Jean-Philippe Brisson, Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Jean-Philippe Brisson, a leading environmental lawyer, advises oil and gas, industrial, and financial institution clients on a wide range of energy and environmental matters, including carbon finance, renewable energy, and commodities.

Mr. Brisson is a partner in Latham’s Environmental, Land & Resources Department and Co-Chair of its Air Quality and Climate Change Practice. He has more than 15 years of experience advising clients on energy, commodities, and climate policy issues, and is ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for his work in this area. Mr. Brisson is also recognized by Who’s Who Legal, Environment. He is a recipient of a 2012 Burton Award for Legal Achievement and a registered lobbyist in California, where he represents a number of clients in proceedings before the Air Resources Board.

Mr. Brisson was previously Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Global Commodities business where he helped establish Goldman’s US carbon trading desk and worked on a number of private equity transactions. Over his career, he has diligenced, negotiated, structured, and drafted more than 100 environmental commodities transactions.

Mr. Brisson also has extensive experience advising clients on environmental issues arising in business transactions and on global product regulations, including those of the WEEE, RoHS, and other similar EU Directives.

Josh Bledsoe is counsel in the Environment, Land & Resources Department. His practice focuses on complex infrastructure and development projects, particularly those utilizing renewable or low-carbon technologies. He has broad experience in the permitting, entitlement, environmental review and financing of such projects; and also handles related administrative and judicial challenges.

Mr. Bledsoe has deep experience with California’s climate change law, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (commonly known as “AB 32”) and associated Air Resources Board regulations. He also possesses in-depth knowledge of the California Environmental Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act (and its state and local counterparts throughout California), the Clean Water Act, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and the Warren-Alquist Act (including the siting procedures of the California Energy Commission).

Mr. Bledsoe also has experience in the permitting and development of energy projects, both fossil fuel fired and renewable. He has obtained federal, state and local approvals for projects involving intricate air quality issues, crafting innovative solutions to problems associated with the scarcity of required air emission offsets. He also has secured and defended water quality and wetlands permits before both the US Army Corps of Engineers and the State Water Resources Control Board. He also possesses extensive transactional experience, having represented buyers, sellers and lenders in matters involving environmental liabilities related to real estate and business transactions, complicated mergers and acquisitions, and access to capital markets.

Mr. Campopiano has extensive experience obtaining and defending approvals for major energy, infrastructure and land use projects. Mr. Campopiano has worked on complex and controversial renewable and traditional power projects, transmission lines, and large residential and commercial development projects. He regularly assists clients on significant environmental regulatory and enforcement matters.

Mr. Campopiano parlays his strong environmental background with legal experience to deliver specialized representation on matters where technical and legal issues can be closely intertwined. He has a Masters of Environmental Science and Management and previously worked as an environmental consultant evaluating power plants, transmission lines and other major projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Mr. Campopiano has particular experience in matters related to energy, climate change, land use, air quality, health risk assessments, and biological impacts. Mr. Campopiano frequently advises clients on requirements under the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.

Linda S. Adams, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, serves as the Chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors and is the Founding President and Ambassador for the Caribbean for R20 – Regions of Climate Action.

Previously, Linda served in cabinet-level positions with three governors during her distinguished career with the State of California. Ms. Adams held key positions in both the Executive and Legislative branches during her many years in public service. As Legislative Secretary to Governor Gray Davis, Linda negotiated the passage of California’s clean cars law which is now the national standard.

In 2006, Ms. Adams was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Secretary of the California Environmental Agency (CalEPA), the first woman to serve in that position. Immediately upon her appointment, she was designated the governor’s lead negotiator on AB 32 (Pavley), California’s ground breaking climate change and clean energy measure. When Governor Jerry Brown was elected in 2010, Linda was asked to continue as Secretary of CalEPA and to assist in the transition.

Ms. Adams most recently was honored to work with the Chugach Alaska Corporation to ensure that Alaska native corporations can participate in California’s carbon market through the development of forest management projects.
Ms. Adams also serves on the boards of the Pacific Forest Trust, the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, and is the founding President of R 20-Regions of Climate Action. Ms. Adams also serves as a Sister on the Planet for Oxfam America.

Craig Ebert serves as the President of the Climate Action Reserve where he is responsible for ensuring that the organization’s activities meet the highest standards for quality, transparency and environmental integrity. He oversees the organization’s continued leadership and commitment to ensuring offsets are a trusted and powerful economic tool for reducing emissions. In his role, he also leads the organization in identifying and entering into other opportunities that build upon the its knowledge and expertise and further its work under its mission and vision.

During his career, he has helped create the foundations for international, national and state policies to address climate change. He supported U.S. negotiations on international climate change agreements, including negotiations leading up to the creation and signing of the Kyoto Protocol, and helped develop the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) provisions under the protocol. Craig’s work also involved pioneering efforts on carbon accounting principles and methodologies. He served as the technical director of Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, which was adopted by the IPCC as its GHG Inventory Programme, and was a key architect behind the development of the official U.S. national GHG inventory to meet commitments under the UNFCCC.

Prior to joining the Reserve, Craig advised the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and served at ICF for nearly 34 years.

Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego; UNESCO Professor of Climate and Policy, TERI University, Delhi, India

Dr. Ramanathan discovered the greenhouse effect of halocarbons, particularly, CFCs in 1975. Along with R. Madden, predicted in 1980 that global warming would be detected by 2000. In 1985, he led the first international NASA/WMO/UNEP assessment on the climate effects of non-CO2 greenhouse gases and concluded that they are as important as CO2 to global climate change. He was among a team of four which developed the first version of the US community climate model in the 1980s. In 1989, he led a NASA study that used satellite radiation budget instruments to conclude that clouds had a large global cooling effect.

He led an international field experiment in the 1990s, with Paul Crutzen, that discovered the widespread Atmospheric Brown Clouds (ABCs) over S. Asia, which have devastating health and climate impacts. He developed light weight unmanned aerial vehicles to track pollution plumes from S. Asia, E. Asia and N. America. His recent finding is that mitigation of short lived climate pollutants (black carbon, methane, ozone and HFCs) will slow down global warming significantly during this century. This proposal has now been adopted by the United Nations and 30 countries including USA and a new coalition, called as the, Climate and Clean Air Coalition is implementing mitigation actions for short lived climate pollutants. He now leads Project Surya which is mitigating black carbon and other climate warming emissions from solid biomass cooking in S. Asia and Kenya and is documenting their effects on public health and environment. Teaming up with California Air Resources Board and R. K Pachauri, he has initiated a World Bank sponsored project to reduce soot emissions from the transportation sector in India.

He has won numerous prestigious awards including the Tyler prize. the top environment prize given in the US; the Volvo Prize; the Rossby Prize and the Zayed prize. In 2013, he was awarded the top environment prize from the United Nations, the Champions of Earth for Science and Innovation. He has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, the Pontifical Academy by Pope John Paul II and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

He is now serving in Pope Francis’ Council for the Pontifical Academy of Sciences; and UNESCO awarded the Climate and Policy professorship at TERI Deemed- University in New Delhi, India. He is co-organizer of a 2014 Vatican meeting on “Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature” of social and natural scientists, philosophers and policy makers.
Affiliations.

Director, Center for Clouds, Chemistry & Climate(C4) Chair, Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) Chair, Project Surya Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) UNESCO Professor of Climate and Policy, TERI University, New Delhi, India University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Dirk Forrister is President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). Previously, he was Managing Director at Natsource LLC, the manager of one of the world’s largest carbon funds. Earlier in his career, Mr. Forrister served as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force in the Clinton Administration. Prior to that, he was Assistant U.S. Secretary of Energy for Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs; and legislative counsel to Congressman Jim Cooper. He was also Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defense Fund. Forrister now serves on the Board of Directors of the Verified Carbon Standard and as a member of the Advisory Boards of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the American Carbon Registry.

Rodolfo Lacy is the Under Secretary of Policy and Environmental Planning at SEMARNAT. He is adept at managing air quality, environmental impact and risk, as well as in environmental audits. He has given several lectures at national and international forums on environment, sustainable development, climate change, green growth, air pollution and water.

Mr. Lacy’s career spans over 30 years, in which he has served as a public official on both federal and local levels, consultant and teacher. Previous positions include:

Coordinator of Programs and Projects for Studies on Energy and Environment in the Mario Molina Center.
Executive Director of Special Projects in the College of Environmental Engineers.
Chief of Staff of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.
Management Director of the company Environmental Specialists, SA de CV.
General Director of Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution of the Ministry of Environment of the Federal District Department.
General Manager of Environmental Projects in the General Coordination for the Prevention and Control of Pollution in the Federal District Department.
Mr. Lacy has a PhD on Sciences and Environmental Engineering; a M. Sc. on Environmental and Health Management by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); and a bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering from the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City.

Julie Cerqueira joins the U.S. Climate Alliance as its inaugural Executive Director, where she will be helping to advance the climate and clean energy policy priorities of the Alliance’s Governors and their offices. Ms. Cerqueira most recently served as a Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for Climate Change, later joining the Office of Global Change, both with the U.S. Department of State. In this role, she led U.S. engagement in strategic partnerships, such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, helped launch high profile climate deliverables for North America and the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and led the Department’s engagement with sub-national governments on climate change, amongst other priorities. Prior to her work in the federal government, Ms. Cerqueira worked with developing countries on designing and implementing sectoral climate policies at a climate think tank, and spent four years in Southeast Asia working with local communities, governments and the private sector on environmental projects and promoting policy reforms.

Glen is the executive director of the Pembina Institute.

Prior to joining the Institute, Glen was an Ontario cabinet minister, and oversaw several portfolios, including transportation; training, colleges, and universities; research and innovation, and most recently, environment and climate change. In his role as environment minister, Glen led the development and implementation of the cap-and-trade system, and extended producer responsibility in Ontario. His work was foundational to the creation of the Quebec-Ontario-California carbon market.

Glen has held a number of leadership roles, including serving as mayor of Winnipeg from 1998-2004, and was chair of the Big City Mayors’ Caucus. During his time as mayor, he led the successful fight to transfer the five cents/litre federal gas tax to municipalities.

