Cleantech Group

Alex Bazhinov

Abigail Ross-Hopper

Ashley Grosh

Amanda Hall

Amanda Hall is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Nanotech. A professional geophysicist with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, mining industry and as a laboratory scientist, Amanda brings her technical and industry experience to her leadership role in clean energy, shaping the clean technology sector and energy transition. Her passion for the environment and finding innovative solutions to make operations more sustainable and efficient, helped her transition to extracting lithium, a key metal for the global energy transition. Amanda has been named the $1M winner of the MaRS National Women in Cleantech Challenge in 2022 and a Top 25 Women of Influence in 2022.
Amanda earned her Bachelor of Sciences majoring in biology and minoring in physics from University of Toronto and her Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from University of Calgary.

Amielle Lake

Anderson Barkow

Anthony DeOrsey

Anthony manages Cleantech Group’s research team, delivering critical insights on new cleantech innovation and opportunities for engagement to Cleantech Group’s clients in the industrial, investment, and policy communities. He is based in the U.S.

Anthony joined Cleantech Group in late 2019 after over 8 years of work in US-China cross-border expansion consulting and start-up venture funding roles, including 5 years living in Shanghai.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Rhode Island, a Masters in Sustainability from the Harvard Extension School, and he an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Aravind Kailas

Barry Yates

BJ Johnson

BJ Johnson has been CEO of ClearFlame Engines since its incorporation in 2016. The company was founded based on BJ’s graduate work at Stanford University in the Advanced Energy Systems Lab with Professor Chris Edwards, which culminated in an M.S. in 2011 and a Ph.D. in 2015, both in Mechanical Engineering. His work focused on developing ways to significantly increase the performance of, and reduce emissions from, internal combustion engines for medium- and heavy-duty applications. The research centered on the use of alcohol fuels—due to their low-cost, clean-burning properties—which he used to demonstrate an unparalleled combination of high performance and low emissions. BJ was the lead inventor on a patent filed by Stanford University on this work, which now forms the center of ClearFlame’s IP. While at Stanford, BJ was supported by fellowships from the National Science Foundation and Achievement Rewards for College Scientists organization.

As CEO of ClearFlame, BJ helped to secure a position in the Chain Reaction Innovations program at Argonne National Laboratory, which provided ClearFlame with salaries, access to lab equipment and scientists, and public research funding from the Department of Energy. BJ has worked to obtain other competitive, non-dilutive grants for ClearFlame, including Small Business Innovation Research awards from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Department of Agriculture, along with a Technology Transfer grant from Stanford. BJ has also garnered additional fellowship support from the Echoing Green Foundation and the Straubel Foundation.

At ClearFlame, BJ has demonstrated his leadership by obtaining investors and strategic partners to assist in the development and deployment of the ClearFlame technology, in order to provide cleaner and more powerful engine solutions for the diesel sector. This includes support from the U.S. biofuels sector, where ClearFlame was named as of the “Next 50” upcoming companies by the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. Experts from both the public and private sectors have been excited to back ClearFlame, because they realize the advantages that alternative-fuel heavy-duty engines offer compared to the leading alternatives.

BJ is originally from Seattle, Washington, and moved to Palo Alto, California to attend Stanford University as an undergrad—completing a B.S. with Distinction in Mechanical Engineering in 2009. While at Stanford he was a member of the Varsity swim team, which annually competed for national championships. BJ has also competed in swimming as a member of the U.S. National Team at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, the 2015 Pan American Games, and the 2017 Maccabiah Games.

Brennan Spellacy

Brennan Spellacy is the CEO and co-founder of Patch. Prior to Patch, Brennan was an early team member of the product and engineering teams at Sonder.

Brett Henkel

Brett Henkel’s unabashed optimism tempered by his mechanical engineering background and gas separation experience combine to bring a rare perspective to his position on Svante’s executive team.

As co-founder, he was instrumental in creating the process and the hardware used to prove the technology’s effectiveness as well as mobilizing external support throughout the path to becoming a successful innovation.  These experiences strengthened his knowledge of business development and program management priorities.

Prior to launching Svante, Mr. Henkel was the program manager for QuestAir Technologies’ compact hydrogen production system with its partner, ExxonMobil.

Brett received his Bachelor of Science in Physics, with distinction, and a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Victoria.

Caitlin Walsh

Calum Chisholm

Canon Bryan

Carter Li

Cassidy Shell

Chad Bown

Charles Nyabeze

Charles holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering and a Masters in Business and Administration (MBA). As the Vice President of Business Development and Commercialization for the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation and for the Mining Innovation and Commercialization (MICA) Network, Charles endeavours to create long-term value for organizations and clients by identifying cross-sectoral business development opportunities with public and private client segments. Charles is passionate about identifying mechanisms to accelerate the diffusion and adoption of innovation into the mining sector. He is passionate about connecting innovation ecosystems and believes that disruptive solutions are a product of cross-pollinating innovation ecosystems.

Charles Welch

Chelsea Bryant

Carbon market expert with a big love for the countryside.

Chelsea serves as Managing Director of Global Markets and Strategy, possessing over 14 years of experience in commodity markets, investments, and trading. Chelsea’s areas of focus include environmental commodity trading, carbon market design, and hedging strategy development and execution.

Prior to joining Radicle, she led a team focused on environmental commodity advisory services and managed the environmental commodity portfolio for a large regulated entity with operations throughout North America. When she’s not expounding on carbon markets for Radicle’s roster of clients, Chelsea loves being surrounded by nature on the acreage where she abides.

