Lise Aangeenbrug: Lise Aangeenbrug has served as the executive director of Outdoor Industry Association since 2020. Prior to her position at OIA, she served as the executive director for the Outdoor Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OIA. Before joining the Outdoor Foundation, Aangeenbrug was the executive vice president of the National Park Foundation, playing a key role in the organization’s strategic plan and direction. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund. In that capacity, she was responsible for the overall management and operation of Colorado’s constitutionally chartered fund which benefits the state’s rivers, trails, parks, and open spaces. Her experience includes working with a 17-member governor-appointed board, grantmaking, managing an 18-member staff, fundraising, and governmental affairs. Aangeenbrugbegan her career in natural resources as a field biologist in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and has held positions as a Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the California Department of Fish and Game. She earned her Master’s degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and her Bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University. Aangeenbrug is a board member of the Land Trust Alliance, Resources Legacy Fund, and Global Dental Relief.

Teresa Baker: Founder of the In Solidarity Project, Co-founder of The Oath. Teresa’s main focus is to engage underrepresented communities in matters of environmental protection in hopes of fostering a shared sense of stewardship of the land. Teresa spends the majority of her time working with outdoor agencies, organizations, brands and retailers, on ways to welcome a more diverse audience to their boards, staff and campaigns. She does this through outdoor events and speaking engagements across the country.

Shoren Brown: Shoren Brown is the interim executive director of The Conservation Alliance. Shoren grew up exploring the swamps of Tangipahoa Parish in southern Louisiana where he developed a strong connection with rural people and places, fishing, wild country, and New Orleans Saints football. He has a long history of building and running successful campaigns that include people from all walks of life and both sides of the aisle. Shoren was the architect of the federal campaign to protect Bristol Bay, Alaska, ran the national field program for the campaign that protected the Arctic Refuge in 2005, and has worked on numerous other successful campaigns across the West. Most recently he was a consultant for NGOs, private corporations, and charitable foundations. Shoren earned a masters degree in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Conflict Resolution from the University of Montana where he studied as a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow. He earned dual degrees in Conservation Biology and Public Policy from the Evergreen State College. He currently lives in Missoula, MT with his wife and son and Dixie the dog.

Jelani Cobb: Dr. Jelani Cobb, New Yorker Staff Writer | Speaker on Race, History, Politics & Culture in America. With wit, style, and erudition Jelani Cobb is one of the clearest voices in current conversations about race. A staff writer for The New Yorker, he’s an expert on how race, politics, history and popular culture intersect in America, and is known sharing his brilliant opinions on current events in real time—for example, Jelani is featured in the hit Netflix documentary 13th, which explores the origins of mass incarceration in America. Author of highly-acclaimed book The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress, he also writes on more pressing and somber issues, like police brutality, voter access, racial discord, and the partisan polarization. As the preeminent voice on these matters, Jelani eloquently explores how the past looms in our contemporary societal landscape and how we can collectively push towards a more equitable America.

Dr. Gerilyn Davis: As a published scholar-practitioner, Dr. Gerilyn Davis is an energetic HR executive who believes in inspiring change by guiding individuals to become inclusive authentically. As an influential talent advisor to C-suite execs, she maximizes organizational talent by utilizing her strong interpersonal communication skills; and her love for developing people. With over 18 years of lived experience and research, she has crafted the SWORD © Inclusion system as a segment of Inclusion on the Slopes. She utilizes a proven methodology that encompasses a systematic-holistic approach grounded in a strength-based perspective, positive psychology, and cohort style learning that makes inclusion accessible and approachable. Inclusion becomes embedded in all facets of business: strategy, marketing, operations, and finance. Therefore, equipping leaders to establish inclusion as the new normal in the snowsports and outdoor community. She is an ambitious, solution-focused leader who is ecstatic about Inclusion on the Slopes and eager to share the joy of inclusion.