He also served as chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, under Prime Ministers Harper and Martin. Glen was also president and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute.

Glen started his career in activism as a founding member of the Canadian AIDS Society, and helped establish the Village Clinic in Winnipeg, a centre for AIDS prevention and care. He has worked internationally, helping establish the World Health AIDS Service Organization’s working group.

Leading expert on REC and carbon markets
Experience includes developing the GHG protocols in the California carbon market, renewable energy certification programs and environmental market registries
Policy and market consulting
(With APX since 2008)

Jackie is a Lead Market Analyst at ICIS and has been covering both the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon markets for the last four years. She heads all North American analysis, including policy and regulatory analysis related to the cap-and-trade programs. She also manages ICIS’s proprietary Timing Impact Model for the North American markets, generating mid- and longer-term price forecasting.

Jackie holds a B.A. in Government and Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard University. During this time, Jackie worked for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs in water policy.

Jean-Philippe Brisson, Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Jean-Philippe Brisson, a leading environmental lawyer, advises oil and gas, industrial, and financial institution clients on a wide range of energy and environmental matters, including carbon finance, renewable energy, and commodities.

Mr. Brisson is a partner in Latham’s Environmental, Land & Resources Department and Co-Chair of its Air Quality and Climate Change Practice. He has more than 15 years of experience advising clients on energy, commodities, and climate policy issues, and is ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for his work in this area. Mr. Brisson is also recognized by Who’s Who Legal, Environment. He is a recipient of a 2012 Burton Award for Legal Achievement and a registered lobbyist in California, where he represents a number of clients in proceedings before the Air Resources Board.

Mr. Brisson was previously Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Global Commodities business where he helped establish Goldman’s US carbon trading desk and worked on a number of private equity transactions. Over his career, he has diligenced, negotiated, structured, and drafted more than 100 environmental commodities transactions.

Mr. Brisson also has extensive experience advising clients on environmental issues arising in business transactions and on global product regulations, including those of the WEEE, RoHS, and other similar EU Directives.

Mr. Flederbach is the founder, President and CEO of ClimeCo Corporation. ClimeCo has specialized expertise in WCI cap-and-trade programs, Alberta Canada Specified Gas Emitters Rule (SGER), US regional ERC programs, bio-gas to energy project development, voluntary market advisory, transactional services and project financing. Within the Climate Action Reserve, ClimeCo is the largest producer of carbon credits, issuing approximately 15 million credits to-date from a diverse commodity portfolio which includes offsets generated under the Nitric Acid Production protocol and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Ozone Depleting Substance and Agricultural Methane protocols.

Prior to ClimeCo, Bill worked within the international carbon market, holding senior management titles at MGM International and AgCert. Prior to this international carbon experience, Bill was with a private engineering consulting company, OBG, for 16 years, leading their air quality management practice.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University and an Executive MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Smeal College at the Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Tamblyn has over 10 years’ experience developing and managing renewable energy and environmental programs. As Executive Director, Mr. Tamblyn is responsible for coordinating administrative and technical support for the emissions trading programs of WCI, Inc.’s participating jurisdictions.

Mr. Tamblyn comes to WCI, Inc. from the Renewable Energy Institute International (REII) where he served as Executive Director (2007 – 2014). As the Executive Director at REII, Mr. Tamblyn was responsible for managing renewable energy projects and the day-to-day operations of the organization. Prior to his appointment at REII Mr. Tamblyn worked on various environmental and renewable energy projects throughout the United States.

Ken is the Director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, and serves as Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown and the Chair of the Strategic Growth Council. As the longest tenured OPR Director, Ken has led a broad effort to modernize land use planning through greater transparency; easier access and local application through mapping tools, templates, and streamlined permits; reduced barriers to in-fill development; promotion of transit oriented development; protection of agricultural land and open space; recognition of water constraints; and updated general plan and CEQA guidelines. Ken is also the architect of the Under2 Coalition, an organization of over 200 sub-national jurisdictions representing 40% of world GDP, leading world action on climate change.

Before joining the Governor’s Office, Ken was the Senior Assistant Attorney General heading the environment section of the California Attorney General’s Office, and the co-head of the Office’s global warming unit. From 2000 to 2006, Ken led the California Attorney General’s energy task force, investigating price and supply issues related to California’s energy crisis. California Lawyer named Ken an “Attorney of the Year” in 2004 for his work in energy law, and he received the ABA award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy in 2007 for global warming work.

Ken is a graduate of Harvard Law School and holds a B.A. in political theory from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Reed Schuler is a Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and Sustainability to Governor Jay Inslee. Previously, Reed served at the U.S. Department of State as a U.S. negotiator for the Paris Agreement on climate change and then on Secretary of State John Kerry’s Policy Planning Staff. Reed has conducted research as a Fulbright Fellow in Shanghai, China, led a strategy initiative with Mass Audubon and the social impact consulting group New Sector Alliance, and started and managed a community engagement and energy efficiency program for the Baltimore Office of Sustainability and the Baltimore Community Foundation. He is a recipient of the Switzer Fellowship for environmental leadership and a graduate of Pomona College and Yale Law School.

Scott Glenn is the Director of the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC). He serves as Governor David Ige’s environmental advisor. His office administers the state environmental review process and provides advice and technical assistance to government agencies, businesses, and community groups. Glenn also serves as the Co-Chair of Governor Ige’s Sustainable Hawaiʻi Initiative, which focuses on five goals: achieving 100% renewable energy, protecting priority watersheds, effectively managing nearshore waters, growing local food, and improving biosecurity.

Prior to coming to the OEQC, Glenn worked as an environmental planner in the private sector. While there, he focused on planning, environmental review, asset management, and risk analysis in clients’ strategic decision making. He has managed and held key roles on multiple multi-million dollar projects for clients in the public and private sectors.

Glenn earned a B.A. in philosophy and classical archaeology from the University of Evansville and a Masters in Urban Regional Planning from the University of Hawai‘i. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Representative Ken Helm, Oregon State Legislature

Representative Ken Helm graduated from high school in Bend, Oregon and went on to attend Willamette University where he earned a BA in History and Political Science. He also earned his JD at Willamette University College of Law. During law school he started his land use career by clerking for the Land Use Board of Appeals.

Ken’s early land use career included serving development clients as well as local governments. In 1997, Ken took a position as land use staff for Metro, the regional government in the Portland area that manages the urban growth boundary. He was responsible for defending Metro’s first urban reserve decision in the late 1990’s. In the early 2000’s Metro expanded the urban growth boundary and I was again tapped to write findings supporting that decision.

About eight years ago Ken opened a solo law practice specializing in two areas. One element of his practice is serving clients who oppose Walmart stores in their communities. The other is providing land use and code enforcement hearings officer services for cities and counties around the state.

Through growing up in Oregon and pursuing a career in land use law, Ken has developed a deep appreciation for protecting our natural spaces. As an attorney, he worked with local residents to stand up to development projects that would hurt the community. Through land-use work at Metro, Ken has been heavily involved in how we can best grow our economy and create jobs, while also preserving farmland and green spaces. Ken believes in standing up for our shared priorities: creating opportunity and passing on our natural legacy to future generations. Becoming a state representative is his latest step in pursuit of these goals.

Areas of expertise: Climate change, California climate policy, environmental justice, cap and trade

Quentin Foster is a Director in EDF’s Global Climate program. He leads EDF’s work on California climate policy and politics, advocating for legislative and administrative policies to establish and implement long-term GHG emissions reduction targets.

With strong commitment to social and environmental justice, he has collaborated with policy makers, regulators, and environmental stakeholders to advance equity in environmental policy.

Prior to joining EDF, Quentin served as Policy Advocate for the California Environmental Justice Alliance. He worked closely with multiple interest groups to help usher to success the passage of a series of environmental legislations in California, which would increase energy efficiency and renewable energy and provide support to disadvantaged communities.

Quentin also worked as the Policy Director for the CA Legislative Black Caucus where he provided political and policy support to both Senate and Assembly Caucus members and legislative staff.

The first to graduate college in his family, Quentin earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of San Francisco and a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Public Policy from the University of Southern California.

Katie Valenzuela Garcia is Principal Consultant for the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies. Established by AB 197 in 2016, this committee is charged with overseeing and providing recommendations regarding California’s climate policies and investments. Katie also staffs the Committee Chair, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, in his role as ex officio representative for the Assembly on the California Air Resources Board. Prior to joining the Legislature Katie was the Founding Principal for VG Consulting, a firm that partners with advocates and community groups in their pursuit of environmental justice, and was co-chair for the AB 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. Katie is an active organizer in Sacramento, helping facilitate the Sacramento Neighborhood Coalition and the development of the new Sacramento Community Land Trust, a community based organization that will acquire and manage land for community benefit.

Tribal Council Representative – Agency District, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Matt is a North American Environmental Markets Correspondent for Carbon Pulse, based in Chicago. Previously, he worked as a market reporter and research analyst for PRIMA-Markets, where he covered trading activity and policy developments pertaining to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Renewable Fuel Standard, and other North American clean fuels markets.

Matt received his Master of Arts degree in International Development Studies from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brought in to conduct research on climate change mitigation and carbon trading, his Master’s thesis focused on the environmental and social implications of a possible linkage between the California cap-and-trade programme and a jurisdictional REDD+ scheme in Acre, Brazil.

Matt also holds an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Geography from DePaul University in Chicago where he wrote his Bachelor’s thesis on sustainable city design.

Outside of researching and writing about climate policy, Matt is an avid guitar player and frequent concert-goer.

As Chief of the Transportation Fuels Branch at the California Air Resources Board, Mr. Wade oversees rule development and implementation of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. In prior positions with CARB, Mr. Wade contributed to the creation of California’s cap-and-trade program, authored portions of the initial AB 32 Scoping Plan, and served as ARB’s Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs. His private sector experience includes work in energy policy at a major Californian utility and time with a bioenergy start-up. Sam holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Davis, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii, and an M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University.

Peter began working in carbon markets in 2006, first at EcoSecurities and then joining The Climate Trust in 2007 and founding Climate Trust Capital in 2016. He has invested more than $15 million into projects that generate environmental credits. During his time at The Trust, Peter’s work has focused on biogas, grassland conservation, nutrient management and forestry projects. Peter holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College.

