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Franklin M. (“Lynn”) Orr, Jr. served as Under Secretary for Science and Energy at the US Department of Energy from December 2014 to January 2017. Orr has been a member of the Stanford faculty since 1985, and is an emeritus faculty member in the Energy Science and Engineering Department at the Doerr School of Sustainability. He has been deeply involved in interdisciplinary research to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy and Woods Institute for the Environment.
Orr is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He served as vice chair of the board of directors of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and chaired the Advisory Panel of the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation until 2014, rejoining that panel in 2017, and was a foundation board member from 1999-2008.
Nancy Lindborg is President and CEO for The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a position she assumed in August 2020. She is responsible for the overall management of the Foundation and its grantmaking activities. The Foundation awards over $300 million in grants domestically and internationally to improve the lives of children, families, and communities—and restoring and protecting our planet.
She previously served as the president and CEO of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) from February 2015 through August 2020. Created by Congress in 1984 as an independent, nonpartisan, federally funded institute to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world, USIP links research, policy, training and direct action with partners in conflict-affected areas.
Prior to joining USIP, Ms. Lindborg served as the assistant administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) at USAID. From 2010 through 2014, she directed the efforts of more than 600 team members in nine offices focused on crisis prevention, response, recovery and transition. She also led response teams for some of the biggest challenges the world was facing at the time, including the crisis in Syria, the droughts in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, the Arab Spring, as well as the Ebola crisis.
Ms. Lindborg has spent most of her career working on issues of transition, democracy and civil society, conflict and humanitarian response. Prior to joining USAID, she was president of Mercy Corps, where she spent 14 years helping to grow the organization into a globally respected organization known for innovative programs in the most challenging environments. She previously lived and worked in Nepal and Central Asia. She was a founding member of the National Committee for North Korea and served as co-chair of the board of the US Global Leadership Coalition.
She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English literature from Stanford University and an M.A. in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh is an international public policy expert and institution builder. He is the founder and CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, one of Asia’s leading policy research institutions and a globally recognized climate think-tank. Dr. Ghosh has worked at leading institutions, including Princeton University, Oxford University, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Trade Organization. He had a formative role in creating the International Solar Alliance and is a founding board member of the Clean Energy Access Network. A sought-after expert, Dr. Ghosh has been appointed to roles with the United Nations’ Committee for Development Policy, the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Clean Air, India’s Science, Technology and Innovation Policy’s energy, environment and climate change track, and an expert panel for Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Environment of Peace initiative.
Dr. Ghosh is also an author, columnist, frequent speaker, and advisor to governments, industry, civil society and international organizations around the world. He has hosted or featured in several documentaries and his 2019 TED Talk on air quality in India has been viewed more than 240,000 times. He holds a D.Phil. from Oxford and topped Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.
Mr. Jamshyd N. Godrej is the Chairman of the Board of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
Mr. Godrej is the former Chairman of Ananta Aspen Centre (previously known as Aspen Institute India), Chairman & Trustee of Ananta Centre. He is the President of World Wide Fund for Nature – India. He is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, India Resources Trust and Council on Energy, Environment and Water. He is a Director of World Resources Institute, USA. He is also a Trustee of the Asia Society, USA. He is a member of Toyota Motor’s Global Advisory Board and Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Committee. He is the Past President of Confederation of Indian Industry and also the Past President of the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association.
Mr. Godrej is the Chairman of the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre. The Centre is housed in a LEED Platinum demonstration building which is the first green building in India and the greenest building in the world at the time when it was rated. The Green Business Centre is a Centre of Excellence for green buildings, energy efficiency, energy conservation, non-conventional energy sources, water policy, water conservation, etc.
The Godrej group are leaders in home appliances, consumer durables, office equipment, industrial products, consumer products and services.
Mr. Godrej is an ardent yachting enthusiast and has done extensive cruising along the west coast of India, the Baltic & North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.
The President of India conferred on Mr. Godrej the “Padma Bhushan” on 3rd April 2003.
Dr. Naoko Ishii is a professor and executive vice president at the University of Tokyo, where she is also the inaugural director for the Center for Global Commons, whose mission is to catalyze systems change so that humans can achieve sustainable development within planetary boundaries. She believes academia can and should play an active role in mobilizing movements towards shared goals of nurturing stewardship of the global commons. Before joining the university, Dr. Ishii was CEO and chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) from 2012-2020. She formed GEF’s first mid-term strategy, GEF 2020, focusing on the transformation of key economic systems. Dr. Ishii entered Japan’s Ministry of Finance in 1981 and served as Deputy Vice Minister of Finance from 2010-2012. She holds a B.A. in economics and a Ph.D. in international development, both from the University of Tokyo.