Kelly Davis: Kelly Davis has more than 25 years of experience in Market Research including 11 years as the Director Research for SnowSports Industries America, and 4 years as the Senior Director of Research for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. In addition, she has worked with the Cross-Country Ski Areas Association, the Winter Wildlands Alliance, and the Stand Up Paddle Industry Association. Kelly is a methodologist with innovative leanings, she is always looking for more effective ways to gather and apply insights. Kelly likes to share interesting findings and insights and has been a featured speaker at industry events like the Snow Show. The focus of her work is helping industry stakeholders understand mechanisms that affect their markets. She has helped many brands understand and target participants more effectively, track their customers’ journeys, build clearer views of potential customers, and design products. Kelly has also helped many start-ups to find their footing in a variety of  markets and she has helped businesses find their way when times are tough. When Kelly isn’t working, you will most likely find her skiing, running trail, SUPing, biking, hiking, skiing, longboarding, walking with her dogs, or just being

Lesford Duncan: Lesford Duncan, MPH, is the Associate Executive Director at Outdoor Outreach. Since 1999, Outdoor Outreach has helped over 18,000 youth explore their world, challenge themselves, and discover what they’re capable of, using the outdoors as a platform for youth development and resilience. Through their Leadership Program, Outdoor Outreach introduces and prepares diverse youth for career pathways in outdoor recreation, conservation, and advocacy. Through their public policy efforts, Outdoor Outreach youth and staff advocate to inform local, state, and federal policymakers on the barriers to outdoor access, equitable conservation and land management, and promoting the health of communities through outdoor recreation. Lesford has a career background in developing programs, partnerships, and policies that enhance the health and resilience of children and families. Prior to joining Outdoor Outreach, he consulted for youth development nonprofits, and worked in child welfare, cultural competency and behavioral health at the County of San Bernardino, California. Lesford received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Florida, and MPH in Health Policy and Leadership from Loma Linda University. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity, ultramarathon runner, and avid hiker and outdoorsman.

Melissa Fifield: Melissa Fifield is Bank of the West’s Head of Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, where she is responsible for leading and reporting on the bank’s sustainability actions and other CSR commitments. She is a global sustainability leader who brings 20 years of experience leading domestic and international programs across social and environmental impact areas. In addition to spending 14 years at Gap Inc. in various sustainability and environmentally focused roles, Fifield also recently served on the board of directors of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and currently serves on the board of the Apparel Impact Institute.

Carolyn Finney: Carolyn Finney, PhD is a storyteller, author and a cultural geographer who is grounded in both artistic and intellectual ways of knowing -she pursued an acting career for eleven years, but five years of backpacking trips through Africa and Asia, and living in Nepal changed the course of her life. Carolyn returned to school after a 15-year absence to complete a B.A., M.A. and a Ph.D. (she was a Fulbright and a Canon National Science Scholar Fellow). Along with public speaking, writing, media engagements, consulting & teaching, she served on the U.S. National Parks Advisory Board for eight years. Her first book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors was released in 2014. She is currently working on her new book (a more personal journey into the complicated relationship between race, land & belonging in the United States), and a performance piece entitled The N Word: Nature Revisited as part of an Andrew W. Mellon residency at the New York Botanical Gardens Humanities Institute. Along with being a columnist at the Earth Island Journal, she was recently awarded the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal from the American Geographical Society and is an artist-in-residence in the Franklin Environmental Center at Middlebury College.

Ryan Gellert: Ryan Gellert is chief executive officer (CEO) of Patagonia Works and Patagonia, Inc. Prior to his appointment to this global role, Ryan spent six years as Patagonia’s general manager of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. During that time, he elevated Patagonia to a position of leadership in Europe’s outdoor industry and environmental communities, overseeing all sales, marketing, environmental and operational activities for the brand. Under Ryan’s stewardship, Patagonia launched its first global environmental campaign around a European initiative: Save the Blue Heart of Europe, an international crusade to protect the last wild rivers of Europe from over 3,000 planned hydropower projects. He also launched Patagonia Action Works in the region, an online tool to connect people with local and global environmental groups, allowing them to take action on causes they care about. Ryan has lived and worked in the United States, Asia and Europe. Before joining Patagonia, he spent 15 years at Black Diamond Equipment, where he held a number of roles, including brand president, vice president of supply chain management and managing director of Black Diamond Asia. An avid climber and backcountry snowboarder, Ryan has climbed and ridden all over the world. He has extensive experience working with direct action environmental groups, having served on the boards of Access Fund, Protect Our Winters, the European Outdoor Group and the Soil Heroes Foundation. In addition, he was a founding individual member of 1% for the Planet. Ryan holds a JD from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah; an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology; and a BSBA in finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