Oregon Clean Fuels Program Manager

Kelley is a Senior Associate at Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace initiative. She has authored both articles and flagship annual reports on voluntary and forest carbon markets, clean cookstove markets and conservation impact investing.

Chris Busch serves as Energy Innovation’s Research Director and leads its California Program. His recent work has analyzed the balance of supply and demand in the Western Climate Initiative’s carbon market. Previously, Chris served as Policy Director for the BlueGreen Alliance, Climate Economist for the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Senior Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee and was appointed to the California EPA’s Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has been quoted in leading news outlets. Chris earned a Ph.D. from the world’s top-ranked environmental economics program at the University of California at Berkeley.

Sean is responsible for portfolio management, OTC transactions and client advisory services. He was a broker at CantorCO2e, a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, where he specialized in the U.S. carbon market and worked with clients to facilitate structured transactions of carbon offsets from projects involving forestry, livestock management, landfill gas and renewable energy. Prior to CantorCO2e, Sean was one of the first employees of Carbonfund.org, where he worked with such corporations as Dell, Volkswagen, and Orbitz to develop and manage their carbon neutral programs. He also managed the financing and development of the third reforestation project in the world to be validated to the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS). Sean has a degree in Business and Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California.

Scott Hernandez, SVP North America, CBL Markets
Scott is Senior Vice President, North America responsible for driving sales and trading activity across the US, in both voluntary and compliance markets, and other emerging environmental markets. He has extensive experience in environmental management and business development, including analysis and design of solutions to tackle the complex issues at the center of business, energy and environmental policy. Previously, he was a Business Development Manager at Climate Action Reserve.

Peter Miller is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) with over 25 years experience in energy and climate policy. His work is focused on California energy policy, AB32 implementation, GHG emissions accounting and offsets. He is currently a boardmember of the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) and has served on the California Board for Energy Efficiency and on both Independent Review Panels evaluating the Public Interest Energy Research program at the California Energy Commission. Mr. Miller has degrees from Dartmouth College and Reed College. He is married to Anne Schonfield, has two children, and lives in Berkeley.

Edie Chang was appointed as a Deputy Executive Officer at the California Air Resources Board in the spring of 2013. She is responsible for development and implementation of California’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions including the AB 32 Scoping Plan, the cap-and-trade regulation, and the low carbon fuel standard. She also oversees strategies to reduce emissions from freight transport, the air toxics program, fuels regulations, and stationary source programs. In Edie’s 20 year career with the Air Resources Board, she has worked on a wide variety of projects including implementation of the zero-emission vehicle program, preparation of State Implementation Plans, and diesel incentive programs.

Edie received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. She is a registered Mechanical Engineer in the State of California.

Jenny Lester Moffitt is a 5th generation California farmer and Undersecretary at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, where she was Deputy Secretary from January 2015 – February 2018. Appointed to these positions by Governor Jerry Brown, Jenny works to engage stakeholders on issues that affect ranchers and farmers, including climate change, land use, water policy, and food security. As a farmer and policymaker, Jenny believes that agriculture is critically important to sustaining our environment and economy.

Prior to joining CDFA, Jenny spent 10 years as Managing Director at Dixon Ridge Farms, her family’s organic walnut farm and processing operation. Growing up on the farm she would later help manage, Jenny learned firsthand the importance of taking care of the land and the people that farm it – and the value in fostering economic growth and well-being. At the farm, Jenny oversaw the company’s day-to-day operations, including sales and marketing, human resources, regulatory compliance and all aspects of financial management.

While working at the farm, Jenny also served on the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. She has been a board member for CCOF and served on the California Organic Products Advisory Committee, the Food Safety Committee of the Walnut Marketing Board and the Farmers Advisory Council for the Organic Trade Association. Previously, Jenny worked for American Farmland Trust.

A proud former 4-H and FFA member, Jenny grew up raising animals and learning about the value of hard work and working together. She is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in Economics, and a graduate of the California Ag Leadership program.

Claire Jahns, Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources Climate Issues, California Natural Resources Agency

Claire Jahns is Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources Climate Issues at the California Natural Resources Agency. Her portfolio includes land protection and natural resource management within California’s climate change policy context, which encompasses the Climate Change Scoping Plan, the Forest Carbon Plan, bioenergy, greenhouse gas emission and carbon sequestration accounting and quantification, and climate change adaptation. Prior to joining the Agency, she served as a project director at The Nature Conservancy, where her work focused on developing solutions at the intersection of agriculture and biodiversity conservation in California and the American West. Claire was an economist and business development associate at the Chicago Climate Exchange from the Exchange’s opening in 2003 to 2007. She holds a Masters of Environmental Management and an MBA from Yale University, and a BA from Oberlin College.

Tim Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions; Assoc Prof of the Practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Tim Profeta came to Duke on June 1, 2005, as founding director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Prior to his arrival, he served as Counsel for the Environment to Senator Joseph Lieberman. As Lieberman’s counsel, Mr. Profeta was a principal architect of the Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act of 2003. He also represented Lieberman in legislative negotiations pertaining to environmental and energy issues, as well as coordinating the senator’s energy and environmental portfolio during his runs for national office. Mr. Profeta has served as a visiting lecturer at Duke Law School, where he taught a weekly seminar on the evolution of environmental law and the Endangered Species Act. Before joining Lieberman’s staff, he was a law clerk for Judge Paul L. Friedman, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Craig Segall is Assistant Chief Counsel to the California Air Resources Board. He and his staff are responsible for legal issues arising from many of California’s climate and air quality programs, including California’s light-duty vehicle programs, electric power sector programs, programs to address short-lived climate pollutants, and environmental justice programs. Craig led the team preparing California’s Clean Power Plan compliance effort. Before working at CARB, Craig was a Sierra Club staff attorney, clerked for Judge Marsha S. Berzon, and attended Stanford Law School and the University of Chicago. In his spare time, Craig runs ultramarathons, backpacks, gardens, and naps.

Jordan Godwin is a Senior Journalist covering renewable fuels at Oil Price Information Service (OPIS). Jordan joined OPIS following several years as an price reporter, and later an analyst, covering the renewable fuels industry at Platts. His primary areas of focus have included U.S. ethanol and biodiesel industry policy and pricing trends, global biofuels tradeflows and carbon-reducing fuel policies. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2010 with a degree in Journalism.

Philip Sheehy, PhD is a Technical Director in ICF’s San Diego office. He leads ICF’s team that provides advisory services at the nexus of transportation and carbon-constrained markets, focusing specifically on low carbon fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. Philip and his team are frequently called upon by government agencies, industry stakeholders, and non-profit organizations to conduct objective evaluations of low carbon transportation policies. His team is particularly active in California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard market, providing environmental commodity forecasting, regulatory impact assessments, fuel pathway support, and administration/verification support.

Josh Bledsoe is counsel in the Environment, Land & Resources Department. His practice focuses on complex infrastructure and development projects, particularly those utilizing renewable or low-carbon technologies. He has broad experience in the permitting, entitlement, environmental review and financing of such projects; and also handles related administrative and judicial challenges.

Mr. Bledsoe has deep experience with California’s climate change law, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (commonly known as “AB 32”) and associated Air Resources Board regulations. He also possesses in-depth knowledge of the California Environmental Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act (and its state and local counterparts throughout California), the Clean Water Act, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and the Warren-Alquist Act (including the siting procedures of the California Energy Commission).

Mr. Bledsoe also has experience in the permitting and development of energy projects, both fossil fuel fired and renewable. He has obtained federal, state and local approvals for projects involving intricate air quality issues, crafting innovative solutions to problems associated with the scarcity of required air emission offsets. He also has secured and defended water quality and wetlands permits before both the US Army Corps of Engineers and the State Water Resources Control Board. He also possesses extensive transactional experience, having represented buyers, sellers and lenders in matters involving environmental liabilities related to real estate and business transactions, complicated mergers and acquisitions, and access to capital markets.

Craig Ebert serves as the President of the Climate Action Reserve where he is responsible for ensuring that the organization’s activities meet the highest standards for quality, transparency and environmental integrity. He oversees the organization’s continued leadership and commitment to ensuring offsets are a trusted and powerful economic tool for reducing emissions. In his role, he also leads the organization in identifying and entering into other opportunities that build upon the its knowledge and expertise and further its work under its mission and vision.

During his career, he has helped create the foundations for international, national and state policies to address climate change. He supported U.S. negotiations on international climate change agreements, including negotiations leading up to the creation and signing of the Kyoto Protocol, and helped develop the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) provisions under the protocol. Craig’s work also involved pioneering efforts on carbon accounting principles and methodologies. He served as the technical director of Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, which was adopted by the IPCC as its GHG Inventory Programme, and was a key architect behind the development of the official U.S. national GHG inventory to meet commitments under the UNFCCC.

Prior to joining the Reserve, Craig advised the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and served at ICF for nearly 34 years.

Sheldon is responsible for managing The Climate Trust’s operations, finances, Board, public policy, carbon credit acquisition programs and its carbon credit portfolio. Nearly 15 of his 20 years of professional experience has been concentrated in carbon markets and policy. Sheldon began his carbon market career in 1998 tracking U.S. policy for the Japanese government. He also worked for Trexler Climate & Energy Services where he specialized in international carbon price forecasts and market design. Sheldon has been with The Climate Trust since 2008. Sheldon has an M.A. in economics where he wrote his graduate thesis on cap and trade program design.

Rajinder Sahota is an Assistant Division Chief at the California Air Resources Board. Her portfolio of responsibilities includes management of the Cap-and-Trade Program, the State’s AB32 Scoping Plan, and Energy Policy. Due to the global nature of climate change and interest in CA’s programs, the role also includes coordination and collaboration with subnational and national governments pursuing climate change mitigation action. In addition, she also engages in close coordination with other critical programs within the division such as LCFS and other fuels initiatives, and coordination with other CA state agencies. She has a BS and MS in Atmospheric Science from the University of California, Davis.

KAREN HAUGEN-KOZYRA (PRESIDENT) P.AG., M.SC.

