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ESG & Decarbonizing Real Estate Summer
July 16-17, 2025
Waldorf Astoria Monarch BeachDana Point, CA

Here's who spoke in 2024

  • Lizzie Adams, Head of ESG, Americas Real Estate, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Zach Allen, Vice President of Investment Management, The Michaels Organization
  • Drew Atwater, Deputy General Manager, Moulton Niguel Water District
  • Malcom Au, Associate, Bellwether
  • Ashley Besic, Senior Associate, Market Transformation, Building Decarbonization Coalition
  • Jaime Birman, Director of Development & Construction, Orbach Affordable Housing
  • John Bringenberg, Outreach Specialist, Willdan
  • Zach Brown, Executive Director of ESG, PGIM
  • Bill Bymel, CEO, First Lien Capital
  • Katie Cappola, Vice President, ESG, Madison International Realty
  • Juan Carlos Bocos, Co-Founder, FluidLytix
  • Logan Carter, CCO, Ivy Energy
  • Charlie Christenson, VP, Engineering, STOK
  • Jane Cohen, VP, Property Operations & ESG, The Dermot Company
  • Amy Craik, Program Manager, ESG, Nuveen Real Estate
  • Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, Co-Founder & CEO, WATS
  • Todd Dawes, President, Amet Partners, LP
  • Keely Felton, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nova Group
  • Zachary Flora, Executive Vice President, Active Design Advisors Inc.
  • Jeff Frost, Materials Technical Lead, Brightworks Sustainability
  • Michelle German, VP, ESG, LBA Realty
  • James Geshwiler, CFO, Trail Ridge Power
  • Mansoor Ghori, Founder & CEO, Petros PACE Finance
  • Gerad Gilbert, COO, Echelon Energy
  • Danielle Grant, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Fairfield
  • Lauren Grattan, Co-Founder & CCO, Mission Driven Finance
  • Stephanie Grayson, Co-Founder & CEO, Cambio
  • Melissa Gutierrez-Sullivan, VP, Head of Environmental, Social, and Governance, CIM Group
  • Emily Hanna, Managing Partner, Investments, Crown Realty Partners
  • Kyle Hendricks, VP, Head of Sustainability, Equity Residential
  • Dave Hood, Senior Real Assets Strategists, Sonen Capital
  • Susan Huang, Director of Portfolio Management, GI Partners
  • Russ Jones, Sales Engineer, Amptricity
  • Fulya Kocak, Founder & CEO, Fulya Kocak, LLC
  • Aaron Kraus, Managing Director, Head of Market Development & Strategy, Nuveen Green Capital
  • Richard Lamondin, Co-Founder, Ecofi
  • Chris Laughman, Senior Director - Advantage Solutions - Energy & Sustainability Services, Greystar
  • Jen Lessick, Senior Director, Client Operations, Black Bear Energy
  • Tony Liou, President, Partner Energy
  • Randall Loker, CIO, Paladin Realty Partners
  • Greg MacKinnon, Director of Research, PREA
  • Dan Magder, Managing Partner, Center Creek Capital
  • Rachel Mavrothalasitis, Principal, Reach&Root Partners & the Multifamily Impact Council
  • Zlatan Menkovic, CEO & Founder, Scaler Global Inc.
  • Tanja Milosevic, Associate Vice President, Sustainability, Grosvenor
  • Brad Molotsky, Partner, Duane Morris
  • Leslie Moore, SVP, Director of ESG and Corporate Operations, LXP
  • Daren Moss, Principal, ESG | Real Estate Lead, Ares Management
  • Christopher Naismith, CEO, Audette
  • Holly Neber, CEO, AEI Consultants
  • Sara Neff, Head of Sustainability, America, LendLease
  • Amanda Nunnink, Senior Managing Director, Multifamily, Kayne Anderson Capital
  • Ruth Ostrreicher, ESG Program Manager, Cushman & Wakefield
  • William Paddock, Co-Founder & Managing Director, WAP Sustainability
  • Keith Pelczarski, Co-Founder & Partner, The Flagstone Initiative
  • Emily Pollard, Senior Director, Marketing & Communications, BKM Capital Partners
  • Aaron Potter, Vice President of Environmental, Social, Governance, UMH Properties
  • Chris Pyke, Chief Innovative Officer, GRESB
  • Hyon Rah, Head of Sustainability | US Real Estate, DWS Group
  • Manasa Rao, Sustainability Manager, WAP Sustainability
  • Dave Repka, Founder & President, Bison Financial Group
  • James Richards, Founder & CEO, Evergrow
  • Madeline Robertson, Director of Sustainability, Greystar
  • Isela Rosales, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability & Responsibility, Bridge Investment Group
  • Mark Rothman, Corporate Director of Design and Sustainability, Hensel Phelps
  • Susan Rounds, Senior Managing Director, Operations & Administration, BKM Capital Partners
  • George Saad, Partner & Director, Acquisitions, BLVD Group
  • Carol Samaan, VP, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Healthpeak
  • Gabe Schwartz, VP, Sales & Marketing, SitelogIQ
  • Topaz Simply, Head of ESG, GI Partners
  • Bob Simpson, President, Multifamily Impact Council
  • Ben Slick, SVP, Business Development, HydroPoint
  • Alán Sneider, Director of Impact and VP of Acquisitions, Primestor
  • Kelly Soljacich, Corporate Partnerships, Moderne Ventures
  • Alex Spilger, Head of Global ESG, Kennedy Wilson
  • Thomas Stanchak, Managing Director of Sustainability, Stoneweg
  • Kyle Stewart, SVP Corporate Operations, EVPassport
  • Arvin Vohra, CEO, Redaptive Inc.
  • Brenna Walraven, Executive Strategic Advisor, RE Tech Advisors
  • Dana Weiss, Senior Director of ESG, Head of Resilience, Verdani Partners
  • Greg Wendt, Senior Wealth Advisor ESG & Impact Investing, Perigon Wealth
  • Wesley Wilson, CFO, Avanath Capital
  • Michelle Winters, VP, ESG Sales, Conservice