The Climate Champions

Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO, Electrovaya has been there for 10+ years and been involved in every aspect of the business: cell manufacturing, engineering, business development, a successful ceramic battery, and hopefully, a transformational solid-state battery.

Debbie Dekleva, CEO and Milkweed Maverick at Monarch Flyway and Founder of Sustainable Monarch. Monarch Flyway is the longest running milkweed business in history! She's a 2nd generation milkweed entrepreneur who apprenticed for her patent attorney father

Matt Schlegel, Founder and Principal, Schlegel Consulting. Matt is a Bestselling Author of Teamwork 9.0, an Entrepreneur, Consultant, Engineer, and Speaker, focused on applying Enneagram to teams as well as individuals to maximize work-team effectiveness.

Amanda Freick, Chief Revenue Officer for Altruistic, a leader in end-to-end solutions in data, digital, and AI. She's on a mission to enable a responsible energy future, never content with the status quo if she, or somebody she can help, has a better way.

Deborah Magid, Director of Software Strategy at IBM Ventures is IBM's primary liaison with the venture community for IBM's software business; she has worldwide responsibility and shares insight from the venture community to IBM’s growth strategies.

Lizzie Horvitz, Founder & CEO, Finch, tackling social and environmental sustainability from the angle of consumer behavior, incentivizing and educating consumers to make sustainable purchasing decisions. Check out ChooseFinch dot com to get started.

Les Mood, #LesMood, Public Affairs Officer, SineWatts and Host of GreenTech Talks on LinkedIn. Les helps drive millions of organic impressions every month on LinkedIn within the Greentech industry. He is the poster boy for "Sharing is Caring!"

Rebekah Eggers, Global Client Engagement & Innovation Director, Energy Sector, IBM. Over 20 years of partnership and strong solution leadership, creating sustainable go-to-market and portfolio leadership that always delivers customer satisfaction.

Ana Leary is a multi-disciplinary consultant based in Boston, climate advocate, and conservation commissioner. A champion of a low-carbon future and worldwide net-zero economy, committed to creating a better future by advocating for global climate action.

Cory Connors, Sustainable Packaging Consultant at Landsberg Orora, Founder and Host of the Sustainable Packaging Podcast, Sustainability Public Speaker, and he's @Corygated on Tiktok. Packaging and container industry guru. https://sustainablepackaging.buzzsprout.com/share

Manik Suri, Founder & CEO, Therma (hellotherma.com), whose mission is to help protect our food, health and planet. He co-founded the Governance Lab (GovLab) to develop government tech solutions and was recognized amongst the Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Tech

Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University, has written 20 books and hundreds of professional articles and Op-Eds. He's a New York Times best-selling author and named by The Economist as one of the world’s 25 most influential economists

Jigar Shah, Director, Loan Programs Office at U.S. Department of Energy, founder of Sun Edison and Generate Capital, founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy. 

Nico Johnson, 15-year solar industry veteran, podcaster extraordinaire, investor, advisor, executive coach & mentor, focused on mitigating climate change and helping others to do the same. The greatest weapon we have to fight climate change is our voice!

Jack Azagury, Senior Managing Director, Northeast Market Lead for Accenture, leading 10,000+ people in the Northeast United States. Jack is also a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee and North America Leadership Team.

Giel Linthorst, Executive Director at Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) and Director of Sustainable Finance at Guidehouse. Utrecht Area, Netherlands.

Eddy Badrina, CEO, Eden Green Technology, a vertical farming technology company dedicated to changing the way we farm our food, and feed our communities. Eddy was co-founder of BuzzShift, a digital strategy agency for mid-sized brands and organizations.

David Johnson, Stanford Law Professor, Design-Thinker, experienced lecturer, and seasoned courtroom lawyer, representing corporations like Apple and Cisco. He spoke to Congress and wrote articles on how technological and legal design can effect climate.

Chris Villarreal, President, Plugged In Strategies, providing regulatory, policy and technical consulting services to companies seeking greater understanding and awareness of the electricity market evolution. Formerly CA and MN Public Utility Commissions.

Jan Vrins, Segment Leader, Global Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure at Guidehouse, advises on developing and implementing policies and strategies in areas such as climate action planning, decarbonization, resiliency, and grid modernization.

Dr. Josh Feder, Global Advisory Board, OurWorldToo; Medical Director, Positive Development; Editor In Chief, The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report; with special interest helping children and families living with autism; Al Gore's Climate Reality Project

Lee Krevat, the host of The Climate Champions, raps a wrap-up summary (a "rap-up") of the first 100 episodes of his podcast. Lee improvises a rap-up each episode, but rap #100 is prewritten. Every guest and a highlight from that interview is referenced.

Michael Grunwald, ex-Senior Writer, Politico & Time Magazine, Staff Writer, Washington Post & Boston Globe. Author, “The New New Deal” and “The Swamp.” Both received the gold medal for non-fiction in the Florida Book Awards, to go with many others awards.

Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis at BloombergNEF, leads the global analyst team across renewable energy, storage, smart technologies and advanced transport, providing perspective on global commodity markets and the technology driving decarbonization

Dr. Sylvia Earle, Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic Society, Author of the upcoming book, National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey. Ex-Chief Scientist, NOAA, founder of Mission Blue, SEAlliance, and Deep Ocean Exploration and Research.