Speakers
Christina Cooke
Associate Editor, Civil Eats
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Renee Fortner
Senior Director, RiverLink
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Will Parker
Commercial Project Manager, Cape Fear Solar
- Presenter: Future of Clean energy Jobs & Workforce Development
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
Virgnia Hamilton
Owner, Hickory Nut Gap
- Presenter: Climate on the Menu
Faun Finley, EMSL
Founder, Story Effects Consulting
Host & Producer, My Eco Story Podcast
- Presenter: Personal and Professional Resiliency
Amy Aussieker
Executive Director, Envision Charlotte
- Presenter: Circular Economy – Cradle to Cradle
Meg Fencil
Director of Engagement & Impact, Sustain Charlotte
- Presenter: Choosing Our Transportation Future: Climate Friendly Choices are Within Reach
Matt Kuntz
Senior Director, Global EHS
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Zane Lichtneger
Sustainability Analyst, SAS
- Summit Panelist: Climate Success Stories
Jerry Williams
Chief Environmental Officer,
SAS
- Presenter: Summit Breakout Topic Two: Business Drivers for Prioritizing Climate Action in NC
Laura Kolodij
Deputy Director,
NC Coastal Federation
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
David Lee
Senior Director, Conserving Carolina
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Anna Reh-Gingerich
Watershed Coordinator, City of Wilmington
- Presenter: Your Yard, Your Neighbors, Our Resiliency; Mountains to Sea
Ashley Gladney
Sustainability Program Manager, Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
- Presenter: Circular Economy Cradle to Cradle
Megan Garner
Head of EHS Pharma Biogen
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Marguerite Murray
Business Sustainability Roundtable
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Brooke Tavernos
IBM
- Summit Panelist: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Bob Powell
Advanced Energy
- Presenter: Corporate Leadership Through Community Collaboration
Johnathan Gach
Owner, Building Science Detectives
- Presenter: Health, Comfort, and Affordability
Rev. Rob Morris
Executive Director, Christmount
- Presenter: Strengthening Corporate and Community Resiliency
Brad Rouse
Executive Director, Energy Savers Network
- Presenter: Health, Comfort, & Affordability
Daniel Pate
Director of Engagement
NC Sustainable Energy Association
- Facilitator: Health & Comfort & Strengthening Corporate and Community Resiliency – Deployment of Microgrids
Jeff Robbins
Executive Director, CleanAire NC
- Summit Panelist: Building Community Resiliency Together
Albert Alwang
Economic Development Director, Wake County Economic Development
- Presenter: Staying the Course: Climate Commitments in a World of Change
Heather Beard
Executive Director, EarthShare NC
- Presenter: Circularity in Motion: Real Projects, Real Impact
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
John Gadja
Professor of the Practice, NCSU Electric Power Systems Engineering
- Career Showcase: Renewable Energy & Grid Innovation
Tawanda Muzhingi
Executive Director, Global Forum for Plant Based and Alternative Proteins
- Career Showcase: Food Sustainability and Alternative Plant Proteins
Will Freund
Board President, Environmental Educators of North Carolina
- Career Showcase: Climate and Environmental Policy
Sarah Hallas
Education Coordinator, North Carolina Coastal Federation
- Career Showcase: Community Resilience and Natural Resource Management
Daniel Crawford
Director of Governmental Relations, NC League of Conservation Voters
- Career Showcase: Working at the Legislature