Conference Year: 2023
Michelle Bolas
Michelle Bolas joins NCI after serving as chief innovation officer at UNC-Chapel Hill and executive director of Innovate Carolina, where she led the University’s innovation strategy. She brings 25 years of experience working with higher education, business and industry, and … Read more
Ryan Bethencourt
Ryan is the CEO of Wild Earth, the leading D2C healthy plant based pet food company in the US. In addition, Ryan functions as the co-founder and partner of Sustainable Food Ventures. In the last seven years Ryan has invested … Read more
Jeff Benavides
Jeff currently serves as the lead for city and building performance across international markets at USGBC. Prior to his family’s move to Raleigh, Jeff served as the first Chief Sustainability & Resilience Officer for Orange County/Orlando. Over the past 18 … Read more
Doug Beebe
Doug is Vice President, Clean Energy at Key Equipment Finance, a subsidiary of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), among the nation’s largest, well-capitalized banks. He is responsible for originating, analyzing, structuring and closing financing for solar, fuel cell, energy storage, energy efficiency … Read more
Brian Bednar
Raised and based in Charlotte, NC, Brian graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a BS in Business Administration and earned an MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Brian’s professional background is in … Read more
Ethan Beaulieu
Ethan joined the Southeastern Wind Coalition in August 2022 as a North Carolina Program Associate. He conducts wind power research and assists education efforts in North Carolina as well as building coalition support and general outreach. Ethan is from the … Read more