🌐 Meetup - Climate Policy
Working in climate legislation, advocacy, regulation, private-sector policy, or think tanks? Join us for the monthly 🌐 9Zero Policy Cluster meetup bringing together the Bay Area’s climate policy community.
We’ll be joined by Walheah Johns and Vikrum Aiyer.
Disclaimer: Vikrum may be held up in DC and not make it in time to 9Zero.
Wahleah Johns is Founder and Managing Director of Four Directions Fund, the world's first global Indigenous clean energy investment fund. She is a former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. She was responsible for upholding and advancing the Office of Indian Energy’s mission to maximize the development and deployment of energy solutions for the benefit of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Johns is a member of the Navajo (Diné) Nation and comes from northeastern Arizona. Her background is in renewable energy and community organizing, having co-founded Native Renewables, a nonprofit that builds renewable energy tribal capacity while addressing energy access. Her work with the Black Mesa Water Coalition and Navajo Green Economy Coalition has led to groundbreaking legislative victories for groundwater protection, green jobs, and environmental justice.
Vikrum Aiyer, Head of Climate Policy at Heirloom, leads efforts to scale carbon removal through policy and public-private collaboration. Previously a senior advisor in the Obama White House and Chief of Staff at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Vikrum has spent his career at the intersection of government, technology, and sustainability, helping shape policies that drive meaningful climate action.
We'll have drinks - bring a policy friend!
Agenda:
5pm: Mingling
5:45pm: Conversation with our speakers & questions
6:30pm: Mingling & close
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This is a 🌐 9Zero Cluster Meetup, topic-specific groups led by subject matter experts. With in-person meetups and online tools, they help 9Zero members meet others in their area of interest.