AREDAY 2019 Featured Speakers

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Join world leaders at AREDAY2019

The Annual Summit brings together over 100 cross-sector speakers and includes a film festival, concert and environmental expo. Join us this year!

Benji Backer
President & Founder
American Conservation Coalition 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 Aaron Berger
CEO
Asymmetrical Solutions 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
katebrooks.com James Brundige
Filmmaker
First Light Films
Nature Needs Half 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
Future Capital Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest
Founder & Chairman
Fortescue Metals Flourishing Oceans
Minderoo Foundation Maggie Fox
Co-Founder
On Common Ground
Maggie Fox Strategies Daniel Fung
Chairman
UNDP Peace & Development Foundation Bobby Gill
Director of Development & Communications
Savory Institute Peter Gleick
President-Emeritus
Pacific Institute Ben Goertzel
CEO
SingularityNET 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
Joanie Klar
Social Architect, Media Producer, Wellness Coach 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 Osprey Orielle Lake
Founder & Executive Director
WECAN 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 Alice Madden
Fellow
Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment 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 Tom Steyer
2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate
tomsteyer.com 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 Chip Comins
Chairman & CEO
AREI Sally Ranney
President
AREI