Betty Cremmins

Betty Cremmins — Director, Carbon Disclosure Project West

Betty Cremmins is Director of CDP West at the Carbon Disclosure Project and has an extensive background in green building and environmental policy. She has experienced firsthand the extent of environmental degradation and climate change in the United States and around the world, assisting scientists studying glaciers melting in Antarctica, rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and teaching rural women basic sewing and hygiene skills in sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from New York University, a Masters in Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).

John S. Martinson

John S. Martinson – Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership, Arizona State University School of Sustainability (2016)

John is Co-Founder and served as Co-Chairman of the China Mist Tea Company (1982 – 2016). He is the Co-Founder & President of DRIVE Electric Arizona, the Arizona state program for the DRIVE Electric USA partnership with the Department of Energy. John served as Executive Producer for two ARP films, Nation in Transition and The Last Mechanic. John lives within Scottsdale’s environmentally-sensitive lands ordinance area and is a Steward with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, which provides stewardship over the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, the largest urban nature preserve in North America.

Eric Martin

Eric Martin — Author of Your Leadership Moment & Managing Director at Adaptive Change Advisors

Eric Martin is the author of Your Leadership Moment (October 2020) and Managing Director at Adaptive Change Advisors (ACA). A Detroit native turned prominent leadership expert, Eric has brought leadership development to over 300,000 people in 146 countries. Eric’s work has been used to tackle structural barriers to transitioning to a low-carbon economy, improve health equity and access, and evolve the role of advanced technologies like blockchain in our daily lives. Eric has worked with a wide range of organizations, including the White House Executive Office of Presidential Personnel, Rockefeller Foundation, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, US Business Council for Sustainable Development, United Nations Innovation Network, World Bank, Harvard Medical School, and Cornell University. He also serves as a Board member of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and as an Advisory Board Member of the MAVA Foundation. Eric holds a Master, Management Science in Organizational Change Management and BS in Systems Analysis and Operations Research. Previously, Eric served in a governmental liaison capacity in Japan and at The Synergos Institute, a Rockefeller-affiliated international development organization.  

Madeline Wade

Madeline Wade — Vice President, Signal

As a Vice President at Signal, Madeline works on energy, environment, and sustainability issues for multiple Fortune 500s with an emphasis on federal policy and regulatory issues. Madeline began her career on Capitol Hill serving Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR). While in his office, Madeline handled legislative issues and office correspondence. Following her time on the Hill, Madeline managed MPA-The Association of Magazine Media’s political action committee. Madeline earned her master’s degree from Duke University in Public Policy and her bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University.

Bill Stetson

Bill Stetson — Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center

Bill Stetson is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. He is a film producer, as well as an environmental and political adviser. He has produced several documentaries, including the PBS AIDS feature, “A Closer Walk” (2006). In 1996, he established the Vermont Film Commission and served as its president for a decade. For the past five years, Bill has served as the consulting director of external affairs for the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. He advised Vermont’s Governor Peter Shumlin (D) on issues of energy and environment, as he had the two previous governors—Howard Dean (D) and Jim Douglas (R). He also advised several other political campaigns, and was named an environmental surrogate for the Obama for America Campaign (2008). As CEO of Fairhill Oil & Gas Corporation, Bill transformed the company from a traditional oil and gas firm to a profitable natural gas business. He co-founded River Watch Network, merging it with River Network (Boulder, CO), directed the Vermont and New Hampshire operations of the Connecticut River Watershed Council, and served as a supervisor of the Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District (US Department of Agriculture). Bill has served on several media, foundation, and environmental boards. Additionally, he is a trustee and governor of the Smith Richardson Foundation (NC, CT), and in 2011 was appointed by The White House as a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts (PACA). Bill earned his bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard University where he was named a fellow at the Institute of Politics and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he studied energy and natural resources policy. Bill also spent time at the Austro-American Institute in Vienna, Austria, where he focused on European government studies.

Rob Harding

Rob Harding - Trustee of the WILD Foundation

Rob Harding is a planetary health activist who cares deeply about protecting life on Earth, and doing so in a loving and intentional manner. His superpower is serving as a connector to help accelerate the pace of progress. A graduate of Santa Clara University, Rob is committed to creating a more just and sustainable world with competence, conscience, and compassion. To that end, Rob serves on the board of The Rewilding Institute, Save The Colorado, and Keystone Species Alliance, as a trustee of the WILD Foundation, as a member of the Alliance of Mother Nature's Guardians, as an advocate of Nature Needs Half, and as a chapter director for the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

Paul Hirt

Paul Hirt — Retired Professor of History and Senior Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University

Paul Hirt is a historian specializing in the American West, environmental history, environmental policy, and sustainability studies. His publications include a monograph on the history of electric power in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia, titled The Wired Northwest (Univ Press of Kansas, 2012). He authored more than two dozen articles and book chapters on environmental and western history and policy. His current research projects include collaborative interdisciplinary research on energy transitions, water use and conservation, urban growth and sustainability in southern Arizona, and adaptive management in the Colorado River Basin. Paul is also involved in many public engagement programs focused on renewable energy development for the Navajo Nation, and various water, energy, and sustainability initiatives of ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability and Global Drylands Center. He earned his Ph.D. in U.S. History from University of Arizona, his M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Arizona, and his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Arizona. 

Johanna Evans

Johanna Evans

After graduating from Dartmouth in 2010 and earning a Master's in Literature & Social Justice from Lehigh University, Johanna returned to Dartmouth in 2012 to curate and manage the film program at the Hopkins Center for the Arts for nearly 10 years. From 2021-2023 she joined the American Resilience Project team as the Managing Director, helping to leverage the power of film to advance environmental justice and take the organization’s work to the next level. She lives in Lebanon, NH, where she has served as a campaign manager for state senate candidates and is an active volunteer.

Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley

Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley — Chair, Interfaith Power & Light

The Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley was born in Wichita, Kansas; grew up in California, and graduated from high school in Denver, Colorado. He was recruited to play basketball for Tennessee State University where he became a student leader in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Upon earning a degree in psychology, Rev. Dr. Durley became one of the first U.S. Peace Corp volunteers to serve in Nigeria. He holds a master of science in Community Mental Health/Psychology from Northern Illinois University, a doctorate degree in Urban Education and Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master of Divinity from Howard University School of Divinity. While serving as Pastor, he became intensely involved in the climate change, global warming, and environmental justice movement. Rev. Dr. Durley now combines the disciplines of faith and science with the lessons learned as a civil/human rights advocate from the 1960s. He believes that God created a perfect ecologically balanced world for humans to care for, but we are destroying it at an alarming rate. He asserts that for the environment to be saved, the educational, scientific, business, political, and faith communities must seek common solutions. He has been married for 50 years to his wife, Muriel. They have two children and four grandchildren. His autobiography, I Am Amazed, is available on Amazon.