Director/Writer/Director of Photography – An award-winning documentary film-maker, she is the creator of Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home, and Urban & Suburban Meadows which inspire us to restore our land to beautiful, natural habitat for our local ecosystems' survival. She is firing up the movement toward creating biodiversity and making natural landscapes the new norm. She has made documentaries for CNN Presents, New York Times Television, and others.

Vice President, International Programs at Edison Electric Institute (EEI) – A thought leader, patent holder, and award-winning practitioner in the energy field. At EEI, he has launched initiatives including the Global Electricity Forum, Africa Utility Power Sector Exchange, and grown its programs to 90+ countries. Born in Liberia, he believes if we discard old assumptions and adopt new mental models, we can achieve universal access to clean energy, including for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Orlando’s Sustainability & Resilience Director – A renowned sustainability professional, clean energy enthusiast, new urbanist, and eco-entrepreneur with a passion to advance smart, resilient, and sustainable cities in balance with nature. He is Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Orlando, Director of Sustainability and Resilience, and a 'Future-Ready' steering committee member - developing policies and programs to make Orlando one of the leading climate-action cities in America. 

Bangladeshi-American Environmentalist and Social Entrepreneur at Stanford University – Originating from Bangladesh, a country hit hard by climate disaster, Samir founded Youth Climate Action Team, Inc. - a global climate justice nonprofit composed of 1500+ youth organizers in 22 countries which has collaborated with the EPA, UN Environment Programme, and White House. He also lectures on empathy models of social change at Harvard, Stanford, and global climate events.

Lifetime Achievement Awardee: Edward Saltzberg, Ph.D.

Climate Educator – Inspired by Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” he earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and led energy and environmental analyses for government agencies. In 2009, he formed the Security and Sustainability Forum (SSF) to provide education on societal impacts from the degradation of natural systems. He helps Native American Tribes improve their well-being through resilient energy programs and also leads the Professional Education Program at George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute. Ed says, “Sound science, and raising the level of understanding about the responsibility of living on Earth, is what gets (him) motivated every day.”