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Second Nature and the Intentional Endowments Network would again like to thank everyone who participated in the year-long 2021 Climate Action Pursuit! Thank you to our planning design committee, sponsors, host institutions, organizational partners, Second Nature & IEN staff and interns, and all of you who "attended"!  

If you are looking for the December session recordings, please note that session recordings from ALL milestone events will be made publicly available after the First of the Year. Stay tuned!

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 - Your Second Nature & IEN Teams
Wednesday, February 24
 

10:00am EST

Office Hours ZoomHannah Bowen • Michele Madia

11:00am EST

Climate Action Pursuit Welcome and Keynote Conversation: Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson ZoomTim Carter • Valerie Red-Horse Mohl • Georges Dyer • Ludovica Martella • Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

1:00pm EST

Pursue Neutrality - Carbon Neutrality: Maximum Ambition for Aligning Campus, Endowment, and Community Commitments ZoomSandy Urie • Jagdeep Bachher • Dr. Michael V. Drake • David Phillips • Veerabhadran Ramanathan Pursue Policy - Policy Brief: What the New Administration Means for Higher Ed, Climate Action, and Sustainable Investing ZoomAnne Kelly • Kevin Coyle Pursue Student Leadership - A New Social Contract between Students and Higher Ed Institutions ZoomElsa Mengistu

2:30pm EST

Peer to Peer Conversation Block ZoomRuss Gaskin • Sharon Simms

3:30pm EST

Pursue Community - Partnering on EVs: How Cities and Universities are Electrifying Their Fleets to Help Achieve Common Climate Goals ZoomSarah Reed • James Fenton • Chris Castro • James Ritchotte Pursue Knowledge - Pushing the Frontiers of Knowledge with Digital Twins ZoomBeth Martin • Michael Jansen • John Reynolds • Alain Steven • Eric Darrisaw Pursue Racial Justice - Higher Education and Racial Equity ZoomNathalie Molina Niño • Valerie Red-Horse Mohl

5:00pm EST

End-of-Day Reflection ZoomTim Carter • Georges Dyer • Dianne Dillon-Ridgley • Alice DonnaSelva
 
Thursday, February 25
 

9:00am EST

Office Hours: Meet IEN's Steering Committee ZoomGeorges Dyer • Alice DonnaSelva

10:00am EST

Office Hours: Second Nature - Ask Me Anything ZoomTim Carter

11:00am EST

Community Investing through CDFIs ZoomAndrea Longton • Ben L. Bynum, MD • Catherine Berman • George Ashton Leveraging Technology: Bold Planning and Steps to the Resilient, Carbon Neutral Campus of the Future ZoomChris Davidson • Martin Powell • Diana Duffy • Cary Gaunt • Siemens Maximizing Impact of Renewable Energy and Carbon Offsets ZoomMichelle McGinty • Mary Whitney • Elizabeth Drake • Ryan McPherson Net Zero Across Asset Classes ZoomJoy Williams • Temple Fennell • Amberjae Freeman • Nathalie Wallace Racial Equity Investing 101: No Justice, No Peace Without Prison Free Portfolios ZoomJochebed Bogunjoko • Renee Morgan • Habekah Cannon • Ivy Jack • Patience Marime Ball Staying Relevant: The Endowment as a Tool in the Toolkit ZoomKeith Johnson • Jack Byrne • Susan Gary • Laurie Patton • David Provost Strategies to Reduce Commuter Emissions ZoomStephen Muzzy • Bradley Flamm • Jennifer Andrews • JC Porter • Alli Roberts What Do Retirement Plan Sponsors Need to Know About Sustainability? ZoomJeff Gitterman • Jim Roach • Mary Green