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Christopher Byrne

Chris Wirth

Cintia Ribeiro

Claire Behar

Conor Kelly

Leading the Sustainable Technology strategy in Azure Global at Microsoft, providing technology and expertise to accelerate our energy industry partners in decarbonizing all energy requirements of the global economy, and to capitalize on emerging business opportunities in preventing dangerous Climate Change.

Craig Fisher

David Hochschild

David Hochschild was appointed chair of the California Energy Commission by Governor Gavin Newsom in February 2019. He fills the environmental position on the five-member Commission where four of the five members are required by law to have professional training in specific areas – engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics, and law.

Chair Hochschild’s career has spanned public service, environmental advocacy, and the private sector. He first got involved in the solar energy field in 2001 in San Francisco as a special assistant to Mayor Willie Brown where Chair Hochschild launched a citywide $100 million initiative to put solar panels on public buildings. He also cofounded the Vote Solar Initiative, a 60,000-member advocacy organization promoting solar policies at the local, state, and federal levels. He was executive director of a national consortium of leading solar manufacturers and worked for five years at Solaria, a solar company in Silicon Valley. From 2007 to 2008, he served as a commissioner at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

For his work to advance clean energy, Chair Hochschild was awarded the Sierra Club’s Trailblazer Award, the American Lung Association’s Clean Air Hero Award, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Million Solar Roof True Champion Award. Chair Hochschild holds a bachelor of arts from Swarthmore College and a master of public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs.

David Victor

Derek Higashihara

Devesh Bharadwaj

Devesh is the founder and CEO of Pani Energy, based in Victoria BC. Acknowledged as a Top 50 Leader in Water Management Globally (World Water Congress 2019, collectively labeled as the ‘Future of British Columbia’ by the Presidents of six major BC universities (Vancouver Sun News Paper) and featured as a Top Youngest Innovators on Vancouver Island by the Douglas Business Magazine.

A mechanical engineer with several publications and patent applications in the field of membrane processes, Devesh has been recognized with multiple research and entrepreneurships awards including: the prestigious W.E. Cowie Excellence in Innovation and Engineering Award, the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre Entrepreneur of the Year, the JC Research Award, and the BC Clean Energy Research Award.

Pani Energy is revolutionizing the water and energy industry as one of the Top 5 Most Disruptive Technologies (Global Water Summit 2018), one of the world’s top 100 startups at Slingshot@Switch 2019, and as a Top 10 Company to Watch (Douglas Business Magazine 2019).

Let’s make something disruptive, meaningful, and beautiful.

Douglas Johnson-Poensgen

Douglas Johnson-Poensgen is founder and CEO of Circulor

Circulor’s platform brings traceability to complex industrial supply chains, to underpin manufacturers responsible and sustainable sourcing efforts, measure inherited scope 3 emissions in real time and to produce digital product passports.

Doug has 25 years international experience working both in leadership roles for large corporates as well as starting and growing companies.  Before Circulor, he held leadership positions at Barclays Bank and BT with his earlier career spent in management consulting and the military.

Drew Murphy

Dustin Angelo

With extensive operating, capital markets and start-up experience, Dustin’s commitment to leading the industry toward better, more environmentally sustainable mining solutions is at the heart of Novamera’s mission. Prior to co-founding Novamera Inc., Dustin served as President, CEO and Director of Anaconda Mining Inc. (TSX-ANX), where he grew its Newfoundland footprint, expanded operations to Nova Scotia and built a profitable, sustainable company with a reputation as a responsible community member. Dustin was also a founding member and director of North American Limestone Corporation, a private developer and operator of limestone quarries, and CFO of Elgin Mining (formerly TSX-PHC) where he was integral to its growth from private enterprise to publicly-listed company. As a Certified Public Accountant, Georgetown University (BSBA) and Columbia Business School (MBA) alum, Dustin also brings a comprehensive background in finance to the table, having served as Vice-President of energy-focused private equity fund, MHI Energy Partners, and Principal at New York City’s Waller Capital Corporation.

Edward Chiang

Eric Fine

Mr. Eric Finé, Smulders – www.smulders.com
With over 50 years of experience in the construction, manufacturing, supply and assembly of steel constructions, Smulders was the logical choice for offshore wind structures back in the pioneering days of wind energy 20 years ago. Today, Smulders offers a full range of services from engineering and fabrication to the complete turnkey solutions (EPCI) of substations and foundations.

 Smulders has a track record of over 2,000 transition pieces, 160 jackets and 35 substations.

Eric Ingersoll

Erin Sowerby

Franck Natali

Francesca Whitehead

George Hernandez

Grant Allen

Grant is a General Partner of SE Ventures, a $565M venture capital fund backed by Schneider Electric. His focus is on emerging technologies and their role in the digital transformation of industries, transportation, the built environment and the increasingly distributed electrical ecosystem. Current investment interests include mobility, proptech, energy tech, AI, and industrial technologies where Schneider can be a value add partner and revenue catalyst. An expert in corporate innovation and a venture investor for 12 years, Grant was most recently the global head of venture capital for Zurich-based ABB. Grant is an active angel investor, a three-time member of the Global Corporate Venturing Power List, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneer selection committee, and holds degrees from Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and The Wharton School. He has also completed executive education at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. An east coast native who has lived in Europe and Australia, Grant now lives in Los Altos, California with his wife and three children.

