Rodrigo Veloso is a serial entrepreneur and investor who believes in responsible industry leadership, which translates into creating profitable growth in harmony with environmental sustainability and a peaceful society.

Russo is Chair of the White House Environmental Advisory Task Force. President and CEO of the Florida Keys Environmental Coalition and a board member of Reef Relief, he is a longtime environmental advisor to President Donald Trump. He’s also the author of a book called “Donald J. Trump: An Environmental Hero.

​John leads the Sustainable Banking Group in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on the Americas. He primarily focuses on developing commercialization and capitalization solutions for clients in the energy transition markets across biofuels, renewable power, efuels, carbon capture and nature-based solutions. In addition, John leads the commodity and asset transition structured finance efforts, working with corporate and developer clients across commodities.

​Ilan Goldfajn is the current President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a position he took office on December 19, 2022. A Brazilian economist with a doctorate from MIT, Goldfajn previously served as Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil and Director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department. 

Jay Chandan currently serves as Chairman & CEO, of Gorilla Technology Group.  Headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Gorilla is a global solution provider in security intelligence, network intelligence, business intelligence and IoT technology. Gorilla develops a wide range of solutions including Smart Cities, Smart Retail, Enterprise Security, and Smart Media. In addition, Gorilla provides a complete Security Convergence Platform to government institutions, telecom companies and private enterprises with network surveillance and cyber security. 

Dennis O'Connell is the Global Director of Blockchain and Innovation at Securrency. Dennis has been leading business development and technology strategy for the last 15 years. He was the Sr. Director of Yahoo's Performance Engineering Team and on the Infrastructure Development team at Verizon Media which was in charge of exploring and on-boarding new technologies and server vendors, sponsoring proof of concepts around new tech, and finding new areas of collaboration with current and future vendors and customers. 

Anthony John Steains is the founder of Blackstone Advisory Partners LP (founded in 2008) and Comprador Ltd. (founded in 2015), where he held the titles of Senior Managing Director and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, respectively

Ms. Hudkins is a nationally recognized expert in high-end, innovative water treatment solutions. Ms. Hudkins previously served as President at Tetra Tech with more than 25 years of experience spanning several operational and strategic leadership roles at the firm.    

Jaime Andrés Niño Tarazona is an outstanding Colombian professional with over thirty years of experience in managing and leading teams across various sectors. He currently serves as Vice President for Latin America at AECOM.

Christine Angelini, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida and Director of the Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS). She currently serves as Vice President of Environmental Advisory Services at AECOM.

Fabio Paulino Garcia is a Brazilian businessman, civil engineer and politician. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2023, having previously served from 2015 to 2019. In 2022, he was a member of the Federal Senate.

​Agricultural engineer, former Foreign Minister and former Minister of the Environment of Ecuador, with a career of more than 25 years dedicated to sustainability. He has a solid professional career in agricultural and socio-environmental companies, and has participated in consultancies in more than 2000 environmental projects.

Peter Nobel graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm with a Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering. Peter has extensive experience positioning companies for successful market share growth in various international industrial markets including the global HVAC industry.

Sam is the Chief Executive of the U.S. East and Latin America (LATAM) Region at AECOM. In this role, he is responsible for delivering on the company’s strategy, overseeing day-to-day operations and driving long-term growth across all regional business units, including Environment, Transportation, Water, Program and Project Management, and Buildings + Places.

Mauren Lazzaretti is the Mato Grosso State Secretary for the Environment since January 2019 and is the Chair of The State’s Councils for the Environment, Water Resources and Fisheries. Started to work in the forest sector in 2001.   Mauren is a specialist in tax law, environmental examination and auditing and Civil Procedures.

Gloria Ushigua is Coordinator of the Sápara women's organization Ashiñwaka, which defends Sápara people's ancestral land and environmental rights in the province of Pastaza.

​Marcelino Madrigal, is the Energy Division Chief at the IDB. Mr. Madrigal has over 20 years of experience in energy policy, regulation, energy markets, and development finance mobilization. Throughout his career, he has supported public agencies and energy companies in more than 20 countries across Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

Selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most promising young leaders on the planet for the next millennium (1994) and by Time magazine and CNN as one of the Latin American leaders for the next millennium (1999), Juan Carlos Navarro is one of Panama's prominent national figures.