Our team

Meet the people and partners behind our work.

Team

Austin Whitman

CEO

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Team facilitator, impact zealot, and below-average zoom DJ, Austin has worked in climate & energy for 20 years as both a leader and subject matter expert. He loves the challenges and problem-solving of a startup nonprofit, seeks outside adventures, and is often too quick to crack a dad joke.

Ellie Read

Program Director

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Ellie is an accomplished product manager with experience scaling tech solutions for impact. Ski fanatic, ocean lover, and passionate believer in the potential for corporate action against the climate crisis, Ellie has an MBA in Sustainable Solutions. She is always seeking ways to improve her impact, her team, and her dog’s falsetto, and loves a good high five.

Patrick Gold

Engineering Director

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After many years working for big-name software development firms, Patrick made the brave but questionable leap into nonprofit climate work as TCCP’s first in-house engineer. He balances the demands of full-stack responsibility with his penchant for board games, sci-fi literature, and his endearing dog.

Alicia Rodriguez

Programs

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Craft beer aficionado with a strong passion for her Puerto Rican culture, Alicia brings experience in project management and customer service and holds an MBA in Sustainable Innovation. She looks to create impact and apply intersectionality to everything she does, and believes that everyone can - and should - find a role in addressing the climate crisis.

Greg Andeck

Partnerships

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Our partnerships leader, Greg brings nearly two decades of nonprofit experience working on corporate, consumer and policy solutions to the climate crisis. He loves to find opportunities for uncommon bedfellows to work together to protect the environment. Greg and his family can be found exploring the mountains and coast in North Carolina and searching out epic wilderness areas in Argentina.

Sarah Shoemaker

Programs

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Sarah brings a consumer brand perspective to the TCCP team, with a background in e-commerce customer support and sustainability. She holds a degree in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara. A California native, you won’t find Sarah far from the Pacific Ocean adventuring in and out of the water.

Spencer Bruce

Engineering

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Spencer started at TCCP as our second software engineering hire, but has since become our team's Gen-Z representative, emoji consultant, and transit superfan. When he's away from the computer screen, he can be found on a train, playing rock paper scissors with strangers, touching grass, flying kites, being a ball person at the US Open, or trying new sweet treats around NYC.

Courtney Morrissette

Programs

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Courtney brings experience from both nonprofit and corporate roles, specializing in carbon management and sustainability strategies. With a Master’s in Public Administration, she is dedicated to fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors to leverage climate action. Courtney is based in the New York Metropolitan area. She is a local chapter leader for Girls on the Run, and in her spare time she enjoys browsing bookstores, reading, and playing with her dogs.

A word about values.

As a mission-driven nonprofit, we're motivated by impact. For our team, climate change is a crisis and an opportunity. We are motivated each day by the mission to cause carbon reductions at a large scale.

Explore the values we hold close as a team

See our values

Want to join our team?

Use your skills to get consumers and companies to lead on climate. Find open roles, and become part of our mission.

Visit our Careers Page

Volunteers

As a mission-driven nonprofit, our work and tools wouldn't be possible or remain accessible without the tireless efforts of our volunteers. Volunteers bring valuable experience and build familiarity with tools and frameworks in carbon management, while super-powering the rest of our team.

Featured Volunteers

Calla Edwards

Software Engineer

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Calla graduated with a CS degree from Georgia Tech in 2020 and has been working as a software engineer ever since. She joined Kensho in the Summer of 2021 and began volunteering with the Change Climate team in February 2023.

Rahul Nanavati

Carbon Measurement team

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Rahul has been making video games for close to 20 years, making for a relatively niche skill set. The work with Change Climate has given him an experience completely different from anything he does in my day to day. He works with the Carbon Measurement team, acting as a point of contact and coach for a number of different brands going through their certification.

Priya Srinivasan

Product Development

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Priya is a software professional with extensive experience in the technology industry. With her commitment for sustainability and climate action, she aspires to blend her professional skills with her passion and create a positive impact for the environment.

All Current Volunteers

Aaron Bushman

Engineering

Aasifa Sheikh

Research

Ahra Nam

Carbon Management Team

Ananya Shah

Carbon Management Team

Beth Gillibrand

Product

Brave Mugisha

Engineering

Caitlin Rostampour

Carbon Management Team

Calla Edwards

Software Engineer

Camilo Vargas

Carbon Management Team

Chloé Bigio

Research

Christina Wu

Research

Daniel Arthur-Sgalia

Carbon Management Team

Daniela Duran

Carbon Management Team

Dara Chilton

Product

Dinesh Vasireddy

Engineering

Ellison Tong

Product

Eric Hwang

Engineering

Gillian Cheong

Carbon Management Team

Jesse Liu

Carbon Management Team

Joyce Liew

Research

Karen Kimble

Operations

Kartoa Chow

Carbon Management Team

Kate Gallagher

Research

Katrina Kalashnikova

Carbon Management Team

Kelly Slutz

Carbon Management Team

Kevin So

Product

Kyra Wilmes

Carbon Management Team

Lauren Louie

Carbon Management Team

Linsdey Watt Alami

Product

Mark Pekala

Engineering

Mia Petkova

Engineering

Michelle Keoy

Engineering

Miloni Gada

Engineering

Mohammed Sakib

Engineering

Morrison Foerster

Operations

Oghenechovwe Okolosi

Carbon Management Team

Ophela Zhang

Carbon Management Team

Paula Zhuang

Engineering

Priya Srinivasan

Product Development

Rachel Lee

Product

Rahul Nanavati

Carbon Measurement team

Sabrina Hu

Engineering

Sinay Mam

Engineering

Sophia Guo

Carbon Management Team

Tom Zhang

Engineering

Yash Mehta

Engineering

Want to Get Involved?

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Governance

The Directors, Advisors, and Advisory Committees that oversee, advise, and guide our work.

Board of Directors

Lisa Hodes Rosen

Lisa Hodes Rosen

Board of Directors

Annie Agle

Annie Agle

Sustainability & Impact, Cotopaxi

Jonathan Cedar

Jonathan Cedar

CEO, BioLite

Peter Dering

Peter Dering

CEO, Peak Design

Austin Whitman

Austin Whitman

CEO, Change Climate

Advisors

Greg Norris

Advisor on Methodology Development for GHG Measurement

Ian Monroe

President & CIO, Etho Capital

Maxime Agez

Life Cycle Assessment Advisor

Stephanie Sharron

Legal Advisor/Partner, Morrison Foerster

Advisory Committee

on Eligible Carbon Credits

Reviews and advises on the Climate Neutral Certified Standards for eligible verified carbon credits.
This helps ensure the highest impact from certified brands' carbon offsetting investments.

Casey Pickett

Yale University Carbon Charge

Charlotte Streck

Climate Focus

Derik Broekhoff

Stockholm Environment Institute

Matt Evans

Environmental Commodities Partners

Nancy Bsales

4AIR

Niklas Kaskeala

Compensate Foundation

Sheila Walsh Reddy

The Nature Conservancy

Spencer Meyer

Independent Advisor

Stephen Donofrio

Forest Trends

Advisory Committee

for the Climate Neutral Standards

Reviews and advises on the "Measure" and "Reduce" requirements of our Climate Neutral Certified Standards.

Adam Brundage

Independent Consultant

Deb Gallagher

BSR

Elaine Hsu

Planet FWD

Elizabeth Sturcken

Environmental Defense Fund

Eric Brody

Shift Advantage

Evan Scandling

REI

Jake Shirmer

Blackstone

Jenny Ahlen

We Mean Business

Michael Vandenburgh

Vanderbilt Law School