EarthxSpeakers

Philip D. Moeller

The Honorable Philip D. Moeller is Executive Vice President, Business Operations Group and Regulatory Affairs at the Edison Electric Institute, the association that represents the nation’s investor-owned electric companies. Previously, Mr. Moeller served as a Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Christine Moseley

Full Harvest Founder and CEO Christine Moseley is a passionate serial social entrepreneur. Full Harvest is the first B2B marketplace for surplus and imperfect produce, connecting food & beverage companies directly to farms with produce that would otherwise go to waste.

Leilani Münter

Leilani Münter is a biology graduate, professional race car driver and environmental activist. Discovery’s Planet Green named her the #1 eco athlete in the world, ELLE Magazine awarded her their Genius Award and Sports Illustrated named her one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world. Leilani is an advocate for solar power, electric cars, plant-based diet and animal rights. Leilani is active in lobbying for these causes in Washington, DC and beyond. She has been a guest at The White House and the United Nations in Geneva.

Melanie Nakagawa

Melanie Nakagawa is the Director of Climate Strategy for Princeville Capital, an investment firm backing rapidly growing technology-enabled companies around the world. She leads their climate and sustainability strategy to invest in global companies delivering transformative solutions to climate change.

Omar Narvaez

Omar Narvaez was elected to the Dallas City Council in June of 2017 and represents District 6. For over 80 years, Councilmember Narvaez’ family has lived in District 6, in Ledbetter, La Loma and Bachman Lake neighborhoods.

Elisabeth Nebie

Institute for Climate and Society, a center of the Earth Institute of Columbia University.

Rick Needham

Rick Needham is a Partner and Energy Sector Lead for The Rise Fund, responsible for sourcing and executing growth stage investments in the energy space that deliver both attractive financial returns and meaningful positive social or environmental benefits.

Tia Nelson

Tia Nelson is internationally recognized as a tireless champion for environmental stewardship and climate change education. She spent 17 years with The Nature Conservancy as a policy advisor for Latin America and then, the first director of the Global Climate Change Initiative.

Clay Nesler

Clay Nesler is the Vice President, Global Energy and Regulatory Affairs for Johnson Controls. He also serves as interim president of the Alliance to Save Energy.

Rob Niven

Rob Niven is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CarbonCure Technologies, the global leader in carbon dioxide (CO₂) utilization technologies for the concrete industry. Niven has the simple goal of making concrete sustainability both profitable and easy for industry.

Matthew Nordan

Matthew Nordan is Managing Director of Prime Impact Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on breakthrough climate innovation. He has spent more than two decades focused on cutting-edge technologies as an investor, advisor, and analyst.

Steve Oldham

Steve Oldham is Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian-based clean energy company. CE is leading the commercialization of groundbreaking technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere so it can be permanently stored deep underground, or synthesized into clean, affordable transportation fuels.

Collin O’Mara

Collin O’Mara serves as President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, America’s largest wildlife conservation organization with 52 state and territorial affiliates and nearly six million hunters, anglers, birders, gardeners, hikers, paddlers, and wildlife enthusiasts.

Jeff Orlowski

Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski served as director, producer, and cinematographer of the Sundance Award-Winning films, Chasing Ice and Chasing Coral He is a two-time Emmy-Award winning filmmaker, and founder of the award-winning production company Exposure Labs. His latest film, The Social Dilemma premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Julie Packard

Julie Packard is founding executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and a voice for sciencebased policy reform in support of a healthy global ocean. She is a trustee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and chairs the board of the independent Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Dr. Roger Payne

Dr. Roger Payne, is founder and President of the Ocean Alliance. He is best known for his discoveries that humpback whales sing songs and that the calls of blue and fin whales carry across oceans.

Steven Pedigo

Steven Pedigo is a Professor of Practice at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and the inaugural director of the LBJ Urban Lab. He is also a distinguished fellow at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. Steven is an expert in economic and urban development, city strategy and management, and placemaking. He has advised and collaborated with more than 50 cities, universities, developers, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies across the globe to build more creative, innovative, and inclusive communities.