Board of Directors
The Ceres Board of Directors comprises sustainability leaders with diverse backgrounds in sustainable investing, business, research, policy, law and advocacy. Board members are selected based on their active engagement in Ceres' critical work to build sustainability leadership and drive sustainable solutions throughout the economy.
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Georges C. Benjamin, MD
American Public Health Association
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Loren Blackford
Sierra Club
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Tony Davis
Inherent Group
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Bill Davis
Stance Capital
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Thomas P. DiNapoli
New York State Comptroller
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Veronica Eady
Resources Legacy Fund
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Michael Frerichs
Illinois State Treasurer
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Marcie Frost
CalPERS
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Michel Gelobter
Cooler, Inc.
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Chris Goolgasian
Wellington Management
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Ralph Izzo
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Kirsty Jenkinson
CalSTRS
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Brad Lander
New York City Comptroller
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Bob Litterman
Kepos Capital
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Bertrand Millot
CDPQ
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Jacqueline Patterson
Chisholm Legacy Project
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Janet Ranganathan
World Resources Institute
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Peter Rosenblum
Foley Hoag LLP
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Alicia Seiger
Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative
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Anne Simpson
Franklin Templeton
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Debbie Simpson
Boston Consulting Group
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Vien Truong
Nike
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Ion Yadigaroglu
Capricorn Investment Group
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Betty T. Yee
Former California State Controller
Senior leadership
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Dan Bakal
Senior Program Director, Climate and Energy
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Leslie Cordes
Vice President, Programs
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Kirsten James
Senior Program Director, Water
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Anne L. Kelly
Vice President, Government Relations
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Karen Patterson Greene
Program Director, Organizational Strategy, Planning & Results
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Steven Rothstein
Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator
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Dan Saccardi
Program Director, Company Network
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Sara Sciammacco
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
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Chris Smith
Senior Department Director, Development and Events
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Kirsten Spalding
Vice President, Investor Network
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David Ziv-Kreger, MD
Vice President, Institutional Development
President’s Council
The President’s Council is a valued leadership body of Ceres. Members serve as ambassadors for Ceres and enhance our impact through direct support, expertise, and outreach to new supporters.
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Doug Bateson
Environmental Advocates of New York
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Loren Blackford
Sierra Club
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Michael J. Bradley
M.J. Bradley & Associates
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Laurie Burt
Laurie Burt LLC
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Marc Diaz
Terviva
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Nancy Floyd
Nth Power
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Missy Grace
Alpine Rewards
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Carolyn L. Green
EnerGreen Capital Management
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Jonathan J. Halperin
Designing Sustainability
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Brett Hauser
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Steven G. Hoch
Brown Advisory
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Amir Kirkwood
Locus
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David Leathers
John Moriarty & Associates, Inc.
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Rose McKinney-James
Energy Works LLC and McKinney-James & Associates
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Catherine McVay Hughes
Community and Climate Activist
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Peter Miscovich
Jones Lang LaSalle
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Marc T. Pangburn
HASI
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Eric Pitt
Emergent
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Robert Rachofsky
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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Eric Redman
Thunderbolt Clean Energy
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Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson
Include Ventures
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Tedd Saunders
Eco-Logical Solutions and The Saunders Hotel Group
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Barney Schauble
Nephila
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Keesa Schreane
Climate. Money. Work. Podcast
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Adele Simmons
Global Philanthropy Partnership
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Nicole Systrom
Galvanize Climate Solutions
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Sandra A. Urie
Cambridge Associates
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Catherine Von Burg
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Silda Wall Spitzer
New York Makers
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Bill Weihl
ClimateVoice
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Leah Wood
Impax Asset Management
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David Young
Boston Consulting Group
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Ana Zacapa Camberos
Root Capital
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