José G. González: José G. González is the Founder and Director Emeritus of Latino Outdoors. He is a professional educator with training in the fields of education and conservation while engaging in different artistic endeavors with art and messaging—often exploring the intersection of the environment and culture. As a Partner in the Avarna Group and through his own consulting, his work focuses on Equity & Inclusion frameworks and practices in the environmental, outdoor, and conservation fields. He is also an illustrator and science communicator. He received his B.A at the University of California, Davis, and his M.S at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment. His teaching coursework was at the Bilingual, Multicultural, Education Department at Sacramento State. He serves as a Trustee for the National Outdoor Leadership School, a Trustee for the National Recreation Foundation, Resource Media Board Director, Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project Board Director, Councilor for Save the Redwoods League, and as an advisor to Blue Sky Funders Forum, among other such leadership volunteer roles. You can connect with him on social media @JoseBilingue. Puns welcomed.

Jaylyn Gough: Jaylyn Gough is a photographer, writer, speaker, and the founder of Native Womens Wilderness. Designed to be an organization to share stories, to learn, and to support other Native Women on the Land. It was created in the frustration of the lack of Women of Color represented in the Outdoor Industries, let alone a Native Woman. She is from the Navajo Reservation and grew up as a Rez kid throwing baby rattlesnakes at each other, playing in the arroyos, and doing everything she was told not to do–being a typical Rez kid. Jaylyn hopes to assist in the change of the outdoor stigma of what women should look like and has a great desire to see more diversity in our Industries. Being a woman of color is difficult, but these stories represent the resiliency our Native Women have and how much of it is tied to the Land. She has worked with HOKA One One, Mountain Hardware, Vasque, and Backcountry. Her work has been featured in Outside Magazine, National Geographic, and Condé Nast. She is an avid hiker, backpacker, angler, climber, biker… you name it and she has probably done it. You can usually find her in the desert or in the mountains with a camera in her hand.

Brigitte Griswold: As Executive Director of Groundwork, Brigitte oversees the organization’s efforts to create sustainable environmental change in Yonkers through community-based partnerships that promote equity, youth leadership, and economic opportunity. Prior to joining Groundwork, Brigitte was the Director of Youth Engagement Programs for the Nature Conservancy, where she managed all education, volunteer, and employment programs for young people. Brigitte is a 2009 Fellow of Green for All, a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy, and a 2010 Fellow of the Center for Whole Communities, which promotes stronger connections between people, land, and community. Her work has been recognized by The Environmental Protection Agency, The National Park Service, Westchester County, and The City of Yonkers, and she has also received notable awards from The Conservation Fund, The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, The Edison Award Honoring Innovation and Innovators, The US2020 STEM Mentoring Award for Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships, and the Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Achievement Award for individuals who demonstrate creative strategies, courage in execution and leadership in achieving results. Brigitte is a Nonprofit Westchester Board Member and an Advisory Board Member for Westhab in Yonkers. Brigitteholds a B.A in Communications and English literature from the University of South Carolina.

Rich Harper: Rich Harper is Director of Government Affairs for Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) based in Washington, D.C. He joined OIA in June 2013 after working in the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for 15 years as Legislative Assistant for trade, foreign policy and defense issues. On behalf the $778 billion outdoor recreation economy, Harper works with OIA members – including manufacturers, retailers and suppliers – and members of Congress and the administration to advance OIA’s policy agenda on climate, public lands and waters and international trade. Born and raised in San Francisco, CA, he received his B.A. from Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) and his M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna, Italy and Washington, D.C). Rich and his wife, Jamie, reside in Bethesda, MD with their children Ruth (11) and Richard III (9). He enjoys hiking, skiing, exploring new parks with his kids, afternoon baseball, music, karaoke, and surviving the ups and downs of the San Francisco Giants and 49ers and the Golden State Warriors.

