Our friendly experts share the common goal of helping everyone bring their whole talent to fixing climate change. Book a session to learn how your skills are useful in climate and connect with a few others on the same path – it’s free! 

How does it work?

  • Find an expert you wish to chat to below, and use the sign-up link to pick a time when they are available.
  • Show up (you will receive reminder emails) and have a chat!

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If you’re an expert wishing to help people find climate work in your field, please apply here.

Our Experts

Please note: several experts host group sessions due to high demand.

Raysa França

I have over a decade of global sustainability experience in business, NGOs, universities, and museums. As the Global Engagement Director at Youth4Nature, I engage with youth globally, coordinating partnerships and international events. In past roles in corporate sustainability, I worked on pioneering benchmarking projects, and produced sustainability reports for companies. Closer to home, I co-founded two local NGOs in Finland, and I am active at Symbiosis Tampere.

Talk to Me About

  • Youth engagement (how to engage with youth, or how to engage in climate as a young person)
  • Community organising
  • Partnerships, collaboration, stakeholder engagement
  • Tips on public speaking to engage for climate and nature
  • Event organisation and planning

My Experience

I have over a decade of global sustainability experience in business, NGOs, universities, and museums. As the Global Engagement Director at Youth4Nature, I engage with youth globally, coordinating partnerships and international events. In past roles in corporate sustainability, I worked on pioneering benchmarking projects, and produced sustainability reports for companies. Closer to home, I co-founded two local NGOs in Finland, and I am active at Symbiosis Tampere.

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Phil Li

I am an experienced Climate Tech Product Leader, Seed-Stage Investor, and Project Developer working in the built environment, solar, and related fields since Cleantech 1.0.

Talk to Me About

• Finding leadership positions within climate tech companies
• Validating startup or product ideas
• Navigating the climate capital stack
• Reducing friction & costs to climate solutions deployment
• Using AI / analytics / remote sensing in ways people aren’t thinking about

My Experience

Back in Cleantech 1.0, I cofounded SunPower’s utility-scale project development business unit as that industry was just taking off. We built three of the largest solar installations in the US at the time. I have since led numerous product & development teams, focused on AI, built environment, and geospatial. About two years ago, I also started investing in climate tech seed-stage startups. I’ve been advising pre-seed startups since Cleantech 1.0.

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Holly Sarkissian

I am a nonprofit fundraising and communications consultant with 15 years of experience working on sustainable development initiatives across the globe. I help climate and international development organizations connect to new donors and funds.

Talk to Me About

  • The climate and international development landscape
  • Building partnerships with institutional and government funders
  • Creating a major gifts pipeline and connect to new individual donors
  • Building and transferring your skills to serve climate nonprofits

My Experience

I work with nonprofits of all sizes (international NGOs, think tanks, and community organizations) to help scale their impact and connect to new funding. I have led teams that have raised more than $45 million in combined funding for sustainable development initiatives across the globe. I have worked with organizations like Kiva, MyAgro, EarthGives, the Wilson Center, NYU Center on International Cooperation, the UT Energy Institute, and Parliamentarians for Global Action on topics including environmental and human rights advocacy, climate justice and resiliency, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, and protection of the oceans. I have a master’s degree in Global Policy focused on Climate and International Development from the LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of Texas, Austin.

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Daniel Gonzalez

I’m Daniel, a first-gen immigrant born in the Colombian Andes, living in the United States. My experience lies in environmental career development, climate tech, program/product management, GIS, and corporate sustainability.

Talk to Me About

• Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy
• Program Management via technology
• Data analytics & GIS
• Career Pathing & Development
• Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing

My Experience

I work in the intersection between sustainability, technology, and business, including corporate sustainability and climate tech across the United States, Denmark, and Colombia. I’ve worked for Google (via Magnit), Esri, World Resources Institute, and Yale University, and am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Environmental Management at Yale University. I’m happy to do resume reviews, mock interviews, and LinkedIn profile reviews.

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Megan Fraser

I’m an executive coach for climate entrepreneurs who want to scale their impact. I love working in the messy middle where leadership, climate, innovation, and personal growth collide.

Talk to Me About

  • Making space for strategy amidst overwhelm
  • Finding more ease, flow, and joy in climate work
  • Wellbeing and burnout in climate entrepreneurship
  • Navigating relationships with co-founders / team members / funders
  • Spiritual and personal growth as a climate leader

My Experience

I’m the founder of Future Led, a leadership development consultancy for climate startups. I’m also a founding member of Climate Change Coaches (the world’s first climate coaching organisation); and a longstanding coach with Climate-KIC (the EU’s main climate innovation body). I co-led the 9-month incubator for early-stage ideas at Scotland’s hub for social innovation.

