Greentech Festival Speakers

Speakers 2024

Ada Williams Prince

Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Independent

Adam Lenz

Head of Sustainability
Waymo

André Kaufung

Managing Director
CharIN e.V.

Ashley Christy

Executive Director
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles

Boaz Paldi

Chief Creative Officer
United Nations Development Programme

Cassie Rauser

Founder & Principal
MorphoStrategies

Christopher Engmann

Author and Founder: Megadeals. Large Deals in Sustainability Tech
Megadeals

Claire Chabaud

CEO
Braave

Conyers Davis

Global Director
USC Schwarzenegger Institute

Dale Rickert

Global Head of Product
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Doug Rubin

Founder and CEO
Northwind Climate

Eric Corey Freed

Principal, Director of Sustainability
CannonDesign

Erin Simon

VP and Head, Plastic Waste and Business
World Wildlife Fund

Fred Walti

CEO
Network for Global Innovaiton

Jonny Lieberman

Journalist
Motortrend

Kai Wegner

The Governing Mayor of Berlin

Matt Petersen

President & CEO
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Max Wasler

CEO
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Nancy Sutley

Chief Sustainability Officer and Deputy Mayor
Office of Mayor Karen Bass

Nico Rosberg

Sustainability & VC Entrepreneur, Co-Founder
GREENTECH FESTIVAL

Nurit Katz

Chief Sustainability Officer
UCLA

Sandeep Ahuja

CEO
cove.tool

Shameka Dixon

Director of Workforce Development
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles

Shaun Abrahamson

Managing Partner
Third Sphere

Simon Sylvester-Chaudhuri

Executive Director
CIV:LAB

​Yasmine Sherif

Executive Director
Education Cannot Wait

Speakers 2023

Alexander Frigo

General Manager Sales, Central USA
Lufthansa Group

Alyson Freeman

Sustainability Product Manager
Dell Technologies

Andrew Arentowicz

CEO
50/50 Foods, Inc

Ashish Sethia

Global Head of Commodities, Energy & Environmental Markets
BloombergNEF

Aura Vasquez

Former LADWP Commissioner - Renewable Energy Advisor
Vasquez Solutions

Chanel Parson

Director, Building & Transportation Electrification
Southern California Edison

David Joosten

President
Vodafone US

Dustin Krause

Sr. Director - Automotive
Redwood Materials

Gillord Pisas (HOST)

MC/Host

Jermaine Hampton

Vice President of Workforce Development and Special Projects
LAEDC

Jessica Hyman

Head of Sustainability
Atlassian

Kevin Noertker

Co-Founder & CEO
Ampaire

Koen Burgers

CEO
SolarDuck

Mark Freymueller

Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Vehicle Business Sub-Division
Hyundai

Martin Schichtel

CEO & Co-founder
Kraftblock

Marty Bradley

Adjunct Professor of Practice
University of Southern California

Michael Samulon

Deputy Director of Electrification
City of Los Angeles

Mike Brown

Business Ambassador
UN Association of Orange County

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Actor and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador

Oscar Neyra-Nazarrett

CEO
Lisus

Parham Peiroo

Partner
BCG X

Sahir Zaveri

Co-Founder & CEO
King Children

Sasha Jokic

CEO
Cosmic

Spencer Reeder

Director of Government Affairs & Sustainability
Audi of America

Susan Ying

SVP Global Partnerships & Operations
Ampaire

Tiya Gordon

Co-founder
itselectric

Yezin Taha

CEO
Nevados Engineering, Inc.