The Climate Champions

Eric Dresselhuys, CEO, ESS (Energy Storage Systems), the leading provider in long-duration energy storage, a key to enable the decarbonization of the energy system, and a catalyst for a sustainable planet. He was a Co-Founder of Silver Spring Networks.

Jim Madej is CEO, Franklin Energy, and ex-CEO, VEIC (Vermont Energy Investment Corporation). His mission is to help catalyze the transition to a clean energy economy where businesses profit from the end of climate change and the growth of our planet.

Dr. Thomas Delworth is Senior Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, NJ, a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and is one of the world's leading climate modeling centers. He's been there since 1984!!

Rasha Hasaneen, Vice President of Innovation and Product Management Excellence for Trane Technologies, Executive Director of the Center for Healthy & Efficient Spaces, and expert on indoor environmental quality. Check out her podcast !

Marco Vangelisti, Author, Speaker, 100% Aware & No-Harm Investor, Founder of Essential Knowledge for Transition ( EK4T.com ), a curriculum designed to teach economic and financial systems and the knowledge to redesign them and founding member of Slow Money.

Dr. Karen Wayland, CEO, The GridWise Alliance, CEO, KW Energy Strategies, Secretary Moniz @ DOE, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid. GridWise convenes industry stakeholders ensuring a safe, secure, reliable, resilient, affordable grid that supports decarbonization

Joe Gantz, Emmy Award-winning Producer/Director for his HBO documentary series, Taxicab Confessions, is an Activist, Writer, and Filmmaker of documentaries: The Race to Save the World, being released Earth Day, 2021, American Winter, and Ending Disease. 

Jay Hakes, Speaker & Author on Energy Issues, has a new book, Energy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s. He served and focused on energy issues for President Carter, President Clinton, and President Obama.

Yifei Huang, Volunteer & co-lead of the Presenters & Schedulers Action Team, Citizens' Climate Lobby. She's a 28-year-old software engineer mitigating climate change with a Master's in Comp Sci from Stanford and Bachelor's in Engineering from Caltech.

Matt Arnold, Managing Director & Global Head of Sustainable Finance, JP Morgan Chase. Leads client engagement on sustainability across all sectors globally, helping clients navigate environmental and social risks, engaging stakeholders and partners in advancing environmental and social progress, and structuring targeted impact investment funds.

Jetta Wong, President of JLW Advising & Senior Fellow in the Energy Program at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Created the Office of Technology Transition and served as a presidential appointee of the Obama Administration at the DOE.

John Hofmeister is former President of Shell Oil, Founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy, and Author of Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider. 

J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director at Minnesota's Fresh Energy, leveraging her expertise in climate and energy policy at state and national levels, shaping and driving bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Craig Ebert, President, Climate Action Reserve, an Offset Project Registry for the Compliance Offset Program under California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: "We know how to do it now, what we lack right now is the will. And that needs to change right now."

CB Bhattacharya, Chair of Sustainability and Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, author of Small Actions, Big Difference, and business strategy innovation expert on how companies can leverage “intangible assets” and "psychological ownership" to unlock value

Peter Asmus, Research Director at GuideHouse Insights, author of three books addressing environmental issues, and global expert on maximizing value of microgrids, distributed energy resources, virtual power plants, nanogrids and other renewable technology

Robert Yost is the Founder and President of American Wind, inventor of two issued patents for the MicroCube micro wind turbine, a former employee of Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas), GE Aircraft Engines, and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Engines.

Doug Houseman, Principal Consultant at 1898 & Company, A Burns & McDonnell Division. Previously, CTO at Capgemini and Vice President of Technical Innovation at EnerNex. And certainly one of the premier Grid Modernization movers and shakers in the world.

Barbara Bry, President Pro Tem of the San Diego City Council for the 1st District, candidate for Mayor of San Diego, high-tech entrepreneur, and community leader. "I can't say it enough: this is the only environment we've got, so we need to protect it."

Todd Gloria, California State Assemblymember and candidate for Mayor of San Diego. Serving as the City's Interim Mayor from 2013 to March 2014, he introduced San Diego’s groundbreaking Climate Action Plan, moving the City to 100% renewable energy by 2035.

Neil Bellefeuille, Partner and Senior Design Thinking Strategist, BILD , a strategic consultancy that helps mid-market companies integrate social and environmental sustainability into core business strategy to accelerate performance and create value.

Alan Scheller-Wolf, Professor of Operations Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, teaches the importance of sustainability in business and researches stochastic processes, often applied to the energy and sustainability domain.

Peter Fox-Penner, Author of the widely acclaimed Smart Power and the newly released Power After Carbon: Building a Clean, Resilient Grid. Peter is Founder & Director of Boston University's Questrom School of Business, and wears many other awesome hats!

Fascinating discussion with Dr. Enric Sala, National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence, Founder of Pristine Seas, and Author of "The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild," with foreword written by HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. On sale 8/25/20.

Jukka Kukkonen, Founder & Chief EV Educator, Shift 2 Electric, an EV market and business consulting and training company in Minnesota. He has a deep knowledge of the electric vehicle market, specializing in market dynamics and real-life user perspectives.