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 Sessions

July 21-23, 2025

Speakers

  • PHILLIP BRUNER

    Professor of Practice of Sustainable Finance, Executive Director of the Climate Risk Lab, University of Washington Foster School of Business

  • GABRIELLE BUNNELL

    ClimateCATALYST Volunteer & Duke Alumna

  • MARCUS CASTAIN

    Associate Director, Parker Career Management Center at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Founder of Launchpad

  • PATRICK FLYNN

    Founder, Switchboard and Director of Corporate Climate Action, Topo Finance

  • ANDREW ISAACS

    Senior Lecturer with Continuing Status, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

  • KATIE KROSS

    Managing Director, Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE), Duke University Fuqua School of Business

  • TIMOTHY KRYSIEK

    Managing Partner of the Climate Technology Fund at MassMutual Ventures

  • SHAUN LEE

    Co-Founder and Investment, Marketing, and Renewable Fuel Support Lead, Cyclum

  • JACQUELINE LIPKIN

    Partner, SJF Ventures

  • BETHANY PATTEN

    Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • LIGE NIE

    Candidate for MBA, Duke University Fuqua School of Business and Master of Forestry, Duke University Nicolas School of the Environment

  • BRIAN NOVECK

    VP Assurance & Verification, Environ Energy

  • SID RADHAKRISHNA

    Head of Business Development & Strategy, Sora Fuel

  • SHUAIB SAYED

    Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy & FP&A, Cyclum Next Gen Travel Centers

  • MEAGAN SCHICK

    Manager, Energy Marketing, Apex Clean Energy

  • SUYASH SHARMA

    Financial Analyst. Cyclum Renewables

  • JONATHAN SILVERTHORNE

    Director, Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  • BRAD SPARKS

    Executive Director of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Foundation (US)

  • DANIEL TITTERINGTON

    DANIEL TITTERINGTON

    Director & Founder, Caelum Ventures

  • MICHAEL TOFFEL

    Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Institute, Harvard Business School

  • MONICA TOUESNARD

    Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell’s Johnson College of Business

  • LIZ VISCONTI

    Senior Manager, Product Management, Amazon

  • JESSICA WINGERT

    Program Lead, ClimateCAP Initiative

  • NEIL YEOH

    CEO & Founder, OnePointFive

  • DEANNA ZHANG

    CEO, V1 Climate Solutions

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