Matthew Hanscom Davis was previously a Congressional Liaison Specialist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations. There, he represents EPA to congressional offices...
Dr. Amber Pairis is the Founder and Lead Advisor of the Climate Science Alliance and Associate Research Faculty with the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute. The Climate Science Alliance was created in 2015 out...
Xantha works to advance cross-sector decarbonization through transportation and building electrification as a consultant at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.
Karen Gaffney oversees the Conservation Planning program at the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District. Previously, she was a CEO of West Coast Watershed - a small dynamic partnership focused on watershed planning and...
Heather Coleman is Senior Program Officer for Environment at Wallace Global Fund. Prior to joining the Fund, she served as climate and energy director at Oxfam America, overseeing efforts to push for climate action globally, to address...
Holmes Hummel is the founder of Clean Energy Works, which connects champions of energy efficiency and renewable energy with resources that accelerate investment in the deployment of clean energy solutions. In addition, Dr. Hummel is on the...
Derek is an assistant professor in the the Department of Economics at the University of Arizona. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy and Resources (2011) and an M.A. in Economics (2010) from UC Berkeley. Derek's interdisciplinary dissertation...
Tegan is currently climate change advisor for USAID's Africa Bureau. After finishing her Ph.D. at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, she worked for the U.S. Department of State as a policy advisor on access to water and sanitation in...
Jessica Strauss is a 2008 Switzer Award Recipient and is focused on energy and climate change. Jessica is currently a Senior Policy Advisor with the Government of Canada in the Privy Council Office (like the U.S. Department of State). Prior...
Shaye is the Climate Science Director at the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. She is interested in understanding the impacts of climate change on wildlife species and ecosystems, and securing science-based protections for...