Karen has over 20 years of experience in agricultural greenhouse gas measurement and modeling and climate change/environmental policy development – spanning her tenure at the provincial Department of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), Climate Change Central and now in the private sector. During her tenure at ARD, Karen was part of the cross-governmental team who developed Alberta’s Bioenergy Policy Framework, which was approved by cabinet in 2008. This framework set the stage for Alberta’s Bioenergy Program administered by the Department of Energy. Karen also led ecosystem goods and service policy and program development, in concert with other federal, provincial and territorial governments under Canada’s Agriculture Policy Frameworks. In her earlier years with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, she conducted research and studies of environmental mitigation opportunities for agriculture in air, water, soil and biodiversity

Her most significant contribution while at ARD and beyond involved her work at a national level, with federal provincial and territorial governments on the Canadian National Offset Quantification Team (NOQT). Karen, through her capacity on the Team, designed the protocol development process, represented the agricultural sector in Canada, and coordinated the development of several agricultural quantification protocols. In 2007, Karen was seconded to Climate Change Central, a not-for-profit established by the Government of Alberta. There, Karen led the implementation of the necessary market processes, infrastructure and tools needed to get the Alberta Carbon Offset Market off the ground. In that role, Karen and her Team leveraged the previous NOQT work to help build sound rules, platforms, quantification protocols, tools and infrastructure (e.g. registry) needed to facilitate the development of a Carbon Offset Market in Alberta.

Currently, Karen is President of Viresco Solutions Inc. – a network of leading advisors making sustainability real for public and private clients in the agriculture, energy and food sectors across North America and globally. Our team of experts enables our clients to meet their environmental, social and economic sustainability objectives by leveraging our knowledge and experience in environmental policy, markets and economics. Viresco Solutions provides clients from across North America with support from strategy and policy development through to project implementation and Measuring, Reporting and Verification plaftorms.

Karen obtained a Biological Sciences Diploma from NAIT, BSc in Plant Sciences and MSc in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Alberta. Karen is also a registered Professional Agrologist with the Alberta Institute of Agrology.

Javier Kinney, Director of Office of Self-Governance, Yurok Tribe

Javier I. Kinney is a Yurok Tribal citizen and serves as the Director of Office of Self-Governance for the Yurok Tribe. He has attained a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in History and Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis, a Master of Arts degree in Law & Diplomacy, specializing in Development Economics and International Law from Tufts University-Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, and a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk Law School. Mr. Kinney has extensive experience advising Tribal governments with expertise in areas of strategic action and climate change, natural resource management, mediation, negotiations, public policy, economic development, youth empowerment, land acquisition, tribal governance, philanthropic partnerships, protection of tribal cultural resources and water policy.

Kinney has been an invited to serve as a key note speaker and guest lecturer at various universities and colleges focusing on leadership, natural resource management, education, youth empowerment, and indigenous affairs. His visionary work and interests have provided him the opportunity to travel with indigenous delegations and other missions to Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Jamaica, Hungary, Canada and Germany. His commitment as a change-maker to global consciousness and visionary change motive him to create opportunities of collaboration and partnerships domestically and with indigenous communities worldwide. As a graduate student at the Fletcher School, Kinney was selected as a delegate to the inaugural International Achievement Summit held in Budapest, Hungary. Most recently, he has presented at the Nexus Global Youth Summit held at the United Nations, and recently represented the Yurok Tribe as a delegate to the United Nations Council of Parties 23, Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. Kinney currently serves on the board of the Yurok Justice Advisory Board and the Yurok Tribe’s non-profit organization, Kee-Cha E Nar.

Justin Johnson, Head – Global Strategic Markets, MMR, LLC

Justin Johnson joined MMR in 2016, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience working in federal, state, and municipal government in both the United States and Australia, and the respect of both government and business colleagues around the world.

Immediately prior to joining the firm Justin was the Secretary of Administration for the State of Vermont. In addition, he has worked for Democratic and Republican Governors in Vermont as Commissioner of Environmental Conservation and Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources.

Justin served on the board of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative for seven years and is a valuable and trusted source of information and advice for national and international clients seeking to navigate the regulations and policies related to carbon pricing.

Having spent three years as Chief of Staff to a member of the Australian Federal Parliament and as a senior executive at the Mornington Peninsula Shire, a large municipal government in the state of Victoria, Australia, Justin brings a valuable and knowledgeable understanding of international dynamics to our clients.

Apparently he doesn’t really understand what a hobby is because in his spare time Justin has served as a Member of the Governmental Advisory Committee to the U.S. EPA Administrator on the development of U.S. policy positions regarding implementation of the environmental Supplemental Agreements to the North American Free Trade Agreement, Justin has also chaired the Barre City citizen budget committee, served as President of the White River Partnership, and as President of Washington County Farm Bureau.

In 2015 Justin was the winner of the prestigious USEPA Ira Leighton “In Service to States” Award, just the second person to receive this award.
He holds a BA (Journalism) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Justin and his family live in Barre, VT.

As the Executive Director of RGGI, Inc., Andrew serves at the direction of the RGGI, Inc. Board of Directors and has three broad areas of responsibility: management, execution and engagement. Management responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day operations of RGGI, including the supervision of the staff and subcontractors, as well as responsibility for all financial and accounting processes. Execution refers to the quarterly CO2 allowance auctions, and timely reporting on allowance tracking and emissions monitoring, offsets program, and CO2 allowance market monitoring. Engagement relates to outreach to all stakeholders, facilitating meetings with the RGGI board and RGGI state staff, and managing public communications on the RGGI program.

Before joining RGGI, Andrew served as the Director of Operations for the Environmental Registry at IHSMarkit, a global financial information services provider. The Environmental Registry provides a framework for issuing, tracking and retiring environmental credits for carbon, water, biodiversity and other environmentally beneficial services. Prior to Markit, Andrew founded BusinessClimate, a sustainability consulting firm, where he advised major clients on corporate sustainability strategy. His clients included such Fortune 100 companies as Intel, PwC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Andrew is a published author with articles appearing in business magazines such as strategy+business and on-line sustainability forums including GreenBiz and the Harvard Business School.

Andrew has been an invited speaker at the UN, NASA’s Goddard Institute, NYU, Purdue University, and PwC. For five years he served on the board of TransitCenter, an NGO dedicated to sustainable transportation solutions. Andrew holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Columbia University.

Paul Hibbard is a Principal at Analysis Group, a Boston-based economic and financial consulting firm. Paul is a former Chairman of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, and has held positions in both energy and environmental regulatory agencies in Massachusetts. Paul has also served on the New England States’ Committee on Electricity, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board, and the Executive Committee of the Eastern Interconnect States’ Planning Council. In private practice, Paul provides technical, economic and policy analysis and strategic advice to public and private sector participants in the natural gas and electric industries.

Paul holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an M.S. in Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley.

Tom Ballou is the Manager of the Office of Air Data Analysis and Planning of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s Air Division. This office is responsible for developing air quality plans, tracking air quality improvement, managing emissions trading programs, and developing air pollutant emissions inventories. He has been with the DEQ air program since 1990 and has held several positions. Before coming to the DEQ, he worked for the Air Division of the US EPA regional office in New York, and the New Jersey DEP. He graduated from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania in 1983 with a degree in environmental science.

Specific to climate change related issues, Tom has directed the development of statewide GHG emissions inventories, serve as a technical support staff to the Commonwealth Climate Change Commission, and worked on other state climate initiatives. Most recently he has worked on the development of a state regulation to establish a trading ready carbon budget program for the Virginia power sector to be linkable to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Chris provides strategic advice on air pollution regulations, energy policy, business strategy, and climate change policy with a focus on the electric and natural gas industries. For more than 10 years, he has worked with the Clean Energy Group (CEG), a coalition of electric power companies committed to responsible environmental stewardship, evaluating and responding to environmental and energy policy issues. Some of his recent projects include evaluations of air pollution control technologies, electric system reliability, solar business strategies, natural gas production and emissions, and various Clean Air Act regulations. Chris is also an Adjunct Professor at Clark University, where he teaches a graduate course on U.S. Pollution Policy.

Prior to joining MJB&A, Chris worked as an Analyst in the Environment Practice of Abt Associates, where he specialized in the economic analysis of environmental regulatory programs. In addition to economic regulatory support and program evaluation, Chris designed and programmed advanced websites for EPA’s Office of Compliance.

Chris received a Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he studied environmental economics, and a Masters degree in environmental policy from the London School of Economics.

As Program Director for the Climate Action Reserve, Rob is responsible for overseeing the operations of the Reserve’s registry services, including day to day management and training of staff that support offset project reporting, verification, and registration activities. As part of this, Rob is also responsible for managing the Reserve’s relationship with ISO 14065 accreditation bodies. He also assists in developing and maintaining programmatic materials for various Reserve programs, including the Climate Impact Score and the CEQA registry. Rob has been with the Reserve since 2011 serving in various roles within the Programs team, with a particular focus on the forest protocol. He received a Master of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School at Duke University, and a B.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University.

Ken Newcombe has over 35 years of experience in developing financially viable sustainable energy and forestry projects in the developing countries. He was a research scientist in environmental health and natural resource management at the Australian National University, and first Head of Energy Planning and chief executive of the Papua New Guinea Electricity Commission before joining the World Bank’s newly formed Energy Department in 1982. At the World Bank he participated in design and supervision of a new series of energy sector wide ending operations and led the technical advisory team on energy sector investment in Africa In the early 1990’s he led the teams that developed and managed the first investment operations of the Global Environment Facility and the Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Investment Facility to phase our ozone depleting substances. In the World Bank he initiated and led the first global carbon fund, the Prototype Carbon Fund, and managed the growth of the World Bank’s carbon finance business to a total of eight carbon funds and over a billion dollars under. After leaving the World Bank in 2005, Ken joined management teams in Climate Change Capital in London and Goldman Sachs in New York before accepting the role of building C-Quest Capital as CEO of CQC.

Henry Hilken is the Director of Planning and Climate Protection at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The Air District is responsible for assuring clean air in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Hilken oversees preparation of regional air quality plans, climate protection activities, the Community Air Risk Evaluation program, air quality modeling, preparation of emission inventories, and transportation and land use programs. Mr. Hilken has a Master of City Planning from UC Berkeley and has worked at the Air District since 1988.

