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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

• NEW: 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