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Nobel Laureate Conversation
Featuring Al Gore and Dr. Wangari Maathai

Moderated by Dan Rather

Protecting Rainforests, Communities and our Climate:
How U.S. leadership can make a difference

New York City — September 22, 2008
picture of lunch speakers and NGO presidents

(From left to right) Jeff Horowitz, founder AD Partners – Peter Selignmann, Chair, CI – Stu Eizenstat, Partner, Covington & Burling – Mark Tercek, President TNC – Nobel Laureate Al Gore – Helene Gayle, President, CARE USA – Carter Roberts, President WWF US – Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai – Dean Hirsh, President WVI – Ray Offenheiser, President, Oxfam – Nancy Lindborg, President, Mercy Corps and Kevin Knobloch, President UCS


New York City, NY - AD Partners was pleased and honored to host Nobel laureates Al Gore and Wangari Maathai who lead a landmark discussion on the need to protect tropical forests as a central element in the fight to stop climate change and as a key to international peace, stability and development. Moderated by Dan Rather, their discussion focused on the crucial role to be played by U.S. leaders in fighting deforestation, particularly in tropical regions, that accounts for about 20 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions and destabilizes vulnerable populations and regions.

The event, held on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 at the Yale Club in New York City, represented an historic coming-together of the environmental and development communities to address this crucial issue. Other featured presenters included Kevin Knobloch, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, Carter Roberts, president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund, and Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, and featured closing remarks by Stuart Eizenstat, former U.S. ambassador. A “Call to Action“ on U.S. Leadership for Climate and Forest Protection was released at the event.

 

Click here to see summary and photos of both the lunch and roundtable



September 22, 2008 AD Partners events:

 

picture of Al Gore, Dan Rather and Wangari Maathai

Noble Peace Prize Winners, Gore and Maathai, in conversation with moderator Dan Rather

 

Featured Speakers, Panelists and Honored Guests included:

Al Gore Jr. — 45th Vice President of the United States
Wangari Maathai — Founder, The Green Belt Movement
Dan Rather — Managing Editor and Anchor, HDNet
Bharrat Jagdeo — His Excellency the President of the Republic of Guyana
James Kimonyo — Ambassador to the U.S., Rwanda
Carlos Manuel Rodriquez — Former Minister of the Environment, Costa Rica
Pedro León — General Coordinator of Peace with Nature, Costa Rica
Carter Roberts — President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund, U.S.
Dean Hirsch — President, World Vision International
Helene Gayle — President, CARE, U.S.
Kevin Knobloch — President, Union of Concerned Scientists
Kevin Conrad — Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations
Mark Tercek — President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Nancy Lindborg —President, Mercy Corps
Peter Seligmann — Chairman, Conservation International
Raymond Offenheiser — President, Oxfam, U.S.
Stu Eizenstat — Former US Ambassador, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Event Organizing Group:

  • Jeffrey Horowitz — Founder, Avoided Deforestation Partners
  • Charlotte Streck — AD Partners Co-Founder; Director and Founder Climate Focus B.V.
  • Richard Saines — AD Partners; Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP
  • Toby Janson-Smith — AD Partners; Senior Director, Conservation International
  • Robert O'Sullivan — AD Partners; Executive Director North America, Climate Focus
  • Nigel Purvis — Climate Advisers
  • Peter Frumhoff — Chief Scientist of Climate Campaign, Union of Concerned Scientists
  • William Boyd — Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado
  • Eric Haxthausen — Climate Change Senior Policy Adviser, The Nature Conservancy
  • Chris Tuite — former U.N. Director, The Green Belt Movement
  • Jennifer Denney — Strategic Communications, The Nature Conservancy
  • Christopher Shore — Director, Carbon Poverty Reduction Initiative, World Vision International
  • Aimee Christensen — Founder and CEO, Christensen Global Strategies
  • Albert Cho — Manager, McKinsey & Company
  • Ann Tartre — Avoided Deforestation Partners

    • Participants:


