Dr. Julia Nesheiwat
Dr. Julia Nesheiwat brings over 20 years of leadership and expertise in international energy, national security, and environmental diplomacy as a former U.S. diplomat, White House official, thought leader, and U.S. Army veteran. She served in four presidential administrations to ensure a balanced energy policy that incorporates global energy security into domestic and foreign policy […]
Melanie Nakagawa
As Microsoft’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Melanie Nakagawa leads the company’s commitments to become carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste by 2030. She brings nearly two decades of experience at the nexus of policy, business, and technology, most recently serving as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the […]
Nicole Iseppi
Nicole Iseppi is the Director of Energy Innovation at the Bezos Earth Fund. Nicole was previously at ENGIE, a leading global energy company, for over 12 years where she was a Senior Executive Advisor and Managing Director for Operations & Performance for Global Transformation. Before ENGIE, Nicole was a Senior Advisor and Project Manager for […]
Igor Jablokov
Igor is the CEO and Founder of Pryon. Named an “Industry Luminary” by Speech Technology Magazine, he previously founded industry pioneer Yap, the world’s first high-accuracy, fully-automated cloud platform for voice recognition. After its products were deployed by dozens of enterprises, the company became Amazon’s first AI-related acquisition. The firm’s inventions then served as the […]
The Hon. Chavonda Jacobs-Young
Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young serves as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, and as USDA’s Chief Scientist. The REE mission area is comprised of more than 8,500 employees across five organizations including the Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and […]
Lisa Jacobson
Lisa Jacobson is the President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), a 65-member trade association representing the energy efficiency, natural gas, and renewable energy industries. Ms. Jacobson has over 20 years of experience advising federal and state policymakers on energy, tax, air quality, and climate change issues. She is a member of the […]
Ishrat Jahan
Ishrat Jahan has over 15 years of leadership experience and a passion to elevate and empower marginalized women. At Nomi Network, Ishrat serves as the Director of International Programs leading Nomi Network’s Workforce Development Program in India and Cambodia and the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program across India moving forward the mission to end human trafficking […]
Sheila Jaskot
Sheila Jaskot is an Emmy Award-winning Producer/Project Manager with more than 20 years experience in major market television and radio programming. Using her extensive editorial, strategic, technical, and logistics skills, Sheila is a highly skilled project manager adept at leading large teams for both live and taped programs. Her experience includes major political events including […]
H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid
Kersti Kaljulaid served as the President of the Republic of Estonia from 2016 to 2021. During her time in office, she left a significant mark both domestically and on the international stage. In the summer of 2021, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed President Kaljulaid as the Global Advocate for the ‘Every Woman Every Child’ strategy, […]
Charlotte Kan
Bilingual (French/English) print & broadcast journalist & editor specialising in finance, disruption, tech & culture, ex-Bloomberg TV, S&P, AFX News, Euronews, M6, i-télé, C-News, RTL-TVI, reporter, presenter and moderator of international conferences and events, media and presentation coach. Thought leadership content editor, communication consultant and writer (Deloitte, HSBC, Refinitiv, Oracle, IBM, RBC, Saxo Bank, BNP […]
Kola Karim
A British national of Nigerian descent, Kola Karim is the Group Managing Director/CEO of Shoreline Energy International (Shoreline), a leading industrial group focused on Energy , Engineering , Infrastructure and Power investments in Sub Saharan Africa. Mr. Karim has built shoreline over the last 3 decades into a leading integrated energy company with operating assets […]