Our Team - Los Angeles Climate Week

OUR TEAM

Organizing Team

Meet the dedicated individuals driving change at LA Climate Week. Learn more about each team member below.

Lara Rudar

Co-Founder, Collidescope Foundation, and United Nations COP28 Delegate

JC Arce

Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Collidescope Foundation

Dan Thorman

Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Collidescope Foundation

Nishant Mani

Advisor and Former Chief Business Officer, Terra.do

Curtis T. Jewell II

Director of Sponsorships

Carson Vest

Director Project:Bloom, Collidescope Foundation

Colby Bergstad

Director of Operations, Collidescope Foundation

Beatrice Milan Windorski

Manager of The Collective, Collidescope Foundation, and Miss Earth Water 2024

Olivia Peay

Marketing & Communications Manager, Collidescope Foundation

Jacques Pelletier

Operations Coordinator, Collidescope Foundation

Nala Amirah

Global Partnerships, Collidescope Foundation, UN Women 30 for 2030

David Reichbaum

Senior Consultant, Talisman Advisory Partners

Steering Committee

Our steering committee consists of leaders representing key climate ecosystems to ensure that all communities are meaningfully engaged during LA Climate Week.

Jamiah Adams

Diversity and Justice Senior Vice president at The Climate Reality Project

Jerome Foster II

White House Advisor on Environmental Justice

Aura Vasquez

Emeritus LADWP Commissioner

Isaias Hernandez

Environmentalist & Creative, Queer Brown Vegan

Shawn Sweeney, M.Ed.

Associate VP, Communications & Partnerships – Jane Goodall Institute USA

Samuel Rubin

Co-Founder, Hollywood Climate Summit, Entertainment and Culture Pavillion

Jane Velez-Mitchell

NYT bestselling author, former CNN News host, Founder of UnchainedTV

Kip Pastor

Founder & CEO, Pique Action

Cesar Asebedo

Co-Founder of Plant Based Treaty LA, Vice President of Animal Alliance Network

Ian Mckeown

Campus Sustainability Officer, Loyola Marymount University

Graham Hill

Founder, CEO, The Carbonauts

Stephen Cheung

President & CEO of LAEDC and WTCLA

Samata Pattinson FRSA

CEO of BLACK PEARL, Sustainability Partner for The Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences

Matt Bravmann

Impact & Culture Strategist, Founder of Atopos

Rita Kampalath

LA County Chief Sustainability Office

Samantha Lau

Campaigner, Plant Based Treaty LA

Los Angeles Climate Week

April 6-13, 2025

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