Before founding Climate Resolve, Jonathan Parfrey served as a commissioner at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (2008-2013). Jonathan is a founder and Vice Chair of CicLAvia, the popular street event, as well as the founder of the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability, and the statewide Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation. He served as director of the GREEN LA Coalition (2007-2011), and as the Los Angeles director of Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Physicians for Social Responsibility (1994 to 2007). Prior to that, Jonathan founded and directed the Orange County Catholic Worker (1987-1993). He was appointed to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Environmental Policy Team in 2003.

Jonathan received the Paul S. Delp Award for Outstanding Service, Peace and Social Justice (1992), and was awarded a Durfee Foundation Fellowship (2002), a Stanton Fellowship (2010), and was appointed a Senior Fellow at the USC Marshall School of Business (2011). He is currently a fellow at the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities; a member of the State of California Climate Adaptation Technical Advisory Committee (2016); a member of the steering committee for the US Climate and Health Alliance (2016). In April 2016, he was received the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair’s Green Leadership Award. When he’s not at work, Jonathan likes to hang out with his wife, Nancy L. Cohen, his four children and two grandchildren, as well as going with friends on epic hikes and bike rides.

Joel is an advocate for low-carbon technologies and a frequent speaker and writer on topics relating to electric vehicles, clean energy, water policy and climate policy. He is focused on continuing to build Plug In America as the leading independent voice for electric vehicles in the United States. Prior to joining Plug In America, he served as vice president for business development at the Climate Action Reserve, the state-chartered nonprofit that runs North America’s largest carbon offset registry. He has an MBA from UC Berkeley and an MA in international economics from the Johns Hopkins University. He drives a Nissan LEAF and mostly charges at home on a Clipper Creek HCS-50 Level 2 charging station.

Phil Ting was elected to the State Assembly in 2012, representing the 19th Assembly District, which spans the Westside of San Francisco as well as the communities of Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City, and South San Francisco.

As California navigates new challenges from the federal government, Ting is focused on protecting and persisting onward with progressive policies that expand opportunity for all, equal rights, and protections for our environment. Informed by past roles in the financial sector and as the San Francisco Assessor-Recorder, Ting has become a leading voice on California’s finances. He now serves as Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee after having served as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation.

Ting has authored legislation that:

• helps thousands more students obtain Cal Grants to attend college;
• increase assistance provided to pregnant and parenting foster youth;
• increases healthy food access through expanding urban agriculture and food stamp use at farmers’ markets;
• assists English-language learners to understand prescription medications and engage state government;
• ensures safe and equal restroom access and tax fairness for the LGBT community;
• protects the voting rights of people living with disabilities;
• requires consumer disclosure in clean energy labels; and
• helps homeowners invest in water and energy efficient technologies.

Ting is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He began his career in public service as the Executive Director of the Asian Law Caucus, an organization founded in 1972 to advance and promote the legal and civil rights of the Asian Pacific Islander community, and once served as Community Relations Director at San Francisco State University. In 2005, Ting was appointed Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, where he closed a five-year assessment backlog and brought in $290 million in unpaid property taxes to the city, created a program to increase rooftop solar installations, and spearheaded efforts to assist homeowners and tenants facing foreclosure.

Ting lives in San Francisco’s Sunset District with his wife, Susan, and their two children.

David Sawaya, Clean Transportation Strategy Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

David Sawaya manages clean transportation strategy at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). This includes responsibility for long-term planning related to PG&E’s customer offerings and infrastructure activities as well as Federal and State policy and legislative matters. Prior to working at PG&E, David worked on energy and technology policy and strategy at the World Bank, Ernst and Young, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), serves as President pro Tempore of the California State Senate. He is the first Latino elected to the position in over 130 years.

Senator de León is focused on building a more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable economy for the Golden State. He’s working to make college more accessible and affordable, combat climate change while building the clean energy economy, improve retirement security for low-income workers, and support California’s growing diverse communities.

His legislation has created the most ambitious renewable energy goals in the nation, the first-of-its-kind retirement-savings program for low-income workers, and has required a quarter of all cap-and-trade revenue be spent in disadvantage communities.

He has an extensive record on women’s rights, gun-violence prevention, and worker’s rights. He has led the fight in the Legislature to combat homelessness and to provide opportunities and protections to our immigrant residents.

Senator de León served four years in the Assembly before being elected to the Senate in 2010. Before the Legislature, he taught citizenship courses to immigrants and led opposition to 1994’s anti-immigrant Proposition 187. Senator de León credits his immigrant mother as his inspiration to help build a brighter future for generations to come.

Matt Rodriquez, Secretary for Environmental Protection, California Environmental Protection Agency

Matthew Rodriquez was appointed California Secretary for Environmental Protection by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in July 2011. As Secretary, Matt oversees the activities of the six boards, departments and offices within the Agency, including the California Air Resources Board and the State Water Resources Control Board. Matt comes to CalEPA with over 24 years of environmental experience with the California Department of Justice. Matt formerly served as a Deputy Attorney General, specializing in land use and environmental law. Attorney General Brown promoted Matt to the position of Chief Assistant Attorney General for the Public Rights Division in 2009, where he supervised the environmental, civil rights and consumer law sections of the Office. Prior to his selection as Secretary, he served as Acting Chief Deputy Attorney General for Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. Matt graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in History, and received his JD from UC Hastings College of the Law in 1980.

State Representative Chris Lee serves as Chairman of the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee in the Hawaii State Legislature. First elected in 2008, he has authored the nation’s first 100% renewable portfolio standard, a net-zero clean energy mandate for all public schools and universities, policies laying the groundwork for a more distributed electric grid, and has been leading efforts to reform utility business and regulatory models. Rep. Lee serves on the boards of several community non-profit organizations and volunteers his time in the community. He is a graduate of Oregon State University.

Josie Hickel, President of Chugach Commercial Holdings, is responsible for leading strategy and oversight for Chugach Alaska Corporation’s (Chugach) commercial business portfolio and land projects. Chugach is an Alaska Native Corporation serving the interest of the Alaska Native people of the Chugach region.

Josie has a proven track record of providing vision, strategic direction, and guidance to staff and programs to achieve desired outcomes and ensure project growth. She has extensive management experience. She is a creative, results-focused, effective leader with a talent for consensus-building among diverse individuals and groups.

Hickel is an active Board member and volunteer for several nonprofits, including the Alaska Sealife Center and the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council. She was inducted into the Athena Society in 2012 for outstanding leadership in both business and community service.

Hickel holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and human resources.

Personal History
Hickel is a lifelong Alaskan. She is of Aleut descent and a shareholder of Chugach Alaska Corporation, the parent company of Chugach Commercial Holdings. She grew up in a remote homestead near Moose Pass, Alaska, where she and her siblings lived a traditional subsistence lifestyle. She is married to Dr. Jack Hickel, who is an advocate for the Alaska Native community and physician for the Alaska Native Medical Center. Together they have six adult children and five grandchildren.

Ray Williams is the Director of Long-term Energy Policy in the Energy Policy and Procurement Department at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Mr. Williams’s current scope includes federal and state greenhouse gas policy, as well as policy matters addressing combined heat and power procurement.

Mr. Williams joined PG&E in 1981. Prior to joining the Energy Procurement Department in 2004, Mr. Williams held a wide variety of positions at PG&E, including electric operations, electric resource planning, corporate planning, regulatory relations, and gas transmission. He has supported PG&E through electric and gas industry restructuring, its bankruptcy as a result of the failure of electric industry restructuring, and in the development of its long-term electric procurement processes.

Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from the Clark University, Worcester MA and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.

Glen is the executive director of the Pembina Institute.

Prior to joining the Institute, Glen was an Ontario cabinet minister, and oversaw several portfolios, including transportation; training, colleges, and universities; research and innovation, and most recently, environment and climate change. In his role as environment minister, Glen led the development and implementation of the cap-and-trade system, and extended producer responsibility in Ontario. His work was foundational to the creation of the Quebec-Ontario-California carbon market.

Glen has held a number of leadership roles, including serving as mayor of Winnipeg from 1998-2004, and was chair of the Big City Mayors’ Caucus. During his time as mayor, he led the successful fight to transfer the five cents/litre federal gas tax to municipalities.

He also served as chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, under Prime Ministers Harper and Martin. Glen was also president and CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute.

Glen started his career in activism as a founding member of the Canadian AIDS Society, and helped establish the Village Clinic in Winnipeg, a centre for AIDS prevention and care. He has worked internationally, helping establish the World Health AIDS Service Organization’s working group.

Craig Ebert serves as the President of the Climate Action Reserve where he is responsible for ensuring that the organization’s activities meet the highest standards for quality, transparency and environmental integrity. He oversees the organization’s continued leadership and commitment to ensuring offsets are a trusted and powerful economic tool for reducing emissions. In his role, he also leads the organization in identifying and entering into other opportunities that build upon the its knowledge and expertise and further its work under its mission and vision.

During his career, he has helped create the foundations for international, national and state policies to address climate change. He supported U.S. negotiations on international climate change agreements, including negotiations leading up to the creation and signing of the Kyoto Protocol, and helped develop the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) provisions under the protocol. Craig’s work also involved pioneering efforts on carbon accounting principles and methodologies. He served as the technical director of Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, which was adopted by the IPCC as its GHG Inventory Programme, and was a key architect behind the development of the official U.S. national GHG inventory to meet commitments under the UNFCCC.

Prior to joining the Reserve, Craig advised the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and served at ICF for nearly 34 years.

Linda S. Adams, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, serves as the Chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors and is the Founding President and Ambassador for the Caribbean for R20 – Regions of Climate Action.

Previously, Linda served in cabinet-level positions with three governors during her distinguished career with the State of California. Ms. Adams held key positions in both the Executive and Legislative branches during her many years in public service. As Legislative Secretary to Governor Gray Davis, Linda negotiated the passage of California’s clean cars law which is now the national standard.

