CLIMATE BEACON 2023
75+ speakers
300+ attendees
15 sessions
25 sponsors
SPEAKERS
U.S. Senator Ed Markey
Mayor Michelle Wu, City of Boston
Gina McCarthy, Fmr. White House Climate Advisor
Deputy Secretary David Turk, US Dept. of Energy
Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer, MA
Secretary Rebecca Tepper, MA
Secretary Lauren Jones, MA
Governor Deval Patrick, MA (fmr.)
President Emeritus Rafael Reif, MIT
Kishore Varenasi, CBT
Jascha Franklin-Hodge, City of Boston
Bob Chen, UMass Boston
Larry Suskind, MIT
Kate Dineen, A Better City
Jeremy McDiarmid, Advanced Energy United
Pedro Azagra, Avangrid
Kannan Thiruvengadam, Eastie Farm
Matt O’Malley, Vicinity Energy
Joanna Troy, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kathy Abbott, Boston Harbor Now
Zeyneb Magavi, HEET
Nikki Bruno, Eversource
Dr. Caleb Dresser, Harvard C-Change
Leah Ellis, Sublime Systems
Eugenia Gibbons
Jessica Robertson, New Leaf Energy
Mike Bakas, Ameresco
Colin Schless, Turner Construction
Neetu Siddarth, Boston Properties
Jeremy Gregory, MIT
Ehsan Kianirad, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Brennan Guldner, Orsted
Cynthia Dittbrenner, The Trustees
Dr. Gaurub Basu, Harvard C-Change
Devanshi Purohit, CBT
Alicia Barton, First Light Power
Vikki Spruill, New England Aquarium
Mary Skelton Roberts, Climate Beacon Project
Mindy Lubber, CERES
Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, UMass Boston
Susan Goldberg, GBH
Nicole Obi, Black Economic Council of MA
Undersecretary Maria Belén Power, MA
Undersecretary Christopher Coes, USDOT
Ben Downing, The Engine
Katie Theoharides, The Trustees of Reservations
Antonia Höög, Keolis
Abdellah Chajai, Keolis
Jen Daloisio
Patty DiOrio, Orsted
Aisha Francis, Franklin Cummings Tech
Amanda Downey, National Grid
Mike Judge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Peter Gomez, First Light Power
Sean Quinn, HOK
Lindsay Butler, CREF Global
Stephanie Horowitz, Zero Energy Design
Galen Mook, MassBike
Tom Bernard, Berkshire United Way
Jennifer Lopez, Eastie Farm
Rev. Vernon Walker, Clean Water Action
Dr. Lauren Smith, CDC Foundation
Janet Wu
DeWitt Jones, BlueHub Capital
Janet Williams, Cape Cod Climate Collaborative
Jeff Collins, Mass Audobon
Jeremy Koo, MAPC
Ken Kimmell, Avangrid
Marissa Zampino, Mystic River Watershed
Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston Public Health Commission
