Ceres Conference 2020 | Ceres | 23 March 2020 | Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, 811 7th Avenue, W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA

Mobilize the world's most influential capital market leaders to accelerate and scale up solutions to the most pressing global sustainability challenges. These leading executives will map out next steps for increased investor and corporate action on sustainability across diverse sectors of the economy.

Will bring together some of the most influential capital market leaders to accelerate and scale up solutions to the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Don’t miss out on this chance to learn how to manage the risks and seize the opportunities in the rapid global shift to a just and sustainable low-carbon economy.

2020 Speakers

Bessma Aljarbou
Program Lead, Clean Energy Program, Apple

Frohman Anderson III
Managing Partner, EverHope Capital

Todd Arthur Bridges Ph.D.
Global Head of Sustainable Investing & ESG Research, Arabesque Asset Management

Jeremy Baines
President, Neste US, Neste

Dan Bakal
Senior Director, Electric Power, Ceres

Brooke Barton
Vice President, Innovation and Evaluation, Ceres

Chris Bast
Chief Deputy, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Oliver Bäte
CEO, Allianz

Blair Bateson
Manager, Company Network, Ceres

Rostin Behnam
Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Jennifer Betka
Chief Marketing Officer, Indigo Ag

Joey Bergstein
CEO, Seventh Generation

Dazzle Bhujwala
Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Rosina Bierbaum
Professor, University of Michigan

Diana Birkett Rakow
Vice President, External Relations, Alaska Airlines

Babita Bisht
Deputy Director, Division of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund

Phil Bloomer
Executive Director, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Hugh Brown
Director, Food and Forests, Ceres

Mark Brownstein
SVP, Energy, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Boma Brown West
Senior Manager, Consumer Health, Environmental Defense Fund

Vonda Brunsting
Program Manager, The Just Transition Project, Initiative for Responsible Investment

Laurie Burt
President, Laurie Burt, LLC

Tracey Cameron
Senior Manager, Corporate Climate Engagement, Ceres

Mark Campanale
Founder, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Mark Carney
Bank of England, Governor

John Carlson
Manager, State Policy, Ceres

Tim Carter
President, Second Nature

Juile Cerqueira
Executive Director, U.S. Climate Alliance

Mark Chambers
Director of Mayor's Office of Sustainability, New York City

Sophia Cheng
Chief Investment Officer, Cathay Financial Holdings

Aine Clarke
Senior Engagement Officer, Workforce Disclosure Initiative, ShareAction

Steven Clarke
Director for Corporate Clean Energy Leadership, Ceres

Jim Coburn
Senior Manager, Disclosure, Ceres

Matt Coleman
Director, Strategic Partnership, Nephila Climate

Andrew Collins
Director of ESG and Responsible Investing, San Francisco Employee Retirement System (SFERS)

Lauren Compere
Managing Director and Director Shareowner Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management

Christopher P. Conkey, CFA
President, CEO and Global Chief Investment Officer, Manulife Investment Management

Mari Copeny
Youth Activist, Little Miss Flint

Michael Corbat
CEO, Citigroup

Elizabeth Cousens
President and CEO, United Nations Foundation

Cynthia Cummis
Director Of Private Sector Climate Mitigation, World Resources Institute

Peter Damgaard Jensen
Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Bill Davis
Managing Director, Stance Capital, LLC

Chris Davis
Senior Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Julie Davitz
Head of Impact Solutions, Key Client Group Americas, Bank of the West/ BNP Paribas

Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand
Sustainability Strategist, Sjunde AP7

Anastacia Dialynas
Lead Analyst, U.S. Oil Supply, BloombergNEF

Tom DiNapoli
Comptroller, New York State

Michelle Dunstan
Global Head of Responsible Investing, AllianceBernstein

Stan Dupré
Founder & CEO, 2° Investing Initiative

Jeff Eckel
Chairman and CEO, Hannon Armstrong

Jack Ehnes
CEO, California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)

W. Mason Emnett
Vice President, Competitive Market Policy, Exelon Corporation

Lisa Epifani
Manager, ESG Policy and Engagement, Chevron

Meredith Epstein
Senior Associate, Federal Policy, Ceres

Patricia Espinosa
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Jay Famiglietti
Director and Professor, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan

Brad Figel
Vice President Corporate Public Affairs US, Mars, Inc.

