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Past Summits have gathered professionals from across the world of climate solutions—investors, startup founders, corporate executives, and policy leaders.

Together we built something rare: a joyful, generative, and strategic space for shared leadership.

Queer Decarb

Summit West
WEST 2026

July 6-8, 2026

Location
1440 Multiversity
Scotts Valley, CA

Schedule Highlights

  • Panels and Breakouts

    • Corporate Sustainability

    • Climate Investing & Capital Markets

    • Clean Energy: Deals/Development and Procurement/Grid

    • Carbon Removal

  • Talkbacks

    • Lessons from Frontline Government

    • Equity & Justice in Sustainability

  • Wellness Activities

    • Myofascial Release

    • Yoga

    • Forest Bathing

    • Sound Healing
PRIDE SUMMIT 2025
INAUGURAL SUMMIT 2025

PAST SPEAKERS

  • Smiling man with dreadlocks wearing a green polo shirt, outdoors with a cloudy sky background.

    Aaron Fitzgerald

    CEO
    Mars Materials

  • Close-up of a smiling man with glasses and a beard, wearing a light-colored shirt, outdoors with blurred trees and lights in the background.

    Alex Meeks

    Director
    Milken Institute

  • A young woman with long blonde hair, smiling, wearing a dark blazer and a green top, with her arms crossed, against a plain white background.

    Amanda Rohrer

    Principal
    Blackhorn Ventures

  • A woman smiling with shoulder-length hair, wearing a gray blazer and a white blouse with black polka dots, standing against a plain light-colored background.

    Andrea Mancino

    CEO
    Bright Power

  • Carrie Tongarm

    VP & Associate General Counsel
    Convergent Energy & Power

  • A young man with short brown hair, wearing a dark blue suit and a white shirt, smiling against a gray background.

    Chad Reed

    VP, Strategic Initiatives, Sustainability and Impact
    HASI

  • Chelsey Evans

    Climate & Sustainability Lead
    Expedia Group

  • Christina Ho

    VP Strategic Planning
    Con Edison

  • A woman with curly black hair, wearing a black top and a colorful scarf, smiling and standing with one hand on her hip against a plain white background.

    Christina Whatley

    Partner
    BEA Venture Fund

  • Close-up of a smiling man with dark curly hair and a beard, wearing a dark button-up shirt, against a purple background.

    Christopher Naismith

    CEO
    Audette

  • Portrait of a smiling man in a suit outdoors with trees and a building in the background.

    Danny Marquez

    Director, Fleet Electrification
    Walmart

  • Formal portrait of a middle-aged man with gray hair and beard, wearing a navy blue suit and white shirt, against a plain light gray background.

    Darryl Carbonaro

    General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
    Generate Capital

  • A young man with brown hair, light skin, and brown eyes smiling at the camera, wearing a dark jacket over a light-colored shirt.

    Elias Habbar-Baylac

    Sustainability Investment Lead & Partner
    Cisco

  • A man with dark hair, glasses, and a beard smiling, wearing a suit and tie against a plain background.

    Elijah Hutchinson

    Executive Director
    NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice

  • Grant Mack

    Former Deputy Legislative Secretary - Energy, Climate, Natural Resources & Telecommunications
    Former Governors Office - State of California

  • Gwen Migita

    Founder & Managing Director
    Migita Vu Collaborators

  • Young woman with long black hair smiling outdoors near a body of water on a sunny day.

    Hara Wang

    Co-Founder
    Cascade Climate

  • Janelle Kellman

    Founder
    Center for Sea Rise Solutions

  • Janson Mao

    VP, Structured Finance and Deputy General Counsel
    Catalyze

  • Jeff Riles

    Senior Director of Energy Markets, Americas
    Microsoft

  • Jennifer Pettineo

    Director of Capital Markets
    EDP Renewables North America

  • Jenny Oorbeck

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner
    Fresh Coast Climate Solutions

  • Joanna Klitzke

    Head of Procurement & Ecosystem Strategy
    Stripe / Frontier

  • Kati Kallins

    Global Head of Sustainability
    Adobe

  • Katie Knue

    General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
    NorthStar Clean Energy

  • Kealy Herman

    VP, Net Zero Strategy
    Arcadis

  • A smiling man with short dark hair wearing a blue striped collared shirt, outdoors on a sunny day.

    Leland Milstein

    Chief Customer Officer
    Persefoni

  • A portrait of a young Asian man with short, dark hair, wearing a black collared shirt, smiling slightly, indoors with a blurred background.

    Lou Mark

    Senior Sustainability Manager
    Autodesk

  • A man with short dark hair, wearing a light blue dress shirt and a dark blazer, stands against a light blue gradient background.