  • Abyd Karmali — Global Head of Carbon Emissions, Merrill Lynch
  • Adam Schwarz — Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
  • Adele Simmons — Vice Chairman, The Burnham Plan Centennial
  • Aldo de Cresci Neto — Attorney, Fleury Malheiros, Gasparini, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • Alice Kenny — Science Writer, Ecosystems Marketplace
  • Allen Andersson — Chairman and Founder, Paperboy Ventures
  • Andrew Bowman — Director, Climate Change Initiative, Doris Duke Foundation
  • Andrew Jones — Director, Policy Analysis Team, CARE USA
  • Anna Creed — Prince's Rainforest Trust, UK
  • Barbara Bramble — Senior Program Advisor, International Programs, National Wildlife Federation
  • Bart Simmons — COO, Ecosystem Restoration Associates
  • Ben Vitale — Senior Director, Conservation International
  • Bill Goodfellow — Executive Director, Center for International Policy
  • Bill Townsend — CEO, Blue Source
  • Brer Adams — Macquarie Capital Products Limited
  • Brian Murray — Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
  • Brodie Ferguson — Managing Partner, Anthrotect, LLC
  • Carina Bracer — Manager, Tropical America, Katoomba Group
  • Carter Bales — Managing Partner Emeritus of the Wicks Group of Companies
  • Cassie Pataky — U.S. Director, The Green Belt Movement
  • Charles Barber — Environmental Advisor, Office of Environment and Science Policy, USAID
  • Charles Hallab — Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP
  • Charles McNeill — Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Energy Group, UNDP
  • Daniel Zarin — Consultant, David and Lucille Packard Foundation
  • David Jhirad — Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Rockefeller Foundation
  • David Hayes — Latham & Watkins, LLP
  • David Sandalow — Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
  • David Schacht — Executive Director, Amigos of Costa Rica
  • David Shoch — Vice President of Forestry and Technical Services, Terra Carbon
  • David Williamson — Attorney, Beveridge & Diamond
  • David Yeh - Generation Investment Management, LLP
  • Deborah Spalding — Yale University / Working Lands, LLC
  • Dharsono Hartono — PT. Rimba Makmur Utama
  • Diana Glassman — Head Environmental Business Group-Americas, Credit Suisse
  • Don Melnick — Founder, Center for Environmental Research & Conservation
  • Donna Lee — Office of Global Change, U.S. Department of State
  • Dorjee Sun — CEO, Carbon Conservation Pty
  • Doug Boucher — Director, Tropical Forests and Climate Initiative, Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Duncan Marsh — Director, International Climate Policy, The Nature Conservancy
  • Ed Miller — Director, Legacy Fund, Henry Crown & Company
  • Eileen Growald Rockefeller — Venture Philanthropist, Growald Family Fund
  • Eric Bettelheim — Chairman, Sustainable Forestry Management, UK
  • Franz Tattenbach — Executive Director, Fundecor, Costa Rica
  • Fred Stolle - Associate Director, World Resources Institute
  • Federica Bietta - Coalition for Rainforest Nations
  • Frederik Ilsaas Pharo — Government of Norway
  • Geoffrey Heal — Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility; Columbia University
  • Georg Schattney -- Head of Finance & Sustainability Practice*
  • Gernot Wagner — Economist, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Gerrity Lansing — President, Equator Environmental
  • Gia Schneider — Eko Asset
  • Glenn Prickett — Senior Vice-President, Conservation International
  • Gonzalo Castro — Sustainable Forestry Management
  • Greg Spencer — President, Blue Source, LLC
  • Gus Silva-Chavez — Environmental Defense Fund
  • Hans Brattskar — Government of Norway
  • Holly Fechner — Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
  • Howard Gould — Director of Corporate Development, Equator Environmental
  • Hylton Murray-Philipson — Special Advisor, The Prince's Rainforest Projects
  • Jacob Scherr — Director, International Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Jake Schmidt — International Climate Policy Director, NRDC
  • Jaime Russell — Senior Director, Clinton Climate Initiative, William J. Clinton Foundation