1:00pm EST

Avoiding Greenwashing: Identifying True Integration in Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Investing ZoomMadeline Clark • Natasha Landell-Mills • Kevin Walkush • Lorna Logan • Anne Matusewicz Endowment Managment 101 ZoomMeredith Lorenz Heimburger Solutions Center and Accelerating Climate Action Planning ZoomEric Howard • Dave Karlsgodt • Meghan Chapple • Kate Nelson • Chris O'Brien The Offset Network: Carbon Offsets Done Differently Through Campus Driven Projects ZoomAndy DeMeo • Matthew Arsenault • Emma Fulop • David Vandermast What is a Net Zero or Net Positive Portfolio? Q&A with the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance ZoomJesica Andrews What is Shareholder Engagement? ZoomDanielle Fugere • Lisa Lange What’s in My Retirement Plan? ZoomJeff Gitterman • Maureen Kline • Jim Roach • Mary Green • Michael Rhim • Deb Boyden Presidential Pursuit Cohorts - February Milestone Meeting ZoomDr. David Finegold • Tim Carter • Georges Dyer • Dr. F. Javier Cevallos • Dr. Darron Collins • Dr. Michael M. Crow • Dr. Jean Goodnow • Dr. Karin Hilgersom • Dr. Hilary L. Link • Dr. Scott D. Miller • Dr. Mark Mitsui • Dr. Valerie Newhouse • Dr. Elsa Núñez • Dr. Santa J. Ono • Dr. Robert C. Robbins • Mariko Silver • Nigel Topping • Dr. Wim Wiewel • Dr. Kim A. Wilcox • Jamie Merisotis Pursuit Team Formation Workshop ZoomRuss Gaskin • Sharon Simms

3:00pm EST

Adult Allyship: How to Build an Intergenerational Climate Movement ZoomGabby Heidrich • Tobias Hess • Harriet Shugarman Designing a Powerful Shared Intent ZoomRuss Gaskin • Sharon Simms Equity in Practice: Integrating DE&I from Firm to Portfolio ZoomPedro Henriques da Silva • Torrey Feimster • Caroline Dallas Pursuing Climate Justice Through Climate Action: Perspectives across North American Universities ZoomYeVonne Allen • Tracey Osborne • Grace Wang • Walter Mérida Social Media Bootcamp ZoomDavid W. Riggs

5:00pm EST

End-of-Day Reflection ZoomTim Carter • Georges Dyer • Dr. Elsa Núñez • Alice DonnaSelva
 
Friday, February 26
 

9:00am EST

Office Hours: Open Q&A with Experts & Peers ZoomEric Howard

11:00am EST

Peer-to-Peer Conversations - All We Can Save ZoomHannah Bowen • Susan Kidd Peer-to-Peer Conversations - Campus Energy Transition Zoom

12:30pm EST

Keynote Conversation: NAACP & Climate Justice ZoomMarvin Owens • Jacqueline Patterson

2:00pm EST

Active Ownership in the Endowment: Warren Wilson College ZoomAlice DonnaSelva • Anthony Rust • Ben Linthicum • Timothy Smith • Chris Miller Community Resilience Building on Your Campus: A Workshop with The Nature Conservancy and Second Nature ZoomAdam Whelchel, PhD • Alex Maxwell GRITS and SIMAP - Updates and New Functionality ZoomJennifer Andrews • Allison Leach • Mark Orlowski How Students Can Impact Corporate Behavior Through Engagement ZoomDorien Nunez • Susanna Gibbons, CFA • Jacob Ivy • Jae Nam Net Zero Endowments: Making the Commitment ZoomBob Litterman • Kathryn I. Murtagh, Esq. • Afsaneh Beschloss • Nili Gilbert Racial Equity Investing - Creating Your Own Best Practices ZoomJustin Wilson • Rachel Robasciotti • Gerry Watson • Tamara Larsen The Path to Carbon Neutrality: Thoughts and Reflections from North American Research Universities ZoomStephen Muzzy • John Madden • Michael Dalrymple • Breeana Sylvas

3:30pm EST

Peer to Peer Conversation Block ZoomRuss Gaskin • Sharon Simms

5:00pm EST

End-of-Milestone Reflection & Next Steps ZoomTim Carter • Georges Dyer • Alice DonnaSelva • Dr. Mark Mitsui • Neda Nobari
 
Tuesday, March 16
 

2:00pm EDT

Optional: Pursuit Teams meeting space TBA
 
Wednesday, June 9
 

9:00am EDT

Orientation to the Climate Action Pursuit (Option 1) ZoomHannah Bowen • Michele Madia

