Speakers
Albert Alwang
Economic Development Director, Wake County Economic Development
- Presenter: Staying the Course: Climate Commitments in a World of Change
Amy Aussieker
Executive Director, Envision Charlotte
- Presenter: Circular Economy – Cradle to Cradle
Heather Beard
Executive Director, EarthShare NC
- Presenter: Circularity in Motion: Real Projects, Real Impact
Ryan Bethea
Owner, Carolina Oyster
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Meech Carter
Clean Energy Campaigns Director, NC League of Conservation Voters
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Christina Cooke
Associate Editor, Civil Eats
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Daniel Crawford
Director of Governmental Relations, NC League of Conservation Voters
- Career Showcase: Climate & Environmental Policy
Sheeba Dawood
CEO & Co-Founder, Minerva Lithium
- Presenter: Summit Breakout Topic Two: Scaling a Circular EV Supply Chain: Innovation, Partnerships, and Policy Pathways for a Sustainable Future
Meg Fencil
Director of Engagement & Impact, Sustain Charlotte
- Presenter: Choosing Our Transportation Future: Climate Friendly Choices are Within Reach
Faun Finley, EMSL
Founder, Story Effects Consulting
Host & Producer, My Eco Story Podcast
- Presenter: Personal and Professional Resiliency
Renee Fortner
Senior Director, RiverLink
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Ian Baillie
Co-Director, Land of Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition
- Summit Panelist: Three Stories of Helene: The Case for Microgrids
Johnathan Gach
Owner, Building Science Detectives
- Presenter: Health, Comfort, and Affordability
Megan Garner
Head of EHS Pharma Biogen
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Jeremy Keltner
Industrial Symbiosis Project Lead, Novo Nordisk
- Presenter: Model for Corporate Collaboration
Ashley Gladney
Sustainability Program Manager, Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
- Presenter: Circular Economy Cradle to Cradle
Sarah Hallas
Education Coordinator, North Carolina Coastal Federation
- Career Showcase: Community Resilience and Natural Resource Management
Virginia Hamilton
Owner, Hickory Nut Gap
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Emily Hurd
Program Director, Let’s Go Electric/Electrify Asheville-Buncombe and SolarCrowdsource
- Presenter: High Impact Actions for Carbon Reduction: Electrification – Home Solar, Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps
Lauren Kolodij
Deputy Director,
NC Coastal Federation
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Matt Kuntz
Senior Director, Global EHS
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
David Lee
Senior Director, Conserving Carolina
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Zane Lichtneger
Sustainability Analyst, SAS
- Summit Panelist: Climate Success Stories
Rev. Rob Morris
Executive Director, Christmount
- Presenter: Strengthening Corporate and Community Resiliency
Marguerite Murray
Business Sustainability Roundtable
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Tawanda Muzhingi
Executive Director, Global Forum for Plant Based and Alternative Proteins
- Career Showcase: Food Sustainability and Alternative Plant Proteins
Will Parker
Commercial Project Manager, Cape Fear Solar
- Presenter: Future of Clean energy Jobs & Workforce Development
Daniel Pate
Director of Engagement
NC Sustainable Energy Association
- Facilitator: Health & Comfort & Strengthening Corporate and Community Resiliency – Deployment of Microgrids
Bob Powell
Advanced Energy
- Presenter: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Anna Reh-Gingerich
Watershed Coordinator, City of Wilmington
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Jeff Robbins
Executive Director, CleanAire NC
- Summit Panelist: Building Community Resiliency Together
Brad Rouse
Executive Director, Energy Savers Network
- Presenter: Health, Comfort, & Affordability
Brooke Tvermoes
IBM
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Jerry Williams
Chief Environmental Officer,
SAS
- Presenter: Summit Breakout Topic Two: Scaling a Circular EV Supply Chain: Innovation, Partnerships, and Policy Pathways for a Sustainable Future
Mike Whatley
Senior Sales Executive, PowerSecure Inc.
- Summit Panelist: Three Stories of Helene: The Case for Microgrids
Caroline Loop
Deputy Director of Environmental Services, Wake County
- Presenter: Model for Corporate Collaboration
Chad Asmus
Sustainability Market Development Manager, BASF
- thinkParallax: Climate Resilience in Supply Chains: Planning for an Altered Future
Taylor Price
Senior Manager for Global Sustainability, Aptar
- thinkParallax: Climate Resilience in Supply Chains: Planning for an Altered Future
Eric Henry
President, TS Designs & Solid State Clothing
- thinkParallax: Climate Resilience in Supply Chains: Planning for an Altered Future
Heather Bolick
Chief Sustainability & Resiliency Office, City of Charlotte
- Summit Panelist: Power in Partnership: Driving Charlotte Toward Net Zero
Austin Amandolia
Systems Analyst, HR&A Advisors
- Summit Panelist: Advancing Energy Efficiency Upgrades in Affordable Homes
Samuel Hunter
Housing Strategy and Development Director, City of Greensboro
- Summit Panelist: Advancing Energy Efficiency Upgrades in Affordable Homes
Aerhealle Chace
Agriculture Director, Freedom Org
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Ramona Moore Big Eagle
Owner, Dare to Soar Enterterprises
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Michelle M. Marks
Founder, Strategy Lead, and Managing Partner, Ideas On Purpose
- Presenter: Trends: Changes in Climate Goals & Reporting Staying the Course: Climate Commitments in a World of Change
Trevor Pearson
Director, APCO Worldwide
- Presenter: Trends: Changes in Climate Goals & Reporting Staying the Course: Climate Commitments in a World of Change
Crystal Dreisbach
CEO, Upstream
- Presenter: Circularity in Motion: Real Projects, Real Impact
Mica Crouse
Founder, Big Mountain Impact
- Presenter: Leading Through Headwinds: Advancing Sustainability When Priorities Shift
Vicki Lee Parker-High
Executive Director, NC Sustainable Business Council
- Presenter: Leading Through Headwinds: Advancing Sustainability When Priorities Shift
Robert Soule
Head Coach, Go Electric DMV
- Presenter: High Impact Actions for Carbon Reduction: Electrification – Home Solar, Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps
Francisco Martinez
DOE Energy Innovator Fellow, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
- Presenter: High Impact Actions for Carbon Reduction: Electrification – Home Solar, Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps
Don Moreland
Founder and CEO, Solar Crowdsource and Let’s Go Electric
- Presenter: High Impact Actions for Carbon Reduction: Electrification – Home Solar, Electric Vehicles, Heat Pumps
Douglas Aitkin
Sr. Director of Customized Training, Wake Technical Community College
- Presenter: Leading Through Headwinds: Advancing Sustainability When Priorities Shift
Emily Neville
Senior Manager, Business Development, Greenplaces
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Climate Action – It’s Not Going Anywhere
Duncan Burns
Distributed Energy Resource Management System Analyst, North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation
- Summit Panelist: Three Stories of Helene: The Case for Microgrids
Annie Wechter
Director of Investor & Partner
Relations, Nyobolt
- Presenter: Summit Breakout Topic Two: Scaling a Circular EV Supply Chain: Innovation, Partnerships, and Policy Pathways for a Sustainable Future
Paul Swenson
Housing Rehabilitation Project Coordinator, City of Greensboro
- Summit Panelist: Advancing Energy Efficiency Upgrades in Affordable Homes