Environment+Energy Leader 50
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Meet the 2022 E+E Leader Honorees:
We are thrilled to present the fifth annual E+E Leader 50, recognizing the outstanding achievements of top executives, nominated by peers and selected for their remarkable contributions to advancing sustainable solutions and driving their companies and their partners toward a better future. With so many deserving nominations received this year, it was challenging to narrow down the list to just 50 honorees. However, we are proud to introduce you to this group of exceptional individuals who are making a real difference in the world.
These honorees come from a diverse range of backgrounds and expertise, including CEOs, VPs, managers, and engineers. They are driving innovation in areas such as renewable energy, sustainable supply chain management, circular economy, and many more.
To learn more about each honoree and their remarkable accomplishments, we have included their LinkedIn profiles for your convenience. We invite you to congratulate them on their well-deserved recognition.
Throughout the year, we will be publishing individual Q&As with each honoree on the Environment+Energy Leader website. Make sure to subscribe to our e-newsletter to stay up-to-date and inspired by the remarkable work of these 50 professionals who are shaping the future of our planet.
2022 Honorees
Lisa Larroque Alexander Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer Sempra ![]() | Amelia Avery-Bradley DEI Advisor / Consultant Inspired Vision Group ![]() |
Mike Azlen CEO Carbon Cap Management LLP ![]() | Heather Benner Project Director ENGIE ![]() |
Jeff Bishop CEO, Co-Founder Key Capture Energy ![]() | Sasha Calder Head of Sustainability Geno ![]() |
Katherine Canoy Senior Director, Energy & Climate Practice 3Degrees Group, Inc. ![]() | Melissa Chan Director of Grid Solutions and Strategic Partnerships Fermata Energy ![]() |
Jon Chorley Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Vice President, Supply Chain Management Product Strategy Oracle ![]() | John Crawford Co-Founder and CTO Ndustrial ![]() |
Jane Ewing Senior Vice President, Sustainability Walmart ![]() | Christopher Famolare Global Head of Sustainable Operations The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany which operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada ![]() |
Tom Flicker Global Lead, Sustainable Product Innovation Amazon ![]() | Patrick Flynn SVP, Sustainability Salesforce ![]() |
Jim Frey Co-Founder and CEO Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) ![]() | Tad Glauthier VP of eMobility Stem, Inc. ![]() |
Paula Glover President Alliance to Save Energy ![]() | Steve Goh Energy Management Director Vallarta Supermarkets ![]() |
Amath Gomis ESG Director CBRE ![]() | Wendy Gram Senior Environmental Engineer INEOS Styrolution ![]() |
Chris Gray Chief Technology Officer RENU Communities ![]() | Tim Hade COO & Co-Founder Scale Microgrid Solutions ![]() |
Virginie Helias Chief Sustainability Officer Procter & Gamble ![]() | Tara Helms Director of Sustainability North America Electrolux ![]() |
Chris Jackson Vice President Business Development Bernhard ![]() | Anita Jeerage Director, Sustainable Real Estate Unico Properties LLC ![]() |
Phil Jonat AVP Energy Business Line New York/National Market Lead for Electrification WSP USA ![]() | Vimal Kapur President and COO Honeywell ![]() |
Niki King Head of Sustainability Unilever ![]() | Amy Knight Vice President, Global Sustainability Edgewell Personal Care ![]() |
Holly Lahd Energy Manager Meta ![]() | Laura Lane EVP & Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer UPS ![]() |
Erika Le Director Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) Rehrig Pacific Company ![]() | Jessica Long Senior Director, Head of Sustainability, Americas Nuveen ![]() |
Monica Meagher Sustainability Group Manager Bay Area Rapid Transit ![]() | Kelly Meissner VP, Corporate ESG & Sustainability Ventas, Inc. ![]() |
Kyle Myers Vice President of Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability CyrusOne ![]() | Amy Nagengast Energy Program Manager San Francisco International Airport ![]() |
Kwabena Osei-Sarpong President and C.E.O RIFE International ![]() | Paula Panzino Chief Science Officer Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ![]() |
Doug Parker Co-Founder and CEO Ecolumix ![]() | Azaleah Peterson Sr AE, Financial Comm & ESG Edelman ![]() |
Jenelle Sams Sustainability Manager, NA Imerys Performance Minerals America ![]() | Adam Shalapin Director of Global Sustainability Ball Corporation ![]() |
Valerie Smith Chief Sustainability Officer Citi ![]() | Marvin Smith Director ESG Reporting & Disclosure GAP ![]() |
Chris Steadley Managing VP, DEI Gartner ![]() | Enrico Viale Head of Enel North America Enel North America ![]() |
Brigitta Witt VP, Social Impact and Sustainability T-Mobile ![]() | Lauren Zullo Managing Director of Impact Jonathan Rose Companies ![]() |
Past Honorees
2021 Honorees
JoAnna Abrams CEO MindClick ![]() | Salem Afeworki Energy and Sustainability Services Manager City of Costa Mesa, California ![]() |
