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Alongside these efforts, she developed and taught a course on sustainable investing. Her book argues pathways for the continued evolution of sustainable investing, with a focus on profit, solutions, and effective partnership across stakeholders. Sophie consulted at Bain & Company where she focused on private equity diligence. As a Brown alumna, she serves on the Advisory Council for the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society and is a Henry David Thoreau Scholar. Sophie started a venture capital-backed agricultural technology business that replaces chemical fertilizer with a microbial solution. She has been admitted to Harvard Business School but is deferring in favor of pursuing more entrepreneurial opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579050637664-EFA8PAYXO1N94K9G0VYG/Kelly%2BRamirez.jpg Meet our Speakers Kelly Ramirez is the CEO of Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG). She teaches/has taught Social Entrepreneurship at RISD, Salve Regina, Providence College, and in the Brown University Leadership Institute Previously, she directed the Social Enterprise Initiative at the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. She has consulting and project management experience with organizations including Aid to Artisans, the Ford Foundation, the European Commission, USAID, the State Department, and Roche. Kelly also worked as a political analyst for the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service, an election monitor for the OSCE, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Slovakia. Kelly received MA Degrees in Public Policy and Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, completed a leadership and management program at the Ross School of Business, and a nonprofit management program at the Harvard Business School. 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In 2012, Ben won the Starmine award for best stock picker in Healthcare. He has worked in the investment industry since 2001. Ben holds a Master’s in natural science from Cambridge University, where he gained the top first in his year. He also won a scholarship to Harvard University and studied there at post graduate level specializing in behavioral neuroscience. Ben is a CFA Charterholder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579027944796-H34TN7827HRVL3G5B7RZ/VGClFpol_400x400.jpg Meet our Speakers Karl Hofmann is the President and CEO of PSI (Population Services International), a non-profit global health organization based in Washington, D.C. PSI operates in over 50 countries worldwide, with programs in sexual and reproductive health, malaria, water and sanitation, HIV, and non-communicable diseases. 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He served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, Executive Secretary of the Department of State, and Deputy Chief of Mission (senior career diplomat) at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France. Mr. Hofmann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the National Defense University. He is a Director of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a member of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security, a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, President of the TB Alliance’s Stakeholder Association and a Director of the Alliance, and a member of the External Board of Advisors of Pennsylvania State University’s School of International Affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579027403667-1DM90GRK7YVT7WGJEVUN/keck_tom.jpg Meet our Speakers Mr. Keck leads StepStone’s global research activities and the development of SPI. He is also involved in the Firm’s ESG and risk management initiatives. Prior to co-founding StepStone, Mr. Keck was a managing director at Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity investment firm that oversaw over US$15 billion of private equity commitments for institutional investors. Before that he was a principal with Blue Capital, a middle market buyout firm, and an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Keck graduated cum laude with a BA from the George Washington University and received his MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He served in the US Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, receiving numerous decorations flying EA-6Bs off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1583277887687-EUQM4RZIGZCGDG74N9WS/unnamed.jpg Meet our Speakers Ari Gabinet has spent more than 30 years in the securities law field as a trial lawyer, senior securities regulator with the SEC, and financial services general counsel. After twenty years with major international law firms, from 2002 to 2005, Gabinet was the head of the SEC’s Philadelphia office, managing a staff of more than 100 lawyers and finance professionals running the Commission’s enforcement and regulatory examination program in the mid-Atlantic region. After leaving the SEC, he spent five years in Vanguard’s legal department, where he was responsible for the areas of securities regulation, broker-dealer, tax, international, and litigation. From 2010 through 2015, he was general counsel of OppenheimerFunds, overseeing the legal, compliance, and internal audit functions. He has been a frequent speaker on issues of securities regulation, leadership and management, and innovation in legal department operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579028211614-Z5D3V4R0JQBSRQ9W0E6K/218249-463_PeterDixon_web-e1545060183815.jpg Meet our Speakers Peter Dixon is a Partner, Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Howland Capital Management. Peter delivers thoughtful asset allocation solutions, security selection, and financial planning strategies to individuals, families, and foundations. In addition, Peter is responsible for the ESG strategy and research at Howland Capital. Peter joined Howland Capital in 2018 after working as a Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst and Sector Leader in the equity division at Fidelity Management & Research Co. As a Portfolio Manager for ten years, Peter was sole manager of various mutual funds, most recently overseeing $7.5 billion of assets. 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She is also the Marketing Chair of the ESG network Building a Sustainable Investment Community (BASIC NY). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579028700951-F0S0GWXN39720NBMMQJ0/11cBraceYoung.jpg Meet our Speakers Prior to joining Arabesque in 2017, Mr. Young was Chief Executive Officer at Eclat Impact in 2016 and Chief Executive Officer and a Partner at Mariner Investment group from 2000-2015. He joined Mariner directly from Goldman Sachs, where he retired as a Partner, after a 20 year career in Fixed Income in New York, Tokyo, and London. He serves as Board Chair of GWAVE, a wave based renewable energy company. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a coeducational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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Howard holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from the London School of Economics (LSE), an MPP from the Hertie School of Governance, and an MPA from Columbia University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579029956657-OUAPI4MV2SOYDH6FV5UV/gordon-profile.jpg Meet our Speakers Deborah Gordon is the former Director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Trained as a chemical engineer and policy analyst, Gordon works on global oil and climate change issues. After beginning her career with Chevron, Gordon managed an energy and environmental consulting practice, taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and directed the Energy Policy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Gordon regularly testifies before Congress, collaborates with government agencies, industry, and NGOs, and has served on National Academy of Sciences committees. Gordon’s op eds, articles, and quotes have appeared in The National Interest, The Hill, Pacific Standard, Financial Times, Scientific American, International Economy Magazine, About Oil, Boao Review, Xinghua News, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Time, Washington Post, and New York Times. She has been featured on ABC News, PBS Great Decisions, NPR’s To the Point, E&E TV's On Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579031104562-E576XZ5KBT31KTAPRK84/MALK-SP-2018-Team-Headshots-4-copy-732x1024.jpg Meet our Speakers Kayalin Akens-Irby is a Senior Associate at Malk Partners. Kayalin joined Malk in 2018. She has assisted on over 50 transactions spanning an array of industries including information technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare and financial services. Major projects Kayalin has supported include venture capital investment in an EU-based open banking platform, growth stage investment in a healthcare technology provider disrupting the orthodontics industry, investment in a global pharmaceuticals, biologics, and consumer health products developer, development of an ESG policy and LP-facing fundraising communications for a leading manufacturing-focused GP. Kayalin holds a B.A. in Environment, Economics, and Politics from Claremont McKenna College where she was a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Interdisciplinary Science Scholar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579040342186-PK93PESWRZSAX72NXKF2/Riddhima_Yadav.jpg Meet our Speakers Riddhima is part of Goldman Sachs' Sustainable Finance Group, a team that is at the center of driving the firm's initiatives on climate transition and inclusive growth. Her work at Goldman comes on the back of extensive experience on the topic bringing together the public and private sector to affect change. She has worked for the United Nations, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Poverty Action Lab at MIT and most recently for former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, on climate policy. Riddhima holds a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University. She is additionally a member of the Leaders Forum of The Global Education and Leadership Foundation and has been recognized for her work by UN Women, Mary Robinson Foundation, The Aspen Institute and Sanctuary Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1581013101225-DUCHS2F5NISXDQZ65YOX/Holly%2BMoynahan_%2BSustainserv%2Bportrait%2Bbackground%2BHorizontal%2Bcrop%2B-%2BHolly%2BMoynahan.jpg Meet our Speakers Holly Moynahan is a Senior Consultant in Ernst & Young’s (EY) Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. CCaSS provides Climate Change, Sustainability Advice and Assurance, non-Financial Reporting, Impact and Outcomes Measurement, Human Rights, and Health, Safety, and Environment services that help clients build more sustainable and profitable enterprises by addressing their environmental and social challenges. Holly specializes in CCaSS' Climate Change, Sustainability Advisory, and non-Financial Reporting services, with particular focus on environment, social, and governance strategy and communication. Prior to EY, Holly was a sustainability consultant at Sustainserv Inc/GmbH, a boutique sustainability consultancy based in Boston, MA and Zurich, Switzerland. She joined Sustainserv after receiving her Bachelors degree in Environmental Science with a concentration in Economics from Colorado College. Together with her team and her clients, Holly creates solutions that: reduce environmental impact, mitigate risk in the business and supply chain, attract and retain talent, catalyze innovation, enhance social impact, engage stakeholders, communicate initiatives, and above all: support responsible growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1580768028606-CY58A9SFOXF8URQIF27M/Kennedy.headshot.jpg Meet our Speakers Kerry Kennedy is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. She is the author of New York Times best-seller, Being Catholic Now ( Random House 2005), Speak Truth to Power ( Random House 2000) and Robert F. Kennedy; Ripples of Hope ( Hachette 2018). For more than thirty years, Ms. Kennedy has devoted herself to the pursuit of equal justice, the promotion and protection of basic rights, and the preservation of the rule of law. She has worked on a range of issues, including children’s rights, child labor, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, impunity, and the environment. She has concentrated specifically on women’s rights, exposing injustices and educating audiences about women’s issues, particularly honor killings, sexual slavery, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, sexual assault, abuse of prisoners, and more. She has led hundreds of human rights delegations. At a time of diminished idealism and growing cynicism about public service, her life and lectures are testaments to the commitment to the basic values of human rights. Under Ms. Kennedy's leadership, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partners with the bravest people on earth to create lasting change. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights supports defenders in the field with advocacy, litigation, and training; brings human rights to students in the classroom with its innovative Speak Truth To Power curriculum; and engages the financial community about sustainable investing and the intersection between business and human rights. She appears regularly on ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, CNN and PBS as well as on networks in countries around the world, and her commentaries and articles have been published in The Boston Globe, Corriere della Sera The Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Daily News, L’Unita, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Newsday, El Pais, and the Yale Journal of International Law, among others. Ms. Kennedy served as Chair of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council for over a decade. Nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate, she serves on the board of directors of the United States Institute of Peace, Human Rights First, the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Laureate and Leaders, Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC), and Sustainable Development Goals- Africa, SDGUSA, and HealthEVillages, as well as RFKHR – UK, RFK HR-Italia and RFKHR- Suisse. She is on the Advisory Committee for the Association of American Indian Affairs, the Global Youth Action Network, the Albert Schweitzer Institute, Sankofa, San Patrignano, and the Center for Victims of Torture. Ms. Kennedy received high honors from President Lech Walesa of Poland for aiding the Solidarity movement, The Humanitarian award from the Congress of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, and many other honors. Ms. Kennedy has served in numerous political campaigns, and she is a member of the Massachusetts and District of Columbia bars. She is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School, and she holds honorary doctorates of law from Le Moyne College, University of San Francisco Law School, and University of New Caledonia, and honorary doctorates of Humane Letters from Bay Path College and the Albany College of Pharmacy. Ms. Kennedy is the mother of three daughters, Cara, Mariah, and Michaela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582141176450-OW1JM1RAFF37OS27AORK/Antonio+Galvao+Picture+2+Oct2018+FINAL.jpeg Meet our Speakers Antonio Galvao Costa is chief supply chain officer for DuBois Chemicals. He has more than 28 years of experience encompassing planning, logistics, sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, product portfolio management and marketing operations. In addition, Galvao Costa has a proven track record of managerial success in generating multimillion-dollar cost savings and double-digit percentage improvements in both customer service levels and productivity. He has lived and worked in Brazil, England, the United States, Switzerland and the Netherlands, leading local, regional and global teams. Galvao Costa has a degree in production engineering and an MBA from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has been the author of the “Working Green” department in SCM Now (previously APICS magazine) since July 2008 and has presented at several conferences and seminars across the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. He previously served on the APICS Supply Chain Council board of directors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582163649068-3NB8NC66C9SGUKTX3VGY/image002.jpg Meet our Speakers Julia Morello is a senior ESG research analyst and ESG research director for the Americas at MSCI. Julia leads research for the Biopharma and Tobacco industries at MSCI ESG Research, where she is responsible for the development of ratings methodology and thematic research in these industries along with select investment content projects. Based in Boston, Julia joined MSCI in 2009 and holds a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and pharmaceutical assessment from Boston University School of Public Health and a B.A. in Chemistry from Skidmore College. Julia’s research at Skidmore focused on the synthesis of small organic molecules with an emphasis on tandem intramolecular Diels-Alder (TIMDA) chemistry. Prior to joining MSCI, she coordinated the World Medicines Situation report in the Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies division at the World Health Organization Headquarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579042828447-QDC5R474BXPQP59I1VBD/Seth_Magaziner.jpg Meet our Speakers As Rhode Island’s General Treasurer, Seth Magaziner is committed to promoting economic growth and expanding opportunity through honest, effective leadership. Seth was born in Bristol, Rhode Island and began his career as a public elementary school teacher and later as an investment professional, before taking office as General Treasurer in 2015. Seth’s priority as Treasurer is strengthening the economy and putting Rhode Islanders to work. Seth launched the BankLOCAL program, which has helped hundreds of Rhode Island small businesses get access to the capital they need to grow and expand, by moving millions of dollars of the state’s cash to local community banks and credit unions. Seth also successfully championed the expansion of the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the state, putting hundreds of tradesmen and women to work while reducing the state’s carbon footprint. As co-chair of the Rhode Island School Building Task Force, Seth worked to develop a once-in-a generation plan to repair Rhode Island’s crumbling public school buildings, because all students deserve to attend schools that are safe, warm, dry and equipped for twenty-first century learning. This plan was approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 and is already funding school repairs across the state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582311800321-6AHKHHVGCIVY1RDF4YQB/Alicia%2BRitcey_Headshot%2B-%2BAlicia%2BRitcey.jpg Meet our Speakers Alicia Ritcey is an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst with a specialty in corporate governance at Bloomberg. She was also a reporter and editor at Bloomberg News covering executive compensation, corporate governance and ESG issues, in addition to managing an executive compensation data collection tool. Prior to joining Bloomberg, she was a research analyst at the proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. Alicia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria and a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from Queen’s University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579090669695-NSEV8LAFMROVNWSMXU4S/unnamed.jpg Meet our Speakers Andrew Droste is a board advisory specialist at Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) within the firm's Board and CEO Advisory Partners practice. Prior to RRA, Andrew led Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) engagement, research and risk analyses for BNY Mellon’s Proxy Voting and Governance Committee. Andrew began his career as an ESG analyst at Nuveen on their Responsible Investing Team. He is also treasurer and member of the board at Speak For The Trees, a nonprofit whose mission is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in the greater Boston area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579047553431-SKXF8NM87TPBY763I433/ck%2Balt%2Bcopy.jpg Meet our Speakers Cary is Lecturer in the Practice of Management, fall 2017 at the Yale School of Management and Lecturer and Faculty Adviser, Yale College on Energy Studies, Climate and Investing, having previously taught Yale College Seminars on Business, Innovation and Sustainability. He also teaches the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Investing at Brown University, helping support the Sustainable Investment Fund within the Brown Endowment, and has been an MBA Lecturer at Concordia and Maryland and helped lead and design the RFK Sustainable Investing program at Columbia's Earth Institute. Books include Sustainable Investing: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2017), a look at the present and future of investing where financial success requires a sustainability focus, and at the same time, desired outcomes require a business case, following two previous books with Nick Robins among other leading contributors. He is also Senior Advisor to BlueSky Investment Management, Principal at NPV Associates, Co-founder and Director of Real Impact Tracker and the Carbon Tracker Initiative, and Editor of the Journal of Environmental Investing, now in its 8th year. The next issue and a related symposium on The State of ESG Data and Metrics are being guest edited and hosted at Yale on September 21-22, 2017. He also co-created Systems Finance at Yale in 2016, led a Working Group in 2015 for the Principles for Responsible Investment developing its Climate Change Asset Owner Strategy framework and advised to the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System authoring papers that include The Value of Everything among other papers following earlier careers in environmental and institutional investment analytics and technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1581804121114-CY870EITD0W45KZMLVX7/WechatIMG7+-+Mathias+Lund+Larsen.jpeg Meet our Speakers Mathias Lund Larsen is the Director of International Cooperation at the International Institute of Green Finance – a Beijing based Chinese think tank. He simultaneously holds roles as consultant to UN-Habitat, UNESCAP, and GIZ. His research focuses on green finance in China and in a global context, as well as links between the two. He has spent more than a decade working on the intersection between China, sustainability, and economics, and speaks fluent Chinese. More specifically, his key areas of research include green bonds, multilateral development banks, sustainable infrastructure financing, and greening the Belt and Road Initiative. Having worked for UN-Habitat in Nairobi and the UN Global Compact in New York, Mathias has a professional background in making the economy work towards sustainability issues. He has an interdisciplinary academic background across the fields of economics, business, politics, and law, holding a double master in international business & politics (CEMS) from Copenhagen Business School, Warsaw School of Economics, and Rotterdam School of Management, as well as a double master in international development and law from Sciences Po Paris and Peking University. He has authored numerous articles, reports, and book chapters published by the UN, financial institutions, and academic journals, and is a frequent speaker on green finance in China across Asia, Europe, and North America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579047728565-5H0RAZG6X0CWCRZ8F46E/EEqK2fBWwAMKUFR.jpg Meet our Speakers François Perrin is Head of Asia and advises on the China strategies and sustainability. He leads the China team. François joined East Capital in 2015 as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to East Capital, he was Head of Greater China Equities and Asian SRI Equities at BNP Paribas Investment Partners Asia in Hong Kong, Senior Portfolio Manager at Fortis Investments in Frankfurt am Main, Portfolio Manager at Lombard Odier in Geneva, Manager at Suez and Auditor at KPMG in Paris. He has been working with green finance since 1999 and pioneered environmental strategies for China. François holds a PhD in Finance from Grenoble University, a post-graduate diploma from EM Lyon/IAE Lyon and an MA in Economics from Sorbonne University in Paris. He speaks French, English and German. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579048151919-ZPO6SCHIMDJS4JY5I05Y/Mamadou-Binta-NYC-web.jpg Meet our Speakers Binta P. Mamadou is a senior associate in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group. Binta’s experience includes advising project sponsors and financial institutions, including commercial lenders and development banks, in a range of cross-border transactions in various countries in the Americas, Europe and Africa in connection with the acquisition, development, structuring and financing of energy and infrastructure projects. Her publications include: (1) “On the path of reform…Linklaters looks at Morocco and on how it is attracting private investment through innovative legal reforms and public-private partnerships” (co-authored with M. Barges and P. Lignières), The Oath – The Middle East Law Journal for Corporates and (2) “The Journey to a Virtual African Identity: Did ICANN Correctly Deny the African Union’s Request to Include dot Africa on the ‘Reserved Names List’?”, ABA International Law News. In 2019, Binta was named to the National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 under 40. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University School of Law and B.S.F.S. in International Economics: Economic Growth, Transition, and Development from Georgetown University. She is a member of the New York Bar and the Paris Bar (Barreau de Paris) (inactive status), and is fluent in French and Zarma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582311610572-8VZPA6TJ6RC3T1MR44QT/kalie%2Bheadshot%2B-%2BKalie%2BGold.jpg Meet our Speakers Kalie Gold '08 majored at Brown in International Relations, and has an MS from Brandeis University in Strategic Analytics. She currently is COO for Pula Advisors, an insurance technology startup headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Previous to her role at Pula, she served as Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for One Acre fund in several African markets including Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Kalie considers her greatest skill simply "being pragmatic." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1583277764396-1PH2M20PCTKK6IHTEOID/B6Ygi_JF_400x400.jpg Meet our Speakers Femi has a first-class Master of Engineering from Oxford University where he published in Quantum Physics and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied as a Thouron Scholar. Femi is a British-Nigerian born in Togo and has also lived and worked in Rwanda and Tanzania. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Femi worked in The Boston Consulting Group’s Energy and Industrial Goods practices where he managed cross-functional teams in the implementation of priority growth initiatives in the US, Africa and Latin America. Femi has also worked in two early stage energy ventures including One Degree Solar and Rare Energy, a UK-based recruitment firm which he co-founded in 2011. 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Prior to contributing to creating the Impact Investing division in 2020, she acquired a solid background on Alternative Investments, having held positions in Illiquid Asset Management (focused on Real Estate Development and Timberland Acquisitions & Dispositions in Latin America) and in Corporate Lending (focused on Agribusiness & Food Credit Risk). Ms Genelhú holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is an associate member of IFL-SP, a Brazilian think tank focused on leadership development based on individual liberty and free markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1581013395240-RHD177VE39AJHYE6ALNU/_DSC3995+-+Daniel+Izzo.jpg Meet our Speakers Partner and co-founder of Vox Capital, Brazil’s first impact investing venture capital firm, focused on high potential businesses serving the Brazilian low income population through products and services with the potential to improve their lives. 