Ceres 2021 | Ceres | 22 March 2021 | Virtual Event

The past year further revealed just how fragile, interconnected and unprepared we are to confront our greatest global threats—from the climate crisis to water scarcity to racial, gender and workplace inequality and inequity. These are systemic and pervasive problems that disrupt investment portfolios, global operations and supply chains, destabilize financial markets, and cause widespread human and economic suffering.

Join Ceres and hundreds of institutional investors, corporate executives, policymakers and regulators as we call for the urgent, necessary and achievable actions we must take today to transform tomorrow. During this four-day virtual program, speakers and participants will network with and learn from leading experts and their peers on how to adapt to the ever-changing investment and business realities and thrive in the accelerated transition to a net-zero emissions future.

2021 Speakers

Dan Bakal
Senior Director, Electric Power, Ceres

Juliana Batista
Head of Diversity and Inclusion, General Mills

Maia Becker
Director, Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, RBC Global Asset Management

Rostin Behnam
Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Danny Best
Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion, Dell Technologies

Dazzle Bhujwala
Director Investor Network, Ceres

Rosina Bierbaum Bierbaum
Professor, University of Michigan and University of Maryland

Murray Birt
Senior ESG Strategist, DWS Group

Loren Blackford
Chair, Sierra Club Foundation Investment Committee

David Blood
Co-founder and Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management

Amit Bouri
CEO & Co-Founder, The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

Lael Brainard
Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Tony Brasil
Chief, Transportation and Clean Technology Branch, California Air Resources Board

Hugh Brown
Director, Food and Forests, Ceres

Marisa Buchanan
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mark Campanale
Founder & Executive Chair, Carbon Tracker Initiative

John Carlson
Manager, Ceres

Etosha Cave
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Opus-12

Yue (Nina) Chen
Director of Sustainability and Climate Initiatives, New York State Department of Financial Services

Sophia Cheng
Chief Investment Officer, Cathay Financial Holdings

Audrey Choi
Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Sustainability Officer / CEO, Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley

Kelly Christodoulou
ESG & Stewardship Manager of Investments, AustralianSuper

Jim Coburn
Senior Manager, Disclosure, Ceres

Jennifer Cogburn, JD
Head of Gas Americas and Water Research Development, BloombergNEF

James Coldwell
Head of Workforce Disclosure Initiative, ShareAction

Siobhan Collins
Senior Manager, Company Network

Emma Conover
Manager, Research and Analysis, Ceres

Juanita Constible
Senior Advocate, Climate & Health, Natural Resources Defense Council

Wendy Cromwell
Director, Sustainable Investment, Wellington Management

Ashlyn Curtis
Apprentice, IronWorkers Local #512

Harlan Cutshall
Ceres, Manager, Foundation Development

Jackie Daitchman
Executive Director, ESG Client Coverage, MSCI

Ted Danson
Actor and Activist

Jaideep Das
Partner, Global M&A Advisory Lead & Regional Client Director – Finance, ERM

Tony Davis
CEO/CIO, Inherent Group

Thomas DiNapoli
NYS Comptroller, Office of the NYS Comptroller

Laura Draucker
Senior Manager, Ceres

Michaela Edwards
Partner, Capricorn Investment Group

Karen Fang
Head of Global Sustainable Finance, Bank of America

Tim Faveri
VP Sustainability & Shared Value, Maple Leaf Foods

Penney Finkelman Cox
Producer

Sophie Flak
Managing Partner CSR & Digital, Eurazeo

Christopher Flensborg
Head of Climate & Sustainable FInance, SEB

Nancy Floyd
Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power

Bill Ford
Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company

Chris Fox
Senior Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
Chef/Educator, Red Mesa Cuisine

Linda Freiner
Group Head of Sustainability, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

Ivan Frishberg
Director of Impact Policy, Amalgamated Bank

Marcie Frost
CEO, CalPERS

Richard Fruehauf
Senior Vice President – Strategic Planning and Chief Strategy & Development Officer, United States Steel

Elise Georgeff
Associate Researcher, ICCT

Veronika Giusti Keller
Vice President – Blended Finance and Impact Management Team, BlueOrchard

Alli Gold Roberts
Director, State Policy, Ceres

Julie Gorte
Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing, Impax Asset Management

Mary Grady
Director of the Secretariat for the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), Winrock International

Carolyn Green
Founder and Managing Partner, EnerGreen Capital Management

Neil Gregory
Chief Thought Leadership Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

William "Billy" Gridley
Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Peg Hanna
Assistant Director, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Michaela Hart
Producer & Co-Founder, RAFT Animation

Tim Hayden
Natural Resource Division Director, Yurok Tribe of California

Jennifer Helfrich
Senior Manager, State Policy, Ceres

Chelsea Henderson
Director of Editorial Content, republicEn

Rebecca Henderson
John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard University