Mr. Caio Koch-Weser is Chair, Advisory Council of the European Climate Foundation. From 2013 until 2018 he served as Chair of the Board of the European Climate Foundation.
From 2006-2016 Mr. Koch-Weser was Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank Group, with global responsibilities for strategy; government, regulatory and corporate advisory; and coordination and implementation of group-wide business initiatives. He also served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of BG Group (2010-2016).
From 1999-2005, he was German Deputy Minister of Finance (State Secretary). His responsibilities included international finance (G-7 Deputy), European economic and financial affairs, as well as capital markets, banking and insurance. From 2003-2005, Mr. Koch-Weser held the position of Chairman of the EU’s Economic and Financial Committee, a committee of treasury directors and deputy central bankers that prepares EU ministerial meetings (EURO Group and ECOFIN). He was also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BaFin (German Banking and Securities Supervisory Agency).
From 1973 until 1999, Mr. Koch-Weser held a number of high-level positions in the World Bank in Washington, notably as Division Chief for the China Program (1980-86), Director for West Africa (1986-90), Deputy Treasurer and Director Treasury Operations (1990-91), Regional Vice President for Middle East and North Africa (1991-95), and Managing Director Operations and Member of the Executive Committee (1996-99).
Other current activities include Member of the Board of Directors, World Resources Institute (WRI); Member of the Board of the ClimateWorks Foundation; Member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate (NCE); a Member of the Board of the Centre for European Reform (CER) in London; and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).
Mr. Koch-Weser studied economics in Germany. He is a German and Brazilian national, born in Brazil. He is married with three children.
Larry Kramer is president of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California.
Before joining the Foundation, Mr. Kramer served from 2004 to 2012 as Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School. During his tenure, he spearheaded significant educational reforms, pioneering a new model of multidisciplinary legal studies. His teaching and scholarly interests include American legal history, constitutional law, federalism, separation of powers, the federal courts, conflict of laws, and civil procedure.
Prior to his time at Stanford, Mr. Kramer served as professor of law at the University of Chicago and University of Michigan law schools and as Associate Dean for Research and Academics and Russell D. Niles Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.
Mr. Kramer is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Law Institute. He serves on the board of directors of Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization that helps advance public interest law.
Mr. Kramer received an A.B. in Psychology and Religious Studies from Brown University, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review.
Dr. Carlos Lopes is a professor in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, an associate professor at Sciences Po, Paris, and an associate fellow in the Africa Programme and Chatham House. Dr. Lopes has held several leadership positions across the UN system, including policy director for Secretary-General Kofi Annan and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He was appointed African Union High Representative for Partnerships with Europe in 2018 and a member of the African Union Reform Team led by President Paul Kagame in 2017. Dr. Lopes is a member of the Global Advisory Board of the African Leadership Institute and Chair of the African Climate Foundation.
Helen Mountford is the president and CEO of ClimateWorks Foundation. She brings over 25 years of global experience at the intersection of environmental action, economic development, and climate policy to her role.
Before joining ClimateWorks, Helen was the vice president of climate and economics at World Resources Institute where she led global teams to advance policies and economic approaches to successfully address climate change. Helen was also the program director for the New Climate Economy project, a flagship initiative of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate that provides independent and authoritative evidence on actions which can both strengthen climate ambition and deliver social and economic benefits.
Helen previously was the deputy director of environment for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She worked at OECD for over 16 years advising governments on policy reforms and overseeing work on green fiscal reform, climate change finance and economics, fossil fuel subsidy reforms, green growth, water pricing, biodiversity incentive measures, and economy-environment outlooks and modeling. Prior to joining the OECD, Helen managed recycling schemes in England and worked for an NGO in Australia.
Helen holds Masters degrees in Environmental Economics from University College London and Environmental Management from the University of Melbourne. She has a BA in Philosophy and History.
Kyung-Ah is the Managing Director of ESG Investment Management at Temasek. In that capacity, she leads Temasek’s global ESG initiatives, partnering closely with investment teams to advance ESG integration and expand sustainable investments.
Kyung-Ah has over two decades of experience in the investment banking industry, 14 years of which has been dedicated to building and leading the global environmental markets initiatives at Goldman Sachs and driving finance and policy solutions to address climate change. Most recently, she was Managing Director and the head of Environmental Markets and Innovation in the Sustainable Finance Group. She also served as a member of the firm’s Sustainable Finance Steering Group and led the Center for Environmental Markets, a partnership arm focused on independent research and development of new environmental solutions.
Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Kyung-Ah was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Seoul, Korea and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kyung-Ah serves on the Board of Directors of Resources for the Future (RFF). She has also served in an advisory capacity to many sustainability-related organizations and is currently an advisor to the New York University’s Center for Sustainable Business.
Kyung-Ah earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.