Mark Fleming
President & CEO, Conservatives for Clean Energy

Sara Forni
Senior Manager, Clean Vehicles, Ceres

Pamela Frank
CEO, ChargeEVC

Ari Frankel
Assistant Vice President, Sustainability & High-Performance Buildings, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Richard Fruehauf
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, U.S. Steel Corporation

Stefan Gailans
Research and Field Crops Director, Practical Farmers of Iowa

Jennifer Gerholdt
Director, Corporate Engagement, We Mean Business

Matt Gershuny
Director of Research, Parnassus Investments

Robert Gibbs
Former White House Press Secretary, Former CCO at McDonalds

Dan Goldman
Co-founder and Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures

Alli Gold Roberts
Director, Policy, Ceres

John Goldstein
Managing Director and Head of the Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs

James Gorman
Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley

Ilmi Granoff
Director, Sustainable Finance, ClimateWorks Foundation

Andrew Green
Senior Manager, Head of Environmental Sustainability Office, Capital One

Linda Greer
Senior Global Fellow, China Affairs, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs

Neil Gregory
Chief Thought Leadership Officer, International Finance Corporation

Billy Gridley
Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Janine Guillot
CEO, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

Mauricio Gutierrez
President & CEO, NRG Energy

Elysa Hammond
Vice President of Environmental Stewardship, Clif Bar & Company

Jeff Hanratty
Applied Sustainability Manager, General Mills

Brett Hauser
Electric and Advanced Mobility Executive, Member of Ceres President’s Council

Jennifer Helfrich
Senior Manager, State Policy, Ceres

Rebecca Henderson
John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard University

Emma Herd
CEO, IGCC

Vincent Hoen
Associate Director, Guidehouse

Jill Houghton
President and CEO, Disability:IN

Patricia Hudson
Head of Executive Communication and Thought Leadership, State Street

Kirsty Jenkinson
Director of Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies, CalSTRS

Ambika Jindal
Lead, Valuing Water Initiative, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands

Brendan Jordan
Vice President, Transportation and Fuels, Great Plains Institute

Noah Kaufman
Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Seiji Kawazoe
Senior Stewardship Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

Anne Kelly
Vice President, Government Relations, Ceres

Ted Kennedy Jr.
Partner / Board Chair / Co-Chair, Epstein Becker Green / American Association of People with Disabilities / Disability Equality Index

Ross Kerber
Correspondent, Reuters

Inna Khidekel
Partner, Bridge Investment Group

Kathy Kinsey
Senior Policy Advisor, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management

Corey Klemmer
Director of Engagement, Domini

Ian Knight
Global Sustainability Senior Manager, Mars, Inc.

Roelfien Kuijpers
Managing Director, Head of Responsible Investments and Strategic Relationships, DWS

Radha Kuppalli
Managing Director of Investor Service, New Forests

Jonas Kron
Senior Vice President & Director, Shareholder Advocacy, Trillium Asset Management

Nicole Labutong
Managing Consultant, Navigant, now a Guidehouse company

Morgan LaManna
Senior Manager, Investor Engagements, Ceres

Kristen Lang
Senior Director, Company Network, Ceres

Dee Lawrence
Director and Co-founder, High Tide Foundation (HTF), Proyecto Mirador Foundation and Cool Effect

Michael LeMonds
Vice President, Environment, Land and Government Affairs, LafargeHolcim

Sanford Lewis
Director and Founder, Shareholder Rights Group

Alex Liftman
Global Environmental Executive, Bank of America

Dan Lipschultz
Vice-Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities

Joshua Low
Partnerships Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Mindy Lubber
CEO and President, Ceres

Suz Mac Cormac
Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Sumana Manohar
Director, BlackRock