Gregor Robertson

Holly Stower

Holly is a Senior Associate leading Resources & Environment research at Cleantech Group and is based in the UK. She is focused on emerging innovation and trends, including those in water, waste, the circular economy, natural resources, and corporate sustainability. ​

Prior to joining Cleantech Group, Holly was a Public Affairs & Communications Executive with the Solar Trade Association and the Association of British Insurers. Before this, Holly worked in advocacy for climate and wildlife charities. ​

Holly earned an Undergraduate and a Master’s in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia.

Howard Learner

Howard A. Learner is an experienced attorney who serves as ELPC’s President and Executive Director. He is responsible for ELPC’s overall strategic leadership, policy direction and financial platform. Mr. Learner served as the General Counsel for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, specializing in environmental, energy, economic development and civil rights litigation and policy development. He serves as Vice-Chair of the (Cook County) Forest Preserve Foundation. He was the founding Chair of the Illinois Citizens Utility Board and founding Chair of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. He served on the Executive Committee and Board of the Environmental Law Institute and as the Vice-Chair of the U.S. EPA’s National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technologies. Mr. Learner is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Law School and the University of Michigan Law School, teaching advanced seminars in energy law and climate change policy.

Ian Hayton

Ian is a Senior Associate leading Materials & Chemical research at Cleantech Group and is based in the UK. He is an engineering and business professional with a passion for technology, innovation and the environment. Ian is experienced in strategy, marketing, business support, and R&D activities​.

Prior to joining Cleantech Group, Ian held several roles at Exergy, including Business Process Improvement Manager, Chemical Process Engineer, and Chemical Research Engineer.  ​

Ian earned an MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester​ and a BSc in Biomedical Science from The University of Sheffield.

Imran Noorani

James Cotter

James Larsen

James has over 15 years of business leadership and engineering experience spanning cleantech and startups, strategy and operations, and design and engineering.

Most recently, James was a Director with the Advanced Energy Centre (part of MaRS Discovery District) where he built a novel Products & Services business line. Within 2 years, he grew this business from initial concept to over $1.2MM in sales and expanded its global reach to include 5 international markets. Prior to MaRS, James was a Management Consultant with Bain & Company, a top-tier consulting firm, developing strategic solutions for market-leading companies in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. James also possesses deep experience as an engineer working in the renewable energy industry with a variety of technologies, including hydrogen fuel cells, as well as micro-hydro and geothermal generation.

James holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (with Honours) from Queen’s University and an MBA (Dean’s List) from the Ivey Business School at Western University. James is also a registered Professional Engineer.

Jan Klaassen

Mr. Jan Klaassen, DEME – https://www.deme-group.com/activities/offshore
DEME is a global solutions provider in the offshore oil, gas and renewables industry. We have an unrivalled track record in the transport and installation of foundations, turbines, inter-array cables, export cables and substations for offshore wind farms. In the oil & gas industry we are experts in landfalls and civil works, rock placement, heavy lift, umbilical’s and installation and decommissioning services. By operating a high-tech and versatile fleet of vessels we offer flexible solutions for the most complex offshore energy projects.

 DEME Offshore US LLC will serve as the contractor for the installation of offshore wind turbine foundations for the Vineyard Wind 1 project.

DEME also recently announced that it secured a +$1.1 Billion contract for the construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in a Consortium with Prysmian.

Jean-Francois Gauthier

Jeanette Jackson

Jeanette Jackson is the CEO of Foresight, Canada’s cleantech accelerator.
Foresight works with innovators, industry, investors, government, and academia
across Canada to identify, develop, and commercialize cleantech solutions.

Jeanette is an entrepreneur with broad experience across multiple industries. She
founded a tech company and built it into a thriving business before a successful
exit. She has secured millions in investment dollars, project funding and revenue,
led cross-functional teams, and developed innovative programs for entrepreneurs,
industry, and investors.

Since taking on the role of Foresight CEO, Jeanette has led the organization
through remarkable growth, expanding accelerator programs from one province to
national, building a vibrant Innovation Challenge program, and launching a sectoral
approach to cleantech innovation. Recognized as a leader in cleantech, both in Canada and internationally, Jeanette is a frequent speaker, media guest, and
advisor to industry and government.

Jeff Green

Jeff Navin

Jigar Shah

Jordan Ramer

Jordan Ramer serves as CEO of EV Connect. He’s an accomplished technology executive and entrepreneur. He has helped raise tens of millions of dollars in financing for growth companies in the clean energy, transportation, and resource efficiency sectors. Before joining EV Connect, he led corporate development for NanoH2O, executive positions in business development, product management, and marketing at AeroVironment, an electric vehicle infrastructure developer. He held roles in business development, finance, and strategy for several venture-backed technology start-ups. Ramer holds a Masters of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Skidmore College.

Joe Madden

Joe is a pioneering entrepreneur focused on the convergence of markets, data, and impact. In 2015, he co-authored a paper outlining how existing commodity production data could be mined, transformed, and delivered to markets, enabling a deeper assessment of “value.” In order to drive the digital transformation of global commodity markets, Joe co-founded Xpansiv, which merged with CBL to create the global marketplace for Intelligent Commodities™. Prior to Xpansiv, Joe co-founded EOS Climate, a market leader in the California greenhouse gas markets, which was awarded the Governor’s Economic and Environmental Leadership Award (GEELA), California’s highest environmental honor.

