Meet The Team

 
  • Ryan F Allard

    Co-Founder & Lead, Built Environment

    Ryan is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, researcher, and technologist. He has over 10 years experience in the analysis of transportation and climate technologies. He was the Sr Fellow and Sr Data Modeler at Project Drawdown, and founded a tech startup currently in stealth.

  • Kevin Bayuk

    Co-Founder & Chief Advisor

    As a worker / owner of LIFT Economy, Kevin’s worked with 80+ social enterprises helping them increase their beneficial impact. He is also a partner at the Urban Permaculture Institute, an Instructor at UC Berkeley, and formerly the Drawdown Sr Fellow for Financial Modeling.

  • Celia Forshew

    Member-Owner & Chief Commercial Advisor

    Celia is a Founder and Advisor. In 2012, she founded Seed, a global student marketing agency, which she scaled to a team of 40, exiting to 'Agency of the Decade' Amplify in 2021. She advises on strategy for a number of businesses and not for profit organisations.

  • Chad Frischmann

    Co-Founder & CEO, and Chair, Global Solutions Alliance

    Chad is an action-orientated leader, researcher, and speaker. He was the co-creator of Project Drawdown, the architect of the Drawdown Solutions Framework, and led over 100 researchers evaluating the most impactful climate solutions.

  • João Pedro Gouveia

    Co-Founder & Lead, Energy Systems

    João is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research and an Invited Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology. He serves on the advisory board of several EU projects, and was the Sr Fellow for Energy Solutions at Project Drawdown.

  • Mamta Mehra

    Co-Founder & Lead, Land Use and Oceans

    Mamta, an expert on nature-based solutions, served as the Research Director of the Global Council for Science and the Environment, and Sr Fellow at Project Drawdown.

  • Amanda Joy Ravenhill

    Co-Founder & Lead, Global Solutions Alliance

    Amanda is a high-profile thinker and speaker on climate solutions and regenerative systems. She serves on a number of boards and was the Executive Director of BFI and Project Drawdown.

  • Kirsten (Kat) Taylor

    Member-Owner & Lead, Project Peoples Keystone

    Kirsten (Kat) Taylor is a climate solutionist and systems thinker who focuses on community implementation of solutions. She was a Fellow at Project Drawdown.

  • Alex Dumitrescu

    Operation Systems Advisor

    Alex is an Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Engineer that co-founded Future Horizon, and Future Quest. He advises other projects that span Web3, IoT, and Climate.

  • John Goedschalk

    Chief Strategic Advisor

    John is a charismatic leader who has served as UN climate change negotiator, and has most recently led Conservation International’s Suriname office.

  • Jenny Kassan

    Chief Legal Advisor

    Jenny has over 27 years of experience as an attorney and advisor for mission-driven enterprises. She is the author of “Raise Capital on Your Own Terms”.

  • Leah Lizarondo

    Chief Marketing Advisor

    Leah is an entrepreneur with a 20-year track record in innovation and global product/brand leadership in social enterprise, technology and consumer products. She is the Founder of Food Rescue Hero.

  • Cassandra Montaudon

    Coordinator, Project Peoples

    Cassandra is a Regenerative Systems thinker and Indigenous Culture Advocate. Her work involves impact events such as fundraisers, international summits, and gatherings that work to share in global and local ecological perspectives.

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