4:00pm EDT

Orientation to the Climate Action Pursuit (Option 2) ZoomHannah Bowen • Michele Madia
 
Thursday, June 10
 

9:30am EDT

Host Institution Teams Coffee Hour Zoom Staff Office Hours Zoom

11:00am EDT

Browning the Green Space - Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in Practice ZoomJulianne Zimmerman • Kerry Bowie • Amanda Downey • Jacquie Ashmore • Madeline Wang • Jeremy McDiarmid • Dan Goldman • Spencer Irvine

12:45pm EDT

Lunchtime Discussion Groups Zoom Pursuit Team Meeting Space Zoom

1:30pm EDT

Next Level Conversations - Curriculum & Community Engagement ZoomMarshall Curry • Korin Tangtrakul • Susanna Gibbons, CFA • Kayla Hickman • Tim Coffin • Anne Reichman • Steven Russell • Laura Martin • Mazi Ferguson • Karan Kishorepuria • Ryan Kmetz

2:45pm EDT

Host Institution Meeting Space Zoom

3:00pm EDT

Just and Equitable Climate Action Planning: Integrating climate justice and equity into CAPs and the climate action planning process ZoomStephania Fregosi • Aurora Winslade • YeVonne Allen • Lee Ball • Janika McFeely • Marybelle Tobias Policy Briefing - How to Understand, Adapt to, and Influence the Rules of a Sustainable Economy ZoomDawn Slevin • Brian Kennedy • Billy Gridley Your Retirement Plan is Contributing to Climate Change and Inequality, what are you doing about it? ZoomJim Roach • Sarah Bratton Hughes • Mary Green • Michael Rhim • Natixis Investment Managers

4:30pm EDT

Lightning Round: Ambitious Goals and Who Can Help You Meet Them ZoomDave Karlsgodt • Jacob Ivy • Vivian Chen • Chris O'Brien • Tynesia Boyea-Robinson • Bob Hinkle • Erika Murphy • David Krantz • Noorie Rajvanshi

5:30pm EDT

End of Day Reflection Zoom
 
Friday, June 11
 

9:30am EDT

Pursuit Teams Coffee Hour Zoom Open Space for Conversation Zoom

11:00am EDT

Using Your Institutional Power to Achieve Climate Justice ZoomDavarian Baldwin

1:00pm EDT

Empowering People-Oriented Climate Action: Santa Clara University, Dickinson College, & EcoChallenge.org ZoomLindsey Lyons • Lacy Cagle • Lindsey Kalkbrenner Forest carbon offsets to meet net zero commitments ZoomCakey Washington • Christopher Adamo • Janet Peace • Tommie Elder Net Zero Endowments - How Asset Managers & Industry Initiatives Can Help Endowments Reach Net Zero ZoomLindsey White • Mahesh Roy • Tamara Larsen • Edward Mason Open Space for Conversation Zoom

2:15pm EDT

Host Institution Meeting Space Zoom

2:30pm EDT

Keynote Conversation: Leah Stokes and Nikayla Jefferson ZoomLeah Stokes • Nikayla Jefferson

3:30pm EDT

Next Level Conversations - Operations & Finance ZoomPedro Henriques da Silva • Sarah Reed • Elizabeth Drake • James Ritchotte • Ryan Taylor • Susan Sayre • Casey Pickett • Austin Wilson • Andrew Behar • Lisa Marie Tornatore • Thomas Poveromo • Jared Walker

5:00pm EDT

End of Milestone Reflection Zoom
 
Wednesday, June 23
 

1:30pm EDT

Presidential Pursuit Cohort -- June Milestone Meeting Zoom
 
Tuesday, July 13
 

1:00pm EDT

IEN Webinar: Creating Racial Equity Standards for Investing ZoomTynesia Boyea-Robinson
 
Wednesday, October 6
 

4:00pm EDT

Pursuit Orientation Zoom
 
Thursday, October 7
 

9:30am EDT

Coffee Hours and Networking - Climate Justice Zoom Coffee Hours and Networking - Shaping Second Nature's Climate Strategy Zoom