In 2006, Ms. Adams was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Secretary of the California Environmental Agency (CalEPA), the first woman to serve in that position. Immediately upon her appointment, she was designated the governor’s lead negotiator on AB 32 (Pavley), California’s ground breaking climate change and clean energy measure. When Governor Jerry Brown was elected in 2010, Linda was asked to continue as Secretary of CalEPA and to assist in the transition.

Ms. Adams most recently was honored to work with the Chugach Alaska Corporation to ensure that Alaska native corporations can participate in California’s carbon market through the development of forest management projects.
Ms. Adams also serves on the boards of the Pacific Forest Trust, the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, and is the founding President of R 20-Regions of Climate Action. Ms. Adams also serves as a Sister on the Planet for Oxfam America.

VERN R. CHEECHOO BIOGRAPHY

1) Vern R. Cheechoo
2) Director of Lands & Resources since July 2013
3) Mushkegowuk Council
4) BA Political Science/Sociology (Laurentian University)
5) Socio Economic Development Certificate (Laurentian University)

Vern Cheechoo, Director of Lands & Resources:

Vern Cheechoo works for Mushkegowuk Council as Director of Lands & Resources. The Mushkegowuk Council is an organization that represents 7 First Nations with a population of 10,000 people, and whose territory comprises of approximately 1/5th of Ontario. Vern is a proud member of the Moose Cree First Nation located on the Southern shores of James Bay.
As Director Vern is responsible for Land Use Planning Project (MNRF), Mushkegowuk Northern Mineral Tech Table, Ministry of Northern Development & Mines (MNDM), Mining Development Advisor program (MNDM), Ring of Fire project MNDM & Indigenous Northern Affairs Canada, Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change Division Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC). Each year negotiations with the government ministries are necessary to keep these programs going.

The Lands & Resources department of Mushkegowuk is not a part of the original structure of the Tribal Council funding mechanism. So each year Vern has to ensure he has a salary with project based funding that Vern negotiates to cover the staff and his salary.

On a personal note; Vern is a Singer/Songwriter, with multiple nominations for Juno’s, Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards, and a winner with the Aboriginal Music Awards. Has travelled and played music all across Canada with the likes of Bruce Cockburn, Indigo Girls, Kevin Welch, and many festivals throughout his career as a musician. He is a member of the Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher’s of Canada.

Suzanne Leclair is the legal and technical advisor on the Climate Change portfolio for Mushkegowuk Council, the representative body for 7 First Nations communities, mostly located in the Western James Bay and Hudson Bay coast in Northern Canada. Suzanne advises Mushkegowuk on matters related to the geo-economics of the ecosystem services from Hudson and James Bay lowlands, one of world’s largest carbon sinks. Suzanne is also working in the Arctic with communities and oversees the implementation of impact benefit agreements, socio economic monitoring of resource development in ecological sensitive regions. Suzanne is a member of the Mushkegowuk Advisory network comprised of researchers, indigenous leaders and land users for the creation of an Sub-Arctic indigenous led wetland research network. Suzanne is an Ontario lawyer focused on sustainable development in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

Javier Kinney, Director of Office of Self-Governance, Yurok Tribe

Javier I. Kinney is a Yurok Tribal citizen and serves as the Director of Office of Self-Governance for the Yurok Tribe. He has attained a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in History and Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis, a Master of Arts degree in Law & Diplomacy, specializing in Development Economics and International Law from Tufts University-Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, and a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk Law School. Mr. Kinney has extensive experience advising Tribal governments with expertise in areas of strategic action and climate change, natural resource management, mediation, negotiations, public policy, economic development, youth empowerment, land acquisition, tribal governance, philanthropic partnerships, protection of tribal cultural resources and water policy.

Kinney has been an invited to serve as a key note speaker and guest lecturer at various universities and colleges focusing on leadership, natural resource management, education, youth empowerment, and indigenous affairs. His visionary work and interests have provided him the opportunity to travel with indigenous delegations and other missions to Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Jamaica, Hungary, Canada and Germany. His commitment as a change-maker to global consciousness and visionary change motive him to create opportunities of collaboration and partnerships domestically and with indigenous communities worldwide. As a graduate student at the Fletcher School, Kinney was selected as a delegate to the inaugural International Achievement Summit held in Budapest, Hungary. Most recently, he has presented at the Nexus Global Youth Summit held at the United Nations, and recently represented the Yurok Tribe as a delegate to the United Nations Council of Parties 23, Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. Kinney currently serves on the board of the Yurok Justice Advisory Board and the Yurok Tribe’s non-profit organization, Kee-Cha E Nar.

Ashley Conrad-Saydah, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Deputy Secretary for Climate Policy, was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in April 2012. She works with multiple agencies and stakeholders to achieve the State’s ambitious climate goals and implement climate mitigation strategies throughout the State’s communities, ecosystems and industries. Prior to joining CalEPA, Ms. Conrad-Saydah served as California’s Renewable Energy Program Manager for the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, beginning her tenure as a Presidential Management Fellow. Ms. Conrad-Saydah earned her master’s degree from the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara and undergraduate degree in ecology from Princeton University.

As California Director of Government Affairs for The Trust for Public Land, Mary Creasman oversees the organization’s statewide policy and advocacy, local Climate-Smart Cities Mayoral partnerships, public financing, and local, regional and statewide ballot measures. Mary has a long and successful track record of leading campaigns and initiatives at all levels, including recently leading the effort to pass Measure A in Los Angeles County, the largest parks measure in the country.

As Chief Strategy Officer for the national non-profit Green For All, Mary grew the organization’s membership by over 50% through national civic engagement campaigns with celebrity and corporate partners like The Black Eyed Peas and Nike, organized a national coalition to include two equity provisions into the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, and launched a national youth leadership development program in partnership with historically black colleges and universities across the country.

While in her role as Associate Director for the Partnership for Children & Youth, a California-based non-profit, Mary facilitated organizational restructuring, grew the staff by 300%, and refocused the mission and vision of the organization. She also increased philanthropic revenue by over 25%, and led a statewide advocacy campaign to increase summer learning opportunities for youth.

Mary developed her campaign expertise in Silicon Valley as the Political and Organizing Director for the South Bay AFL – CIO Labor Council and for the Democratic Party. There, she ran dozens of successful electoral campaigns, coordinated two county ballot initiatives to increase public transportation and to save a public hospital, and passed six cutting-edge local policies for working families, including a living wage expansion and an affordable housing mandate.

Mary serves on the Wildlife Conservation Board as a Senate Appointee, and is on the Advisory Council for the Bay Area Open Space Council.

Alvaro S. Sanchez is an urban planner with extensive experience crafting, implementing and evaluating strategies that leverage private and public investments to deliver community benefits to impacted communities. Alvaro is The Greenlining Institute’s Director of Environmental Equity. He leads a team that develops policies to improve public health, catalyze economic opportunity, and enrich environmental quality for low-income communities and communities of color by leveraging “green” dollars used that address pollution, fight climate change, and helps vulnerable communities adapt to a changing environment.

Alvaro is the organizational lead overseeing the implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, SB 535 (De Leon, 2012), and AB 1550 (Gomez, 2016). He also oversees Greenlining’s work on Transformative Climate Communities, California’s comprehensive and scalable approach to greenhouse gas reduction that advances local climate action in disadvantaged communities through an integrated, community-based approach. For over a decade Alvaro has worked on economic development and land use issues throughout California and worked on leveraging stormwater and green infrastructure investments nationally to catalyze economic development in impacted communities.

Lauren Sanchez, ‎International Policy Director, ‎California Air Resources Board

Lauren Sanchez is an international climate policy professional – with a decade of experience working on climate change issues from governmental, private sector and non-profit perspectives. Most recently, Lauren served on the Paris Agreement negotiating team with President Obama’s State Department. In this role, she successfully gained agreement from over 190 countries on mitigation and capacity-building issues, in addition to leading the Department’s climate engagement in the Middle East and through the G7 and G20 processes. She currently works as International Policy Director in Chair Mary Nichols’ Office at the California Air Resources Board. Lauren graduated from Middlebury College in 2011 with degrees in Environmental Studies and Biology. She is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Masters degree in Environmental Management from Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Rodrigo Aguilar has a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (International Political Economy) and a B.A. Major from
ITESM (International Trade).

Rodrigo Aguilar is internationally recognized for developing relevant strategic projects to establish local governments or companies, particularly Mexican, and
the international community.

His international consulting clients include banking, software-development, cement, clean energy companies, including several with earnings over 10 billion dollars, as well as governments of many Mexican states and municipalities.

He provided policy advice for the internationalization plan for Mexico City Green plan (2010) as well as the “Mexico City Pact”, a voluntary initiative of mayors and local authority representatives that aims to advance climate actions. Recently he has provided comprehensive Policy advice to the Government of the State of Jalisco, a sound leader in fostering Climate Change and clean energy initiatives at the sub-national level in Mexico.

Katie serves as IETA’s Director of the Americas and Climate Finance. On behalf of IETA’s global multi-sector business membership, Katie leads efforts to inform climate change policy and market design with government and non-government partners across the Americas and the Pacific Rim. She also manages IETA’s growing international work on structures and mechanisms to leverage and scale private capital into climate projects and programs. Katie’s a member of the University of Toronto’s Environmental Finance Committee, Ontario Environment Commissioner’s Climate Change Advisory Panel, and the Climate Advisory Group to Ontario’s Minister of Environment & Climate Change. She regularly advises various industry-NGO initiatives and postgraduate research groups on carbon pricing design and market linkage. Prior to joining IETA, Katie was a Senior Associate at ICF International, providing strategic climate and energy advisory services to corporate, government, NGO clients and UN agencies. Katie holds a Masters with Distinction in Environment, Development and Policy from the University of Sussex.

Blas L. Pérez Henríquez, Founding Director of the California Global Energy, Water & Infrastructure Innovation Initiative, Stanford University & Director, Stanford – USAID Mexico Clean Economy 2050 Global Development Alliance

Blas L. Pérez Henríquez founded and serves as director of the California Global Energy, Water & Infrastructure Innovation Initiative at Stanford University. He also serves as a Precourt Energy Scholar and directs the Stanford – USAID Global Development Alliance Project: Mexico Clean Economy 2050 (MEL2050).

