EarthxSpeakers

Bob Perciasepe

Bob Perciasepe is President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a leading, independent voice for practical policy and action to address our climate and energy challenges. Bob has been an environmental policy leader for more than 30 years, most recently as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Nancy E. Pfund

Conner Prochaska

Conner Prochaska currently serves as Chief Commercialization Officer for the Department of Energy and Director as Office of Technology Transitions. Prior to OTT, Prochaska served as Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

Louie Psihoyos www.crowholdings.com www.crowholdings.com

Building & investing with a sense of purpose.

Building & investing with a sense of purpose.

With over 70 years of real estate experience, Crow Holdings builds and invests with a sense of environmental responsibility and social purpose, positively impacting surrounding communities.

With over 70 years of real estate experience, Crow Holdings builds and invests with a sense of environmental responsibility and social purpose, positively impacting surrounding communities.

Nancy E. Pfund is Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners, a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, economic and environmental returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Ms. Pfund sits on several nonprofit boards, including the National Geographic Society.

Valérie Plante

Valérie Plante was first elected as city councilor in Saint-Marie district in 2013 and became Mayor of Montreal on November 5, 2017. She has a bold plan for Montreal centered on increased access to public transit, better urban planning and public services, the economy and the environment.

Dr. Mark Plotkin

Dr. Mark Plotkin is an ethnobotanist who serves as President of the Amazon Conservation Team. His most recent book is The Amazon - What Everyone Needs to Know, was published by Oxford University Press in March 2020

Joshua Posamentier

Joshua Posamentier is Managing Partner of Congruent Ventures, With over 23 years of experience spanning venture and operating roles, he was a core part of Intel’s first wireless chip team, built several $100M+ business units, and has more than 50 patents issued or pending.

Louie Psihoyos is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Executive Director of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS). He is recognized as one of the top still photographers in the world, having created iconic images for National Geographic for 18 years, and hundreds of covers for other magazines. Believing that film can be the most powerful weapon in the world, Louie founded OPS with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jim Clark in 2005.

Sally Ann Ranney

Sally Ann Ranney is an environmental visionary, strategist and advocate. She is Founder and President of Global Choices, and President and Co-Founder of the American Renewable Energy Institute (AREI) and AREDAY Summit.

Maureen Raymo

Maureen Raymo is a marine geologist and climate scientist who works at Columbia University’s LamontDoherty Earth Observatory where she is the Bruce C. Heezen Lamont Research Professor as well as Director of the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository, one of the largest repositories of marine deep-sea samples in the world.

Robert Redford

Robert Redford is an ardent conservationist and environmentalist, a man who stands for social responsibility and political involvement, and an artist and businessman who is a staunch supporter of uncompromised creative expression.