of Strategic Partnerships | Second Nature
Bio
Jacob Ivy
Masters of Sustainability Solutions Candidate | Arizona State University
Bio
Ivy Jack
Head of Equity Research | Northstar Asset Management
Bio
Michael Jansen
Chairman & CEO | Cityzenith
Bio
Keith Johnson
Chair | Reinhart's Institutional Investor Services
Bio
Dave Karlsgodt
Director | Brailsford & Dunlavey
Bio
Kaede Kawauchi
Program Manager | Intentional Endowments Network
Bio
Anne Kelly
Vice President of Government Relations | Ceres
Bio
Maureen Kline
VP of Public Affairs & Sustainability North America | Pirelli Tire
Bio
Natasha Landell-Mills
Partner & Head of Stewardship | Sarasin Asset Management
Bio
Lisa Lange
Engangement - EOS | Federated Hermes
Bio
Tamara Larsen
Executive Director, Mission-Aligned Investing | Agility
Bio
Allison Leach
Postdoctoral Researcher | University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute
Bio
Dr. Hilary L. Link
President | Allegheny College
Bio
Ben Linthicum
Sustainability & ESG Analyst | HXE Partners
Bio
Bob Litterman
Chairman | Risk Committee and Academic Advisory Board | Kepos Capital
Bio
Lorna Logan
Analyst | Sustainable Funds Group at Stewart Investors
Bio
Andrea Longton
Senior Vice President, Financial Services | Opportunity Finance Network
Bio
Michele Madia
Senior Director of Programs and Communications | Second Nature
Bio
Ludovica Martella
Environmental Justice Independent Researcher | Miami-Dade Office of Resilience/Mohawk Tribe
Bio
Beth Martin
Interim Director of the Washington University Climate Change Program & Professor of Environmental Studies | Washington University in St. Louis
Bio
Anne Matusewicz
Responsible Investing Strategist | Eaton Vance
Bio
Alex Maxwell
Senior Manager of Climate Programs | Second Nature
Bio
Michelle McGinty
Program Outreach Coordinator | Center for Resource Solutions
Bio
Ryan McPherson
Chief Sustainability Officer | University of Buffalo
Bio
Elsa Mengistu (Howard '23)
Cultural Development & Outreach Specialist | Generation Green
Bio
Walter Mérida
Senior Advisor to the President | University of British Columbia
Bio
Jamie Merisotis
President & CEO | Lumina
Bio
Chris Miller
Associate Vice President | Institutional Shareholder Services
Bio
Dr. Scott D. Miller
President | Virginia Wesleyan University
Bio
Dr. Mark Mitsui
President | Portland Community College
Bio
Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
CFO | East Bay Community Foundation
Bio
Renee Morgan
Social Justice Strategist | Adasina Capital
Bio
Kathryn I. Murtagh, Esq.
Managing Director for Sustainable Investing & Chief Compliance Officer | Harvard Management Company, Inc.
Bio
Stephen Muzzy
Senior Manager of Climate Programs | Second Nature
Bio
Jae Nam
MBA Canditate | Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Bio
Kate Nelson
Chief Sustainability Officer | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bio
Dr. Valerie Newhouse
President | Iowa Lakes Community College
Bio
Nathalie Molina Niño
Author, Investor, Entrepreneur | Connectivity Capital Partners, WOCstar Fund, FullCycle, and BlueIO
Bio
Neda Nobari
Vice Chair | San Francisco State University Foundation Board
Bio
Dorien Nunez
Co Founder & Director of Research | OMNIResearch Group and OMNI Wall St Advantage
Bio
Dr. Elsa Núñez
President | Eastern Connecticut State University
Bio
Chris O'Brien
Director, Business Development | CustomerFirst Renewables
Bio
Dr. Santa J. Ono
President & Vice-Chancellor | University of British Columbia
Bio
Mark Orlowski
Executive Director | Sustainable Endowments Network
Bio
Marvin Owens
Chief Engagement Officer | Impact Shares
Bio
Laurie Patton
President | Middlebury College
Bio
David Phillips
Associate Vice President of Energy and Sustainability | University of California Office of the President
Bio
JC Porter
Assistant Director of Commuter Services | Arizona State University
Bio
Martin Powell
Chief Sustainability Officer | Siemens
Bio
David Provost
Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration | Middlebury College
Bio
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability | Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego
Bio
Sarah Reed
Program Manager | Electrification Coalition
Bio
John Reynolds
CEO | Agile Fractal Grid
Bio
Michael Rhim
Principal | PRM Consulting
Bio
David W. Riggs
Founder | Pneuma Media
Bio
Jim Roach
Senior Vice President of Retirement Strategies | Natixis Investment Managers
Bio
Rachel Robasciotti
Founder & CEO | Adasina Capital
Bio
Dr. Robert C. Robbins
President | The University of Arizona
Bio
Alli Gold Roberts
Director of State Policy | Ceres
Bio
Anthony Rust
Chair of the Investment Committee | Warren Wilson College
Bio
Harriet Shugarman
Executive Director | ClimateMama
Bio
Pedro da Silva
Impact Analyst | Global Endowment Management
Bio
Mariko Silver
President & CEO | Luce Foundation
Bio
Sharon Simms
Consultant | CoCreative
Bio
Timothy Smith
Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement | Boston Trust Walden
Bio
Alain Steven
Founder & CEO | Energy One Solutions International
Bio
Nigel Topping
High Level Climate Champion | COP26
Bio
Sandy Urie
Chairman Emeritus | Cambridge Associates
Bio
David Vandermast
Associate Professor of Biology | Elon University
Bio
Kevin Walkush
Portfolio Manager | Jensen Investment Management
Bio
Nathalie Wallace
Head of ESG Strategy & Development | Mirova US
Bio
Gerry Watson
Executive Vice President for Finance & Operations | Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Bio
Mary Whitney
Director of University Sustainability
Bio
Dr. Wim Wiewel
President | Lewis & Clark College
Bio
Dr. Kim A. Wilcox
Chancellor | University of California, Riverside
Bio
Joy Williams
Senior Advisor for Climate Strategy, Education, and Finance | Manifest Climate
Bio
Justin Wilson
Director | Diverse Asset Management Initiative (DAMI)
Bio