Leilani Münter spoke at the Sun Valley Forum on Resilience in July 2016, addressing the following topic along with a number of other speakers: Engaging Society: Do People Care? Can They? Can We Make a Difference? To meet the speed and scale of the opportunity to transform our economies, all of us must be informed and active. We heard how our speakers are doing just that, from Leilani using her car as a billboard to faith leaders engaging their congregants, to activating kids in our schools, to musicians firing up their fans and helping those in the criminal justice system, the morning’s speakers shared their strategies and lessons learned so we can see what we all can do. Please see www.sunvalleyforum.com for more information.

Along with others, Zach Knight spoke at the Sun Valley Forum on Resilience 2016, to the topic of: Communities Under Threat – Place-Based Innovations Creating Economic Opportunity. Mountain communities are at great risk from fire, drought, power outages and snowfall changes. This session will explore how those risks can be taken on and turned into opportunities. Please see www.sunvalleyforum.com for more information.

This panel is produced in collaboration with The Hawthorn Club, a global network of women leaders in energy. This is a uniquely exciting time in the energy industry, as it is poised to face a multitude of opportunities and challenges in the coming decades, and women are particularly well suited to address these. Ms. Harris will ask the distinguished panel of women from the political, technological and financial sectors to discuss the role that they see their organizations playing in this transition. Panelists include: Meade Harris, the Hawthorn Club (Panel Host) Aimee Barnes, Allotrope Partners Leslie Biddle, Serengeti Asset Management Kathleen Brown, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Sydney McNiff Johnson, Dentons Nancy Pfund, DBL Partners

Bob Perkowitz, President of ecoAmerica, spoke at the Sun Valley Forum for Resilience in July 2016 to the topic of: Engaging Society: Do People Care? Can They? Can We Make a Difference? To meet the speed and scale of the opportunity to transform our economies, all of us must be informed and active. Our speakers are doing just that, from a NASCAR driver using her car as a billboard to faith leaders engaging their congregants, to activating kids in our schools, to musicians firing up their fans and helping those in the criminal justice system, this morning’s speakers share their strategies and lessons learned so we can see what we all can do.