Dave Arkell President & CEO 360 Energy Inc ![]() | Nikos Avlonas President Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) ![]() |
Cameron Bard Vice President, Developer Network Distributed Solar Development (DSD) ![]() | Miles Barr Chief Technology Officer Ubiquitous Energy ![]() |
Giovanni Bertolino Head of e-Mobility North America Enel X North America ![]() | Gus Block Co-Founder and Director of Marketing and Corporate Development Nuvera Fuel Cells ![]() |
Leonardo Bonanni Founder and CEO Sourcemap ![]() | James Boyle CEO & Founder Sustainability Roundtable ![]() |
Tim Brooks Vice President, Sustainability The LEGO Group ![]() | Marisa Buchanan Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability JPMorgan Chase ![]() |
Nicole Bulgarino Executive Vice President and General Manager of Federal Solutions Ameresco ![]() | Duncan Campbell Vice President Scale Microgrid Solutions ![]() |
Carolyn Campbell Energy Manager, Renewables Meta ![]() | Vincent Caprio Executive Director & Founder Water Innovations Alliance Foundation ![]() |
Samantha Childress Solutions Architect Manager, Microgrids Schneider Electric ![]() | Lynette Chung Chief Sustainability Officer Covestro ![]() |
David Cohan Director of Policy and Technical Analysis Institute for Market Transformation ![]() | Claudia Herbert Colfer Programming Coordinator UN Global Compact USA ![]() |
Mark Davis Director Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy Tulane Law School ![]() | Vetri Dhagumudi Global Water Program Leader Kimberly-Clark ![]() |
Mike Dieterich Associate Director SHE, Energy and Sustainability AstraZeneca ![]() | Aleksandra Dobkowski-Joy VP, ESG, The Estée Lauder Companies ![]() Read Aleksandra’s Q&A |
Gabrielle Dreyfus Senior Scientist Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development ![]() | Patrick Elie CEO and Co-founder Metrio ![]() |
William Ellis Vice President of Government and External Affairs Pepco ![]() | Adam Elman Group Sustainability Director Klockner Pentaplast ![]() |
Harry Etra Chief Executive Officer HXE Partners ![]() | Ashley Fahey Sr. Manager, Global Product Sustainability Kohler ![]() |
Alessia Falsarone Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing PineBridge Investments ![]() | Naeem Farooqi Global Technical Director – Zero Emission Mobility Wood ![]() Read Naeem’s Q&A |
Clifford Federspiel President and CTO Vigilent ![]() | Monica Ferrer Director, Energy and Sustainability Equity LifeStyle Properties ![]() |
Debbie Fitzgerald Director, Technology Policy CableLabs ![]() | Eric Corey Freed SVP of Sustainability CannonDesign ![]() |
Dan Gavin Vice President of National Real Estate ALDI U.S. ![]() | Michelle German Director, ESG & Sustainability LBA Realty ![]() |
Rob Gramlich Executive Director Americans for a Clean Energy Grid President Grid Strategies ![]() | April Guymon Director of MBCx ETC Group ![]() |
Christina Halfpenny Executive Director/CEO Design Lights Consortium ![]() | John Hanselman Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Vanguard Renewables ![]() |
Chris Hansen Vice President of Origination and Renewables Tennessee Valley Authority ![]() | Chuck Hansen Chairman & CEO Electro Scan ![]() |
Dylan Hoffman Sustainability Director Xanterra Travel Collection ![]() | Bob Holycross VP, Chief Sustainability, Environment & Safety Officer Ford ![]() |
John Horton CEO & President CPower Energy Management ![]() | Lon Huber Vice President, Rate Design and Strategic Solutions Duke Energy ![]() |
Oliver Iltisberger President Smart Buildings Division ABB ![]() | Scott Jacobs CEO & Co-founder Generate ![]() |
Larsh Johnson Chief Technology Officer Stem ![]() | Naji Kasem Director of Sustainability and Social Impact Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical ![]() |
Vlada Kenniff Vice President of Energy & Sustainability New York City Housing Authority ![]() | Carley Klekas Principal, Product Sustainability Sephora ![]() |
Mark Kline Sr. Manager, Nut & Energy Sourcing, Global Commodities The Hershey Company ![]() | Suzanne Lindsay-Walker Vice President Sustainability Novelis ![]() |
Bridgett Luther Sustainability Director Continuus Materials ![]() | Laura Malone Waste Programs Division Director Arizona Department of Environmental Quality ![]() |
Nancy Mancilla CEO & Co-founder ISOS Group ![]() Read Nancy’s Q&A | Nick Martin Senior Consultant, ESG Advisory Services Lead Antea Group USA ![]() |
Anthony Mathis Director, Energy & MWBE Initiatives Norton Healthcare ![]() | Thomas McAndrew Founder and CEO Enchanted Rock ![]() |
Darren McGann Director, Environmental Sustainability KPMG ![]() | Renee McKeon VP of Sustainability & CSR, Corporate Services North America Sodexo ![]() |
Trey Menville Environmental Supply Chain Analyst Mastercard ![]() | Robert Metzke Global Head of Sustainability, Philips ![]() |
Dean Miller Global Head Recycling and Circular Economy Innovation HP ![]() | Leanne Monsour Environment & Sustainability Director GE Appliances, a Haier Company ![]() |
Flora Moon Sustainability Director Expressworks ![]() | Ryan Morris Chairman & CEO Turntide Technologies ![]() |
