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
Tony Davis
Inherent Group
Bill Davis
Stance Capital
Thomas P. DiNapoli
New York State Comptroller
Veronica Eady
Resources Legacy Fund
Michael Frerichs
Illinois State Treasurer
Marcie Frost
CalPERS
Chris Goolgasian
Wellington Management
Ralph Izzo
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
Alicia Seiger
Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative
Anne Simpson
Franklin Templeton
Debbie Simpson
Boston Consulting Group
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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