He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences of the Tec de Monterrey, Mexico, and has served as Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in London, United Kingdom, and as Guest Professor at CIDE, Mexico.

He is the author of “Environmental Commodities and Emissions Trading: Towards a Low Carbon Future,” Resources for the Future – RFF Press/Routledge, Washington, DC (2013) and co-editor of “Carbon Governance, Climate Change and Business Transformation,” Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxford, UK (2015). Most recently co-edited: “High-Speed Rail and Sustainability, Decision-making and the political economy of investment,” Routlege Explorations in Environmental Studies, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxford, UK (2017).

Pérez Henríquez holds a Masters and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from UC Berkeley, a diploma in Public Policy from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), and a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Gray Taylor is the General Counsel and a Principal of the Climate Solutions Group, an entity that aims to bring significant amounts of capital to projects to create ghg offsets and sell those offsets to large emitters in the Western Climate Initiative and Alberta markets. He is also the principal of Gray Taylor Law, a Canadian boutique law firm.

Gray is a former Chair of the National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, a former IETA Council member, former co-Chair of IETA’s Canadian Working Group and a member of the Environmental Finance Advisory Committee of the University of Toronto’s School of the Environment. He is the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Environment at the School of the Environment and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society.

Gray’s international emissions trading involvement led to him being placed consistently for several years in Band 1 for international climate change legal work by Chambers International, the leading lawyer rating agency, where he is today ranked as a “Senior Statesman”. He is also rated as a Senior Statesman in Chambers Guide for Canadian Environmental Law.

Tanya Peacock is the Environmental Policy Manager for Southern California Gas Company. Ms. Peacock manages environmental issues, including AB32 policy, for SoCalGas. Ms. Peacock has been involved extensively with the Cap and Trade rule-making process, as well as internal implementation of the program. She holds a B.A. from Mills College and a masters degree in regional planning from Cornell University.

Profile
Brouwer received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, he served as a research assistant professor at the University of Utah and was a member of the technical staff at Reaction Engineering International. He came to UC Irvine in 1997 as associate director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC), concurrently holding appointments as lecturer, assistant and then associate adjunct professor. He was named assistant professor in the summer of 2011.

Research
His primary research focus since joining UC Irvine has been high-temperature electrochemical dynamics and integrated energy systems research that includes fuel cells, gas turbines,electrolyzers, and solar and wind power. Brouwer is a highly recognized researcher in the area of alternative energy and is expected to make strong contributions to UCI’s stature in the field of energy and the environment and to make leading research and teaching contributions to MAE and to the Environment Institute.

As Senior Fellow for the Climate Impact Score (CIS), a program of the Climate Action Reserve, Mr. Gordon is assisting the Reserve with advice and business development efforts for CIS.

Immediately prior to joining the Reserve, Mr. Gordon served as Deputy Treasurer for Legislation and Infrastructure Financing for State Treasurer John Chiang, where his responsibilities consisted of managing opportunities for green finance throughout the 16 Boards Commissions and Authorities in the office of the State Treasurer. Prior to that, Mr. Gordon served as Deputy Controller for Environmental Affairs for Controller Chiang, serving as Chair of the State Lands Commission and as a member of the Ocean Protection Council, among other roles. He began his career as an environmental attorney and served as Counsel and Principal Consultant to the California Senate Committee on Environmental Quality for more than 20 years. Mr. Gordon is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Davis where he teaches environmental policy.

Tim Schaefer is a Deputy Treasurer for Public Finance for California Treasurer John Chiang. Prior to joining the Treasurer’s Office, he was then-State Controller John Chiang’s Senior Finance Advisor. Before entering State service, Tim was the principal owner of Magis Advisors, a public finance consulting firm in Orange County, California. He has more than forty years of experience in the municipal securities industry.

He managed the Public Finance Division of Bank of America in San Francisco and was the manager of the national municipal trading desk at Chemical Bank in New York City.

Tim served more than twenty years on the Technical Assistance Committee to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission (including three terms as its chairman) and three years as a private sector advisor to the Standing Committee on Governmental Debt of the Government Finance Officers Association.

He is a co-author of the California Public Funds Investment Primer, published by CDIAC in 2006. He was part of a four person team engaged in early 2014 to edit and revise the California Debt Issuance Primer, also published by CDIAC. He is a frequent speaker in the field of public finance.

Tim is a member of the Risk Management Association, the International City/County Management Association, the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, the Government Finance Officers Association, the Appraisal Institute and the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers.

Teveia R. Barnes was appointed by Governor Brown as the Executive Director of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) on July 12, 2013. IBank’s mission is to provide financial assistance for infrastructure, economic expansion, clean energy, water and environmental projects in the state of California and to promote small business through the Small Business Finance Center (SBFC). The SBFC helps small businesses create and retain jobs, and encourages investments in low- to moderate-income communities through the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program and the Small Farm Loan Program. In early 2017, Ms. Barnes led the launch of IBank’s new Jump Start Loan Program for start-ups and early stage small businesses in low-wealth communities. IBank’s goal is to make more small business loans directly to low-income entrepreneurs, including low-income women, minorities, veterans, persons with disabilities and persons previously incarcerated.

Prior to joining IBank, Ms. Barnes was commissioner at the California Department of Financial Institutions where she was the chief state regulator responsible for the licensing, examination and supervision of banks, credit unions, savings associations, trust companies, foreign banking organizations, and money transmitters. Barnes was a partner at the law firm of Foley and Lardner LLP with finance and regulatory experience. Ms. Barnes worked at Bank of America in multiple positions, including associate general counsel and senior vice president.

Ms. Barnes serves as executive director and volunteer attorney at Lawyers For One America providing pro bono legal services in underserved communities. She was a director on the boards of Rice University, On Lok, Inc., American Conservatory Theatre and Hospice by the Bay, and served as a member of the U.S. Bank Advisory Board of Northern California.

Ms. Barnes earned a Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law in 1978 and received her BA degree in economics, political science and German studies from Rice University in 1975, where she was an Arthur B. Cohn Scholar.

Anthropologist Steve Schwartzman lived with the Panará tribe in Mato Grosso, Brazil for a year and a half in the early 1980s and learned their unwritten language. He subsequently defended his PhD thesis on the group at the University of Chicago. Dr. Schwartzman worked closely with the emerging Amazon rubber tappers’ movement in the western Amazon starting in 1985, and twice brought rubber tapper leader Chico Mendes to the United States. Since 1991, Dr. Schwartzman has worked with the Panará people, and NGO partner the Instituto Socioambiental, to help the Panará in their successful effort to recover 495,000 hectares of their traditional territory and ensure its legal recognition and protection.

Since 2002, Dr. Schwartzman has worked with grassroots groups and NGOs for the creation of a reserve mosaic in the Terra do Meio region of the Amazon state of Pará. Between 2004 and 2008 the Brazilian government, in response to civil society advocacy, created ~8 million ha. of new parks and extractive reserves in the lawless frontier region. This established a continuous corridor of indigenous lands and conservation units of 26 million ha. in the Xingu river basin, the largest tropical forest reserves corridor in the world. Dr. Schwartzman leads EDF’s work with a consortium of Brazilian NGOs, grassroots organizations, government agencies and indigenous and traditional communities to implement and protect the reserves.

Dr. Schwartzman also initiated EDF’s efforts to create large-scale incentives for tropical countries to reduce their deforestation through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in the emerging US emissions control regime, with Brazilian and other international partners. He leads EDF’s international work on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries.

Jason Gray is Chief of the Climate Change Program Evaluation Branch, which oversees and implements the Cap-and-Trade Program at the California Air Resources Board (CARB). He previously served as manager of the Market Monitoring Section of the Cap-and-Trade Program, and as a staff attorney with CARB, where he advised the Board and its staff on the development and implementation of air pollution control regulations, including greenhouse gas reporting and verification regulations, compliance offset protocols, and the offsets provisions of the Cap-and-Trade Program. His current duties include supervising the implementation of the Cap-and-Trade Program, including linkage efforts with Québec and Ontario. Jason also represents the Board in the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force.

Before entering the legal profession, Jason worked on environmental education, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development projects with the U.S. Peace Corps and WWF in the Central African country of Gabon. These experiences are recounted in the book Glimpses through the Forest: Memories of Gabon. Jason received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and French from Gonzaga University, and a J.D. and Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School.

Odette Preciado received her first degree in Biology from the University of Guadalajara, she has a Master of Science in Natural Resources and Rural Development from The Southern Frontier College (ECOSUR), and a Diploma in Restoration of Ecosystems and Environmental Services. In 2015, she received a grant from the International Cooperation Agency of Japan to study climate change adaptation in Tokyo.

Odette has worked on research projects about fauna biodiversity at the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in Belize, in West and Southeast Mexican ecosystems. Her research about the attraction of frugivorous bats for the restoration of disturbed forests, was published in the scientific journal Tropical Conservation Science, is co-author of the book “bats: the allies of the night”, was editor of the magazine ” Forestry Innovation” of the National Forestry Commission of Mexico (CONAFOR) and is author of dissemination articles about forests and climate change, sustainable development, forest management, REDD + and social participation.

In the field of public service, she served as Head of the Department of Technological Development and Linkage of Projects supported by the Fund CONACYT-CONAFOR at the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR). She is currently working for the Government of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, following-up the agreements and activities of the Inter-institutional Commission for Action on Climate Change of the State of Jalisco and its REDD+ Working Group for the preparation of the REDD+ state strategy, in specific, she focuses her work in the development of the state policy for the mitigation of greenhouse gases in the forestry sector, through the Mexican Emissions Reduction Program.

Karine Hertzberg, Counselor for climate and environment at Norway’s embassy to the US
Karine Hertzberg is counselor for climate and environment at Norway’s embassy to the US, in Washington DC. Prior to moving to Washington DC, she was senior adviser at Norway’s Ministry for Climate and Environment. Karine was a key member of Norway’s delegation to the UNFCCC climate change negotiations for a number of years. She has served as chair for negotiations on mitigation and transparency, and chair of OECD’s Climate Change Expert Group. She also worked for Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, focusing on issues related to monitoring and reporting emission reductions from reduced deforestation, and on linking efforts to reduce deforestation to the broader international climate framework. Karine has a PhD in ecology/landscape ecology from the University of Oslo.

