Meet The Team
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.