Bloom 2023 | GreenBiz | 24 October 2023 | San Jose Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95113, US

It is the leading event for professionals advancing strategies to protect and regenerate nature. Over the course of two interactive days, it creates essential connections between companies, innovators and experts from leading organizations and indigenous groups. By participating, you'll get to explore the markets, technologies and partnerships key to addressing the climate and biodiversity crises hand-in-hand.

Who Attends?
It offers valuable learning and unparalleled networking opportunities for more than 500 of professionals from business, government, academia, indigenous groups, solution providers and startups. Bring your team, department or organization up to speed on the latest strategies to protect and regenerate nature.

2023 Speakers

Alan Kroeger
Director, Nature & Climate, Satelligence

Alex Novarro
Senior Manager, Nature, GreenBiz Group

Alex Killion
Managing Director, Yale University

Allison Wolff
CEO, Vibrant Planet

Aly Wells
Biodiversity Program Lead, Corteva Agriscience

Amos Zerah
Startup Portfolio Sr. Associate, Third Derivative

Andrew McCue
Commercial & Partnerships Lead - Agriculture, Land Use & Biodiversity, Metabolic

Ashley Kuhn
Senior Director, Nature & Biodiversity, Proctor & Gamble

Austin Meyer
Documentary Director & Cinematographer, Collective Capital

Barry Ulrich
Deputy Director - US and Canada Carbon Markets Team, The Nature Conservancy

Becky Martin
Environmental Sustainability Manager, Toyota Motor North America

Ben Wilinsky
Director, Partnerships and Innovation, Arbor Day Foundation

Benjamin McCormack
Sustainability Specialist, Clif Bar & Company

Betsy Hickman
Director, Anthesis Group

Bonnie Lei
Head of Environmental Justice, Employee Engagement, and Ecosystems, Microsoft

Bourhan Yassin
CEO ,Rainforest Connection

Brandon Lewis
Director, Sustainability, Timberland & Agriculture, Manulife Investment Management

Carla Marie Munoz
Ohlone Sisters

Carolyn Ching
Director, Food and Forests, Nature, Ceres

Carter Ingram
Managing Director, Pollination

Charlotte Kaiser
Head of Impact Finance, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group

Charlotte Nash
Artists Climate Collaborative

Cheryl Baldwin
Vice President of Consulting, Pure Strategies

Chrissy Durkin
VP - Growth & Impact, Rainforest Connection

Colleen Corrigan
Senior Sustainability Advisor, Pure Strategies

Connie Norton
Sustainability Specialist, Lush Cosmetics

Danielle Pieranunzi
Sites Director, Green Business Certification Inc.

Dayna Gross
North America Business Sustainability, Syngenta

Dee Yang
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Deeanna Izony
Tsay Keh Dene Nation

Deji Olukton
Sonos

Desiree Munoz
Ohlone Sisters

Dick Cameron
Vice President of Science, Pachama

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

Ephi Banaynal dela Cruz
President & Chair of the Board of Directors, Context Nature

Erin Billman
Executive Director, Science Based Targets Network

Erin Leitheiser
Associate Director, Nature & Climate, BSR

Estelle Winkleman
Director, Climate Philanthropy, Salesforce

Esther Choi
World Resource Institute

Everette Anderson
SVP, Bristol Bay Seafood Investments

Grant Harrison
Director, Sustainable Finance & ESG, GreenBiz Group

Helen Crowley
Partner, Pollination

Hiba Larsson
Nature Investments, NatureFinance

Jane Kuhn
Sustainability , Once Upon A Farm

Jen Cole
Vice President, Strategy and Impact, Good Machine

Jennifer Molnar
Managing Director, Policy & Markets Analytics, The Nature Conservancy

Jesse Klein
Senior Editor, GreenBiz Group

Jing Tauli Corpuz
Senior Global Policy and Advocacy Lead, Nia Tero

Jonathan Lanciani
Partner, Senior Vice President Operational Transformation, Coho

Josiah Cain
Director of Innovation, Sherwood Design Engineers

Juan Carlos Jintiach
Global Alliance of Territorial Communities

Julia Grant
Director of Policy, Partnerships and Sustainability, Green Diamond Resource Company

Julie Moorad
Senior Manager, Global Climate Action, Salesforce

Justice Joe Williams
Supreme Court of New Zealand

Karimah Hudda
Founder and Chief Catalyst, illumine.earth

Karrie Denniston
Senior Director- Sustainability, Walmart.org

Kat Bruce
Founder, NatureMetrics

Kate Shelton
Global Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability, 3M

Kate Danahar
S2g Ventures

Kevin Webb
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Superorganism

Kiran Joseph
Digital Product Manager - Sustainability, Syngenta

Kristin Ellis
Partner, Lowercarbon Capital

Laura Donnelly
Director and Global Lead, Nature, BSR

Lauren Sparandara
REWS Sustainability Partner - Bay Area, Google

Leah Gerber
Professor , Arizona State University

Lis Castillo Nelis
Senior Managing Consultant, Ramboll

Lori Gustavus
Director, Europe, GreenBiz Group

Lucy Almond
Chair, Nature4Climate

Madeline Bez
Artists Climate Collaborative

Margaret O'Gorman
President , Wildlife Habitat Council

Marielle Canter Weikel
Senior Director, Corporate Climate Solutions, Conservation International

Marissa Balfour
Corporate Engagement Advisor - Biodiversity & Nature , The Nature Conservancy

Marissa McGowan
Chief Sustainability Officer - NA, L'Oréal North America

Mary Jane Melendez
Chief Sustainability & Global Impact Officer; President, General Mills

Mitch Rubin
Director of Innovation, Elemental Excelerator

Nethra Rajendran
Corporate Sustainability Manager, GreenBiz Group

Nico McCrossan
Sustainable Finance & ESG, GreenBiz Group

Nicole Miller
Managing Director, Biomimicry 3.8

Paul Bunje
President , Conservation X Labs

Peter Seligmann
President and CEO, Tero

Pieter van Exter
Product , Metabolic

Rachel Lim
Silverstrand Capital

Rajat Panwar
Associate Professor, Oregon State University

Raviv Turner
TNFD Member, Founding Member, MRV Collective

Reno Franklin
PG&E

Roland Salatino
Cofounder & COO, Inversa Leathers

Samantha Power
Founder and Principal Consultant, Finance for Gaia

Sara El-Sayed
Co-Director and Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University

Shannon Cosentino-Roush
Chief Strategy Officer, Finless Foods

Shell Lin
Partners & Operations Manager, Business for Nature

Sinclair Vincent
Director, Sustainable Development Innovation and Markets, Verra

Sophie Gilbert
Lead Scientist for Biodiversity, Vibrant Planet

Stephanie Cárdenas
Senior Manager Sustainability & ESG Services, Deloitte

Steven Nitah
Managing Director Canada,Nature for Justice

Theresa Lieb
Senior Director, Nature and Food Systems, GreenBiz Group

Tom Quigley
Co-founder & Managing Director, Superorganism

Troy Carter
CEO and Co-Founder, Earthshot Labs

Vanessa Pereira
Head of Biodiversity, CEBDS

Zoe Novic
Collective Capital

2023 Sponsors

FOUNDATIONAL SPONSOR:
• Deloitte

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Environmental Defense Fund

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• One Tree Planted
• Pachama

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Arbor
• Corteva
• Doris Duke
• Google
• Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Pure Strategies
• Ramboll
• Syngenta
• Walton Family

PARTICIPATING SPONSORS:
• Reinforest Connection
• The Sustainability

CONVENING PARTNER:
• Impact
• Nature 4Climate