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Alongside these efforts, she developed and taught a course on sustainable investing. Her book argues pathways for the continued evolution of sustainable investing, with a focus on profit, solutions, and effective partnership across stakeholders. Sophie consulted at Bain & Company where she focused on private equity diligence. As a Brown alumna, she serves on the Advisory Council for the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society and is a Henry David Thoreau Scholar. Sophie started a venture capital-backed agricultural technology business that replaces chemical fertilizer with a microbial solution. She has been admitted to Harvard Business School but is deferring in favor of pursuing more entrepreneurial opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579050637664-EFA8PAYXO1N94K9G0VYG/Kelly%2BRamirez.jpg 2020 Speakers Kelly Ramirez is the CEO of Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG). She teaches/has taught Social Entrepreneurship at RISD, Salve Regina, Providence College, and in the Brown University Leadership Institute Previously, she directed the Social Enterprise Initiative at the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. She has consulting and project management experience with organizations including Aid to Artisans, the Ford Foundation, the European Commission, USAID, the State Department, and Roche. Kelly also worked as a political analyst for the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service, an election monitor for the OSCE, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Slovakia. Kelly received MA Degrees in Public Policy and Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, completed a leadership and management program at the Ross School of Business, and a nonprofit management program at the Harvard Business School. She was named a Woman to Watch by the Providence Business News, was a BALLE Fellow, and is a mentor at Year Up. Kelly is the proud mother of three, runs, likes to cook, garden and play the piano. She loves design and is an avid collector of mid century chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579027911226-UZ6HV7YO44L7QEM5PMZ1/Ben%2BYeoh%2Bweb.jpg 2020 Speakers Ben is the team’s healthcare specialist and an ESG expert. Prior to joining RBC GAM in early 2014, he worked with the team at First State for three years. Ben sits in a non-executive advisory capacity for Responsible Investment and ESG for a leading U.K. investment trust. Prior to joining First State, Ben worked at Atlantic Equities where he was responsible for global healthcare research with a special focus on the US. Before that, he was at ABN AMRO where he was recognized with a #1 Thomson Extel rating across all sectors for integrated ESG research. In 2012, Ben won the Starmine award for best stock picker in Healthcare. He has worked in the investment industry since 2001. Ben holds a Master’s in natural science from Cambridge University, where he gained the top first in his year. He also won a scholarship to Harvard University and studied there at post graduate level specializing in behavioral neuroscience. Ben is a CFA Charterholder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579027944796-H34TN7827HRVL3G5B7RZ/VGClFpol_400x400.jpg 2020 Speakers Karl Hofmann is the President and CEO of PSI (Population Services International), a non-profit global health organization based in Washington, D.C. PSI operates in over 50 countries worldwide, with programs in sexual and reproductive health, malaria, water and sanitation, HIV, and non-communicable diseases. For over 45 years, PSI has measurably improved the health of people in the developing world, making it easier for them to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire. After being named President and CEO in 2007, Mr. Hofmann led PSI on its strategic path to double health impact between 2007 and 2011. In 2017 alone, PSI provided over 30.5 million years of healthy life that would have been lost to death or disability (DALYs), provided almost 20 million years of contraceptive protection to couples (CYPs), prevented over 4.87 million unintended pregnancies, over 250 thousand infections of HIV, and over 135 thousand deaths due to malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia. As PSI looks to the future, the organization will reimagine healthcare to put the consumer at the center and whenever possible bring care to the front door. Prior to joining PSI, Mr. Hofmann was a career American diplomat for 23 years. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, Executive Secretary of the Department of State, and Deputy Chief of Mission (senior career diplomat) at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France. Mr. Hofmann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the National Defense University. He is a Director of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a member of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security, a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, President of the TB Alliance’s Stakeholder Association and a Director of the Alliance, and a member of the External Board of Advisors of Pennsylvania State University’s School of International Affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579027403667-1DM90GRK7YVT7WGJEVUN/keck_tom.jpg 2020 Speakers Mr. Keck leads StepStone’s global research activities and the development of SPI. He is also involved in the Firm’s ESG and risk management initiatives. Prior to co-founding StepStone, Mr. Keck was a managing director at Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity investment firm that oversaw over US$15 billion of private equity commitments for institutional investors. Before that he was a principal with Blue Capital, a middle market buyout firm, and an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Keck graduated cum laude with a BA from the George Washington University and received his MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He served in the US Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, receiving numerous decorations flying EA-6Bs off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1583277887687-EUQM4RZIGZCGDG74N9WS/unnamed.jpg 2020 Speakers Ari Gabinet has spent more than 30 years in the securities law field as a trial lawyer, senior securities regulator with the SEC, and financial services general counsel. After twenty years with major international law firms, from 2002 to 2005, Gabinet was the head of the SEC’s Philadelphia office, managing a staff of more than 100 lawyers and finance professionals running the Commission’s enforcement and regulatory examination program in the mid-Atlantic region. After leaving the SEC, he spent five years in Vanguard’s legal department, where he was responsible for the areas of securities regulation, broker-dealer, tax, international, and litigation. From 2010 through 2015, he was general counsel of OppenheimerFunds, overseeing the legal, compliance, and internal audit functions. He has been a frequent speaker on issues of securities regulation, leadership and management, and innovation in legal department operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579028211614-Z5D3V4R0JQBSRQ9W0E6K/218249-463_PeterDixon_web-e1545060183815.jpg 2020 Speakers Peter Dixon is a Partner, Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Howland Capital Management. Peter delivers thoughtful asset allocation solutions, security selection, and financial planning strategies to individuals, families, and foundations. In addition, Peter is responsible for the ESG strategy and research at Howland Capital. Peter joined Howland Capital in 2018 after working as a Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst and Sector Leader in the equity division at Fidelity Management & Research Co. As a Portfolio Manager for ten years, Peter was sole manager of various mutual funds, most recently overseeing $7.5 billion of assets. As a Research Analyst, Peter covered domestic and international equities for eleven years. As Sector Leader for five years, Peter oversaw a large team of Equity Research Analysts across offices in Boston, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Peter earned his B.A. with honors from Brown University and his MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Board of Trustees for Hebrew SeniorLife, and the Reunion Gift Committee for Brown University’s Annual Fund. Peter is an avid snowboarder and he volunteers as a coach for New England Disabled Sports. He lives in Chestnut Hill with his wife, Rachel, and their two sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579028873243-M8JRIC1RGSZIXVGBEE1S/Johnson-Keith-Photo%25282015%2529%2B-%2Bkjohnson%2540reinhartlaw.com.jpg 2020 Speakers Keith L. Johnson is Chair of the Institutional Investor Services Group at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. and serves as legal counsel to institutional investors globally on fiduciary, investment, governance and litigation matters. He is co-editor of the Cambridge University Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty, holds the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board’s Level I Credential and was selected by peers as among the Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance. He also serves on the Intentional Endowments Network Steering Committee. Mr. Johnson previously served as General Counsel for the Wisconsin public pension fund’s Investment Board, President of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys and Program Director for the University of Wisconsin Law School's International Corporate Governance Initiative. . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579294332750-E7Z3XZOKXIW9O91GRC9H/Headshot%252B-%252BConnie%252BE.jpg 2020 Speakers Connie currently works as a Research Associate at Preqin, a leading data provider for the alternative assets industry. In her role, she speaks with private equity, private debt and venture capital fund managers in order to gather data and identify the latest trends that shape the alternatives industry. Connie holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Northeastern University. While in college, she served as the President of NUImpact, Northeastern's student-led impact investing initiative. She is also the Marketing Chair of the ESG network Building a Sustainable Investment Community (BASIC NY). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579028700951-F0S0GWXN39720NBMMQJ0/11cBraceYoung.jpg 2020 Speakers Prior to joining Arabesque in 2017, Mr. Young was Chief Executive Officer at Eclat Impact in 2016 and Chief Executive Officer and a Partner at Mariner Investment group from 2000-2015. He joined Mariner directly from Goldman Sachs, where he retired as a Partner, after a 20 year career in Fixed Income in New York, Tokyo, and London. He serves as Board Chair of GWAVE, a wave based renewable energy company. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a coeducational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Social Finance, Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit organisation dedicated to mobilising investment capital to drive social change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579029585413-NPKWRX6AHGB6RVZB41MF/16_Final_LinkedIn.jpg 2020 Speakers Matt worked at MSCI ESG Research for nearly ten years, developing the ESG Ratings model used by the largest institutional investors in the world. He chaired the MSCI ESG Research Editorial Committee, sat on the MSCI Research Editorial Board, co-created the MSCI ESG Now podcast, and wrote more than 100 investor papers, industry reports, and profiles in his time at MSCI. He's been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NPR, Pensions and Investments, and other investor and business publications. He routinely lectures at business schools, including past discussions with students at Yale, Brown, University of Massachussetts, and others. Prior to joining MSCI, Matt developed low-carbon investment programs and engaged directly with US pension funds and asset managers managing over USD 10 trillion in assets as a Manager at Ceres, a Boston-based non-profit. Matt also founded a hedge fund with a sustainability and resource scarcity theme before joining Ceres. He is a graduate of Brown University with a concentration in Computers and Music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579031001668-XYQ7W42OIQXETLPIQXJX/Headshot%2B-%2BHoward%2BWWF.jpg 2020 Speakers Howard is responsible for sustainable finance projects at the United Nations Global Compact. Most recently, he leads initiatives around financing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), working with a diverse group of international companies and investors. He is the primary liaison for collaborations with the UN PRI, the UN Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, UNDP’s SDG Impact, the Impact Management Project (IMP), and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. Before joining the UN Global Compact, Howard was a senior finance specialist at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where he managed engagements with the financial sector around environmental risks in commodities and agriculture. He has also previously worked on climate change issues as a technical consultant for development banks, governments, and foundations. Prior to his sustainability work, Howard held roles in multinational corporations including HSBC, Deutsche Borse, and Vodafone. Howard holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from the London School of Economics (LSE), an MPP from the Hertie School of Governance, and an MPA from Columbia University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579029956657-OUAPI4MV2SOYDH6FV5UV/gordon-profile.jpg 2020 Speakers Deborah Gordon is the former Director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Trained as a chemical engineer and policy analyst, Gordon works on global oil and climate change issues. After beginning her career with Chevron, Gordon managed an energy and environmental consulting practice, taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and directed the Energy Policy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Gordon regularly testifies before Congress, collaborates with government agencies, industry, and NGOs, and has served on National Academy of Sciences committees. Gordon’s op eds, articles, and quotes have appeared in The National Interest, The Hill, Pacific Standard, Financial Times, Scientific American, International Economy Magazine, About Oil, Boao Review, Xinghua News, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Time, Washington Post, and New York Times. She has been featured on ABC News, PBS Great Decisions, NPR’s To the Point, E&E TV's On Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579031104562-E576XZ5KBT31KTAPRK84/MALK-SP-2018-Team-Headshots-4-copy-732x1024.jpg 2020 Speakers Kayalin Akens-Irby is a Senior Associate at Malk Partners. Kayalin joined Malk in 2018. She has assisted on over 50 transactions spanning an array of industries including information technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare and financial services. Major projects Kayalin has supported include venture capital investment in an EU-based open banking platform, growth stage investment in a healthcare technology provider disrupting the orthodontics industry, investment in a global pharmaceuticals, biologics, and consumer health products developer, development of an ESG policy and LP-facing fundraising communications for a leading manufacturing-focused GP. Kayalin holds a B.A. in Environment, Economics, and Politics from Claremont McKenna College where she was a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Interdisciplinary Science Scholar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579040342186-PK93PESWRZSAX72NXKF2/Riddhima_Yadav.jpg 2020 Speakers Riddhima is part of Goldman Sachs' Sustainable Finance Group, a team that is at the center of driving the firm's initiatives on climate transition and inclusive growth. Her work at Goldman comes on the back of extensive experience on the topic bringing together the public and private sector to affect change. She has worked for the United Nations, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Poverty Action Lab at MIT and most recently for former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, on climate policy. Riddhima holds a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University. She is additionally a member of the Leaders Forum of The Global Education and Leadership Foundation and has been recognized for her work by UN Women, Mary Robinson Foundation, The Aspen Institute and Sanctuary Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1581013101225-DUCHS2F5NISXDQZ65YOX/Holly%2BMoynahan_%2BSustainserv%2Bportrait%2Bbackground%2BHorizontal%2Bcrop%2B-%2BHolly%2BMoynahan.jpg 2020 Speakers Holly Moynahan is a Senior Consultant in Ernst & Young’s (EY) Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. CCaSS provides Climate Change, Sustainability Advice and Assurance, non-Financial Reporting, Impact and Outcomes Measurement, Human Rights, and Health, Safety, and Environment services that help clients build more sustainable and profitable enterprises by addressing their environmental and social challenges. Holly specializes in CCaSS' Climate Change, Sustainability Advisory, and non-Financial Reporting services, with particular focus on environment, social, and governance strategy and communication. Prior to EY, Holly was a sustainability consultant at Sustainserv Inc/GmbH, a boutique sustainability consultancy based in Boston, MA and Zurich, Switzerland. She joined Sustainserv after receiving her Bachelors degree in Environmental Science with a concentration in Economics from Colorado College. Together with her team and her clients, Holly creates solutions that: reduce environmental impact, mitigate risk in the business and supply chain, attract and retain talent, catalyze innovation, enhance social impact, engage stakeholders, communicate initiatives, and above all: support responsible growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1580768028606-CY58A9SFOXF8URQIF27M/Kennedy.headshot.jpg 2020 Speakers Kerry Kennedy is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. She is the author of New York Times best-seller, Being Catholic Now ( Random House 2005), Speak Truth to Power ( Random House 2000) and Robert F. Kennedy; Ripples of Hope ( Hachette 2018). For more than thirty years, Ms. Kennedy has devoted herself to the pursuit of equal justice, the promotion and protection of basic rights, and the preservation of the rule of law. She has worked on a range of issues, including children’s rights, child labor, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, impunity, and the environment. She has concentrated specifically on women’s rights, exposing injustices and educating audiences about women’s issues, particularly honor killings, sexual slavery, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, sexual assault, abuse of prisoners, and more. She has led hundreds of human rights delegations. At a time of diminished idealism and growing cynicism about public service, her life and lectures are testaments to the commitment to the basic values of human rights. Under Ms. Kennedy's leadership, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partners with the bravest people on earth to create lasting change. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights supports defenders in the field with advocacy, litigation, and training; brings human rights to students in the classroom with its innovative Speak Truth To Power curriculum; and engages the financial community about sustainable investing and the intersection between business and human rights. She appears regularly on ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, CNN and PBS as well as on networks in countries around the world, and her commentaries and articles have been published in The Boston Globe, Corriere della Sera The Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Daily News, L’Unita, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Newsday, El Pais, and the Yale Journal of International Law, among others. Ms. Kennedy served as Chair of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council for over a decade. Nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate, she serves on the board of directors of the United States Institute of Peace, Human Rights First, the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Laureate and Leaders, Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC), and Sustainable Development Goals- Africa, SDGUSA, and HealthEVillages, as well as RFKHR – UK, RFK HR-Italia and RFKHR- Suisse. She is on the Advisory Committee for the Association of American Indian Affairs, the Global Youth Action Network, the Albert Schweitzer Institute, Sankofa, San Patrignano, and the Center for Victims of Torture. Ms. Kennedy received high honors from President Lech Walesa of Poland for aiding the Solidarity movement, The Humanitarian award from the Congress of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, and many other honors. Ms. Kennedy has served in numerous political campaigns, and she is a member of the Massachusetts and District of Columbia bars. She is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School, and she holds honorary doctorates of law from Le Moyne College, University of San Francisco Law School, and University of New Caledonia, and honorary doctorates of Humane Letters from Bay Path College and the Albany College of Pharmacy. Ms. Kennedy is the mother of three daughters, Cara, Mariah, and Michaela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582141176450-OW1JM1RAFF37OS27AORK/Antonio+Galvao+Picture+2+Oct2018+FINAL.jpeg 2020 Speakers Antonio Galvao Costa is chief supply chain officer for DuBois Chemicals. He has more than 28 years of experience encompassing planning, logistics, sourcing, engineering, manufacturing, product portfolio management and marketing operations. In addition, Galvao Costa has a proven track record of managerial success in generating multimillion-dollar cost savings and double-digit percentage improvements in both customer service levels and productivity. He has lived and worked in Brazil, England, the United States, Switzerland and the Netherlands, leading local, regional and global teams. Galvao Costa has a degree in production engineering and an MBA from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has been the author of the “Working Green” department in SCM Now (previously APICS magazine) since July 2008 and has presented at several conferences and seminars across the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. He previously served on the APICS Supply Chain Council board of directors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582163649068-3NB8NC66C9SGUKTX3VGY/image002.jpg 2020 Speakers Julia Morello is a senior ESG research analyst and ESG research director for the Americas at MSCI. Julia leads research for the Biopharma and Tobacco industries at MSCI ESG Research, where she is responsible for the development of ratings methodology and thematic research in these industries along with select investment content projects. Based in Boston, Julia joined MSCI in 2009 and holds a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and pharmaceutical assessment from Boston University School of Public Health and a B.A. in Chemistry from Skidmore College. Julia’s research at Skidmore focused on the synthesis of small organic molecules with an emphasis on tandem intramolecular Diels-Alder (TIMDA) chemistry. Prior to joining MSCI, she coordinated the World Medicines Situation report in the Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies division at the World Health Organization Headquarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579042828447-QDC5R474BXPQP59I1VBD/Seth_Magaziner.jpg 2020 Speakers As Rhode Island’s General Treasurer, Seth Magaziner is committed to promoting economic growth and expanding opportunity through honest, effective leadership. Seth was born in Bristol, Rhode Island and began his career as a public elementary school teacher and later as an investment professional, before taking office as General Treasurer in 2015. Seth’s priority as Treasurer is strengthening the economy and putting Rhode Islanders to work. Seth launched the BankLOCAL program, which has helped hundreds of Rhode Island small businesses get access to the capital they need to grow and expand, by moving millions of dollars of the state’s cash to local community banks and credit unions. Seth also successfully championed the expansion of the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the state, putting hundreds of tradesmen and women to work while reducing the state’s carbon footprint. As co-chair of the Rhode Island School Building Task Force, Seth worked to develop a once-in-a generation plan to repair Rhode Island’s crumbling public school buildings, because all students deserve to attend schools that are safe, warm, dry and equipped for twenty-first century learning. This plan was approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 and is already funding school repairs across the state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582311800321-6AHKHHVGCIVY1RDF4YQB/Alicia%2BRitcey_Headshot%2B-%2BAlicia%2BRitcey.jpg 2020 Speakers Alicia Ritcey is an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst with a specialty in corporate governance at Bloomberg. She was also a reporter and editor at Bloomberg News covering executive compensation, corporate governance and ESG issues, in addition to managing an executive compensation data collection tool. Prior to joining Bloomberg, she was a research analyst at the proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. Alicia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria and a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from Queen’s University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579090669695-NSEV8LAFMROVNWSMXU4S/unnamed.jpg 2020 Speakers Andrew Droste is a board advisory specialist at Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) within the firm's Board and CEO Advisory Partners practice. Prior to RRA, Andrew led Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) engagement, research and risk analyses for BNY Mellon’s Proxy Voting and Governance Committee. Andrew began his career as an ESG analyst at Nuveen on their Responsible Investing Team. He is also treasurer and member of the board at Speak For The Trees, a nonprofit whose mission is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in the greater Boston area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579047553431-SKXF8NM87TPBY763I433/ck%2Balt%2Bcopy.jpg 2020 Speakers Cary is Lecturer in the Practice of Management, fall 2017 at the Yale School of Management and Lecturer and Faculty Adviser, Yale College on Energy Studies, Climate and Investing, having previously taught Yale College Seminars on Business, Innovation and Sustainability. He also teaches the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Investing at Brown University, helping support the Sustainable Investment Fund within the Brown Endowment, and has been an MBA Lecturer at Concordia and Maryland and helped lead and design the RFK Sustainable Investing program at Columbia's Earth Institute. Books include Sustainable Investing: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2017), a look at the present and future of investing where financial success requires a sustainability focus, and at the same time, desired outcomes require a business case, following two previous books with Nick Robins among other leading contributors. He is also Senior Advisor to BlueSky Investment Management, Principal at NPV Associates, Co-founder and Director of Real Impact Tracker and the Carbon Tracker Initiative, and Editor of the Journal of Environmental Investing, now in its 8th year. The next issue and a related symposium on The State of ESG Data and Metrics are being guest edited and hosted at Yale on September 21-22, 2017. He also co-created Systems Finance at Yale in 2016, led a Working Group in 2015 for the Principles for Responsible Investment developing its Climate Change Asset Owner Strategy framework and advised to the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System authoring papers that include The Value of Everything among other papers following earlier careers in environmental and institutional investment analytics and technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1581804121114-CY870EITD0W45KZMLVX7/WechatIMG7+-+Mathias+Lund+Larsen.jpeg 2020 Speakers Mathias Lund Larsen is the Director of International Cooperation at the International Institute of Green Finance – a Beijing based Chinese think tank. He simultaneously holds roles as consultant to UN-Habitat, UNESCAP, and GIZ. His research focuses on green finance in China and in a global context, as well as links between the two. He has spent more than a decade working on the intersection between China, sustainability, and economics, and speaks fluent Chinese. More specifically, his key areas of research include green bonds, multilateral development banks, sustainable infrastructure financing, and greening the Belt and Road Initiative. Having worked for UN-Habitat in Nairobi and the UN Global Compact in New York, Mathias has a professional background in making the economy work towards sustainability issues. He has an interdisciplinary academic background across the fields of economics, business, politics, and law, holding a double master in international business & politics (CEMS) from Copenhagen Business School, Warsaw School of Economics, and Rotterdam School of Management, as well as a double master in international development and law from Sciences Po Paris and Peking University. He has authored numerous articles, reports, and book chapters published by the UN, financial institutions, and academic journals, and is a frequent speaker on green finance in China across Asia, Europe, and North America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579047728565-5H0RAZG6X0CWCRZ8F46E/EEqK2fBWwAMKUFR.jpg 2020 Speakers François Perrin is Head of Asia and advises on the China strategies and sustainability. He leads the China team. François joined East Capital in 2015 as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to East Capital, he was Head of Greater China Equities and Asian SRI Equities at BNP Paribas Investment Partners Asia in Hong Kong, Senior Portfolio Manager at Fortis Investments in Frankfurt am Main, Portfolio Manager at Lombard Odier in Geneva, Manager at Suez and Auditor at KPMG in Paris. He has been working with green finance since 1999 and pioneered environmental strategies for China. François holds a PhD in Finance from Grenoble University, a post-graduate diploma from EM Lyon/IAE Lyon and an MA in Economics from Sorbonne University in Paris. He speaks French, English and German. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1579048151919-ZPO6SCHIMDJS4JY5I05Y/Mamadou-Binta-NYC-web.jpg 2020 Speakers Binta P. Mamadou is a senior associate in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group. Binta’s experience includes advising project sponsors and financial institutions, including commercial lenders and development banks, in a range of cross-border transactions in various countries in the Americas, Europe and Africa in connection with the acquisition, development, structuring and financing of energy and infrastructure projects. Her publications include: (1) “On the path of reform…Linklaters looks at Morocco and on how it is attracting private investment through innovative legal reforms and public-private partnerships” (co-authored with M. Barges and P. Lignières), The Oath – The Middle East Law Journal for Corporates and (2) “The Journey to a Virtual African Identity: Did ICANN Correctly Deny the African Union’s Request to Include dot Africa on the ‘Reserved Names List’?”, ABA International Law News. In 2019, Binta was named to the National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 under 40. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University School of Law and B.S.F.S. in International Economics: Economic Growth, Transition, and Development from Georgetown University. She is a member of the New York Bar and the Paris Bar (Barreau de Paris) (inactive status), and is fluent in French and Zarma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582311610572-8VZPA6TJ6RC3T1MR44QT/kalie%2Bheadshot%2B-%2BKalie%2BGold.jpg 2020 Speakers Kalie Gold '08 majored at Brown in International Relations, and has an MS from Brandeis University in Strategic Analytics. She currently is COO for Pula Advisors, an insurance technology startup headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Previous to her role at Pula, she served as Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for One Acre fund in several African markets including Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Kalie considers her greatest skill simply "being pragmatic." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1583277764396-1PH2M20PCTKK6IHTEOID/B6Ygi_JF_400x400.jpg 2020 Speakers Femi has a first-class Master of Engineering from Oxford University where he published in Quantum Physics and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied as a Thouron Scholar. Femi is a British-Nigerian born in Togo and has also lived and worked in Rwanda and Tanzania. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Femi worked in The Boston Consulting Group’s Energy and Industrial Goods practices where he managed cross-functional teams in the implementation of priority growth initiatives in the US, Africa and Latin America. Femi has also worked in two early stage energy ventures including One Degree Solar and Rare Energy, a UK-based recruitment firm which he co-founded in 2011. Femi is the Head of Business Development for CrossBoundary Energy and is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582932337381-P96X4BFADTDOD2N465TS/Peter-3.jpg 2020 Speakers Peter is a key member of the investment team, responsible for implementing and managing all ESG and impact related activities for the firm. Peter has spent his career in the emerging market investment industry, including prior experiences as an ESG and Impact Officer and Analyst at TriLinc. Prior to returning to TriLinc in August, 2019, Peter worked as a Country Manager for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and was responsible for developing and managing the agency’s infrastructure project portfolio in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Early in his career, Peter consulted for the Bogota, Colombia-based conservation trust fund, Fondo Accion, and worked for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), where he primarily supported the ESG and impact due diligence and monitoring efforts of OPIC’s Investment Funds Department. Peter Holds an MBA from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, a MPIA from the University of Pittsburgh, and a BA in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582842230290-UWZJTE5JJ6GIDA3A5AO4/90B661A9-5BC8-4781-ACDC-1F880E7945E9%2B-%2BPatricia%2BGenelhu.jpg 2020 Speakers Patrícia Genelhú is responsible for Impact Investing products structuring in BTG Pactual and is based in São Paulo. Ms Genelhú has 11+ years of experience in the financial markets and joined BTG Pactual in 2012. Prior to contributing to creating the Impact Investing division in 2020, she acquired a solid background on Alternative Investments, having held positions in Illiquid Asset Management (focused on Real Estate Development and Timberland Acquisitions & Dispositions in Latin America) and in Corporate Lending (focused on Agribusiness & Food Credit Risk). Ms Genelhú holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is an associate member of IFL-SP, a Brazilian think tank focused on leadership development based on individual liberty and free markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1581013395240-RHD177VE39AJHYE6ALNU/_DSC3995+-+Daniel+Izzo.jpg 2020 Speakers Partner and co-founder of Vox Capital, Brazil’s first impact investing venture capital firm, focused on high potential businesses serving the Brazilian low income population through products and services with the potential to improve their lives. Vox Capital has been recently featured on a Harvard Business School business case: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52183 Daniel has over 20 years of experience in marketing, business development and start-up investment. He has been working with the Brazilian low income population since 2007. Daniel has an MBA with high distinction from HEC Montreal and a BA from EAESP/FGV in Brazil. He is a board member for several companies, leader of the ANDE Brazilian Chapter, a World Young Leader by the BMW Foundation and a Professor at the Impact Investing Executive Program at Said Business School, in Oxford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1582755920735-25YFYL4HIKKS6YN7GFOQ/Itau_SM2-126.jpg 2020 Speakers Alexandre Gazzotti is the ESG analyst at Itaú Asset Management. With more than 10 year of experience in capital markets, Alexandre is responsible for integrating ESG into equities and credit strategies at Itaú Asset Management since 2014. Alexandre begun its career performing Equator Principles due diligences for Unibanco in 2006. https://www.fsicon.com/meet-the-team-2022 daily 0.75 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611433058312-YDNIO3SAVDDH3Z0CA3IY/Profile.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1580523605523-6E82GVQSLYBAWGNE4R93/IMG_8403.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1573770126164-5TADO1NR61AE744ZBW20/Freddy.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611336685426-20BZTK9QVYK8UPNWJOOC/Christos+2.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611589748115-T4VXVJSAOPNSDPJ74BBP/1606138141849.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1610343212273-JTWEM1IK8O9CBKTYCO42/Natalia2.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537654925-EXO2TWNNQK3ZSNCR83ZR/ISABELLE%2BTOWLE9.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1612209798636-DTO76I21HNF3W6HTXTYM/unnamed.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1610777826897-YF3X1W17RXTR7M3M4PO9/IMG_4450.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611517751006-79AK1MIENWO2ZHK7K5MR/IMG_0381+4.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537760696-NYGKGLE88IBR1F9ZS4WT/my%2Bpic.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537739350-QOEM3V0M6UXPLMO64XQ7/mackenzie%2Bhuang.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537782997-W6ABIKP15FU5STBAL5W3/IMG_1933.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537833493-KGBMJ8GXCXQO912E8W2L/IMG_1108.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537811015-OG4SZ1B4QXGR5IOB9IY5/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-21%2Bat%2B5.09.16%2BPM.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611610170966-AOM9B0GECM89ZD2R4538/IMG_9727.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1612042684957-JCZ9U6OYM4TGZJKOPDP9/z.png Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1612129548675-YK05CC4HJMR7XNDCAMAW/new_headshot_.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615914140985-DUH725W1WA79B8NDWYOD/Noah_Colon_S2020.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611538512164-C9SD0NXEAQHXMNBYPLXI/image0.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611538343736-FK02A9WYCKAB82ICCKYE/IMG_3511.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611537967659-URNPSWAHXLIM76A2HJMP/unnamed.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611252209179-KYIRRN5ZENUFCFQ27NQ2/headshot.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611538557814-A18UCL22Q38I4Y5AVOGL/IMG_2672.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611538536352-QORO4K1TYIBKHNVXWDWR/Mia%252BRusso.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611538126964-MJYOAR7PN4I9CFKUCVVL/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-19%2Bat%2B9.08.24%2BPM.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1611538587892-B9S7XDFVFEEYOHPX8SBQ/IMG_5458.jpg Meet the Team https://www.fsicon.com/2021-speakers daily 0.75 2023-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614886439338-T08WDGZG097MI9TFDE6A/Brian%2BMoynihan%2BHeadshot.jpg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614874987129-V5G023P7B29SMNN7YZPW/SlovikMatt-%2BHeadshot.jpg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614744470210-PFYBGUEL8IW46SACQ4GZ/IMG_5633.jpg Meet our Speakers Shamaila Khan is Head of AB’s Emerging Market Debt strategies, responsible for the management and strategy implementation of all portfolios within the Emerging Market Debt platform. She had shared responsibility for the management and oversight of the firm’s hard- and local-currency emerging-market strategies until 2018, when she was named sole Director, reporting directly to AB’s Co-Heads of Fixed Income, Gershon Distenfeld and Scott DiMaggio. Khan also serves as a member of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Portfolio team. Given her involvement managing global credit and equities, she brings an established view of fundamental success factors on both sides of the spectrum. Khan joined AB in 2011 as a senior vice president and portfolio manager, focusing on emerging-market corporate and quasi-sovereign issuers across all the firm’s Emerging Market Debt and Credit strategies. She has been actively managing and evaluating corporate and sovereign emerging-market debt issuance since 1997 and has participated in a number of emerging-market panels at investment conferences worldwide. Prior to joining AB, Khan served as managing director of emerging-market debt for TIAA-CREF. She is the author of several published papers and blogs, and has appeared in a wide range of global financial publications, including Barron’s, Citywire, Financial Times and Seeking Alpha, among others. Khan is also a trusted guest commentator on financial television programs and has appeared on Bloomberg TV to discuss headlines affecting emerging markets, from Turkey’s political crisis and Russian sanctions to Venezuela’s economy and geopolitics in developing nations. In 2019, she received a Top Women in Asset Management Award from Money Management Executive. Khan holds a BBA from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, and an MBA (with honors) from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615480043514-ILGTDLR1TAKY9OQW92A1/Picture12.jpg Meet our Speakers Emma works as a climate risk and green finance specialist for the Financial Stability department at the World Bank, advising governments and central banks on integrating climate-related financial risk into regulatory frameworks and scaling up green finance activities. Prior to the World Bank she worked at the Bank of England, coordinating its supervisory response to climate risk, at the Dutch Central Bank, and at the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations in New York. She holds an MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615509646336-JDY7NZYY68W12LNDQ7X2/Photo_Volz.jpg Meet our Speakers Ulrich Volz is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance and Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the German Development Institute and Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Leipzig. Ulrich is a director of the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment and serves on the advisory board of the International Sustainable Finance Centre. Ulrich was Banque de France Chair at EHESS in Paris and taught at Peking University, Kobe University, the Hertie School of Governance, Freie Universität Berlin, the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, and the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in Tokyo. He spent stints working at the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and held visiting positions at the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham, the ECB, Bank Indonesia, and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. He also served on the advisory council of the Asian Development Bank Institute. He holds a PhD from Freie Universität Berlin and was a Fox International Fellow and Max Kade Scholar at Yale University. Ulrich was part of the UN Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System and has acted as an advisor to several governments, central banks, international organisations, and development agencies on matters of sustainable finance and development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615672221714-AXSRHTSQ2ZOHFZSZHMGY/ck%252Balt%252Bcopy.jpg Meet our Speakers Cary is Lecturer in the Practice of Management, fall 2017 at the Yale School of Management and Lecturer and Faculty Adviser, Yale College on Energy Studies, Climate and Investing, having previously taught Yale College Seminars on Business, Innovation and Sustainability. He also teaches the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Investing at Brown University, helping support the Sustainable Investment Fund within the Brown Endowment, and has been an MBA Lecturer at Concordia and Maryland and helped lead and design the RFK Sustainable Investing program at Columbia's Earth Institute. Books include Sustainable Investing: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2017), a look at the present and future of investing where financial success requires a sustainability focus, and at the same time, desired outcomes require a business case, following two previous books with Nick Robins among other leading contributors. He is also Senior Advisor to BlueSky Investment Management, Principal at NPV Associates, Co-founder and Director of Real Impact Tracker and the Carbon Tracker Initiative, and Editor of the Journal of Environmental Investing, now in its 8th year. The next issue and a related symposium on The State of ESG Data and Metrics are being guest edited and hosted at Yale on September 21-22, 2017. He also co-created Systems Finance at Yale in 2016, led a Working Group in 2015 for the Principles for Responsible Investment developing its Climate Change Asset Owner Strategy framework and advised to the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System authoring papers that include The Value of Everything among other papers following earlier careers in environmental and institutional investment analytics and technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615897880647-KJ6M3N99SOP5B9K16EUC/MLentz%2BHeadshot.jpg Meet our Speakers Meg Lentz is a Vice President who works with both traditional investors and dedicated impact investors on ESG and Impact management engagements. Meg has worked with dozens of firms to develop right-sized ESG policies and procedures and has assisted with implementation into the firm’s investment strategy. She has led over 350 ESG due diligence reviews on clients’ perspective investments across industries and geographies and has led ongoing ESG monitoring and reporting strategies for clients as well. Meg has also been a pivotal member of Malk’s impact management advisory team, working with clients across the lifecycle of an impact fund from developing an initial fund impact thesis and framework, to identifying and qualifying the positive impact of specific investments, to measuring and reporting on fund-level impacts. Meg recently started leading Malk’s Venture Capital and Growth Equity vertical team, focusing on leveraging ESG and impact management best practices to drive value and sustainable growth for early stage companies. Meg graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Political Science and a certificate from the Summer Institute for General Management at the Graduate School of Business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615219639008-QTOQSOD6OYXYT9LYJQKP/Picture1.jpg Meet our Speakers Siyu is a research analyst focusing on Tech sector at MSCI ESG Research LLC., based in New York, NY. She is responsible for company, industry and thematic research across Communication Services and Informational Technology industries, covering a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics such as privacy & data security, content integrity and corporate behavior. Prior to MSCI, she worked at Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst. She holds an MPA in Economic and Political Development from School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and a B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615839514925-Y1HXDZVM4UXM0CDPQ6YV/RStein.jpg Meet our Speakers Roslyn Stein is ESG Performance and Responsible Investment Lead for AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management headquartered in Paris, France. In this role she is responsible for the overall coordination of AXA Group’s ESG disclosures including the annual AXA Climate Report (TCFD Report). She also works on all aspects of AXA Group’s Responsible Investment Strategy, including AXA’s approach to ESG integration, climate-related portfolio alignment, sector exclusions and sensitive investments, the Group’s green investment targets and impact investing strategy, and shareholder engagement. Prior to joining AXA, Roslyn practised law at magic circle law firms in Sydney and Paris. She holds a combined Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Sustainable Development with Honours from Paris Dauphine University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1616105849562-FC1P12AMKTG2L4J81E00/COVID%2Bphoto.jpg Meet our Speakers Anup Jagwani is the global head of Climate Finance and Policy at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the largest development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. In his current role Anup oversees IFC's work on green bond standards, carbon pricing, climate risk and adaptation, climate-related metrics, and support to developing country governments to help create market opportunities for low-carbon, resilient development. This includes thought leadership in the climate space through managing the production of reports that identify investment opportunities to help countries achieve their NDC goals and develop low carbon pathways and developing new products to scale up climate business. He is leading IFC’s work on climate risk. Anup has spent over 20 years in IFC’s investment operations in a range of sectors including manufacturing, agribusiness (majority of the focus), infrastructure and financial services, and has led several of IFC’s climate smart agribusiness projects. He also formulated IFC’s strategy and approach in the area of innovative and disruptive technologies in agribusiness. Anup has served as nominee Director for two of IFC’s investee companies in Sub Saharan Arica. Prior to joining IFC, Anup spent time with Unilever in India, led a medium sized company as CFO and COO in the construction materials space in the Philippines and also had short stints with Citibank (India), Oberoi Hotels (India) and Accenture (Malaysia). Anup is a graduate of the Asian Institute of Management and the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. He did his undergraduate studies in Economics at St. Xavier’s college in Kolkata, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615839466880-7FEEFTVRF0GLEP15XD6C/Photo%2BIsabel%2BB.%2BFranco.jpg Meet our Speakers I am an international leader in sustainability science, policy and practice interested in exploring the role of corporations in fostering overall inclusive and sustainable development. I do this through the development, refinement and application of sustainability assessment tools methods, models and techniques. I have applied such tools to various industries namely, extractives (mining), gemstones, higher education, finance and banking, public sector, international development, fashion and the third sector (NGOs), in geographical contexts as diverse as Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Zambia and Angola. I have completed numerous research and advisory projects, drawing on my experience of working with such iconic brands as the United Nations, British Council and ESCAP Business Advisory Council. My work can be consulted at DrIsabelFranco.com I am the Founder of the global connector ‘Exceptional Women in Sustainability – eWisely.org – the fastest-growing connector of women in sustainability. eWisely has 20 networks in Latin America, 11 networks in Asia-Pacific and 8 Networks in Africa. The network connects women in sustainability science, policy and practice across the globe to succeed together whilst building sustainable careers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615672074951-CRAEB7ZSJ7BK6KAFZU0B/P6icture1.jpg Meet our Speakers Jeffrey Schub is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), a leading expert on green bank finance institutions that accelerate investment to cause an equitable clean energy transition. Jeff leads CGC’s work around the world to create green banks, which have driven more than $4 billion of public, private and philanthropic investment in clean energy solutions. Jeff also leads the campaign to create a national green bank in the U.S. Jeff speaks regularly around the world on green banks and clean energy finance, including events hosted by the White House, U.S. DOE, OECD and ACEEE, among others. He has lectured at Yale and Columbia Universities and is a Visiting Expert at the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale. Jeff holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and BA’s in economics and public policy from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614301780879-GGTTL013LZWMCSI1O0RS/fsicoon.jpeg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614301833040-TXPTBGYLKJANMN6VFEBN/fsicoon.jpeg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614800845254-KTMMALZS8UGO45FKZEPZ/John%2BPloeg%2Bphoto.jpg Meet our Speakers John Ploeg, CFA, is a Vice President and ESG specialist for PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. As part of the Firm’s ESG specialist team and a member of its ESG committee, Mr. Ploeg is involved in all aspects of its ESG approach, including the maintenance and enhancement of its ESG ratings methodology, ESG engagement activities, and tracking ESG-related market and regulatory developments. During the year before taking on the role as ESG specialist, Mr. Ploeg attended Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs, where Mr. Ploeg received a Masters in Environmental Policy, graduating magna cum laude. Previously, Mr. Ploeg was head of the firm’s European CLO product management team, where he was responsible for all business aspects of the firm’s European CLO platform. Prior to relocating to London, Mr. Ploeg was a member of the firm’s US CLO product management team in Newark. Before that, Mr. Ploeg worked in the CIO department of PGIM’s parent company, Prudential Financial Inc, first in the department's Alternative Assets Group, and later in its Modeling & Analytics Group. Mr. Ploeg received a dual BA degree in Computer Science and Economics from Brown University in 2007, and currently holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614886362227-4C3FRCHODAKKR2Z8HBSG/Farrar%2BRivas%252C%2BPatricia.jpg Meet our Speakers Patricia Farrar-Rivas is Chairperson of the Partner Group, Founding Partner, and a Senior Wealth Manager at Veris Wealth Partners. She is also a Certified Investment Management Analyst professional (CIMA®). She has provided wealth management and impact investing advice to families, families office and family foundations since 1992. Prior to Veris, Patricia led the effort by Silicon Valley-based public accounting firm, Frank, Rimerman + Co. to launch its new investment advisory subsidiary, Frank, Rimerman Advisors. She also co-founded the New York office of Progressive Asset Management in 1994. Her passion for impact investing is rooted in social and environmental justice. Patricia is currently the Board Chair of 18 Reasons, a community cooking school, empowering communities to eat good food every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614705688864-TKQ4AC2UWS1WTF6W6NDT/McDivitt.jpg Meet our Speakers Mark McDivitt is the Chief Operating Officer of Context Labs (contextlabs.com) responsible for driving strategy focused on the financial sector along with overseeing Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Context Labs, Mark was Global Head of ESG at State Street Corporation focused on data analytics, carbon trading and thought leadership across the firm. He played an active role on State Street’s Executive Corporate Responsibility Committee constructing environmental attribute portfolios to address State Street’s annual sustainability objectives. Advisory board participation included the Cleantech incubator Greentown Labs, CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative, Self Help Africa as well as being a SASB Alliance member. Prior to his role leading ESG, he ran FX Hedge Fund Sales. Mark remains an active “First Mover” Fellow at the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program. Before joining State Street in 2010, Mark was Founder and President of CarbonCCY Management executing environmental attributes on behalf of renewable energy infrastructure companies. Prior to CarbonCCY, Mark was at AIG responsible for originating and executing their first transaction in the global Carbon Credit markets involving the issuance of a Letter of Credit to cover the default risk of twenty one global companies purchasing environmental attributes to meet Kyoto Protocol commitments on behalf of the World Bank. Mark began his career with Fuji Bank in Tokyo, Japan trading interest rate swaps followed by fifteen years with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in Tokyo, Singapore and London as Head of Hedge Fund Sales. In addition, he held an eight-year term with AIG and CS in Hedge Fund FX & Derivative Sales. Mark graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from St. Lawrence University, attended the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan and served as a Captain in the United States Army Reserves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615301846734-R8WG0U68YXKYK3ZOAHH8/Todd_n-2.jpg Meet our Speakers Todd is Partner and Global Head of Sustainable Investing & ESG Research with Arabesque whose expertise lies at the intersection