OUR PEOPLE

40+ years of collective leadership experience with proven expertise in building sustainable, lasting and impactful organizations.

  • Our leadership speaks 45 languages and represents 24 countries and 21 U.S. states.

  • 68% women and 75% BIPOC representation.

  • Experience from non-profit, private, governmental, and multilateral sectors across all habitable continents.

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Senior Leadership

  • Sophia Kianni

    Founder and President

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  • Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa

    Executive Director

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  • Emma Shockley

    Chief Programs Officer

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  • Carl Philip Dybwad

    Chief Operating Officer

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  • Samrah Khan

    Chief of Staff

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  • Lea Obermüller

    Program Development Manager

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  • Sophia Suganuma

    Advisor

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EXECUTIVE TEAM

  • Bernice Deng

    Co-Director of People Operations

  • Jackie Vandermel

    Research Co-Director

  • James Yang

    Finance Co-Director

  • Li Yin

    Education Director

  • Alexa Theodoropoulos

    Director of Climate Calling

  • Mercy Cai

    Co-Director of International Relations

  • Zeinab Farag

    Co-Director of International Relations

  • Berenize Garcia Nueva

    Director of Impact and Evaulation

  • James Gerhard

    Co-Director of People Operations

  • Nikhil Radosevich

    Technology Director

Advisory Board

  • Kerry Bannigan

    Managing Director, PVBLIC Foundation

  • Lily Blavin

    Founder, Lightning Strikes Productions

  • Nick Boedicker

    Youth Activation Specialist, Ashoka

  • Kevin Brege

    Head of Climate and Sustainability, Google.org

  • Cameren Bullins

    Program Associate, Rockefeller Brother’s Fund Sustainable Development Program

  • Karl Burkart

    Deputy Director, One Earth

  • Sweta Chakraborty

    CEO of North America, We Don’t Have Time

  • Julia Cohen

    Co-Founder and Managing Director, Plastic Pollution Coalition

  • Nancy Colleton

    President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

  • Sophie Cowling

    Director, Freuds and Head of Partners and Strategic Development, Goals House

  • Jad Daley

    Chief Engagement Officer, American Forests

  • Sylvia Earle

    President and Chairman, Mission Blue/ The Sylvia Earle Alliance

  • Hugh Evans

    CEO, Global Citizen

  • Manon Frezouls

    Coordinator, UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network

  • Lissie Garvin

    Director, 776 Foundation

  • Peter Gilmer

    Strategy Consultant, Ecosia, Leaders On Purpose, and One Earth

  • Meg Galloway Goldthwaite

    Chief Communications Officer, The Nature Conservancy

  • Kadir Gungor

    Chairman, Sustainable Impact Capital & Holding

  • JT Hardin

    Senior Manager, Explorer Programs, National Georgraphic Society

  • Ryan Hathaway

    Director of Environental Justice, White House Council on Environmental Quality

  • Brian Kurtz

    Board Chair, The ClimateTech Association (C-TA)

  • Garry Lace

    Founder and CEO, Storians

  • Sophie Lambin

    Founder and CEO, Kite Insights

  • Debbie Levin

    CEO, Environmental Media Association

  • Michael Murphy

    Director of Communications, NOAA Research

  • Inge Relph

    Executive Director and Co-founder, Global Choices

  • Christine Seibert

    Project Manager, Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

  • Kunal Sood

    Chief Impact Officer, Chopra Foundation

  • Matt Tranchin

    Former Social Impact Liaison, White House Office of Public Engagement

  • Emanuela Vignola

    Senior Advisor, Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security

  • Zi Han Xuan

    Former Focal Point, UNFCCC Youth Climate Movement (YOUNGO)

  • Farhana Yamin

    Climate Lawyer, Author, Speaker, Activist

 

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