Meet our leadership, board, staff, and advisors: a global team of experts in carbon management, innovation, commercialization, policy, and public affairs.

Ben is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Carbon Business Council, a global coalition building the carbon removal industry. Ben has been advancing energy innovation throughout his career, leading initiatives for companies, accelerators, governments and nonprofits. Full Bio | LinkedIn

Zane is the Board Chair and Co-Founder of the Carbon Business Council. He is the Executive Director of the Open Hydrogen Initiative. He has led a wide range of industry decarbonization efforts at GTI Energy and International Energy Agency. LinkedIn

Maggie is a Senior Advisor at Vibrant Data Labs, with a focus on re-envisioning capital flows for climate and impact. Previously, she was the Director of Partnerships at Prime Coalition. LinkedIn

Susan Su is an investment partner at Toba Capital, focused on investing in climate innovation through both direct investments and fund investments. Susan's background spans Stripe, Reforge, AppSumo, 500 Startups and Sound Ventures. LinkedIn

Ken is the director of Project Climate at UC Berkeley. Ken was a senior policy advisor to Governor Jerry Brown in California, the director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, and the chair of the Strategic Growth Council. LinkedIn

Nikki is SVP at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Previously, she led $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal initiative, a competition to drive innovation, market adoption, and the equitable and just scaling of carbon removal solutions. LinkedIn

Haley leads on coalition management and global partnerships at the Carbon Business Council. With a background in responsible project deployment and scaling carbon removal, she has worked across the nonprofit, public and private sectors. Haley previously served in the U.S. Department of Energy. LinkedIn

Melissa is the Associate Director of Policy at the Carbon Business Council. In her prior roles with the Government of Canada, Melissa advanced transformative climate policies, including net-zero legislation and carbon pricing. LinkedIn

Melissa is the Associate Director of Policy at the Carbon Business Council. In her prior roles with the Government of Canada, Melissa advanced transformative climate policies, including net-zero legislation and carbon pricing. LinkedIn

​​Savita “Savvy” Bowman develops and manages ClearPath’s carbon management initiatives. Savvy works to guide policy development and manage stakeholder engagement. LinkedIn

Toby Bryce is Managing Director for the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture and has served as a Policy Advisor for the Carbon Business Council since 2023. LinkedIn

Silvio is the Senior Director of Communications at Energy Innovation, where he leads strategic communications across clean energy and climate policy. With nearly two decades of experience in media, policy, and public relations, Silvio brings deep expertise in connecting ideas to action. LinkedIn

Vasil Velev is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Carbon Herald, the leading online news outlet for the carbon management industry. LinkedIn

Stephanie is an expert in scaling companies. She served the Head of Admissions at Y Combinator. Prior to YC, she was a software engineer at Earnest and co-founded Murmur, a venture backed local search startup. LinkedIn

Michael serves as an advisor to the American Sustainable Business Council. He is the Founding Partner at Carbon Capital Advisors, a start-up focused on using innovative technology and finance to address climate issues. LinkedIn

Page is the Program Director of the 1.5° Climate Strategies Group. Previously, she served as the Development Director for the Global Warming Mitigation Project and Executive Director of Our Climate. LinkedIn

Philip is a leading authority on developing systemic approaches to support climate action. He's known for establishing the NextGen CDR purchasing pool, the Global 1000 initiative and the “blended finance” concept at the World Economic Forum. Philip is a founding member of the WP Intelligence Energy & Climate Council, and the Founder of the Blended Finance Group. LinkedIn

Christiaan is the Founder of the City CDR Initiative and a Fellow at the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University. He brings extensive experience at the intersection of climate innovation, industrial decarbonization, policy, and coalition building. LinkedIn