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Arthur Abal
Co-Team Lead, Energy Use Track
Arthur Abal began his career as an energy and infrastructure lawyer before serving as the head of Corporate Sustainability Practice for a large North American firm. His global work spans developing off-grid renewable energy policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and advising Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister on energy and infrastructure.
He has a passion for harnessing digital technology to drive sustainable change and social impact. He is currently the COO of Corsali Intelligence, Manager of Impact Sourcing at Appen and advisor to impact-focused tech startups, advancing ethical AI and sustainable innovation.
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Muneeb Ahmed
Transportation Track
Muneeb Ahmed serves as a transportation sector advisor for HACE and is passionate about improving global supply chains and operations. A trader with expertise in petroleum, ocean shipping, and trucking, he leads trading and logistics at an aviation fuels company while advancing sustainability initiatives, including carbon credits, sustainable aviation fuel, and unleaded aviation gasoline.
A Harvard Physics graduate, he works with aviation and maritime sector, helped transition ocean tanker fleets to meet IMO 2020 regulations and continues to champion sustainable transportation and global logistics.
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Brittany Baum
Speaker Management
Brittany Baum is a data and analytics management consultant. She graduated from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in 2013 with a degree in Economics and Business Management. Baum leads the Sustainability Interest Group for her consulting firm.
Brittany Baum trained to become a Climate Reality Leader in 2020 and shortly thereafter joined the Dallas Climate Reality Chapter. Baum serves on the Executive Committee for the Chapter as Publicity and Secretary Co-Chair. She is also Co-Chair for the Plastics Working Group and a member of the Business Working Group.
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Naz Bekyan
Speaker Management
Naz Beykan is a consultant specializing in climate change adaptation, urban resilience, and green buildings, advising international organizations, the private sector, and municipalities. She serves as Community Development Co-Director for Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment and is a board member of Turkey’s Climate Research Association. Her work includes projects with IFC, UNDP Turkey and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
She holds architecture and design degrees in Energy & Environment from Istanbul Technical University and Harvard, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar.
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Daniel Bicknell
Engagement Management Lead
Daniel Bicknell is a South Florida native and is passionate about building community—locally and remotely—to protect and sustain our socioecological systems. He currently works on Arctic policy and has previously worked on COVID-19 response, disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, energy policy, and national security. Daniel holds an MPP in International and Global Affairs from the Harvard Kennedy School and an AB in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College.
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David Chan
Food & Ecosystems Track
David has over 5 years of experience in finance and technology across agribusiness. He is the COO and a Founding Member of FarmTogether, a tech-enabled sustainable farmland investment manager. Previously, David was a Senior Private Equity Associate at AMERRA Capital Management, specializing in ag investments, Prudential Agriculture Investments, Gro Intelligence & Barclays Investment Bank.
Holding an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Atmospheric Sciences from Cornell. He serves on both the advisory council of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund NY Chapter and is part of LEAD NY’s 19th Class.
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Sarah Cove
Team Lead, Transportation Track
Sarah Cove is a MD of The Taligens Group, specializing in strategy mobilization and cultural alignment. Passionate about clean energy transition, sustainability, & creating purpose-driven environments, she has implemented large-scale strategic change programs across the globe in different industries like utilities, O&G, agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and technology.
Holding an AB in Env Sci and Public Policy from Harvard, she serves on the boards of CleanTX and Capital IDEA.
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Santiago Creuheras
HAA Board Liaison
Santiago Creuheras is Deputy Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Energy (SMADSOT) and a senior consultant on sustainable infrastructure and energy at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He has advised APEC on energy policy and served as an expert adviser to Mexico’s Congress on sustainability. He is VP for Strategy at Interceramic Puebla-Tlaxcala.
An elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Association, and a founding member of Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment, advancing social justice, climate action, sustainability, and public policy.
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Mark R Dambro, MD
Co-Founder & Project Production Manager
Mark Dambro is an engineer and physician with interests in clinical medicine, medical informatics, and philanthropy. He edited “The 5 Minute Clinical Consult”, gathering input from many clinicians into a compendium of medical topics, and oversaw its publication for over ten years. The 5 Minute Clinical Consult appeared on hand-held devices as the first comprehensive medical text available in that format.
After retirement, he was trained in 2020 as a Climate Reality Project Leader and has mentored in subsequent Leadership training session. He is an active member of the DFW Climate Reality chapter.
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Scott Deatherage
Session 2 Team
Scott is an environmental and energy attorney with over 30 years of experience advising clients on regulatory issues and capitalizing on emerging technologies such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage. After serving at major law firms, he founded his own practice focused on renewable energy developers. He has supported more than $5 billion in solar, wind, biogas, and landfill projects, negotiated energy contracts and leases, co-founded an EV charging company.
Graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, taught Climate Change Law, and authored Carbon Trading Law and Practice.
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Wendy Ferry
Co-manager, Content Editor
Wendy Ferry is a recently retired engineer and Engineering Program Manager. Passionately concerned about our Mother Earth, she is a Climate Reality Leader and co-chair of the Washington State Climate Business Working Group. Wendy is also a LEED Green Associate and Certified Sustainable Building Advisor.
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AJ Fleridas
Mythouse Platform Team
AJ Fleuridas is a nonprofit entrepreneur, filmmaker, and VP of technology at Mythouse.org. AJ is a polymath, having sold television scripts, started companies, and developed software. His primary focus is in education. He's taught courses in technology, filmmaking, and creative problem solving at schools around the globe, primarily with nonprofits and in underserved communities.
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Scott Graham
Water Systems Track Team Lead
Scott is Acting Executive Director of EcoActUs Foundation, leading the global Climate Boot Camp Sustainability Leadership Workshop and advancing partnerships and course development ensuring relevance and global reach. As principal of Graham Leadership Growth LLC, he provides executive coaching. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former American Red Cross Division Disaster Executive, he has extensive leadership experience.
He holds degrees from the University of Kansas and Virginia Tech, coaching certifications from Georgetown and the University of Georgia, and volunteers to protect the Chesapeake Bay.
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Darshana Gupte
International Coordinator
Darshana Gupte is an environmental activist and Climate Reality Project Leader dedicated to addressing climate change and advancing sustainability. A former microbiologist, she applies her scientific background to climate education, conservation, and community action. She founded the Climate Reality San Antonio Chapter, led tree planting initiatives, promoted pollinator habitats, and supported environmental education programs. She is also an En-ROADS Climate Ambassador, UNA-USA member, and advocate for sustainable agriculture, renewable solutions, and global climate action.
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Daniel Katzenberger
Session 2 Team
Dan Katzenberger is a Global Sustainability & ESG Leader at Best Buy, specializing in ESG strategy, stakeholder engagement, sustainable finance, and executive leadership. He develops climate strategies addressing both direct and indirect business impacts while aligning diverse stakeholders toward shared sustainability goals. With extensive experience in project finance, he has led initiatives ranging from energy efficiency projects to large-scale clean energy investments.
He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University and an MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
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Paul Kirsch
Team Lead, Industry Track
Paul Kirsch is CEO of 4THBIN, a NY based electronics recycling enterprise focused on growth and national expansion. An early investor and longtime board member, he brings extensive leadership experience from previous roles including President of Chemours’ $2.9B Fluoroproducts division, Vice President at XM Satellite Radio, President of Henkel’s global automotive division, and founding partner of Hughes Telematics.
He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Pittsburgh, an MBA from the University of Michigan, and completed Harvard’s Advanced Management Program.
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Michael Linn
Co-Founder, Climate Boot Camp
Michael Linn, the co-founder and chairman of EcoActUs and The Climate Boot Camp, is a Renaissance man, an inventor, entrepreneur, scientist, writer, businessman and philanthropist. He is a Harvard alum and a trained Climate Reality Leader since 2020. Previously, Michael was the Chairman of Inua Partners and CEO of Greensleeves (winner of the ASHRAE Global 1st Place Tech Award for Ed buildings) and was a Board Member and EVP of Sales and Marketing for Solomon Software, which sold to Microsoft.
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Will Linn
Mythouse Platform Team
Will Linn, PhD, is the founder of Mythouse.org and the General Education Department at Hussian College. He has appeared in documentaries and series, including Myths: The Greatest Mysteries of Humanity (2020), Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) and The Taking (2021). Between 2018 and 2019, Will served as the Executive Director of the Joseph Campbell Writers' Room at Los Angeles Center Studios. His courses and collaborations with student and professional storytellers are grounded in transformational narrative.
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Clare Loughlin
Co-manager, Content Editor
Clare (she/her) is an environmental health researcher with a focus on PFAS contamination and climate change. Prior to joining the Climate Boot Camp, Clare was an Analyst at Blue Access LLC where she oversaw content creation and partnership relations. Clare is a Fulbright grantee to Malaysia and received a Certificate in Sustainability from the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Connecticut College with a BA in Environmental Science.
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Marianne Mensah
Work Session Team
Marianne is a lecturer in climate change and sustainability and founder of the Climate Innovation Education Lab. She teaches at the Sustainable Design School and coordinates the Smart and Sustainable Cities module at Université Côte d’Azur. With experience at the French Development Agency, UN organizations and the private sector across four continents, she specializes in climate, energy, education, and innovation.
She is President of CANIE Europe, a published author on innovations in sustainable development and finance, and holds degrees from Harvard Kennedy School, Sciences-Po Paris, and INSEAD.