Mark Newton Head of North America Corporate Sustainability Samsung Electronics ![]() | Susan Nickey Executive Vice President & Chief Client Officer Hannon Armstrong ![]() |
David Ocamb Director Global Environmental Programs Trane Technologies ![]() | Pradeep Panigrahi Head, Corporate Sustainability Larsen & Toubro ![]() |
Zack Parisa Co-founder and CEO NCX ![]() | Peter Perrault Director and Head of Circular Economy Enel North America ![]() |
Tim Peters Senior Director, Energy Operations Albertsons Companies ![]() | Bertrand Piccard Chairman & Founder Solar Impulse Foundation ![]() |
Natasha Porter Chief Customer Officer Benchmark Digital Partners ![]() | Mark Porter Vice President Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance ![]() |
Kevin Rabinovitch Global VP Sustainability & Chief Climate Officer Mars ![]() | Michael Rasmussen Director of Maintenance Goose Creek CISD ![]() |
Dawn Currie Reeves Global Environmental Risk & Compliance Manager, (HSSE) Team JLL ![]() | Lauren Riley Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability United Airlines ![]() |
Joanne Rodriguez CEO Mycocycle ![]() | Edgar Runnebaum Head of Real Estate & Sustainability Manager Mesoamerica Siemens ![]() |
Megan Saunders Director of Sustainability, Communities Lendlease Americas ![]() | Jigar Shah Director, DOE Loan Programs Office DOE ![]() |
Daniel Smedema Co-founder and Sr. Software Engineer Encamp ![]() | Brad Sparks Executive Director The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project ![]() |
Natalie Teear SVP, Innovation, Sustainability and Social Impact Hudson Pacific Properties ![]() | Maud Texier Head of Energy Development, Data Centers ![]() |
Fabien Thibault Global Manager, Product and Packaging Sustainability Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ![]() | Brandon Tinianov Head of Strategy Mynt Systems ![]() |
Rishi Tirupari Vice President Sustainability Wynn Resorts Macau ![]() | James Tu Chairman and CEO Energy Focus ![]() Read James’s Q&A |
Susan Uthayakumar President, Sustainability Business Division Schneider Electric ![]() | Chris Wei Vice President of Engineering Verdani Partners ![]() |
Josh Wiener AVP, Global Sustainability MetLife ![]() | Jill Ziegler Director of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Brookfield Properties ![]() |
Jim Boyle CEO & Founder Sustainability Roundtable Inc. ![]() | James Boyle CEO & Founder Sustainability Roundtable ![]() |
2020 Honorees
Melissa Adams AVP and Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer WGL | Matt Airhart President & COO VelocityEHS |
Sergie Albino CEO ecoSPEARS | Glen Anderson President ETC Group |
Kari Armbruster Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Project Manager Kroger | Alan Armstrong President & Chief Executive Officer Williams |
Doug Barndt Demand Side Energy/Sustainability Ball Corp | Dylan Beach Sustainability Manager GOJO Industries Inc. |
Jim Belbas Director of Continuous Improvement, Energy, and Sustainability Berry Global | Rich Berger Vice President of Engineering Clif Bar & Company |
Scott Bernotas Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management University of Pittsburgh | Christen Blum Vice President, Renewables & Analytics Advisory Edison Energy |
Kirby Brendsel Assistant Vice President – ESG & Sustainability Welltower | Misael Cabrera Director Arizona Department of Environmental Quality |
Valerie Cardwell Executive Director, Office of Sustainability Comcast NBCUniversal | Peter Carlson Chief Technology Officer, and Co-founder HydroPoint Data System |
Suzette Carty Senior Manager, Sustainability Brown Forman | Manuel Ceja Director, PS Global Manufacturing Sustainability and NA Market Operations Sustainability Procter & Gamble (P&G) |
Deep Chakraborty CEO ENACT SYSTEMS INC. | Adam Chrisman President SunEarth |
Peylina Chu Vice President Antea Group | Brian Curtis CEO Concentric Power |
Craig D’Arcy Director, Energy Management The Home Depot | Britt Daiss Director of Sustainability Xanterra Travel Collection |
Mona Dajani Partner Global Co-Head Energy & Infrastructure Projects Team Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Elena Daniel Vice President, ESG & Corporate Affairs CenterPoint Properties |
Marie-Agnes Daumas Global Head of Shopper Marketing & Retail Strategy TerraCycle | Ingrid De Ryck US Chief Sustainability and Procurement Officer Anheuser-Busch |
Jillaine Dellis Head of Sustainability for Consumer Products Business Henkel North America | Angelique Dickson President Inogen Alliance |
Tyler Espinoza Director, Energy and Climate Practice 3Degrees | Chandra Farley Just Energy Director Partnership for Southern Equity |
Mark Feasel President, Electrical Utility and Smart Grid, North America Schneider Electric | Xander Fong Director Billion Oyster Project |
Cristina Garcia Assistant Director Building Electrification Initiative | Ryan Goodman CEO and Co-Founder Scale Microgrid Solutions |
Jon Guerster Chief Executive Officer Dalkia, EDF Group | Scott Hambleton Managing Director of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) & Sustainability Applied Materials, Inc. |
