People (2021)

Keynote Speakers

Arun Majumdar — Arun Majumdar
Jay Precourt Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Photon Science and by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Dennis Woodside — Dennis Woodside
President of Impossible Foods

Panelists

Dr. Zhengxia Dou — Dr. Zhengxia Dou
Professor, Agricultural Systems, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center

Dr. David T Galligan — Dr. David T Galligan
Professor of Animal Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. James R Hagan — Dr. James R Hagan
Graduate Student Advisor in the Sustainability and Environmental Policy concentrations, Former Vice President of Sustainability & Environment at GlaxoSmithKline

Dr. Peter Psarras — Dr. Peter Psarras
Research Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Arthur van Benthem — Dr. Arthur van Benthem
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

E. Mitchell Swann — E. Mitchell Swann
Managing Director at Resolution Management Consultants, Philadelphia Energy Authority Board

Alex Behar — Alex Behar
Vice President at Cultivian Sandbox

Shuo Yang — Shuo Yang
Principal at Fifty Years

Ally Warson — Ally Warson
Senior Associate at UP Partners

Kimberly Zou — Kimberly Zou
Founder of Climate Tech VC and Analyst at Energy Impact Partners

Ry Storey-Fisher — Ry Storey-Fisher
Senior Partnership Associate at Powerhouse

Franz Hochstrasser — Franz Hochstrasser
CEO and Co-founder of Raise Green and New Haven Community Solar, Former Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for Climate Change @ the US State Dept

Moderators

Caitlyn McCloskey — Caitlyn McCloskey
Executive member of the
Penn Environmental Group

Ben May — Ben May
Founder of ThinkOcean,
Former Co-Chair of SSAP,
Former UA Director of Sustainability and Community Impact

Akaash Padmanabha — Akaash Padmanabha
Chair of Penn Dining Advisory Board

Event Co-Sponsors

Penn Environmental Group — Penn Environmental Group
Penn's oldest and largest environmental group, addressing environmental issues and increasing environmental awareness both at a community and global level

Student Sustainability Association at Penn (SSAP) — Student Sustainability Association at Penn (SSAP)
The official umbrella group of environmental sustainability student groups on Penn's campus

Penn Undergraduate Capital Partners — Penn Undergraduate Capital Partners
Student-led organization that is changing the way venture capital interacts with universities in Philadelphia and beyond.

PCV Team

Andrew Yu - Management
Mark Wasuwanich - Management
Aliris Tang - Management
Marina Dauer - Prize Lead
Shalini Majumdar - Fellowships Lead
Angela Sun - Events Coordinator
Yi-An Hsieh - Events Coordinator, Design
Nicole Chau - Design

PCV Advisors

Clara Lyle - Weitzman School of Design, MA Environmental Planning
Helen Wiley - Wharton Risk Center
Ben Thomas - Wharton Risk Center

SparkTeen Team

Kyler Wang
Kai Fine
Angel More
Andrew Gao
Jodi Sy
Aiko Ma
Sumner Rahr
Kevin Wang
Rayan Garg