ClimateCAP 2025

HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UC BERKELEY

Speakers

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Keynote & Mainstage Speakers

AMY CHAN

Chief Sustainability Officer
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

MARK ARMEN

Founder & CEO
Replenysh

AYA DE LEON

Poet Laureate
City of Berkeley

JENNIFER CHATMAN

Interim Dean
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

DIANDRA MARIZET ESPARZA

Co-Founder & Director of Impact
Intersectional Environmentalist

KATE GORDON

CEO
California Forward

RICH LYONS

Chancellor
University of California, Berkeley

DAVIDA HERZL

CEO & President
Aclima Inc

ANA MARTINEZ

Co-Founder
Xploration Partners

Associate Director
UC Berkeley Haas' Cleantech to Market (C2M

HELEN MOUNTFORD

President & CEO
ClimateWorks Foundation

CARLA PETERMAN

Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
PG&E

URVI PAREKH

Head of Renewable Energy
Meta

JESSICA WINGERT

Program Lead
ClimateCAP

ROBERT STRAND

Executive Director
UC Berkeley’s Nordic Center & UC Berkeley Haas' Center for Responsible Business

JARVIS SAM

CEO and Founder
Rainbow Disruption

Panelists & Featured Speakers

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MICHAEL BAKUNIN

CEO
Epic Charging

REBECCA BURGESS

Founder & Director
Fibershed

KAYLA CALKINS

Program Officer- Wildfire Resilience Funders
Climate Resilience Fund

LETICIA CORONA

Chief Growth Officer
Investment Committee

AMANDA ELLER

Strategy Director
Waverley Street Foundation

CONOR FARESE

Director
IDEO

SAMANTHA DERRICK

Executive Director
Plant Futures

RACHEL CORN

Chief Growth Officer
GoPowerEV

CHRISTIAN GAMMILL

General Partner
Cultivate Next / Chipotle

EMMA GRANDE

Director of ESG Strategy & Engagement
Salesforce

CHRIS GAITHER

Head of Sustainability & Privacy Communications
General Motors

JOHN FORAKER

Co-Founder & CEO
Once Upon a Farm

TERRY GRANT

Vice Chairman
Marathon Capital

SIVA GUNDA

Commissioner
California Energy Commission

AF HERNANDEZ

Principal
NextEra Energy Investments

JAMIE HORST

Chief Purpose Officer
Traditional Medicinals

STEPHEN HOHENRIEDER

Founder & CEO
Grounded Capital

MIRA INBAR

Partner
ArcTern Ventures

ANDREW ISSACS

Senior Lecturer with Continuing Status at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

CHRIS JOCSON

COO
Good Eggs

DAVE JONES

Former Insurance Commissioner of California
UCB Center for Law, Energy and the Environment

SARAH KELLEY

Managing Director
Fibersfund

KAYLA LUCERO-MATTEUCCI

Just Transition Officer
New Mexico Economic Development Department

ADAM LEIPZIG

CEO
Entertainment Media Partners

VINCENT MEDINA

Founder
Café Ohlone / ‘ottoy Initiative

PRACHI MEHTA

Product Manager
Tesla

CHARITY MAY

Founder & Principal
Sacred Futures

PETER LUPOFF

Principal
Lupoff/Stevens Family Office

ADEWALE OGUNBADEJO

VP, Workforce Development
GRID Alternatives

ADRIANA PENUELA-USECHE

Venture Fellow
SOSV

NICHOLAS PINKOWSKI

CEO & Co-Founder
Nitricity

LEWIS PERKINS

President
Apparel Impact Institute

WILL ROSENZWEIG

Faculty Steward
Sustainable Food Initiative at Haas

DAVID SIAP

Senior Manager of Energy
CREO

MANDIRA REDDY

Director of Investment Analytics
Capricorn Investment Group

SABIN RAY

Senior Associate
Ecosystem Integrity Fund

ANNE SIMPSON

Global Head of Sustainability
Franklin Templeton

ANDIE SOBREPENA

Co-Executive Director
Farming Hope

JAMIE STARK

Manager, Growth Portfolio
REDF

JOSH SONNENFELD

Senior California Strategist
Bluegreen Alliance

RAJESH SWAMINATHAN

Partner
Khosla Ventures

MARISA SWEENEY

Vice President, Special Opportunities
S2G Ventures

LOUIS TREVINO

Founder
Café Ohlone / ‘ottoy Initiative

SCOTT TIERNEY

Partner
Valo Ventures

ALICE WATERS

Owner/Founder
Chez Panisse & The Edible Schoolyard Project

AMOS WHITE

Founder
100K Trees for Humanity

GIA VACIN

Deputy Director, Zero Emission Vehicle Market Development
CA Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

MADDIE VANN

Head of Strategy
The Resiliency Company

NOAH WILSON-RICH

Founder
Best Bees

ALLISON WOLFF

CEO
Vibrant Planet