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Her primary engagement has been in the water sector, as she is the founder and director of the Water Alliance. She became especially passionate about environmental activism after living in Gloucester, which is an historic fishing port; her community is experiencing both mounting threats and inadequate responses within the overall structures of federal and state governance, but her insights into intricate systems at conferences and in research projects has reified her standing in wider national circles and has affected change in causes she cares about. Valerie has become an active volunteer within HACE by organizing Harvard’s Climate Conversations program, which is sponsored by the HAA. The final session is on January 13th, and the conversations have touched on climate change, biodiversity, planetary health, and social justice. Valerie was particularly motivated to do something at her 50th reunion in 2019, as many of her peers were concerned about the effects of climate change on their children and grandchildren. She reflected on the history of protests within her class during their undergraduate years, and many within her generation still want to make a difference. Valerie sees HACE’s potential in its ability to serve as a place for alumni of all generations and backgrounds to learn more about climate science, as well as emerging technologies and solutions in mitigation and adaptation. She wants the community to bring together citizens, professionals, government officials, investors, and other stakeholders to achieve high impact and equity in climate solutions. Valerie would like to encourage everyone to think about getting involved in local campaigns and causes in the places we all live, so that we can have a positive impact on our own communities as well as bring those lessons and skills back to the wider Harvard community to act and affect change together. Valerie Nelson was born in Norwood, MA and has spent most of her life between MA and Washington D.C. for policy and advocacy work. She graduated from Harvard College in 1969, from London School of Economics with a M.Sc in 1971, and from Yale with a PhD in Economics in 1977, and she also taught public policy courses at HKS and MIT in the 1970s. She is currently based in Gloucester, MA. https://www.harvardclimate.com/news/91bffxs9lwbaw1bry9zb016u43aijr monthly 0.5 2020-12-21 https://www.harvardclimate.com/news/climate-conversations-series-aims-to-build-community-spur-action monthly 0.5 2020-12-21 https://www.harvardclimate.com/news/volunteer-spotlight-naz-beykan-gsd-13 monthly 0.5 2020-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1608569499271-HJABPH8T40CYU2JZJBOW/1607376602806.jpeg News - Volunteer Spotlight: Naz Beykan GSD ‘13 Naz Beykan returned to her hometown of Istanbul after graduating from the Graduate School of Design in 2013 with a Master’s Degree in Design Studies: Energy and Environments. Since then, she has been working as an individual consultant on areas ranging from climate resilience to green buildings with organizations such as the World Bank Group and UNDP. As a child, Naz had an intense attachment to animals and was fascinated by the nature she witnessed on the walks her parents took her on through the woods. At the age of 3 she decided to become a zoologist, but as a young adult she realized she was more of an urban dweller and thereby found herself in architecture school focusing on sustainable design. On her first day of orientation at the GSD, Naz watched Richard T.T. Forman take the stage to talk about landscape ecology with a passion so contagious that in that moment she felt the same excitement she felt as a young girl strolling through the woods suddenly reemerge. Naz has dedicated her career to working on projects which address climate change and promote climate action. She is part of the Climate Research Association, an NGO based in Turkey, and in her personal life she chooses to not own a car, eat a plant-based diet, invest in energy and water efficiency measures in her own home, and try her best to be a conscientious consumer. “I believe Harvard is uniquely positioned to address the climate crisis, and HACE is the necessary catalyst for action. Many alumni hold key roles across pivotal organizations in both the public and private sector, have a high level of technical expertise and knowledge, and maintain vast global networks of influential individuals and institutions. Together, we can trigger meaningful change. Specifically, I would like to position HACE as an incubator for collaboration across disciplines and institutions in order to raise awareness, boost action, and generate impactful projects with a global reach. I hope everyone will help make this a reality so we can ensure a healthy and inhabitable planet for all.” https://www.harvardclimate.com/news/volunteer-spotlight-alaisha-sharma-college-20 monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1608569709348-CUCGX2W2A99W1I7TUEOT/image-asset.jpeg News - Volunteer Spotlight: Alaisha Sharma, AB ‘20 Alaisha is originally from Mountain View, CA and is currently based in Santa Cruz, CA. She graduated from the College in 2020 with an AB in Computer Science and a secondary in Energy & Environment and is currently working as a Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies. She identifies as an Indian / South Asian American woman, avid dancer, computer scientist, and passionate environmentalist. Alaisha has been passionate about the natural world since her childhood. As a child, watched Animal Planet like it was the Disney channel. In one of her classes she was moved to tears when reading about the Hundred Heartbeats Club, which is a list of species with less than 100 members left on Earth. And when visiting family in India, she saw the overwhelming pollution choking not only the wildlife around her but also her fellow human beings. However, she is still optimistic and active about the change we will be able to make, especially by uniting people across policy and tech. In the future, Alaisha wants to rethink how we build smart, sustainable cities, with a focus on developing countries. She would like to help bridge the gap between biologists, engineers, and architects to promote more bio-inspired design. In terms of HACE, Alaisha would like to see the expansion of the Mentorship Program to become an active hub that people can use to give or receive mentorship to their individual capacity, attend office hours to get feedback from experts on a startup idea, and receive informal peer reviews through discussion and collaboration. Her one ask for the group is that members invest their time in HACE. She believes "energy is contagious and you really do get out of it what you put in." 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Dinesh C - Dinesh C serves as the Communications Co-Director for HACE. Dinesh is CEO of Warehouse Exchange leading the developing of AI clearinghouse for flexible warehouse space. Dinesh was selected into the Harvard Climate Entrepreneur's Circle, co-organized by HACE. Dinesh earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business Economics at Brown University. He later pursued a Master of Liberal Arts in Sustainability at Harvard. Dinesh took a unique break in his tech career and completed a Master's in Coffee at the Università del Caffè in Trieste, Italy. Dinesh co-founded Climate Masterminds with UC Berkeley to spotlight sustainability leaders and foster an environment for sharing insights on climate action, networking with passionate climate activists, and enhancing individual capacities to effect positive change. Dinesh also serves as a Board Member of JCYC in San Francisco, a non-profit organization serving 7,000 children and youth annually from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. Away from work, Dinesh practices Kendo in San Francisco, a Japanese martial art that emphasizes discipline, focus, and resilience. On the lighter side, he's also on a quest to find the perfect macchiato, a love for coffee nurtured during his studies in Italy. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/daniel-bicknell-hks-20 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/f4e0975a-53cd-4492-81d5-64ee4bb6a540/IMG_1242_2024-05-10-031144_xusy.jpg Management Committee - Michelle Faggert Michelle Faggert is passionate about unlocking the potential of the education sector as a force for climate action. As a Senior Program Associate for This Is Planet Ed at the Aspen Institute, Michelle helps envision schools across the country as spaces to empower the next generation of climate advocates and scientists. Prior to this role, she worked for the Center for Civics, Education, and Opportunity to build bipartisan coalitions of leaders across the country and as a Leadership for Educational Equity fellow at the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education. Through Teach for America, she also served as science educator and department chair in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she taught 8th grade students of all backgrounds and abilities the essential role of science in today’s society. She has had the privilege of working for influential environmental nonprofits and organizations, including the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club. Michelle earned her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and recently completed her Master of Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Michelle is currently working to earn a certificate in Clean Energy Financing and Deployment from Yale University. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/betsy-figueroa monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1762374991908-O51B96LHYB1HJXBXJ5QE/Photo+BFM.jpg Management Committee - Betsy Figueroa - Betsy Figueroa is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte, specializing in Sustainability, Climate, and Equity within the Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi3) practice. In this role, she supports green energy projects in accessing federal tax credits and incentive programs that advance the transition toward a low-carbon economy. With more than 12 years of experience in global trade, investment, and international cooperation, Betsy has worked across industries in China and Latin America, contributing her expertise in global sourcing, contract negotiation, and strategy development. Her work integrates a strong technical, geopolitical, and macroeconomic perspective to help organizations navigate complex sustainability and investment landscapes. Betsy holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and anMBA focused on emerging markets, alongside a Master’s in Economics from theUniversity of International Business and Economics in China and a Summa Cum Laude degree in Industrial Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She has been recognized with several international awards, including the “Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Scholarship” and the “Silk Road Ambassador” designation for hercontributions to cross-border collaboration and sustainable development. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/ivy-fangyu-lin-hsph-22 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/cfbf79cb-400b-41eb-bfa6-0ec1c9b246f8/Ivy.jpg Management Committee - Ivy Fangyu Lin - Ivy Fangyu Lin is a dentist, educator, and sustainability champion within the dental community. In 2022, she completed her Master of Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she focused on health policy and climate action. Ivy is incredibly passionate about decreasing waste and greenhouse gas emissions in the healthcare sector, and she is raising awareness about the issue within the dental community through conference speaking and graduate education. In her role as an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Dentistry, she founded the Climate Action and Sustainability Team which has become a national leader in dental climate action and research. As the Communications Deputy Director at the Harvard Alumni in Climate and the Environment, Ivy is excited about connecting brilliant minds to share ideas and to work towards making Earth a safer, cleaner and more hopeful planet. Ivy grew up in Montreal, Canada and is currently based out of Seattle, WA. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, traveling and karaoke. Also, ask her for restaurant recommendations any time! https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/matt-hegarty-college-82 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/16ab368a-b0ff-419c-a85c-61964bf9fdee/Matt.jpg Management Committee - Matt Hegarty - Matt Hegarty joins the team as a Program Director in Information Security for Royal Philips, a Dutch Health Tech company with their North American headquarters in Cambridge, MA. In his Cyber Security and Information Technology career, he has developed a reputation for team building, project management, and simplifying for business leaders the complex principles embedded in advanced technology disciplines. Matt has been involved with the Harvard Alumni community in several ways. He has been a long-time member of the Harvard Club of Boston, serving as board/executive committee member, chair of their budget & finance committee, and recently finished a term as the club’s 39th president (2019-2022). In addition, he serves on the class of 1982 reunion committee, and served as his Club’s HAA director from 2017-2019. As the Partnerships Director for Harvard Alumni in Climate and the Environment, Matt will be focused on forging relationships with Harvard Clubs and SIGs throughout the world to complement community-wide missions, resources, and alumni events. In addition, he seeks to learn more about climate and environmental challenges from his talented colleagues. Matt majored in Philosophy, and graduated with the great Harvard College class of 1982, the last College class where everyone who applied got in! https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/william-jensen-diaz-23 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/d33fac2d-7028-4ae8-8b7c-b66d3e90251d/Jensen+Diaz+2+%281%29.jpg Management Committee - William Jensen-Diaz - William Jensen-Diaz serves as the Community Development Co-Director, boasting over 13 years of experience in the climate and energy sectors. His expertise lies particularly in stakeholder management, partnerships, and international cooperation for climate action and the clean energy transition. His research encompasses policies and best practices for expanding low-carbon economies and exploring emerging technologies. During his career, he has held various positions in the Federal Government of Mexico, the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), and currently serves as a consultant for the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) at the World Bank in Washington D.C. An Edward S. Mason Fellow, he graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2023 with a Master’s in Public Administration. In 2012, he was selected to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the US Department of State on renewable energy and climate change. Additionally, in 2015, he was awarded the Chevening scholarship from the British Government to pursue an MSc in International Public Policy at University College London (UCL). Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/christian-lin-college-2021 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1b34e02f-4a7c-463b-bb49-94bac62179c6/Michael-Jaffe-Image-240x300.jpg Management Committee - Michael Jaffe - Michael Jaffe is a partner in Mersky, Jaffe & Associates, a national consulting and executive search firm that works with not-for-profit organizations, significantly in the area of fundraising and strategic planning. Prior to his present position, he worked as an attorney, corporate executive, director of Major Gifts at UJA-Federation in New York and as President of the Jerusalem Foundation. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College and Harvard Law School and resides in New York City and Sag Harbor, NY. Michael has served as the chair of the sustainability task force at the New Jewish Home, a geriatric facility in the the New York metropolitan area and is presently a member of the Environmental Advisory Committee of the Village of Sag Harbor. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/thomas-klein monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/57bd29f8-71b6-4451-b97e-9fdf273be7d9/Thomas_Klein.webp Management Committee - Thomas Klein - Tom Klein, ASLA, WEDG is a landscape architect and urban designer based in Miami. He is passionate about crafting public spaces that are ecologically resilient and socially vibrant. Working at the intersection of design, policy, and climate adaptation, he is drawn to large-scale projects that integrate human and non-human systems to advance urban resilience. As a practicing designer, Tom has collaborated on projects that reflect the complex challenges facing cities today, building diverse coalitions and developing new approaches for a wide range of topics including affordable housing finance, waterfront design, and mobility planning. Tom currently serves as Director of the Center for Urban and Community Design at the University of Miami. He previously held roles as a Project Manager at SCAPE Landscape Architecture and as the Waterfront Planning & Design Advisor at the Waterfront Alliance. He holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/al-nierenberg-hbs-90 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/88070b49-a88f-4166-ba51-5cd19cc743ad/Al.jpg Management Committee - Al Nierenberg - Al Nierenberg is an outdoor enthusiast, executive coach, facilitator, change management consultant, and corporate trainer. He has worked on strategic, organizational, and operational issues in a wide variety of industries for the past thirty years. Al is socially and environmentally conscious, strategic, and focused on sustainability. He currently serves as a board member and Council Co-Chair of Mass Audubon. He is also a board committee member and an advisory council member of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Trustees. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/eleanor-powers-college monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1608572049826-WVAGO2DGIXMEOQKPQWPY/Eleanor.jpg Management Committee - Eleanor Powers Eleanor Powers, Founder and President of Powers Media & Entertainment Consulting, is a media executive with a deep commitment to fighting climate change. She has deep knowledge of digital advertising, marketing and publishing companies, technologies and ecosystems and has specialized in research and strategy to accelerate transformation in complex industries undergoing rapid change including extensive work in financial and operational benchmarking, business-to-business product/market strategy, and comprehensive overviews and whitepapers. She has held executive positions at digital start-up L2 Inc., The Online Publishers Association (Digital Content Next), United Media (Scripps Howard), Fairchild Publications (CapCities/ABC - Disney) and consulted for McKinsey & Company. Early in her career she was an agricultural development consultant in appropriate technologies for Philippine Business for Social Progress in Manila and the Executive Director for Mass Federation of Farmers Markets, a non-profit starting and supporting retail cooperatives for small farmers in Massachusetts. She maintained her links to economic development as Co-Chair of Oxfam America’s New York Committee from 2004 to 2012. Eleanor has an MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Radcliffe College. She has an MA in Food Policy and Agricultural Economics from The Food Research Institute at Stanford University. Eleanor has been a part of a small group of Harvard alumni founding Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment, an official Harvard Alumni shared interest group. She is currently acting as is Programming Direct as well as its Finance Director. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/james-stillwell monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1773314618057-EZF6GZ6WEZ4X3Z936HML/James_Stillwell.webp Management Committee - James Stillwell - James serves as the Community Development Co-Director. James is an organizational consultant who empowers public, private, and nonprofit clients to realize their creative visions. Whether anchored at the University of Maryland or the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, he has overseen program design and cross-sector partnerships on climate, conservation, diversity and inclusion, and leadership education. James holds an A.B. in urban studies from Harvard College and master’s degrees in conservation biology and environmental policy from the University of Maryland. A proud gay man with roots in the Chesapeake Bay region and Canada, James is excited to help foster a welcoming, inclusive, and energizing spirit of community for HACE members. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/dinesh-c-hes-23-n9ys8 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/182545bc-d45d-4b50-b264-7c4116376af1/Deng-Tung_Wang.jpg Management Committee - Deng-Tung Wang - DT Wang has spent the majority of his career on decarbonization and the energy transition through climate tech and innovations. He started his career as an engineer before transitioning to business and commercial development across energy, clean fuels, and carbon capture. corporate development, and commercial deployment across energy, clean fuels, and carbon capture. His experience is focused on commercializing emerging technologies such as carbon capture and storage, sCO2 power cycle, clean hydrogen/ammonia, and direct air capture. DT earned an M.A in History of Science and a joint concentration in Environmental Engineering and Public Policy from Harvard University. He is passionate about supporting students and young professionals in working on climate and the environment. https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/onru0w69qrmt81shkve15ybmjts63m monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/secretary monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/a398d8d1-7296-4fe5-befc-f8509582d6b1/Avatar.png Management Committee - Could this be you? - We are looking for a Secretary, if you think this could be you, please follow this link to find out more and apply: Apply Secretary position https://www.harvardclimate.com/management-committee/co-director-communications monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/a398d8d1-7296-4fe5-befc-f8509582d6b1/Avatar.png Management Committee - Could this be you? - We are looking for a Co-Director of Communications, if you think this could be you, please follow this link to find out more and apply: Apply for Co-Director of Communications position https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/rebekah-emanuel monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1609524399176-8XVX81EXEQ2LNIF8F7TC/rebekah.PNG Team HACE - Rebekah Emanuel - Rebekah Emanuel is Head of Social Entrepreneurship and Climate at Harvard. Based out of the Harvard Innovation Labs she advises entrepreneurs across all 13 Harvard schools. She is the founding Chair of the Harvard Climate Entrepreneur’s Circle, a joint initiative of HACE and Harvard innovation Labs with expertise from Harvard Business School’s Business and the Environment Initiative. Emanuel has also hosted the HBS podcast Climate Rising, focusing on unexpected businesses from around the world that address climate change and create a profitable model while doing so. She previously served as the Executive Director of the first long term plan for the city of Boston in 50 years where she was responsible for integrating bold climate priorities for carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Rebekah has been on the founding team of for-profits companies that are now household names, and helped stand up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the US government after the 2008 mortgage crisis. She is Board Chair for Muso Health, credited by Reuters with achieving the fastest and steepest declines in child mortality documented worldwide. She started her career at McKinsey and Company. Rebekah Emanuel received her BA from Yale, and her MBA from Harvard Business School. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/kathy-lowry monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/bc2c3cd1-d6a4-4112-89cf-14a68af9fbb7/Kathy.jpg Team HACE - Kathy Lowry - Kathryn Lowry is a translator and researcher, focused on people and ideas on the margins who became agents for change. She has written on how print spread music and how media can alter concepts. The materiality of ideas is central to her work across disciplines. She turned to the art sector after twenty years teaching Chinese literature and language, founding a gallery to give workshops in conjunction with exhibitions. Because she believes in the power of dialogue, she has organized numerous conference panels, seminars, artist residencies, and contemporary art exhibits, in collaboration with scholars, artists, and curators. Lowry’s interest in material resources and transformation—and a hands-on papermaking workshop—led to an invitation to join the Circular Community Hong Kong in 2016. CCHK is a dynamic, multi-pronged effort to inspire and educate people across fields in order to make circular economic practices mainstream. She completed the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Bootcamp, the beta version. She is also a Master Composter, part of a cohort at the New York Botanical Garden. She started her career at Project Zero, as research assistant to Howard Gardner. She received a BA from Princeton and her doctorate from Harvard. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/diana-mckeage monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/882e208a-ffb5-4906-bb12-5fb561d179fb/Diana_McKeage.webp Team HACE - Diana McKeage - Diana McKeage works at Miller Center for Global Impact at Santa Clara University, where she helps lead Miller Center Capital, an impact-first fund backing social enterprises advancing climate resilience and women’s economic power. From building a diverse undergraduate impact investing internship program to co-leading research on the true cost of catalytic capital, she focuses on reshaping economic systems so real money reaches climate- and justice-centered entrepreneurs worldwide. As Book Club Co-Lead for Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment (HACE), Diana treats novels and nonfiction as tools for climate imagination and social change, rooted in her A.B. in Comparative Literature and DRCLAS Certificate in Latin American Studies from Harvard College ’12. After college, Diana worked with microfinance institutions and Grameen Bank in Nicaragua and Argentina on a Harvard Booth Fellowship, then built experience across corporate sustainability, data analytics, and agricultural supply chains. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and remains especially committed to the impact ecosystem in Latin America. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/alida-monaco monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/302473d6-5319-4477-b350-ca5f80246887/Alida+Monaco Team HACE - Alida Monaco - Alida is a New York native, passionate about instigating greater private and public sector decarbonization efforts, developing climate adaptation solutions, and furthering equitable climate policy solutions. Currently, Alida is a dual degree candidate at Harvard Kennedy School and MIT Sloan, pursuing a Master's in Public Policy and an MBA. Previously, Alida worked as a Carbon Data Advisor at Watershed, a decarbonization platform whose mission is to remove 500 megatonnes—equal to 1% of total global emissions—of carbon dioxide equivalent from Earth’s atmosphere every year by 2030. Alida is serving as the HKS Student Liaison, and is excited about the impact that students and alumni can have together. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/stephen-parkes monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/ca25a4c6-8c79-4e17-bd07-7d566d2195c1/Stephen_Parkes.webp Team HACE - Stephen Parkes - Stephen Parkes serves as a co-lead of the HACE Book Club. Committed to the intersection of finance and sustainability, he is an experienced investor, advisor, and operator with a track record of growing and advising start-up and growth companies across multiple continents. Throughout his career, Stephen has balanced a deep empathy for stakeholders with a rigorous focus on strategic thinking and financial modelling. Stephen’s entrepreneurial background includes founding and leading education-focused ventures that reached users globally and scaled teams across multiple countries. Beyond his own ventures, he has spearheaded strategic consulting projects in Europe, North America, and the Middle East and orchestrated the launch of a corporate-sponsored accelerator at the Cambridge Judge Business School. He earned his Master’s degree in Management from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Katie Y.F. Yang Prize and served on the Harvard Council of Student Sustainability Leaders. Stephen holds a Sustainable Investing Certificate from the CFA Institute. A dedicated mentor, Stephen supports new ventures through initiative such as Harvard’s Lemann Program. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/tom-polton monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/7c94273f-4fd0-4fd6-8aaf-b82aaf27693d/Tom_Polton.webp Team HACE - Tom Polton - Tom is an Adjunct Professor teaching "Enterprise Sustainability" to graduate students at Clarkson University and lecturer at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. At Pfizer, Tom led various global environmental, health and safety programs including their Environmental Sustainability, Product Stewardship, Occupational Medicine, and Process Safety programs. Since leaving Pfizer, Tom has been actively involved with Climate Reality Project, former Vice President Al Gore's grassroots climate organization. He serves on the NY State Leadership Team, chairs the Hudson Valley New York chapter, and coordinates initiatives for educators and schools. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/john-power monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1772531524918-CYFF7YPR9IX77C2TKGV6/John_Power.webp Team HACE - John W. Power - John Power has devoted his career to leading and advising companies throughout the Agri-Food Chain on a global basis. He has held executive positions in start-up business operations, mid-size companies and large multinationals. He is Founder and President of LSC INTERNATIONAL, Inc., a Chicago based consulting/advisory firm specializing in the provision of strategic and business development advice to participants in the global Agri-Food Chain. LSC was established in 1997 and has developed a client base in North America, Europe, The Middle East and East Asia. He is also Chairman of Pierce Manufacturing Company in the irrigation business. He has founded a number of companies and is an active Angel Investor with HBS Angels of Chicago. He serves on the board of Psylotech Inc., and is a Senior Advisor for IntelinAir Inc and SWARM Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Farm Foundation Roundtable, a board member of Harvard Alumni for Agriculture and Food Association, and a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and the American Seed Trade Association. He has served on the HBS Alumni Board and on the board of the Harvard Alumni Association. He graduated with a B. Comm and M. Econ. Sc., from University College, Dublin, Ireland and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a citizen of both Ireland and the United States of America. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/brooke-suter monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/cb438396-4e20-4155-a396-8a6cb1bdb98d/Brooke+Suter.headshot.bio.HKS+Alumni+Board.Nov+2018+copy.jpg Team HACE - Brooke Suter - Brooke Suter supports personal resilience in concert with action empowerment to holistically address the climate crisis. As a state or national director for 20 years, Ms. Suter worked in 50 states and federally to build diverse coalitions, empower activists and lead adoption of nationally precedent-setting environment and public health legislation, regulation and incentive-based programs in the United States. Focusing on the role of our internal condition in supporting transformative social change, currently, she is: (1) Integrating MIT’s Theory U: Awareness-based Systems Change into sustainability approaches, (2) Developing Sustainable Leadership to Thrive to support personal and planetary sustainability equally, (3) Supporting sustainability systems thinking across coursework, culture and alumni at the Harvard Kennedy School, and, (4) Collaborating internationally on tools for informed public action on the UN’s interrelated Sustainable Development Goals (gender, poverty, climate, and more) via Sulitest.org. Ms. Suter has received NGO, city and state awards, and is a Guinness Book of World Records record holder. https://www.harvardclimate.com/team-hace/trevor-thompson monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1772526683752-K3N9AJ5JAEQGD1GHLYMJ/Trevor_Thompson.webp Team HACE - Trevor Thompson - Trevor’s areas of focus include climate and health, environmental and climate justice, equitable adaptation and resilience, and responsible finance. Currently, Trevor serves as Environment & Climate Director at an organization that supports under-resourced community development financial institutions (CDFIs) across the U.S., supporting CDFIs that focus on affordable housing, small businesses, and low-income communities. Prior to his current role, Trevor served as Program Officer and mission-aligned investments advisor at a family office, where he established and managed various portfolios in Just Transition, climate and health, and equitable adaptation and resilience. He also led initiatives to ensure that investments in the endowment and retirement plans were mission-aligned. Trevor has worked with frontline grassroots organizations from the Bronx to Alaska. Trevor has experience with strategic foresight as a professional futurist, as well as management consulting. Trevor has served on multiple advisory boards and steering committees related to environmental justice, climate, investing, and philanthropy. Trevor has developed, supported, and co-led HACE events in NYC, as well as HACE events related to environmental justice, climate change and wine, climate-conscious retirement planning, and climate and health. Trevor earned his AB at Harvard College in Environmental Science and Public Policy, as well as an MBA and Master of Environmental Management (MEM) from Yale University. https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads daily 0.75 2026-04-25 https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads/ken-briggs monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1777107840899-J28JDWHTYEA9WQ3K8YX0/Ken+Briigs+.webp Regional and Local Leads - Ken Briigs - Ken Briggs is a founding member of Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment – Texas, and a graduate of the Harvard Extension School's Master of Liberal Arts program in International Relations. His graduate research focused on reshoring critical mineral and silicon supply chains for U.S. energy and national security. Ken is an engineer, policy researcher, and consultant whose work bridges technical and policy domains across the energy transition. He holds a Professional Engineer license and is pursuing a PhD in Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin, where his research focuses on the geopolitics of critical minerals and the energy transition. He also publishes Current History, an independent publication covering the intersection of history, policy, and technology. A sixth-generation Texan, Ken brings both a deep connection to the state and a firsthand understanding of its outsized role in the energy landscape — making Texas a natural home for a HACE chapter. He is based in Dallas and can be reached at keb868@g.harvard.edu. https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads/emilie-litsas monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1777108991915-43EOBERWU66PYHFF2JAP/Emilie+Listas+HS.webp Regional and Local Leads - Emilie Litsas - Emilie leads sustainability projects for State and Local Government as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Government & Public Services. Having worked across four administrations on human-centered design consulting, her most recent work involves developing strategies for water resilient technology, workforce engagement, permitting, nonprofit access to