Energy Policy (C - Sustainability & Energy Policy)

A Fortune 200 CEO turned senior U.S. energy official, David Crane brings a rare blend of private-sector leadership and public-sector impact to the global energy conversation.

As Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy under President Joe Biden, Crane steered one of the largest federal clean energy investment portfolios in history—overseeing billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure, scale innovation, and accelerate the clean energy transition. 

<p>Jennifer Granholm is an American lawyer, educator, author and politician who served most recently as the 16th United States Secretary of Energy, and previously as the two-term governor of Michigan. </p><p>As governor, she spearheaded Michigan’s economic recovery after the Great Recession by diversifying the state’s economy to focus on clean energy. </p><p>As Secretary of Energy (2021-2025), Granholm restructured the U.S.

<p>Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends, sustainable business, and how to build companies that profit by contributing to a thriving world. He was ranked #3 on the <em>Thinkers50</em> list of the most influential management thinkers in the world. </p><p>Andrew’s books on strategy have sold over a quarter million copies in 15 languages. His bestsellers include <em>Green to Gold</em> – which <em>Inc.

<p>Drawing from his remarkable scope of geopolitical and global economic expertise, Vijay Vaitheeswaran provides insight on how businesses can strategize, innovate, and find opportunity in today’s disruptive landscape.</p><p>With a career that has taken him from Mexico City to London to Shanghai, Vijay Vaitheeswaran brings an impressive breadth and depth of expertise to topics ranging from globalization, politics and economics to international trade, supply chain and labor disruptions.

<p>Drawing from his expertise in transformative technologies, artificial intelligence, and future trends, Peter Leyden helps audiences understand and navigate a new era of global change.</p><p> Peter Leyden is a tech expert and thought leader in artificial intelligence, transformative technologies and the future ever since coming to San Francisco to work with the founders of<em> WIRED </em>magazine at the start of the Digital Revolution.

<p>Chris Mooney writes about energy and the environment at <i>The Washington Post</i>. In May of 2020, Mooney and his staff won the Explanatory Reporting Pulitzer Prize for their groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet.</p><p>Mooney previously worked at <i>Mother Jones</i>, where he wrote about science and the environment and hosted a weekly podcast.

<p>A leading authority on globalization and global conflict, Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett offers insight on how converging forces of geopolitical realities, climate change, technology, and demographic shifts will affect every field and industry over the next century.</p><p>Thomas P.M. Barnett is a leading security geopolitical strategist and <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author, who has worked in U.S. national security circles since the end of the Cold War.

<p>Robert Bryce is an author, journalist, film producer, and podcaster. He is the acclaimed author of six books on energy and innovation, including most recently, <i>A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations</i>.</p><p>Bryce has given some 400 invited or keynote lectures to groups ranging from the Marines Corps War College to the Sydney Institute and a wide variety of associations, universities, and corporations. His books and articles have been translated into six languages.

<p>Susan Eisenhower is the CEO and Chairman of The Eisenhower group and one of America's top energy security strategists. A political Independent, she is an outspoken advocate for setting national priorities and advancing a civil, fact-based discourse on America's challenges. She is President of the Eisenhower Group, Inc. and Chairman of the Eisenhower Institute's Leadership and Public Policy Programs.</p>

<p>Peter Zeihan combines a deep understanding of geography, demography, energy and trade to help his clients make sense of a complicated world. Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, policy makers and government agencies at all levels regularly rely on his expertise. </p><p>In 2012, Peter launched his own firm, Zeihan on Geopolitics, in order to specialize in customized executive briefings for his clients. Zeihan applies over a decade of intelligence experience and a geopolitical perspective to the specific needs of his clients.