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Speakers

The following speakers have been invited and/or are confirmed to speak at the 2012 Climate Leadership Conference.  Additional speakers and program specifics will be announced over the next few weeks:

Keynote Speakers

  • Nancy Sutley – Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
  • Gina McCarthy – Assistant Administration, Office of Air, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Mary Nichols – Chair, California Air Resources Board
  • Eileen Claussen – President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
  • Kateri Callahan – President, Alliance to Save Energy

Additional Speakers

  • Lynne Carter – Associate Director of RISA and Coastal Sustainability, Louisiana State University
  • Matt Clouse – Director, Renewable Energy Policies & Programs, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Blaine Collison – Director, Green Power Partnership Program, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Cynthia Cummis – Manager, GHG Protocol Supply Chain Initiative, World Resources Institute
  • June Fischer – Senior Manager, Sustainability, Kohls
  • Kathy Freas – Global Water Resources and Climate Risk and Resilience Director, CH2M Hill
  • Nancy Gillis – Director, Federal Supply Chain Emissions and Chair, Section 13 Interagency Working Group, U.S. General Services Administration
  • Gretchen Hancock – Program Manager, Corporate Environmental Programs, GE
  • Nichole Hefty – Climate Change Program Coordinator, Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management, Miami-Dade County
  • Brian Helmuth – Director, Environment and Sustainability Program & Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
  • Rame Hemstreet – Vice President, Operations & Chief Energy Officer, Kaiser Permanente
  • Tim Higgs – Environmental Engineer, Intel
  • Louis J. Hutchinson, III – Senior Vice President, Public Sector Sales, Constellation Energy
  • Kathy Jacobs – Assistant Director, Climate Adaptation and Assessment, Environment & Energy Division, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Lisa Jacobson – Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
  • Tim Juliani – Director of Corporate Engagement, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
  • Jennifer Jurado – Director, Natural Resources Planning and Management Division, Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department
  • Wilson Korol – Sustainability Business Leader, Avaya
  • Cary Krosinsky – Senior Vice President, Trucost
  • Daniel Kreeger – Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers
  • Randy LaBauve – Vice President for Environmental Services, FPL
  • Steve Leffin – Director of Global Sustainability, UPS
  • Diane Leslie-Bryan – Manager, Environmental Affairs, Campbell Soup Company
  • Kimbrely Matsoukas – Sustainability Manager, Bentley Prince Street
  • Katy Mixter – Program Associate, Citigroup
  • Michael Mondshine – Vice President and Senior Policy Analyst, SAIC
  • Brian Mormino – Director of Energy Policy and Emissions Compliance, Cummins
  • Clay Nesler – Vice President, Global Energy & Sustainability, Johnson Controls
  • Jonathan Newton – Global Lead, Supply Chain Sustainability Strategy, Ford Motor Company
  • Jayantha Obeysekera – Chief Modeler, South Florida Water Management District
  • Neal Oddes – Senior Director and Green Practice Lead, J.D. Power and Associates
  • Phil Ovitt – Electric Vehicle Policy and Business Development, NRG Energy
  • Valerie Patrick – Sustainability Coordinator, Bayer Corporation
  • Kevin Rabinovitch – Global Sustainability Director, Mars Incorporated
  • Eleni Reed – Chief Greening Officer, U.S. General Services Administration
  • Seth Roberts – Director of Energy & Climate Policy, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Gene Rodrigues – Director of Policy and Program Analysis, Southern California Edison
  • David Rosenheim – Executive Director, The Climate Registry
  • Will Rowe – Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Michael Schmitz – Interim Executive Director, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA
  • Doug Scott – Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
  • Edie Sonne Hall – Manager, Environmental Affairs, Weyerhaeuser
  • Jim Sullivan – Vice President, Sustainability, SAP
  • Zoe Tcholak-Antitch – Director, North America, Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Susanne Torriente – Assistant City Manager, City of Fort Lauderdale
  • Mike Wallace – Director, Focal Point USA, Global Reporting Initiative
  • Jeff Williams – Director, Climate Consulting, Entergy
  • Kathrin Winkler – Vice President, EMC Corporation
  • Joe Wolfsberger – Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, Ingersoll Rand
PARTICIPANTS

The following is a list of representative organizations already confirmed to attend the 2012 Climate Leadership Conference.  Please visit this page periodically for updates.

