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Advisory Board

Right Honorable Kim Campbell
Canada’s 19th Prime Minister

Hon. Gray Davis
Former Governor, State of California
Of Counsel, Loeb & Loeb

Hon. Fran Pavley
Former California State Senator

Diane Wittenberg
Founding President, California Climate Action Registry

Ed Begley, Jr.
Actor and environmental activist

Governing Board

Linda Adams, Chair
Former Secretary for Environmental Protection
California Environmental Protection Agency

Peter M. Miller, Secretary
Director, Western Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Natural Resources Defense Council

Jan Schori, Audit Committee Chair
Retired General Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Steve Corneli, Nominating Committee Chair
Clean Energy Advisor

Teveia Barnes
Former Executive Director
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Peter Liu
Managing Director
Clean Energy Advantage Partners

Heather O'Neill
President
Advanced Energy Economy

Eduardo Piquero
CEO
MÉXICO2

Tim Profeta
Founding Director and Faculty Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Assoc Prof of the Practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University

Dr. Stephan Schwartzman
Senior Director, Tropical Forest Policy
Environmental Defense Fund

Katie Sullivan
Managing Director
IETA


Advisory Board Biographies


Right Honorable Kim Campbell
Canada’s 19th Prime Minister

The Right Honorable Kim Campbell P.C.; C.C.; O.B.C.; Q.C. first female Prime Minister of Canada (1993). Also held cabinet portfolios: Minister of State for Indian Affairs, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and Minister of National Defence and Veterans' Affairs. Thereafter, served as Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles. Then taught at the Harvard Kennedy School. She's a current member of and at different times has lead the Council of Women World Leaders, the International Women's Forum, and the Club of Madrid. She chaired the steering committee for the World Movement for Democracy, as well as designed and launched the Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta as its Founding Principal.

She is a trustee of the International Ctr for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College, London, and serves on the boards/advisory committees of several international organizations and corporations. Learn more at KimCampbell.com.


Gray-DavisHon. Gray Davis
Former Governor, State of California
Of Counsel, Loeb & Loeb

In 1998 Gray Davis was overwhelmingly elected California’s 37th governor, where he demonstrated bold environmental leadership by signing the first law in the nation to reduce global warming and greenhouse gases. He also created the first Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Registry and was the first to establish the nation's most ambitious commitment to renewable energy by creating a statewide Renewables Portfolio Standard.

Governing during an economic expansion, Davis made record investments in infrastructure and created four Centers of Science and Innovation on UC campuses, which today are inventing technologies that will make our world cleaner, greener, and safer.

In 2002 Governor Davis was re-elected to a second term.

Today he's Of Counsel at Loeb & Loeb, where he provides strategic advice to clients on numerous matters. He is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, regularly speaks before various academic and civic groups, and in 2009 was the Keynote speaker for Columbia Law School’s Graduation.


Sen-PavleyHon. Fran Pavley

Former California State Senator

As a California State Senator, Fran Pavley focused on climate solutions throughout her career as a legislator. In 2002, she authored a bill limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new cars and light trucks, creating a model for national standards that were adopted eight years later. In 2006, she authored the Global Warming Solutions Act, a comprehensive framework for cutting emissions across many sectors. In December 2012, she introduced the Clean Air and Advanced Transportation Investment Act (Senate Bill 11), which would fund successful vehicle and fuel technology and air quality programs to keep California at the forefront of the transition to a clean economy.

A native of Los Angeles, Senator Pavley spent 28 years as a public school teacher. In 1982, she became the first mayor of the City of Agoura Hills, and she served four terms on the city council. She was elected to the Assembly in 2000 and to the Senate in 2008.


Diane-PictureDiane Wittenberg
Founding President, California Climate Action Registry

Diane Wittenberg was a founder of the Climate Action Reserve.  She was the first president of The Climate Registry and California Climate Action Registry.   She was the executive director of the California PEV Collaborative and previously served as Vice President of Edison International.  She is the Chair of the California State Park and Recreation Commission.   California Goes Green, A Path to Climate Leadership, a new book co-authored with Michael R. Peevey, was published Summer 2017.


EdBegleyJrEd Begley, Jr.
Actor and environmental activist

When it comes to taking personal responsibility for the environment, few individuals can match the record of actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr. Known for turning up at Hollywood events on his bicycle, he has served as chairman of the Environmental Media Association and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. He serves on the boards of many organizations, including the Thoreau Institute and the Midnight Mission, His work has earned awards from numerous environmental groups including the California League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Coalition for Clean Air, Heal the Bay, the Santa Monica Baykeeper and the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation. Currently, he is the co-star of the hit Planet Green series Living with Ed, a look at the day-to-day realities of “living green” with his wife Rachelle Carson, who's not quite as enthusiastic about a rain barrel as he. The series has currently just finished airing its 3rd season. His first book, Living Like Ed, hit the streets nationally in February 2008, and the second book, Ed Begley's Guide to Sustainable Living came out in August of 2009.

Begley lives in Studio City, CA in a small, energy efficient home with his wife and co-star Rachelle Carson and their daughter Hayden.


