Climate Masterminds

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Join the Sustainability Innovation Pioneers

UC Berkeley Extension - San Francisco

Join NuScale Power, Climate Cabinet and General Atomics in this event hosted by ADAPT, Veritel Energy &amp; UC Berkeley to learn about innovations in Energy in fighting climate change. What is the event about?Climate Masterminds brings together experts and industry players who are developing new technologies and ideas in confronting our climate challenges and ushering in sustainability solutions.If you are looking to learn more about innovations in combating climate change from a wide variety of industry and academic professionals who are dedicated to make a difference; or want to share your knowledge about this exciting industry, then this event is for you!Who should attend?<ul><li>Sustainability Professionals</li><li>Startups</li><li>Academics</li><li>Students</li><li>Developers</li><li>Insurers</li><li>Venture Capitalists/Private Capital Investors</li><li>Investment bankers</li></ul>A﻿bout NuScale PowerNuScale Power is poised to meet the diverse energy needs of customers across the world. It has developed small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, commercial-scale hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. The groundbreaking NuScale Power Module™ (NPM), a small, safe pressurized water reactor, can generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe) and can be scaled to meet customer needs. NuScale’s 12-module VOYGR™-12 power plant is capable of generating 924 MWe, and NuScale also offers four-module VOYGR-4 (308 MWe) and six-module VOYGR-6 (462 MWe) power plants, as well as other configurations based on customer needs. Founded in 2007, NuScale is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and has offices in Corvallis, Ore.; Rockville, Md.; Richland, Wash.; and London, UK.A﻿bout Climate CabinetClimate Cabinet and our partners have combined local policy expertise with big data to identify the downballot races with the greatest climate impact per campaign dollar. We’ve untangled the complex web of which elected offices across the country have the biggest and most immediate opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – overlayed with what it will take to put climate champions in those seats.Speakers &amp; Hosts

Ryan DeanManager, Internal &amp; External CommunicationsNuScale PowerRyan Dean is the Manager, Internal &amp; External Communications for NuScale Power where he is responsible for the company’s public and media relations, stakeholder outreach and social media.. Prior to joining NuScale, Dean was a Communications Supervisor with Southern Nuclear. In that role he lead the external affairs for the company’s three nuclear power facilities operating in Georgia and Alabama, including community and stakeholder outreach, public relations and media relations. Dean previously held public affairs and corporate development positions at Ascent Resources and Chesapeake Energy, both oil and gas exploration and production companies operating in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.Dean received a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from West Virginia University. He currently resides and works out his home office in Charlotte, NC.

Caroline SpearsExecutive DirectorClimate CabinetCaroline Spears is the Executive Director of Climate Cabinet. State and local elections are too often under-funded and ignored by the average voter. Enter: Climate Cabinet Action, the “Moneyball” of climate politics. Climate Cabinet targets state and local elections that provide the greatest “return on investment” on climate and helps those candidates win at the ballot box. From critical funding to field or communications services, Climate Cabinet provides pro-climate candidates the tools they need to succeed. Learn more at www.climateslate.com.

Brian GriersonDirector, Fusion Pilot Plant Design HubGeneral AtomicsBrian is the Director of the Fusion Pilot Plant Design Hub at General Atomics in San Diego, CA. He leads a team of scientists and engineers developing a fully integrated fusion pilot plant to put electricity on the grid. Prior to joining General Atomics he spent more than ten years with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory as a division head and principal research physicist involved in domestic and international magnetic fusion energy research. He received his PhD in applied physics and applied mathematics from Columbia University in New York.

Dinesh CFounder and CEO ADAPTDinesh C is the Founder and CEO of ADAPT, developing a Sustainable Mobility platform for organizations to decarbonize their transportation-related impacts. He is a globally recognized thought leader and innovator throughout the mobility industry. Dinesh is also a Board Member of Japanese Community Young Council (JCYC), one of the largest San Francisco non-profit educational institutions serving 7000 children and youth annually from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. Dinesh started his career with IBM after graduating from Brown University in Computer Science and Business Economics and later pursued his Master’s in Sustainability at Harvard University. Obsessed with using technology to bring better lives for human beings around the world, Dinesh also started teaching entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley Extension since 2015.

Tony KeslinkeFounderVeritel EnergyTony Keslinke is the Founder of Veritel Energy, where he is working to decarbonize the electrical grid and democratize renewable energy in at-risk communities. He is passionate about the power of using intelligent development in the built environment to deliver improved outcomes for communities and residents of workforce housing. Prior to his current venture, Tony worked in traditional real estate development creating hundreds of millions of dollars of public and private value during the past three decades. He is a UC Berkeley Golden Bear lifetime alumnus member and a proud father of a third year Cal mechanical engineering student.

UC Berkeley Extension https://extension.berkeley.eduThe University of California, Berkeley, Extension (UC Berkeley Extension) is the continuing education division of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) campus. Founded in 1891, UC Berkeley Extension provides continuing education through self-supporting academic programs and serves more than 48,000 annual student enrollments in over 2,000 courses and 80 professional certificates and specialized programs of study.

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