Speakers

Lisa Wright

Director, Marathon Capital

Jeslin Varghese

Senior Director of Resource Efficiency & Impact Management, Gateway Development Commission

Jennifer Obertino

Global Energy Practice Leader, AECOM

Garima Kaushal

Senior Sustainability Manager, AECOM

Carly Gazze

Sustainability Manager, STV

Sunny Sanwar

Managing Director, Digital Solutions & Platform, Constellation

Shounok Sinha

Managing Director, Constellation Technology Ventures

Mike Stopka

Principal, Advisory Practice, Buro Happold

Bin Chen

Research Associate Professor, Northwestern University

Jia Mujtaba

Senior Research Associate, Northwestern University

Filip Formalik

Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Chris LaFleur

Managing Director, ZQuip

Yann Kulp

Sales Director North America, Driivz

Kate Newman

Vice President Sustainable Infrastructure and Public Sector Initiatives, World Wildlife Fund

Jen Molnar

Nature-Based Solutions Lead for Climate Adaptation, AECOM

Kim Watkins

Global Solutions Director, EHS Operational Excellence, Jacobs

Ryan Jeffery

Senior Managing Director of Sustainability, gener8tor

Andrew Loulousis

Vice President, Strategy & Venturing, TechNexus Venture Collaborative

Michael Sutton

CEO / Founder, Infrastructure Engineering Inc.

Aimee Ruiter

Civil Engineer, AECOM

Alain Lefevre

Sustainability Strategy Director, Schneider Electric

Deana Haynes

Vice President, U.S. Market Transformation and Development, U.S. Green Building Council

Mike Baumwoll

Chief Executive Officer, Rep'd

Michael Skowlund

Principal, Hoerr Schaudt

Monali Shah

Transformation Catalyst and CEO (former Strategic Business Executive at Google), inflow.io

Ben Shinabery

Vice President, Land Survey, Qk4

Stephen M Ahron

COO, ClimaTwin

Elizabeth Irvin

Deputy Director, Office of Planning & Programming, Illinois Department of Transportation

Meghana Kharod

Project Consultant - Sustainability, Energy & Climate Change, WSP USA

Alexander Polzin

Deputy Director, Master of Science in Energy & Sustainability, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University

Jennifer Trautman

Architect, Global Design and Innovation, Ada Infrastructure

Chaim Lubin

Managing Director, Lincoln International

Daren Timmons

Director, Industrial and Strategic Partnerships, Savannah River National Laboratory

Rosa Gwinn

Vice President, Global PFAS Technical Lead, AECOM

Cristina Paredes

Executive Director, SC NEXUS

Christie Kochis

Manager, Sustainability Advisory, Arcadis

Karmen Hewitt Smith

Senior Workforce and Special Projects Manager, SC Technical College System

Zongjie Wang

Associate Director, Eversource Energy Center, University of Connecticut

Brian Granahan

Director, Illinois Power Agency

Dave Schaller

Industry Engagement Director, North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)

Michael Bates

Co-Founder, Bring Your Own Power

Karen Shulman

Senior Manager, Sustainability, Albemarle

Soliman Khudeira

Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering & Section Chief of Major Projects, City of Chicago's DOT, Illinois Institute of Technology & City of Chicago's DOT

Melinda Truskowski

Global Energy Transition Market Development Director, Ramboll

Andrea Johnson

Executive Director, Green Empowerment

Nin Prakash

Global Land Contamination Lead, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Chris Meister

Executive Director, Illinois Finance Authority - Climate Bank

Annalise Dum

Senior Vice President Sustainability, JLL

Jennifer Ninete

Director of Engagement, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

Abhinav Krishna

Vice President, Commercialization & Development, Constellation Energy

Kailey Eldredge

Verification Director, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

Masjood Jafri

National Energy Transition Strategic Advisor, Arcadis

Rhiana Barkie

Project Coordinator, Clallam County

Austin Omer

Sustainable Agronomic Scientist, Ostara

Everett Currier

Managing Director, Lincoln International

Chynna Hampton

Equity Director, Climate Jobs Illinois

Chris Semlies

AVP Construction Project & Business Resilience, North America, Zurich

Philippa Spence

Managing Director Environment & Health, Ramboll

Alyssa Norris

Director of Sustainability, Aether Fuels

Megan Zack

Chief Sustainability Officer, Wight & Co

Laura Jay

Deputy Director, Climate Mayors

Jesse Hertstein

Director, Sustainability & ESG Strategy and Operations, BDO

Susan McGeachie

CEO & Co-Founder, Global Climate Finance Accelerator

Kate Agasie

Senior Sustainability and Resiliency Thought Leader, Cook County Department of Environment & Sustainability

Alex Korb

Alternative Risk Transfer Consultant

Brian Imus

Executive Director, Illinois Green Alliance

Daniel W. Longbrake

Director of Commercial Business, PFAS Environment & Infrastructure, Battelle

Patty Lloyd

Director of Sustainability, Leopardo Construction

Chris Swan

Managing Director & Global Practice Leader: The Built Environment, Transearch USA

Dana Lowell

Director, Center for Clean Transportation, WSP

David A Dodd

President & Founding CEO, International Sustainable Resilience Center

Cris B Liban

Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro)

Matt Burns

National Director and Global Practice Area Network Leader for Emerging Contaminants, WSP

Zane Marshall

Director of Water Resources, Southern Nevada Water Authority

Hyrine Munga

Senior Manager, Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft

Michael J Flood

Resilience Lead, WSP

Neera Chawla

Director Sustainability, North America, Worley Consulting

Daniel Socha

Global Sustainability and ESG Services Lead, WSP

D Evan van Hook

CSO, Viridi

Johanna C. Jobin

Global Head of Environment and Sustainability, Takeda

Christopher Allen

NetZero and Nature Positive Global Principal, Jacobs

Kelly Weger

Senior Director of Sustainability North America, Qcells

Georgie Geraghty

Executive Director in Illinois and Midwest Partner, The Nature Conservancy

Jeff Gulock

Director, Clean Energy Solutions, Davis H. Elliot Company

Mohamed Ateia Ibrahim

Environmental Engineer and Group Leader, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sayeh Amirshaghaghi

Chief Water Engineer, Department of Water Management, City of Chicago

Jeff Hanson

Director of Environmental Services and Corporate Sustainability, Alliant Energy

Gary Greenblatt

Vice Chairman, Marathon Capital

Tonyisha Harris

Climate and Energy Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Heidi Binko

CEO & Co-Founder, Just Transition Fund

Neha Soni

Senior Planner, Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways (DoTH)

Elizabeth Scott

Principal Policy Analyst, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

Kristin Urbach

Executive Director, Connecticut Wind Collaborative

Rusty Bell

CEO, Energy Capital Economic Development

Matthew Dalbey

Founder and Principal, Corner Shop Strategies, Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Urban Planning, George Washington University

Holly Lopez

Public Policy &. Affairs Director, Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities

Todd Cabonor

Director Safety, Environmental Compliance, and Industrial Hygiene, Metra Commuter Rail

Ingvild Vaadal

Sustainability Manager, Ramboll

Erin Aleman

Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)