Governing Board Biographies


Linda AdamsLinda Adams, Chair
Former Secretary for Environmental Protection
California Environmental Protection Agency

Linda S. Adams, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, serves as the Chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors.

Previously, Linda served in cabinet-level positions with three governors during her distinguished career with the State of California. Ms. Adams held key positions in both the Executive and Legislative branches during her many years in public service. As Legislative Secretary to Governor Gray Davis, Linda negotiated the passage of California’s clean cars law which is now the national standard.

In 2006, Ms. Adams was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Secretary of the California Environmental Agency (CalEPA), the first woman to serve in that position. Immediately upon her appointment, she was designated the governor’s lead negotiator on AB 32 (Pavley), California’s ground breaking climate change and clean energy measure. When Governor Jerry Brown was elected in 2010, Linda was asked to continue as Secretary of CalEPA and to assist in the transition.

Ms. Adams most recently was honored to work with the Chugach Alaska Corporation to ensure that Alaska native corporations can participate in California’s carbon market through the development of forest management projects.

Ms. Adams also serves on the boards of the Pacific Forest Trust, the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, and is the founding President of R 20-Regions of Climate Action. Ms. Adams also serves as a Sister on the Planet for Oxfam America.


Peter MillerPeter M. Miller, Secretary
Director, Western Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Natural Resources Defense Council

Peter Miller is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) with over 25 years experience in energy and climate policy. His work is focused on California energy policy, AB32 implementation, GHG emissions accounting and offsets. He is currently a boardmember of the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) and has served on the California Board for Energy Efficiency and on both Independent Review Panels evaluating the Public Interest Energy Research program at the California Energy Commission. Mr. Miller has degrees from Dartmouth College and Reed College. He is married to Anne Schonfield, has two children, and lives in Berkeley.


Jan SchoriJan Schori, Audit Committee Chair
Retired General Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Jan Schori is of counsel to the law firm Downey Brand LLP in Sacramento, CA. She is the former general manager and chief executive officer of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth largest publicly owned electric utility. During her 14 year tenure as CEO, the utility earned a strong reputation for its renewable energy and energy efficiency programs as well as the national number one ranking in commercial customer satisfaction by JD Power & Associates. Prior to serving as CEO she spent 15 years on the legal staff at SMUD, the last 5 as general counsel. She is past chair of the American Public Power Association, the Large Public Power Council, and the California Municipal Utilities Association. She is also past chair of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and served on the board of the Alliance to Save Energy. She was elected in 2009 to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) board as an independent trustee. NERC is responsible for the reliability of the US and Canadian bulk power grid. She continues to serve on the board of the Climate Action Reserve which develops protocols and tracks greenhouse gas reduction projects, and the board of Cal CEF Innovations, whose goal is to design and pilot business models, financial products and public policies that accelerate adoption of clean energy technologies.


Steve Corneli, Nominating Committee Chair
Clean Energy Advisor

Steve Corneli is an independent advisor on clean energy innovation, policies and strategies. He has worked in the power sector since 1990, at the intersection of new technologies and business models with the key policy-making institutions of state and federal government. At various times during his 14 year career with NRG Energy, Steve led the company’s wholesale market design and advocacy, government and regulatory affairs, climate policy, and clean energy policy and strategy practices. Prior to NRG, Steve was a utility consumer advocate in the Minnesota Attorney General’s office and a regulatory specialist serving competitive power sector clients in the law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard. Earlier in his career he managed a 600 acre family farm for more than a decade. Steve serves on the board of the Climate Action Reserve, the Executive Leadership Council of the Smart Electric Power Alliance, RMI’s eLab Advisory Council, and has also served on the board of the Solar Energy Industries Association and as a member of the Operating Committee of North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC).

Steve has an MA in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, concentrating on energy, environment and technology policy, and a BA degree from St. John’s College.


Teveia Barnes
Former Executive Director
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Teveia Barnes currently serves as the Executive Director of Lawyers for One America, a non-profit organization that promotes diversity in the legal profession and offers free legal advice and services to underserved communities in the San Francisco Bay area. Prior to her current role, Ms. Barnes served as the Executive Director of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank). IBank’s mission is to finance infrastructure, economic expansion, clean energy, water and environmental projects and to promote small business in California through the Small Business Finance Center. IBank’s statutory powers include the authority to issue bonds, make loans and provide financing and credit enhancements for a variety of infrastructure, clean energy, water, environmental and economic expansion projects to state and local governments, municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals. Prior to joining IBank, Ms. Barnes was commissioner of the California Department of Financial Institutions, the chief state regulator of depository financial institutions responsible for the licensing, examination and supervision of banks, credit unions, savings associations, trust companies, foreign banking organizations, industrial development companies and money transmitters. Barnes was a partner at the law firm of Foley and Lardner LLP. Barnes worked at the Bank of America NT&SA as associate general counsel and senior vice president. Ms. Barnes earned a Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law in 1978 and received her BA degree in economics, political science and German studies from Rice University in 1975, where she was an Arthur B. Cohn Scholar.