Joe Pratt

Dr. Joseph Pratt is the CEO of Zero Emission Industries (formerly known as Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine), the company responsible for the first commercial hydrogen fuel cell ferry in North America.  ZEI solves critical problems facing the vast majority of those in the hydrogen space and believe the IP-driven technology solutions they are developing at ZEI will become the standard across multiple industries.

Before founding ZEI, Dr. Pratt spent the previous 8 years at the US Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories where he focused on solving the technical and regulatory challenges to commercialization of hydrogen fuel cells.  Between those years at Sandia and the 3+ at ZEI, their outstanding team of technical hydrogen experts and Silicon Valley veterans has spent more than a decade identifying and solving the technical roadblocks to real-world adoption.  They provide the critical behind-the-scenes novel technology products that make it extremely simple for end users and OEMs/integrators to deploy clean energy systems.

ZEI’s “Small Fast Harbor Craft” project, funded by the California Energy Commission and SoCalGas, is one of many showcases of ZEI’s next-generation power and hydrogen fueling technologies that enable the decarbonization of large mobility sectors.

JF Gauthier

Julia Reichelstein

Julio Friedmann

Dr. Julio Friedmann is the CEO of Carbon Wrangler, LLC, and a Distinguished Associate at the Energy Futures Initiative, where he leads a team on large-scale carbon management and deep decarbonization. He recently served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy during the second Obama administration under Sec. Moniz. Previously he held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal and Carbon Management.  He was responsible for DOE’s R&D program in advanced fossil energy systems, large demonstration projects, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), and clean coal deployment. His expertise includes R&D and programs in Clean Coal and Carbon Management, Oil and Gas systems, international engagements in clean fossil energy, and inter-agency engagements within the US government.   He has also held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including Senior Advisor for Energy Innovation and Chief Energy Technologist.

Dr. Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the U.S. on carbon removal (CO2 drawdown from the air and oceans), CO2 conversion and use, and carbon capture and sequestration. His expertise includes technology, policy, and operations.  He has testified before the US House, Senate, and several state legislatures, published in Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, and the New York Times.  In addition to close partnerships with many private companies and NGOs, Julio has worked closely with the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Energy Association.  He is a co-author on the MIT “Future of Coal Energy” Report, the National Petroleum Council report “Facing Hard Truths”, and the World Resources Institute “CCS Guidelines” report. In his prior appointment as Chief Energy Technologist for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Friedmann’s research portfolio included smart grid and energy systems analysis, conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, CO₂ capture, utilization, and sequestration, nuclear fuel cycle, geothermal power, and renewable power prediction and integration.

Dr. Friedmann received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), followed by a Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Southern California.  After graduation, he worked for five years as a senior research scientist in Houston, first at Exxon and later ExxonMobil.  He next worked as a research scientist at the University of Maryland.  A native of Rhode Island, he has worked in many states and countries.

Kathy Benini

Kathy is a Managing Director at IHS Markit, Head of Environmental Solutions and co-head of Sustainable Finance. She joined the firm in 2009 and has been responsible for the development and growth of IHS Markit’s environmental businesses.  Kathy is a frequent speaker on environmental markets and utilizing data and technology to advance the growth of carbon markets.  She currently sits on the board and serves as Past President of the Women’s Energy Network Greater New York City Chapter.

Kathy joined from Goldman Sachs where she was Vice President of Commodity Operations including global responsibility for logistics covering electricity, oil, gas, emissions, and renewable energy. Kathy served as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of LEAP (Leadership for Energy Automated Processing) and is a member of the ISDA Commodities Working Group.

Kathy holds a degree in Economics from Eisenhower College of Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Columbia University.

Kirsty Gogan

Kirsty Gogan, MSc. is co-founder and executive director of Energy for Humanity (EFH), an environmental NGO focused on large scale deep decarbonisation and energy access. EFH led a delegation of the world’s most highly regarded climate scientists to Paris COP21 in order to make the case for nuclear to be recognised as a vital part of the clean energy mix. EFH was subsequently shortlisted for the Business Green Leaders “Green NGO of the Year” Award in 2016. At COP23, EFH published a new report on European Climate Leadership 2017 and presented a new study on Decarbonizing Cities with Advanced Nuclear. She is also founding director of CleanTech Catalyst (a consultancy specialising in climate and energy), recently commissioned by the UK-based Energy Technologies Institute to lead the Nuclear Cost Drivers Study in partnership with Lucid Strategy (based in Cambridge, MA). The Study has proven foundational for current UK policy on nuclear new build.

Kirsty is regularly invited as an expert speaker on science communication, nuclear competitiveness and innovation to high profile events around the world. She has more than 15 years’ experience as a senior advisor to industry, non-profits and Government, including at 10 Downing St, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change, where she ran the national public consultation on nuclear new build, reviewed the national communications response to Fukushima and revised national guidance for civil nuclear emergency planning and response.

Kunal Phalpher

Kunal is Li-Cycle’s Chief Commercial Officer and has extensive international experience in the lithium-ion battery and renewable energy sectors, with a focus primarily on strategy and business development. His experience includes time as the former Director of Product Development at a residential solar company and Director of Business Development with a lithium-ion battery manufacturer. Kunal initially served as an Advisor to Li-Cycle before becoming a Director in calendar Q1 2018 and subsequently joining the executive team. Kunal holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, with a Master of Business Administration from the Rotman School of Management.

Larry Rothenberg

Laura Nereng

Laura Nereng is in her 33rd year at 3M, having served in various roles including Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, Sales, Product Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, and Sustainability.

