Erin Callahan is the Director of the Climate Collaborative, responsible for management and execution of the Collaborative’s work, including all programming, communications, and outreach. Erin has a range of corporate campaigning and sustainability experience. She previously worked for CDP, managing corporate engagement for the We Mean Business coalition’s commitments campaign. In that role, Erin worked…
ShiftCon Board Member, Kat Schuett-Reue, is the director of ShiftCon’s first Climate Influencer Summit and an internationally-published, award-winning health and sustainability journalist, as well as the founder of The Better World Hub (BWH). The goal of the BWH is to build a community of conscious citizens, passionate community leaders and influencers, world-changing non-profit organizations &…
Stacey Ferguson is a sought-after marketing expert, influencer coach, media personality, digital brand strategist, and content creator. As Co-Founder and Chief Curator of the Be Blogalicious community and conferences, she seeks to elevate multicultural influencers and highlight the value of diverse storytelling. She is an expert community builder, both online and in real life, with…
In high school, Jamie Margolin (now age 18), created Zero Hour to give young people a voice in influencing impactful climate change legislature, and since then has become one of the top voices on climate action. In early 2019, Jamie Margolin testified in Congress along with climate activist Greta Thunberg to promote policies that address…
Gina McCarthy, President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator under President Obama. At the NRDC, Gina McCarthy leads more than 700 attorneys, scientists, advocates, and policy experts in environmental action. Prior to this, as U.S. EPA Administrator, McCarthy oversaw some of the most consequential work…
Tamara Toles O’Laughlin is an environmental advocate focused on people and planet. Her niche in environmental work is developing capacity building programs and creating multimedia campaigns to dismantle privilege and increase opportunities for vulnerable populations to access health air, clean energy, and a toxic free economy at the local, regional and national level. Tamara…
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. is the President & Founder of Hip Hop Caucus, a minister, community activist, U.S. Air Force veteran, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life. Rev Yearwood entered the world of Hip Hop Politics as the Political and Grassroots Director for the Hip Hop Summit Action Network…
Brandi Riley is the founder of Courage to Earn, a community of digital entrepreneurs. Her focus on the emotions behind making money has led to countless breakthroughs. She is a mom, wife, and creator and executive producer of the new initiative, the Influencer Activist Toolkit.
Marielle Hewitt has been bison ranching since her father, Lee Graese, brought his first two bison home to his new hobby farm in 1994. She was a tender age of 4 years. Her childhood education was tailored greatly to incorporate this hunger to learn more. The more she learned, she began to think deeper and…
Benjamin Lee Bison is an American Bison ranch that was founded in 2017 after purchasing family land along with the bison herd that inhabited it. Over the course of the past 3 years we have grown our farm size from 160 acres to 1,600 acres and our herd size from 250 to 700 animals. Many…