  • NEW: 3Degrees
  • 3M
  • 5th PL
  • Accenture
  • Advanced Waste Management Systems, Inc.
  • Air Products and Chemicals
  • Alliance to Save Energy
  • American Energy Solutions
  • Appalachian Carbon Partnership
  • Association of Climate Change Officers
  • Avaya
  • Avon Products
  • Bayer Corporation
  • Bentley Prince Street
  • Bloomberg BNA
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • BP America
  • Braya Solar Group
  • Broward County Natural Resources Planning & Management
  • Bryant Miller Olive
  • Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)
  • Business4people
  • CA Technologies
  • California Air Resources Board
  • Cameron-Cole
  • Campbell Soup Company
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Carnival Cruise Lines
  • Casella Waste Systems
  • Caterpillar
  • Catholic Health Initiatives
  • Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
  • Center for Resource Solutions
  • Charter Steel
  • CH2M Hill
  • Citigroup
  • City of Fort Lauderdale
  • NEW: City of Miami
  • Climate Change Business Journal
  • Climate Counts
  • Climate Earth
  • NEW: Climate Nexus
  • ConAgra Foods
  • Conservation Services Group
  • Constellation Energy
  • Corporate Responsibility Magazine
  • Corporate Responsibility Officers Association
  • CRedit360
  • NEW: CSC
  • Cummins
  • Deere & Company
  • NEW: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Ecology Action
  • Ecova
  • Element Markets
  • EMC Corporation
  • EMCOR Energy Services
  • Encana
  • Energy and Climate Works, Ltd.
  • Enlink Geoenergy Services Inc.
  • Entergy
  • Environ
  • EOS Climate
  • Ernst & Young
  • Exelon Corporation
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida Climate Institute
  • Florida International University
  • Florida Power & Light
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Gap, Inc.
  • GE Ecomagination
  • Genzyme
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Global Center for Climate Education
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Great Green Editing
  • Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
  • GreenOrder
  • NEW: Grontmij
  • Government of Alberta, Canada
  • Harris Beach PLLC
  • Harvard University
  • Hasbro
  • IBM
  • ICF International
  • ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA
  • INFOR Global Solutions
  • Ingersoll Rand
  • NEW: Inside EPA
  • Intel Corporation
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • International Paper
  • International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
  • Irbaris
  • ISIS
  • Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • J.D. Power and Associates
  • Johnson Controls
  • NEW: Joint Center For Political and Economic Studies
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
  • NEW: Kentucky Division for Air Quality
  • Kohler
  • Kohls
  • Kuhn Associates Management Advisors LLC
  • Lenovo
  • M.J. Bradley & Associates, LLC
  • Manitoba Conservation
  • Mars Incorporated
  • Metro Council of Oregon
  • Miami-Dade County
  • Microsoft
  • NEW: MIPRO of JAPAN
  • National Association of Clean Air Agencies
  • NEW: National Biodiesel Board
  • National Constructors
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Native Energy
  • New Castle County
  • Nexen
  • Noblis
  • Norfolk Southern Corporation
  • NRG Energy
  • Office Depot
  • OneEnergy Renewables
  • Oxfam America
  • PeopleTowels
  • Perkins + Will
  • Pfizer
  • Photonica, Inc.
  • Port of Los Angeles
  • NEW: Pricewaterhouse Coopers
  • Progress Energy
  • Prudential Financial
  • Quebec Government Delegation
  • Raritan Valley Community College
  • Raytheon
  • Ryder Truck Rental
  • Ryder System
  • SAIC
  • San Diego Gas & Electric
  • SAP
  • SC Johnson & Son
  • SES, Inc.
  • Shaw Industries
  • NEW: Shell
  • Source 44
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • Southern California Edison
  • Southern California Gas Company
  • NEW: Southern Company
  • St. Thomas University School of Law
  • State of Vermont
  • Sterling Planet
  • Suniva, Inc.
  • Sustainable Business Consulting
  • The Boeing Company
  • The CarbonNeutral Company
  • The Climate Registry
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • The Hartford
  • The Wild Center
  • The World Bank Group
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • Trucost
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. General Services Administration
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • U.S. Postal Service
  • United Natural Foods (UNFI)
  • University of Arkansas, The Sustainability Consortium
  • University of Florida
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of South Carolina
  • UPS
  • Valley Forge Fabrics, Inc.
  • Wells Fargo
  • Weyerhaeuser
  • White House Council on Environmental Quality
  • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • World Resources Institute
  • WSP Environment and Energy
  • WWF Climate Savers

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