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.

Loren Blackford
Sierra Club

Bill Davis
Stance Capital

Tony Davis
Inherent Group

Thomas P. DiNapoli
New York State Comptroller

Veronica Eady
Resources Legacy Fund

Michael Frerichs
Illinois State Treasurer

Marcie Frost
CalPERS

Chris Goolgasian
Wellington Management

Bob Inglis
republicEn.org

Kirsty Jenkinson
CalSTRS

Brad Lander
New York City Comptroller

Bob Litterman
Kepos Capital

Bertrand Millot
CDPQ

Jacqueline Patterson
Chisholm Legacy Project

Janet Ranganathan
World Resources Institute

Debbie Simpson
Boston Consulting Group

Anne Simpson
Franklin Templeton

Vien Truong
Nike

Ion Yadigaroglu
Capricorn Investment Group

Betty T. Yee
Former California State Controller
Senior leadership

Dan Bakal
Senior Program Director, Climate and Energy

Kirsten James
Senior Program Director, Water

Anne L. Kelly
Vice President, Government Relations

Karen Patterson Greene
Program Director, Organizational Strategy, Planning & Results

Steven Rothstein
Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator

Dan Saccardi
Program Director, Company Network

Sara Sciammacco
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Chris Smith
Senior Department Director, Development and Events

Kirsten Spalding
Vice President, Investor Network

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.

Kunle Apampa
Capricorn Investment Group

Doug Bateson
Environmental Advocates of New York

Loren Blackford
Sierra Club

Michael J. Bradley
M.J. Bradley & Associates

Laurie Burt
Laurie Burt LLC

Marc Diaz
Terviva

Nancy Floyd
Nth Power

Missy Grace
Alpine Rewards

Carolyn L. Green
EnerGreen Capital Management

Jonathan J. Halperin
Designing Sustainability

Brett Hauser

Steven G. Hoch
Brown Advisory

Amir Kirkwood
Locus

David Leathers
John Moriarty & Associates, Inc.

Rose McKinney-James
Energy Works LLC and McKinney-James & Associates

Catherine McVay Hughes
Community and Climate Activist

Peter Miscovich
Jones Lang LaSalle

Marc T. Pangburn
HASI

Eric Pitt
Emergent

Robert Rachofsky
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Eric Redman
Thunderbolt Clean Energy

Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson
Include Ventures

Tedd Saunders
Eco-Logical Solutions and The Saunders Hotel Group

Barney Schauble
Nephila

Keesa Schreane
Climate. Money. Work. Podcast

Adele Simmons
Global Philanthropy Partnership

Nicole Systrom
Galvanize Climate Solutions

Sandra A. Urie
Cambridge Associates

Catherine Von Burg

Silda Wall Spitzer
New York Makers

Bill Weihl
ClimateVoice

Leah Wood
Impax Asset Management

David Young
Boston Consulting Group

Ana Zacapa Camberos
Root Capital
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