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AREDAY 2016 Featured Speakers
Join world leaders at AREDAY2016
The Annual Summit brings together over 100 cross-sector speakers and includes a film festival, concert and environmental expo. Join us this year!
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Inger Andersen
Michael Brune
Margie Alt
Huang Ming
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Timothy E. Wirth
Vice Chair
United Nations Foundation
Bill Ritter
Former Governor of Colorado, Director
Center for the New Energy Economy, CSU
Amory Lovins
Chief Scientist
Rocky Mountain Institute
T. Boone Pickens
Founder
BP Capital
Bill Becker
Executive Director
Presidential Climate Action Project
Pete Maysmith
Executive Director
Conservation Colorado
Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters
Larry Schweiger
President & CEO
PennFuture
Randy Hayes
Executive Director
Foundation Earth
Rod Eckhardt
Principal
Seminole Equity Partners
Joel Serface
Managing Director
Clean Range Ventures
David Fenton
Chairman
Fenton
David Orr
Professor of Environmental Studies
Oberlin College
Daniel Fung
Chairman
UNDP Peace & Development Foundation
Tom Van Dyck
Managing Director
RBC Wealth Managemeent
Kevin Knobloch
Chief of Staff for Sec. Moniz
Department of Energy
Tony Seba
Educator & Entrepreneur
tonyseba.com
Susan Reilly
Past Chair
American Wind Energy Association
Andy Behar
CEO
As You Sow
Graciela Chichilnisky
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Global Thermostat
Gen. Wesley Clark
Co-Chair
Growth Energy
Trammell S. Crow
President
Crow Family Foundation
Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser
President
Colorado Mountain College
Dan Miller
Managing Director
The Roda Group
Keith Tuffley
Managing Partner & CEO
The B Team
Louie Psihoyos
Documentary Filmmaker
Racing Extinction
Leilani Munter
Racecar Driver
Carbon Free Girl
Taj Mahal
Singer-Songwriter, Film Composer
TajBlues.com
Jon Bowermaster
Filmmaker
Oceans 8 Films
Matthew Wright
Senior Vice President
National Cooperative Bank
Henk Rogers
Founder & Chairman
Blue Planet Foundation
Jeff Horowitz
Exec. Producer
Time to Choose
Mark Bernstein Ph.D.
Professor
USC Energy Institute
Brett Byers
Managing Director with Partner Ventures
Rainforest Trust
Carla Walker-Miller
President & CEO
Walker-Miller Energy Services
Marjorie Layden – Schimberg
Director
Salzburg Global Seminar
Jennifer Jenkins
Executive Director
DWEA
Del Worley
CEO
Holy Cross Energy
Sally Coxe
President
Bonobo Conservation Initiative
Robbie Lavia
President
Dakia Global
John Powers
Board President
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Katie Hoffman
Managing Partner
The Resilience Collaborative
Bill Brandt
Director of Strategic Integration
ASU Lightworks
Ann Mullins
Council Members
City of Aspen
Jerry Tinianow
Chief Sustainability Officer
City and County of Denver
Gail Schwartz
Former Colorado State Senator
gailschwartzforcongress.com
Michael Fitzpatrick
Founder
EARTH’S CALL
Lynne Cherry
Author, Filmmaker
lynnecherry.com
Mike Phillips
Executive Director
Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF)
James Brundige
Filmmaker
First Light Films
David Katz
Founder & CEO
The Plastic Bank
Michael Cain
President
M3 Films
Steve Michelson
Executive Producer
Lobitos Creek Ranch
Steve Skadron
Mayor
City of Aspen
David Hornbacher
Director of Utilities and
Environmental Initiatives
City of Aspen
Bob Gough
Secretary
Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP)
Mike G. Hart
President & CEO
Sierra Energy
Julienne Stroeve
Senior Research Scientist
National Snow & Ice Data Center
Douglas Miller
Senior Associate
RMI
Jon Creyts
Managing Director
RMI
Martha Campbell
Sr. Associate
RMI
Stephen Scofield
Senior Consultant
South Pole Group
Brook LeVan
Co-Founder & Director
Sustainable Settings
Bud Wilson
Director of Creative Outreach
The Agora Projects
Tom Cardamone
Executive Director
Snowmass Discovery
Kim Stevens
State Director
Environment Colorado
Brandon Hurlbut
Co-Founder & Partner
Boundary Stone Partners
Klaus Lackner
Director
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
Clara Vonrich
Global Director
Divest Invest Philanthropy
Mike Dorsey
Interim Director of Energy & Environment
Joint Center
Jens Nielsen
CEO
World Climate, LTD
John Ramo
Founder & CEO
Digital Directions International Inc.
