As executive director of the NREL Foundation, Doug Arent focuses strategic issues and transformative programs to transform energy economies at
Mike Nelson has served as Chief Meteorologist for Denver 7 since 2004. His retirement on 12/12/24 capped 48 years in TV Weather. Weather has
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara has unearthed some of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth, including the massive 65-ton Dreadnoughtus, which
Nancy Clanton is CEO of Visibility Innovations, a lighting design firm specializing in sustainable and regenerative design. Nancy is a registered
Christy Woodward serves as the Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Colorado Oil & Gas Association. She leads COGA’s regulatory
Scott loves to spend time in the mountains of Colorado. He went to the University of Colorado Boulder on an athletic scholarship where he majored
Bill Farris serves as the Associate Laboratory Director for Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dominic (Nick) Clausi is the Vice President, Research for ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company. For 25 years, he has driven the
Dr. Ted Scambos is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Colorado’s Earth Science and Observation Center, a part of CIRES at the
Kristin Poinar is an expert in climate change, ice sheets and sea-level rise. She recently returned with new research from the Greenland Ice
Gavin Pretor-Pinney is founder and Member 001 of the Cloud Appreciation Society, which has more than 60,000 members in 120 countries. He is the
Peter B. de Menocal is the eleventh president and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A marine geologist and paleoclimatologist, de