Laura is currently engaged in the development of transformational new businesses for 3M at the Corporate level from the center of the company, shaping R&D programs and new business ventures alongside internal and external collaborators.

Laura received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1988, and an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University in 2005.

Leslie Chang

Lisa-Ann Pinkerton

Lisa Ann Pinkerton is founder of Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, a San Francisco Bay Area group dedicated to the advancement of women in various environmental and technology sectors.  She is also Founder and President of Technica Communications, where she handles marketing, social media, content production and public relations for cleantech and biotech startups.  Additionally, Lisa Ann is Co-Founder and Marketing Chair for the Global Cleantech Cluster Association, an international speaker and moderator and documentary filmmaker.  Lisa Ann is a former award-winning broadcast journalist who reported for National Public Radio, PBS Television, WPXI-NBC, American Public Media, and Free Speech TV.

Lou Martinez

Maria Guercio

Maria Fennis

Maria Fennis, CEO HyET Hydrogen B.V. has worked in Renewable Energy Technologies throughout her career, with her knowledge in Chemistry and Product Development and passion for Technology, HyET Hydrogen has grown into an enthusiastic, passionate and thriving Team that is working actively in the electrochemical hydrogen processing field all over the world. The Team exists out of 45 team members and has its headquarters in Arnhem. Projects are being developed all over the world, ranging from extraction of Hydrogen out of blended natural gas up to the compression of Hydrogen gas for tube trailer filling or refueling stations.

Mark Baudler

Mark Cupta

Mark McDonald

Martin Keighley

Matt Peterson

Maud Texier

Maya Lusk

Megan O’Connor

Michael Williamson

Mike Biddle

Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace is an internationally recognized expert with nearly 30 years of experience in sustainability, ESG reporting/compliance, and managing social and human capital. He currently serves as the SVP of Strategic Market Engagement at Persefoni, a carbon accounting technology company, where he oversees key partnerships to help with the integration and application of Persefoni’s climate accounting platform. Prior to joining Persefoni, Wallace was a partner at the global sustainability consultancy, ERM where he counseled clients on corporate responsibility and sustainability solutions and helped shape several strategic partnerships for ERM. In that role, Wallace also served as the Interim Executive Director for the Social & Human Capital Coalition, a multi-stakeholder project of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). His work included overseeing the establishment of the overall governance structure, technical council and global network that drove the creation of the Social & Human Capital Protocol, which was officially launched at GreenBiz 2019 by the founders WBCSD, Nasdaq, and Microsoft. Prior to ERM, Wallace was a director for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), where he worked on foundational initiatives such as the International Integrated Reporting Council (IRRC), the European Commission proposal on corporate ESG reporting, and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative (SSEi) on ESG listing guidance.

Myra Arshad

Natalie Khtikian

Orianna Bretschger

A native of the Southwestern United States, Orianna Bretschger grew up appreciating water issues. Her academic track brought her to love science and engineering. Orianna received a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Northern Arizona; and after a career in aerospace and government consulting, she subsequently found her way back to water while completing a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. During her graduate work, she studied how microbes remove pollutants from water and produce electricity at the same time. In 2008, Dr. Bretschger joined the J. Craig Venter Institute in San Diego where she expanded her research in this area and began developing technologies for distributed wastewater treatment. Her research has resulted in 32 journal publications, 3 book chapters, and 7 patent filings. In 2016, Dr. Bretschger founded Aquacycl LLC with her partners. Aquacycl is now commercializing modular, plug-n-play, systems for sustainable wastewater treatment in industrial, agriculture and emerging markets.

Paige Carratturo

Paige Carratturo is the Co-founder and CEO of Sea Change, a talent venture firm that provides advisory, business intelligence and retained search services to climate tech investors and their portfolio companies as well as some of the largest global corporations that are transforming their executive teams in order to meet the complex demands of moving to a more sustainable and climate-focused operating model. At Sea Change Advisors, she drives thought leadership and leads advisory services and C-level recruiting. Paige co-founded Sea Change as an evolution of the Enertech Search Partners brand, which was founded in 2009. Paige is a thought leader and frequent speaker about topics related to talent strategy, leadership development, acquisition, and retention.

Perry Toms

Phil Redman

Phil Redman serves as the Director of OneTrust’s ESG solution suite, working with companies to simplify the complex task of collecting and reporting on corporate ESG data.  In his role, Redman is responsible for the product and go-to-market strategy for OneTrust’s environmental, social, and governance solution. He enjoys working with customers and providing features and benefits they didn’t know they needed. Redman brings over 15 years of global, enterprise technology experience at companies like Accenture and Citrix, and is a former VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner.

Ralph Moreau

Mr. Ralph Moreau, Flanders, Region of Belgium –

Belgium is global 5th in offshore wind energy production, and is set to triple its installed capacity to 6GW by 2030. The first offshore wind parks in the North Sea came online over a decade ago, including those off the shores of Belgium. A lot of expertise was gathered from those projects, as well as those in developing markets. This expertise and innovation will be crucial in the development of the US based offshore wind parks, now in the pipeline.

Richard Youngman

Since January 2016, Richard Youngman has been CEO of San-Francisco based Cleantech Group (CTG). This followed 7 years of driving the growth of CTG’s activities outside North America, especially in Europe and Israel, and Asia, based in CTG’s office in London.

