2023 Sun Valley Forum Speakers

  • Elysabeth Alfano

    CEO of VegTech™ Invest, Founder of Plant Powered Consulting and Host of The Plant-based Business Hour

  • Kunle Apampa

    Head of Client Solutions, Capricorn Investment Group

  • Duanne Andrade

    Executive Director of the Solar and Energy Loan Fund

  • David Banks

    Chief Conservation Officer, The Nature Conservancy

  • Vic Barrett

    Youth climate leader and litigant in Juliana v. United States

  • Kathy Baughman McLeod

    Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and SVP at the Atlantic Council

  • Kevin Benmoussa

    Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Aleph Farms

  • Tzeporah Berman

    Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

  • Rhett Butler

    Founder & CEO, Mongabay

  • Dave Chen

    CEO, Equilibrium Capital

  • Sean Clayton

    Co-founder & CEO, Myosin

  • Dianna Cohen

    Founder & CEO , Plastic Pollution Coalition

  • Alex Cornell du Houx

    President, Elected Officials to Protect America

  • Doug Coward

    Founder, CEO, Director of National Expansion and Partnerships

  • Dr. Michael Dorsey

    Chair, Rob & Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service

  • David Ewing Duncan

    CEO, Arc Fusion

  • Tim Dunn

    Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Terra Alpha Investments

  • Commissioner Hilary Franz

    Commissioner of Public Lands, Washington State

  • Lauren Fraser

    Co-founder & Head of Partnerships, Canopy

  • Lisa Friedman

    Reporter, Climate Desk, New York Times

  • Ivan Frishberg

    Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, Amalgamated Bank

  • Jerome Foster II

    Co-founder at Waic Up; Director of Strategy & Operations, New Zero World; member, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council

  • Chance Glasco

    Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and Creative Director, Good Dog Studios

  • Jeff Goodell

    Author, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine, Senior Fellow, the Atlantic Council

  • Chante Harris

    Climate Strategist, Investor & Operator; Advisor & Mayoral Appointee, Climate Center

  • Brad Harrison

    Managing Director, Impact Investing ALTI Tiedemann Global

  • Peter Horton

    Writer, Director, Producer, Pico Creek Productions

  • Kristin Hull

    Founder & CEO, Nia Impact Capital

  • Carol Jeppesen

    Head of US, UN Principles for Responsible Investing

  • Leslie Kaufman

    Climate & Environment Reporter, Bloomberg

  • David Kirkpatrick

    Founder, Techonomy Media

  • Dana Lanza

    Co-Founder, President and CEO, Confluence Philanthropy

  • Joshua Lincoln

    Senior Fellow, Fletcher Graduate School of Global Affairs, Tufts University

  • Rosemary Mann

    Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

  • Amy Mattias

    Director of Programs, Sun Valley Institute for Resilience

  • Alex McCoy

    Founder & CEO, American Ostrich Farms

  • Matthew Mead

    Founder & CEO, Hempitecture

  • Joan Michelson

    ESG Consultant & Host of Electric Ladies Podcast, Green Connections Media

  • Dr. Irving Mintzer

    Professor, University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

  • Ian Monroe

    President & CIO, Etho Capital; Co-founder, Climate+Positive Investing Alliance; & Lecturer, Stanford University

  • Jaime Nack

    President, Three Squares Inc.

  • Jens Nielsen

    Founder and CEO, World Climate Foundation

  • Ted Obenchain

    Head of Commercial Development, Riskthinking.ai

  • Lauren Faber O'Connor

    Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California, Former Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles

  • Lewis Perkins

    President, Apparel Impact Institute

  • Matt Petersen

    President & CEO, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

  • Lara Pierpoint

    Director of Early Climate Infrastructure, Prime Coalition

  • Brooks Preston

    Managing Director, Macquarie Asset Management Real Assets

  • Marina Psaros

    Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

  • Geof Rochester

    CEO & Founder, GRC Advising

  • Henk Rogers

    Entrepreneur & Game Developer, Founder of Blue Planet Alliance, CEO of Blue Planet Energy

  • Caitlin Ryan

    Associate, Telea Insights; Robert Swan, OBE and 2041 Foundation

  • Rob Schuwerk

    Executive Director, Carbon Tracker Initiative Inc. (N. America)

  • Emmy Scott

    Executive Director, Earth Guardians, INC

  • Agustin Silvani

    Senior Vice President Conservation FInance, Conservation International

  • Kathleen Simpson

    CEO, The Russell Family Foundation

  • Sachi Singh

    Founder & CEO, Rootless

  • Russell Sprole

    Founder & Managing Partner, Virta Ventures

  • Eamonn Store

    Founder & CEO, FairShare Consulting

  • Alex Thompson

    Chief Communications & Impact Officer, Thomson Reuters

  • Jill Tidman

    Executive Director, The Redford Center

  • Janna Verburg-Hamlett

    Food Processing Specialist, Tech help - Idaho Manufacturing Specialists

  • Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

    Film Director & CEO; Shakti Regeneration Institute, DXStudio, Open Origin

  • Brady Piñero Walkinshaw

    CEO, Earth Alliance, former Washington State legislator

  • Bill Weir

    Chief Climate Correspondent, CNN

  • Freya Williams

    Founder, Green Giants Etc.

  • Andrew Wishnia

    Partner, Cityfi

  • Alex Wright-Gladstein

    CEO, Sphere