2020 Speakers
With the new Forum format and dates, we are sending out new speaker asks. As new virtual Sun Valley Forum speakers are confirmed, we will post them right here.
If you are interested in being a speaker, please contact Mike – mike@sunvalleyinstitute.org.
Mitch Anderson
Founder, Executive Director
Amazon Frontlines
Georgie Benardete
Co-Founder & CEO, ALIGN17
AIméE CHRISTENSEN
Founder, Sun Valley Institute
CEO, Christensen Global Strategies
DANIEL DART
Founder & CEO
DEC Projects
AMANDA ELLIS
Executive Director
Hawaii & Asia-Pacific, ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Hilary Franz
Commissioner of Public Lands
State of Washington
PETER HORTON
Writer / Director
Producer / Actor
Ruby HORTON
Sun Valley Youth Council
MAGGIE KAPLAN
Founder, Executive Director Invoking the Pause
AMY MATTIAS
Co-director
Local Food Alliance
ROBYN O’BRIEN
Vice President
rePlant Capital
TERRY O’CONNOR MD
Blaine County/ Sawtooth Regional EMS Director
Idaho EMS Physicians Commission
Emergency Physician, St Lukes Wood River Hospital
GEOF ROCHESTER
Founder
Geof Rochester Consulting
EAMONN STORE
Founder & CEO
FairShare
BRUNO SARDA
President
CDP North America
SHAWN SHEPHERD
Director of Development &
American Farmland Trust
BARNEY SWAN
International Director
CLIMATEFORCE
LISA WING RN
Past Speakers
Mitch Anderson
Founder, Executive Director
Amazon Frontlines
Richardson Antoine
Haiti Country Manager
at Thread
Kathy Araújo
Director, Energy Policy Institute
Associate Professor, Boise State University
JOHN BAILEY
Founding Partner
Hawaiian Cloud Forrest Coffee
VIC BARRETT
Co-Plaintiff, Juliana v. The United States of America & Action Fellow, Alliance for Climate Education
FELICITY BARRINGER
Writer in Residence
Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West
JON BONANNO
CXO, New Energy Nexus
California Clean Energy Fund
JODI BOND
Executive Vice President, Head of Global Government & Industry Affairs
Chubb Limited
MARK BRAND
CEO – MB Inc. & A.B.L.F.
Exec Chef – American Refugee Committee
Prof. of Innovation – USC
ISAAC BROWN
Executive Director
Business Coalition for Conservation and Climate
JAY BRUNS
Senior Climate Policy Advisor Commissioner Mike Kreidler
Washington State Insurance Commission
TOM CHI
Founding Member
GoggleX
AIMEE CHRISTENSEN
Founder, Sun Valley Institute
CEO, Christensen Global Strategies
MARTIN CHUNGONG
Secretary General
Inter-Parliamentary Union
SHELLEY COHEN
Director of Solar Programs
DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU)
CHRISTI COOPER
Director/Producer
YOUTH v GOV (a Barrelmaker Production’s Film)
ALEX CORNELL DU HOUX
Public Affairs Officer
US Navy Reserve
DANIEL DART
Founder & CEO
DEC Projects
Amy Davidsen
Executive Director
The Climate Group, North America
Julie Davitz
Head of Impact Solutions
BNP Paribas/Bank of the West
Noah Deich
Executive Director
Carbon180
COLIN le DUC
Founding Partner
Generation Investment Management
Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D.
