Turning a Threat into an Opportunity

Dr. Peter Eisenberger

Active Mobilizer
Peter has studied and worked in the applied sciences field for more than four decades. Throughout his work career, Dr. Eisenberger has remained active in various academic roles and scientific associations. He was a consulting professor at Stanford University’s Applied Physics Department from 1981-1987, chair of the Advanced Photon Steering Committee and a participant in National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and Department of Energy (DOE) studies. He was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and is a member of the GEO2000.

Nicholas Eisenberger

Active Mobilizer
Nicholas is Managing Partner of Pure Energy Partners, a venture catalyst firm that invests in high-potential clean economy companies and partners with innovators to drive profit and impact. He is a Senior Advisor to Global Thermostat, a leading Direct Air Capture company.

Nadia Kock

Active Mobilizer
Nadia is a film editor and activist currently working to further Peter’s efforts, organizing their outreach and trying to promote the way to a renewable energy and materials future. She currently serves as director of the Elk Coast Institute for mindful innovation.

Raymond Chavez

Active Mobilizer
Raymond is a Senior Program Development Specialist at Earth Council Alliance & Senior Advisor at Geographic Planning Collaborative (GPC) Group, has more than 25 years of experience with project design, strategic planning, public-private partnerships, fundraising and communications for U.S. and international sustainable development programs that integrate biodiversity conservation, climate change, sustainable agriculture, marine resource conservation and ecotourism.

Patrick Furlotti

Active Mobilizer

Patrick has spent a considerable amount of time Reviewing processes which could help humans achieve a more stable biosphere. He has launched Silicon Valley startups, an engineering firm that pioneers clean technology, and a nonprofit organization focused on accelerating global sustainability. Patrick is dedicated to connecting people to viable climate solutions: regenerative agriculture, novel waste-to-energy systems, carbon-negative technologies, and digital platforms to monitor and reduce global carbon emissions while driving digital assets toward environmental protection efforts. With Projects For Good, Patrick promotes planetary thriving by helping communities launch sustainable economic development. He has directed and produced numerous documentaries, including the recent short film, Carbon Negative (2017).

David Elenowitz

Active Mobilizer
David is the President and Founder of Zero Carbon Partners, an investment and strategic/operating firm focused on emerging companies in the low carbon space, funded with $50 million of capital. Mr. Elenowitz is also Senior Advisor of Global Thermostat, a leading company engaged in carbon dioxide removal from both the atmosphere (direct air capture) and industrial flue gas emissions (point source capture).

Tito Janikowski

Active Mobilizer
Tito is a carbon entrepreneur and Co-Founder and CEO for Impossible Labs, Co-Founder for the BioCurious Hackerspace, and CEO of the newly formed Negative – a company helping more people take climate action with beautiful products made of captured carbon dioxide.

Klaus Lackner

Mobilizer Chair
Dr. Klaus Lackner is the director of Center for Negative Carbon Emissions and professor at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University. Lackner’s research interests include closing the carbon cycle by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, carbon sequestration, carbon foot-printing, innovative energy and infrastructure systems and their scaling properties, the role of automation, robotics and mass-manufacturing in downscaling infrastructure systems, and energy and environmental policy. Trained as a theoretical physicist, he was the first person in 1999 to suggest the artificial capture of carbon dioxide from air in the context of carbon management.

Sasha Mackler

Mobilizer Chair
Sasha directs the Energy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He has worked for more than two decades at the intersection of energy policy and commercial markets. Prior to leading the Energy Project, he spent nearly 10 years in the private sector, first as vice president of Summit Power Group’s carbon capture business and then overseeing market development activities for Enviva, the largest biomass fuel supplier to the global utility industry.

Cheryl Martin

Mobilizer Chair
Cheryl is currently with Harwich Partners, a consulting firm she founded to work with public and private sector entities to identify critical business, technology, finance, regulatory and policy drivers that would accelerate adoption of new technologies into key markets.

Richard Kauffman

Mobilizer Chair
Richard is the Chair of Generate Capital, a leading financier and owner of clean economy infrastructure. He is also Chair of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and a Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center On Global Energy Policy.

Jim Giles

Mobilizer Chair
Jim is a startup founder, journalist, analyst, and consultant working on climate policy and technology. Currently at GreenBiz, a media company and events organizer, Jim is building out the company's business in the carbon economy and sustainable food systems.