Britt Wray is an author and researcher working at the forefront of climate change and mental health. She is the Director of the Special Initiative of the Chair on Climate Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Stanford Medicine.

Britt is the author of Generation Dread - Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety and the newsletter Gen Dread.

Tzeporah Berman BA, MES, LLD (honoris causa) has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over thirty years. She is currently the International Program Director at Stand.earth and the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. She is the Co-founder of the Global Gas & Oil Network, the former co-director of Greenpeace International’s Global Climate and Energy Program, and the co-founder of ForestEthics (now Stand.earth).

LaUra Schmidt (she/her) is a truth-seeker, community-builder, cultural critic, and grief worker. She is also the granddaughter of a holocaust survivor. Inspiration finds her in natural landscapes and honest, open-hearted dialogue.

LaUra graduated with a BS in Environmental Studies, Biology, and Religious Studies. Her MS is in Environmental Humanities. LaUra has been studying and cultivating personal and collective resilience strategies for nearly a decade. She is trained in nonviolent civil disobedience, and is a Climate Reality Leadership Corps member & mentor. She recently earned an “Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy” Certificate through The Embody Lab.

LaUra & Aimee Lewis-Reau have written a book called How to Live in a Chaotic Climate - 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Community, and Our Planet.

Melina Laboucan-Massimo is Lubicon Cree First Nation from Northern Alberta, Canada. She has worked on social, environmental and climate justice issues for the past 15 years. Currently a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation, Melina’s research is focused on Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge and Renewable Energy. Melina holds a master’s degree in Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria with a focus on Renewable Energy in First Nation communities.

Facing firsthand impacts of the Alberta tar sands in her traditional territory, Melina has been a vocal advocate for Indigenous rights. For over a decade, Melina worked as a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada and the Indigenous Environmental Network internationally.

She has written for a variety of publications and produced short documentaries on the tar sands, climate change, water issues and Indigenous cultural revitalization. Melina has studied, campaigned and worked in Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Canada and across Europe focusing on resource extraction, climate change impacts, media literacy and Indigenous rights & responsibilities.

Melina also works on the issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada after the suspicious death of her sister Bella whose case still remains unsolved. Melina currently serves on the boards of Seeding Sovereignty and NDN as well as the executive steering committees of the Indigenous Clean Energy Network and Indigenous Climate Action.

Spring Cheng is the co-founder of Resonance Path Institute, a non-profit organization based in Seattle that pioneers research and practice to restore the sensing-feeling-Self to serve the emergence of collective consciousness and wholesome social organizations, and co-author of The Resonance Code.

Dr. Faith Cohen is an executive coach to leaders at fast-growth startups. With training in neuropsychology and 30 years in the clinical field, Faith has mastered the ability to fuel real and palpable change for people to become high-performing leaders by using cutting edge science, and courageous compassion. 

She works with numerous startups and is a mentor at Techstars and SecureSet accelerator programs. Early in her career, she led corporate and training courses for the Outward Bound School.

Dr. Cohen has spent over 30,000 hours in one-on-one sessions helping creatives and leaders rewire their brains to expand brain power, boost creativity, and enhance performance. These are all advanced qualities required for leading and managing with high stakes.

Faith earned her Ph.D. in Pediatric Clinical Psychology from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and completed her pre-doctoral internship at a long-term cognitive rehab hospital for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Boston, MA. She went on to receive extensive training in trauma-release techniques (EMDR, Brain Spotting, Somatic Experiencing) and continued study of the neuropsychology of the developing brain, and trauma/resilience while working in private practice.