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.