11:00am EDT

Climate, Health, and Justice: Intersectionality in the Built Environment ZoomTim Carter • Mark Chambers • Rachel Hodgdon

1:00pm EDT

Climate Smart Endowment Investing ZoomKelly Green • Audrey Choi • Valerie Rockefeller • Erika Murphy IU's Resilience Cohorts and Climate Fellows ZoomDanni Schaust • Steven Chybowski Meeting Major Reductions Goals with the Help of Second Nature's Solution Partners ZoomChris O'Brien • Dave Karlsgodt • Amy Dvorak

2:30pm EDT

Carbon Neutrality Claims - Community Conversation ZoomAurora Sharrard • Aaron Durbaugh • Liz Minne • Carolyn Bacchus • Brad Liljequist

3:00pm EDT

Climate Justice in Action: Developing the City of Oakland's Equitable Climate Action Plan (ECAP) ZoomChantal Madray • Marybelle Tobias • Colin Miller Moving Our Money for Climate Justice ZoomGwladys Ngatchou • Andrew Behar • Ben Linthicum • Kwan-Yin Graw • Michael Rhim

4:15pm EDT

Federal Research Priorities for Equitable Climate Solutions ZoomTim Carter • Sethuraman Panchanathan

5:00pm EDT

End of Day Reflection and Happy Hour Zoom
 
Friday, October 8
 

9:30am EDT

Host Institution Meeting Space Zoom

11:00am EDT

Community Resilience Building Training Workshop ZoomAdam Wehlchel • Chantal Madray Invite Only - Campus Energy Transition Group ZoomSteve Muzzy Shifting Power Dynamics to Center Grassroots Movements in Decision Making ZoomAndrea Armeni • Ariel Brooks • Dana K. Bezerra Presidential Pursuit Cohort - October Milestone Meeting ZoomTim Carter • Sue Biniaz • Nate Hultman • Christina Kwauk • Courtney Greisel • Liqian Ma • April Burrage • Anna Goldstein

2:00pm EDT

Keynote: The Truth About the Roots of the Climate Crisis and the Path Forward ZoomGopal Dayaneni • Angela Mooney D’Arcy • Hop Hopkins • Kandi White

3:45pm EDT

End-of-Day Milestone Reflection and Happy Hour ZoomGeorge Dyer • Julia Parker
 
Thursday, December 9
 

12:30pm EST

COP26 Recap & Reflections for the Higher Education Sector ZoomAmanda Belles • Michelle Wyman • Noa Dalzell • Aaron Durnbaugh • Felicia Davis

1:45pm EST

Lightning Round: Campus Highlights from the Climate Action Pursuit ZoomMichele Madia • Brooke Suter • John Willis Gardner • Cindy Klein-Banai • Geri Melchiorre • Amy Dvorak • Elizabeth Malcolm • Martha Larson • Shane Tedder

3:00pm EST

Lessons Learned in Justice, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion-Centered Climate Resilience Planning ZoomChantal Madray • Janika McFeely • Nurit Katz • Marybelle Tobias • Ryan Bell Project Drawdown & Endowment Investing ZoomTamara Larsen • Pablo Berrutti • Mamta Mehra

4:30pm EST

End of Day Reflection ZoomMichele Madia • Steve Muzzy • Rachel Valletta • Julia Parker
 
Friday, December 10
 

11:30am EST

Campus Energy Transition Working Group (Invite Only) Zoom The Acceleration Fund: Accelerating Climate Action Planning From Campus to Community ZoomRachel Valletta • Neha Gupta • Susan Kidd • John Pumilio

1:00pm EST

Lightning Round: Climate Action Pursuit Outcomes ZoomKaede Kawauchi • Susanna Gibbons • Jeff Jackanicz • Angela Gregory • Ezra Small • Suzanne Walsh

2:30pm EST

End of Pursuit Highlights and Reflection ZoomTim Carter • Georges Dyer • Mark Mitsui • Dianne Dillon-Ridgley • Garrett Ashley
 
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