Sponsored by the Georgetown Climate Center and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
U.S. governors have assumed the mantle of climate leadership. This session will feature governors and other senior officials who will share their leading efforts to curb emissions, prepare for climate impacts, and work together in new alliances across states, sectors and regions.
	   
	  
	  
				
		Welcome
		
						
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Vicki Arroyo 
			Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center
			
							  
		 
		
							
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Elliot Diringer 
			Executive Vice President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
			
							  
		 
		
							
		Speakers
		
						
		
		
							
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Gov. Jay Inslee 
			Washington
			
							  
		 
		
							
		Panel Discussion
		
						
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Katie Theoharides 
			Assistant Secretary of Climate Change, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
			
							  
		 
		
							
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Ben Grumbles 
			Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
			
							  
		 
		
							
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Jared Snyder 
			Deputy Commissioner, Office of Air Resources, Climate Change and Energy, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
			
							  
		 
		
							
		
							  
							  
		  
			
Taryn Finnessey 
			Senior Climate Change Specialist, Colorado Department of Natural Resources