    Mark Miness

    Global Head of Investor Partnerships
    Galvanize Climate Solutions

  • Portrait of a young woman with shoulder-length wavy blonde hair, smiling, wearing a sleeveless gray turtleneck top, with city buildings in the background.

    Mary King

    Senior Vice President
    Aligned Climate Capital

  • Man in a navy suit with white shirt and tie smiling at the camera, blurred lights in the background.

    Mauricio Serna

    SVP & Global Head of Sustainability
    Starwood Capital

  • A woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiling, wearing a black floral blouse, against a white background.

    Melinda Baglio

    CFO & General Counsel
    CleanCapital

  • A man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a white dress shirt, standing outdoors with a glass building in the background.

    Michael Delucia

    Partner
    Montauk Capital

  • Mike Cipresso

    Chief Commercial Officer
    Rubicon Carbon

  • A woman smiling in front of a wall of yellow and green sticky notes.

    Nina Mesalles

    Vice President
    Decarbonization Partners

  • A young man with glasses smiling outdoors in a park with trees and a path.

    Noah McQueen

    Director of Science and Innovation
    Carbon180

    Co-Founder & Advisor
    Heirloom

  • Patrick Taylor

    Commercial Lead, Advanced Energy Technology
    Google

  • Paul Snow

    Managing Director | Head of Renewables, Americas
    HSBC

  • A young man with light brown hair, wearing a black turtleneck, looking at the camera with a slight smile against a plain light gray background.

    Peter Makey

    VP Sustainability
    EQT Partners

  • A woman with short brown hair smiling, wearing a dark blazer and a silver necklace.

    Rebecca Craft

    President
    TurnCraft Advisors

  • Scott Zimmermann

    Partner, Energy and Climate Solutions
    Wilson Sonsini

  • Shereen D'Souza

    Program Lead, Climate
    Skyline Foundation

  • Stephen Goldstein

    Operating Partner
    Keyframe Capital

  • A smiling woman with long brown hair standing outdoors with trees and rocks in the background during sunset.

    Taylor Insley

    Director of Strategic Growth
    Terraset Climate

  • Wayne Galli

    SVP, Transmission Development
    energyRe

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PARTICIPATING ORGS

    • Bright Power

    • Carbon Direct

    • Cascadia Consulting Group

    • Fresh Coast Climate Solutions

    • KPMG

    • RE Tech Advisors

    • Adobe

    • Arcadis

    • AvalonBay

    • Autodesk

    • Cisco

    • DNV

    • Expedia Group

    • Google

    • Host Hotels & Resorts

    • HSBC

    • Lucid Motors

    • Microsoft

    • Ross Stores

    • Stripe

    • Vornado Realty Trust

    • Walmart

    • Aligned Climate Capital

    • Blackhorn Ventures

    • BlackRock

    • Blackstone

    • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

    • EQT Partners

    • Galvanize Climate

    • Generate Capital

    • HASI

    • HSBC

    • Keyframe Capital

    • Montauk Capital

    • Orion Industrial Ventures

    • Rubicon Carbon

    • Starwood Capital

    • The Westly Group

    • Toyota Ventures

    • TPG Rise Climate

    • Vision Ridge Partners

    • Wellington

    • Wells Fargo

    • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

    • DCH Law LLP

    • Greenberg Traurig

    • Milbank

    • Orrick

    • Ropes & Gray

    • Saul Ewing

    • White & Case

    • Wilson Sonsini

    • Arbor Day Foundation

    • Carbon180

    • Cascade Climate

    • Center for Sea Rise Solutions

    • Earthjustice

    • EPRI

    • Potential Energy Coalition

    • RMI

    • Skyline Foundation

    • Third Derivative

    • USGBC

    • WRI

    • City of Palo Alto

    • Con Edison

    • Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

    • National Grid

    • NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice

    • NYPA

    • NYSERDA

    • San Francisco Environment Department

    • 1st Avenue Power

    • Catalyze

    • CleanCapital

    • Convergent Energy and Power

    • EDP Renewables

    • energyRE

    • ENGIE

    • esVolta

    • Invenergy

    • NorthStar Clean Energy Company

    • Ørsted

    • Radial Power

    • Sunrock DG

    • US Solar

    • Voltus

    • Zelestra

    • Audette

    • Heirloom

    • Mars Materials

    • Measurabl

    • Persefoni

    • Terraformation

    • Turnover Labs

    • Heatmap News

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SPONSORS

  • The text 'Wilson Sonsini' in large dark teal letters.
  • The word 'Milbank' in maroon text with a black background.
  • Business logo with green and navy blue text reading 'SAUL EWIN LLP' on a white background.
  • Logo with 'GT' in a black square and the text 'Greenberg Traurig' next to it
  • Logo with the text 'WHITE & CASE' in large blue letters.
  • Text that reads 'ROPES & GRAY' in large, bold letters with a gray ampersand between words in blue and gray.