The Climate Champions

Courtney Blodgett, Founder of Yield Positive, has worked for more than 15 years on sustainable finance. She was a climate finance advisor to the UN and led the Impact Investing Team at Vulcan, the family office of Paul G. Allen, Microsoft’s co-founder.

Bryce Yonker, Founder, Executive Director & CEO of Grid Forward, a non-profit organization that takes a collaborative approach to bring together utilities, solution providers, government agencies, regulators, advocates, and others to create a modern grid.

Terry Oliver was the first Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Bonneville Power Administration where he was honored with BPA's highest award, the Meritorious Service Award. After a fantastic adventure of a career, Terry's is now retired, but not tired.

Jessica Toth, Executive Director at Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, the nonprofit organization that brings environmental solution design, education, and consulting services to businesses and communities at every corner of the San Diego region.

George Ashton III, Managing Director of Strategic Investments at LISC, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Founder of Hope Impact Investments, and co-founder of Sol Systems. Forging resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America!

Julia McLaughlin, VP of Commercial Origination at Cogentrix, is also a writer and novelist. For Scientific American, she wrote Increasing Irrelevance of Climate Change Denial: Even if you don’t accept the science, you’ll need to deal with the consequences.

Josh Wong, Founder & CEO of Opus One Solutions, is a Smart Grid Innovator focused on grid modernization and strategic development. He's a visionary and business model innovator who delivers results and is a believer and practitioner of win/win solutions.