The Climate Champions

Larry Peranich, a retired expert in predictive analytics, volunteers for Citizen’s Climate Lobby. They support him in exercising his personal and political power to mitigate climate change. Larry has a BS, MS, and PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Tim Sasseen, Business Development Manager at Ballard Power, has dedicated his career to bringing innovative cleantech energy solutions in hydrogen, electric vehicles, microgrids and wind power from concept to production, leveraging an MS in EE and an MBA.

Vint Cerf, VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google & Co-Father of the Internet. He was presented the US National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton & the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush and co-founded the Internet Society

Katherine Hamilton, Co-Founder and Chair at 38 North Solutions & co-host of The Energy Gang podcast, has a Cleanie Award for Entrepreneur of the Year and is Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum‘s Future of Advanced Energy Technology Global Future Council.

Michelle Brechtelsbauer, Director of Stakeholder Relations at Energy Impact Center in Washington DC. She leverages her background in engineering research and an expertise in science policy to accelerate deployment of carbon-negative energy technologies.

Neil Kermode has been the Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, since 2005. EMEC has facilitated testing 31 technologies that generate electricity harnessing the power of waves and tidal streams.

Pip Decker, Senior Vice President at BMR Energy, leads development, construction and operation of wind and solar generation projects. Prior, Pip owned US-based solar developer SunEast. He has a degree in Public Policy from the College of William and Mary.

Jim Spano is Managing Partner at Spano Partners, and Founder & Director of Origination for Radiant REIT. He is a dedicated philanthropist that has already put 300 MW of solar in the ground and has created a fund to provide $10B over the next three years.

Scott Carlson is President of New Day Solar. For 30+ years Scott has been leading the installation of California solar systems, training the next generation of developers, and passionately spreading the benefits of powering a world with solar energy.

Larsh Johnson is CTO at STEM. Prior, he was CTO at Siemens Digital Grid, which he joined via the acquisition of eMeter, where he was co-founder and CTO, after co-founding CellNet Data Systems. He earned a BS and an M.S. in mechanical engineering Stanford.