2017 SPEAKERS
Rocky Barker
Author & Prize-Winning Journalist, Idaho Statesman
Rob Bernard
Chief Environmental Strategist
Microsoft
Matthew Bishop
Senior Editor
The Economist Group
KATE BRAY
Energy Program Manager
Sun Valley Institute
MIKE BRUNE
Executive Director
Sierra Club
ALISON CARLSON
Founder & Chair
Forsythia Foundation
AIMEE CHRISTENSEN
Founder, Sun Valley Institute
CEO, Christensen Global Strategies
MICHAEL COHEN
Co-Founder & President
Cypress Creek Renewables
SHELLEY COHEN
CEO & Co-Founder
Alpha Solar Group
Gary Dirks
Director, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Director, LightWorks
DARYN DODSON
Managing Director
Illumen Capital
SARAH DOLL
National Director
Safer States
Lexi duPont
Adventure Athlete & Environmentalist
NICHOLAS MOORE EISENBERGER
Managing Partner
Pure Energy Partners
Leif Elgethun
CEO
Retrolux
DANIEL ELLIOTT
CEO
Enerblu
TONY TEKARONIAKE EVANS
Reporter and Columnist
Idaho Mountain Express
HILARY S. FRANZ
Commissioner of Public Lands
State of Washington
S. David Freeman
Engineer, Attorney,
& Author
Mark George
Founder & President
Accord Capital Management
Steve Glenn
Founder & Managing Director, Living Homes
Founder & CEO, Plant Prefab
Wendi Goldsmith
Co-Founder and Director
Center for Urban
Watershed Resilience
Jeff Goodell
Contributing Editor
Rolling Stone
MEADE HARRIS
Founder & CEO
The Hawthorn Club
MICHAEL HEALY
Director of Origination
8minutenergy Renewables
ADRIAN HOROTAN
General Partner
SaferMade
PETER HORTON
Writer, Director & Actor
Pico Creek Productions
KRISTIN HULL
Founder & CEO
Nia Impact Advisors
SUMER JOHAL
Founder
Agralogics
SYDNEY McNiff Johnson
Senior Advisor
Dentons Global Energy Practice
PAULETTE JORDAN
Idaho House Representative & Former Member, Coeur D’Alene Tribal Council
GREG KANDANKULAM
Sustainable Energy Strategist
NRG Energy
Jay Koh
Founder
Lightsmith Group
MICHELLE LAPINSKI
Vice President
The Earth Genome
DR. PHILIP LANDRIGAN, MD, MSc, FAAP, DIH
Dean for Global Health
Mt. Sinai
Dr. Renee Lertzman
Psychologist
Liz McCartney
Co-Founder & Executive Director, SBP
JAMES MCMAHON
Founding CEO
The Collider
LANGELY MCNEAL
Director of Community
Summit Series
EILEEN MOCKUS
CEO
Coyuchi
JAKE MOE
Founder
Powder Magazine
Werner Morawitz
Advisory Board
Sun Valley Institute
Nancy Pfund
Founder & Managing Partner
DBL Partners
DR. PHIL POLAKOFF, MD, MPH, MEnvSc.
Consulting Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
CEO, A Healthier Me
Sam Polk
Co-Founder & CEO, Everytable and Founder & Executive Director, Groceryships
Raúl Pomares
Founder
Sonen Capital
Lila Preston
Partner
Generation Investment Management
Suzanne Price
Founder & CEO
Sprout San Francisco
HOWARD PYLE
Senior Vice President of Customer Experience & Design
MetLife
Cass Redstone
Co-Founder
Gender Smart
Rui Resendes
President & CEO
FireRein Inc.
Geof Rochester
Managing Director
The Nature Conservancy
Zack Rosenburg
Co-Founder
SBP
REBECCA RUSCH
Athlete, Author,
Adventurer
Sara Sanford
Co-Founder
Gender Smart
LAUREL SAYER
President & CEO
Midas Gold Idaho, Inc.
Astrid J. Scholz Ph.D.
Chief Everything Officer
Sphaera
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG
Award-Winning Cinematographer
Director & Producer
Joel Serface
CEO & Co-Founder
Catalyze Inc.
JULIE SHAFER DAVITZ
Head of Purpose Investments
Bank of the West / BNP Paribas
P.J. SIMMONS
Chairman & Co-Founder
Corporate Eco Forum
Russel Sparkman
CEO, Content Strategy
FusionSpark Media
BILL STODDART
Founder
HomeStake Venture Partners
Eamonn Store
Founder & CEO
FairShare
ROBERT SWAN (OBE)
Polar Traveler
Foundation 2041
RAINA THIELE
Founder & Principal Consultant, Thiele Strategies LLC
PAUL WALSH
Director, Weather Strategy,
IBM Global Business Services/
The Weather Company
Jonathan Webb
Founder & CEO
AppHarvest
FREYA WILLIAMS
CEO, North America,
Futerra
Author, Green Giants
Tim Willink
Director of Tribal Programs
GRID Alternatives
JENNIFER WORRALL
CEO
Iteros
Julie Ann Wrigley
President/CEO
Wrigley Investments, LLC
Steve Wysmuller
Global Weather Leader
IBM/The Weather Co.