AREDAY 2017 Featured Speakers
Join world leaders at AREDAY2017
The Annual Summit brings together over 100 cross-sector speakers and includes a film festival, concert and environmental expo. Join us this year!
Gen. Wesley Clark
Co-Chair
Growth Energy
Julie Ann Wrigley
President & CEO
Wrigley Investments
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director
Earth Institute, Columbia University
Sherri Goodman
Senior Fellow
Wilson Center
Pat Mitchell
CEO, Producer & Activist
Sundance Institute
Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club
Maggie Fox
Consultant
MaggieFoxStrategies
Jerome Ringo
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Zoetic Global
Keith Tuffley
Managing Partner & CEO
The B Team
Lester Brown
Founder
Earth Policy Institute
Ellen Dorsey
Executive Director
Wallace Global Fund
Dr. Greg Stone
Executive Vice President
Conservation International
Louie Psihoyos
Documentary Filmmaker
Racing Extinction
Andrea Yodsampa
CEO
DEPLOY/US
Trammell S. Crow
Founder
EARTHx
Henk Rogers
Founder & Chairman
Blue Planet Foundation
Jeffrey Ackermann
Chairman
Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
Laughlin Artz
Executive Director
2020 or Bust
Marilyn Averill
Senior Fellow
Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment
Scott Barta
Founder
GrandMotherEarth.Us Global Water Protector Campaign
Britt Basel
Founder
Ecothropic
Bill Becker
Executive Director
Presidential Climate Action Project
Aaron Berger
Co-Chair, Working Group on Energy Innovation and Environment
NEXUS
Jon Bowermaster
Filmmaker
Oceans 8 Films
Michael Bowman
Board Chair
National Hemp Association
Bill Brandt
Director of Strategic Integration
ASU Lightworks
Monica Brett
Sustainability and Resilient Communities Consultant
Security and Sustainability Forum
Adam Browning
Executive Director
Vote Solar
James Brundige
Filmmaker
First Light Films
Alison Burchell
Co-Founder
NTS Group Research Collaborative
Arlene Burns
Mayor
Mosier, OR
Brett Byers
Managing Director with Partner Ventures
Million Acre Pledge
Michael Cain
President
EARTHx
Graciela Chichilnisky
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Global Thermostat
Steven Conger
Co-Founder
P4P
Michael Conroy
Chairman of the Board
Equitable Origin, Inc.
Derek Cowburn
CEO
LumenCache
Sally Coxe
President
Bonobo Conservation Initiative
Ami Dalal
Vice President, Social Enterprise Innovation
FINCA International
Mark David
Producer
OTG Productions
Noah Deich
Executive Director
Center for Carbon Removal
Tim Echols
Public Service Commissioner
Georgia Public Service Commission
Richard Eidlin
Co-Founder
American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC)
Henry Elkus
Founder & CEO
Helena
Amanda Ellis
Special Advisor in the Office of the President
East West Center
Jeff Erikson
General Manager
Global CCS Institute
James Farrell
Co-Founder
CC3IC
Sam Feinburg
Executive Director
Helena
David Fenton
Chairman
Fenton
Michael Ferguson
Director, North American Infrastructure
S&P Global Ratings
Dan Fesenmeyer
Account Manager
Renewable Power Generation Sales, GE Energy
Larry Flowers
Principal
G4 Wind
Varushka Franceschi
Founder
Shapeshift Dream Productions
Jon Freedman
Global Government Affairs Leader
GE Power Water & Process Technologies
Michael Fuller
Principal Architect
Michael Fuller Architects
Patrick Furlotti
Founder & CEO
Projects for Good
President
Global Mana
Adam Gardner
Founder & Co-Director
REVERB
Guitar, Vocals
GUSTER
Christoph Gebald
Founder & Director
Climeworks
Nick Gogerty
Co-Founder
Solarcoin
Jon Goldin-Dubois
President
Western Resource Advocates
Nathaniel Gorence
Technology-To-Market Advisor
Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
Sheldon Greene
Executive VP and Director
Oak Creek Energy
Geoff Greenfield
President
Third Sun Solar
Philip Gregory
Principal
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
Michael Grove
Principal
Sasaki Associates
Janice Hall
President
Natural Network International (NNI)
Richard Heede
Principal Investigator
Climate Accountibility Institute
Katie Hoffman
Managing Partner
The Resilience Collaborative
David Hofstatter
Executive Chairman
P4P Energy
Travis Holland
Accounting Advisor
Anadarko Petroleum
Hutch Hutchinson
Senior Fellow
Rocky Mountain Institute
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
CEO & Co-Founder
Savory Institute
Dr. Erfan Ibrahim
Center Director, Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Resilience
NREL
Bob Irvin
President
American Rivers
Susan Israel
President & Founder
Climate Creatives
Travis Johnson
Project Manager-Business Development
ASU LightWorks
Samantha Joye
Athletic Association Professor in Arts and Sciences
Joye Research Group
David Katz
Founder & CEO
The Plastic Bank
Joanie Klar
Media Producer
Harry Kloor, Ph.D.