Alex Hanafi is Senior Manager of Multilateral Climate Strategy and a Senior Attorney in the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)’s Global Climate Program. In his work at EDF, he coordinates research and advocacy programs designed to promote policies and build institutions that effectively apply economic incentives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions around the globe. Prior to joining EDF, he led the international practice for a negotiation consulting firm based in Boston, Massachusetts; served in the private environmental bar in San Francisco and Washington D.C., and worked with developing country lawyers to improve domestic enforcement of environmental and human rights laws. Alex received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree (Biology; Art History) from Duke University

Alden Meyer is the Director of Strategy and Policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists and Director of its Washington office. He provides general oversight and strategic guidance for UCS’s advocacy on global warming, energy, transportation, scientific integrity, agriculture and arms control issues. He is UCS’s principal advocate on national and international policy responses to the threat of global climate change, and also works on renewable energy and electricity policy issues.

Mr. Meyer has more than 40 years of experience on energy and environmental policy at both the national and the state and local levels. Before coming to UCS in 1989, he served as Executive Director of four national organizations: the League of Conservation Voters, Americans for the Environment, Environmental Action, and Environmental Action Foundation. Before that, he worked as a policy analyst on electric utility issues and nuclear power economics for the Environmental Action Foundation, and as energy issues coordinator for the Connecticut Citizen Action Group.

Mr. Meyer has testified before Congress on energy and environmental issues, and has authored numerous articles on climate change, energy policy, electric utility and nuclear power issues for both environmental and general interest publications. He has served on several federal advisory panels, including the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board.

Mr. Meyer received his undergraduate degree from Yale, concentrating in political science and economics. He also holds a Master of Science degree in human resource and organization development from American University.

Rodolfo Lacy is the Under Secretary of Policy and Environmental Planning at SEMARNAT. He is adept at managing air quality, environmental impact and risk, as well as in environmental audits. He has given several lectures at national and international forums on environment, sustainable development, climate change, green growth, air pollution and water.

Mr. Lacy’s career spans over 30 years, in which he has served as a public official on both federal and local levels, consultant and teacher. Previous positions include:

Coordinator of Programs and Projects for Studies on Energy and Environment in the Mario Molina Center.
Executive Director of Special Projects in the College of Environmental Engineers.
Chief of Staff of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.
Management Director of the company Environmental Specialists, SA de CV.
General Director of Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution of the Ministry of Environment of the Federal District Department.
General Manager of Environmental Projects in the General Coordination for the Prevention and Control of Pollution in the Federal District Department.
Mr. Lacy has a PhD on Sciences and Environmental Engineering; a M. Sc. on Environmental and Health Management by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); and a bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering from the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City.

Dirk Forrister is President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). Previously, he was Managing Director at Natsource LLC, the manager of one of the world’s largest carbon funds. Earlier in his career, Mr. Forrister served as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force in the Clinton Administration. Prior to that, he was Assistant U.S. Secretary of Energy for Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs; and legislative counsel to Congressman Jim Cooper. He was also Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defense Fund. Forrister now serves on the Board of Directors of the Verified Carbon Standard and as a member of the Advisory Boards of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the American Carbon Registry.

Jackson Ewing holds a joint appointment as a faculty fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions and an adjunct associate professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy. He works closely with the Duke Kunshan University Environmental Research Center and International Masters of Environmental Policy programs to build policy research collaboration across Duke platforms in the United States and China.

Prior to joining Duke, Dr. Ewing was director of Asian Sustainability at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York, where he led projects on Asian carbon market cooperation and sustainable resource development in the ASEAN Economic Community. He previously served as a MacArthur Fellow and head of the Environment, Climate Change and Food Security Program at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and has worked throughout Asia with actors in government, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations.

Dr. Ewing publishes widely through a range of mediums and is a regular contributor to radio, television and print media. He holds a doctorate in environmental security and master’s degree in international relations from Australia’s Bond University, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the College of Charleston.

Craig Hart is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s Energy Policy and Climate program where he teaches Greenhouse Gas Management, and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. Mr. Hart serves as an attorney and consultant representing project developers, lenders and investors in conventional and renewable energy project finance and carbon management projects in North and South America, Asia, and the Middle East. He previously served as counsel to the ADB’s Future Carbon Fund conducting CDM projects in Asia. He holds a J.D. and B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. from New York University, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

ZHAO Xiaolu is Program Manager of Climate Change and Carbon Pricing Program at Beijing Representative Office of Environmental Defense Fund. She manages projects support China to build a national carbon market, including carbon pricing policy research and advocacy, stakeholder engagement and capacity building. Xiaolu also lead strategic design and managing donor grantee relationship. Xiaolu has deeply participated in the building of National Carbon Market in China, and her most recent publishment is The Progress of China’s Carbon Market 2017.
Xiaolu received Master’s Degree of Environmental Engineering, from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan. She is a Global Solution Program Alumni from Singularity University.

Founder and CEO, JobsWithImpact

David Rosenheim brings a lifelong love for entrepreneurship, people and the environment to his work. David is a climate advocate and founder of JobsWithImpact, whose mission it is to empower passionate people with the resources they need to build successful careers working towards a sustainable future.

In his former role as Executive Director of The Climate Registry, David was responsible for providing strategic direction for the organization and oversaw its programs, services and staff. During his 20-year career in the climate and high tech sectors, David has been a founder, COO, CEO and Director on various corporate and non-profit Boards.

David has an MBA from Oxford University and is a poet and songwriter based near San Francisco, where he lives in a solar powered house by the sea with his wife and two boys.

Zach has been with the City of Austin since 2011 where he manages the Climate Program in the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability. His primary duties include overseeing the implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies across the City organization and community.

Prior to the City of Austin, Zach spent 10 years working in the environmental consulting industry, primarily assisting large industrial clients with environmental data management, greenhouse gas inventories, and sustainability planning.

Zach holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School and undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

Kathleen Ave is the Climate Program Manager in Energy Research & Development at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, where she directs SMUD’s greenhouse gas research strategy, including climate readiness, water & energy, local carbon mitigation and sequestration initiatives. She also chairs the Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative, a public private partnership focused on long-term planning for the physical impacts of climate change. A graduate of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, she holds an MBA from the University of Washington and a BA from the University of California, Davis.

Wendy Goodfriend, PhD, is a Program Manager at the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SFE) where she leads an inter-disciplinary team that works at the nexus of climate, green building and environmental justice. She has a rigorous physical and environmental sciences background, and deep experience in stakeholder engagement, climate change planning, and public policy. Alongside her team she is working to advance San Francisco ambitious climate mitigation, resilience and racial equity goals. Prior to joining SFE she provided visionary leadership in developing and growing the nationally recognized Adapting to Rising Tides climate change planning program at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. She extensive experience in natural resource planning, environmental outreach and education, and was a 10-year member of a local land use commission charged with protecting inland wetland and watercourses in Connecticut.

Mike Szabo is a correspondent and co-founder of Carbon Pulse – an online subscription-based service dedicated to providing in-depth news and intelligence about carbon pricing initiatives and climate change policies around the world. Carbon Pulse’s coverage focuses mainly on emissions trading markets and other methods of using taxes and market-based mechanisms to cut greenhouse gas output. Prior to this, Mike worked as an environmental markets correspondent for Thomson Reuters and Point Carbon from 2007 to 2014, and as an analyst for investment banks JP Morgan in London and TD Securities in Toronto before that. He has an MBA from the University of Southampton and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University.

As Director of Policy for the Climate Action Reserve, Max helps shape the direction of the Reserve’s Policy activities. He oversees the development of new emissions reduction project protocols, as well as the maintenance and interpretation of existing protocols. He also assists with technical work on the Reserve’s climate finance ratings program, as well as various contracts and grants, and participates in several external stakeholder and advisory groups. His areas of particular focus include grassland, livestock methane, landfill gas, ozone depleting substances, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Max has supported the growth, functioning, and integrity of the offset project protocols and registry since 2008, serving in both Policy and Business Development roles. He received a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara, and a B.S. in Biology from Davidson College in North Carolina.

Nancy Young is the Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Airlines for America® (A4A). An environmental attorney, Ms. Young directs the A4A environmental sustainability programs, represents the A4A airlines in international negotiations regarding aircraft noise and emissions standards, and provides counsel on other environment and sustainability issues of significance. She serves on the Steering Group and as environmental co-lead of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative® (CAAFI) and on the Advisory Committee of the Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT). In addition, she participates in the working groups under the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection and serves on the Board of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).

In 2015, Ms. Young was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve on his High-Level Advisory Group for Sustainable Transport. The Advisory Group concluded its work in late 2016 with the launch of its analysis and recommendations report, “Mobilizing Sustainable Transport for Development.”

Previously a principal/partner at the law firm of Beveridge and Diamond, P.C., Ms. Young holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of William & Mary and a Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Takashi Hongo analyzes climate change mitigation and adaptation, including emission trading and climate finance, water and low carbon infrastructure and biodiversity and provides advice to Mitsui & Co.. He seeks for market based solutions, combined with diffusion and innovation of technology, and proposes “Game Change” under climate and energy constraints.

Before joining the institute, he worked for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC, Special Advisor and Head of Environment Finance Engineering Department) and drafted JBIC Environment Guideline and J-MRV Guideline for measurement of GHG emission reduction at projects. He has rich experiences of finance for energy and infrastructure projects.

(Other activities)
Board of Directors for International Emission Trading Association, Advisor for Global Green Growth Institution, Advisor for Global Water Reuse and Recycle Association, Advisor for Innovation LAB for Climate Finance, member of ICAO Global market Base Mechanism Task Force, Expert for TC265 WG6(CO2 EOR) and Project Manager for DIAS (Data Integration and Analysis System) .

He is a member of various committees and study groups for government and local governments in the fields of climate finance, emission trading, water infra, satellite technology, and technology evaluation committee of NEDO technology diffusion program.

He wrote numerous articles too.