Past AREDAY Summit Speakers
The annual AREDAY Summit brings together more than 100 cross-sector speakers.
Benji Backer
President & Founder
American Conservation
Phyllis Bald Eagle
Traditional Lakota Elder
Native Roots Camp
Xiye Bastida Patrick
Youth Climate Activist
Fridays For Future
Bill Becker
Executive Director
Presidential Climate Action Project
Brian Black
President
ProStar Energy Solutions
Bill Brandt
Director of Strategic Integration
ASU Lightworks
Melody Saunders Brenna
CEO & Co-Founder
Reef Life Restoration and Foundation
Kate Brooks
Filmmaker & Photographer
The Last Animals
James Brundige
Filmmaker
First Light Films
Spike Buckley
Co-Founder
Earth’s Call
Michael Cain
President & Co-Founder
EarthxFilm
Beverly Camhe
Producer
Beverly Camhe Productions
Leesa Carter-Jones
President & CEO
Captain Planet Foundation
Jean-François Cavelier
Founder
True Media Company
Cedric Ceballos
Vice President
Dallas Mavericks
Tom Chi
Partner
At One Ventures
Gen. Wesley Clark
Chairman & CEO
Wesley K. Clark & Associates
Dianna Cohen
CEO & Co-Founder
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Michael Shaun Conaway
Director
WeRiseUP
Steven Conger
CEO & Chairman
P4P Energy
Brent R. Constantz, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Blue Planet, Ltd.
Joe Conte
Founder & CEO
Strategy Agency, Inc.
Ryan Costello
Managing Director
Americans for Carbon Dividends
Sally Jewell Coxe
President
Bonobo Conservation Initiative
Trammell S. Crow
Founder
EarthX
George Cummings
SDG14 Ocean Ambassador
Mission Blue WFCRC
Maggie Cutts
Director of Philanthropic Development
Prime Coalition
Olivia Q. Daane
Owner
LIVASPENART
Skipper Darlington
Founder & Executive Director
Africa ASAP
Edward Davis
Chief Technology Officer
Intelligent Power, Inc.
Mary-Rose de Valladares
General Manager
IEA Hydrogen
Jim Dehlsen
Chairman
Aquantis, Inc.
Noel Dockstader
Co-Director
Point of No Return
Far West Film
Ellen Dorsey
Executive Director
Wallace Global Fund
Demond Drummer
Executive Director
New Consensus
Riggs Eckelberry
Chairman & CEO
OriginClear, Inc.
Katie Eder
Future Coalition
Stan Emert
EVP, Strategy
Green EnviroTech Holdings, Corp.
Charley Erdman
Exec. Director, Product Design
Ideas By Nature
Colin Finnegan
Coalitions Manager
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)
Larry Flowers
Principal
G4 Wind
Lawrence Ford
CEO & Founder
Conscious Capital Wealth Management
Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest
Founder & Chairman
Fortescue Metals Flourishing Oceans /
Minderoo Foundation
Daniel Fung
Chairman
UNDP Peace & Development Foundation
Bobby Gill
Director of Development & Communications
Savory Institute
Peter Gleick
President-Emeritus
Pacific Institute
Ben Goertzel
CEO
SingularityNE
Jon Goldin-Dubois
President
Western Resource Advocates
Brian Goldstein
Executive Director
Energy Independence Now
James Goudreau
Head of Climate
Novartis
Jonathan Granoff
President
Global Security Institute
Jena M. Griswold
Colorado Secretary of State
Colorado Department of State
Juan Grobler
Executive Vice President
FridgeWize, Inc.
