SPEAKERS
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OPENING KEYNOTE
FEATURED SPEAKERS
SUMMER K. MERSINGER
Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
MATHEW NESPECA
Head of ESG and New Business Models, Envu
LAUREN MECHAK
Senior Director, Asset Innovations, ClimeCo
BAILEY CHURCH
Partner, Accounting Advisory Services, KPMG in Canada
BRETT BOVEE
President, WestWater Research
MEGAN REILLY CAYTEN
Senior Investment Manager, Climate Asset Management
SAM GLEDHILL
Head of Commercial, Trove Research
DOUG MACNAIR
Technical Manager, Capitals Coalition
RISHI DAS
Manager, Technologies for Natural Climate Solutions, Verra
BEN PARKHURST
Vice President of Technical Development – Anew Climate
JODY BICKEL
Chief Executive Officer, Creekbank Associates
AMY BOURNE
Senior Manager of Sustainability & Supplier Diversity, Marriott International
TIM BROWN
CEO, Tradewater, LLC
ELLIOTT BOUILLION
Founder and Vice Chairman, Resource Environmental Solutions (RES)
JAY CASHUBEC
Head of Business Development, North America, Nature Metrics
TIM COLES
Director & CEO, re-PLANET
STEPHEN D'ESPOSITO
President & CEO, Resolve and Regeneration | Board of Trustees
GEORGE KELLY
Chief Executive Officer, Earth Recovery Partners
JASON LEE
Director, Quantified Ventures
NICOLAI LUNDY
Chief of Market Relationships, International Foundation Accounting Sustainability
TIM MALE
Executive Director, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
STEVEN MARTIN
Mitigation Specialist
TIM MOORADD
Director of Investments, HASI
EDWARD POLLARD
Strategic Director, Corporate Services, The Biodiversity Consultancy
KATE RYAN
Director of Programs and Senior Staff Attorney, Colorado Water Trust
MARIANA SARMIENTO
CEO Terrasos
KEVIN SCOTT
President, RESOLVE Canada
ELIZABETH SHEPPARD
Senior Financial Analyst, Agriculture Strategy, McCain Foods
PETER STEIN
Chief of Market Relationships, International Foundation Accounting Sustainability
KATIE SULLIVAN
Managing Director, IETA
DOMINIC SUTTON-VERMUELEN
Principal and CEO, Climate Smart Commodities Corp.
SONIA VERHAGEN
Business Development Manager, Nature Based Solutions and Decarbonization and Sustainability Leader, SHELL
DAN YEOMAN
Managing Director, Soil and Water Outcomes Fund
JOHN GILBERT
CFO, The Conservation Fund
HOLT THRASHER
CEO and Founder, Synovia Capital
ELLIOTT BOUILLION
Founder and Vice Chairman, Resource Environmental Solutions
DAVID TUCHMANN
Vice President of Development, Akridge Development
SONIA VERHAGEN
Business Development Manager, Nature Based Solutions and Decarbonization and Sustainability Leader, SHELL
DAN YEOMAN
Managing Director, Soil and Water Outcomes Fund
ERON BLOOMGARDEN
CEO, Emergent
ANNA WILDEMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water, EPA
MANUEL PULGAR-VIDAL
WWF International and Former Minister of Environment Peru
HELEN CROWLEY
Head of Sustainability Sourcing, Kering
MICHAEL JENKINS
CEO, Forest Trends
KEN MELMAN
Member and Global Head of Public Affairs, KKR
PETER STEIN
Manager, Lyme Timber
JOHN KADYSZEWSKI
Director, American Carbon Registry
LENISE LAGO
Associate Chief of Forest Service, USDA
KEVIN SMITH
Vice President, Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs
CHARLOTTE KAISER
Managing Director, NatureVest
JOHN MATTHEWS
Executive Director, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
DAVID BRAND
CEO, New Forests
DAVID ANTONIOLI
CEO, Verra
CHRIS ADAMO
Vice President, Danone North America
ROGER WILILAMS
President, Blue Source