Shweta Harit Global Brand VP Evian | Michael Hennessy CEO & Founder Wavelength Lighting |
Ryan Hicks Director – EH&S Compliance Walmart | Donovan Hornsby VP & Strategy Executive Gensuite |
Rob Howell Global Environmental Manager, Global Integrated Supply Chain Trane | Luke Jacobs CEO & Co-Founder Encamp Inc. |
Lane Jorgensen VP Investment Management MG Properties Group | Tafazzul Khan Sr. Project Manager, Energy & Sustainability Amazon |
Cindy Kloehn Head of Management System for Sustainability and Environment Airbus | Robert Knoedler Vice President/Principal – Energy/Commissioning Services Hanson Professional Services Inc. |
Fulya Kocak SVP, ESG Issues Nareit | Marcus Krembs Head of Sustainability, USA & Canada Enel North America |
Jacob Kuss Vice President Solarvision LLC | Philippe Lacamp Senior Vice President Cathay Pacific Airways |
Jules Lapointe Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Lowes Canada | Keith Ledbetter Managing Director North America Packaging and Paper DS Smith |
Eli Levine Program Manager US DOE | Steve Levitsky Vice President of Sustainability Perdue Farms |
Giel Linthorst Director, Investors and Large Corporations Guidehouse – Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Segment | Fairuz Loutfi Manager World Resource Institute |
Shubha Maheshwari Executive Director Verdani Partners | Shawn Mathiesen ROC Sr. Manager, Facilities Operations Banner Health |
Gavin McCormick Founder and Executive Director WattTime | Andrew McNamara Executive Vice President of Operations, California Bright Power |
Layne McWilliams Director of Water/Wastewater Customer Engagement Cascade Energy | Patty Menjivar Chair of KLF Corporate Sustainability Governance and Sustainability Manager Kleinfelder |
Phil Metro Manager, Distribution Services, Hoisington Manufacturing Plant Superior Essex Communications | Jeremy Metz Manager, Global Real Estate Energy Management and Sustainability Verizon |
Gary Michon Large Scale Facilities Operations EQ Office | Theresa Millard Project Manager, Sustainability and Stewardship Kohler Waste Lab |
Margery Moore Chief Executive Officer ehsAI (Moore & Gasperecz Global Inc) | Shawn Murphy Co-founder, CEO/CTO Titan Advanced Energy Solutions |
Jane Murray Global Head of Green Chemistry MilliporeSigma | Michael Okoroafor Vice President of Global Sustainability and Packaging Innovation McCormick & Company |
Tom Pagliuco Global Energy Management Executive Allergan | Mauri Paz Director, Product Management Cority |
George Presses Vice President – Fuel and Energy H-E-B | Charlie Quann Carbon Services Lead Antea Group USA |
Curt Radkin SVP, Corporate Properties Group Wells Fargo | Douglas Rossin Carbon Neutral Implementation Lead Rivian |
Hans Royal Director, Renewables and Cleantech Schneider Electric Energy & Sustainability Services | Stephen Russell Associate Director and Analytics Practice Leader Anthesis |
George Sakellaris President and CEO Ameresco | Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp Sustainability Manager Jackson Family Wines |
Amir Sekhavat Global Director, Enterprise Market Development and Product Management Superior Essex Communications | Bill Sisson North American Executive Director World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
Arcady Sosinov CEO & Founder FreeWire Technologies | Lee Taylor Founder and CEO REsurety |
Rob Threlkeld Global Manager – Sustainable Energy/Supply Reliability General Motors | Lindsay Tyson Manager, Energy & Sustainability DaVita |
Lisa Van Bladeren Senior Engineer, Sustainability Whirlpool | Jan Jaap Van Der Bij SVP of Environmental Health, Safety, Quality and Security Tate & Lyle |
Lee Vardakas President Aegis Energy, EDF Group | Pat Vincent-Collawn CEO Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) |
Katie Walsh Head of Cities, States & Regions Carbon Disclosure Project | Klip Weaver President Entegral Solutions, Inc. (E3) |
Tamie Webber VP Product and Support Verisk 3E | Dan Welsh Program Director Westchester Power — A Program of Sustainable Westchester |
Kevin Wilhelm CEO Sustainable Business Consulting | Athanasia Xeros Manager, Environmental Sustainability Mastercard |
Paul Yang Director – Innovation & Sustainability Tim Hortons | Lisa Zwack Head of Sustainability Kroger |
2019 Honorees
Joe Adams Stanley Black & Decker | Elena Alschuler View Inc. |
Abdulatif Al-Shami Saudi Aramco | Mark Anderson Icarus RT, Inc. |
Bruce Armitage Lake Shore Gold Mines | Jim Belbas Berry Global |
Dave Bertorelli Mastercard | Annie Bevan Superior Essex Communications |
Sutapa Bhaduri Owens Illinois, Inc. | Amy Bond Sprint |
Mark Branthaver FCA US LLC – Belvidere Assembly | Jeff Broin POET |
Taimur Burki Intel Corporation | Andy Bush Morgan Creek Ventures LLC |
Shannon Carroll AT&T | Angela Casler Sustainability Management Association |
Lesley Clarke Walker Industries | Daniel Cordova Ingersoll Rand Manufactura S. de R.L. de C.V. |
Laura Craft Heitman | Kevin Crosby Xanterra Travel Collection, Mount Rushmore |
Dhanushka de Silva SriLankan Airlines Ltd | Christophe Defert Centrica |
Brijesh Dhruve Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) LLC | Derek DiGiacomo SCTE |