advanced technologies, and inclusive leadership. Emilie helped build the first refugee service community in Deloitte’s global practice and is passionate about social impact and social innovation. Prior to consulting, Emilie served as a Boren Scholar in Istanbul, Turkey and as a Delegate to United Nations at four Commissions. She holds an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA from Dartmouth Tuck School of Business, and a Bachelor’s from American University in International Studies. In her free time, she enjoys biking community trails, making ceramics, and making Greek recipes. https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads/smriti-lyer monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1709654040541-L921CQAXX2HBJ4QWLP2G/IMG_5420+3.jpg Regional and Local Leads - Smriti Lyer - Smriti Iyer is a development economist with 12 years of experience designing, scaling, and evaluating programmes across agriculture, livelihoods, education, skills, health, and climate resilience in South Asia, Africa, and the United States. She has worked across government, philanthropy, multilaterals, and the private sector, including with the World Bank, Tata Sons, and IMAGO Global Grassroots, bringing a systems-oriented and cross-sectoral lens to complex development challenges. She is the co-founder of two mission-driven organisations: one focused on strengthening state capacity and public problem-solving in partnership with governments, and another dedicated to advancing climate adaptation and resilience in growth markets. Grounded in adaptive leadership, her work supports institutions and leaders to navigate uncertainty, manage trade-offs, and deliver durable, system-level change. In collaboration with Hugh O’Doherty, she co-designed a Train-the-Trainer programme on Adaptive Leadership for the Foundry Fellows at the MIT Kuo Sharper Center. Smriti holds a MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics from the TERI School of Advanced Studies, and an MPA/ ID from Harvard Kennedy School. https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads/catarina-martinez monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1777109530315-XRNIC4XY52BB4NGVCB0H/Catarina+Martinez+HS.webp Regional and Local Leads - Catarina Martinez - Catarina Martinez is an environmental planner and project manager based in Washington, D.C., where she works with BSC Group (based in New England) on projects related to climate adaptation and community resilience. She helps cities and regions think through practical ways to prepare for and respond to climate impacts, with a focus on solutions that work for the people who live there. She grew up in Miami, Florida, where seeing the effects of coastal flooding firsthand sparked her interest in climate issues. Catarina graduated from Harvard College in 2016 and earned her Master of Environmental Management from Duke University in 2021, with a focus on environmental policy and economics. https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads/ryan-thomas monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1777109666885-EPE6NBJI1I4KAQKRNLXS/Ryan+Thomas+HS.webp Regional and Local Leads - Ryan Thomas - Ryan L. Thomas is an urban resilience strategist, educator, and climate innovation leader based in Greater Boston. He serves as Director of Urban Resilience at The Trustees, where he advances climate-ready landscapes, food access initiatives, and equitable open-space strategies across the region’s urban neighborhoods. Ryan’s work integrates land conservation, environmental justice policy, and long-horizon climate planning. He collaborates with municipal, state, and community partners to strengthen coastal resilience, expand community gardens, and build neighborhood-scale adaptation frameworks responsive to rising seas, urban heat, and biodiversity loss. In addition to his nonprofit leadership, Ryan has taught graduate and undergraduate courses focused on urban design, environmental justice, climate futurism, geographic information systems, and equitable housing development at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston Architectural College, and Tufts University. He holds a Master in Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, concentrated in Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology. Through HACE’s Boston Chapter, Ryan is committed to strengthening alumni collaboration around practical climate action, cross-sector partnerships, and place-based solutions that protect and regenerate the Commonwealth’s landscapes for generations to come. https://www.harvardclimate.com/regional-and-local-leads/montserrat-valdez monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fcd727a8eda244dc4a75da1/1777109792190-TK37NKQEQVNAM18ZO5AG/Montse+Valdez.webp Regional and Local Leads - Montserrat Valdez - Montserrat is a sustainable finance specialist with a strong background in climate strategy, capital raising, and stakeholder engagement. As a member of the Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment and the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, I lead engagement among HACE members in London, bringing the community together to connect, exchange ideas, and build meaningful relationships. 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