Ryan Martel
Senior Director, Federal Policy, Ceres

Jamie Martin
Executive Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley

Gregg Mast
Executive Director, Clean Energy Economy MN (CEEM)

Aeisha Mastagni
Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies, CalSTRS

Dr. Ajay Mathur
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Adam Matthews
Director of Ethics and Engagement, Church of England Pensions Board

Gina McCarthy
President and CEO, NRDC

Cynthia McHale
Senior Director, Insurance and Senior Director, Climate Action 100+ Investor Engagement, Ceres

Mandi McKay
Sustainability Manager, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Sadie McKeown
Executive Vice President, Construction Lending and Initiatives, The Community Preservation Corporation

Hannah McKinnon
Director, Energy Transitions and Futures Program, Oil Change International

Amelia Miazad
Founding Director and Sr. Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

Rebecca Mikula-Wright
Director, Asian Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

Robin Miller
Manager, Investor Engagement, Water, Ceres

Bertrand Millot
Head of Investment Stewardship, CDPQ

Michael Millstein
Manager, Global Policy and Advocacy, Levi Strauss & Co.

Mary Minette
Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Mercy Investment Services

Tim Mohin
CEO, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Eugene Montoya
Climate Risk and Strategy Specialist, Wells Fargo

Adele Morris
Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Climate and Energy Economics, Brookings Institution

Rebekah Moses
Head of Impact Strategy, Impossible Foods

Ben Myers
Director of Sustainability, Boston Properties

Melanie Nakagawa
Director of Climate Strategy, Princeville Capital

Nadira Narine
Senior Program Director, Strategic Initiatives, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Julie Nash, Ph.D.
Program Director, Food and Forests, Ceres

Martha Newell-Kinsman
Manager, Federal Policy, Ceres

Chris Newton
Executive Director, Responsible Investment, IFM Investors

Tina Owens
Senior Director, Food & Agriculture Impact, Danone

William Page
Senior Portfolio Manager, Essex Global Environmental Opportunities Strategy

Chrissa Pagitsas
Vice President, Enterprise Environmental, Social, Governance, Fannie Mae

Bethany Patten
Lecturer and Senior Associate Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

Michelle Patron
Director of Sustainability Policy, Microsoft

Anna Pavlova
Vice President, Government Relations, Schneider Electric

Stephanie Pfeifer
CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Zach Pierce
Special Advisor on Climate and Energy, Office of Governor Jared Polis

Francis Pigeon
Director, Climate Finance and Partnerships, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Louisa Plotnick
Head of US Programs, The Climate Group

Kevin Pranis
Marketing Manager, Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)

Frank Prager
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Planning & External Affairs, Xcel Energy

James Quincey
Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

Kevin Rabinovitch
Global VP Sustainability and Chief Climate Officer, Mars, Inc.

Sanaz Raczynski
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability, nuveen

Veena Ramani
Senior Program Director, Capital Market Systems, Ceres

Carol Lee Rawn
Senior Director, Transportation, Ceres

Heather Reams
Executive Director, CRES

Heike Reichelt
Head of Investor Relations and New Products, World Bank Treasury

Sue Reid
Vice President, Climate & Energy, Ceres

Maria Clara Rendon
ESG Director, Private Markets, Manulife Investment Management

Meryl Richards Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Food and Forests, Ceres

Dan Saccardi
Senior Director, Company Network, Ceres

Hannah Saltman
Manager, Governance, Ceres

Carolina San Martin
Managing Director and Director of ESG Research, Wellington Management

Ulrike Sapiro
Senior Director, Water Stewardship & Sustainable Agriculture, The Coca-Cola Company

Barney Schauble
Nephila Climate, Chairman

Elizabeth Seeger
Director, Sustainable Investing, KKR

Alicia Seiger
Managing Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University

Dan Seligman
Senior Manager, Energy Efficiency, Ceres

Frances Seymour
Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute

Corey Schrodt
Legislative Director, Rep. Francis Rooney (FL-19)

Rob Schuwerk
Executive Director, North America, Carbon Tracker

Matt Sheldon
Senior Portfolio Manager, KBI Global Investors

Francis Sherman
Executive Director, Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment

Paul Simpson
CEO, CDP

Chan Sin
Assistant Treasurer and VP, Capital Markets Strategy & Corporate Finance, Verizon

Tazia Smith
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

Tim Smith
Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement, Boston Trust Walden

David Simas
CEO, Obama Foundation

Ian Simm
Founder & Chief Executive, Impax Asset Management

Anne Simpson
Director of Board Governance & Strategy, California Public Employees' Retirement System

Kirsten Spalding
Senior Department Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Brad Sparks
Executive Director, The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project

Ryan Spicer
Sustainability Sr. Manager, PepsiCo

Nick Steckler
Lead Analyst, U.S Power, BloombergNEF

John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Martin Suuberg
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Dylan Tanner
Executive Director and Co-founder, InfluenceMap

W. Scott Tew
Executive Director Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand

Wal van Lierop
Executive Chairman & Founding Partner, Chrysalix Venture Capital

Sylvia van Waveren
Director, Active Ownership, Robeco

Winston Vaughn
Senior Manager, Renewable Energy, Ceres

Swami Venkataraman
Senior Vice President, ESG Analytics and Integration, Moody's

Meg Villarreal
Manager of Policy and Public Affairs, Nestlé

Emi Wang
Environmental Equity Senior Policy Manager, The Greenlining Institute

Hugh Welsh
General Counsel, Secretary and President, DSM North America

Matthew Wenban-Smith
Executive Director, ResponsibleSteel

Tensie Whelan
Professor, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business

Lindsey White
Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Andrew Whitlock
Research Analyst, Industry, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Helen Wildsmith
Stewardship Director, Climate Change, CCLA

Sarah Wilson
Senior Director, Responsible Investing, Nuveen

Larissa Witte
Associate, Company Network, Ceres

Laura Wood Peterson
Senior Director, Government Affairs, IndigoAg

Jessica Wolff
U.S. Director of Climate and Health, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth

Betty T. Yee
California State Controller

Tim Youmans
Director, North America Regional Lead, Hermes Investment Management

Dave Zellner
CIO, Wespath

Richard Zimmerman
Senior Advisor, WE Family Offices

Eva Zlotnicka
Managing Director and Head of Stewardship, ValueAct Capital

2020 Sponsors

SUMMIT FEATURED SPONSOR & CONFERENCE PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• Bank of America

SUMMIT LEAD SPONSOR & CONFERENCE FEATURED SPONSOR:
• Wells Fargo

SUMMIT RECEPTION SPONSOR & CONFERENCE LEAD SPONSOR:
• JP Morgan Chase & Co.

SUMMIT LEAD SPONSOR & CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
• Neste

SUMMIT & CONFERENCE LEAD SPONSOR:
• Citi

SUMMIT CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SPONSORS:
• Parnassus Investments
• 3BL Media

SUMMIT NETWORKING BREAK & CONFERENCE COLLABORATION SPONSOR:
• NRG

SUMMIT & CONFERENCE CARBON OFFSET SPONSOR:
• Cool Effect

SUMMIT COLLABORATION & CONFERENCE SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• New Forests
• Timothy Smith
• Robeco

SUMMIT & CONFERENCE SUPPORTING SPONSOR:
• PNC

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• Morgan Stanley

FEATURED SPONSORS:
• DWS
• Goldman Sachs

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Alliance Bernstein
• Bridge Investment Group
• Moody's Investor Service
• Prudential

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Bloomberg
• KKR
• Wilson Sonsini

COLLABORATION SPONSORS:
• KBIGI
• Terna

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SPONSORS:
• Baxter
• Disney
• Ford
• MJB & A

BAVARIA AWARD SPONSOR:
• Trillium Asset Management

NETWORKING BREAK SPONOSR:
• Pepsico

BARISTA SPONSOR:
• Nestle

COLLABORATION SPONSOR:
• Nuveen

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Brown-Forman
• CF
• MSCI
• Solidaridad
• Sustainalytics