Kirby Dipert Lockheed Martin Energy | Cynthia Figge CSRHub LLC |
Gil Friend Natural Logic, Inc. and Critical Path Capital | William Gagnon Excel Dryer, Inc. |
Julien Gervreau Jackson Family Wines | Alexandra Golubovic Diakont Advanced Technologies |
Adam Gordon Framework/UNGC | David Grantham National Research Consortium at Innovation Pointe Labs |
Jesse Grossman Soltage | Tim Guarnieri MUFG |
Jack Hachmann Madison Energy Investments | Kevin Hagen Iron Mountain Incorporated |
Alyssa Harding Justin’s | Kristen Hazard Wildnote |
Mark Heintz Sonos | Joe Hill FSG Energy |
Shea Jameel Welltower | Anne Kelly Ceres |
Bruce Klafter Flex | Terrill Laughton Johnson Controls |
Jennifer Leitsch CBRE | Luke Leung Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP |
Ian Lifshitz Asia Pulp & Paper | Meredith Lindvall Cox Enterprises |
Bhanu Murty Maddala Yanbu Refinery of Saudi Aramco | Andrea Mancino Bright Power, Inc. |
Subhasis Mandal EcoEnergy Insights | Anh Marella Avery Dennison |
Juan Marin Kimberly-Clark | Tom Marting GOJO Industries |
Russell Mayhew BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | Charles McEwen Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System |
Dave Meyer BSI EHS Services and Solutions | Liza Milagro Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
Maria Milescu FCA US LLC Kokomo Transmission Plant | Meg Moynihan Stericycle Environmental Solutions |
Chelsea Mozen Etsy | James L. Newman Newman Consulting Group, LLC |
Margaret O’Gorman Wildlife Habitat Council | Cindy Ortega Consultant |
Rebecca Ott J.M. Smucker Company | Joseph Parisi TD Bank |
Brian Payer Sphera | Jeffrey Perlman Bright Power, Inc. |
Kim Pexton Paladino and Company | Scott Phillippi UPS |
Jason Pope Hinds Community College | Matthew Praske Washington REIT |
Josh Prigge Sustridge | Dina Ringel Alpha EMC |
Caitlin Rood Mercy Housing | Katie Ross Microsoft |
Becca Rushin Jamestown, LP | Ariel Russ Macmillan |
Dennis Salazar Salazar Packaging, Inc. | Scott Savre Best Buy Co |
Greg Scandrett ADEC Innovations | Marta Schantz The Urban Land Institute |
Taras Senyuta Civeo | Shannon Smith PointGuard |
Travis Solberg Solberg Manufacturing, Inc. | Tony Sparks Albuquerque Public Schools |
Brandon Steele Big Ass Fans | Susan Hunt Stevens WeSpire |
David Symons WSP | Andy Tang Wärtsilä |
Emilio Tenuta Ecolab | Montey Thames MUFG |
Matthew Thurston REI | Glenn Trout VelocityEHS |
Michael Vargas CMTC | Aaron Welch Central Arizona Project |
Kraig Westerbeek Smithfield Foods | Todd Williams Lean & Green Michigan |
Jeff Wilzbacher DaVita | Charles Wright Axium Solar |
2018 Honorees
Kundan Attarde Chief Engineer Meluha The Fern | Lani Aviado Director, Waste Solutions, Waste Consulting Ecova |
Heather Bailey Executive Director of Energy Strategy and Electric Utility Development City of Boulder, Boulder CO | Ezgi Barcenas Senior Director of Global Sustainability Anheuser-Busch InBev |
Eben Bayer CEO & Co-founder Ecovative | Scott Beckerman Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Sustainability Comerica, Inc. |
Sue Beet-Atkinson Director of Sustainability SBM Management Services | Mona Benisi Senior Director of Sustainability Simon Property Group |
Lindsay Burton Green and Sustainable Remediation Team Coordinator ExxonMobil Environmental Services Company | Lisa Carty Corporate Director – EHS Compliance Kinder Morgan |
Michael Cheyne Director Facilities, Asset Management and Sustainability Department of Aviation Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Dochul Choi Senior Vice President Samsung Electronics America |
Susan D’Souza Senior National manager, Quality, Sustainability & Regulatory Staples Business Advantage | Beau Daane Director, Sustainable Development Fairmount Santrol |
Russ Delozier Director of Sustainability J+J Flooring Group | Tony Dunnage Manufacturing Sustainability Director Unilever |
Denise Elias Facilities Manager II US Cellular Corporation | Holly Emerson Senior Sustainability Analyst Ingersoll Rand |
George Enderlin North Facility Plant Manager Smithfield Foods – North Facility | Robert Fairey Senior Director of Energy Procurement & Waste Diversion Cox Enterprises |
John Friedman Manager, Sustainability WGL/Washington Gas | Valerie Gilbert EHS Compliance Manager BlueSky Solutions |
Catherine Greener VP, Sustainability Xanterra Parks & Resorts | Charlotte Gregory Sustainability Engineer Kohler Mira Ltd. |
Kyle Gumto Advisor Sustainability & EHS Cardinal Health | Emma Hamilton-Foster Environmental Sustainability Manager Primark |
Elizabeth Heider Chief Sustainability Officer Skanska Inc. | Jacquelynn Henke Vice President, Sustainability & Innovation Director TD Bank |
Joe Herrud Director, Environmental Operations Leprino Foods Company | Lynda Hogue Director, Aftermarket Distribution Carlex |
Alastair Hood President and CEO Verdafero | Hiroshi Ishizuka Program Manager, Western Digital Energy & Resource Management Programs Western Digital |
Krista Jaeger Manager of Sustainability Cintas Corporation | Beth Jensen Senior Director of Sustainable Business Innovation Outdoor Industry Association |