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Erik Meilke
Co-Team Lead, Energy Use Track
Erik Mielke has over 25 years’ experience in the energy sector across industry, finance and consulting. He is global head of Corporate Research at Wood Mackenzie, a consulting firm specialising in the energy and natural resources sectors. He has dual Danish and UK citizenship and is based in London.
Erik has a mid-career MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. He was also a research fellow in the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at Harvard’s Belfer Center. Erik has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.
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Mai Mislang
Transportation Track
Mai Mislang is a writer, consultant, musician and entrepreneur. She served as speechwriter to Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III during his Senate years, presidential campaign, and later was appointed as Assistant Secretary/Chief of Staff at the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (2010–2013). Since 2006, she has been lead singer of a Manila-based blues band The Blue Rats. In 2020, she founded the planet-conscious sourdough micro-bakery Rise Artisanal, to support local economy, which she now runs full-time. She holds an MCMPA from Harvard Kennedy School.
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Ashley Monismith
Marketing Lead
Ashley Monismith, the Co-Marketing Manager for The Climate Boot Camp, is a digital marketing strategist and Climate Reality member in Dallas, Texas. In her free time, you can find Ashley hiking on nearby trails with her dog, helping produce Climate Reality DFW's youth climate podcast, working on her plastic pollution awareness program, and transforming scrap fabrics into new creations.
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Christopher Nagle
Team Lead, Food & Ecosystems Track
Christopher Nagle is an ecologist and sustainability expert focused on the intersection of ecology, contemporary society and policy frameworks, with expertise in ocean conservation, human impacts, and transboundary marine resource management. He has worked with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the UNFCCC Secretariat, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and Seattle Aquarium, where he led research on seafood sustainability ratings.
He holds a BA in Evolutionary Biology & Ecology from the University of Pennsylvania and an ALM in Environmental Management from Harvard University Extension School.
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Jim Notman
Co-Team Lead, Circular Value Chain Track
Jim is a building efficiency and sustainability professional with over 30 years of experience designing high-efficiency HVAC systems for college campuses, hospitals and schools. He has worked at Johnson Controls for 11 years, where he serves as VP North America for the Global Sustainability Network and as a Global Sustainability Ambassador advocating sustainability issues.
He holds master's degrees in mechanical engineering (energy management) and sustainable business, is a LEED AP, and has been a Climate Reality Leader since 2020, actively promoting climate action and sustainable business practices.
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Ushma Pandya
Co-Team Lead, Circular Value Chain Track
Ushma is a waste reduction & sustainability advocate and expert, co-founder of Think Zero LLC, helping organizations reduce waste and meet sustainability goals. She previously held senior leadership roles at American Express, Booz & Co. and Katzenbach Partners, and has worked on environmental issues with organizations including the Environmental Defense Fund, City of Chicago and Acumen. She serves on few environmental boards in New York City.
She holds degrees from Georgetown, Columbia, and Harvard, along with TRUE Zero Waste Business Associate and LEED Green Associate certifications.
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Timothy Parent
Marketing Lead
Timothy Parent is an intersectionalist and systems designer interested in environmentalism, material culture and social justice. He holds a degree in East Asian Studies and spent 10 years in China promoting global diversity and sustainability in the fashion industry. After returning to the US, he founded Harvard Alumni for Fashion, Luxury, and Retail and co-founded Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment. He now works as Marketing Manager at Meaningful Gigs, connecting African designers with large enterprises, supporting the company's mission to create 100,000 skilled jobs in Africa by 2028.
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Eleanor Powers
Co-Chair, Climate Boot Camp
Eleanor Powers is a media executive and climate leader specializing in accelerating transformation in complex industries undergoing rapid change and sustainability. Since 2020, she has co-founded and contributed to Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment, serving as Programming Director. She runs her own consulting business and has held leadership roles at L2, the Online Publishers Association, United Media and Fairchild Publications.
Eleanor holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, an MA from Stanford University and is a trained Climate Reality Leader.
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Tanima Quazi
Co-Team Lead, Circular Value Chain Track
Tani Quazi is an environmental leader with over 20 years of experience building the strategy and vision of sustainability and environmental organizations. She partners with Operations, Engineering, Facilities and Research teams to promote a culture inclusive of all personnel and focused on continuous improvement. At Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, she leads global sustainability integration and supports ESG strategy to create business value and improve stakeholder engagement.
She holds an MA in Management and Finance from Harvard University and a BS in Environmental Engineering from UC Riverside.
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Jules Qui
Session 2 Analyst
Jules graduated from Harvard in 2019 with a degree in History and Mathematics, where she was inspired to study climate and environmental history by one of her thesis advisors, Sunil Amrith, who is known for his work on the history of water and climate. After college, she spent two years at BCG, where she worked on sustainable finance, energy transition, and ESG strategy. She is now an investor at Permira based in Menlo Park, California. She is very excited about climate and innovation, and in her free time, she runs a Chinese newsletter on sustainability.
