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East 2026

Queer Decarb

Summit East
WEST 2026

October 6-8, 2026

Location
Garrison Institute,
Garrison, NY

Schedule Highlights

  • Panels and Breakouts

    • Corporate Sustainability

    • Climate Investing & Capital Markets

    • Clean Energy: Deals, Contracts, Development and Investment

    • Carbon Removal

    • Building Decarbonization

  • Wellness Activities

    • Meditation

    • Forest Bathing

    • Fall Foliage Walk
PRIDE SUMMIT 2025
INAUGURAL SUMMIT 2025

PAST SPEAKERS

  • Aaron Fitzgerald

    CEO
    Mars Materials

  • Alex Meeks

    Director
    Milken Institute

  • Amanda Rohrer

    Principal
    Blackhorn Ventures

  • Andrea Mancino

    CEO
    Bright Power

  • Andrew Coffield

    Head of Legal (USA)
    Cubico Sustainable Investments

  • Andrew Hall

    Chief Revenue Officer
    New Leaf Energy

  • Anthony Sibilia

    Chief Development Officer
    Primergy Solar

  • Carrie Tongarm

    VP & Associate General Counsel
    Convergent Energy & Power

  • Chad Reed

    VP, Strategic Initiatives, Sustainability and Impact
    HASI

  • Chelsey Evans

    Climate & Sustainability Lead
    Expedia Group

  • Christina Ho

    VP Strategic Planning
    Con Edison

  • Christina Whatley

    Partner
    BEA Venture Fund

  • Christopher Naismith

    CEO
    Audette

  • Dana Jacobs

    Chief of Staff
    Carbon Removal Alliance

  • Danny Marquez

    Director, Fleet Electrification
    Walmart

  • Darryl Carbonaro

    General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
    Generate Capital

  • Drew Murphy

    Chief Executive Officer
    Trio (formerly Edison Energy)

  • Elias Habbar-Baylac

    Sustainability Investment Lead & Partner
    Cisco

  • Elijah Hutchinson

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

  • Erik Underwood

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Basis Climate

  • 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

  • Hara Wang

    Co-Founder
    Cascade Climate

  • Janelle Kellman

    Founder
    Center for Sea Rise Solutions

  • Janson Mao

    General Counsel | EVP, Capital Markets
    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

  • Josh Schulnick

    Senior Manager, Global Sustainability
    JetBlue

  • Julio Friedmann

    Chief Scientist
    Relae

  • Kati Kallins

    Global Head of Sustainability
    Adobe

  • Katie Knue

    General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
    NorthStar Clean Energy

  • Kealy Herman

    VP, Net Zero Strategy
    Arcadis

  • Kim Karris

    Chief Growth Officer
    Elemental Impact

  • Leland Milstein

    Chief Customer Officer
    Persefoni

  • Lou Mark

    Senior Sustainability Manager
    Autodesk

  • Mark Miness

    Global Head of Investor Partnerships
    Galvanize Climate Solutions

  • Mary King

    Senior Vice President
    Aligned Climate Capital

  • Mauricio Serna

    SVP & Global Head of Sustainability
    Starwood Capital

  • Megan Schippmann

    Principal, Business Development
    Ørsted

  • Melinda Baglio

    CFO & General Counsel
    CleanCapital

  • Michael Delucia

    Partner
    Montauk Capital

  • Mike Cipresso

    Chief Commercial Officer
    Rubicon Carbon

  • Nina Mesalles

    Vice President
    Decarbonization Partners

  • Noah McQueen

    Director of Science and Innovation
    Carbon180

    Co-Founder & Advisor
    Heirloom

  • Oliver Sellers-Garcia

    Green New Deal Director and Commissioner of the Environment Department
    City of Boston