Allison Herren Lee
Acting Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO & President, Ariel Investments

Bob Holycross
Vice President, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Company

Beth Hooker
Senior Manager, Water and Agriculture Resilience, Ceres

Anne-Claire Howard
CEO, ResponsibleSteel

Greg Huynh
Manager, 100% Clean Energy Innovation, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Lisa Jackson
Vice President, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple

Kirsten James
Director, Water Program, Ceres

Daniela Jaramillo
Senior Responsible Investment Adviser, HESTA

Johanna Jobin
Global Head Corporate Reputation & Responsibility, Executive Director of Biogen Foundation, Biogen

Alisha Johnson
Strategic Communications, Environment, Policy & Social Initiatives, Apple

Dave Jones
Director, Climate Risk Initiative, UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
Executive Vice President, ICCR

Nipawi Kakinoosit
Treaty 8 Hereditary/Urban Indigenous Leader, Treaty 8/Sucker Creek First Nation

Stacey Karels
President, Mankato Valley Building & Construction Trades Council

Jennifer Keesson
Sustainability Manager, IKEA

Anne Kelly
Vice President, Government Relations, Ceres

Badar Khan
President, U.S. Business, National Grid

Kevin Kinsella
Partner, Low Carbon Energy Transition, ERM

Amanda Kizer
Director of Impact, Nuveen

Piet Klop
Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM

Rakhi Kumar
SVP Sustainability Solutions, Liberty Mutual

Marissa LaFave
Senior ESG Research Analyst, Parnassus Investments

Morgan LaManna
Senior Manager, Investor Engagement, Ceres

Natasha Landell-Mills
Head of Stewardship, Sarasin & Partners LLP

Anders Langworth
Founder, Bankers for Climate

Jon Leshay
Producer & Artist Manager

Alex Liftman
Global Environmental Executive, Bank of America

Bob Litterman
Founding Partner, Kepos Capital

Bernard Looney
CEO, bp

Laura LoSciuto
Manager, Ceres

Mindy Lubber
CEO, Ceres

Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D.
Director, ECDYSIS Foundation, and CEO, Blue Dasher Farm

Kathy MacKinnon
Vice Chair, IUCN/World Commission on Protected Areas, Wetlands International

Renaye Manley
Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives Department, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Dawn Martin
Emcee for Ceres 2021, Executive VP and Chief Program Officer, Ceres

Emilie Mazzacurati
CEO, Four Twenty Seven

Gina McCarthy
White House National Climate Advisor & former Board Member, Ceres

Tiffany McGhee
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Pivotal Advisors

Katie McGinty
VP & Chief Sustainability, Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Johnson Controls

Bill McKibben
Co-Founder, 350.org, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College

Rose McKinney-James
Managing Principal, Energy Works LLC, McKinney-James & Associates, Advocacy BL/ACK

Doug McMurdo
Chairman, Local Authority Pension Fund Forum

Mary Jane Melendez
Chief Sustainability and Social Impact Officer of General Mills and President, General Mills Foundation

François Meloche
Director of Shareholder Engagement, Æquo

Christie Merino
Manager, Company Network, Ceres

Chris Miller
Head of Global Activism, Ben & Jerry's

Robin MIller
Manager, Investor Engagement, Water, Ceres

Bertrand Millot
Vice-President Risk Management, Fixed income and Head of Climate Risk and Issues, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Eugene Montoya
VP, Sustainable Finance Center of Excellence, Wells Fargo

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

Isabel Munilla
Director, US Financial Regulation, Ceres

Una Murphy
Director Design Innovation, Levi Strauss & Co.

Thomas Murray
Vice President, EDF+Business, Environmental Defense Fund

Kathryn Murtagh
Managing Director for Sustainable Investing and Chief Compliance Officer, Harvard Management Company, Inc

Brian Nash
Director, Sustainability, Ingredion

Chris Newton
Executive Director, Responsible Investment, External Relations, IFM Investors

Susan Nickey
Executive Vice President & Chief Client Officer, Hannon Armstrong

Nate O'Reilly
Business Agent, IronWorkers Local 512

Mary Obasi
SVP, Global Climate Risk Executive, Bank of America

Ana Carolina Oliveira
Director, Head of Sustainable Finance Americas, ING Capital LLC

Brothers Osborne
Country Music Artists

R. Jisung Park
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UCLA

Priti Patel
Vice President and Chief Transmission Officer, Great River Energy

Matt Patsky
CEO, Trillium Asset Management

Martin Pei
EVP & CTO, SSAB

Michelle Perez
Water Initiative Director, American Farmland Trust

Carla Peterman
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, Southern California Edison