Alison Hill: Alison Hill is the CEO of LifeStraw, a global company dedicated to providing safe water through technological innovation and product design in water filtration and purification. For the last 12 years, Alison has built the LifeStraw brand through retail, humanitarian safe water programs and emergency preparedness and response. She has overseen the company’s development from a core humanitarian brand to a successful retail brand while maintaining the company’s strong humanitarian roots. Under Alison’s leadership, the LifeStraw business has grown more than 80 percent in the last two years with expansions into larger outdoor retail accounts and into the home business with its household water filter pitchers and dispensers launched in 2019. The growth of LifeStraw’s retail business has also led to the success of one of the largest private investments to provide kids around the world with safe drinking water. Recently, the brand reached a milestone of providing over six million kids safe drinking water for a year through its give back initiative. Alison began her career living in Zambia, Africa, focused on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, aiming to gain experience in infectious disease work. After four years leading a staff of 100, caring for more than 600 patients at any given time, she concluded that she could make a greater impact by influencing public health. She returned to the states and got a Master’s in Public Health and an MBA from John’s Hopkins University. In 2009, Alison joined Vestergaard, the parent company of LifeStraw, focusing initially on innovative financing for health programs. She spearheaded the first program ever to link carbon finance to safe drinking water –providing water filtration to 4.5 million people in Africa. In 2012, Alison was named Managing Director of Vestergaard’s water business-LifeStraw. She drove LifeStraw’s entry into the retail space but kept the brand true to the company’s humanitarian DNA. In 2020, she was officially named CEO. At 42, Alison has emerged as one of a handful of women business leaders successfully managing an international brand that brings together retail, social good and public health, and she has infused the company with female leaders at all levels of the valye chain.

Bri’Anna Horne: Bri’Anna Horne (she/her) is the Director of Operations, Pigtown Climbs. She is a Baltimore-born scientist, educator, rock climber, artist, and outdoor enthusiast. She has committed years of work to equity and strategic community development initiatives that strengthen the relationships between black and brown folks to their passions, the outdoors, healing, and each other. Bri’Anna studied Biology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, subsequently continuing her exploration of living things as a microbiologist. Horne’s education fueled her curiosity to gain a deeper understanding of the world, improve lives, and solve problems, on both a microscopic and global scale. Outside of the classroom, Bri’Anna gained over 10 years of experience as an outdoor educator, working at institutions such as Cylburn Arboretum, the National Aquarium, and Clean Water Action. She has presented as a guest lecturer and panelist for nearly 20 college courses and events; has been a contributing author in 10 scientific publications, and has been featured in over 6 magazines and newspapers articles including Blue Ridge Outdoors, Baltimore Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, and The Washington Post. With this experience, Bri’Anna has had the opportunity to observe how large and small scientific and outdoor institutions engage with black and brown communities. Though many were successful, the missteps inspired Bri’Anna to rethink this engagement. She had a specific interest in addressing significant gaps in access, leadership opportunities, and inadequate support for growth. Bri’Anna began rock climbing in 2018. Though many of the climbing experiences mirrored those within other outdoor sports and organizations Horne saw a world of potential for the sport in black and brown communities: low-pressure community building, a pipeline from neighborhood climbing to the outdoors, and the opportunity to open up a dialogue about movement and wellness in black and brown communities. Bri’Anna Horne founded Pigtown Climbs and brought on ten other incredibly talented leaders to help this organization become a reality. Now the organization operates with the support of over 300 volunteers. Pigtown Climbs is a community-driven organization and space that uses rock climbing and sustainable programming to foster black liberation, promote wellness, and connect the communities of Southwest Baltimore to the outdoors. The organization is working to expand this mission into a physical outdoor climbing and community space that neighbors can grow in for years to come. This space and programming exist to uplift self-identified black and brown folks, minimize barriers to getting outdoors, and prioritize accessibility. Pigtown Climbs first began organizing in August 2020, with national attention on the COVID-19 crisis and Black Lives Matter protests. The organization was founded as a distinct need for spaces where Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities can heal, grow, and be inspired and empowered. Pigtown Climbs is a hyper-local approach to outdoor engagement. Horne believes this model can be brought to and tailored to neighborhoods like her own to inspire outdoor leaders within the communities they aim to serve.