  • Patrick Taylor

    Commercial Lead, Advanced Energy Technology
    Google

  • Paul Snow

    Managing Director | Head of Renewables, Americas
    HSBC

  • Peter Gardett

    Chief Executive Officer
    Noreva

  • Peter Makey

    VP Sustainability
    EQT Partners

  • Phil Clawson

    Global Head of Sustainability, VP
    Pegasus Logistics Group

  • Rebecca Craft

    President
    TurnCraft Advisors

  • Ryan Backman-Flamerich

    Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability
    United

  • Scott Zimmermann

    Partner, Energy and Climate Solutions
    Wilson Sonsini

  • Shereen D'Souza

    Program Lead, Climate
    Skyline Foundation

  • Stefan Lehmann-Karp

    Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Inclusive and Sustainable Ventures
    Morgan Stanley

  • Steph Phan

    Corporate Sustainability Leader

  • Stephen Goldstein

    Operating Partner
    Keyframe Capital

  • Taylor Insley

    Director of Strategic Growth
    Terraset Climate

  • Ted Lee

    Senior Principal
    Crux

  • Wayne Galli

    SVP, Transmission Development
    energyRe

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PARTICIPATING ORGS

    • Aurora Energy Research

    • BranchPattern

    • Bright Power

    • Carbon Direct

    • Cascadia Consulting Group

    • Fresh Coast Climate Solutions

    • KPMG

    • RE Tech Advisors

    • Trio

    • Adobe

    • Arcadis

    • Autodesk

    • AvalonBay

    • Cisco

    • DNV

    • Expedia Group

    • Google

    • Host Hotels & Resorts

    • HSBC

    • JetBlue Airways

    • Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)

    • Lucid Motors

    • Microsoft

    • Pegasus Logistics Group

    • Ross Stores

    • Stripe

    • United Airlines

    • Vornado Realty Trust

    • Walmart

    • Aligned Climate Capital

    • Basis Climate

    • Blackhorn Ventures

    • BlackRock

    • Blackstone

    • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

    • Crux

    • Cubico Sustainable Investments

    • Elemental Impact

    • Energy Impact Partners

    • EQT Partners

    • Galvanize Climate

    • Generate Capital

    • Global Infrastructure Partners

    • Hannon Armstrong (HASI)

    • HSBC

    • Keyframe Capital

    • Montauk Capital

    • Morgan Stanley

    • 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

    • Babst Calland

    • DCH Law LLP

    • Greenberg Traurig

    • Milbank

    • Orrick

    • Ropes & Gray

    • Saul Ewing

    • White & Case

    • Wilson Sonsini

    • Arbor Day Foundation

    • Aspen Global Change Institute

    • Carbon Removal Alliance

    • Carbon180

    • Cascade Climate

    • Center for Sea Rise Solutions

    • Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

    • Earthjustice

    • Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

    • Koppa Lab

    • Potential Energy Coalition

    • Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

    • Skyline Foundation

    • Third Derivative

    • U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

    • World Resources Institute (WRI)

    • City of Boston

    • City of Palo Alto

    • Con Edison

    • Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

    • National Grid

    • New York Power Authority (NYPA)

    • New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

    • NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice

    • San Francisco Environment Department

    • 1st Avenue Power

    • Aevit Services

    • Catalyze

    • CleanCapital

    • Convergent Energy and Power

    • EDP Renewables

    • energyRE

    • ENGIE

    • esVolta

    • Invenergy

    • New Leaf Energy

    • NorthStar Clean Energy Company

    • Ørsted

    • Primergy

    • Radial Power

    • Sunrock DG

    • US Solar

    • Voltus

    • Zelestra

    • Audette

    • Heirloom

    • Mars Materials

    • Measurabl

    • Noreva

    • Persefoni

    • Plantaer

    • Relae

    • Terraformation

    • Turnover Labs

    • Heatmap News

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SPONSORS

Thank you to all of our sponsors,
past and present:

  • DNV's logo
  • Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
  • Saul Ewing logo
  • Ropes & Gray logo