Geneviève Piché
Head of ESG Solutions, Wells Fargo & Company

Laetitia Pirson
Manager, Ceres

Eric Pitt
Climate Finance Consultant, Ceres

Pedro Pizarro
President & CEO, Edison International

Stephanie Pollack
Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration

Veena Ramani
Senior Program Director, Capital Market Systems,Ceres

Kimberly Randolph
Vice President, Energy Supply Projects, Xcel Energy

Bruno Rauis
Executive Director, ESG Research, MSCI

Carol Lee Rawn
Senior Director, Transportation Program, Ceres

Gerardo Reyes Chávez
Farmworker/organizer, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)

Brian Rice
Portfolio Manager, CalSTRS: California State Teachers' Retirement System

Meryl Richards Ph.D.
Director, Food and Forests, Ceres

Marcella Rizzuti
Associate, Investor Network, Ceres

Rachel Robasciotti
Founder & CEO, Adasina Social Capital

Jenny Roberts
Senior Manager, Global Responsibility - Climate + People, Starbucks

Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson
CEO + Founder, VC Include

Greg Rogers
Founder, Eratosthenes

Samantha Ross
Founder, Assurance Mark

Steven Rothstein
Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

Dan Saccardi
Senior Director, Company Network, Ceres

Mark Schneider
CEO, Nestlé

Keesa Schreane
Director of Global Risk & Sustainability Partnerships and Host and Executive Producer, Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives

Natasha Scotnicki
Program Manager, Circular Economy, Cisco Systems

Alicia Seiger
Managing Director, Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative

Dan Seligman
Director, Energy Efficiency, Ceres

Barbara Seymour
Director, Ceres

Katie Sieben
Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

Lucie Silvas
Singer-Songwriter

Ian Simm
Founder & CEO, Impax Asset Management

Anne Simpson
Managing Investment Director, Board Governance & Sustainability, CalPERS

Lara Skinner
Director, Labor Leading on Climate Initiative, ILR Worker Institute-Cornell University

Kirsten Spalding
Senior Program Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Megan Starr
Global Head of Impact, The Carlyle Group

Mary Steenburgen
Award-Winning Actress & Songwriter

Matt Stoltz
Ironworker Apprentice, IronWorkers Local #512

John Streur
President & CEO, Calvert Research and Management

Nicole Systrom
Founder, Sutro Energy Group

Michael Terrell
Director of Energy, Google

Jasmine Thomas
Director, U.S. Business Partnerships, Community Investing & Development, Citi

Anthony Toppi
Senior Manager, Company Network, Ceres, Inc.

Gabriel Torres
Vice President - Senior Credit Officer- Sovereign, Moody's Investors Service

Vien Truong
Senior Director of Global Engagement, Sustainability, Nike

Jeff Ubben
Founder & Managing Partner, Inclusive Capital Partners

Peter van der Werf
Senior Engagement Specialist, Robeco

Swami Venkataraman
Senior Vice President, Moody's Investors Service

Daniel Vennard
Director, Better Buying Lab, World Resources Institute

Sonja Vermeulen
Director of Programs, CGIAR System Organization

Mayor Marty Walsh
City of Boston

Lindsey White
Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Walter Whitewater
Chef/Educator, Red Mesa Cuisine

Katharine Wilkinson
Co-Founder; Co-Host, The All We Can Save Project; A Matter of Degrees

Lisa Woll
CEO, US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment

Mary Wroten
Director, Global Sustainability, Ford Motor Company

Betty Yee
California State Controller, State Controller's Office

Dave Zellner
Chief Investment Officer, Wespath Benefits and Investments

2021 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Bank of America
• Citi
• DWS
• Edison International
• Impax Asset Management
• JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Morgan Stanley

SESSION SPONSORS:
• Dell
• ERM
• Moody's
• Nuveen
• Parnassus Investments
• United States Steel
• Wells Fargo

DATA SPONSORS:
• MSCI

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE:
• Ford Motor Company
• National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.

COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
• 3BL Media

TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR:
• ClearBridge Investments

SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS:
• Biogen
• The Coca-cola Company
• JLL
• Hanon
• PepsiCo

BAVARIA SPONSOR:
• Trillium Asset Management

COLLABORATION SPONSORS:
• General Mills
• New Forests
• PNC
• Prudential
• Target
• Timothy Smith
• U.S. Farmers and Ranchers In Action

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Bridge Investment Group
• Brown–Forman
• Guidehouse
• Sustainalytics

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Carbon Trust
• changeNOW
• Climate Action
• FUTURE ENERGY WEEK
• GreenBiz
• Intentional Endowments Network
• ISSP
• responsible investor
• US Nature 4Climate