About DCCW

Our team

Executive Board

Kiran Bhatraju
CEO, Arcadia

Deborah Brosnan
President & CEO, Deborah Brosnan & Associates

Dan Delurey
Senior Fellow for Climate & Energy, Vermont Law School

Chad Frischmann
CEO and Co-Founder, RegenIntel

Sherri Goodman
Author, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security

Sarah Hunt
President, Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy

Jigar Shah
Serial Entrepreneur and Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute

Robert Stout
Senior Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Advisory Board

Daniel Barker
President and CEO, Halcyon

Justin Brodie-Kommit
General Partner, Lichen Ventures

Tom Chinnock
Co-Founder, Tech for Climate Action

Cedric Craig
Co-Organizer, Climate DC

Dr. Naamal De Silva
Vice President, Together for Birds at American Bird Conservancy

Uri Fishelson
Climate Tech Consulting Leader

C’pher Gresham
Co-Organizer, DC Climate Week and Co-Founder, GridVolve

Simon Hayman
Co-Founder, Tech for Climate Action

Marissa Jennings
Partnership and Youth Engagement Leader

Lex Kiefhaber
COO, Haddy

Skye Lawrence
Co-Founder, Ampere

Michael Luciani
Managing Partner, Juniper VC

Anjali Mahadevia
Head of Climate, DC Startup and Tech Week

Ben Margolis
Director of Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator

Vid Micevic
Co-Organizer, DC Climate Week and Founder, Climate DC

Uros Simovic
Senior Specialist, Motive Power, Inc

Claire Smalley
Founder and creative director, small c studio

Jamil Wyne
Co-Founder, Riffle Ventures


Programming leads

Anjali Mahadevia, Co-chair

Nethra Rajendran, Co-chair

Innovation and tech leads

Justin Brodie-Kommit

Andres Alvarez

Policy and advocacy leads

Tom Chinnock

Simon Hayman

Mobility and water lead

Holly Hearn

Urban development lead

Joe Younkle

Marketing

Cedric Craig, Co-chair

Amy Floryan

Liz McAvoy Gabriel

Claire Smalley, Co-chair


Supporting partners

Alder & Co.
Marketing

Enduring Planet
CFO firm

Redwood Communications
PR Agency

small c studio
Branding and creative

Halcyon
Fiscal sponsor