CEO, Institute for Market Transformation

Alex Dews is the CEO of the Institute for Market Transformation, where he leads the design, adoption, and implementation of demand-driving programs and policies that promote equitable building decarbonization. Alex has more than 15 years of experience working on urban sustainability and building decarbonization in government, nonprofit, and the private sector.

Program Director, Sunstone Strategies

Allison is a program director at Sunstone Strategies leading the nationwide gas and buildings team. She has provided media training to hundreds of health professionals, executives, researchers and scientists across the nation, and previously developed and coordinated volunteer spokesperson programs at the American Lung Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Allison has more than 15 years of experience in strategic communications and public relations.

Clean Energy Program Coordinator, Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Amanda Barker is the Clean Energy Program Coordinator at Green Energy Consumers Alliance, a nonprofit based in Massachusetts and Rhode Island working to speed a just transition to a zero-carbon world. She coordinates programs that educate consumers about clean energy technologies like heat pumps and supports advocacy efforts to decarbonize economy wide, especially in the building sector.

Director of Planning and Community Development, PUSH Buffalo

Amun Heru Ra is a lifelong Buffalo native, builder, and visionary currently serving as Director of Planning and Community Development at PUSH Buffalo. From hands-on experience in the trades to leading transformative housing initiatives, Amun embodies PUSH Buffalo’s mission of advancing affordable housing, sustainable development, and economic and racial justice. Every day, he works to ensure that the voices of marginalized communities are not only heard, but centered. Building neighborhoods where residents can live, thrive, and lead.

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Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota

In 2016, Annie was named the first executive director of the Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota. She joined CUB after serving as the executive director of the Legislative Energy Commission, a nonpartisan office of the Minnesota House and Senate. Annie also co-founded the Capitol Pathways Internship Program, which places students of color and Native American students in internships around the Minnesota legislature, so that Minnesota government may better represent the state’s diversity.

Senior Associate of Carbon Free Buildings, RMI

Ashita Gona is an associate on RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team, where she works with stakeholders in the Mid-Atlantic to transition the region’s buildings away from fossil fuels. Ashita brings a strong communications background to her work, having previously worked at Climate Nexus promoting building electrification in the news media. She has also worked as an environmental journalism fellow, as an intern at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and as a freelance writer. Ashita holds a B.A. in Media and Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a M.S. in Energy Policy and Climate from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Laurel, MD with her husband and her cat.

Organizing Director, PODER

Antonio is originally from the Texas- Mexico frontera/ borderlands. He attended the University at Texas at Austin where he studied Philosophy. He has been active in the movement for environmental and economic justice since the early 1990’s. He moved to the Bay Area in 1995 and has been organizing with PODER since then. Antonio is PODER’s Organizational Director. He is currently on the steering committees of San Francisco Rising, Bay Rising, and the California Environmental Justice Alliance.

Managing Director of Strategy & Development, Building Decarbonization Coalition

Brian leads a small but mighty team focused on fundraising and organizational strategy. Before joining BDC, Brian worked in business development and new program development at Energy Solutions, a clean energy consulting firm. Outside of work, Brian serves on the Petaluma City Council and enjoys spending time with his wife Gretchen and daughter Sierra. His favorite electric appliance is a 36-inch drop-in induction cooktop.

Associate Executive Director, COPAL

As Associate Executive Director of COPAL, Carolina brings over seven years of experience with the organization. She has led COPAL’s communications and environmental justice work and now guides its development efforts. Through coalition building, policy advocacy, and strategic storytelling, Carolina works to uplift the voices of Latin American communities and drive meaningful change that improves their quality of life.

Associate Program Director, Sunstone Strategies

Chloe is an associate program director for the gas and buildings team at Sunstone Strategies, and serves as state campaign lead in California. She has five years of experience in communications supporting policy and regulatory campaigns.

Deputy Director, People for Community Recovery

Advisory Board Member, PODER

Christine is an Advisory Board Member of PODER and has lived in the Mission District for over 25 years. As a community member, she first became involved with PODER through the Mission Anti-displacement Coalition. Chris has consulted with PODER to co-develop equitable building decarbonization climate justice work.

Principal, Rose Public Affairs

Corey Platt is the founder and principal of Rose Public Affairs, a public and political affairs boutique providing state and local solutions to accelerate the clean energy transition and solve climate change at the intersection of advocacy, politics, and government. Corey’s experience reaches across the country and he advises elected officials, Super PACs, philanthropy, and coalitions on all aspects of strategic planning, political engagement, and power building.

Chief Executive Officer, People's Climate Innovation Center

Corrine Van Hook Turner (she/her) leads the overall vision and strategy for the organization and its programs, bringing a lens of racial equity and transformative movement building. Corrine convenes and cultivates creative leadership within climate justice and deep democracy ecosystems toward a shared vision for a Just Transition to a world of interdependence, resilience, and regeneration.Corrine’s 20+ years of experience are deeply immersed in movements advancing social, economic, environmental and racial justice. 

Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center

Daniel Carpenter-Gold is a Staff Attorney with the Public Health Law Center, providing legal technical assistance on climate-justice issues to advocates, community groups, and local governments. His work focuses on equitable building decarbonization: policies and practices for reducing building emissions while maximizing co-benefits and minimizing harm for the people who live and use those buildings, especially low-income tenants and tenants of color.

Campaign Advisor for Sierra Club's Building Electrification Campaign, Sierra Club

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Energy Equity Policy Coordinator, PSR-LA

Edgar Barraza has over 8 years of experience in energy resilience, community engagement, and energy justice. He is a founding member of Los Angeles for Resilient and Healthy Homes (LARHH), a member of the Building Energy Equity and Power Coalition (BEEP), and a point person for California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) building decarbonization state policy efforts. Over the past 3 years, he has led PSR-LA statewide equitable building decarbonization work and is a specialist navigating California's building decarbonization efforts within state regulatory agencies and at the legislature.

Policy and Program Director for Clean Buildings, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)

Emily leads NESCAUM’s Building Electrification Initiative, providing states with technical and policy support to accelerate the transition to zero-emission buildings. Emily previously worked at VEIC for 15 years, where she designed and advised on building decarbonization and energy efficiency programs in multiple states and helped launch the TECH Clean California initiative to advance statewide adoption of clean space and water heating. Emily also serves on the Building Performance Association Board of Directors and Executive Committee and on her town’s energy committee in East Montpelier, Vermont.