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Kalyani Rao
International Coordinator, India
Dr. Kalyani Rao is a global education entrepreneur, sustainability consultant, and SDG advocate based in Visakhapatnam, India. With over 20 years of experience across IT, infrastructure, education, and environmental management, she leads climate change education, green skills, eco-tourism, and sustainability initiatives. She has trained educators and hospitality professionals, coordinated large-scale SDG and environmental projects, and served in several international leadership roles promoting climate action, student engagement, and sustainable development.
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David Raper
Work Session Team
David Raper is the Principal of DARe Social Impact, an NYC-based global strategy and operations consultancy with a mission to build a just world, where people and nature thrive together. DARe designs fresh strategies, aligns teams for high performance, and builds powerful ecosystems so social impact leaders can change their world. David has led turnarounds and transformations for global technology leader IBM, New York City not-for-profit Housing Works, and critical public services in Sydney, Australia.
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Martin Royal
Work Session Team
Martin Royal is a Partner at Propulo Consulting and a human performance consultant, coach and facilitator who helps clients create a committed and mobilized workforce to achieve their operational excellence, safety and well-being outcomes. He joined the Climate Reality Project in 2020 as a way to bridge his enthusiasm to address climate change issues and support organizations on their journey toward building cultures of sustainability. Originally from Quebec, Martin lives in Dallas with his wife and seeks to enjoy the outdoors whenever possible.
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Charles Schilke
Built Environment Track
Chuck Schilke is a real estate and environmental lawyer, developer, financier, architectural historian and real estate educator with expertise in the Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions, and has a special interest in climate change. He has taught at Harvard, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and George Washington University. Active in the Urban Land Institute, he chairs the Public Development and Infrastructure Council. Schilke has led and financed real estate projects worth up to $1 billion and authored the CMBS E-Primer.
He studied at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and Cornell Law School.
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Beth Sopka
Marketing
Beth has an IT background in operating systems and database management, and later pursued a career in high school mathematics education. She also dedicated many years to family and community service by engaging in a variety of school, civic and sports volunteering activities. She is a certified badminton court official, and serves on the boards of USA Badminton and Northeast and Massachusetts badminton associations.
Beth remains active with Harvard through alumni initiatives and HACE. She earned an AB in Psychology (1970) and an MEd in Secondary Mathematics (1994) from Harvard University.
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Brooke Suter
Session 2 Manager
Brooke Suter is the Principal of Sustainable Leadership to Thrive, promoting holistic approaches to climate action through psychological well being, systems thinking, and leadership. With 20 years of experience leading environmental and public health initiatives across all 50 U.S. states and at the federal level, she has built diverse coalitions and advanced landmark policies. She integrates MIT's Theory U into sustainability, supports systems change at Harvard Kennedy School, collaborates on the UN SDGs through Sulitest.org, and has received multiple awards, including a Guinness World Record.
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Trevor Thompson
EJ Consultant
Trevor Thompson supports environmental justice programming for HACE and works at the NorthLight Foundation, with an emphasis on Just Transition and support for frontline communities and under-resourced environmental justice organizations. He helped develop the foundation's investment policy, incorporating climate, racial justice and DEI goals. He also worked as a strategic foresight professional, developing long-term climate and policy scenarios for government and nonprofit organizations.
He holds degrees from Harvard College, Yale School of Management, and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
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Jayson Toweh
Food & Ecosystems Track
Jayson Toweh is a Stanford PhD student researching on identifying the health, environmental, and social impacts of climate change and creating co-benefits from developing sustainable energy transition. He earned a bachelor's degree in Environment from the University of Michigan and a master's in Environmental Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he studied emissions reductions from coal power plants. He previously worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency evaluating water programs and currently serves on the Harvard Board of Overseers, the university's governing board.
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Alejandra Viloria
Marketing
Alejandra is a consultant and advocate for Sustainability, Natural Based-Solutions, and for the Protection of Nature, with a holistic view of its interconnectivity.
She holds a Master in Public Administration degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Master of Sciences in Management from Hult International (former Arthur D. Little School of Management).
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Vanessa Wu
Speaker Management
Vanessa is a management consultant supporting Fortune 500 energy companies in solving critical business challenges and advancing industry transformation. With experience at Boston Consulting Group and NextEra Energy, she specializes in strategy, public/regulatory policy and renewable energy project development. Passionate about accelerating the transition to a zero-carbon future, Vanessa is also a Climate Reality leader, co-leading the Youth and Young Professionals Working Group for the DFW Chapter. She founded The Green Paths podcast to highlight sustainability careers and inspire younger generations.