Women in Impact: Climate

Meet inspiring women leaders in climate action who are mobilizing capital, driving sustainable initiatives, and designing financial models that promote both climate resilience and gender equity.

Speaker Lineup

• Zainab Salbi, Co-founder, Daughters for Earth

• Justine Lee, CEO, ClimateHaven 

• Xaira Ferrara, Associate Director, Development & Partnerships, Acumen

• Julia Wilkinson, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, LEBEC

• Julia Paino, Partner, Desert Bloom

• Richard Zimmerman, Executive Director, Foundation House

Other Participating Speakers*

• Charlotte Wang, Founder, Aion Grid

• Delia Rodriguez, Founder, EkiLabs

• Georgia Sherwin, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Closed Loop Partners

• Kate Landon, Executive Director, Ban Ki-moon Foundation

• Natasha Lamb, Co-founder, Arjuna Capital

• Nicolette Jaze, Head of ESG & Sustainability, Galvanize

• Yoca Arditi-Rocha, Executive Director, The CLEO Institute

• Vanessa Barboni Hallik, Founder, Another Tomorrow

• Ruby Khan, Private Family Office

*Additional speakers to be announced and subject to change.

Agenda*

9:00 AM – Arrivals and Light Breakfast

9:30 AM – Program start

• Keynote: Women & Girls at Climate Risk

• Fireside Chat: Women Founders in Climate Innovation 

• Panel: Women Climate Entrepreneurs

12:30 PM – Lunch & Networking

1:30 PM - Afternoon program

• Panel: Gender-Lens Investing & Philanthropy in Climate Action

• Panel: Women Driving Climate Investment and Fund Management

2:30 PM – Program close

• Outcomes

3:00 PM – Event concludes

*Event agenda subject to updates.

What to Expect

• Focus on Impact: Explore gender-equitable climate solutions and innovative financial strategies.

• Women's Leadership: Understand the critical role women play in climate action.

• Powerful Connections: Network with top impact investors, philanthropists, and nonprofit leaders.

• Unique Venue: Join us at Foundation House, where ideas inspire action.

Who's in the Room

Agnes Terestchenko, ISS STOXX

Alex Lamb, Arjuna Capital

Alexandra Lunt, Armonia LLC

Alexis Huseby, Lazard Asset Management

Alison Gregory, AreaHub

Amy Bennett, Tidal River Fund

Anna Dukor, Oceanic Global

August Hochman, Ark Philanthropy

Carolyn Allwin, Columbia University

Casey Haverstick, Bessemer Trust

Chante Harris, Eunoia Group

Charlotte Wang, Aion Grid

Chris Gelnaw, Tidal River Fund

Claudia Ortiz, UNDP

Delia Rodriguez Lucas, EkiLabs

Dylan Malloy, Bridging Ventures

Edwina Daher, Women & Sustainability

Elaine Rubin, Women and Climate

Ellen Rutherford, Women and Climate

Emily Laochua, Bank of America

Emma Cappiello, Renaissance Philanthropy

Emma Hubbard, Acumen

Enith Williams, Reparations Finance Lab Georgia Sherwin, Closed Loop Partners

Haley Lieberman, formerly ClimateHaven

Hannah Connelly, Molecule Ventures

Heather Burns, CT Sustainable Business Council

Heather Loebner, Kuehne+Nagel

Izzy Schmidt, Quona Capital

Jaideep Khanna, Ananta

Janna M Turner, Synastry Capital

Jasmine Aarons, Amazon Investor Coalition

Jody Weiss, Women Funding the World

Julia Cedarholm, Arjuna Capital

Julia Paino, Desert Bloom

Julia Shin, Bank of America

Julia Wilkinson, LEBEC

Julie Binder, UBS

Justine Lee, ClimateHaven

Jyoti Aggarwala, Private Capital Raise

Karen Kardos, Citi Private Bank

Karen Korponai, Daughters for Earth

Kate Landon, Ban Ki-moon Foundation

Kate Laskoski, ISS STOXX

Kate Wade, Galvanize Climate Solutions

Kenzie Reinoso, RRG Capital Management

Laura Metcalf, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Lena Cole, True North

Li Wei, Seedling Climate Alliance

Lianne Sorkin, Women’s Wolfpack

Lillian Freiberg, FW Partners Lisa Miniter, LAM Consultancy

Lucero Quiroga, Women Moving Millions

Maia Kiley, Maia Kiley, LMFT

Marta Lucia Ramirez, former Vice President of Colombia

Meagan Downey, Compound Good

Megan Gummer, KraneShares

Melissa Dincher, UBS Michele Demers, Boundless Impact Research & Analytics

Mimi Sternlicht, Foundation House

Myra Klockenbrink, Greenwich Sustainability Committee Nancy Rosenzweig, ValueAligned Capital

Natalia Alvarez de Jesus, Foundation House Natacha Rousseau, Diplomat IQ + Super Biochar

Natasha Brooks, 60 Decibels

Natasha Lamb, Arjuna Capital

Nicole Duffy, Harvard University

Nicolette Jaze, Galvanize Climate Solutions

Nina Kantcheva, UNDP

Olivia Dell, The Cometa Collective

Paige MacLean, Paige MacLean Advising

Paulette Cole, Imbody True Home

Pearson Croney-Clark, The Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Institute

Rache Brand, Superstruct

Rachel Khanna, Former State Representative (CT)

Renu Mittal, Walton Family Foundation

Richard Zimmerman, Foundation House

Ruby Khan, Private Family Office

Sadie Saxton, Impax Asset Management

Sarah Douglis, SolTide Consulting

Shalini Mehan, Bridging Ventures

Stephanie Korbely, Women and Climate

Susan Fulwiler, Ban Ki-moon Foundation

Susanna Choe, Stealth Project

Svetlana Wasserman, Greenwich Sustainability Committee

Tatiana Watson, Yale School of the Environment

Tracy Joseph, Reimagine Capital Advisors

Vanessa Barboni Hallik, Another Tomorrow

Xaira Ferrara, Acumen

Yoca Arditi Rocha, The CLEO Institute

Zainab Salbi, Daughters for Earth

Zohra Zori, Women and Climate

*The RSVP list will continue to be updated. If you prefer to keep your name private, contact Jaclyn at jaclynl@foundationhousect.org

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