Michael Keefe Environment Lead FCA US | Joan Kerr Director, Supply Chain Responsibility Pacific Gas and Electric |
Philippe Le Gall Sustainability Systems & Reporting Manager Nestle | Kim Limbaugh Sustainability Director SGA Design Group |
Pat Lydon Sustainability Program Manager Legacy Health | Joe Markling Executive Director, National Property Operations USAA Real Estate Company |
Tanis Marquette Global Sustainability Leader Hexion | Charles Marshall Airport Engineering Manager Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
Paul Marushka President & CEO Sphera | Ali Masoudi Sustainable Materials Manager US Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BBCSD) |
Monica Miller-Brown Sustainable Design Manager Thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas | Gregory Mimms Vice President, Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Xylem Inc. |
Adam Muellerweiss Director, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs Johnson Controls | Peggy Murphy Sustainability Strategy Leader, North America Consumer Tissue Kimberly-Clark Corporation |
Jeff Myrdek Global Director of Energy & Sustainability CB Richard Ellis | Jim Newman Founder and Principal Linnean Solutions |
Scott O’Connell Director, Environmental Affairs & Producer Responsibility Dell Technologies | Dan Osterman Sustainability Champion Sundt Construction, Inc. |
Marissa Pagnani Group Vice President, Corporate Responsibility PVH Corp. | Tom Paladino Founder and CEO Paladino and Company |
David Rachelson Head of Sustainability Rubicon Global | Raj Rajan RD&E Vice president and Global Sustainability Technical Leader Ecolab |
Jeannie Renne-Malone VP, Sustainability Prologis | Steve Savage Founder and CEO 1908 Brands |
Morgan Scott Senior Technical Lead-Sustainability Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) | Kevin Shaver General Manager Veolia North America |
Suzanne Shelton President & CEO Shelton Group | Meghan Smart Program Coordinator Arizona Department of Environmental Quality |
Owen Smith Director of Utility and Grid Solutions Ingersoll Rand | Stephanie Stuckey Chief Resilience Officer City of Atlanta |
Tom Szaky CEO TerraCycle | Gillan Taddune CEO Banyan Water |
Patrick Thibaudeau Vice President of Sustainability HGA Architects and Engineers | Tim Trefzer Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Georgia World Congress Center Authority |
Allie Valenti Senior Specialist, Corp Environmental Affairs Stanley Black & Decker | Hans van der Wel Director of Ecodesign & Sustainability Philips |
Walt Vernon CEO Mazzetti, Sextant Foundation | Amy Vigneux Director – Sustainable Building Solutions ASSA ABLOY |
Ewan Watt Environmental Manager/UAV Pilot/Land Surveyor Cyberhawk Innovations | Maxfield Weiss Global Social & Environmental Responsibility Manager Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
Lincoln Young President Rockwood Recycling | Keith Aniol Director, Energy Management GGP Inc. |
John Bartlik Senior Director of Energy Services NYU Langone Medical Center | Bill Beck Managing Director Credit Suisse AG |
Michl Binderbauer CTO and President TAE Technologies | Gerald Boetsch Chief of Portfolio Optimization/Base Energy Manager Department of Defense |
Doug Bowman Sustainability Manager Wyndham Vacation Ownership | Simon Braaksma Senior Director, Group Sustainability Royal Philips |
Stephen Cannizzaro Director, Environmental Health and Safety General Dynamics | Andrew Carter Program Manager, CEMCS Commonwealth of Kentucky |
Darrel Carter Enterprise Energy Manager Sprint | Andrew Cassilly Resource Conservation Manager Harford County Public Schools |
Eric Coffman Chief, Energy and Sustainability Montgomery County MD | Gregory DiNome Director of Engineering US Energy |
Michael Donaghy Manager of Energy Efficiency Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Ryan Duffy President & CEO Blackstone Energy Services |
John Evicks Environmental Manager Bama Foods | Bennett Fisher Chief Strategy Officer ENGIE Insight |
Nicole Flewell Director of Sustainability Taylor Farms | Patrick Flynn Chief Engineer Jones Lang Lasalle |
Marcel Galjee Energy Director AkzoNobel | Kevin Geoghegan Global Energy Conservation Manager Intel Corporation |
Mark Grimes North American Engineering Manager Gordon Food Service | Jonathan Gritz Director of Energy and Sustainability JBG SMITH |
Byron Harris Solar Project Manager Extra Space Storage | Brian Hayduk CEO 5 |
Dustin Herner Energy Manager Weis Markets Inc. | Erin Hiatt Senior Manager, Energy & Sustainability Retail Industry Leaders Association |
Hoyce Ho Regional Director, Engineering and Energy Management AMEA Intercontinental Hotels Group | John Hoekstra Vice President of Sustainability and Cleantech Operations Schneider Electric – Energy & Sustainability Services |
Pranav Jampani Head of Sustainability The Venetian, The Palazzo and Sands Expo | John Jepsen Director of Energy Management US Foods |
Amal Jina National Energy Manager Shoppers Drug Mart | Bhuvnesh Joshi Corporate Energy Engineer Legrand North & Central America |
Matthew Klein President of NC & TN Utilities Inc. | Kyle Kreft Solar Manager GEM Energy of the Rudolph Libbe Group |
