The Climate Champions

Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director of the CA Solar & Storage Association, graduated Berkeley with a BS, Conservation and Resource Studies, fought against 5 Connecticut coal plants and returned to CA to fight against climate change the last 16 years

Audrey Lee, Vice President of Energy Services at Sunrun, the number one company in residential solar with over 240,000 customers in 22 states, and over 1600 MW of solar deployed. Sunrun’s simple vision? To create a planet run by the sun!

Jamie Fine, Senior Economist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), gave up the pursuit of trading paper his whole life for a big house and a big Mercedes, and instead packed up his Toyota and headed off to California to help the environment.

Barbara Bry, is the City Councilperson for San Diego District 1 and running for Mayor of San Diego. She earned an MBA from Harvard, reported for the Sacramento Bee and LA Times, started and sold an internet company to Cisco, was a VP at ProFlowers.com.

Keith Mathis, President and CEO of NSAI Energy, and I met 20 years ago, when I first joined the utility industry. Keith is leading projects to clean up coal, provide renewable, sustainable housing to vets, and get more solar projects built.

Jeremy Krevat, Assistant Principal at Aspire’s Alexander Twilight College Preparatory Academy, a public school, discusses how schools participate in the fight against climate change and how educational staff prepare young minds to participate in the solution.

Will Moore, Candidate for San Diego City Council in District 1 – University City, La Jolla, and Carmel Valley - is focused on climate, housing, and jobs. He believes strongly that it’s time for cities like San Diego to lead on Climate!”

Desmond Wheatley is President, CEO, and Chairman at Envision Solar, a San Diego sustainable technology innovation company. They invent, patent, design, engineer and manufacture unique and advanced renewably energized electric vehicle charging systems.

Scott Peters, Member of the United States Congress at the US House of Representatives, representing CA’s 52^nd district. “I can’t bet the planet on the results of the next election.” It’s time to get “past the politics and onto the problem solving.” Wow!

Brett Gantt, member of the Town Council in Apex, NC is a statistician for the EPA with a PhD in atmospheric science. The council recently endorsed the Paris Climate Agreement and passed a resolution for 100% renewable energy by 2050.