Diligent Climate Leadership Certification Program Speakers
Frederic Barge
CEO & Founder, Reward Value
Paul Barker
Partner, ESG & Impact Practice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lisa Bond-Holland
Director of ESG, South Jersey Industries
Joyce Cacho
Independent Board Director, Sunrise Banks, NA, World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), and Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Thiago Chagas
Lead Legal Consultant, Climate Focus
Barbara Davidson
Senior Analyst, Regulatory and Accounting, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Andrew Droste
Head of Stewardship (US), Carbon Tracker Initiative
Robert Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Lisa Edwards
President & COO, Diligent and Board Member, Colgate-Palmolive
Shai Ganu
Managing Director, Global Leader – Executive Compensation, Willis Towers Watson
Michael Gerrard
Professor & Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia University
Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy
Chris Hagler
Partner, Independence Point Advisors
Waheed Hassan
CEO & Founder, ZMH Advisors
Witold Henisz
Founder, ESG Analytics Lab, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Craig Jimenez
Independent Director, Air Tractor Holdings
Ira Kay
Managing Partner, Pay Governance
Courteney Keatinge
Senior Director, Environmental Social & Governance Research, Glass Lewis
Sarah Kemmitt
Consultant, Sustainable Finance, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Ruth Knox
Partner, ESG & Impact Practice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Elizabeth Lewis
Deputy Head of ESG, Blackstone
Marisa Martin
Executive Director, Pollination
Jessica McDougall
Director, BlackRock Investment Stewardship
Melanie McGrath
General Counsel, CBCL Limited
Jennie Morawetz
Partner, ESG & Impact Group, Kirkland & Ellis
Kathryn Neel
Managing Director, Semler Brossy
Veena Ramani
Research Director, FCLT Global
Mahesh Roy
Director of Capital Markets, CDP
Joana Setzer
Assistant Professional Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, London School of Economics & Political Science
Ken Sheppard
Director, Environmental and Corporate Emergency Preparedness, South Jersey Industries (SJI)
Luke Skillett
Managing Consultant, EcoAct UK
Chris Snyder
Investors Team Lead, Guidehouse
Leo Strine, Jr.
Of Counsel, Corporate Department, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, former Chief Justice of the Delaware State Supreme Court
Helena Walsh
Managing Partner, Agendi
Tom Watson
Vice President of Buildings Services and Senior Mechanical Engineer, CBCL Limited
Cynthia Williams
Chair Emerita, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
