Leah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist who coined the term ‘eco-communicator’ to describe her style of environmental activism. In 2020, Leah founded the non-profit, Intersectional Environmentalist, a leading resource hub for diverse and accessible climate education and in 2022 wrote the book The Intersectional Environmentalist, which has been used as a resource in classrooms around the world. Through her Green Girl Productions project- Leah has designed innovative programs like London’s first Black EcoFeminist Summit, Earth Sessions community driven climate justice concerts and a grassroots book tour of over 70 stops. She has been recognized in Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, CNN, ABC News, and NBC, among others, and has been recognized in Forbes 30 under 30, EBONY Power 100, TIME100 Next, and INSIDER’s Climate Action 30.
Marcene Mitchell is Senior VP of Climate Change and believes that a successful transition to a clean energy economy while conserving nature and prioritizing community benefits is possible. As a leader in the field of climate change and sustainable finance, Mitchell is dedicated to creating real world results using innovative finance and nature-based solutions, working with companies, financial institutions, and governments to scale new low carbon areas through science-based targets in supply chain management, climate smart agriculture, green cities, and forest regeneration. As the Senior VP of Climate Change at WWF, Mitchell leads a multi-faceted team in advancing WWF’s climate agenda in the US and globally. To do so, Mitchell oversees WWF’s broader climate strategy across four programmatic pillars critical to the organization’s whole-of-society climate action approach: green energy transition, nature-based solutions for climate, climate finance, and climate-smart beef production.
