Forum Speakers

Rohit Aggarwala

Special Advisor to Mayor Bloomberg

C40 Cities

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Craig D. Allen

Research Ecologist

USGS

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Major General Joseph Anderson

Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division

US Army

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Nancy Baron

Director of Science Outreach, COMPASS

Lead Communications Trainer, Leopold Leadership Program

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Bill Blakemore

Correspondent

ABC News

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Stewart Brand

Co-Founder and President

The Long Now Foundation

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David Bray

Professor, Department of Earth and Environment

Florida International University

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Sharon E. Burke

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Program

Department of Defense

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Peter Calthorpe

Author

"Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change"

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William H. Calvin

Affiliate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Washington

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Jamais Cascio

Founder and Blogger

Open the Future

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Scott Cassel

CEO and Founder

Product Stewardship Institute

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Alex Chadwick

Host and Senior Correspondent

BURN

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William Chameides

Dean, and Nicholas Professor of the Environment

Duke University

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Jason Clay

Senior Vice President, Market Transformation

World Wildlife Fund

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Neal Conan

Host, Talk of the Nation

NPR

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Iain Couzin

Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Princeton University

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Heidi Cullen

Author

“The Weather of the Future”

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Geoff Dabelko

Director, Environmental Change and Security Program

Woodrow Wilson Center

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Dennis Dimick

Executive Editor for the Environment

National Geographic Magazine

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George Divoky

Director and Founder

Friends of Cooper Island

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Sylvia Earle

Oceanographer, Explorer-in-Residence

National Geographic Society

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Kerry Emanuel

Professor, Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climates

MIT

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John Fetterman

Mayor

City of Braddock, PA

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Jon Foley

Director, Institute on the Environment

University of Minnesota

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Sean Gerrity

President

American Prairie Reserve

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Elliot Gerson

Executive Vice President for Policy and Public Programs, International Partners

The Aspen Institute

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Dan Glickman

Executive Director, Congressional Program, The Aspen Institute

Former US Secretary of Agriculture

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Sherri Goodman

Senior Vice President

CNA

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K. David Harrison

Co-Founder and Director of Research

Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

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David J. Hayes

Deputy Secretary

Department of the Interior

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Richard Heinberg

Senior Fellow

Post Carbon Institute

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Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta

Director, Water and Wetlands Program

Pronatura Noroeste

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Terry Hunt

Professor, Department of Anthropology

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

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Walter Isaacson

President and CEO

The Aspen Institute

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Chris Johns

Editor in Chief

National Geographic Magazine

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Lynn Johnson

Photojournalist

National Geographic

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Director of Science and Solutions

Waitt Foundation

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Miguel Jorge

Director, Ocean Initiative

National Geographic Society

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Steven Kallick

Director, International Wilderness Conservation

Pew Environment Group

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Krithi K. Karanth

Executive Director, Centre for Wildlife Studies (India)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke University

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Maggie Koerth-Baker

Science Editor

Boing Boing

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Fred Krupp

President

Environmental Defense Fund

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James Howard Kunstler

Author

"Too Much Magic", "The Long Emergency"

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Rob Kunzig

Senior Environment Editor

National Geographic magazine

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Thomas Lovejoy

Biodiversity Chair

Heinz Center

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Mindy S. Lubber

President, Ceres

Director, INCR

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Mark Lynas

Author

"The God Species"

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Emma Marris

Author

"Rambunctious Garden"

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David Monsma

Executive Director, Energy and Environment Program, The Aspen Institute

Director, Aspen Environment Forum

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Michael Nichols

Editor-at-Large Photography

National Geographic magazine

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Michelle Nijhuis

Writer

National Geographic Magazine

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Carrie Norton

Founder and President

Green Business BASE CAMP

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Randy Olson

Filmmaker and Author

"Don't Be Such a Scientist"

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David W. Orr

Chair of Environmental Studies Program

Oberlin College

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Jonathan Overpeck

Director, Institute of the Environment

University of Arizona

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David Owen

Staff Writer

The New Yorker

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Daniel Pauly

Professor, Fisheries Centre

The University of British Columbia

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Ryan Phelan

Founder

DNA Direct

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Richard Potts

Director, Human Origins Program

Smithsonian Institution

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Heather Quinley

Director of National Stewardship Strategy

Duke Energy

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Chris Reij

Senior Fellow

World Resources Institute

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John Robb

Author

Newsletter: "Resilient Communities"

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Emily Rubenstein

Senior Policy Advisor

Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, Mayor's Office of New York City

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Lorna Rutto

Founder and CEO

EcoPost

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Paul Salopek

Freelance Foreign Correspondent

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Joel Sartore

Contributing Photographer

National Geographic Magazine

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Barton Seaver

Sustainable Chef

National Geographic Fellow

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Frank Sesno

Director, Media and Public Affairs

George Washington University

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Matthew Shirts

Chief Editor

National Geographic Brasil

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Jamie Shreeve

Executive Editor, Science

National Geographic Magazine

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Hari Sreenivasan

Correspondent and Director of Digital Partnerships

NewsHour, PBS

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Thomas Thwaites

Designer and Author

"The Toaster Project"

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Scott Tong

Correspondent, Sustainability Desk

Marketplace

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Kevin Trenberth

Distinguished Senior Scientist

National Center for Atmospheric Research

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William F. Tyndall

Senior Vice President, Federal Government and Regulatory Affairs

Duke Energy

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Scott Vitters

General Manager, PlantBottle™ Packaging Platform

The Coca-Cola Company

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Gernot Wagner

Author

“But Will the Planet Notice”

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Drew Westen, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Emory University

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