Richard has more than ten years’ experience researching cleantech innovation, venture capital markets, and start-ups across Europe and globally. He is a regular keynote speaker at major cleantech events and is the driving force behind the annual Global Cleantech 100, a list of the world’s most promising private cleantech companies.

Robert O’Connor

Robert Niven

Rob Niven is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Canadian company CarbonCure Technologies, the global leader in carbon dioxide removal technologies for the concrete industry and Cleantech Group’s 2020 North American Cleantech Company of the Year. Rob has the simple goal of making concrete sustainability both profitable and easy for industry. Under his direction, CarbonCure and its partners are achieving their mission to reduce 500 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually. Rob has received countless international awards recognizing his leadership in sustainability, innovation and technology development including the Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, the 2016 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Award, the Cleantech Group’s Top 100 Global Cleantech Companies and the BloombergNEF New Energy Pioneers Award. Rob holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering from McGill University and a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Robert Hanson

Robin Rix

As Verra’s Chief Policy & Markets Officer, Robin leads teams responsible for engagement with governments, market initiatives, corporates, and the media.

Robin joined Verra in 2021. He previously worked as a lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP in London, where he advised on all aspects of transactions of emissions units in the primary and secondary markets. He subsequently worked at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, where he serviced the intergovernmental negotiations on the future role of market-based and non-market-based approaches in mitigating climate change, and managed various strategic projects. He returned to his hometown of Toronto in early 2016 and held roles with the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, where he managed people and processes.

Robin holds a graduate degree in politics and international relations from the University of Oxford and a Juris Doctor degree in law from the University of Toronto. He is a qualified lawyer in Canada (Ontario) and the United Kingdom (England & Wales).

Ron Zink

Ryan Church

Parker Meeks

Parker joined Hyzon Motors as Chief Strategy Officer in June 2021.  His experience spans traditional energy, decarbonization / energy transition, infrastructure and transportation, serving clients and leading operations across 4 continents, 15+ countries and 25+ US states.

Parker most recently held full P&L responsibility for a nationwide 900-person, $150M revenue design and construction management business in the infrastructure, water resources and energy transition / climate change end markets within TRC, a 6,000-person $1 billion revenue firm.

Prior to TRC he was a Partner with McKinsey & Company, where he was a global leader in McKinsey’s Energy and Capital Productivity & Infrastructure Practices. Additionally, he was the Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Houston office.

Parker has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, an MBA from Rice University, and serves on the Advisory Board for Rice University’s Chemical Engineering department.

Sarah Nash

Scott Graybeal

Shelby Brodman

Shounok Sinha

Shounok is an investment principal with Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV) and is responsible for originating and structuring new venture investments as well as supporting the growth of the Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV) portfolio.

Prior to joining CTV, Shounok led the Investment team for Constellation’s Distributed & Renewable Energy business. He has led new product development, commercial structuring, and M&A efforts for a variety of infrastructure solutions and products focused on clean, resilient, and agile energy generation including solar, battery storage and fuel cells. In addition, he has extensive experience in Project Financing and was involved in non-recourse debt offerings on utility scale renewable and gas generation assets totaling over $1.5B. Shounok started his career as a software application developer helping clients develop new products and modernize enterprise IT architectures.

Shounok holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Instrumentation Engineering from BMS College of Engineering, India, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Maryland at College Park

Stephanie Karris

Dr. Stephanie Nitopi Karris is a Principal at Carbon Direct where she uses her expertise in carbon capture, utilization, and removal pathways to identify promising technologies, drive internal investment processes, and deploy capital into leading carbon management companies. She has also been a senior member of the advisory business, providing strategic advisory services to help clients achieve their climate commitments. Dr. Karris has a background in the catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable products such as fuels and chemicals. Prior to Carbon Direct, Dr. Karris founded her own consulting firm, CarbonSNK LLC. She also brings diverse skills and perspectives from her stints in R&D and procurement/finance with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and energy companies. Dr. Karris holds a PhD and MS in chemical engineering from Stanford University and a BS in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Steven Kloos

Steve Kloos is an experienced investor and company leader with a deep background in water, energy, and climate. He was previously at GE Water as Membrane Technology Leader, Advanced Technology Leader, and member of GE’s venture capital team. Steve led new investment sourcing as a Partner at True North Venture Partners, and served in two stints leading True North portfolio companies, and he is the founding board chair of Current Water and a longtime advisor to ImagineH2O.

Susan Blanchet

Origen Air’s resident lawyer turned Benefit Corp CEO, Susan co-founded Origen Air early in 2019 with Andrew Crawford to bring nature back indoors providing health, wellness, safety, sustainability, and revenue. Her 14 years experience leading litigation teams and high-stakes negotiations, while also running a real estate company and coaching provincial soccer teams provided the necessary skills to run a fast-paced growing Cleantech Startup. Over the last 12 months adding a co-founder/head of software development, growing the team from two to 17, and raising over $1,000,000 in equity/non-dilutive funding. In Q2, 2021 Origen’s team is launching their first product the Sentinel; an autonomous, plant-based, zero waste, commercial air purification system.

Susan Thompson

Susan is a Director on TD Securities Sustainable Finance and Corporate Transitions team, providing advisory services on ESG strategies and sustainable finance products for clients. Since joining TD in 2006, Susan has worked in Institutional Money Market Sales, Fixed Income Derivatives Origination, Institutional Fixed Income Sales, and most recently, Government Finance where she covered public-sector borrowers on derivatives, origination, and deal execution as well as advised clients on green, social, and sustainability bond issuance.