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Dinara Ermakova

I am a full-time Strategy Analyst for Kairos Power. I support the activities of nuclear advocacy groups, young professionals in nuclear, and non-profit organizations with a focus on climate change to promote nuclear energy as a way to decarbonize the global economy.

Talk to Me About

  • Nuclear Innovation
  • Clean Energy Generation and Transition
  • Environmental Justice

My Experience

I am a public speaker and expert in nuclear technology and policy, with a particular focus on issues related to fuel management. I earned my doctorate from UC Berkeley. Prior to that, I worked in the Nuclear Energy sector to facilitate collaboration between Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian manufacturers of equipment for nuclear power plants.

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Toby Myers

I have spent the last decade in startups and sustainability both as a product leader and as a founder. I have experience embedding with stakeholders across the value chain, from smallholder farmers in Colombia to some of Europe’s largest grocery retailers.

Talk to Me About

  • Product Management
  • Food Systems & Food Waste
  • Agriculture

My Experience

My intro to the food system was as a teenager, when I spent a year working on farms across Latin America. As an undergrad, I founded two small companies, and then spent several years at a software startup in San Francisco, before quitting to found and lead product for a regenerative coffee company (killed by Covid). I spent the last several years at Apeel as a senior product manager, building biotech, hardware/AI, and software products to reduce food waste across the value chain.

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Jessica Fishman

I am a marketing professional, with specific expertise in content, communications, and public and media relations, with 20 years of experience. I have experience with a variety of clean energy technology and have worked for multiple leading global solar energy companies.

Talk to Me About

  • Clean energy (including solar, storage, distributed energy, virtual power plants)
  • Marketing, communications, and storytelling
  •  Startups and hypergrowth companies
  • Transitioning your career to climate tech

My Experience

I have marketing experience in solar energy systems, EV charging and powertrains, UPS, VPPs, batteries and other DERs, energy monitoring and PV design software, and energy control hardware. I have built up marketing and communications departments of leading solar energy companies, and grown with them from late-stage start up, through IPOs and multiple acquisitions to become multi-billion dollar companies.

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Maggie Dong

I am a clean transportation expert specializing in creating integrated business and technology solutions across all scales, from multi-national to site level.

Talk to Me About

  • Electrification
  • Sustainable mobility and logistics
  • Urban planning
  • Systems thinking

My Experience

I am a Clean Transportation Expert with seven years of experience in Fleet Electrification across rideshare products, fleet operations, and the public sector. Recently I served as a program manager at Lyft leading the Electrification of the rental fleet. Previously, I worked at Arup helping cities, organization, and startups around the world plan for clean transportation transition.

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Olya Irzak

I am the CEO of Frost Methane, a company mitigating methane emissions from the permafrost & coal mining.

Talk to Me About

  • Methane emissions mitigation
  • Computer science for climate change
  • Getting started in climate
  • Cleantech
  • Anything other climate topic (the weirder the better!)

My Experience

I’m currently an advisor to fusion investment fund Strong Atomics in addition to my day job. Previously, I gained extensive experience in electrification and clean tech at Zola Electric, Google Energy, and X, Google’s “moonshot factory.”

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Deval Pandya

I am the Head of AI Engineering at Vector Institute and passionate about the role of digital technologies in accelerating energy transition and energy equity, as well as about building machine learning teams and products for societal good.

Talk to Me About

* Career pathways
* Grassroots movements in large organizations
* mindfulness and climate change
* Maximizing Personal and professional impact
* AI

My Experience

I have spent my career at the intersection of AI and climate change. I have a lot of experience building machine learning products for various domains in climate adaptation and energy, including renewable power, EV charging, land-use-land-use, change related carbon emissions and built environment. I have experience applying breakthrough research in AI to address climate challenge, and building end to end capabilities for developing scalable machine learning systems.

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Daisy Pistey-Lyhne

I am a systems thinker and network weaver who designs interdisciplinary strategies and programs that address gaps in the climate movement at the intersections of politics, policy, data, science, business, environmental justice, philanthropy, community organizing, and communications.

Talk to Me About

  • Political Campaigns, community engagement & organizing
  • Policy Advocacy, movement building & non-profit fundraising
  • Effective communication with a diverse audience

My Experience

I have worked for 20 years designing and implementing strategies to reach and engage diverse stakeholders and communities across various verticals in climate and energy – solar, sustainable agriculture, urban planning, environmental justice, public health, public utilities, local campaigns, national philanthropy and more. With a wide breadth of experience across sectors, I’m able to offer meaningful insights and coaching to those transitioning sectors.