of sustainable finance, climate finance, ESG data (unstructured/structured), and technology. His responsibility is building a world class ESG research and product team with 60+ global members, and building + designing an innovative product portfolio – data, research, and technology solutions. His approach to building products and solutions is theoretically motivated by academic and industry research but commercially pragmatic to ensure relevancy for investment professionals, consultants, and companies. Todd has worked with global institutional investors and executives across central banks, sovereign wealth funds, state pensions, corporate pensions, foundations, endowments, family offices, and Fortune 500 companies, etc. Todd attended formal training at Brown University, Harvard University, University of Chicago, and Cornell University, and secured research fellowships at National Science Foundation, Oxford University, and Max Planck Society. He holds a B.Sc. in Finance, Economics, and Philosophy, and MA and Ph.D. in Socioeconomics, Organizational Behavior, and Research Methods. He sits on advisory committees at Harvard Business School, Yale University School of Management, and NYU Stern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614977733378-M8YQ3V63IY4YC8838IO3/LST%2BHeadshot_2019.jpg Meet our Speakers Since 2006, Lily has dedicated her career to sustainable and impact investing. Lily joined Morgan Stanley in 2014. In her current role, Lily works to provide individual, family and institutional clients with investment products, solutions, research and tools to capture the opportunities and mitigate risks posed by key sustainability and impact themes. Previously, Lily worked for Veris Wealth Partners in New York, a Registered Investment Advisory focused exclusively on serving clients with interest in sustainable and impact investing, most recently as Head of Research & Due Diligence. Lily began her career at Cambridge Associates in Boston, where she worked on teams overseeing $3.9 billion in nonprofit, high-net-worth and foundation investment portfolios. Lily was named to the 2018 class of MAKERS @ Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, a recognition that celebrates women who are ground breakers, advocates, and innovators in their given field. Lily earned a M.B.A in Sustainable Business from Presidio Graduate School (formerly Bainbridge Graduate Institute) and her B.A. in Anthropology from Bates College. She also co-founded Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy (WISE) in 2012, a professional networking group with eight global chapters. Lily and her family live together in Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614302774032-9C6U6ENUYJAQYW5ND0FF/fsicoon.jpeg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614705727988-5LZTGJAZSAZKXWPW7KF8/Nicole+Labutong+Bio+Pic.jpg Meet our Speakers Nicole Labutong is the North America Lead for the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), an industry-led initiative that has over 100 global members holding over $21 trillion USD in assets. She supports some of the world’s largest financial institutions in measuring and disclosing their financed GHG emissions. Nicole is also an Associate Director at Guidehouse, a leading global provider of consulting services, where she supports Fortune 500 companies with developing and implementing their sustainability strategies. Prior to Guidehouse, Nicole led technical work on science-based targets at CDP where she developed criteria and guidance that companies use to determine how much and how quickly they need to reduce their emissions to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Nicole holds a M.S. in sustainable systems from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in biology from Boston University. Nicole also served on the External Advisory Board of Colorado State University’s Masters in Greenhouse Gas Accounting program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614302883883-KLZV2BUC5U6X90K6N73V/fsicoon.jpeg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614706966162-PV11SIDEGVIYBH62XJ6U/Gurbani%2BSingh%2BHeadshot.jpg Meet our Speakers Gurbani has broad experience working in multiple entities of healthcare. She started her career working within the operations of an academic medical center at Emory Healthcare. There, she on-boarded private primary care practices to a centralized contact center to increase new patient access both within and outside of metro-Atlanta. She then joined Evolent Health, leading population health and value-based care initiatives that included the support of Medicare ACO's and the launch of two Medicare Advantage plans. At Quantified Ventures, Gurbani helps fill a crucial industry resource gap by leveraging impact assets towards the untapped healthcare market to increase access to affordable, quality care for patient populations. Gurbani's passions aren't limited to healthcare. She continually looks for ways to bridge healthcare outcomes with the environment and education sectors. When she's not working, you can find her rowing, reclining with a copy of the Economist, and making day trips to her hometown, Baltimore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614707213745-2TWRJEXJOZUIHY9EZPMY/Brian-2.jpg Meet our Speakers Brian Trelstad is a Partner and Board Member of Bridges Fund Management, an investment fund that has raised and invested $1B in impact and sustainable investments. He is currently investing out of the U.S. Sustainable Growth Fund, and a director of ABIC, an impact-focused special purpose acquisition corporation formed in partnership with private-equity firm AEA. He is also a co-chair of the Impact Capital Managers, a network of over 60 market rate impact investors in the United States managing over $5B in AUM. Brian began his career in impact investing in 2004 when he joined Acumen, where he was the Chief Investment Officer, overseeing the investment of more than $50M into portfolio companies in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Ghana. Prior to Acumen, Brian was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, a program officer at the Corporation for National Service and on the founding team of several for-profit and non-profit social enterprises. He serves on the boards of several of the portfolio companies at Bridges and two non-profits: VisionSpring and Candid. He is a Kauffman Fellow and a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. He has a BA from Harvard, an MBA from Stanford University, and a MA in City and Regional Planning from UC-Berkeley. He teaches courses in social entrepreneurship and systems change and leadership for corporate accountability at Harvard Business School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615824194965-YO0BTSS9KO4KT6CORHKP/catherinegodschalk.png Meet our Speakers Catherine Godschalk manages Calvert Impact Capital’s Investments team and its global portfolio of impact investments aimed at building, scaling, and strengthening intermediaries and structured funds tackling social and/or environmental challenges. Calvert Impact Capital's private debt portfolio is invested through and alongside mission-driven financial intermediaries, funds, and enterprises working across an array of impact areas, including affordable housing, renewable energy, environmental sustainability, micro and small business finance, health, education, and sustainable agriculture. Since joining Calvert Impact Capital in 2011 Catherine and her team have more the doubled the size of the portfolio. Catherine has spent more than 25 years working at the intersection of private capital and social impact, with program and product development, policy, and financing roles across a variety of institutions, including SH Cowell Foundation, the White House Office of Management and Budget, Fannie Mae Corporation, and Self Help Ventures Fund prior to joining Calvert Impact Capital. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and received her BA from Columbia University. She is a board member and investment committee chair for Coastal Enterprises, Inc., investment committee member for ROC USA Capital and Appalachian Community Capital, and a member of the Conservation Finance Network's Advisory Board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614808854309-565ZPP1VC1MDTNCYS8XM/Laura+Ahmadi+photo.jpg Meet our Speakers Laura Ahmadi is an ESG healthcare analyst for Calvert Research and Management, a responsible investment firm and subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Prior to joining Calvert, Laura held various roles in the corporate finance and commercial debt industries, including healthcare and life sciences financing. Laura holds a BSc in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts and an MSc in International Health Policy & Economics from the London School of Economics. She is a Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting credential-holder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614707249459-NXWV2PTJWHRYZ3RZB0BL/Holly%2BMcKiernan%2B2014.jpg Meet our Speakers Holiday Hart McKiernan is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for the Lumina Foundation. She oversees operations, legal affairs, and Board governance. While at Lumina, she led the creation of the Foundation’s impact investment capacity and has focused on what can be learned from international higher education reforms to inform American higher education change. She speaks frequently on legal, governance and policy issues concerning non-profit organizations and higher education. McKiernan began her career practicing law concentrating on nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and prior to joining Lumina in 2003 was executive director and counsel for Alpha Chi Omega. During her time at Alpha Chi Omega she also advised universities on the legal implications of high-risk student behavior. She serves on the Boards of DePauw University, Antioch University, Ascension St. Vincent Foundation and Christian Theological Seminary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615395653681-ES0LZJ90SKHY9PLLQVOF/helen-headshot+HS.jpg Meet our Speakers Helen Adeosun, CEO and Founder of CareAcademy, has built a career driving outcomes for adult learners and finding meaningful ways for them to engage in learning. She launched CareAcademy to unite cutting-edge education strategies with the unique needs of the historically underserved caregiver community. To date, more than 100,000 caregivers have completed over 500,000 CareAcademy classes, and the company is aiming to reskill more than 1 million new home-care workers by 2023. The company has been named one of the 100 most innovative Edtech Companies in North America by HolonIQ and was a prior global winner of the MIT Future of Work Challenge. Adeosun has previously worked with Pearson Education, Teach for America, and the Boston Public Schools. She was named to the 2020 Fortune 40 Under for 40 list and serves on the board of the Caregiver Action Network. She is a frequent industry speaker and a fierce champion of home care and an advocate for the Direct Care Worker. Adeosun earned a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in Politics and Arabic Studies and holds an EdM. in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614801601725-X52GXNQXQPU3R7FB83RP/Headshot+Cropped.png Meet our Speakers Amanda Beaudoin is an Associate on the investment team at Rethink Education. Prior to joining the firm in October 2020, Amanda spent three years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs focusing on M&A, strategic advisory, and debt financing for real estate and technology clients. While at the firm, she advised an education non-profit focusing on social-emotional learning in NYC public schools and ran a training program for a group of interns where she constructed a curriculum and organized speakers and events. Amanda holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1616069774208-TIUCRJLTBYUEFHS8RK8M/Miles+Braxton+GS+Photo.jpg Meet our Speakers Miles Braxton currently serves as an analyst at Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group, where he coordinates risk management, insurance, and environmental health and safety for over 1,000 commercial-scale solar assets, totaling over 1.3 GW and $2 Billion in equity deployment. Formerly an associate on Sol Systems’ Commercial & Industrial (C&I) solar and battery storage business development team, Miles investigated and engaged potential clients in emerging solar markets, in addition to leading SCS’ B2B proposal generation in select markets across the country. This entailed conducting early-stage project financial analysis, designing solar arrays, and conducting market research. Prior to his work at Sol, Miles completed a renewable energy fellowship at ITility, where he conducted chemical analysis and project management for an animal waste to energy contract. While studying Environmental Science at UVA, Miles researched photonics and perovskite solar cells. Continuing his education, Miles completed a year-long certificate program in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy through the Yale Center of Business and Environment (CBEY) in May 2020. He was recently awarded the Leadership in Green Power Education from the EPA and CRS and the JEDI Champion Award from CELI for his efforts in diversifying the clean energy candidate pool and co-founding the BlackOak Collective - a network of Black professionals and advocates dedicated to sustainability in the DMV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614787894915-MR91050X5F2P5LTA21WN/state%2Bstreet%2B7-18-0578.jpg Meet our Speakers Benjamin Colton is a Global Co-Head of Asset Stewardship within State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). He and his team are responsible for developing and implementing SSGA's global proxy voting policies and guidelines across all investment strategies, and managing SSGA's proxy voting activities and issuer engagement on ESG issues. Prior to his current role, he was based out of Tokyo, Japan serving as the Head of Asia-Pacific leading SSGA’s Asset Stewardship efforts across the region. Prior to joining SSGA in 2018, he worked at Norges Bank Investment Management for a total of eight years based in Oslo, Norway and later in New York City. He earned Master’s degrees from both the London School of Economics & Political Science and the University of Nevada, Reno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615948100013-3MPJXV3SUNRWJXJE2F09/May%2B8%2BHMB%2BL15%2B%2528J%2529%2BA-21.jpg Meet our Speakers As a Senior Business Development manager within HSBC’s Global Trade and Receivables Finance Division, Natasha has experience in helping clients structure Sustainable Supply Chain Finance propositions which help clients achieve a more transparent supply chain and recognize suppliers for improving ESG metrics. Inherently the proposition aims to accelerate and incentivize the move to more sustainable practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615219765965-ZPU8LIQM17LYPQWWY2EH/Van%2BSyckle%252C%2BGuy%2B%25283%2529.jpg Meet our Speakers Guy Van Syckle is a Director on the Investment Team at Hannon Armstrong where he supports developers and engineering firms with funding for a variety of energy efficiency, resiliency, and renewable energy projects across the United States. Hannon Armstrong (NYSE: HASI) has been financing such projects for over 30 years and currently funds over $1.5 billion in projects a year. Guy also plays a key role in Hannon Armstrong’s environmental impact reporting providing stakeholders detail on the annual emissions and water impact of all investments per $1,000 invested. Guy is a Charted Financial Analyst, an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins, and a coordinator for the Clean Energy Leadership Institute’s fellowship program. He has been honored as a “Rising Star Under 40” by the Cleanie Awards and a “Rising Star of Energy Efficiency” by the Alliance to Save Energy. Guy earned a B.A. in Global Environmental Change and Sustainability from Johns Hopkins University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614879508002-Q2T9RERVPDPXTT1O3G18/Photo_VBianco.jpg Meet our Speakers Valeria Bianco is a Sustainability Manager within AXA Investment Managers Switzerland (AXA IM). She is responsible for the Sustainability strategy within the Swiss real estate portfolio of one of the largest institutional real estate investors on the Swiss market. In her role she leads a number of projects on topics including ESG data, energy efficiency, renewables, electromobility and reporting and benchmarking such as GRESB. Prior to joining AXA in 2018 she worked at the Corporate Social Responsibility department of Raiffeisen Bank Switzerland. She holds a Master’s degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics and an undergraduate degree in Geosciences from University of Basel. Since 2020, Ms. Bianco is a member of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Climate Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615245189208-A2PCF7FZZ78Q8TQYFVB7/Picture1.jpg Meet our Speakers Oke is a Vice President in the New York office of Nomura Greentech. He has worked in the renewable energy sector since 2013 and is focused on providing M&A and capital raising advisory services to companies in the renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors. His recent transaction experience includes advising Adani on the sale of a 213 MW solar portfolio to DE Shaw and Cubico, Calpine on the sale of a 1.3 GW U.S. wind development platform to TransAlta, Lendlease on the sale of a 160 MW solar project to DE Shaw, Intersect Power on the sale of the company’s sponsor interest to SB Energy, and Tradewind Energy on its sale to Macquarie Green Investment Group. Oke joined Nomura Greentech in 2017 from GE Energy Financial Services, where he worked on tax equity investments in wind and solar assets. He also worked for GE in their Corporate Audit Staff where he completed consulting and auditing reviews across the capital and industrial divisions of GE. Oke began his career in the GE Financial Management Program, an accelerated two-year entry-level program spanning four rotational assignments within GE Capital. Oke holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Economics from St. Lawrence University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615842023947-GJASQ4O2AP0Z6GO1167V/headshot%2B1.jpg Meet our Speakers Kayalin previously served as Head of VC and Growth Equity at Malk Partners, the leading private market ESG advisor. Kayalin has worked with companies across stages and industries to develop environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and impact strategies to improve business operations and capitalize on new opportunities within an evolving market which increasingly values transparency, sustainability, and business ethics. She now leads Partnerships for Planet FWD, an early-stage startup building a platform to make it easier to bring sustainable food products to market. Other roles Kayalin fills include being an Amasia Leader at the sustainability and climate focused venture capital firm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615417301367-KOEZB6DLAYWJ9A2AMTFW/Headshot_19041013_hr.jpg Meet our Speakers Summer Johnson is an original and current member of the Sustainable & Impact Banking team in the Investment Banking Division at Barclays and is based in New York City. She advises positive-impact companies, businesses with a product or service that address an environmental or social challenge, on capital raising and corporate strategy. She is focused on mission-aligned investors and works with large-cap companies on their sustianability strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615318151315-C8VCVJG8PJ52KWPPGYHF/elemexcel-portraits-july19-print-116-sq.jpg Meet our Speakers Sara takes care of the Equity & Access program, which includes Elemental’s investment track to leverage climate-positive startups for opportunities for social equity. Sara creates local partnerships and supports project development by creating frameworks and tools that help operationalize equity to benefit startups and California‘s frontline communities at the same time. Sara also helps facilitate community engagement and public convenings to align climate startups with the needs and priorities of communities most vulnerable to climate change. Prior to Elemental Excelerator, Sara was at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission where she worked on local, state, and federal policy and managed special projects across the utility’s water, wastewater, and power enterprises. Sara is also a former Greenlining Institute Environmental Equity fellow. A graduate of Howard University School of Law, she enjoys the unique opportunity Elemental has to be a bridge to make social equity operational and technological innovation culturally relevant. Sara is also a proud alum of Emory University where she studied English and concentrated on literature of marginalized people in fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615417345068-N6FTQLHBGJG528X3ZTXF/keck_tom.jpg Meet our Speakers Mr. Keck leads StepStone’s global research activities and the development of SPI. He is also involved in the Firm’s ESG and risk management initiatives. Prior to co-founding StepStone, Mr. Keck was a managing director at Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity investment firm that oversaw over US$15 billion of private equity commitments for institutional investors. Before that he was a principal with Blue Capital, a middle market buyout firm, and an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Keck graduated cum laude with a BA from the George Washington University and received his MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He served in the US Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, receiving numerous decorations flying EA-6Bs off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614307309716-S0GJXTCZEORFSYX5SEK0/Peter+Schwab.jpg Meet our Speakers Peter Schwab is Senior Vice President at Impax Asset Management LLC, the North American division of Impax Asset Management Group and investment advisor to Pax World Funds. He is Portfolio Manager of the High Yield Bond Strategy, which includes the Pax High Yield Bond Fund. Peter is also a member of the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund portfolio management team. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Peter was a Managing Director on the High Yield Bond and Loan Team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to that he was an Investment Associate in the High Yield Group at Putnam Investments and a member of the High Yield Research Group at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Peter has a Bachelor of Arts in history and economics from Union College and an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School. He is a CFA® charterholder, a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and holds the FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations. Peter Schwab is a registered representative of Foreside Financial Services, LLC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614959941079-JUC30Y9HXRE5QRDOLRYN/PIMCO%2BAlbrecht%2BOlivia_MAIN.jpg Meet our Speakers Ms. Albrecht is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office and the head of PIMCO's ESG (environmental, social, and governance) business strategy. Previously, she led the firm's global fixed income business strategy. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, she worked in private equity at Cerberus Capital Management in Frankfurt, Germany. She has also held positions at Lockheed Martin, Mubadala Development Corporation in Abu Dhabi, and the U.S. Department of Defense. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, along with a master's degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. Ms. Albrecht was a member of the Big Brothers, Big Sisters Orange County Board of Directors from 2012–2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615247330548-PM9R0YQX0CQ8EXVFNWCU/CathiKim.jpg Meet our Speakers Cathi Kim is the Director of Inclusiv/ Capital at Inclusiv, a nonprofit, national CDFI (community development financial institution), whose members represent more than $150 billion in community controlled assets and financial services to 12 million households in underinvested communities. Her work is focused on the strategic development and implementation of Inclusiv’s impact investing and market building initiatives. Throughout her career, she has focused on strengthening cross-sectoral partnerships to advance equity and inclusive growth. Cathi serves as a guest lecturer and featured panelist on microfinance and community development issues. She is a marathon runner and the inaugural Public Service Fellow of the NYU Women of Color Policy Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615671939940-Z2XATU813099I9UEXVG5/rbayheadshot.jpg Meet our Speakers Ricardo Bayon is a Partner and a member of the Board of Directors of Encourage Capital. Ricardo leads the water team and new business and innovation at Encourage and works across several other investment sectors. Ricardo is a member of the Investment Committee of the EKO Green Carbon Fund. Prior to co-founding EKO in 2007, Ricardo helped found and served as the Managing Director of the Ecosystem Marketplace, a web site and information/analysis service covering the emerging environmental markets. In that capacity he co-authored a number of publications on voluntary carbon markets, mitigation banking, and ecosystem services, including The State of Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007: Picking up Steam and Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work, and Conservation and Biodiversity Banking: A Guide to Setting Up and Running Biodiversity Credit Trading System. For nearly two decades he has specialized on issues related to finance, banking, and the environment. He has done work for a number of organizations, including Insight Investments, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, Domini Social Investment, among others. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and the International Herald Tribune. He has also written numerous publications and chapters on mitigation banking, biodiversity markets, markets for water quality, and other environmental markets. He was born in Bogota, Colombia, and is currently based in San Francisco. Ricardo graduated with a B.A. degree from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614730990515-KO9KRRKIVOJHCG589V26/Joslyn%2BB%2526W.jpg Meet our Speakers Joslyn has been in the Responsible Investment/ESG space in the UK and India since the last 10 years. She currently works with ECube Investment Advisors, the climate lending institution based in India. Until August 2019, she was leading the ESG function at Aditya Birla Capital. In this function, she was responsible for developing Responsible Investment policies and ESG risk assessment frameworks for various businesses within ABC including Project Finance, Insurance and Lending (Small/Mid cap companies). Before that, she was working with the UN backed Principles for Responsible Investment in London, in their Reporting and Assessment team. She has held various ESG research roles in EIRIS, PIRC and Solaron over the course of her career. She holds an MSc Sustainability from the University of Leeds, UK and a Bachelor’s in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614307895488-A596IWSR4FCOTVEWK1VB/fsicoon.jpeg Meet our Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614961914844-U0UJPQ4PUQ216APXO81B/Aditi_Gupta_Profile+Picture.png Meet our Speakers Aditi leads investments for Asha Impact, an Indian multi-family office and brings a decade of experience across early stage investing and development finance. Her prior experience includes Co-Founding Contrarian Capital, an early stage VC Fund focused on technology led businesses built for the mass markets. Investments led till date include Pratilipi, Minjar, Gramophone, Progcap, Signzy, Squad, Adda247, AutoMony. She previously worked with Motilal Oswal Private Equity and Yes Bank. She was recognized as one of India's Top 100 Women in Finance by AIWMI in 2019. She's also won her alma mater FMS Delhi's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2016. She actively mentors women entrepreneurs as part of the Facebook SheLeadsTech program. Aditi loves reading, hiking and martial arts, and is a Level 4 Practitioner of Krav Maga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614897632901-8OJZ9DLQVOT7SR5EYRF6/Tarun_Arora_Picture.jpg Meet our Speakers Tarun Arora is a Principal at Encourage Capital focused on clean energy finance and financial inclusion investment strategies. Tarun has been with the firm since 2011, when he started with Wolfensohn Fund Management (Encourage Capital’s predecessor firm). He has been actively involved in the firm’s investments in India including Electronica Finance, DCB Bank, Fabindia, National Stock Exchange of India, Repco Home Finance, and Ujjivan Financial Services. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as a Senior Associate in the investment banking team of PricewaterhouseCoopers India. Tarun graduated with a B.E. from Delhi College of Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Delhi. He also holds the CFA charter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614788303356-C1FQUA9BK9XAZOM8PYP9/Johnny%2BHuang.jpg Meet our Speakers Huang Zhong (黄忠) is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of hands-on experience in China-US high-tech, aerospace, manufacturing, finance, education and entertainment industries and has advanced degrees in hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology. He is the co-founder and Executive Director for Asia at the Sustainable Finance Institute (SFI). He is frequently consulted by corporations, ministries and departments on renewable energy, built environment, wetlands and clean transportation. He sits on the boards and advises technology firms on EV battery technology, patent law and the Internet of Things and advises regions in China on creating positive social and environmental impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615258768396-LADNNB48ZUTHWGVFIUPS/GUAN%2BRui.jpg Meet our Speakers Ms. Guan is the Deputy General Manager of SynTao Green Finance – a leading China-focused ESG service provider, equipping policy makers and business leaders with ESG data and analytics to advance sustainability agendas. With more than ten years’ financial industry experiences, including serving at Deutsche Bank, Zhongde Securities, and PE fund, Ms. Guan devotes herself to the research and development of sustainable finance. She also works as the Secretary General of China Social Investment Forum (China SIF), which has been promoting responsible investment since 2012. Ms. Guan holds a MBA degree, as well as a PhD degree in Population, Resources and Environmental Economics. She is also a UNEP FI certified tutor of Environmental and Social Risk Assessment (ESRA) course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615302387529-4W422HRHJVW6GN6MJ25Q/image001.jpg Meet our Speakers Ms. Qi Lu is a Partner at Tsing Capital, where she heads several functions including portfolio management, research, and ESG. Qi has over ten years’ experience working in energy, environmental protection and sustainable development sectors. Her focus areas include renewable energy, electric vehicle, energy efficiency, power storage, smart cities, etc. Prior to joining Tsing Capital, she worked for Carbon Trust and Azure International, two leading environmental and low carbon consulting firms, where she worked with Chinese national and local governments to give recommendations on sustainability-related policy making. She also advised many western Cleantech companies on their China-entry strategies. Qi also worked at Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Beijing and New York offices as a research assistant intern on power storage and U.S.’s voluntary carbon markets. Qi holds an M.S. Operations Research from Columbia University and a B.Eng. Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614904045039-E6UCA96PFBDRFR37T0AI/Itau_SM2-126c2.jpg Meet our Speakers Alexandre Gazzotti is the ESG analyst at Itaú Asset Management. With more than 10 year of experience in capital markets, Alexandre is responsible for integrating ESG into equities and credit strategies at Itaú Asset Management since 2014. Alexandre begun its career performing Equator Principles due diligences for Unibanco in 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614958916271-DF84NH7DVOIE9QB02FJ0/%2B55+11+99190-9922+20191012_091032.jpg Meet our Speakers Mauro Rodrigues da Cunha, CFA — Mr. Cunha is an independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Eletrobras, the 3rd largest clean energy company in the world. Formerly, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Caixa Economica Federal – the largest Brazilian bank in number of clients and as CEO of the Associação de Investidores no Mercado de Capitais - AMEC (“the Capital Markets Investors’ Association”). 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He served as Chairman of the board of IBGC - one of the largest corporate governance institutes in the world. Mr. Cunha has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1997, and he holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Economics from PUC-Rio. He is board certified by the IBGC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615306051845-SBAC0ARBEAB11FZUJ09E/Foto_Oficial_CarolLearth.jpg Meet our Speakers Carolina Learth leads Santander Brasil Sustainable Business practice, which includes the expansion of the Sustainable Finance portfolio and maintaining the excellence of Santander´s own ESG performance. With 15 years of experience within the business, operations and strong focus on the Financial Sector. She had been also professor in post-graduation environmental and sustainability programs. Her education background includes a degree on Strategies for Sustainable Business (Cambridge University), Master in Environmental Technology (IPT – Technological Research Institute, Post graduated in Management (University of São Paulo) and Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineer (Mackenzie Presbyterian University). In the past 3 years, Santander Brasil has increased its Sustainable Finance portfolio in more than 10x reaching R$ 27 bi and innovating in mechanisms such as ESG Linked Loans, Transition Bonds and others. As part of the Santander Brasil ESG team she is responsible for supporting clients in a transition to a low carbon and more inclusive economy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1614894534551-FB2WS7PB9SEZD8G1KL08/Andy+Donohue+Portrait+535876486-pitchbooks.jpg Meet our Speakers MBA (2005), Northeastern University; BA (Economics) (2000), Union College, U.S. Andy Donohue is responsible for business development efforts with institutional plans in the Northeast. Before joining RBC GAM-US in 2012, Andy was an account executive at Pyramis Global Advisors where he provided ongoing client service to institutional clients, focusing primarily on public funds. He has also worked as a relationship manager on the public funds team at State Street Global Advisors. Andy has been in the financial services industry since 2000 and earned a BA in economics and modern languages from Union College and an MBA from Northeastern University. 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Before joining RBC GAM in 2017, Mindy was a senior manager at a global, U.S.-based asset management firm where she led a team responsible for performance and asset reporting; she also worked as senior investment analyst at a private investment firm and as a manager of client service for a registered investment advisory. Mindy started in the financial industry in 2002. She holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1615398089353-1QAROCZUIIT14SY7AXHY/Sara%2BRosner_2.jpg Meet our Speakers Sara Rosner is the Director of Environmental Research and Engagement on the Responsible Investment team. She co-chairs the firm’s ESG Research, Training and Thought Leadership Group and manages AB’s collaboration with Columbia University’s Earth Institute, which focuses on enhancing investors’ ability to integrate climate change considerations into their decision-making and investment processes. 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Moreover, Stanley oversees one of the most innovative economic insecurity initiatives in the US: Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI). Under Stanley’s leadership, MoCaFi’s GBI portfolio has grown to be the largest in the US, with programs in Los Angeles, CA; Newark, NJ; San Francisco, CA; Columbia, SC; Atlanta; GA; Birmingham, AL; and New Orleans, LA. Stanley and his team’s work are guided by community fidelity to ensure that community trust, faith, and input are at the forefront of the strategies and products developed and introduced into the communities we serve. At MoCaFi, Stanley is responsible for strategy, partnerships, community outreach, and business development for government, not-for-profit, and corporate clients. Prior to joining MoCaFi in 2017, Stanley held several operational and project management roles in the consumer product goods and petrochemicals industries. In his previous role, Stanley served as a Process Project Engineer at Kimberly-Clark Corp., where he was the lead Process Project Engineer for the firm’s largest North American manufacturing assets. During his time there, Stanley provided engineering, operations, and project management support, helping the assets be recognized as the North American top performers for three consecutive years while simultaneously leading several multi-million-dollar operations modernization projects. Stanley holds a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from New York University and currently serves as a board member of Transportation Alternatives. Stanley is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/6aecef3d-fcc3-4979-997e-cec3a4d97852/02252020_Keith_fancythisphotography004.jpg 2022 Speakers Rev. Dr. M. Keith Daniel is the Co-Founder and Managing Director for Resilient Ventures, LLC a committed capital fund investing in African American-led high-growth companies. He is also the owner of Madison Consulting Group, LLC (MCG), a company committed to serving individuals and institutions striving for the greatest good where all may enjoy flourishing work and life outcomes. As an executive leader, Dr. Daniel served as the Executive Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships for StepUp North Carolina, the Executive Director of DurhamCares, Inc, and served as a minister on the Duke University Chapel staff and Director of the Program for the Theological Exploration of Vocation known as PathWays. He led the multi-million-dollar initiative funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to what is now the Chapel’s core student ministry. In 2011, he was promoted to the post of Director of Community and Campus Engagement. Additionally, Dr. Daniel has served as the Interim Director of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School as well as Program Director for Duke’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Integration of Black Students. Dr. Daniel served as the program director for the Duke LEAD Summer Business Institute hosted by the Fuqua School of Business (1994-97, 2002-2020). In 2011, he helped launch the first annual Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy inspired by LEAD at the North Carolina Central University School of Business. He is a Duke Divinity School Spiritual Formation Leader/Instructor, Special Projects. Keith’s career in higher education spanning three decades includes practitioner and director-level positions in the Duke Career Center, the Fuqua School of Business, and Duke Human Resources. Daniel earned his B.A. degree at Duke in Comparative Area Studies with a focus on Latin America. He also holds a Master of Higher Education Administration, North Carolina State University, the Master of Divinity, and the Doctor of Ministry from Duke Divinity School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/34539bf5-edc9-415c-9fde-b2b28adeee4f/Tracy+Gray+Headshot+Down+CURRENT+7-19+-+Photo+credit+-+Kristin+Haase.jpg 2022 Speakers Tracy Gray is the Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 Fund (The 22), an impact, early growth firm with a mission of creating the clean, quality jobs of the future by increasing the international sales of manufacturing companies, intentionally targeting women- and BIPOC-owned businesses. She is a Board Director for Applife Digital Solutions, Inc (ALDS), and the California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation Endowment. Ms. Gray serves on Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Venture’s Women of Color Advisory Council, PGIM Real Estate’s Impact Advisory Council and the Fearless Fund’s Investment Committee. Ms. Gray is the first Social Impact Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas Business School’s Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership. She is Lead Partner for the Porfolia Green & Sustainability Fund and was formerly an Executive-in-Residence at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. After giving a TEDx Talk entitled “Why It's Time for Women to Be Sexist with Investment Capital,” Ms. Gray founded the non-profit We Are Enough. WAE’s mission is to educate ALL women on how and why to invest in women-owned, for-profit businesses or with a “gender lens.” Ms. Gray is featured in the recently released book “200 Hundred Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World” and received the Bad Ass Woman in Green award from the California League of Conservation Voters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0c5e60fd-4d94-4ad3-bcc9-dfc8d1d21665/Maria+Velissaris.jpg 2022 Speakers Maria Velissaris is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is the Founding Partner of SteelSky Ventures LLC, an early-stage venture fund that invests in women’s health tech solutions. Current fund investments include: 23andMe, Zipline, Lark, Motivo, Origin, Twentyeight Health, Cayaba Care, Mae, Proov and Ruby Love. Maria founded her first business, Wakeboxes, which became Collegeboxes, and was later acquired by U-haul. She started her career as a technology strategy consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and was awarded the National Women of Color in Technology Rising Star Award. Throughout her 19-year career, Maria has been at the forefront of marketing, strategy, and technology solutions. Maria developed a passion for healthcare while working as Head of Marketing and Product Development at Schweiger Dermatology Group, which she helped scale to become the largest dermatology chain in the Northeast. Maria is extremely passionate about developing a funding pipeline for femaleis a member of Pipeline Angels and a charter member of the NJ Golden Seeds Chapter. She is personally invested in 9 female- led companies. Maria is also a mentor for international entrepreneurs at Entrepreneurship Roundtable Accelerator (ERA Global) and 500 Start Ups. She speaks regularly on investing and entrepreneurship panels including Amazon, LinkedIn, Google for Startups, NYU Stern, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, and Samsung and judges pitch competitions nationally. She’s been featured as a top VC to watch by Forbes, profiled on ABC News and has recently been honored with the 2020 NYU Stern Alumni Changemaker award and named to Business Insiders’ List of Rising Stars in Venture Capital. Maria obtained a B.S. in Information Systems from Wake Forest University, an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a certificate from the Venture Capital Unlocked Program at Stanford University, an invite-only investor training program for emerging leaders who want to shape the future of the venture capital industry. She also serves on the Yale School of Medicine Center for Health and Innovation Advisory Board, The Executive Board of The National Patient Advocate Foundation, Advisory Board of MassChallenge and the Urban League of Greater Atlanta Board of Directors. Maria holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1db58e1a-a366-41ab-a032-3a4ede54b632/LisetteCooper_003-FINAL-LO.jpg 2022 Speakers Lisette Cooper, PhD, Vice Chair of Fiduciary Trust International and former CEO of Athena Capital Advisors, has over 30 years of investment management experience. She is a member of Fiduciary Trust’s Board of Directors and a member of Franklin Templeton’s Management Committee. Dr. Cooper founded Athena Capital Advisors, an award-winning OCIO (outsourced Chief Investment Officer) and wealth management firm, which was sold to Fiduciary Trust International in March 2020. At Fiduciary Trust, Dr. Cooper leads the firms sustainable and impact investing practice as well as its investment risk management initiative. Dr. Cooper is a board member of the Boston Youth Sanctuary, the Mind and Life Institute, and the Center for Heathy Minds Innovations, as well as serving on several advisory boards for social justice and environmental organizations. She is a trustee emerita of The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health as well as a Mind and Life Fellow and has served as an Expert in Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab. Dr. Cooper received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and a PhD from Harvard University. She holds the CFA designation as well as several patents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/407ce475-c9d6-4939-b3c2-f373b4f8e628/IMG_5585.jpg 2022 Speakers Deepali is an advisor to female founders and an angel investor with a keen interest in digital health, femtech, and sustainability. Deepali invests in female founders/mixed teams, and some of her investments include LiveBetterWith, PensionBee, Polipop, Parla, Planera, Kama Labs, Sano Genetics, Shell Works, SideQuest, Juno Bio, Flown, Okko and Yhangry. Deepali is also a co-founder at Alma Angels (www.alma-angels.com), set-up to democratize and demystify angel investing and create more female angel investors that invest in female founders. She is also an Atomico Angel and a Venture Partner at Speedinvest (where she focuses on female founders). Deepali is co-founder of Alma Angel & UKBAA's Angel Investor of the Year for 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/223d6669-0b05-494c-8568-ea07bbd494a4/fsicoon.jpg 2022 Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/b14808ad-5783-4637-9fd3-4e57a9fb1e48/MP+headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers Michael is the founder and CEO of Proxy Impact, which provides environmental, social and sustainable governance (ESG) shareholder engagement and proxy voting services. Michael has over 25 years of experience in corporate social responsibility, shareholder advocacy, and philanthropy. Michael has led or participated in more than 400 shareholder dialogues and resolutions on issues ranging from climate change, gender and racial diversity, and human rights. For more than a decade Michael served as a Senior Program Director for the As You Sow Foundation’s Corporate Responsibility Program. Michael is the founder and co-author of the annual Proxy Preview, the most comprehensive publication on ESG shareholder resolutions. He also co-authors an annual Racial and Gender Pay Scorecard ranking corporate disclosure and practices on pay equity. His shareholder advocacy work led him to be named as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics” by Ethisphere Magazine. Michael also received the Climate Change Business Journal award for his climate-related shareholder campaigns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/b7db2a30-dc79-4392-b847-4da1fda4854b/image002.jpg 2022 Speakers Yusuf manages Engine No. 1’s active ownership and proxy-voting strategies for the firm’s fund portfolio companies. Prior to joining Engine No. 1, Yusuf worked at JUST Capital, where he developed and led the firm’s corporate engagement strategy, oversaw the racial equity portfolio, and assisted with investor-related engagement. He began his career in the global capital markets division at Barclays Capital. Yusuf received a BS in Computer Science from Trinity College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/3c523415-dc9e-43cc-bd64-d4412bd36e38/ANDERSON_Donna.jpg 2022 Speakers Donna F. Anderson is Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance for T. Rowe Price. In this role, Ms. Anderson co-chairs the firm’s ESG Committee and leads the firm’s engagement efforts with portfolio companies. She is also a Director on the T. Rowe Price Trust Company board. Before joining T. Rowe Price in 2007, Ms. Anderson was Director of Equity Research for Invesco Funds in Houston. Ms. Anderson is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, and she is Chair of the Investor Stewardship Group. She earned a B.A. at Trinity University and an M.B.A. at The University of Texas at Austin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0c64e043-c01c-4880-9538-1dd98d2d2b8e/nick-zoom-768x768.jpg 2022 Speakers Nick Grossman is a partner at Union Square Ventures. Previously, he led an incubator for startups at the intersection of cities and data at OpenPlans, with a focus on cultivating open source communities, building open data platforms, and supporting open standards efforts. Nick has a degree in Urban Studies from Stanford University, has held academic affiliations at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School, and learned everything he knows about technology from generous people on the internet and by using view:source. He grew up in Brooklyn and now lives outside of Boston with his wife and two children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/c3e2c9a3-b5f8-4e65-8c70-a6dbeb10a955/DW.v2.2.png 2022 Speakers Darren has almost 20 years of institutional finance experience and has served in management capacities. Darren is a registered representative in the US and a holder of FINRA Series 7, 63, 55 and 24 designations. His previous roles included Head of US Cash Equities, Program and Electronic Trading and Futures Execution for BNP Paribas, nearly 10 years at Morgan Stanley and 5 more at BTIG & Bay Crest Partners. Darren has start up experience founding Broadform, a cloud-technology company, FlyClip LLC, a technology wearables company, Housetab, a payment processing company, and DLCC, a securities lending platform for digital assets. He has served on the Board of Directors for Redi, a Goldman Sachs spin-off company that was sold to Thompson Reuters in 2017, and AiX, a Fintech company based in London, sold to Blockchain.com in 2021. Darren is currently Chairman of Blockchain Triangle Systems. Darren has a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/e076f92a-2072-4e61-b5d4-1de5c1b27f31/Stefan2.jpg 2022 Speakers Stefan leads investments across infrastructure software, security, and crypto infrastructure (decentralized and centralized). He focuses on partnering with exceptional founders, as early as possible (from Seed onwards), who are building infrastructure for the modern internet. Prior to joining BCV in 2016, Stefan scaled Turbonomic from Series A through Series D, and the company went on to be acquired by IBM for $2 billion. At Turbonomic, Stefan held a variety of strategy and operational leadership roles across finance, operations and sales. Through this experience, he developed a deep understanding of internet infrastructure and the IT and security rails that enterprises need in order to conduct business. Stefan studied economics as an undergraduate but is a technologist at heart, coding for personal projects and often found tinkering with crypto protocols. When Stefan isn’t near his computer he is usually spending time in nature either cycling, skiing, or kiteboarding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/2aa83c7a-c9f7-4211-8354-54999a43bc58/Carter%2C+Nic+7504_.jpg 2022 Speakers Nic is a general partner at Castle Island Ventures, a Cambridge, MA based venture firm focused on public blockchain startups, and the cofounder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup. He is an advisor to the Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative. Previously, he served as Fidelity’s first dedicated cryptoasset analyst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/07b4f8c9-7d89-49ec-b7e3-6ef63a78229e/Helen+Bertelli+Headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers Helen Bertelli is a 25-year PR and Marketing veteran, founder of Benecomms and co-founder of Women in Climate Tech. She has held leadership and marketing director positions in several firms throughout her career, and her work has won accolades including PR News’ Platinum PR Awards, PR Daily’s National Awards, MarComm, and the RPRSA awards. She is passionate about the role of communicators in helping to fight climate change, and she speaks and writes frequently on this topic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/946dbf3f-6429-43b8-a505-b47110eddb5c/1644710216125.jpg 2022 Speakers Mike Delucia is a sector lead focused on energy, buildings, and cities in Wellington Climate Innovation. He will focus on managing the firm’s private-company investment activity in companies developing climate solutions within energy, buildings, and cities, working closely with portfolio managers, global industry analysts, and other global research resources within the firm to identify and pursue investments. As the climate innovation effort continues to grow, he will help build the team, develop investment talent, and further integrate Wellington’s research capabilities into this emerging business. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2021, Mike was a founding partner at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (“SIP”, 2019 – 2021), where he led all aspects of the investment process for companies and projects in the infrastructure technology space, with a focus on investments in the energy transition and the built environment. SIP is a spin-off of Alphabet’s cities-of-the-future arm, Sidewalk Labs, where he worked (2017 – 2019) as associate director, investments. In this role, he led venture investments and incubations in the energy, water, waste, and mobility sectors. He was also previously a vice president in the Energy Markets Division of Macquarie Group (2014 – 2017), investing directly in the energy and power sectors. Mike began financing energy companies as a project finance analyst at HSH Nordbank (2008 – 2009), then as an investment associate at Nereus Capital (2009 – 2013). He began his career as an analyst at J.P. Morgan Investment Bank (2007 – 2008). Mike holds a B.A. in philosophy and economics from Brown University (2007). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/526807f8-90a9-4374-8eef-723068c2731d/AmyFRANCETIC.2+%281%29.jpeg 2022 Speakers - Make it stand out Amy is co-founder and Managing General Partner of Buoyant Ventures, a new venture fund in Chicago that invests in digital climate solutions for energy, transportation, agriculture, and the built environment. Her career spans over 20 years of high technology entrepreneurship, private equity, and research. Amy previously founded and led Energize Ventures, a $165mm venture fund that invests in digital energy technologies. She also co-founded and served as CEO of technology accelerator Clean Energy Trust, which has invested in dozens of early-stage clean energy companies across the Midwestern US. She now serves as Chair of its Board of Directors. Amy also held roles at private equity firm MVC Capital, and at Stanford Research Institute where she worked on an early version of the voice recognition technology that became Siri. Earlier in her career, she was co-founder and CEO of a consumer technology company that was funded by Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, and that she sold to the Danish toy company, Lego Systems. Amy also helped fundraise for mobile gaming company, GluMobile, on whose board she served until it went public on the NASDAQ. In addition to the Clean Energy Trust board, Amy serves on the board of First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp (NASDAG:FRSG) and the Advisory Board for the WISER Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 2020 Crain’s recognized her for the third time as one of Chicago’s Top 50 Technology Leaders. In 2019 she was honored by Streetwise as one of the “20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans.” In 2015 she was an Emerging Leader at the Chicago Council for Global Affairs. In 2014 she was awarded the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award from the Executives’ Club of Chicago, and Leading Woman in Technology from the Illinois Technology Association. Amy is a regular lecturer in energy and entrepreneurship at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago’s Law School. She has a BA from Stanford University. Amy lives in Lake Forest, IL with her husband and two teenage daughters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0b80ee87-25f8-4ffd-b2fa-f466040808a9/PeterG-7501-XL.jpg 2022 Speakers Peter is a principal in Bridgespan’s New York office, where he focuses on connecting organizations to innovative and large-scale capital providers, primarily through impact investing platforms and global philanthropic funding collaboratives. Peter’s impact investing clients have included a wide range of leading private equity investors and family offices as well as CDFIs like the Low Income Investment Fund. His philanthropic clients have included the Audacious Project, Co-Impact, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation among others. Prior to joining Bridgespan, Peter spent four years with Citi in its capital markets group in New York and London. He also spent a year in the Pacific Northwest working on housing issues for Catholic Charities as an AmeriCorps member. Peter earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management and his bachelor's degree from Loyola University Maryland, where he was a member of the Honors Program and a Presidential Scholar. He also attended the Institute for Design and Public Policy, a joint initiative of the Rhode Island School of Design and the US Department of State. Peter passed all three Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams on the first attempt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/72399afc-8623-4c1f-b6f2-b2683c270723/Todd_n-2.jpg 2022 Speakers Todd is Partner and Global Head of Sustainable Investing & ESG Research with Arabesque whose expertise lies at the intersection of sustainable finance, climate finance, ESG data (unstructured/structured), and technology. His responsibility is building a world class ESG research and product team with 60+ global members, and building + designing an innovative product portfolio – data, research, and technology solutions. His approach to building products and solutions is theoretically motivated by academic and industry research but commercially pragmatic to ensure relevancy for investment professionals, consultants, and companies. Todd has worked with global institutional investors and executives across central banks, sovereign wealth funds, state pensions, corporate pensions, foundations, endowments, family offices, and Fortune 500 companies, etc. Todd attended formal training at Brown University, Harvard University, University of Chicago, and Cornell University, and secured research fellowships at National Science Foundation, Oxford University, and Max Planck Society. He holds a B.Sc. in Finance, Economics, and Philosophy, and MA and Ph.D. in Socioeconomics, Organizational Behavior, and Research Methods. He sits on advisory committees at Harvard Business School, Yale University School of Management, and NYU Stern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/9b265422-bc0c-4ae8-8a27-2944d641e9f1/u6yrtfh.jpg 2022 Speakers Juan Lois, Executive Director, is the Strategist on the Sustainable Investing team responsible for implementing the firm's sustainable investment strategy, solutions and product innovation in the Americas. In partnership with our distribution and product teams, he leverages our extensive data and research capabilities, proprietary technology and ESG expertise to deliver sustainable solutions to our clients. Prior to joining the firm in May 2020, he was at Wespath Benefits and Investments, where he lead the organization’s sustainable investing activities, including overseeing ESG integration, as well as research and product design for Wespath’s impact investment program. Juan obtained an M.A. in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies from the George Washington University and a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Tufts University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/56c69d81-61b9-4731-bbce-73f2fb9761f7/Heather+McPherson_Headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers - Make it stand out Heather McPherson is an Impact Fellow with SJF Ventures, a venture capital firm that has been at the forefront of impact investing since 1999. Heather focuses on impact measurement, management, and acceleration across SJF’s portfolio. Prior to SJF, Heather helped launch the Harvard Global Institute, a University-wide initiative to promote interdisciplinary scholarship on climate change, education, health, and public policy. Her previous work involved nonprofit management and international development, including one year with a maternal and child health project in Timor-Leste, and extensive engagement with public health projects in Africa and Eastern Europe. Heather earned her MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College with a BA in English Literature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/23b320ab-3b76-49fc-87f4-40abeab142c6/Headshot+2016.jpg 2022 Speakers Keith has over twenty years of experience in banking and business environments around the globe including Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and USA. Keith joined FINCA in 2007. He served as the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Executive Officer for FINCA Zambia for five and a half years where he managed the transformation of FINCA from a non-governmental organization to a regulated, commercial deposit-taking microfinance institution. In February 2012, Keith was appointed CEO of FINCA Kosovo and led the operation until July 2013 when he joined the team overseeing FINCA’s Latin America and Caribbean region. In January 2022 Keith was asked to lead the global operations for the FINCA Impact Finance network. Prior to joining FINCA, Keith specialized in serving small and medium sized (SME) business clients and non-profit institutions while working for Citibank in multiple international assignments and SunTrust Bank in Washington, DC. Keith holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and a bachelor’s degree in business administration (accounting) from California State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/43664c6a-3cba-4752-aa6e-30fe139b3539/image001.jpg 2022 Speakers Duanne has over 20 years of international experience in strategic management, micro-finance start-up operations, sustainability, and clean energy finance. She helped SELF increase the investor pool from 1 to 25 current investors and she developed SELF’s proprietary underwriting methods for unsecured lending low-credit score clients, that resulted in 98.5% repayment rate. Andrade provides strategic financial and operational direction to SELF. She has a Bachelor’s degree from NYU and an MBA from the Harvard Institute of International Development, in cooperation with the Bolivian Catholic University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/5c3038d9-dbde-4515-9969-f228d46dce3a/tempImageaRiXkx.jpg 2022 Speakers Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Chair of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission, Co-Chair of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development at Sunway University. Sachs has been Special Advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General António Guterres. Sachs was twice named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders, and has received 38 honorary doctorates. He received the Legion of Honor from France in 2021 and the Order of the Cross from Estonia in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/77d6b5fb-b10d-46b5-b850-5b541a9bccad/EmbeddedImage.jpg 2022 Speakers - Make it stand out Jeff D. Colgan is the Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Watson Institute for Public and International Affairs at Brown University. His research focuses on international order and security, especially as related to energy and the environment. He is also Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University. His new book, Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order, draws lessons from oil history about how states and other actors create and maintain international governance arrangements (Oxford University Press, Oct 2021). The book then applies those lessons to other problems like climate change, peacekeeping, finance, and nuclear politics. His previous book, Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He has published work in International Organization, Foreign Affairs, World Politics, International Security and elsewhere. He also occasionally blogs at the Monkey Cage and Foreign Affairs. On Twitter, he is @JeffDColgan Professor Colgan previously taught at the School of International Service of American University 2010-2014, and was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC in 2012-13. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University, and was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley, where he earned a Master’s in Public Policy. Dr. Colgan has worked with the World Bank, McKinsey & Company, and The Brattle Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/83a9a9d2-6d70-4d59-a48e-fd9b41c10ac8/Piwowar-Mike-Headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers Michael S. Piwowar is the executive director of the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets. He is also a distinguished policy fellow at the Center for Financial Markets Policy at Georgetown University’s Center for Financial Markets and Policy. Dr. Piwowar was previously appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and was designated Acting Chairman of the Commission by President Donald Trump. Prior to that, he was the Republican chief economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. During the financial crisis and its immediate aftermath, Dr. Piwowar served at the White House as a senior economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Before joining the White House, Dr. Piwowar worked as a principal at the Securities Litigation and Consulting Group, as a visiting academic scholar and senior financial economist at the SEC, and as an assistant professor of finance at Iowa State University. He received a B.A. in Foreign Service and International Politics from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/8e9293e6-dd97-4414-8dbb-3ba60ea6f4f0/Marnie+Seif+05-Edit.jpg 2022 Speakers Marnie Seif is an accomplished technology business executive who has held a variety of C Suite roles, including Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and SVP of Communications and ESG at Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a leading semiconductor company with more than $10 Billion in revenue, operations in more than 40 countries, and 24,000 employees worldwide. Marnie is a graduate of Brown University (AB 1983) and she received her JD degree from University of Michigan Law School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/bb7ca4f0-5623-4080-95e9-e3659ee1b55c/roller_image_juan-dumas.jpg 2022 Speakers Juan Dumas is Co-Founder and Partner at Meliquina Ltd, a company that structures business partnerships between developers, communities and investors to share ownership of renewable energy projects in emerging markets. Juan has over twenty years of experience in environmental and social conflict prevention and resolution. He was part of the UN team that brokered an agreement that ended violence and protests in Ecuador in late 2019. He has worked extensively as a mediator in processes convened under the auspices of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) of the World Bank Group and has provided similar services for other Development Finance Institutions, such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the Dutch Development Bank (FMO), the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation (FINNFUND), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He has also been involved in the reform and update of ESG policies, safeguards and performance standards of the IADB and the IFC. Earlier in his career, he also held leadership roles in Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (Ecuador) and Fundación Cambio Democrático (Argentina), two civil society organizations devoted to promoting dialogue to address conflict and build public policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/5ec995db-7d4c-42ff-9f4a-5dfdebdc3d5a/Kent_Gilges+headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers Kent is a founder and Managing Member of Conservation Resource Partners, LLC, a private equity firm with $1.2 billion in real asset investments in timberland, regenerative agriculture, and mitigation. Before joining Conservation Resources, Kent led forestland conservation efforts at The Nature Conservancy and was responsible for conserving over 21 million acres of sustainably managed forests. Kent has served on the boards of the Forest Stewardship Council, the U.S. Endowment for Forests and Communities, Wood Library, and the Forest History Society, where he was the vice-chair and co-led capital campaign efforts to build a new library at Duke University. He currently serves on the board of the Greater Canandaigua Civic Center. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, Kent was the European editor for McGraw-Hill’s trade magazines based in Frankfurt, Germany. Kent has degrees from Cornell and Oxford Universities. He lives in the Finger Lakes of New York where he and his wife raised six children, two of whom currently serve in the U.S. armed forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/646a0bdf-e3d7-4c45-b348-bb34d311a9a6/larsen-hi-res-1.jpg 2022 Speakers John Larsen is a Partner at Rhodium Group and leads the firm’s US energy system and climate policy research. John specializes in the analysis of national and state energy and climate policy, market trends, and emerging clean technologies. He manages a multi-disciplinary team of energy modelers, policy specialists, and systems analysts focused on accelerating America’s transition to a net-zero economy. Previously, John worked for the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, where he served as an electric power policy advisor. Before working in government, John led federal and congressional policy analysis in the World Resources Institute’s Climate and Energy Program. John is a non-resident Senior Associate in the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has lectured at several academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University and Amherst College. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/caa3bc8d-d993-4203-bbda-7d82d2b66ac1/IMG_6133_RET_crop2.jpg 2022 Speakers Rajinder Sahota is the Deputy Executive Officer for Climate Change and Research at the California Air Resources Board. This agency is the state’s leading authority to track and regulate greenhouse gas emissions. 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Moreover, Stanley oversees one of the most innovative economic insecurity initiatives in the US: Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI). Under Stanley’s leadership, MoCaFi’s GBI portfolio has grown to be the largest in the US, with programs in Los Angeles, CA; Newark, NJ; San Francisco, CA; Columbia, SC; Atlanta; GA; Birmingham, AL; and New Orleans, LA. Stanley and his team’s work are guided by community fidelity to ensure that community trust, faith, and input are at the forefront of the strategies and products developed and introduced into the communities we serve. At MoCaFi, Stanley is responsible for strategy, partnerships, community outreach, and business development for government, not-for-profit, and corporate clients. Prior to joining MoCaFi in 2017, Stanley held several operational and project management roles in the consumer product goods and petrochemicals industries. In his previous role, Stanley served as a Process Project Engineer at Kimberly-Clark Corp., where he was the lead Process Project Engineer for the firm’s largest North American manufacturing assets. During his time there, Stanley provided engineering, operations, and project management support, helping the assets be recognized as the North American top performers for three consecutive years while simultaneously leading several multi-million-dollar operations modernization projects. Stanley holds a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from New York University and currently serves as a board member of Transportation Alternatives. Stanley is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/6aecef3d-fcc3-4979-997e-cec3a4d97852/02252020_Keith_fancythisphotography004.jpg 2022 Speakers Rev. Dr. M. Keith Daniel is the Co-Founder and Managing Director for Resilient Ventures, LLC a committed capital fund investing in African American-led high-growth companies. He is also the owner of Madison Consulting Group, LLC (MCG), a company committed to serving individuals and institutions striving for the greatest good where all may enjoy flourishing work and life outcomes. As an executive leader, Dr. Daniel served as the Executive Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships for StepUp North Carolina, the Executive Director of DurhamCares, Inc, and served as a minister on the Duke University Chapel staff and Director of the Program for the Theological Exploration of Vocation known as PathWays. He led the multi-million-dollar initiative funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to what is now the Chapel’s core student ministry. In 2011, he was promoted to the post of Director of Community and Campus Engagement. Additionally, Dr. Daniel has served as the Interim Director of the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School as well as Program Director for Duke’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Integration of Black Students. Dr. Daniel served as the program director for the Duke LEAD Summer Business Institute hosted by the Fuqua School of Business (1994-97, 2002-2020). In 2011, he helped launch the first annual Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy inspired by LEAD at the North Carolina Central University School of Business. He is a Duke Divinity School Spiritual Formation Leader/Instructor, Special Projects. Keith’s career in higher education spanning three decades includes practitioner and director-level positions in the Duke Career Center, the Fuqua School of Business, and Duke Human Resources. Daniel earned his B.A. degree at Duke in Comparative Area Studies with a focus on Latin America. He also holds a Master of Higher Education Administration, North Carolina State University, the Master of Divinity, and the Doctor of Ministry from Duke Divinity School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/34539bf5-edc9-415c-9fde-b2b28adeee4f/Tracy+Gray+Headshot+Down+CURRENT+7-19+-+Photo+credit+-+Kristin+Haase.jpg 2022 Speakers Tracy Gray is the Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 Fund (The 22), an impact, early growth firm with a mission of creating the clean, quality jobs of the future by increasing the international sales of manufacturing companies, intentionally targeting women- and BIPOC-owned businesses. She is a Board Director for Applife Digital Solutions, Inc (ALDS), and the California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation Endowment. Ms. Gray serves on Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Venture’s Women of Color Advisory Council, PGIM Real Estate’s Impact Advisory Council and the Fearless Fund’s Investment Committee. Ms. Gray is the first Social Impact Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas Business School’s Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership. She is Lead Partner for the Porfolia Green & Sustainability Fund and was formerly an Executive-in-Residence at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. After giving a TEDx Talk entitled “Why It's Time for Women to Be Sexist with Investment Capital,” Ms. Gray founded the non-profit We Are Enough. WAE’s mission is to educate ALL women on how and why to invest in women-owned, for-profit businesses or with a “gender lens.” Ms. Gray is featured in the recently released book “200 Hundred Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World” and received the Bad Ass Woman in Green award from the California League of Conservation Voters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0c5e60fd-4d94-4ad3-bcc9-dfc8d1d21665/Maria+Velissaris.jpg 2022 Speakers Maria Velissaris is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is the Founding Partner of SteelSky Ventures LLC, an early-stage venture fund that invests in women’s health tech solutions. Current fund investments include: 23andMe, Zipline, Lark, Motivo, Origin, Twentyeight Health, Cayaba Care, Mae, Proov and Ruby Love. Maria founded her first business, Wakeboxes, which became Collegeboxes, and was later acquired by U-haul. She started her career as a technology strategy consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and was awarded the National Women of Color in Technology Rising Star Award. Throughout her 19-year career, Maria has been at the forefront of marketing, strategy, and technology solutions. Maria developed a passion for healthcare while working as Head of Marketing and Product Development at Schweiger Dermatology Group, which she helped scale to become the largest dermatology chain in the Northeast. Maria is extremely passionate about developing a funding pipeline for femaleis a member of Pipeline Angels and a charter member of the NJ Golden Seeds Chapter. She is personally invested in 9 female- led companies. Maria is also a mentor for international entrepreneurs at Entrepreneurship Roundtable Accelerator (ERA Global) and 500 Start Ups. She speaks regularly on investing and entrepreneurship panels including Amazon, LinkedIn, Google for Startups, NYU Stern, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, and Samsung and judges pitch competitions nationally. She’s been featured as a top VC to watch by Forbes, profiled on ABC News and has recently been honored with the 2020 NYU Stern Alumni Changemaker award and named to Business Insiders’ List of Rising Stars in Venture Capital. Maria obtained a B.S. in Information Systems from Wake Forest University, an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a certificate from the Venture Capital Unlocked Program at Stanford University, an invite-only investor training program for emerging leaders who want to shape the future of the venture capital industry. She also serves on the Yale School of Medicine Center for Health and Innovation Advisory Board, The Executive Board of The National Patient Advocate Foundation, Advisory Board of MassChallenge and the Urban League of Greater Atlanta Board of Directors. Maria holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1db58e1a-a366-41ab-a032-3a4ede54b632/LisetteCooper_003-FINAL-LO.jpg 2022 Speakers Lisette Cooper, PhD, Vice Chair of Fiduciary Trust International and former CEO of Athena Capital Advisors, has over 30 years of investment management experience. She is a member of Fiduciary Trust’s Board of Directors and a member of Franklin Templeton’s Management Committee. Dr. Cooper founded Athena Capital Advisors, an award-winning OCIO (outsourced Chief Investment Officer) and wealth management firm, which was sold to Fiduciary Trust International in March 2020. At Fiduciary Trust, Dr. Cooper leads the firms sustainable and impact investing practice as well as its investment risk management initiative. Dr. Cooper is a board member of the Boston Youth Sanctuary, the Mind and Life Institute, and the Center for Heathy Minds Innovations, as well as serving on several advisory boards for social justice and environmental organizations. She is a trustee emerita of The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health as well as a Mind and Life Fellow and has served as an Expert in Residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab. Dr. Cooper received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and a PhD from Harvard University. She holds the CFA designation as well as several patents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/407ce475-c9d6-4939-b3c2-f373b4f8e628/IMG_5585.jpg 2022 Speakers Deepali is an advisor to female founders and an angel investor with a keen interest in digital health, femtech, and sustainability. Deepali invests in female founders/mixed teams, and some of her investments include LiveBetterWith, PensionBee, Polipop, Parla, Planera, Kama Labs, Sano Genetics, Shell Works, SideQuest, Juno Bio, Flown, Okko and Yhangry. Deepali is also a co-founder at Alma Angels (www.alma-angels.com), set-up to democratize and demystify angel investing and create more female angel investors that invest in female founders. She is also an Atomico Angel and a Venture Partner at Speedinvest (where she focuses on female founders). Deepali is co-founder of Alma Angel & UKBAA's Angel Investor of the Year for 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/223d6669-0b05-494c-8568-ea07bbd494a4/fsicoon.jpg 2022 Speakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/b14808ad-5783-4637-9fd3-4e57a9fb1e48/MP+headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers Michael is the founder and CEO of Proxy Impact, which provides environmental, social and sustainable governance (ESG) shareholder engagement and proxy voting services. Michael has over 25 years of experience in corporate social responsibility, shareholder advocacy, and philanthropy. Michael has led or participated in more than 400 shareholder dialogues and resolutions on issues ranging from climate change, gender and racial diversity, and human rights. For more than a decade Michael served as a Senior Program Director for the As You Sow Foundation’s Corporate Responsibility Program. Michael is the founder and co-author of the annual Proxy Preview, the most comprehensive publication on ESG shareholder resolutions. He also co-authors an annual Racial and Gender Pay Scorecard ranking corporate disclosure and practices on pay equity. His shareholder advocacy work led him to be named as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics” by Ethisphere Magazine. Michael also received the Climate Change Business Journal award for his climate-related shareholder campaigns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/b7db2a30-dc79-4392-b847-4da1fda4854b/image002.jpg 2022 Speakers Yusuf manages Engine No. 1’s active ownership and proxy-voting strategies for the firm’s fund portfolio companies. Prior to joining Engine No. 1, Yusuf worked at JUST Capital, where he developed and led the firm’s corporate engagement strategy, oversaw the racial equity portfolio, and assisted with investor-related engagement. He began his career in the global capital markets division at Barclays Capital. Yusuf received a BS in Computer Science from Trinity College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/3c523415-dc9e-43cc-bd64-d4412bd36e38/ANDERSON_Donna.jpg 2022 Speakers Donna F. Anderson is Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance for T. Rowe Price. In this role, Ms. Anderson co-chairs the firm’s ESG Committee and leads the firm’s engagement efforts with portfolio companies. She is also a Director on the T. Rowe Price Trust Company board. Before joining T. Rowe Price in 2007, Ms. Anderson was Director of Equity Research for Invesco Funds in Houston. Ms. Anderson is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, and she is Chair of the Investor Stewardship Group. She earned a B.A. at Trinity University and an M.B.A. at The University of Texas at Austin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0c64e043-c01c-4880-9538-1dd98d2d2b8e/nick-zoom-768x768.jpg 2022 Speakers Nick Grossman is a partner at Union Square Ventures. Previously, he led an incubator for startups at the intersection of cities and data at OpenPlans, with a focus on cultivating open source communities, building open data platforms, and supporting open standards efforts. Nick has a degree in Urban Studies from Stanford University, has held academic affiliations at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School, and learned everything he knows about technology from generous people on the internet and by using view:source. He grew up in Brooklyn and now lives outside of Boston with his wife and two children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/c3e2c9a3-b5f8-4e65-8c70-a6dbeb10a955/DW.v2.2.png 2022 Speakers Darren has almost 20 years of institutional finance experience and has served in management capacities. Darren is a registered representative in the US and a holder of FINRA Series 7, 63, 55 and 24 designations. His previous roles included Head of US Cash Equities, Program and Electronic Trading and Futures Execution for BNP Paribas, nearly 10 years at Morgan Stanley and 5 more at BTIG & Bay Crest Partners. Darren has start up experience founding Broadform, a cloud-technology company, FlyClip LLC, a technology wearables company, Housetab, a payment processing company, and DLCC, a securities lending platform for digital assets. He has served on the Board of Directors for Redi, a Goldman Sachs spin-off company that was sold to Thompson Reuters in 2017, and AiX, a Fintech company based in London, sold to Blockchain.com in 2021. Darren is currently Chairman of Blockchain Triangle Systems. Darren has a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/e076f92a-2072-4e61-b5d4-1de5c1b27f31/Stefan2.jpg 2022 Speakers Stefan leads investments across infrastructure software, security, and crypto infrastructure (decentralized and centralized). He focuses on partnering with exceptional founders, as early as possible (from Seed onwards), who are building infrastructure for the modern internet. Prior to joining BCV in 2016, Stefan scaled Turbonomic from Series A through Series D, and the company went on to be acquired by IBM for $2 billion. At Turbonomic, Stefan held a variety of strategy and operational leadership roles across finance, operations and sales. Through this experience, he developed a deep understanding of internet infrastructure and the IT and security rails that enterprises need in order to conduct business. Stefan studied economics as an undergraduate but is a technologist at heart, coding for personal projects and often found tinkering with crypto protocols. When Stefan isn’t near his computer he is usually spending time in nature either cycling, skiing, or kiteboarding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/2aa83c7a-c9f7-4211-8354-54999a43bc58/Carter%2C+Nic+7504_.jpg 2022 Speakers Nic is a general partner at Castle Island Ventures, a Cambridge, MA based venture firm focused on public blockchain startups, and the cofounder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup. He is an advisor to the Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative. Previously, he served as Fidelity’s first dedicated cryptoasset analyst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/07b4f8c9-7d89-49ec-b7e3-6ef63a78229e/Helen+Bertelli+Headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers Helen Bertelli is a 25-year PR and Marketing veteran, founder of Benecomms and co-founder of Women in Climate Tech. She has held leadership and marketing director positions in several firms throughout her career, and her work has won accolades including PR News’ Platinum PR Awards, PR Daily’s National Awards, MarComm, and the RPRSA awards. She is passionate about the role of communicators in helping to fight climate change, and she speaks and writes frequently on this topic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/946dbf3f-6429-43b8-a505-b47110eddb5c/1644710216125.jpg 2022 Speakers Mike Delucia is a sector lead focused on energy, buildings, and cities in Wellington Climate Innovation. He will focus on managing the firm’s private-company investment activity in companies developing climate solutions within energy, buildings, and cities, working closely with portfolio managers, global industry analysts, and other global research resources within the firm to identify and pursue investments. As the climate innovation effort continues to grow, he will help build the team, develop investment talent, and further integrate Wellington’s research capabilities into this emerging business. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2021, Mike was a founding partner at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (“SIP”, 2019 – 2021), where he led all aspects of the investment process for companies and projects in the infrastructure technology space, with a focus on investments in the energy transition and the built environment. SIP is a spin-off of Alphabet’s cities-of-the-future arm, Sidewalk Labs, where he worked (2017 – 2019) as associate director, investments. In this role, he led venture investments and incubations in the energy, water, waste, and mobility sectors. He was also previously a vice president in the Energy Markets Division of Macquarie Group (2014 – 2017), investing directly in the energy and power sectors. Mike began financing energy companies as a project finance analyst at HSH Nordbank (2008 – 2009), then as an investment associate at Nereus Capital (2009 – 2013). He began his career as an analyst at J.P. Morgan Investment Bank (2007 – 2008). Mike holds a B.A. in philosophy and economics from Brown University (2007). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/526807f8-90a9-4374-8eef-723068c2731d/AmyFRANCETIC.2+%281%29.jpeg 2022 Speakers - Make it stand out Amy is co-founder and Managing General Partner of Buoyant Ventures, a new venture fund in Chicago that invests in digital climate solutions for energy, transportation, agriculture, and the built environment. Her career spans over 20 years of high technology entrepreneurship, private equity, and research. Amy previously founded and led Energize Ventures, a $165mm venture fund that invests in digital energy technologies. She also co-founded and served as CEO of technology accelerator Clean Energy Trust, which has invested in dozens of early-stage clean energy companies across the Midwestern US. She now serves as Chair of its Board of Directors. Amy also held roles at private equity firm MVC Capital, and at Stanford Research Institute where she worked on an early version of the voice recognition technology that became Siri. Earlier in her career, she was co-founder and CEO of a consumer technology company that was funded by Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, and that she sold to the Danish toy company, Lego Systems. Amy also helped fundraise for mobile gaming company, GluMobile, on whose board she served until it went public on the NASDAQ. In addition to the Clean Energy Trust board, Amy serves on the board of First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp (NASDAG:FRSG) and the Advisory Board for the WISER Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 2020 Crain’s recognized her for the third time as one of Chicago’s Top 50 Technology Leaders. In 2019 she was honored by Streetwise as one of the “20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans.” In 2015 she was an Emerging Leader at the Chicago Council for Global Affairs. In 2014 she was awarded the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award from the Executives’ Club of Chicago, and Leading Woman in Technology from the Illinois Technology Association. Amy is a regular lecturer in energy and entrepreneurship at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago’s Law School. She has a BA from Stanford University. Amy lives in Lake Forest, IL with her husband and two teenage daughters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0b80ee87-25f8-4ffd-b2fa-f466040808a9/PeterG-7501-XL.jpg 2022 Speakers Peter is a principal in Bridgespan’s New York office, where he focuses on connecting organizations to innovative and large-scale capital providers, primarily through impact investing platforms and global philanthropic funding collaboratives. Peter’s impact investing clients have included a wide range of leading private equity investors and family offices as well as CDFIs like the Low Income Investment Fund. His philanthropic clients have included the Audacious Project, Co-Impact, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation among others. Prior to joining Bridgespan, Peter spent four years with Citi in its capital markets group in New York and London. He also spent a year in the Pacific Northwest working on housing issues for Catholic Charities as an AmeriCorps member. Peter earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management and his bachelor's degree from Loyola University Maryland, where he was a member of the Honors Program and a Presidential Scholar. He also attended the Institute for Design and Public Policy, a joint initiative of the Rhode Island School of Design and the US Department of State. Peter passed all three Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exams on the first attempt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/72399afc-8623-4c1f-b6f2-b2683c270723/Todd_n-2.jpg 2022 Speakers Todd is Partner and Global Head of Sustainable Investing & ESG Research with Arabesque whose expertise lies at the intersection of sustainable finance, climate finance, ESG data (unstructured/structured), and technology. His responsibility is building a world class ESG research and product team with 60+ global members, and building + designing an innovative product portfolio – data, research, and technology solutions. His approach to building products and solutions is theoretically motivated by academic and industry research but commercially pragmatic to ensure relevancy for investment professionals, consultants, and companies. Todd has worked with global institutional investors and executives across central banks, sovereign wealth funds, state pensions, corporate pensions, foundations, endowments, family offices, and Fortune 500 companies, etc. Todd attended formal training at Brown University, Harvard University, University of Chicago, and Cornell University, and secured research fellowships at National Science Foundation, Oxford University, and Max Planck Society. He holds a B.Sc. in Finance, Economics, and Philosophy, and MA and Ph.D. in Socioeconomics, Organizational Behavior, and Research Methods. He sits on advisory committees at Harvard Business School, Yale University School of Management, and NYU Stern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/9b265422-bc0c-4ae8-8a27-2944d641e9f1/u6yrtfh.jpg 2022 Speakers Juan Lois, Executive Director, is the Strategist on the Sustainable Investing team responsible for implementing the firm's sustainable investment strategy, solutions and product innovation in the Americas. In partnership with our distribution and product teams, he leverages our extensive data and research capabilities, proprietary technology and ESG expertise to deliver sustainable solutions to our clients. Prior to joining the firm in May 2020, he was at Wespath Benefits and Investments, where he lead the organization’s sustainable investing activities, including overseeing ESG integration, as well as research and product design for Wespath’s impact investment program. Juan obtained an M.A. in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies from the George Washington University and a B.A. in Latin American Studies from Tufts University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/56c69d81-61b9-4731-bbce-73f2fb9761f7/Heather+McPherson_Headshot.jpg 2022 Speakers - Make it stand out Heather McPherson is an Impact Fellow with SJF Ventures, a venture capital firm that has been at the forefront of impact investing since 1999. Heather focuses on impact measurement, management, and acceleration across SJF’s portfolio. Prior to SJF, Heather helped launch the Harvard Global Institute, a University-wide initiative to promote interdisciplinary scholarship on climate change, education, health, and public policy. Her previous work involved nonprofit management and international development, including one year with a maternal and child health project in Timor-Leste, and extensive engagement with public health projects in Africa and Eastern Europe. Heather earned her MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College with a BA in English Literature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/23b320ab-3b76-49fc-87f4-40abeab142c6/Headshot+2016.jpg 2022 Speakers Keith has over twenty years of experience in banking and business environments around the globe including Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and USA. Keith joined FINCA in 2007. He served as the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Executive Officer for FINCA Zambia for five and a half years where he managed the transformation of FINCA from a non-governmental organization to a regulated, commercial deposit-taking microfinance institution. In February 2012, Keith was appointed CEO of FINCA Kosovo and led the operation until July 2013 when he joined the team overseeing FINCA’s Latin America and Caribbean region. In January 2022 Keith was asked to lead the global operations for the FINCA Impact Finance network. Prior to joining FINCA, Keith specialized in serving small and medium sized (SME) business clients and non-profit institutions while working for Citibank in multiple international assignments and SunTrust Bank in Washington, DC. Keith holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and a bachelor’s degree in business administration (accounting) from California State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/43664c6a-3cba-4752-aa6e-30fe139b3539/image001.jpg 2022 Speakers Duanne has over 20 years of international experience in strategic management, micro-finance start-up operations, sustainability, and clean energy finance. She helped SELF increase the investor pool from 1 to 25 current investors and she developed SELF’s proprietary underwriting methods for unsecured lending low-credit score clients, that resulted in 98.5% repayment rate. Andrade provides strategic financial and operational direction to SELF. She has a Bachelor’s degree from NYU and an MBA from the Harvard Institute of International Development, in cooperation with the Bolivian Catholic University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/5c3038d9-dbde-4515-9969-f228d46dce3a/tempImageaRiXkx.jpg 2022 Speakers Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Chair of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission, Co-Chair of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development at Sunway University. Sachs has been Special Advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General António Guterres. Sachs was twice named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders, and has received 38 honorary doctorates. He received the Legion of Honor from France in 2021 and the Order of the Cross from Estonia in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/77d6b5fb-b10d-46b5-b850-5b541a9bccad/EmbeddedImage.jpg 2022 Speakers - Make it stand out Jeff D. Colgan is the Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Watson Institute for Public and International Affairs at Brown University. His research focuses on international order and security, especially as related to energy and the environment. He is also Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University. His new book, Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order, draws lessons from oil history about how states and other actors create and maintain international governance arrangements (Oxford University Press, Oct 2021). The book then applies those lessons to other problems like climate change, peacekeeping, finance, and nuclear politics. His previous book, Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He has published work in International Organization, Foreign Affairs, World Politics, International Security and elsewhere. He also occasionally blogs at the Monkey Cage and Foreign Affairs. On Twitter, he is @JeffDColgan Professor Colgan previously taught at the School of International Service of American University 2010-2014, and was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC in 2012-13. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University, and was a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley, where he earned a Master’s in Public Policy. 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He received a B.A. in Foreign Service and International Politics from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/8e9293e6-dd97-4414-8dbb-3ba60ea6f4f0/Marnie+Seif+05-Edit.jpg 2022 Speakers Marnie Seif is an accomplished technology business executive who has held a variety of C Suite roles, including Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and SVP of Communications and ESG at Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), a leading semiconductor company with more than $10 Billion in revenue, operations in more than 40 countries, and 24,000 employees worldwide. 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Colgan is the Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Watson Institute for Public and International Affairs at Brown University. His research focuses on international order and security, especially as related to energy and the environment. He is also Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University. His new book, Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order, draws lessons from oil history about how states and other actors create and maintain international governance arrangements (Oxford University Press, Oct 2021). The book then applies those lessons to other problems like climate change, peacekeeping, finance, and nuclear politics. His previous book, Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War, was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He has published work in International Organization, Foreign Affairs, World Politics, International Security and elsewhere. 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Prior to Circular Way and its predecessor company, Stuffstr, John helped to launch Getaround (NYSE:GETR), the world’s leading peer-to-peer car sharing company, and served on the early executive team of streaming media pioneer RealNetworks (Nasdaq:RNWK). John began his career as Founder/CEO of MusicNet, the first interactive music service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/0051d811-2453-4101-a0b6-dc87ec186e4f/Fashion_Sucharita_Dasa.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Sucharita joined Citi in July 2022. She has over 15 years of experience advising clients on M&A and capital markets transactions in the Diversified Industrials and Clean Energy Transition sectors in New York and London. Sucharita holds an MBA from Ross Scholl of Business at the University of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/d1aac95c-3f38-4f14-9b43-7014cd03b046/Fashion_Nikita+Jain.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Nikita Jain is a Senior Associate and Engagement Strategist for Calvert Research and Management, which specializes in responsible and sustainable investing across global capital markets. She is responsible for executing the firm's corporate engagement strategy by engaging with companies on ESG factors relevant to financial performance. She is also a member of the Proxy Voting and Stewardship team. She joined Calvert in 2022. Nikita began her career in the investment management industry in 2021. Before joining Calvert, she worked in investment banking at Rothschild & Co in London supporting several large public companies in activism defense and building out their ESG reporting and strategy. Nikita was also a senior research analyst, focused on Social issues at The Wharton School. During this time, she worked with a US based activist hedge fund and South African asset owner on their internal and external ESG strategies. Nikita graduated from The University of Pennsylvania with a Masters degree in Behavioral Economics. She also holds a Bachelors degree in Business and Management from The University of Exeter in the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/e91e9fd4-a7f9-437c-96a0-af23a5b307c9/Water_Maher_Damak_Headshot.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Maher is the Co-Founder and CEO of Infinite Cooling, an award-winning start-up disrupting the way cooling is done in industrial processes and commercial buildings. He has led the development and commercialization of water recycling technology and optimization software for cooling systems in multiple verticals including power generation, data centers, manufacturing, and commercial HVAC. Maher has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT where he developed a novel patented technology to efficiently capture water from fog and cooling tower plumes using electric fields. He received several awards for his work including Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy and the Edison Awards Gold Medal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/23d5c479-ee61-4a56-8ca0-f00511ecf95b/Screen+Shot+2024-02-28+at+9.19.55+AM.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/bff78802-5da0-4907-92ca-0184c0a352f3/Sarah-St-George-Freeman.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Sarah St. George Freeman is a Senior Water Resources Management Consultant at The World Bank Group specializing in climate change and water resources management under uncertainty. She has over 15 years of experience working as a water resources engineer, researcher, project manager, and facilitator of stakeholder engagement processes for climate change adaptation, resilience planning, international development and environmental conservation issues in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Southern and Eastern Africa, the Eastern Himalayas, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Her most recent work focuses on the participatory modeling and analysis of complex human-hydrologic systems to improve sustainability outcomes of investments in the water sector under climate and other uncertainties. She holds a PhD in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a MS in Water Resources Engineering and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/dd43f5a9-d879-4ef2-b323-4b71ec335129/Screen+Shot+2024-02-28+at+9.17.55+AM.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/06018345-77bc-4194-aba0-b7ceaa61d282/EV_Grace_McCleary_Headshot.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Grace is an associate in Macquarie’s Climate Intelligence Unit. Based in New York, she works with senior leaders across the Americas to provide research and insights on opportunities within the energy transition in a variety of sectors. Before Macquarie, Grace spent 3 years on the Corporate Strategy & Development team at Rivian, one of the largest EV start-ups in the United States. She helped to develop the company’s short- and long-term battery strategy and supported Rivian’s 2021 IPO. Grace holds a B.A. in History from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/e49eb44a-d712-48ba-9745-52fc2d82cee6/Screen+Shot+2024-02-28+at+9.16.37+AM.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/cdfea86e-0e5c-436c-9bab-3d31129c56d1/ESG_Molly_Betournay_Headshot.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Molly Betournay is Director of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Research at Invesco. In this role, she leads the firm's ESG research and ESG-related engagement activities. Ms. Betournay joined Invesco in 2023. Prior to joining the firm, she was director of ESG research and shareholder advocacy at Clean Yield Asset Management. Before that, Ms. Betournay served as director of ESG and impact investing at Pathstone, as head of US research at EIRIS (now part of Moody's), and as a lead sustainability research analyst at Pax World Funds (now part of Impax). Ms. Betournay has been in the industry since 2004. Ms. Betournay earned a BA degree in linguistics from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/c5d5796a-9c9a-45fd-873d-b26619722527/ESG_Amir_Khaleghi_Headshot.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Amir Khaleghi leads innovative development and research initiatives for HIP's municipal bond ratings, serving as a vital resource for Fund Managers, Hedge Funds, Indexes, Family Offices, and 401(k)s in shaping their investment strategies. With a keen focus on integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, Amir is committed to unraveling the complexities of finance and sociology to unlock pathways toward a sustainable and equitable future. Amir holds a Master of Arts in Economics and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His academic pursuits reflect his passion for exploring the dynamic interplay between economic forces and societal dynamics, particularly within the realm of sustainable development. Beyond his professional endeavors, Amir finds solace and rejuvenation on the Jiu Jitsu mat. At home, he cherishes moments spent with his cat companions, embracing the joys of companionship and playfulness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/4effb198-aaed-4b8b-81c4-09cb8b3a913e/RMorier.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Robert is a professor at Drexel University - Close School of Entrepreneurship, where he teaches courses on venture capital investing, early stage venture finance, and private market due diligence. He also advises and mentors entrepreneurs and connects Drexel to external relationships. With over 20 years of experience in business development and investor relations, Robert has a passion for entrepreneurship and innovation, and a mission to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. In addition to his academic role, Robert is the co-founder of Twelve Pound Productions LLC, a woman-owned media company that produces the Dakota Live! Podcast and more. As host of the Dakota Live! Podcast, Robert shares his insights and perspectives on various topics, from business and finance to sales and coaching through engaging interviews with leading investors. Robert leverages his extensive network and expertise to create engaging and informative content for his listeners. Robert also helps asset managers with fund raising strategy, drawing on his proven track record of raising billions of dollars in assets under management across multiple markets and strategies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/b24ba50d-2a4f-40ff-8acb-1ee0199ebcbe/EV_Grace_McCleary_Headshot.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Grace is an associate in Macquarie’s Climate Intelligence Unit. Based in New York, she works with senior leaders across the Americas to provide research and insights on opportunities within the energy transition in a variety of sectors. Before Macquarie, Grace spent 3 years on the Corporate Strategy & Development team at Rivian, one of the largest EV start-ups in the United States. She helped to develop the company’s short- and long-term battery strategy and supported Rivian’s 2021 IPO. Grace holds a B.A. in History from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/c3cbcbe2-3332-4b64-98d0-2f001ba23f0f/63723d4c3dbe13774e80e312_Kobi_Weinberg_Headshot-min.jpg 2024 Speakers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.fsicon.com/2026-attend daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/1575870751815-TH6OHS3ET3UG882QI2RE/agenda.jpg Attend https://www.fsicon.com/2025-speakers daily 0.75 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/f06af858-1afe-4e63-965a-367f09a5d92a/Screen+Shot+2025-02-25+at+1.24.09+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/ec01c104-a20d-420a-8616-9067e047cd3d/Screen+Shot+2025-02-25+at+1.20.14+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/7a187827-c78a-4298-9ab9-42763f095acd/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.10.37+PM.png 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Atiyah Curmally is a Principal Environmental Specialist with the International Finance Corporation’s Environment & Social Policy and Risk Department. Atiyah is the Team Lead for IFC’s MALENA, artificial intelligence solution for ESG and climate due diligence. Atiyah’s previous responsibilities at IFC included overseeing ESG investment support to IFC’s capital markets, financial institutions, private equity funds, and short-term finance businesses. Her prior work experience includes positions with the private sector and non-profit institutions focused on infrastructure project finance and risk management for financial markets. Atiyah has a Masters in Environmental Studies from Brown University. In her free time, Atiyah is a Curatorial Volunteer at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/cab9ce72-87d9-48ee-acc1-4097e8d979b8/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.11.24+PM.png 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Liz is the lead portfolio manager of Boston Common’s Emerging Markets (EM) strategies. In this capacity, she works with analysts to create sustainability-focused EM portfolios, helps grow the firm’s EM research capabilities, oversees overall portfolio positioning, and communicates with clients and prospects. She also has research responsibilities focusing on the global consumer staples sector. With over 21 years of investment experience spanning EM and Global equities, fixed income, and quantitative research, Liz is passionate about investing in EM companies that can enable the transition to a more inclusive and sustainable future. Prior to joining Boston Common, Liz was an analyst and portfolio manager at Batterymarch Financial Management, where she most recently served as the head of Asia ex-Japan on the Emerging Market Equities team. She played an instrumental role in launching an Asia ex-Japan long-short fund and a Global Equity fund. She also gained asset allocation experience with Standish Mellon Asset Management. She began her career in economic and strategy consulting in 2000. Liz earned a BA in International Finance from Wuhan University (China), an MA in Economics from Tufts University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Boston Security Analyst Society. Outside of investing, she volunteers as a Girl Scout troop leader and enjoys tennis, yoga, and traditional Chinese dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/ce28f661-48ae-4bca-bcf6-e8c8655e0ebe/Joan+Trant+Headshot.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Joan has primary responsibilities of helping build the TriLinc brand and leading the Firm’s efforts to support the continued development of the impact investing industry. Joan is also a member of the Investment Committee and of the Sustainability and Impact Committee. Prior to joining TriLinc, Joan launched and was Executive Director of the International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI) whose members managed an aggregate of $1.84 billion. Prior to IAMFI, Joan was Deputy Executive Director of The Resource Foundation, supporting community-building programs in 20 Latin American countries, benefiting annually 4.6 million underserved children, youths, women, and men. Previously, Joan spent 15 years in the financial services industry in positions at Bankers Trust and Citibank, with direct experience in the Spanish, Mexican and Argentine markets, overseeing a combined portfolio of $225 million in client assets. Joan is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business Executive Level Nonprofit Management Certification Program. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. from Georgetown University. Joan serves as Board Director, Treasurer, and head of Governance for the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute. Joan is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on Impact Investing at conferences and leading business schools, including Columbia University, Georgetown University, New York University, UCLA, University of Michigan, and University of Virginia, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/516b70c3-e6ca-4dfc-bb38-6aa609c08da7/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.18.49+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Vikram Aggarwal is a successful entrepreneur and renewable energy advocate. As the founder and former CEO of EnergySage, he has helped revolutionize the way consumers and businesses shop for solar, batteries, heat pumps, and other renewable energy products and services. Under his leadership, EnergySage has become the go-to platform for comparing quotes and making informed decisions about renewable energy investments. In addition to his work at EnergySage, Vikram is also highly regarded in the renewable energy industry for his expertise and vision. He has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades, including being named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in the New England region. He has also been featured in leading media outlets, including the NY Times, Washington Post, Consumer Reports, Bloomberg, Money, CNBC, etc., and is frequently invited to speak at industry events and conferences. EnergySage was acquired by Schneider Electric in 2021. He founded EnergySage after more than 15 years of experience with Fidelity Investments, where he specialized in growth equity investing, growth strategy consulting, marketing and new business and corporate development. Vikram holds an MBA from Northeastern University and is a CFA charterholder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/5f468445-3c87-43d6-8925-b265db716e15/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.18.31+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Sophie Purdom invests in and supports early-stage climate tech founders and their companies from Planeteer Capital's $55M fund. Planeteer leads investments at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage into hardware-enabled software for climate. Sophie has backed breakout companies like Remora, WeaveGrid, Amogy and Patch - often as the earliest, climate-first investor. Planeteer is anchored by an Ivy League endowment and Meta's former CTO (who also supports the portfolio as an Advisor). Sophie also writes CTVC, a newsletter & strategic data platform with 70,000+ subscribers featured in Financial Times, NY Times, Bloomberg and other major outlets as climate tech's source of record. Prior, Sophie launched an ESG fund at a major endowment, published a book on sustainable investing, worked at Bain & Co., and helped found and raise $65M at Kula Bio to develop carbon-negative fertilizer. Sophie lives in New York, where she and her partner host dinner parties, play NYC handball, and foster many happy pups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/33d224c3-33a7-4cf1-a868-e357a5d2c038/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.19.02+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Susan Schofer is a Partner at SOSV global venture capital firm and serves as Chief Science Officer at HAX, the world’s premier venture program accelerating early stage hard tech startups. She works with new startups via early stage investment, defining key milestones and go-to-market strategies, and is responsible for scientific oversight and building capabilities to support portfolio companies. Prior to joining HAX, Susan served as SVP Business Development for Modern Meadow and a member of the executive leadership team for over 7 years, developing new sustainable materials inspired by leather without any animals, where she led product, partnership, and go-to-market strategy and execution from early ideation through to commercialization. Before that, Susan spent 10 years in Silicon Valley working in roles spanning R&D, product development, product management, and business development for Amyris, a pioneer in synthetic biology, and Symyx Technologies, utilizing proprietary high-throughput robotic workflows to accelerate polymer and material discovery and development. Susan also worked as an analyst for management consulting company Mitchell Madison Group. Her passion is working closely with scientific and technical innovation to craft product and business strategy and partnering with founders and the broader ecosystem to implement and commercialize solutions to make a positive impact on people and planet. Susan was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Stockholm and Uppsala Universities, where she worked to develop catalyst systems for artificial photosynthesis. She holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech and an Sc.B. in chemistry from Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/70a4183c-d8ba-40f7-8472-e105e10d8e2e/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.21.54+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Emmie Oliver is the Knowledge Lead for Carbon Markets, Nature-based Solutions, and Biodiversity at Boston Consulting Group. Based in New York, she works with BCG clients across private, public, and social sectors to navigate the evolving landscape of environmental markets and advance nature-positive strategies. Before BCG, Emmie was at the Natural Infrastructure Initiative at the World Resources Institute, where she worked primarily with multilateral development banks on mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into infrastructure project portfolios. She started her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay focused on agroforestry. She holds a Masters in Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Sewanee: The University of the South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/22f556cd-2345-4ac8-89f8-a1fd4cd29d9c/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.21.45+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Adam works in Conservation International’s Nature Finance Division (NFD). In his current role Adam works with leading companies to secure investment and support for CI’s Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) work, with a focus on transactions of carbon credits from CI’s portfolio of projects. Over the past several years, Adam has spearheaded more than 100 transactions with leading businesses helping to secure more than $250 million for natural climate solutions. Before joining NFD, Adam worked across CI’s portfolio of business partners to develop strategic partnerships in the area of environmental sustainability. Adam is a graduate of the George Washington University and lives in the Washington, DC area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/205eb764-dcb0-4f3d-a7ac-24ca3e7672e7/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.25.52+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Udayan has over two decades of experience in the utilities industry having worked with 3 system operators, a vertically integrated utility, and a leading transmitter. This encompasses all three verticals of the power industry that spans transmission, generation and system operations. In his current role, Udayan is responsible for advancing key initiatives to prepare the NYISO-controlled grid for the significant increases in demand due to electrification while concurrently integrating a new portfolio of generation resource. Previously, Udayan has held roles of increasing responsibility in a number of diverse functional domains such as power systems engineering, energy trading and system operations. His responsibilities have included leading teams that operate a diverse array of generation resources, develop frameworks for energy markets and provide round-the-clock engineering support to real-time power system operations. Udayan’s professional experience is complemented by a Masters in Engineering (M.Eng.) and Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/7ba49bbb-f054-493e-8c04-25f85eaf0159/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.25.46+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Greg Silverberg serves as SVP, Strategy at REV Renewables where he leads REV's corporate strategy, business operations, and government / regulatory affairs functions. Prior to joining REV, Greg worked at LS Power, REV's parent company, with the private equity team. Previously, Greg spent four years at McKinsey advising clients in electric power, natural gas, metals & mining, and industrials on strategy and commercial growth topics, with a focus on decarbonization and energy strategy. Prior to McKinsey, Greg received a PhD at Harvard University studying graphene as an electrode material for energy storage devices. Greg holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/b924880a-c606-4884-96ec-d03ac9976c05/Screen+Shot+2025-02-25+at+9.45.06+AM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Ms. Wright has over 25 years of senior management experience in private equity, investment banking and at energy companies. Ms. Wright joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 and helped to launch Goldman Sachs Power, the firm’s initial entry into electricity commodity markets, including the successful development of Constellation Power Source, a joint venture with Constellation Energy Group. In 2001, she became part of the senior management team at Constellation, where she held various roles within its commodity trading, investing and risk management unit, leading the development and execution of a wide range of investments. In 2005, Ms. Wright became a co-founding Partner at Energy Capital Partners, where she helped to establish and served as a Director of FirstLight Power Holdings. In 2014, Ms. Wright went on to establish Hull Street Energy to deploy capital into the North American power sector as it transitions to a more sustainable footprint. Hull Street Energy is differentiated by its deep industry expertise and proprietary analytical approach to energy focused investment management. Ms. Wright also serves as a trustee of the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. She received a B.A. from Smith College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/febc099a-1291-4f27-b1f7-1971d5cbc72c/Screen+Shot+2025-02-25+at+9.48.10+AM+1.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out James is Director of Commercial Clean Energy Services for the RI Infrastruture Bank (RIIB). A quasi public entity RIIB’s mission is to serve RI’s 39 cities & towns for funding improvements to their municipal projects. I am responsible for the Admistration of RI’s public benefit Commercial Property Assessment Clean Energy (C-PACE) progam. Unlike our municpal programs (loans & grants) C-Pace is a public private partnership which provides an alternative source of capital from the private sector for energy efficiency upgrades to the commercial & industrial real estate community creating jobs, adding value and improving the environment by reducing carbon emissions of the subject property. It allows private capital to offer funding for “green” improvements to cover 100% of the costs related to energy efficiency for retrofits, new construction, repurposing of blighted factory buildings and more as well as water efficiency and other resiliency projects. C-PACE can also be used for retroactive financing of”green” projects completed within a 3 year span. The details of C-PACE are complicated, differing by jurisdiction which can make it a challenging landscape to navigate. It is established by state law, which determines broad categories of improvements qualify, once a adopted by state’s legistlature it assigns a single program Adminstrator to monitor that the adopted statute is followed. Within that state, local ordinances must be passed within each city & town for it to particpate in the C-Pace program. To date, there are 75 active programs in the country, in 40 states and Washington DC. Of the 39 Cities & Towns in RI, 30 of them have passed C-Pace resolutions to participate in the program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/5eda32df-0f15-445f-ba74-090ef60bc793/Screen+Shot+2025-02-28+at+11.11.16+AM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out As an Associate Director on the Green Bank's Clean Energy Investment team, Larry provides debt and equity financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects through the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) and commercial solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) programs. Prior to joining the Green Bank, Larry led Thermaxx, a Connecticut-based energy technology company. Additionally, he has held senior-level positions at Shawmut Design & Construction and Invest Hospitality. Larry volunteers as the Board Chairperson at a Connecticut non-profit nursery school. Larry has an M.B.A. from Boston College, a B.S. in Finance from Miami University, and has completed the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/ba25405a-e74f-42bb-9885-84fc12978fae/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.31.58+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Kate England, GIP, ENV SP, is the Director of Green Infrastructure for the City of Boston. She has a background in engineering, landscape architecture, planning and policy and has worked in the public sector in and around Boston for most of her career. Kate was appointed by Mayor Wu in July 2022 to facilitate widespread implementation of green infrastructure (GI) and help pursue the resilience goals outlined in Boston’s Green New Deal. Prior to joining the City, Kate worked for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) where she served as the Regional Engineer for the Boston Region, then became a Regional Planner and chaired one of DCR’s Climate Action Teams. Kate also previously worked for the Boston Water and Sewer Commission where she initiated and managed the Commission’s green infrastructure projects. Kate holds two Bachelor’s degrees from Northeastern University, as well as a Master’s degree from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/bf8158ca-1877-40c7-8971-375bbbe5a6de/Screen+Shot+2025-02-24+at+6.27.58+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Jon Ford, PE, NCI, Senior Associate – Community Design: Jon has 25 years of experience as a civil engineer and neighborhood planning innovator and is a Registered Professional Engineer in multiple states. Jon is a recognized leader in the area of New Urbanist civil engineering and urban design. Jon is a Knight Fellow in Community Building at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture and a co-founder of the New England Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism. His project designs have won local and national awards, including multiple CNU Charter Awards, the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Seekonk River Alliance, the Blackstone Parks Conservancy, and CNU New England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/6ae9a793-6f30-4e62-b83e-3e0caa7e8243/Screen+Shot+2025-02-16+at+7.00.11+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Viraj is a second-time climate entrepreneur. He received an environmental studies degree from Brown University, where he also co-founded Kulisha, a startup that created sustainable protein from food waste. He later worked at Optoro, a company that has raised $300M to accelerate circular economies. Viraj enrolled in a joint program at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School before co-founding EarthAcre, a technology startup that powers direct payments to indigenous communities for nature stewardship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/79a864ca-ab82-4da3-b554-8678b5a196ec/Screen+Shot+2025-02-25+at+4.32.41+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers - Make it stand out Mark Tracy is professor of the practice of sustainable finance at the Institute at Brown for the Environment and Society (IBES). Professor Tracy has spent the majority of his career in the private sector working at the intersection of food, finance, climate, and technology. Tracy has served in a variety of leadership roles at venture backed and private companies including Cargill, Indigo Ag, and Perennial (formerly Cloud Agronomics). He is a named inventor of two United States patents, and a board member of two nonprofits - the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and Hope Health. 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A serial deep-tech entrepreneur, he has built and scaled multiple ventures at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and enterprise innovation. As the Founder and CEO of I/ONX High Compute Processing (HPC), Justyn leads a global organization redefining how enterprises deploy and scale AI. I/ONX is a leader in flexible, heterogeneous, and secure AI infrastructure solutions—revolutionizing and accelerating high-performance computing environments while eliminating dependence on any single hardware or software provider and mitigating supply chain constraints. Under his leadership, I/ONX has pioneered a composable, hardware-agnostic ecosystem designed to unlock performance, resilience, and long-term strategic freedom for enterprise customers. Justyn is the principal inventor behind I/ONX’s heterogeneous compute ecosystem and holds five patents spanning advanced infrastructure and AI technologies. Throughout his career, he has led high-performing product teams across multiple industries within some of the world’s largest enterprises. He is known for bridging complex customer challenges with state-of-the-art, scalable technology solutions—translating deep technical innovation into measurable business outcomes. He holds a B.S. in Business Management and an M.S. in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/074cdf84-10de-4cf7-8afd-803447da17af/Isabelle_Towle_headshot.jpeg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Isabelle Towle works as an equities analyst on BlackRock’s Fundamental Equities Technology Team in San Francisco, where her coverage sits at the intersection of technology, energy, and infrastructure. She is also a 2022 Brown University graduate and an early FSIcon contributor. Within the tech ecosystem, Isabelle covers energy tech end-to-end, spanning chip-level power delivery components in servers, data center infrastructure, grid equipment, and generation across renewables and gas, and she recently built out coverage of the nuclear energy supply chain from scratch for her team. With a front-row seat to the AI-driven digital infrastructure buildout, she brings a uniquely integrated perspective on how capital markets are underwriting the energy transition as power constraints and compute demand collide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/005a4328-bfdf-4029-818c-3c44a3f71b2f/Aaron+Jay+Fossett_Headshot.jpeg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Jay is the Founding Partner of Banyan Oak, which develops AI-ready hyperscale data center sites designed around the core constraint of the AI era: abundant power. Working at the intersection of AI infrastructure and energy, he focuses on how data centers get sited, financed, and scaled in a power-constrained world. He is also an investor and advisor specializing in climate strategy, project finance, and early-stage growth. Previously as a Managing Principal at Novus Group, Jay is a co-founder and investor in an industrial-scale green ammonia facility, a leader in the carbon credit sector, and an investor in multiple tech companies. He brings an operator and capital lens to what it will take to expand compute capacity while navigating grid bottlenecks, permitting realities, and evolving energy economics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/58fac84f-4d7e-459c-9ca8-d77f5f9dd403/MPOliver.jpg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out M. Paige Oliver is the Global Leader of R&D Sustainability Programs for Corteva Agriscience™. Paige has been with the company for over 24 years in multiple roles across R&D, including Discovery Chemistry, Formulation Chemistry, Integrated Field Science, Seed Product Development, and most recently in R&D Sustainability. She even spent a few years supporting R&D in a Human Resources role. Within Integrated Field Science, she led business scientists in the United States, China, and as the APAC Integrated Field Science Leader based out of Singapore. Paige and her family have repatriated to the United States where they currently live in Zionsville, Indiana. In her current role, Paige works across sub-functions for R&D and with aligned business teams across Corteva to develop valuable solutions for our farmers that allow them to have an effective, more sustainable choice. She also works with a team focused on adopting a more environmentally friendly facilities footprint at Corteva R&D Research Centers. The goal is to model our sustainability goals and develop technology to make it a reality for our farmers. Paige is a passionate advocate for engaging employees and leading efforts to support food security in local communities. Paige initiated food security efforts, supported by Corteva, during her time in China and expanded to APAC while in her regional role. Currently, she is the Indianapolis Global Headquarters Food Security Network Lead, serves on the Board at Midwest Food Bank, Indiana chapter, and on the Indiana State Department of Ag Indiana Grown Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/726f165c-dd3a-4cff-a3ac-54717a7da923/Hooper_080105_2155-Edit.jpg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Marcia Hooper co-founded Branch Venture Group, a venture capital firm and angel network focused on food and agriculture startups, targeting products, technology, ag-tech, and sustainability. She has over 35 years of investing experience, having been a partner at Advent International and Ampersand Ventures. Marcia has served as a Director of over 50 private and publicly listed companies. She also serves as a Senior Advisor to Bowside Capital, a PE firm focusing in the small capitalization market. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from Brown University and earned her master’s degree in chemistry from Columbia University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/cd47d223-8609-4d9e-b92a-4460dcaa1664/Tasch+Headshot+Louisville.jpg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Woody Tasch is founder and chairman of the Slow Money Institute. His first book, Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered (Chelsea Green, 2008), sparked a movement, catalyzing the flow of $100 million of below market and 0% loans to more than 1,000 organic farms and local food businesses, via volunteer leadership in dozens of communities in the U.S., Canada, France and Israel. He is also author of SOIL: Notes Toward the Theory and Practice of Nurture Capital (Slow Money Institute, 2017) and AHA!: Fake Trillions, Real Billions, Beetcoin and the Great American Do-Over (Slow Money Institute, 2021). For decades, Woody has been innovating at the nexus of venture capital, social investing and philanthropy. He was chairman and CEO of Investors’ Circle, one of the oldest angel networks in the U.S., facilitating the flow of more than $275 million to hundreds of sustainability-minded early-stage companies. In the 1990s, he was treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, where he pioneered mission-related investing, and founding chairman of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance. In the 1980s, he was a principal at Prince Ventures, a healthcare venture capital fund. Utne Reader named him one of “25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/34ddc846-6ba3-4ce2-a6ab-52c4b37a1af5/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.26.30+AM.png 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Emmie Oliver is the Knowledge Lead for Carbon Markets, Nature-based Solutions, and Biodiversity at Boston Consulting Group. Based in New York, she works with BCG clients across private, public, and social sectors to navigate the evolving landscape of environmental markets and advance nature-positive strategies. Before BCG, Emmie was at the Natural Infrastructure Initiative at the World Resources Institute, where she worked primarily with multilateral development banks on mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into infrastructure project portfolios. She started her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay focused on agroforestry. She holds a Masters in Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Sewanee: The University of the South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/5e6c96a5-a09d-400a-b693-8d192b3af297/roselund_headshot.jpg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Christian is a seasoned solar, energy storage, and energy transition professional. With 14 years of industry experience, he plays a crucial role in CEA’s Market Intelligence team. Christian leads policy research at CEA and communicates with clients on trade, supply chain, and federal policy matters. 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In 2012-13 he worked in The White House’s Office of Science & Technology Policy and was the first Chief Data Officer of USAID. He was the CEO of the open-source software company Ushahidi. Prior to that he worked on large scale clean tech projects in Asia for the Clinton Foundation. He graduated Brown in 2008 with a BA in Religious Studies and MA in Environmental Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/77b6c66f-2031-4b11-8985-54849ff31200/SamAdams_CEO_Vert.jpg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Sam is CEO and co-founder of Vert Asset Management. He chairs the Investment Research Group and is Portfolio Manager of the Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Strategy. Sam has been a featured speaker on sustainable investing at financial advisor conferences in the US, UK, Europe, and Australia. Sam is the author, with Larry Swedroe, of Your Essential Guide to Sustainable Investing. 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He is a serial C-suite entrepreneur with a track record of launching, scaling and guiding multiple start-ups to exits, and has a career-long focus on bringing disruptive solutions to industries undergoing massive change. Graeme’s career has spanned advisory work (Monitor Company, various ClimateTech start-ups), CEO / COO roles in start-ups (Allurent, CQuotient, Blueday, Tulip), and business-line leadership positions in blue-chip companies including Salesforce and Oracle. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and four kids and is an avid sports fan and participant. Graeme received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/ed7e1d4e-9088-421c-ba97-2e2adb4d87aa/Jeff-Schub_1920x1080_2-1-e1769451347618.webp 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Jeffrey Schub is the head of Sustainability for Wells Fargo, leading the enterprise Sustainability team with responsibility for the bank’s sustainability strategy in support of our business objectives. He serves as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to the bank’s executive leadership, and partners with the lines of business to meet client needs and deploy sustainable finance. Prior to Wells Fargo, Jeff was the executive director of the Coalition for Green Capital, where he drove the formation of more than a dozen green banks that have mobilized more than $15 billion of clean energy investment. He advised senior policymakers and business leaders and led successful state and national policy campaigns to catalyze investment. He has an MBA from the Yale School of Management and bachelor’s degrees in economics and public policy from Brown University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8937d2aaeb04772b7efdc6/08b8f214-2895-4ca8-8092-5cc61f0a548d/Gillian+Francis+-+Headshot4.jpg 2026 Speakers - Make it stand out Gillian has more than two decades of experience in capital markets, impact venture investing, blended finance, real estate development, and climate tech, working at organizations like JP Morgan, Citigroup, Société Générale, and Lockheed Martin. As the Managing and Founding Partner of Rapid Ventures, a climate tech acceleration studio, she is committed to driving scalable climate innovations into under-resourced cities and communities across the U.S. Gillian’s expertise lies in developing and unlocking innovative financial products. 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