The Team
1.5°Climate National Advisory Board
Bill McKibben Founder, 350.org and Third Act
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez President, NextGen America
Denis Hayes Founder, Earth Day Network
Emily Teitsworth ED, Honnold Foundation
Heather Coleman Environment Program Director, Wallace Global Fund
Hunter Lovins President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Isabel Leighton ED , Donors of Color Network
Jamal Raad Co-Founder and Former ED, Evergreen Action
Ken Alex Director, Project Climate, UC Berkeley
Maurice Mitchell National Director, Working Families Party
Michael Mann Professor and Director, Earth Science Center, Penn State University
Michelle Deatrick National Chair, DNC Climate Council
Pamela Shifman President, Democracy Alliance
Steve Choi Former ED, One for Democracy
Tory Gavito Co-Founder and President, Way to Win
1.5°Climate National Creative Advisory Board
Adam McKay Academy Award-winning Director of Don’t Look Up, The Big Short, etc 
Favianna Rodriguez Artist, Co-Founder and President of The Center for Cultural Power 
James Balog Award-winning Photographer, Founder of Extreme Ice Survey, Earth Vision Institute 
Jeff Orlowski-Yang Award-winning Filmmaker, Founder of Exposure Labs 
Jane Fonda Academy Award-winning Actor, Founder of Jane Fonda Climate PAC 1.5°Climate Core Team
Ning Mosberger-Tang, Founder and President
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Ning has a background in computer science and has worked for a number of years in the tech industry, including a few years as an early developer and team lead at Google. Since 2006, she has focused on conservation and environmental education, climate change mitigation, community organizing, and policy advocacy. She does her climate work through a private foundation, as a private investor, and as a board member on multiple environmental boards including the board of League of Conservation Voters. Ning also founded Blue Wave Postcard Movement to turn out voters through grassroots organizing, as well as Emerging Voters to empower AAPI voters and increase AAPI representation in politics.
Greg Rock, Executive Director
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Greg is an energy engineer with a background in clean energy policies who served as the public buildings energy efficiency lead for the Washington State Energy Office for three years. Greg founded the Green Car Company, which introduced the first Smart Cars and municipal PHEV conversions to the United States and campaigned for the nation’s first carbon tax initiative. From 2015-2020 Greg lobbied the WA State legislature and drafted the WA Sustainable Farms and Fields Act, which contributed to the creation of the $1 billion USDA Climate Smart Commodities program and $20 billion for sustainable agriculture within the Inflation Reduction Act. Greg is the Executive Director of Clean & Prosperous America which quickly moves pooled resources, free of charge, to grassroots organizations.
Kiran Jain, Director of Member Services
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Kiran is an experienced advisor and investor in venture-backed climate technology startups and local governments. Her areas of expertise include cutting-edge legal and public policy issues such as privacy-first data applications for the built environment, right-of-way management, and building electrification strategies to deepen community resilience. Kiran is a former Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Oakland and has served on various boards such as the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Municipal Law Institute. She has received several awards for her work, including the 2023 LA Times In-House Counsel Leadership Award, the Asian American Bar Association’s Joe Morozumi Award, and the NAPABA Best Lawyers Under 40.