2017 SAIS Global Women in Leadership Conference: “Securing a Sustainable Future: Women as Leaders in a Changing Climate”
Featured Keynote Speaker(1):
Rachel Kyte, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All
Panel 1: Facing the Elements: Confronting the Uneven Impacts of Climate Change
Lorena Aguilar, Global Senior Gender Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature
Moushumi Chaudhury, Ph.D., Associate II, Climate Resilience Practice, World Resources Institute
Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP
Kathryn Farley, Program Associate, Environment and Climate Justice Program, The International Center for Research on Women
Moderator: Deborah Rubin, Ph.D., Co-Director, Cultural Practice, LLC
Featured Keynote Speaker(2):
Eleanor Blomstrom, Co-Director, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Panel 2: Mindsets
Melody McCoy, Vice President of Global Engagement and Communications, Jhpiego
Virginia Gorsevski (M.A. ’96), Program Officer, GEF Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel
Sasha Gottlieb (M.A. ’99), Senior Climate Change Program Specialist, US Forest Service
Moderator: Virginia Volpe (M.A. ’96), Managing Director, SS&C Technologies
Sachi Shah, Communications and Program Associate/Fellow, Boys & Girls Club of Newark/Global Health Corps
Panel 3: Risk, Reward, Resilience: Financing Gender-Inclusive Climate Solutions
Lauren Burnhill (M.A. ’86), Managing Director, One Planet Ventures
Stacy Swann, CEO and Founding Partner, Climate Finance Advisors
Anne Kuriakose, Ph.D., Senior Social Development Specialist, The World Bank
Chizuru Aoki, Ph.D., Lead Environmental Specialist, GEF Programming Unit
Moderator: Irving Mintzer, Ph.D., Managing Director and Chief Strategist, Potomac Energy Fund and Professorial Lecturer and Visiting Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins-SAIS
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