Alvin Kusumoto Sustainability Energy Manager Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) | Michele LeGoff Reid Sustainability Associate PGIM Real Estate |
John Lembo Global Facilities Director Wework | Gregory Leng Director RETScreen International/CanmetENERGY/Natural Resources Canada |
Vikas Makkar Regional Manager – Infrastructure Infosys | John Marler Vice President Energy and Environment Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) |
Sal Masotto Senior Director Facilities, West Coast Westfield, LLC | James McCall Global Product Supply Sustainability Leader Procter & Gamble |
Mike Mernick Senior VP, Energy Division ICF | Keith Miller Corporate Facilities Manager McLaren Health Care |
Robert Morris Director, Enterprise Energy & Engineering Caesars Entertainment | Sara Neff Senior Vice President, Sustainability Kilroy Realty Corporation |
Jon Odisho Senior Energy Specialist FCA US LLC | Marc Oman EU Energy Lead, Global Infrastructure |
Christian Paunon Deputy Director of Optimization/Energy Manager NYC Department of Education | Andrea Pinabell President Southface |
Saroja Raj Energy and Environment Program Manager Lockheed Martin Corporation | Douglas Rath Senior Director of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, The Americas Marriott International |
Ali Razban Director of BS in Energy Engineering & Assistant Director of IAC Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) | Gary Reviczky CEM Efficiency Design Consultant Stafford Mechanical |
Dale Roberts Principal Engineer of the Energy Resources Group Sonoma County Water Agency | Salvador Rodriguez International Sustainability Consultant, Expert on Buildings & Cities Consultant for GIZ (Deutsche Gesselschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit), the World Bank and The European Union |
Carol Scace President Ontracor, Inc dba Energard Technologies | Andrew Smith Global Sustainability Manager, Workplace Resources Cisco Systems, Inc. |
Ryan Spies Process Sustainability & Energy Manager Saint-Gobain North America | Daniel Sterner Global Energy Manager Medtronic |
Joe Taylor Executive Director of Facilities Owensboro Health | Adrian Tuluca Senior Principal Vidaris Inc. |
Liviu Ursachi Energy & Sustainability JLL | Sim van der Linde Project Director & Category Manager Renewable Energy Royal DSM |
Scott Van Kerkhove CEO/President Energywise Solutions | Michael Vargas Client Adviser CMTC |
Kevin Vidmar Vice President Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. | Marcus Wagner Global Environmental Manager SAP SE |
Marilyn Waite Director of Cleantech Strategy & Investments, Enter Cox Enterprises | Ken Walma Vice President and General Manager, Connected Buildings Eaton |
Sean West EH&S Associate Director United Technologies Corporation | Jay Whitacre Director, Trustee Professor in Energy of Engineering and Public Policy and Materials Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation |
Chad Wilkerson Senior Manager, Energy Procurement & Operations T-Mobile | Jay Wrobel Technical Partnerships Manager US Department of Energy |
2017 Honorees
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Emily Adams Sustainability Analyst MetLife | Kisa Adkins Senior Program Manager, Environmental and Compliance Newell Brands |
Tom Baker Environmental, Health & Safety Manager Ashland Inc. | Lee Ballin Head of Sustainable Business Programs Bloomberg LP |
Christopher Benjamin Director, Corporate Sustainability PG&E | Cheri Chastain Sustainability Manager Sierra Nevada Brewing Co |
Hugh Cherne Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability Best Buy | Brad Clauss North America Manager Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc. |
Larry Deeney Sr. Technical Leader – Global Environment General Mills | Kim DellAquila Sustainability Programs Reporting Manager GE |
James DeMouy VP Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Bridgestone | Kimberly Dennis Environmental Director CEMEX |
Projjal Dutta Director, Sustainability Initiatives Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York | Thomas Frost Director – Environmental Rexnord |
John Gallucci Environmental, Health and Safety Director Hasbro Inc. | Stefan Gerlicz Sustainability Program Manager Tesla Motors |
Elysa Hammond Director of Environmental Stewardship Clif Bar & Company | Cheryl Hasty Senior Environmental Specialist Target |
Dennis Hu Director EHS and SSE Ball Aerospace | Johanna Jobin Director, Global EHS & Sustainability Biogen |
Jason Johantges Director Environmental Health and Safety The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | Nancy Kitsos Senior Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety Raytheon |
Chris Krishna Director Environmental Occidental Chemical Corporation | Linda Kurtz Corporate Environmental Manager Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. |
Wendi Latko Vice President, Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability Xerox | Nathan Loftice Sustainability and Environmental BNSF Railway |
Rick Love Manager, Environmental Sustainability United Technologies Corporation | Jeff McCormack Audit Manager, Corporate EHS Compliance Audit Group Georgia-Pacific LLC |