Steve Katsaros
Inventor
Nokero Solar
Mat Elmore
Managing Director Mt. Region
Microgrid Energy
Michael Bowman
Board Chair
National Hemp Association
Richard Eidlin
Co-Founder
American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC)
Damian Mander
Founder
International Anti-Poaching Foundation
Erica Mackie
Co-Founder & CEO
Grid Alternatives
Kyle Sundman
President
DU Solar
Courtlyn Carpenter
bridgeUSA
Vanessa Green
Director
Divest Invest Individual
Geoff Greenfield
President
Third Sun Solar
Bob Perkowitz
Founder & President
EcoAmerica
Luka Powanga
Executive Director
Energy Africa Conference
Leanne D. Wheeler
President & CEO
The Wheeler Advisory Group
Ken Losch
President
Advanced Green Innovations
Michael Fuller
Architect
Michael Fuller Architects
Harry Teague
Architect
Harry Teague Architects
Gregory Pickrell
Architect
Mona Newton
Executive Director
Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
Melissa Beck
Executive Director
The Educational Foundation of America
Rev. Mitchell Hescox
President
The Evangelical Environmental Network
Rabbi Michael M. Cohen
Director of Community Relations
Friends of the Arava Institute
Austin Rosenbaum
MBA & BSEE Student
University of Denver
Dave Weidner
Founding Director
Wildlife Protection Solutions
William Ryerson
Founder & President
Population Media Center
Osprey Orielle Lake
Co-founder
WECAN
Cheri Anderson
Global Director of Research
Strategic Business Insights
Patrick Kearney
bridgeUSA
Bill Beierwaltes
CEO
Biochar Now
Celinda Lake
President
Lake Research Partners
John R. Seydel
Trustee Elect
Turner Foundation
Natalia Vega-Berry
Founder & CEO
The Global Brain
Alison Burchell
Consultant-in-Residence
Biochar Now
James Gaspard
Co-founder
Biochar Now
Conor Platt
CEO/CIO
Etho Capital
Mark Stenftenagel
CEO/Co-founder
Whitney Architects
Mark McGuffie
Strategic Partnerships
IUCN
Albert Slap
President
Coastal Risk Consulting
Gueta Mezzetti
Sandy Vanderstoep
DC Project Director
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Bern Gallagher
President
PVI
Abby Arnold
Executive Director
American Wind Wildlife Institute
Denise Dihle
President
Three Sixty Engineering, inc.
Corey Radka
Co-Managing Partner
ResCo, LLC
Lloyd Lee
CEO
Native
Harald Walkate
SVP – Global Head of Responsible Investment
Aegon Asset Management
Edward Maibach
Director
Center for Climate Change Communication
Ed Bastian
President
Spiritual Paths Foundation
Paul Walker
Executive Director
ConservAmerica
Aaron Berger
Co-Chairman
Nexus Working Group on Climate Change
Jennifer Broome
Broadcast Meteorologist
Explore Colorado
Duncan Campbell
Producer and Host
Living Dialogues
Mauricio Castillo
Founding Partner
Resilience Collaborative
Leila Conners
Founder
Tree Media
James Farrell
Co-Founder
CC3IC
Maggie Fox
Consultant
Alliance for Climate Protection
Leigh Francia
Officer
bridgeUSA
Richard Goodwin
Goodwin Foundation
Vanessa Grellet
CEO
CarePrint
Janice Hall
President
Natural Network International
Josh Herlands
Associate Director
ORIX USA
Katie M. Hoffner
Senior Vice President of Strategy
Prieto Battery, Inc.
Lucy Kessler
Communications Manager
Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
Joanie Klar Bruce
Media Producer
Harry Kloor, Ph.D.
CEO
Jupiter 9 Productions
Mike Korchinsky
Founder
Wildlife Works
John Kostyack
Executive Director
Wind Energy Foundation
Bernard MacMahon
Film Director
American Epic
Alice Madden
Fellow
Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment
Bill Madsen
Council Member
Snowmass Village Town Council
John McBride
Founder
The Sopris Foundation
William McDonough
Chair
World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on the Circular Economy
Allison McGourty
Film Producer
American Epic
Paul D. Miller/DJ Spooky
Chief Creative Director
The Global Brain
Ken Neubecker
Associate Director of the Colorado Basin Program.
American Rivers
John Quigley
Founder
Spectral Q
Greg Reitman
Founder
Blue Water Entertainment, Inc
Rod Richardson
President
Grace Richardson Fund
Jeffrey Sachs
Director
The Earth Institute
Alyssa Shenk
Council Member
Snowmass Village Town Council
Susan Skjei
Director
Authentic Leadership Center
Stan Stalnaker
Founding Director
Hub Culture
Abby Stern
Director of Operations
AREI
Lisa Tasker
Principal
E.M. Ecological, LLC
Michael Tracy
Principal
The Global Brain
Sen. Mark Udall
Colorado Senator
Merri Lisa Trigilio
Director/Producer
Written On Water
Peter Hans Ward
Owner
Humble Plum
Sally Ranney
Chip Comins