The Climate Champions

Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage, purpose-driven entrepreneurs reimagining trillion-dollar industries in three investment pillars: Sustainable Systems, Healthy Living, and People Power.

Katie Tweed, Senior Director of Content & Partnerships for Canary Media, an independent nonprofit journalism dedicated to chronicling the transition to a decarbonized economy. She manages relationships with partners and clients to tell meaningful stories.

Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO, Electrovaya has been there for 10+ years and been involved in every aspect of the business: cell manufacturing, engineering, business development, a successful ceramic battery, and hopefully, a transformational solid-state battery.

Debbie Dekleva, CEO and Milkweed Maverick at Monarch Flyway and Founder of Sustainable Monarch. Monarch Flyway is the longest running milkweed business in history! She's a 2nd generation milkweed entrepreneur who apprenticed for her patent attorney father

Matt Schlegel, Founder and Principal, Schlegel Consulting. Matt is a Bestselling Author of Teamwork 9.0, an Entrepreneur, Consultant, Engineer, and Speaker, focused on applying Enneagram to teams as well as individuals to maximize work-team effectiveness.

Amanda Freick, Chief Revenue Officer for Altruistic, a leader in end-to-end solutions in data, digital, and AI. She's on a mission to enable a responsible energy future, never content with the status quo if she, or somebody she can help, has a better way.

Deborah Magid, Director of Software Strategy at IBM Ventures is IBM's primary liaison with the venture community for IBM's software business; she has worldwide responsibility and shares insight from the venture community to IBM’s growth strategies.

Lizzie Horvitz, Founder & CEO, Finch, tackling social and environmental sustainability from the angle of consumer behavior, incentivizing and educating consumers to make sustainable purchasing decisions. Check out ChooseFinch dot com to get started.

Les Mood, #LesMood, Public Affairs Officer, SineWatts and Host of GreenTech Talks on LinkedIn. Les helps drive millions of organic impressions every month on LinkedIn within the Greentech industry. He is the poster boy for "Sharing is Caring!"

Rebekah Eggers, Global Client Engagement & Innovation Director, Energy Sector, IBM. Over 20 years of partnership and strong solution leadership, creating sustainable go-to-market and portfolio leadership that always delivers customer satisfaction.