Sam McEwen Global Environmental Manager | Ryan McMullan Environmental & Safety Manager Toyota Motor Sales |
Justin Murrill Global Sustainability Manager Advanced Micro Devices | Kirk Myers Senior Sustainability Manager REI |
Denise Naguib Vice President Sustainability & Supplier Diversity Marriott International | Sean Newsum Director, Environmental Strategy at Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing |
John Perkins Sr. Director, Environment, Health & Safety Johnson Controls | Doug Pontsler Vice President, Environmental, Health and Safety and Operations Sustainability Owens Corning |
Mary Jo Press Senior Environmental Health, Safety and Training Manager, North American Sustainability Lead Sealed Air Corporation | Josh Prigge Director of Regenerative Development Fetzer Vineyards |
Darcie Renn Senior Sustainability Manager Albertsons Companies | Frank Rukavina Director of Sustainability National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Kris Russell Environmental Program Manager Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | Steve Rybolt Environmental Program Manager Port of Seattle |
Bruno Sarda VP of Sustainability NRG Energy Inc. | Lanita Stevens Manager, Product Stewardship USG Corporation |
Grant Tew Director, Audit and Advisory Koch Industries | David Thompson Director, Corporate Environmental Department Panasonic |
Sven Vetter Global Director Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability – Consumer and Film Division Eastman Kodak Company | Charlene Wall-Warren Director, Sustainability BASF |
Jennifer Woofter Director of Sustainability, North America Thai Union Group PCL | Don Young Vice President EHS and Sustainability J.M. Huber Corporation |
Aiman Abdrabou Global Manager – Energy & Sustainability The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Sam Arons Lead, Energy & Infrastructure |
Roy Buchert Global Energy Director McDonald’s Corporation | Charles Chapman Group Manager, Energy & Reliability Engineering Shaw Industries |
Joe Chavez Deputy Director of Optimization/Energy Manager NYC Department of Education | Winston Chen Renewable Energy Manager Mars Incorporated |
Carolyn Cole Manager, Energy Initiatives United States Postal Service | Rich Coombe Manager, Energy and Sustainability PetSmart, Inc. |
Aaron Daly Global Energy Coordinator Whole Foods Market | John DeAngelis Energy & Special Projects Manager Steelcase |
Carol Dollard Energy Engineer Colorado State University | Eric Dominguez Corporate Director – Utilities, Engineering & Environmental Affairs Caesars Entertainment Corporation |
Jeffrey Eisenhauer Energy Manager Harbec | James Footitt Vice President Corporate Properties Group Wells Fargo Bank |
Rich Gorze Global Energy Manager Eaton Corporation | James Goudreau Head of Climate Novartis |
Ken Grobeck Strategic Sourcing Manager – Energy Manager Oldcastle | Caroline Holmes Senior Manager, Renewable Power & Energy Efficiency Project Management Walmart |
Frank Inoa Senior Director – Operations Engineering Arby’s Restaurant Group | Brian Janous Director of Energy Strategy Microsoft |
Debbie Kalish Program Manager, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability Ingersoll Rand | Jeff Kaman Global Energy Manager John Deere |
Lonny Knabe Manufacturing Energy and Carbon Director Nike | Gary Kuchyt Mgr. Energy & Sustainability Big Y Foods, Inc. |
James Masters Energy Manager Tractor Supply Company, Inc. | Joseph Mazzeo Director of Energy Macy’s Inc. |
Dave Mazzia Manager, Energy Management and Procurement BASF | Morgan McKay Global Sourcing Manager, Energy & Utilities Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. |
Craig Moeller Program Director, Bio Energy Lockheed Martin | Steven Moore II Director of Energy Management The Taubman Company |
Dennis Moran Director of Energy Supply, Americas Marriott International | Thomas Pagliuco Director, Global Energy Engineering Allergan |
Greg Peterson Manager, Global Energy & Environmental IBM | Brad Runda Global Director, Energy Koch Industries |
Don Scarsella Energy Program Manager Owens Corning | Marty Sedler Director, Global Utilities and Infrastructure Intel |
Kevin Sok Manager of Engineering and Sustainability Cox Enterprises, Inc. | Brittany Stanton Renewable Energy Senior Program Owner Target |
David Steiner Global Energy & Waste Leader Hexion | Arun Chris Suresh Director, Energy Optimization Domtar |
Rob Threlkeld Global Manager-Renewable Energy General Motors | Bob Valair Director, Energy and Environmental Management Staples |
Stewart Van Horn Director, Global Sustainability – Energy Solutions Kimberly-Clark | George Waidelich Director – Energy Operations Albertsons Companies |
Robert Weber Global Energy and Sustainability Program Manager HP | Jeff White Energy Efficiency Manager Ford Motor Company |
Mark Wilhelm Corporate Director, Sustainability and Climate Neutrality Initiatives Ameresco | Dennis Wolcott Global Facilities Manager Parker Hannifin |
Renée Yarmy Program Manager, Energy and Sustainability Port of San Diego | Douglas Yunaska Associate Director, Global Energy Sourcing Merck |