  • James Warfield — COO, Columbia University
  • Jan Hartke — William J. Clinton Foundation
  • Jason Scott — Partner and Co-founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
  • Jason R. Patrick — Carbon Emissions, Merrill Lynch
  • Jean-Philip Brisson — Vice President, Goldman Sachs
  • Jeff Campbell — Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation
  • Jeff Waldon — Executive Director, Conservation Management Institute
  • Jeremy Oppenheim — Director, McKinsey & Company, UK
  • Jesse Fink — Co-founder and Managing Director, Mission Point Capital
  • Jim Levitt — Director of the Program on Conservation of Innovation, Harvard University
  • Joanna Durbin — Director, Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance
  • John Forgach — Chairman, Equator Environmental, LLC
  • John Niles — Chief Science Officer, Carbon Conservation
  • John Van D. Lewis — Coordinator, Carbon & Poverty Team, Academy for Educational Development
  • Jorge Cantuarias — General Manager, Sustainable Forest Management-BAM
  • Karen Foerstel — The Nature Conservancy
  • Ken Newcombe — Former Director U.S. Carbon Emissions Trading, Goldman Sachs
  • Kevin Hogan — Advisor, President of Guyana
  • Larry Linden — Chairman, Resources for the Future
  • Laura Bozzi — Yale School of Forestry
  • Lee Stein — Founder and Chair, Prize Capital
  • Lila Preston — Generation Investment Management, LLP
  • Linda Krueger — Policy Director, Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Lucio Pedroni — Director, CATIE
  • Lydia Olander —Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions; Duke University
  • Maguy Maccario — Consul General, Consulate General of Monaco
  • Marisa Martin — Baker & McKenzie LLP
  • Marty McBroom — Director Federal Environmental Affairs, American Electric Power
  • Matt Ogonowski — Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Clean Air Policy
  • Michael Jenkins — President and CEO, Forest Trends
  • Michael Levi — Fellow for Science & Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Nat Simons — Sea Change Foundation
  • Neal Keny-Guyer — CEO, Mercy Corps
  • Neil Cohn — Macquarie Bank Limited
  • Pablo Farias —Vice President, Ford Foundation
  • Paul Ezekiel — Head of Global Carbon Trading, Credit Suisse
  • Pedro Moura Costa — President, EcoSecurities
  • Peter Knight — Generation Investment Management, LLP
  • Peter Schwabach — Albermarle Capital
  • Peter Stein — President, The Lyme Timber Company
  • Radha Kuppalli — Director, New Forests, Inc.
  • Ralph Ashton — Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Australia
  • Rhett Butler — Founder and Editor, Mongabay
  • Richard Moss — Vice President and Manager, Climate Change, WWF
  • Robert Falls — President and CEO, Ecosystem Restoration Associates, Inc.
  • Roger Ullman — Executive Director, Linden Trust for Conservation
  • Roslyn Tom — Partner, Baker and McKenzie
  • Ruben Kraiem — Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
  • Ruben Lubowski — Forest Carbon Fellow, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Sabrina Geer — Program Officer, Clinton Foundation
  • Sarah Hines — Presidential Management Fellow, US Department of Agriculture
  • Scott Hajost — U.S. Executive Director, IUCN
  • Scott Poynton — Executive Director, Tropical Forest Trust
  • Skip Rankin — Partner, Baker and McKenzie
  • Steve McBee — President and CEO, McBee Strategic Consulting
  • Steven Hamburg — Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Ted Dreyfus — Managing Director, Clinton Global Initiative
  • Tove Ryding — Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, CARE International
  • Tracy Johns — Policy Advisor, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Uday Khemka — Founder, Climate Change Philanthropy Action Network
  • Walt Reid — Packard Foundation
  • Wanjira Mathai — Executive Director, The Green Belt Movement
  • Warwick Manfrinato — PLANT, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • Wolfgang Ortloff — Director of Environmental Asset Management, Equator Environmental, LLC

    • *Guests listed were invited and confirmed prior to event.