CEO
Jupiter 9 Productions
Kerry Koepping
Arctic Arts Project Director
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Larry Kopald
President & Co-Founder
The Carbon Underground
Daniel Kreeger
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO)
Eric Kuhn
General Manager
Colorado River District
Ryan Kushner
Program Facilitation
Elemental Excelerator
Sandra Kwak
CEO & Founder
10Power
Klaus Lackner
Director
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
Osprey Orielle Lake
Co-Founder & Executive Director
WECAN
Timothy LaSalle
Co-Director
Regenerative Agriculture Initiative
Dan Lashof
CEO
NextGen Climate
Robert Lavia
President
Dakia Global
Marjorie Layden
Director
Salzburg Global Seminar
Anthony Leiserowitz
Director
Yale Project on Climate Change
Frederick Lemond
President
The Lemond Consortium, LLC
Eva Leung
Co-Founder & Director of Design and Strategic Partnerships
Terra Cura Inc.
Brook LeVan
C.E.O. Cosmic Engagement Officer
Sustainable Settings
Ken Losch
President
ZHRO Power & ZHRO Solutions
Hunter Lovins
President & Founder
Natural Capitalism Solutions
Carl Gustaf Lundin
Director, Global Marine and Polar Programme
IUCN
Jerry Mallett
Owner
Boathouse Distillery
Mynoo Maryel
Founder
The PoEM Foundation
Carlotta Mast
Executive Director of Content & Insights
New Hope Network
Peter May-Ostendorp
Principal & Founder
Xergy Consulting
Kris Mayes
Senior Sustainability Scholar
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Pete Maysmith
Executive Director
Conservation Colorado
Aria McKenna
Founder
The Global Cooling Project
Ruarai McKenna
Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Care2
Steve Michelson
Executive Director
The Fund for Sustainable Tomorrows
Paul D. Miller
“DJ Spooky”
Chief Creative Director
The Global Brain
Soledad Mills
CEO
Equitable Origin, Inc.
Mario Molina
International Director
The Climate Reality Project
Don Moon
Historian & Character Actor
for President Teddy Roosevelt
Susan Myers
Senior Vice President
United Nations Foundation
Mona Newton
Executive Director
Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
Mark Nichols
Managing Principal
SeaSpire Advisors
David Orr
Professor of Environmental Studies
Oberlin College
Jerome Osentowski
Founder & Director
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
Matthew Patsky
CEO & Portfolio Manager
Trillium Asset Management
Bob Perkowitz
Founder & President
EcoAmerica
Mike Phillips
Executive Director
Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF)
Eric Pooley
Senior Vice President for Strategy & Communication
Environmental Defense Fund
Ryan Popple
CEO
Proterra
Luka Powanga
Executive Director
Energy Africa Conference
John Powers
Founder & President
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Jonathan Powers
Co-Founder
CleanCapital
John Quigley
Founder
Spectral Q
Amanda Ravenhill
Executive Director
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Bill Reed
Principal
Regenesis
John Rhee
Managing Director
Stratis Private Equity Asia
Wiley Rhodes
Founder
One Step In Foundation
CEO
Newpoint Companies
Zane Rhodes
CEO
Flash Gas Control, LLC
Rod Richardson
President
Grace Richardson Fund
Michelle Ridgway
Marine Ecologist
Oceanus Alaska
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
26th President of the United States
Catrina Rorke
Senior Fellow for Energy Policy
R Street Institute
John W. Roulac
Founder & CEO
Nutiva
Adam Sacks
Executive Director
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate
Hanieh Sadat
President
impactX
Edward Saltzberg
Managing Director
Security and Sustainability Forum
Anita Sanchez
Board Member
Pachamama Alliance
Mathew Schmid
Principal
Tree Media
Joel Serface
CEO & Co-Founder
CATALYZE
John R. Seydel
Trustee Elect
Turner Foundation
Director of Sustainability
City of Atlanta
Daniel Shaw
Host & Freelance Journalist
Aspen Public Radio, Check 1,2
President
Catto Shaw Foundation
Tara McMenamy Sheahan
Founder
Conscious Global Leadership
Harris Sherman
Senior Counsel
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Matthew Shmigelsky
Technical Advisor
Colorado Energy Office, Refuel Colorado Fleets
Rob Sisson
President
ConservAmerica
Albert Slap
President
Coastal Risk Consulting
Roger Sorkin
Producer & Director
American Resilience Project
Ellen Stechel
Senior Sustainability Scientist
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Douglas Stoup
Founder & President
Ice Axe Expeditions, Ice Axe Foundation
Peter Stricker
CEO
P4P Energy
Kyle Sundman
Project Developer
Oak Leaf Energy Partners
Sue Thompson
Founding Director
Wildlife Protection Solutions
Tom Van Dyck
Managing Director
RBC Wealth Management
Sandra Vanderstoep
DC Project Director
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Jonathan Voss
Vice President
Lake Research Partners
Dave Weidner
Founding Director
Wildlife Protection Solutions
Rick Whisman
Vice President Sales
EnSync, Inc.
Jim White
Director
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Tom Winston
Founder & President
Grizzly Creek Films
Todd Woody
Executive Editor, Environment
News Deeply
Chip Comins
Chairman & CEO
AREI
Sally Ranney
President
AREI