Please join Carol Browner, former EPA Administrator and later Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, and Jayni Hein, Senior Director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Co-Chair of Covington's new Carbon Management & Climate Mitigation initiative for a special event on Women Leaders in Climate. Featuring the diverse perspectives of leading corporate chief sustainability officers and current and former senior government officials, the panel will highlight the important work on sustainability and climate change mitigation and discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Panelists will include:
· Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment) and Chief Sustainability Officer
· Maxine Burkett, until recently, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
· Kathleen McLaughlin, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart, Inc.
· Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft
· Alejandra Nunez, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mobile Sources at Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
· Val Smith, Chief Sustainability Officer, Citi
Following the panel, attendees will have an opportunity to talk informally over drinks and light hors d'oeuvres.