ClimateCATALYST
July 21-23, 2025
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Jump-start your journey turning climate ambition into business action
ClimateCATALYST: a virtual pre-MBA summer program designed for incoming MBAs who want to lead the transition to a climate-smart business future
ClimateCATALYST 2025 has wrapped, but check out recordings from two of our sessions here
ClimateCATALYST Sessions
July 21-23, 2025
Speakers
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PHILLIP BRUNER
Professor of Practice of Sustainable Finance, Executive Director of the Climate Risk Lab, University of Washington Foster School of Business
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GABRIELLE BUNNELL
ClimateCATALYST Volunteer & Duke Alumna
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MARCUS CASTAIN
Associate Director, Parker Career Management Center at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Founder of Launchpad
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PATRICK FLYNN
Founder, Switchboard and Director of Corporate Climate Action, Topo Finance
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ANDREW ISAACS
Senior Lecturer with Continuing Status, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
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KATIE KROSS
Managing Director, Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE), Duke University Fuqua School of Business
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TIMOTHY KRYSIEK
Managing Partner of the Climate Technology Fund at MassMutual Ventures
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SHAUN LEE
Co-Founder and Investment, Marketing, and Renewable Fuel Support Lead, Cyclum
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JACQUELINE LIPKIN
Partner, SJF Ventures
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BETHANY PATTEN
Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
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LIGE NIE
Candidate for MBA, Duke University Fuqua School of Business and Master of Forestry, Duke University Nicolas School of the Environment
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BRIAN NOVECK
VP Assurance & Verification, Environ Energy
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SID RADHAKRISHNA
Head of Business Development & Strategy, Sora Fuel
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SHUAIB SAYED
Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy & FP&A, Cyclum Next Gen Travel Centers
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MEAGAN SCHICK
Manager, Energy Marketing, Apex Clean Energy
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SUYASH SHARMA
Financial Analyst. Cyclum Renewables
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JONATHAN SILVERTHORNE
Director, Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
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BRAD SPARKS
Executive Director of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Foundation (US)
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DANIEL TITTERINGTON
Director & Founder, Caelum Ventures
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MICHAEL TOFFEL
Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Institute, Harvard Business School
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MONICA TOUESNARD
Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell’s Johnson College of Business
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LIZ VISCONTI
Senior Manager, Product Management, Amazon
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JESSICA WINGERT
Program Lead, ClimateCAP Initiative
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NEIL YEOH
CEO & Founder, OnePointFive
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DEANNA ZHANG
CEO, V1 Climate Solutions