Susan sits on the ICMA Sustainability-Linked Bonds working group, the Canadian Fixed Income Forum, and the TD Bank Group Sustainable Finance Center of Excellence. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and an MBA from Rotman School of Management.

Tadeu Carneiro

Tadeu brings 40 years of metal industry leadership and technology experience to Boston Metal. As CEO of CBMM (80% market share for niobium) he grew revenue from $100M to over $2B. In his 30 years with CBMM, Tadeu led a global strategy that grew the niobium market by over 8x through a rigorous program of customer-focused application and technology development.

Tadeu is the Lead Independent Director at Ivanhoe Mines, a board member at SBSHSL Hospital in Brazil, and an invited lecturer at the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the MIT.

Ted Maulucci

Terry Grant

Terry Grant is Vice Chairman for Marathon Capital. In this role, Mr. Grant focuses primarily on firm-wide initiatives pertaining to recruiting and developing talent, cultivating company culture, and supporting the firm’s global expansion and reach to include new geographies and product offerings. Previously, Mr. Grant was Managing Partner & Co-Head of West Coast Office where he led the solar market practice for the firm.

Before joining Marathon Capital, Mr. Grant was a Managing Director with FBR Capital Markets focused on alternative energy and power portfolio restructurings in the Energy Group. Mr. Grant originally joined FBR in 1997 and founded the equity research practice in energy, covering the IPP and non-utility generation subsectors. From 2000-2005, Mr. Grant was involved in energy technology investment ventures both investing and offering financial advisory services for energy technology and power asset companies. He founded and served as Portfolio Manager in a hedge fund focused on the energy sector.

Prior to FBR, Mr. Grant held a variety of positions at US Generating Company, a PG&E and Bechtel partnership, in the energy sector. He was involved in project financings totaling over $2 billion, corporate M&A work, and was responsible for project development for the Southwestern Region of the United States.

Mr. Grant received his BA from Wake Forest University and his MBA from the Babcock Graduate School of Business at Wake Forest University. Mr. Grant holds Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.

Thomas Folker

Todd Allmendinger

Toshiharu Okui

Toshiharu Okui is the CEO of Acario Innovation, the Silicon Valley-based Corporate Venture Capital and Open Innovation arm of the Tokyo Gas Group.  Acario invests in and partners with leading companies in the new energy economy and sustainability sectors, with a focus on: decarbonization and hydrogen technologies, renewables and new energy services, and digital transformation of the energy industry.

Tokyo Gas is Japan’s largest gas utility, providing city gas, electricity, and energy services to over 12 million customers in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Mr. Okui started his career with Tokyo Gas as a chemical engineer in the research division, has served as the general manager of LNG upstream projects in Australia, and prior to Acario was the general manager of an LNG terminal in Yokohama

Trevor Best

Trevor Best is the CEO and Co-Founder of Syzygy Plasmonics. Syzygy is pioneering a new type of chemical reactor designed to produce industrial chemicals at lower cost and with fewer carbon emissions. Their novel technology is driven by light rather than combustion, enabling a substantially more efficient process. Critically, Syzygy’s technology supports energy security and expansion through resource efficiency. Recent publications show Syzygy’s core components can be made without using rare earth materials, adding to the company’s value as a sustainable technology provider.

Before starting Syzygy, Trevor worked for the oilfield services company Baker Hughes. There he held a variety of management positions and gained expertise in technology development, project and personnel management, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. He is originally from Midland Texas and is a graduate of Texas Tech University.

Tyler Hamilton

Tyler Hamilton is Director of Cleantech at MaRS Discovery District, responsible for building a network of investors, innovation organizations and government agencies that can help Canadian cleantech ventures raise capital and scale globally. He leads the newly launched Mission from MaRS: Climate Impact Challenge program and co-founded the RBC Women In Cleantech Accelerator program, powered by MaRS. Previously, Tyler spent two decades as a business and technology journalist (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, MIT Technology Review) and wrote extensively about Canada’s clean technology sector and global climate tech trends. He was also Editor-In-Chief of business and sustainability magazine Corporate Knights. In 2011, Tyler authored Mad Like Tesla, a book that examined the various barriers to clean energy innovation and surveyed the landscape of some potentially world-changing clean technologies. A recipient of the Cleantech Group’s “Pioneer” award for his early writings on the sector, Tyler was also recognized in 2016 on Canada’s “Clean50” list for his thought leadership on clean energy and climate issues.

Yaakov Nahmias

Valery Miftakhov

Vanessa Keitges

Vincent Regnault

Vincent Regnault is Director, Gas Supply and Renewable Gases Development for Énergir since July 2020. From November 2014 until last July, he acted as Director, Transportation and Gas Supply. Before joining the Gas Supply Team, Vincent practiced as a lawyer within the Legal Affairs Department for over 6 years where he and his team appeared on behalf of Énergir before the Québec Energy Board, the Ontario Energy Board and the National Energy Board as well as before various Courts of Justice. Vincent is also a director of Trans Québec & Maritimes (TQM) Pipeline as well as a member of the Management Committee of Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS).

Before joining Énergir, Vincent practiced law from 1998 to 2008 with a national law firm in downtown Montreal. He was a member of the litigation team and as such, he executed mandates in various fields such as construction law, professional liability and regulatory law.

Vincent is a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1999. He obtained his law degree in 1998 at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He also holds a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from École Polytechnique which he obtained in 1994.