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Joe Rollin

I have a Ph.D. in biochemical engineering and currently work in industrial biotech business development.

Talk to Me About

  • Climate and biotech
  • Working with the US Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Business development

My Experience

Prior to this role, I was a fellow at both ARPA-E and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and served in the U.S. Army.

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Lois Freeke

I am an international, retained specialist executive search recruitment consultant and certified professional career transition coach and certified resume writer. I advise and coach job seekers and help build my clients’ organisations with recruitment support and advice across Asia Pacific and internationally.

Talk to Me About

  • How to find a non-profit climate job
  • How to transition into the climate sector
  • Climate applications and interviews

My Experience

I am the go-to recruiter for many non-profit climate organisations and am told that I am helping to build the APAC movement through my recruitment. I have a solid track record of sourcing challenging roles for all job functions. I am also a certified career coach and though not a climate expert, I am sought out for my social impact career transition and job search consulting and coaching, including for those targeting climate jobs in the non-profit sector.

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Will Wylie-Modro

I am predominantly a software engineer with experience working in AgTech, Cloud, and Real-time 3D startups. I have spent much of the last 2 years attempting to understand the challenges in transitioning to regenerative agriculture and helping startups in that space

Talk to Me About

  • The markets/ecosystem to support regenerative agriculture
  • Tech’s potential role in regenerative agriculture
  • Software Development / Cloud Infrastructure / Real-time 3D

My Experience

After graduating in physics, I jumped into the local startup scene with a small Private Cloud company then later went on to work in startups in the Game Development industry and now contributes to a regenerative-focused AgTech startup.

While researching the barriers and supporting ecosystem of regenerative agriculture over the last couple of years I have had the opportunity to connect and learn from many farmers, startups, non-profits, and investors in the space.

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Sanjoy Sanyal

Sanjoy is the Founder of Regain Paradise and consultant to think tanks (WRI, Santa Clara University), consultancies (adelphi, Tetratech), international financial institutions (KfW), donors (GIZ, USAID) and impact investors.

Talk to Me About

  • Deploying climate finance and impact investing
  • Climate innovation and ecosystems landscape
  • Learning for a climate career

My Experience

Sanjoy has been consulting in the climate finance field for thirteen years. His clients include both public (international development financial institutions and donors) and private (impact) investors. He worked in climate finance projects in ten countries covering South Asia, Southeast Asia, East and West Africa. He also hosts a podcast on climate innovation.

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Steve Isley

I am a sustainable shopping expert, aerospace engineer, policy analyst, and behavioral scientist. I’m passionate about helping people make more sustainable choices.

Talk to Me About

  • Sustainable shopping habits
  • Customer experience design
  • Customer research
  • Policy
  • Behavioral science
  • Big Tech and sustainability
  • Sustainable products
  • The Climate Pledge

My Experience

My experience has varied widely over the years. I’ve worked in sustainable shopping at Amazon (where I helped launch The Climate Pledge), behavioral science at NREL, policy analysis at RAND Corporation, and wind tunnel management at the University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory.

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Amanda Dwelley

I’m an energy and climate “people” researcher, and connect the dots between people, data and decision-makers to ensure our climate investments benefit priority populations.

Talk to Me About

  • Environmental Justice and underserved communities criteria and screening tools
  • Energy and climate program measurement and evaluation – including equity metrics
  • Weaving research into program and project design
  • (Trying to) build a house with lower-impact materials

My Experience

Thirteen years of energy program evaluation for utilities (including low-income, small business and community programs) + EJ and disadvantaged communities maps, criteria, and equity metrics – to ensure our climate $ reach the right people. I’ve managed large research projects for utilities and state agencies, and state stakeholder processes around energy and climate justice. I was the Technical Consultant for New York’s draft definition of disadvantaged communities, am involved in climate and energy equity in Maine, and Justice40 implementation research nationwide.

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Deanna Pratt

I’m a marketing leader in climate tech that’s growing companies focused on decarbonization and resiliency. From students to professionals, I’m available to help marketers invest their talents into scaling climate solutions.

Talk to Me About

  • How to become a marketer in climate tech
  • How to build and transfer your skills towards climate solutions and companies
  • Marketing yourself as a professional in climate tech: social media, resume, interviews, and accolades

My Experience

I’m working to accelerate decarbonization by investing my career in climate tech and empowering others to do the same. I’ve had the privilege to help dozens of mission-driven founders successfully launch and grow climate tech startups, including leading marketing for teams that raised over $17.6 million in combined funding. I’ve also helped hundreds of people start careers in sustainability with digital content.