Elizabeth Halliday Richardson
COO
Grace Richardson Fund
Bryan Hannegan
President & CEO
Holy Cross Energy
Jack Hatch
Former Iowa State Senator
Principal
Hatch Development Group
Katie Hoffman
Co-Chair
Energy + Environment
NEXUS Global
Charlotta Holmquist
Executive Chairman
& Co-Founder
BLIXT
Andrew Horvath
Global Group Chairman
Planet Power Systems
Sarah Hunt
Co-Founder & CEO
Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy
Hutch Hutchinson
Chairman
Resilient Analytics
Susan Innis
Senior Manager, Renewable Development
Invenergy LLC
Slater Jewell-Kemker
Director
Youth Unstoppable
Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters
Tony Keane
President & CEO
EarthX
Thomas King
Founder
Fundación Borincana
Jonah Kurman-Faber
Research Associate
Climate XChange
Tiina Kurvits
Project Manager
GRID-Arendal
Sandra Kwak
CEO & Founder
10Power
Klaus Lackner
Director
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
Katie LaFleur
Director
Match for Peace
Marjorie Layden
Founder
WEL Foundation
Robert Levin
CEO
Emerging Star Capital, LLC
David Levine
Founder & President
American Sustainable Business Council
Gail Levy
Founder & CEO
HFactor Hydrogen Infused Water
Amy Lewis
Vice President, Policy & Communications
WILD Foundation
Amory Lovins
Chief Scientist
Rocky Mountain Institute
Hunter Lovins
President & Founder
Natural Capitalism Solutions
Jerry Mallett
President
Colorado Headwaters
Delia G. Malone
Ecologist
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project
Brad M. Markell
Executive Director, Industrial Union Council
AFL-CIO
Cheryl Martin
Founder
Harwich Partners
Fred Martin
Founder & CEO
Compton Kidz Club
Vance Martin
President
Wild Foundation
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Youth Director
Earth Guardians
John McBride
Founder
The Sopris Foundation
Ravé Mehta
Founder & Chairman
Water Ledger
Alex Melnyk
Producer
WeRiseUP The Movie
Paul D. Miller
“DJ Spooky”
Chief Creative Director
The Global Brain
Melissa Miyashiro
Managing Director, Strategy & Policy
Blue Planet Foundation
Mario Molina
Executive Director
Protect Our Winters
Bill Mundell
Producer, Better Angels
billmundell.net
Dave Munk
Vice Chair
Holy Cross Energy
Julie Muraco
CEO & Managing Partner
TBLI Group Holdings B.V.
Matthew J. Myers
Vice President
EarthxCapital
Collin O’Mara
President & CEO
National Wildlife Federation
Charles Orgbon
Lead, Sustainability Business Resource Group
Deloitte
David Orr
Professor of Environmental Studies
Oberlin College
Jerome Osentowski
Founder & Director
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
Rachel Payne
CEO & Co-Founder
FEM Inc.
Aaron Perry
Founder & Executive Director
Y on Earth Community
Luka Powanga
Executive Director
Energy Africa Conference
Dan Powers
Executive Director
CO-LABS
John Powers
Founder
The Alliance Center
Inge Relph
Executive Director
Global Choices
Wiley Rhodes
Founder
One Step In Foundation
Henk Rogers
Founder & Chairman
Blue Planet Alliance
Frank Rukavina
President & Senior Advisor
Sustainable Innovations Operative LLC
Hanieh Sadat
Managing Partner
GenesysOne Capital
Dr. Anita L. Sanchez
Consultant, Facilitator, Trainer, Coach & Speaker
www.Anita-Sanchez.com
Lori Schell
President & Founder
Empowered Energy
Eric Schmidt
Executive Director
Wildlife Protection Solutions
Andrew Scott
Founder
Open Mind Project
Daniel Shaw
Journalist
Catto Shaw Foundation
Christian Shearer
CEO
Regen Network
Kunal Sood
Founder
NOVUS
Ellen Stechel
Co-Director
ASU LightWorks
Bruce A. Stein
Chief Scientist & Associate Vice President
National Wildlife Federation
Per Espen Stoknes
Director
Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School
Harry Teague
President & Principal Designer
Harry Teague Architects
Robin D. Tyner
CAPT, USN (Ret)
DEPLOY/US and CRS
Tom Van Dyck
Managing Director
RBC Wealth Management
Heidi VanGenderen
Chief Sustainability Officer
University of Colorado Boulder
Eden Vardy
Executive Director & Founder
The Farm Collaborative
Tracy Vasaturo
Founder
Traces Consulting
Capt. Paul Watson
CEO & Founder
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Eli Weiss
Founder
WildiZe Foundation
Jerrica Rai Whitlock
Senior Director
Blue Planet Alliance
Bud Wilson
Founder
Deep Nature Journeys
Timothy E. Wirth
Vice Chair
United Nations Foundation
Rex Wong
CEO
Fliqs Media
Doug Woodring
Founder & Managing Director
Ocean Recovery Alliance
Colonel Chris Wyatt
Director
African Studies, U.S. Army War College
Michelle Wyman
Executive Director
National Council for Science and the Environment
Merlin Yockstick
Founder
Regen Iowa & Blue Planet Science Group
Edward Zaelke
Partner – Los Angeles
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
