Adjunct Professor at the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina, US and Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute Boston, US. He is the author/editor of over 20 books, including Stakeholder Democracy (Routledge, 2019), Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals (Routledge, 2016 with Ambassador David Donoghue, Jimena Leiva Roesch) and The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus (Routledge, 2016 with Jamie Bartram). In 2019 he was a candidate to head the United Nations Environment Programme.
Chief Technology Officer & Head of Product in Reciqlo, a technology company creating agricultural solutions from recycled glass, and Co-founder & CTO at Brandformers.io, a digital marketing agency. She holds a Master's Degree in Business Analytics from Hult International Business School (San Francisco) and a degree in Political Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria, Canada. Using technology, data and creativity Carolina helps companies find innovative solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of the planet.
Ranger is a Master’s student at the University of North Carolina, US at Chapel Hill (UNC), pursuing a degree in City and Regional Planning. Her area of focus is land use and environmental planning, with a specific interest in resilience in the face of natural hazard disasters and the ability for cities to adapt to the effects of a changing climate. She earned her BA from the UNC in Environmental Studies in 2016. After graduating, Ranger worked in New York City as the Environment Program Assistant at The Overbrook Foundation, working on grant development for the foundation’s environment portfolio.
Meesha serves as President of PCI Media. Meesha has an unwavering commitment to education as the fundamental means to empower people to realize their undeniable human rights and create lasting cultural change. As the first woman and person of color to lead PCI Media, Meesha is passionate about ensuring that PCI Media’s work fully embodies the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Meesha has 20 years of experience in education and communication spaces. She has worked with a range of partners spanning government, NGO, and private sector agencies to see to the education of children and adults and to produce award-winning media.
Tanner is the founder of TPG Advisory Group, a strategy and social impact consulting firm that specializes in strategic planning, content development, event planning and facilitation, partnerships and community engagement, and digital marketing for private-sector, non-profit, education, and philanthropic organizations around the world.