Founder & Executive Director
Earthfire Institute:Wildlife Sanctuary and Retreat Center
AMANDA ELLIS
Executive Director
Hawaii & Asia-Pacific, ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
MEAGAN FALLONE
CEO and Founder
Barefoot College International
FRANCESCO FEMIA
Co-CEO
Council on Strategic Risks
DANIELA V. FERNANDEZ
Founder & CEO
Sustainable Ocean Alliance
BRYNN FOSTER
Founder
Voyaging Foods
Hilary Franz
Commissioner of Public Lands
State of Washington
KATE GEAGAN
Food & Nutrition Consulting| Media Communications
Author, Go Green, Get Lean | Columnist, Clean Eating Magazine
David Gelber
Co-Creator, Executive Producer
YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
ANAKE GOODALL
Chair
Hillary Institute of International Leadership
JEFF GOODELL
Contributing Editor
Rolling Stone
Sherri Goodman
Senior Advisor for International Security, Center for Climate and Security
Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security
JONAH GOTTLIEB
Executive Youth Director
National Children’s Campaign
Michael Green
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Environmental Health
Dr. Stephanie Gripne
Founder and CEO, Impact Finance Center, CO Impact Days, and Impact Investing Institute
Dayna Gross
Senior Corporate Engagement Advisor
The Nature Conservancy
STEPHENNE HARDING
Senior Campaign Director, Campaign for Nature
National Geographic Society
PETER HORTON
Writer / Director
Producer / Actor
Kristen Hull
Founder & CEO
Nia Impact Capital
Brandon Hurlbut
Co-Founder & Partner
Boundary Stone Partners
ELLEN JACKOWSKI
Global Head of Sustainability Strategy & Innovation
HP
DIRK JAMESON
Retired Lt. General
U.S. Air Force
DON JERGLER
Western Region Editor
Insurance Journal
KELSEY CASCADIA ROSE JULIANA
Lead Plantiff, Juliana v.
The United States of America
HOLLY KAUFMAN
Founder
Environment & Enterprise Strategies
JENN KENNING
CEO & Co-Founder
Align
Ksenia Koban
Vice President, Municipal Strategist
Payden & Rygel
MIKE KREIDLER
Insurance Commissioner
State of Washington
DAN LASHOF
Director
World Resource Institute
BONNI LEI
AI for Earth Project Manager
Microsoft
Amy Lientz
Director, Stakeholder and Education Partnerships
Idaho National Labratory
Laura Liswood
Secretary General
Council of Women World Leaders
DAVID LIVINGSTON
Deputy Director for Climate & Advanced Energy
Atlantic Council
RENSKE LYNDE
General Partner 1st Course Capital
Co-Founder, Food System 6 Accelerator
JIM LYONS
Lecturer and Research Scholar
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
JAMIE MARGOLIN
Founder Co-Executive Director
Zero Hour, Youth Climate March
ADAM MARVEL
Managing Director
Imfoco
LIZ MCCARTNEY
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
SBP
CRISTINE MORGAN, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Soil Health Institute
JENNIFER MORRIS
President
Conservation International
EMILY S. NIEHAUS
Mayor, City of Moab
Founder, Community Rebuilds
TYLER NORRIS
Chief Executive
Well Being Trust
ROBYN O’BRIEN
Vice President
rePlant Capital
DARREN PARRY
Chairman
Northwest Shoshone Nation
JOHN PIOTTI
President
American Farmland Trust
MARK PRAIN
Founding Director
Hillary Institute of International Leadership
TIM PROFETA
Director
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
LOUIE PSIHOYOS
Photographer & Filmmaker
“Racing Extinction”, “The Cove”
Julia Pyper
Contributing Editor Greentech Media & Host, Political Climate Podcast
Emma Riley
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Lonely Whale
Ted Robb
Co-Founder
New Barn Organics
Sarah Finnie Robinson
Founding Director
The 51 Percent Project
GEOF ROCHESTER
Founder
Geof Rochester Consulting
HENK ROGERS
Founder
Blue Planet Foundation
BRUNO SARDA
President
CDP North America
ASHLEY SCHULTEN
Managing Director, Head of Responsible Investing
Global Fixed Income at BlackRock
AUSTIN SHELTON
Director
Center for Island Sustainability
SHANE SKELTON
Partner
S2C Pacific
KIRK SIEGLER
Correspondent
NPR’s National Desk
OLAF SLEIJPEN
Director of Insurance Supervision
De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. (DNB)
ERIK SNYDER
Co-Founder
The Drawdown Fund
NATHANIEL STINNETT
Founder & Executive Director
Environmental Voter Project
EAMONN STORE
Founder & CEO
FairShare
BENJAMIN VON WONG
Artist/Activist
TATJANA VUJIC
Director of Biogas StrategyDuke University
MATTHEW WEATHERLEY-WHITE
Co-Founder, Managing DirectorCaprock
DR. BURTON WEBB
President
University of Pikeville
CAITLIN WERRELL
Co-CEO Council on Strategic Risks
JUSTIN WINTERS
Executive Director Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
STEVE WYSMULLER
Global Lead Meteorologist
IBM