Amuy Horton: Amy’s passion is helping teams collaborate to accomplish sustainability goals that no single company alone could achieve. She has spent the last 15 years facilitating complex, multi-stakeholder collaborations for Fortune 500 companies and associations in the apparel, footwear, outdoor industries and beyond. One-part dreamer and possibilitarian; one-part results-oriented planner, Amy is at her best when guiding collaborators to co-create an inspiring vision and translate it into tangible action steps and measurable results. As Director of Sustainable Business Innovation for Outdoor Industry Association, Amy supports members to develop and drive sustainability strategies that position purpose-driven impact and value at the forefront of outdoor business. She designed and leads OIA’s Climate Action Corps – a group of 100+ forward-thinking outdoor companies with the aim to become the first climate positive industry by 2030, setting a bold example for others to follow. When not guiding companies to pursue low-carbon innovation in their products and supply chains, Amy enjoys camping with family and friends and hitting the trail for as long as her young daughters’ little legs will take them! 

Ali Kenney: Ali Kenney is the Chief Strategy Officer at Burton Snowboards. Ali is a thought leader, forward-thinking catalyst, and change-maker who is passionate about purpose and constant progression towards new ways of doing business. Ali spearheads key future-oriented work around brand purpose, company strategy, consumer-centricity, sustainability, justice/equity/diversity/inclusion (JEDI), business innovation, turning data into insights and intelligence, and the prioritization of key growth opportunities. She leads the research, development, alignment, and execution of Burton’s global strategy, including purpose, vision, customer segmentation, business strategy, brand positioning, and the company’s balanced scorecard. Ali proposed and built Burton’s sustainability strategy and team from scratch in 2011 after working in finance and product management. Ali then led the company’s transformation to a global leader in sustainability. In 2016, Ali took over the global supply chain organization and now leads a suite of teams, all of which she proposed and built new for Burton. This includes global strategy, customer insights, and the “purpose” umbrella, which encompasses philanthropy, advocacy, environmental and social impact, and JEDI. Ali has traveled to and/or worked in over 50 countries. She played semi-professional ice hockey for two years in Denmark and Canada, and then coached college hockey at Bowdoin and Brown. She received a BA in International Relations (Political Economy of Development) from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Vermont, in addition to executive education at Harvard and Stanford. She has worked in Board of Director roles across a variety of organizations, in addition to appointed roles in city government. Ali enjoys snowboarding, practicing yoga, wilderness backpacking, enjoying live music, carpentry, surfing, gardening, biking, playing guitar, hiking, and spending time with her wife, young son, Cedar, and six chickens. 

Stephanie Maez: Stephanie Maez is a dynamic and thoughtful leader in the nonprofit, philanthropic, political, and public policy space. Maez, a former Senior Fellow for the Topos Partnership, previously worked as Executive Director for ProgressNow New Mexico, CEO for the Center for Civic Policy, and served in former New Mexico Governor Richardson’s administration. As a New Mexico state legislator, Maez sponsored and supported a slate of innovative social justice policy proposals. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Political Science from the University of New Mexico. Maez is the executive director for the Outdoor Foundation where she is focused on grantmaking grounded in creating equitable access to the outdoors for all. Through this work, and supporting critical systems change efforts via policy, the Foundation seeks to help improve outcomes on issues such as health and wellness, public safety, juvenile incarceration, environmental
stewardship, etc.