Peter Liu

Managing Director
Clean Energy Advantage Partners
Founder
New Resource Bank

Peter has launched several companies that are active today in clean energy and resource efficiency. He is the managing director and co-founder of Clean Energy Advantage Partners which helps corporations make tax advantaged investments in renewable energy projects. He is the founder New Resource Bank, which opened in 2006 as the first green commercial bank in the US and was also a founding director for Ecologic Brands.

Peter was formerly at Credit Suisse and JP Morgan Chase focusing on energy and project finance. He also served on the clean technology advisory board for the California Public Employees Retirement Systems and the California Teachers Retirement Systems. In policy and philanthropy, Peter is the co-founder of the China US Energy Efficiency Alliance and serves as a director for the Christensen Fund, the Bay Area Open Space Council and the Climate Action Reserve.

Peter has a technical background in energy and the environment, serving as engineer for the Chevron Corporation and the California Air Resource Board. He graduated from UC Berkeley Engineering and Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School.


Heather O'Neill
President
Advanced Energy Economy

Heather O'Neill is responsible for deepening and broadening AEE's relationships with funders, foundations, and building partnerships with allied organizations that advance industry growth. Before joining AEE, Heather was a program officer at the Robertson Foundation, leading the foundation's energy and environment efforts. Previously, she was Director, Public Affairs for Danco Laboratories, LLC, a start-up women's health pharmaceutical company.

Heather graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in Government and returned to Harvard's Kennedy School of Government to receive a Master in Public Policy.


Eduardo Piquero
CEO
MÉXICO2

Eduardo has more than 15 years of experience in international and national carbon pricing instruments and policy. He has focused on the development of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects and has designed climate change projects in several countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa in the following sectors: renewable energy, forestry, energy efficiency, oil and gas, aluminum, mining, landfills, agriculture, refrigerants, fertilizers, cement and construction.

He is currently the CEO of MÉXICO2, a Mexican Stock Exchange company, where he oversees the development of environmental markets such as carbon and green bonds markets. He has participated in the creation of a secondary market of Clean Energy Certificates (CEL) which supports the Mexican Wholesale Electricity Market.

He led the development of the simulation exercise of a Mexican Emissions Trading System as a preparation for the regulated emissions scheme in the country. The exercise was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and counted with the participation of more than 120 companies. He has been a speaker at several conferences and events related to climate change and climate finance. He is member of the Working Group on Green Finance of the United Nations Initiative for Sustainable Stock Exchanges.

Eduardo has several specializations in the development of emission trading systems organized by the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), organization in which he is instructor on carbon markets in Latin America. On these specializations Eduardo has paid special attention to the role of stakeholders from the electricity market due to its importance in emissions trading.


board_tim-profetaTim Profeta
Founding Director and Faculty Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Assoc Prof of the Practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University

Tim Profeta came to Duke on June 1, 2005, as founding director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Prior to his arrival, he served as Counsel for the Environment to Senator Joseph Lieberman. As Lieberman's counsel, Mr. Profeta was a principal architect of the Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act of 2003. He also represented Lieberman in legislative negotiations pertaining to environmental and energy issues, as well as coordinating the senator's energy and environmental portfolio during his runs for national office. Mr. Profeta has served as a visiting lecturer at Duke Law School, where he taught a weekly seminar on the evolution of environmental law and the Endangered Species Act. Before joining Lieberman's staff, he was a law clerk for Judge Paul L. Friedman, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.


Dr. Stephan Schwartzman
Senior Director, Tropical Forest Policy
Environmental Defense Fund

Steve Schwartzman leads EDF’s work on tropical forests and economic incentives for large-scale forest protection.

For more than 20 years, Steve has worked in the Brazilian Amazon with indigenous and traditional communities, governments, scientists and the private sector to slow deforestation and protect forests. EDF's Brazilian partners have contributed significantly to Brazil's dramatic success in reducing Amazon deforestation and establishing ambitious national emissions reduction targets.

An anthropologist, Steve lived with the Panará people in the Brazilian Amazon for a year and a half and learned their language.

His areas of expertise include tropical forests, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), Brazil and the Amazon, indigenous peoples and incentives for environmental protection.


Katie Sullivan
Managing Director
IETA

Katie serves as Managing Director of IETA, the premier global multi-sector business voice for the intersection of markets and climate change. For two decades, IETA’s mission has been to support durable climate policies and financial structures that attract private sector engagement and capital at scale. On behalf of IETA’s 150+ corporate members, Katie leads efforts to inform market solutions to address environmental challenges across the Americas and globally. She also manages IETA’s growing climate finance, aviation and digital innovation sustainability initiatives. Katie currently sits on the University of Toronto’s Environmental Finance Committee, the newly-launched Canadian Institute for Climate Change Advisory Panel, the International Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Knowledge Centre Board, Ivey Foundation’s Climate Advisory Group, the Global Steering Committee for the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), and Blockchain for Climate’s Advisory Panel. Prior to IETA, Katie worked as a Senior Consultant at ICF International. In 2019, Katie was recognized as a Clean16 and Clean50 award recipient for contributing to Clean Capitalism Leadership in Canada.