Dear John,
Ceres is showing up in force at Climate Week NYC 2025—with our leading experts speaking across the week’s most influential platforms. From the Nest Climate Campus to investor forums, biodiversity summits, and private roundtables, we’re shaping the future of climate finance, sustainable business, and resilient policy. Our leaders are in the room where decisions get made.
This is where bold leadership meets real solutions, and your chance to hear it firsthand.
Meet the Faces of Ceres | | | | |
- Claude Amstutz, Director, Investor
Network
- Courtney Bednaz, Director, Company Network, Technology, Financial Services
- Dazzle Bhujwala, Senior Director, Investor Network
- Steven Clarke, Program Director, Climate and Energy, Ambition 2030
- Andrew Collier, Director, Freedom to Invest
- Jaclyn de Medicci Bruneau, Director, Accelerator
- Zach Friedman, Sr. Director, Policy Network, Federal Policy
- Stephanie Hanford, Sr. Manager, Climate and Energy, Steel
- Kirsten James, Senior Program Director, Water
- Anne Kelly, Vice President of Government Relations
| | | - Mindy Lubber, CEO and President
- Cynthia McHale, Interim Vice President, Investor Network
- Karen Mo, Director, Nature Action 100, Partnerships and
Impact
- Jake Rascoff, Director, U.S. Financial Regulation
- Meryl Richards, PhD, Program Director, Food and Forests
- Steven Rothstein, Chief Program Officer
- Dan Saccardi, Program Director, Company Network
- Ben Tabor, Director, Investor Network, Policy
- Aneil Tripathy, Director, Company Network
- Raagan
Wilhelm, Sr. Manager, Policy Network, Energy Optimization
| | | | | Ceres sessions at the Nest on September 24: - (Mainstage) Championing the Clean Economy: Corporate Action and Protecting the Freedom to Invest, 9:30-10:20am
- CSO Convening, 10:30am-1pm
- Roundtable: Championing Businesses’ Freedom to Act on Climate Risk, 11am-12:30pm
- Investor Practitioner Workshop: Implementing Climate Action Plans, 1-5pm
- Mapping Risk, Mobilizing Capital: Climate Risk Transparency
for the $4 Trillion Muni Market, 1:30-2:20pm
- Accelerating the EV Transition: Collaborative Discussions to Drive Progress, 2-5:30pm
- The Missing Link: Connecting Supply Chain Finance and Transition Planning Opportunities across Banks and Companies, 2:30-3:20pm
- From Risk to Resilience: Building Climate-Ready Insurance Portfolios, 3:30-4:20pm
- Innovative Load Growth Solutions to Meet Surging Power Demand, 4:30-5:20pm
Other events with Ceres during Climate Week: - Toward Net Zero: Advancing Low Carbon Construction with Steel and Cement/Concrete (Ceres and Amazon), Sep 23,
8am-2pm
- The Evolving Dairy Playbook: Solutions for a Sustainable Future (Ceres, EDF, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy), Sep 23, 10:15am-12pm
- Catalyst of Change: Momentum by Investors & Companies on Nature Action (Ceres and Nature Hub), Sep 23, 3-4pm
- The Role of Transition Capital in a Changing World Order Invite-Only (Ceres, Galvanize, Generate Capital, Generation IM, Urban Partners), Sep 23, 5:30-7:30pm
- Charging Ahead Together: Private-Sector Collaboration for Zero Emission Freight (Ceres, Amazon, Smart Freight Ctr, CALSTART), Sep 24, 9am-3pm
- Meeting the Moment: Collaborative Corporate Advocacy for Clean Energy & Transportation
Policy (Ceres and MacArthur Foundation), Sep 24, 11:30am-1pm
- Grid Modernization Series Kickoff (Ceres), Sep 24, 2-4:30pm
- Climate Philanthropy in Action: Nature Based Solutions (Ceres, Climate Action, and CPCC), Sep 24, 3-5pm
- Emerging Best Practices for Net Zero Transition Plan Engagement (C2ES, ICCR and Ceres), Sep 25, 9-10:30am
- The Promise and Urgency to Accelerate Climate Investments in EMDEs (World Climate Foundation and Ceres), Sep 25, 4-5:15pm
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Join our experts in New York!
Thank you, | | | | | | Ceres is proud to receive these accolades as a reflection of our effectiveness, integrity and impact.
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