Pashon the environmental entrepreneur, activist and educator has been working towards sustainable solutions and environmental justice for 18 years. Her advocacy moved to the national stage in 2008 and 2009 as Pashon lobbied for various climate initiatives in Washington D.C.; working with organizations like Sierra Club, Repower America and the National Wildlife Federation. In 2010 Pashon Co-founded Detroit Dirt, a revolutionary composting company that provides materials management diversion from landfills and food waste solutions. In 2017 the Detroit Dirt Foundation (DDF) was created and Culture of Carbon (C2) consultancy was established the following year. DDF and C2 focuses on curriculum development, education, energy, research and reducing carbon emissions. Pashon and her work with Detroit Dirt began receiving national attention and have been featured in Ads for Ford, Mastercard, Pabst, Shinola and Vice. Newsweek named the MIT Media Lab fellow one of its “13 Women in Business to Bet on” and the United Nations Foundation named her one of 10 women to watch in the world. Pashon is a recipient of the Martha Stewart American Made Awards, also selected as one of 30 entrepreneurs at the Obama Administration's first-ever Demo Day. Currently Pashon serves on the Verizon Wireless Climate Justice Advisory board and she was awarded the 2021 United Nations FAO North American Food Heroes.

She has been interviewed on NPR’s “On Being” and featured in Vogue, EV commercials by Ford Motors, and presented at TED.

Climate Engineer, TEDX speaker, Entrepreneur, and Artist raised in Northwest Montana. B.S. Environmental Engineering from Columbia University and M.S. from SUNY. Mariah returned home to the Blackfeet Nation, where she founded Indigikitchen, an online cooking show dedicated to revitalizing Indigenous food systems. Recognized as a Champion for Change by the Center for Native American Youth and a Culture of Health Leader by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Mariah Gladstone is a passionate advocate for Indigenous peoples' rights and ancestral knowledge.

Head of Carbon Reduction, Neutral Dairy, Formerly Nike Circular Economy

A 5th generation rancher and climate scientist, Ann spearheads carbon reduction as the Head of Carbon Reduction at Neutral Dairy, the nation's first carbon-neutral food company available at stores like Whole Foods and Target. With over 15 years of experience at firms and corporations such as Nike and Coca-Cola, Ann has a robust background in climate change initiatives. She holds a graduate degree in climate change science and has made significant contributions to NASA's Earth Observing System Research Initiative. Ann has recently joined Watershed, a venture-funded startup with a groundbreaking enterprise climate platform where she continues her mission of helping institutions and companies rapidly reduce their carbon emissions. She has presented at places like SXSW. 

GEOSHIP | Housing Innovation | Regenerative Living | Smart Cities | Private CapitalFuturist | Housing Innovation | Regenerative Living | Private Capital Climate Technologies

With over 25 years of experience in digital technology and innovation and 15 years of startup & scaleup experience I am now committed to co-creating the future of regenerative living with Geoship. Our automated homebuilding and bioceramic homes allow communities to create affordable, healthy, all-natural, climate-resilient living. We have developed a breakthrough in ceramic composite material technology, and a team that includes leaders from Tesla and SpaceX, to manufacture the world’s most efficient structure. As the Director of BD, IR and Marketing, I lead the execution of our fundraising and community development to accommodate millions of humans and crush the cost of living.

I am also a Managing Director at ReGen Villages, a company that builds regenerative and resilient communities with integrated life support systems of food, water, health, energy, education, economic, transportation, and waste-to-resource management. Through the Village OS AI platform, we connect new and existing communities in smart bioregions, creating a borderless autonomous system to optimize and improve our lives and mitigate our challenges.

We can regenerate everything, from bacteria to humans and the stuff we make. Millions of Regens around the world will co-create regenerative infrastructure into ecosystems that are resilient to, and in harmony with, NATURE.

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Vice President, Hyundai Motor Company and Founding Director, New Horizons Studio

The Just Cause in my Infinite Game: That everyone has the freedom to safely go anywhere at any time under any circumstance and has reliable access to the transportation of their choice.

John is leading an NHS team focused on in creating new vehicle platforms augmented by robotic technology. NHS seeks to advance Hyundai Motor Group’s vision of Progress for Humanity by developing solutions that allow anyone to travel safely anywhere. NHS’ current focus is the development of ultimate mobility vehicles(UMV), UMVs can serve a broad range of applications including, but not limited to public safety, natural resource management, military applications, surveying, and space resource development. In 2017, John created Hyundai CRADLE (Center for Robotic-Augmented Design in Living Experiences) and established the Silicon Valley office. CRADLE combined corporate venture capital operations with open innovation programs in multiple areas of technology impacting HMG’s automotive businesses. He has also worked at the Palo Alto Research Center (now part of SRI) and General Motors Company.

Jerry Tinianow operates Western Urban Sustainability Advisors. WestUrb (westurb.com) assists local governments in creating and improving sustainability and climate action policies, plans and programs. Jerry’s work at WestUrb reflects the successes he achieved as Denver’s first Chief Sustainability Officer (2012-19). Under his leadership Denver won Platinum-level certification in the U.S. Green BuildingCouncil’s LEED for Cities program. Denver met its ambitious 2020 goal for community greenhouse gas reduction in 2018 – two years ahead of schedule. Denver’s record in mitigating climate change won it a place on the “A List” of top-performing cities issued by the international climate action organization CDP.

Jerry previously served as a national officer of both the Sierra Club and the National Audubon Society,and directed the Center for Energy and Environment at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. As Audubon’s executive director in Ohio, he conducted the largest capital campaign in Audubon’s history and developed the nation’s most urban nature education center, the LEED-Gold “Grange Insurance Audubon Center.” The Sierra Club designated him a national “Environmental Hero” during its centennial celebration. Jerry also served on the Global Executive Committee of ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, a group of over 2,500 local and regional governments that collaborate on promoting sustainable urban development.

Jerry received his undergraduate and law degrees from George Washington University. He practiced law as a commercial trial attorney for over 20 years and was a partner in two large Ohio law firms. He was the 2018 winner of the Wirth Chair Sustainability Award, given by the University of Colorado in recognition of his climate action planning work.