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

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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 Read Dave’s Q&A	Nikos Avlonas President Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) Read Nikos’s Q&A
Cameron Bard Vice President, Developer Network Distributed Solar Development (DSD) Read Cameron’s Q&A	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 Read Leonardo’s Q&A	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 Read Duncan’s Q&A
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 Read Patrick’s Q&A
William Ellis Vice President of Government and External Affairs Pepco Read William’s Q&A	Adam Elman Group Sustainability Director Klockner Pentaplast
Harry Etra Chief Executive Officer HXE Partners	Ashley Fahey Sr. Manager, Global Product Sustainability Kohler Read Ashley’s Q&A
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 Read Debbie’s Q&A	Eric Corey Freed SVP of Sustainability CannonDesign Read Eric’s Q&A
Dan Gavin Vice President of National Real Estate ALDI U.S. Read Dan’s Q&A	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 Read April’s Q&A
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 Read Chuck’s Q&A
Dylan Hoffman Sustainability Director Xanterra Travel Collection	Bob Holycross VP, Chief Sustainability, Environment & Safety Officer Ford
John Horton CEO & President CPower Energy Management Read John’s Q&A	Lon Huber Vice President, Rate Design and Strategic Solutions Duke Energy
Oliver Iltisberger President Smart Buildings Division ABB Read Olivers’s Q&A	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 Read Carley’s Q&A
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 Read Nick’s Q&A
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 Read Robert’s Q&A
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 AmericaRead Peter’s Q&A
Tim Peters Senior Director, Energy Operations Albertsons Companies	Bertrand Piccard Chairman & Founder Solar Impulse Foundation
Natasha Porter Chief Customer Officer Benchmark Digital Partners Read Natasha’s Q&A	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 Read Megan’s Q&A	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 Read Natalie’s Q&A	Maud Texier Head of Energy Development, Data Centers Google
Fabien Thibault Global Manager, Product and Packaging Sustainability Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Read Fabien’s Q&A	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. Read Jim’s Q&A	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 Google
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 Google
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