Ravi Mikkelsen:Ravi Mikkelsen is the Co-Founder of Atmos Financial. Ravi has been fighting climate change since August 2000 when he had a moment of clarity that his mission in life was to help the world transition off of fossil fuels. Since then, he’s researched and developed a variety of technologies, launched a non-profit that transitioned school districts across the country to switch from PetroDiesel to BioDiesel, and acted as a community activist by speaking at rallies of thousands of people. Ravi ultimately came to the conclusion that finance was the Archimedes Lever needed to facilitate change. Since 2013, he has been connecting cleantech startups with corporate and project capital providers, from small angel investments to billion-dollar private equity transactions. Prior to the launch of Atmos, Ravi developed a loan model to help reduce the cost of solar financing by refinancing unsecured solar loans with a HELOC and/or mortgage refinancing instrument. This model was adopted by existing financing providers to further accelerate solar adoption. When not actively working on Atmos, you can find Ravi with his wife and baby son enjoying the beauty of the Bay Area parks and natural spaces. Ravi received a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Washington.

Bryce Phillips: Bryce studied finance, juggling school while living in Whistler BC, skiing professionally for companies including Patagonia and K2, and chasing winters around the world. In 2001 Bryce started Evolución Innovations, Inc. (www. evo.com), an action sports and outdoor lifestyle retail business, and in 2005 opened a flagship store in Seattle, Washington. Originally launching the site with one employee from his living room, evo has grown to over 400 employees, is one of the fastest growing industry retailers in the world and has retail locations in Whistler, Seattle, Snoqualmie Pass, Portland, Hood River, Denver, and Salt Lake City. Bryce’s vision is to continue building a global brand via the evo Ecosystem, seamlessly blending commerce, cause, culture and community.

Akiima Price: Akiima Price is the Community Liaison of Friends of Anacostia Park. She is a creative thinker and doer who links people, places, and programs with stressed, underserved communities. A Washington, DC native, Akiima is a nationally respected thought leader at the intersection of social and environmental issues and the relationship between nature and community well-being. Her innovative programming strategies feature nature as a powerful medium to connect stressed youth, adults, and families in meaningful, positive experiences that affect the way they feel about themselves, their communities, and their parks. From her early career experiences as a National Park Service Interpretation Ranger at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Boulder City, Nevada to her work with environmental and social service organizations, Akiima has cultivated 30 years of experience in cutting-edge best practices around trauma-informed environmentalism. Akiima is currently on contract with Friends of Anacostia Park, developing strategies to strengthen the Park’s programming and external relationships.

Emily Robichaux: Emily Robichaux is First Vice President for Sustainability at Amalgamated Bank, America’s socially responsible bank. In her role, she serves climate-focused clients and finances sustainable projects and companies that will advance the bank towards its net zero targets. She prioritizes opportunities to support small, women-owned, and minorityowned businesses in their growth. Emily is an experienced finance leader with a deep commitment to sustainability and social impact. Prior to joining the bank, she served as CFO of Groundswell, a DC-based non-profit solar developer, where she executed transactions for the organization’s low- and moderate-income serving community solar and solar+storage projects in multiple markets, researched and analyzed transaction structures and financing trends to accelerate LMI access to solar, and launched the organization’s subscriber services line of business to bring clean energy savings to over 5,000 households.

Michael Sadowski: For over 20 years, Michael has worked with companies to solve business challenges, including sustainability. Over this time, Michael has been a trusted advisor to senior executives, managed organizations and teams, driven change from within companies, led research projects and authored reports, and facilitated multi-stakeholder collaborations. Over the last five years, Michael has worked with World Resources Institute to develop guidance for apparel and footwear companies on science-based climate change targets as well as a roadmap that identifies how the sector can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet these targets. Michael is currently Acting Executive Director of The Circulate Initiative, a non-profit working to reduce ocean plastic in South and Southeast Asia. He is a trusted advisor to the Outdoor Industry Association, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and a number of apparel and footwear companies on topics including sustainability strategy, climate change, and circular economy. Prior to this, Michael led strategy and managed external partnerships for Nike’s Sustainable Business & Innovation team, and led the company’s efforts on the circular economy. Before Nike, Michael was a Vice President at SustainAbility, Inc. where he worked with companies across sectors on range of sustainability topics. He played a key role in developing multi-stakeholder collaborations including the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals and the Closed Loop Fund.