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Patricia Silva

I am a mentor and advisor to carbon removal (CDR) companies and an active investor in early-stage climate tech. Currently, I am a Director at CUR8 and Venture Partner at Satgana.

Talk to Me About

  • Anything CDR and related
  • Startups – founding, fundraising, and more
  • Getting started in CDR

My Experience

I co-founded the Carbon Removal Center, a UK-based nonprofit organisation that advances sustainable carbon removal and have advised and worked with early-stage CDR startups (e.g. 44.01). I have a BSc and MSc in Engineering and an MBA from Berkeley Haas in Energy & Cleantech.

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Chadia Abreu Manon

I am a law and policy expert in energy and clean technologies with a focus on emerging markets and energy transitions. I have contributed to California’s ground-breaking efforts to become carbon neutral, working with innovative incentives for the adoption of new clean technologies and the integration of climate equity considerations.

Talk to Me About

  • Working on climate policy.
  • Climate policy’s role at the global, national, and local levels.
  • Clean energy transitions and public policy-making process.
  • Regulatory strategies, cost-benefit analyses, and the design and implementation of new legislation and policies.
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Luke Squire

I’m a product manager building software products to help speed the transition away from carbon-emitting energy sources and towards a more equitable, green economy.

Talk to Me About

  • Working in product management
  • Building clean tech products

My Experience

I also have experience in political tech and formerly worked in campaigns and on Capitol Hill. I was an early employee at Arcadia, based in DC.

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Ben Swainbank

Ben Swainbank is the president and founder of Oceanid MRV. They work with companies that use the vast ocean resources to remove CO2 from the air, and offer mCDR companies measurement and verification (MRV) services.

Talk to Me About

  • Founding a climate company
  • Carbon Markets
  • Ocean Science
  • CDR pathways

My Experience

* Recent climate company founder
* Expert on marine CDR pathways
* Works at the intersection of commercial CDR, marine science, and carbon markets
* WoC channel coordinator for #learn-ocean

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Marc O’Brien

I help designers become climate designers. From college students to professionals, I share approaches designers can implement in taking climate action in the work they do no matter what creative industry they’re in.

Talk to Me About

  • How to become a climate designer
  • How to transfer your skills towards climate solutions and companies
  • “Climifying” your existing design work with climate in mind

My Experience

Since 2016, I’ve become knowledgeable of the science, language, solutions, and approaches needed to address our climate emergency. As a climate designer, brand strategist, and educator, I’m able to take what I’ve learned and apply it to design. Over the past six years running The Determined and Climate Designers, I’ve led teams on a variety of projects amplifying the work of climate-focused initiatives.

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Troy Hodges

I am a data scientist at grid analytics company Kevala with extensive clean energy experience.

Talk to Me About

  • Data science for energy
  • Getting a data role in clean energy
  • Energy policy & regulation
  • DEI in energy

My Experience

I have extensive clean energy experience in both the private and public sectors, including time at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Clean Energy Leadership Institute.

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Ann Stapleton

I manage large agricultural grants programs and have a background in education, workforce development, strategy, and AI/analytics.

Talk to Me About

  • Climate-positive high-impact regenerative agriculture
  • Impact at the right scale and timing
  • Education and workforce development
  • AI and analytics in agriculture

My Experience

I am a program manager for research, education and extension Climate-smart Agriculture, Justice40, Nutrition Security and Equity US goals, with a special focus on cross-government coordination and AI for Climate-Smart Ag and Forestry.  I previously served as National Science Foundation Program Officer for multiple science areas and workforce development, with a focus on under-served states.

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Andrew Chang

I am an experienced engineer & entrepreneur with experience building complex hardware, software, and services in energy & clean tech.

Talk to Me About

  • Product development
  • Fundraising
  • IP strategy
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy & cleantech

My Experience

I have experience in climate & energy with the U.S. DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and The Alliance for Climate Protection.

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Dave Fork

I am a renewable energy technologist at Google and serve as President of Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange, a bicycle repair and exchange nonprofit I founded nearly 30 years ago.

Talk to Me About

  • Energy & cleantech
  • Founding and operating a nonprofit
  • Lowering your carbon footprint
  • Climate-friendly home renovation

My Experience

I am passionate about helping people take climate action in their personal lives, an avid biker, and a sustainable home renovation aficionado.

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