Notes biographiques Vincent Regnault

Vincent Regnault est directeur des Approvisionnement gazier et développement gaz renouvelables pour Énergir depuis juillet 2020. De novembre 2014 à juillet passé, il a œuvré à titre de directeur, Transport et approvisionnement gazier. Avant de rejoindre l’équipe d’approvisionnement en gaz, Vincent a exercé en tant qu’avocat au sein du département des affaires juridiques pendant plus de 6 ans où lui et son équipe ont plaidé pour le compte d’Énergir devant la Régie de l’énergie du Québec, la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario et l’Office national de l’énergie ainsi que devant différentes cours de justice. Vincent est également directeur de Gazoduc Trans Québec & Maritimes (TQM) ainsi que membre du comité de gestion du Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS).

Avant de rejoindre Énergir, Vincent a pratiqué le droit de 1998 à 2008 dans un cabinet national au centre-ville de Montréal. Il était membre de l’équipe de litige et à ce titre, il a exécuté des mandats dans divers domaines tels que le droit de la construction, la responsabilité professionnelle et le droit réglementaire.

Vincent est membre du Barreau du Québec depuis 1999. Il a obtenu sa licence en droit en 1998 à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Il est également titulaire d’un baccalauréat en génie mécanique de l’École Polytechnique qu’il a obtenu en 1994.

Vincent Sciandra

Young and ambitious CEO, Vincent Sciandra, is a Computer Science Ph.D. holder, and a research engineer, owning a diploma from the Ecole Centrale d’Electronique (Central School of Electronics) of Paris and the Gaspard Monge Computer Laboratory at the University of Paris Est.

Bringing a deep multicultural background in engineering and technology to his current position at METRON, his previous professional background includes many years of expertise in the energy industry, most notably at Veolia and Transdev where he managed key projects on mobility and more.

Stirred by many challenges in the energy industry, Vincent Sciandra completed his Ph.D. in ITS ( Intelligent Transportation Systems) and founded the international company METRON in 2013, to envision creating a digital solution helping industrial energy providers better manage their energy consumption in the most sustainable and efficient way.

With more than 100 employees worldwide based, METRON leverages the impact of AI and big data to usher a new wave of innovation in the energy sector, offering a game changing energy intelligence platform.

Wal Van Lierop

Wayne Byrne

Zach Jones

Mr. Jones is the co-founder and CEO of C-Zero, a California-based company that has developed a process for producing low-cost, zero-emission “turquoise” hydrogen from natural gas. The company’s technology can be used to decarbonize a wide array of industries including electrical generation, process heating, and the production of commodity hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles, ammonia synthesis and refining processes. C-Zero’s publicly announced investors and partners include SK Gas, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Eni S.p.A., AP Ventures, SoCalGas and Pacific Gas & Electric. Prior to his current role, Mr. Jones worked for a private equity firm where he led investments in the renewable energy, maritime transportation and commercial real estate sectors. He holds a BSE in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Zezan Tam

Nisa Mirza

Rita Baranwal

Dr. Rita Baranwal is the Chief Technology Officer at Westinghouse Electric Company.  She has responsibility for innovative, next-generation solutions, including oversight of research & development (R&D) and product and technology strategies to serve the nuclear industry.

Dr. Baranwal previously served as Chief Nuclear Officer and Vice President of Nuclear at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). She had overall management and technical responsibility for the research and development (R&D) activities conducted by EPRI with its global membership related to nuclear generation, providing support to more than 80 percent of the world’s existing and advanced commercial nuclear fleet.

Before joining EPRI, Baranwal served as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in a U.S. President-appointed and Senate-confirmed role. She led efforts to promote R&D on existing and advanced nuclear technologies that sustain the U.S. fleet of nuclear reactors and enable the deployment of advanced nuclear energy systems.

Prior to the DOE, Baranwal directed the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory.  She was responsible for providing the nuclear industry and other stakeholders access to DOE’s state-of-the-art R&D expertise, capabilities, and infrastructure to achieve faster and cost-effective development, demonstration, and ultimate deployment of innovative nuclear energy technologies.  Under her leadership, GAIN positively impacted over 120 companies.

Before joining the Idaho National Laboratory, Dr. Baranwal served as Director of Technology Development & Application at Westinghouse.  There, she led the creation and development of game-changing technologies and managed characterization and hot cell laboratories.  Her previous positions at Westinghouse included director of Core Engineering and manager of Materials and Fuel Rod Design.  Prior to joining Westinghouse, she was a manager in Materials Technology at Bechtel Bettis, Inc. where she led and conducted R&D in advanced nuclear fuel materials for U.S. Naval Reactors.

Dr. Baranwal is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and has a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in materials science and engineering and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in the same discipline from the University of Michigan.

Roxanne Tully

Bala Nagarajan

Eric Kosmowski

Melanie Nakagawa

Jenny Zammit

Jeff Olson

Jamie Sapp

Jonas Lee

Lee Kindberg

Dr. Lee Kindberg is Head of Environment and Sustainability for Maersk in North America. She has been with Maersk for 17 years and manages environmental compliance, customer partnering on sustainability and decarbonization, and stakeholder outreach. She serves on the Marine Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Marine Environment. She served for six years on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee and co-chaired the EPA Ports Workgroup in 2014-2016. She is also active in Clean Cargo, a global group dedicated to assessing and improving the environmental impact of shipping.

Maria Fujihara

Matt Simpson

Roger Lin

Matt Stanley