Sessions
Speakers58 Speakers
Tony Reames
Senior Advisor, Office of Economic Impact & Diversity
U.S. Department of Energy
Shalanda Baker
Deputy Director for Energy Justice/Office of Economic Impact & Development
U.S. Department of Energy
Ezell Watson III
J.C. Kibbey
Senior Illinois Clean Energy Advocate
Natural Resources Defense Council
Jen Walling
Executive Director
Illinois Environmental Council
Johari Cole-Kweli
President and Managing Director
Community Development Corporation of PHP
Lynn Benander
Director of Technical Assistance & Project Finance
People's Solar Energy Fund
Andrew Barbeau
President
The Accelerate Group
Jay Rowell
Executive Director
HIRE360
Justin Schott
Project Manager
Energy Equity Project
Mark Templeton
Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic
University of Chicago Law School
Meishka Mitchell
President & CEO
Emerald Cities Collaborative
MeLena Hessel
Associate Director of Policy
Elevate
Paula Glover
President
Alliance to Save Energy
Ann Williams
11th District State Representative
US House of Representatives
Reverend Tony Pierce
Board President
Illinois People's Action
Scott Collis
Atmospheric Scientist
Argonne National Laboratory
Vincent Davis
Director of Disaster Services
Feeding America
Carol Hays
Founder
The Strategic Collaboration Group
Naomi Davis
Founder & President
Blacks in Green
Abe Scarr
Director
Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
Angela Tovar
Chief Sustainability Officer, Mayor's Office of Sustainability
City of Chicago
David Collier-King
Recovery Team Program Manager
City of Chicago
David Yocca
Director of Green Infrastructure
Blacks in Green & NFP
Deidre Sanders
Principal & Founder
ArkSpring
Delmar Gillus, Jr
Chief Operating Officer
Elevate
Jifunza Wright-Carter
Co-founder
Black Oaks Center
Gregory Norris
Jeff Orcutt
President
Chapman Energy Strategies
Karen Youngblood
Senior Vice President
Cinergi Group LLC
Kyra Woods
Climate and Energy Policy Advisor
City of Chicago
Lindy Wordlaw
Chicago Recovery Plan Director, Mayor's Office of Sustainability
City of Chicago
Nuri Madina
Timothy DenHerder-Thomas
General Manager
Cooperative Energy Futures
Vernice Miller-Travis
Executive Vice President
Metropolitan Group
Patricia Eggleston
Executive VP and General Counsel
Trinity 95th & Cottage Grove Planned Community Dev
Lesley Showers
Executive Director
Institute of Cultural Affairs USA
Cheryl Johnson
Executive Director
People for Community Recovery
Jacqueline Patterson
Founder & Executive Director
The Chisholm Legacy Project
Angelina Benson-Glanz
Director of Special Projects
Elevate
Roxy Manning
Psychologist & Assessor
Roxanne Manning
Karen DeGannes
Senior Technical Advisor and Strategist
DeGannes Consulting Group LLC
Leuwam Tesfai
Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Climate Policy
California Public Utilities Commission
Sarah Shanley Hope
VP of Narrative Strategies
The Solutions Project
Shelley Francis
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
EVNoire
Sharonda Williams-Tack
Associate Director of Healthy Communities Energy Justice Campaign
Sierra Club
Kim Foreman
Executive Director
Environmental Heath Watch
Christie Hicks
Sr. Director & Lead Counsel
Environmental Defense Fund
Amy Cortese
Program Director
New Buildings Institute
Anoop Menon
Co-Founder & CEO
Eisengard AI
77 Flavors of Chicago: Dario Durham & Sara Faddah
Annette Beitel
Founder & President
Future Energy Enterprises, LLC
Emily Rhea
Senior Project Manager
Eco Achievers
Fenell Doremus
Producer
Kartemquin Films
Deonte Moore
Green Jobs Workforce Program Director
Illinois Environmental Council
Chynna Hampton
Equity Director
Climate Jobs IL- AFL-CIO
Karen Lusson
Staff Attorney
National Consumer Law Center
Meleah Geertsma
Director, Environmental Justice Policy
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)