Who we are
Advisory Board
Daniel Barker
President and CEO, Halcyon
Justin Brodie-Kommit
General Partner, Lichen Ventures
Erich Brokas
Chief Strategy Officer, Builders + Backers
Alexander Bryden
Director, Americas, Browning Environmental Communications
Tom Chinnock
Co-Founder, Tech for Climate Action
Cedric Craig
Co-Organizer, Climate DC
Dr. Naamal De Silva
Vice President, Together for Birds at American Bird Conservancy
Sean Doran
Founding Partner, Supernova Law
Vincent Drader
Director of Communications, Casey Trees
Uri Fishelson
Climate Tech Consulting Leader
C’pher Gresham
Co-Organizer, DC Climate Week and Co-Founder, GridVolve
Simon Hayman
Co-Founder, Tech for Climate Action
Marissa Jennings
Partnership and Youth Engagement Leader
Lex Kiefhaber
COO, Haddy
Michael Luciani
Managing Partner, Juniper VC
Shelby Luzzi
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Destination DC
Ben Margolis
Director of Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator
Zainab Mirza
Co-host, Watts the Tea
Mark Rupp
Director of External Relations at The Earth Commons, Georgetown University
Uros Simovic
Senior Specialist, Motive Power, Inc
Claire Smalley
Founder and creative director, small c studio
Dave Smith
Vice President, Enduring Planet
Joshua Weinberg
Vice President, Strategic Communications and Marketing, American Geophysical Union
Jamil Wyne
Co-Founder, Riffle Ventures
Eric Zimmerman
CEO, TripZero
Supporting partners
Browning Environmental Communications
PR partner
Cedric Craig
Photographer
Enduring Planet
CFO firm
Halcyon
Fiscal sponsor
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center
Venue partner
Just Ice Tea
Beverage sponsor
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Venue partner
S&P Global “All Things Sustainable”
Podcast sponsor
small c studio
Branding and marketing
solarpunk dc
Creative media partner