Chris Speyer: Chris Speyer (he/him/his) leads REI’s Merchandising Product and Co-op Brands teams, overseeing the retailer’s gear and apparel assortment of more than 1,400 vendors and REI’s award-winning in-house Co-op Brands label, featuring both leading and emerging brand products through its digital and retail stores for all outdoor enthusiasts. This includes Co-op Brands and Co-op Cycles products, created by a talented team of strategists, designers and developers dedicated to helping REI customers get outside and unlock their love for outdoor recreation. Chris also serves as the Executive Sponsor of the co-op’s Outside with Pride inclusion network whose goal is to provide a safe, affirming and inclusive space for employees of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies to learn, grow, develop and thrive at REI. Speyer has been with the co-op since October 2017. Prior to joining REI, he was the managing director, North America for Accell Group N.V., a publicly-traded bicycle company based in Heerenveen, Netherlands, which owns brands such as Raleigh, GHOST, Lapierre and Haibike. Speyer is currently the board chairman of PeopleforBikes and enjoys running, cycling, skiing, hiking and backpacking with his family.

Erik Stegman: Erik serves as Chief Executive Officer of Native Americans in Philanthropy, a national organization advocating for stronger and more meaningful investments by the philanthropic sector in tribal communities. Previously, he served as the Executive Director for the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute. He has held positions at the Center for American Progress on their Poverty to Prosperity team, as Majority Staff Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and in the Obama administration as a Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Education. Erik began his career in Washington, D.C. at the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center. He holds a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, an M.A. in American Indian Studies from UCLA’s Graduate Division, and a B.A. from Whittier College.

Halla Tómasdóttir: Halla Tómasdóttir is the CEO of The B Team, a group of courageous business and civil society leaders working together to transform business for a better world. Halla started her leadership career in corporate America working for Mars and Pepsi Cola. She was on the founding team of Reykjavík University where she established the Executive Education Department, founded and led a successful women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative and was an assistant professor at the Business School. She was the first female CEO of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce and later went on to co-found an investment firm with the vision to incorporate feminine values into finance. The company successfully survived the infamous economic meltdown in Iceland. In 2016 Halla was an independent candidate for the President of Iceland. She entered a crowded field of candidates and finished as the runner-up with nearly 30 percent of the vote.

Richard Trent: Richard Trent is the Executive Director of Friends of Anacostia Park. For the last decade, Richard Trent has helped youth-serving nonprofits blaze trails to financial sustainability in DC and New York. A graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Richard began his career at Higher Achievement in DC, where he helped the organization expand its rigorous extended learning program to Baltimore, Richmond, and Pittsburgh. At Friends of Island Academy, a program that helps adjudicated youth readjust to their communities, Richard worked with funders to pressure the De Blasio administration to end youth incarceration at Rikers Island—culminating in the Mayor’s passage of the Raise the Age Act. At Reach Out and Read and the National Winter Activity Center, Richard helped the organizations widen their bases of stakeholders through high-impact events, crowdfunding campaigns, and hyper-individualized stewardship. Now, as Executive Director of Friends of Anacostia Park, Richard will continue building on the work of public agencies, local activists, and Ward 7 and 8 residents to activate Anacostia Park as a convening point for the community. Richard is a musician and producer who brings his creative spirit to every role. He is especially optimistic aboutusing art to help unify residents, new and old, east of the Anacostia River. When he is not biking to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Richard goes on long walks with his wife (Veronica), his son (River), and their dog (Basil) around their home in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Anacostia.

Kate Williams: Kate Williams is CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement that inspires action and commitment so that our planet and future generations thrive. 1% for the Planet’s global network of thousands of businesses and individuals have donated $100s of millions to environmental partners to date. Kate has led significant growth in the community’s scale and impact, as well as deep work on best practices for implementing high impact giving strategies, growing a network brand, and operating as a thriving workplace with an incredible staff team. Kate earned a BA at Princeton University and an MS at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and has served on a variety of Boards throughout her career. Kate is a Mom, a trail runner and hiker with her dog, and a kitchen gardener.