Roger Ullman is chief executive of the foundation Advocates for Climate Innovation and of its related 501(c)(4) organization, Climate Innovation Action.  These organizations seek to secure broad, effective and efficient Federal climate policy, with a current focus on carbon dioxide removal and next-generation geothermal power production.  Roger co-founded ACI’s predecessor Linden Trust for Conservation and became its first Executive Director in 2006.  From 2002 to 2006 he was at Rainforest Alliance, managing the world’s leading Forest Stewardship Council certifier, with operations in more than 50 countries.  For nearly two decades before that he worked on Wall Street, most recently as a Managing Director of investment banking at Merrill Lynch, where he founded and built the firm’s mergers and acquisitions business in Latin America.  He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in history from Harvard College.

Bill Roberts is the Principal of Corridor Partners.  He has over 40 years of experience in politics, advocacy, and philanthropy.  In philanthropy, Bill has held leadership positions at Atlantic Philanthropies (director of U.S. advocacy) and the Beldon Fund (president). In advocacy and policy, Bill held senior positions on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and at the Environmental Defense Fund.