The Climate Champions

Whit Fulton, CEO, ConnectDER. Focused on enabling anyone to connect solar panels or EV chargers to their home in minutes, at a fraction of the typical time and cost, with no electrical upgrade required. Recorded LIVE at DistribuTECH International.

Gene Rodrigues, Assistant Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, Leading the Office of Electricity for the United States of America. Recorded Live consuming Hot Ones level hot sauces at The GridWise Alliance's annual gridCONNEXT conference!

Congressman Mike Levin is serving his third term as California's 49th District representative. He's a member of both the House Committee on Natural Resources and Veterans’ Affairs, where he's Ranking Member on the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee.

Carolina Ortega, Vice President of Sustainability at Milestone Environmental Services, the largest independent energy waste sequestration company in the United States, helping customers sequester almost 3 million metric tons of CO2 since 2014.

Peak Load Management Association Webinar: Jenny Roehm, Sr. Manager, Utility Solutions, Schneider Electric; Michael Brown, Dir., Energy Services, NV Energy; Ross Malme, President & CEO, Malme Energy Consulting; Judy Knight, Chief Development Office, PLMA

Kim Getgen, Founder and CEO, Innovation Force, a serial entrepreneur delivering a SaaS platform that drives innovation by providing visibility through metrics, increased teamwork, and improved performance, while eliminating analysis/paralysis.

Mark Gabriel, President and CEO, United Power; Chair of the Board of Directors, GridWise Alliance; Award-winning author of Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future; Former CEO, WAPA; and led the EPRI Electricity Sector Framework for the Future effort.

Greg Hale, co-founder and principal, The Catskill Project. Also, Senior Advisor for Energy Efficiency Markets and Finance, NYSERDA. The Catskill Project is a carbon-neutral/ passive house community being developed in the Catskills, about 2 hours from NYC.

Kristian Hansen, Founder & CEO of SLO, is a on mission-driven journey to solve the climate crisis through eco-conscious capitalism, the power of consumerism, and data. His Slow Fashion movement is a call to action against exploiting humanity for profit.

Jesse Charfauros, Founder & CEO, RestorVault. 30+ years in the data storage industry at EMC & NetApp, founded restorWare in 2004 and restorVault in 2017 to reduce the cost, risk, and GHG emissions associated with the exponential growth of data storage.

Dr. Surinder Singh, CEO & Co-founder, Relyion Energy is an entrepreneur, scientist, and visionary technical & business leader. Relyion is doubling lithium-ion battery life & performance by repurposing second-life EV batteries as stationary energy storage.

Graham Hill, Founder and CEO, The Carbonauts, Founder of TreeHugger.com, designer and creator of the ceramic version of the iconic New York paper cup and on a decades-long, multi-company mission to help humanity move into the bright green future.

Bridgette McAdoo, VP & Chief Sustainability Officer at Genesys, holistically optimizes the economic, social, and environmental impact of the organization. She's a founding member of Chief, a private network driving more women into positions of power.

Richard Argentieri, President of NextEra Analytics (NEA), an energy analytics and consulting firm leading the industry in advanced modeling, predictive analytics, data science, high-performance computing, and he's a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Andy Klump, CEO & Founder, Clean Energy Associates, with developer, IPP, and EPC customers in 70+ countries,155+ GW of solar PV/15+ GWh of energy storage projects, leading 200+ professionals operating in 15 countries, with 135+ engineers and inspectors.

Peter Kelly Detwiler (PKD), Co-Founder, Northbridge Energy Partners, Author of "The Energy Switch: How Companies and Customers Are Transforming the Electrical Grid and the Future of Power." Energy Industry Thought Leader, Consultant, and Speaker.

Stephanie Krubsack, Founder and CEO of Purevant Living, Editor and Chief of Person & Planet Magazine, and Host of the Person & Planet podcast. Purevant Living stands for health, wellness, the environment, and giving back.

Andrew Boyd, writer, humorist, activist, CEO (Chief Existential Officer) of the Climate Clock, and author of the new book, I Want A Better Catastrophe: Navigating The Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor - BetterCatastrophe.com

Sharon Vidal, Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, Illumina, improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome, over 25 years working on environmental, health, safety, sustainability & corporate social responsibility.