Linda is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the BC Council of Forest Industries. She has also held senior leadership roles as Executive Director of the Pembina Institute, an Alberta-based climate policy think tank; Chief Sustainability Officer at Enbridge Inc., a major North American energy infrastructure company; Vice-President of Sustainability for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games; Vice-President of Pacific Region for World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada; and Vice-President of Environment for the BC Coastal Group at Weyerhaeuser Canada.

Ms. Coady’s work on sustainable development has been recognized with awards from Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, the Ecological Society of America, the YWCA, and the Globe Foundation for Business and Environment. From 2010-2012 she was a Distinguished Fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. She has consulted locally and globally on sustainability issues in the forestry, energy, mining, and shipping industries, as well as in the environmental conservation sector.

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Mr. Azrack has over 30 years experience in real estate investment, management and development. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Azrack was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citi Property Investors (“CPI”) where he chaired the firm’s Management and Investment Committees and directed investment policy and strategy. While at Citi, he was also a member of the Citigroup Alternative Investments Management and Investment Committees, and a member of Citi Infrastructure Investment Committee. Prior to joining CPI, he was Chief Executive and Chairman of AEW Capital Management, L.P., and Founder and Chairman of AEW Europe. While at AEW, Mr. Azrack was the lead partner and board member of numerous public and private investee portfolio companies and operating platforms.

In 2015, Mr Azrack was appointed by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as the Chairman of the Rhode Island I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, in which capacity he served until 2018. Mr. Azrack holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.S. from Villanova University. He is Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business where he created the curriculum for and teaches Real Estate Entrepreneurship. He is a member of, and for many years chaired, the Business School’s Millstein Center Real Estate Advisory Board. Mr. Azrack is a member and past Chairman of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), and a member and former Trustee, Officer and Director of the Urban Land Institute. He is also a 2020 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow.

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She received her BS from the University of Colorado and her Master’s from the University of Wyoming in Political Science and Natural Resource Management.

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In 1996 Mr. Fanch founded FiberNet, LLC, and 1999, Conversent Communications, LLC, each a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) that served the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States, respectively. Mr. Fanch served as Conversent’s Chairman and CEO from June 1998 through the spring of 2000, and as Chairman through the successful sale of the company in June 2006. Mr. Fanch was also Chairman of FiberNet. In 2003 Mr. Fanch acquired Northeast Data Vault, LLC, a commercial data center located near Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2007, Mr. Fanch founded Viridian Capital Partners, an $80 million capital fund with investments in data centers, tower sites, a mobile marketing/technology company, and one of the largest online wedding vendor advertising platforms. He has also engaged in real estate development through various entities, most recently completing redevelopment of one of the last great historic buildings in Denver.

Growing up near the Adirondack Mountains, Mr. Fanch has always admired the great lodges and beauty of the mountains. Disappointed with developers who did not have plans to preserve the beauty of the land, he created Devil’s Thumb Ranch, an environmentally-friendly resort on 6,000 acres in Tabernash, Colorado. Travel + Leisure magazine recently named Devil’s Thumb one of the top 20 “sustainable” resorts in the world and the only resort in North America to be awarded this honor. The mission to use sustainable materials and eco-friendly practices was so successful that in 2004, the US Environmental Protection Agency honored Devil Thumb’s Ranch for measures such as using geo-thermal energy to heat the cabins and other buildings, and building an eco-friendly wastewater treatment system.

Mr. Fanch also spearheaded the creation of the Headwaters Center and Headwaters River Journey located in Winter Park, Colorado. Situated right along the Fraser River, the museum focuses on the local ecosystem, the real issues it faces, such as diversions to the Front Range and rising temperatures, and features local stories of people taking steps to preserve Grand County’s rivers. Visitors are able to learn through reading, watching videos, and interacting with over 30 exhibits such as the Headwaters River Journey. This exhibit takes visitors on a journey to discover where their water comes from, the details of the river environment, how water is used and wasted, and what is being done to protect this precious resource. This Headwaters River Journey is the only off-the-grid exhibit in the country, powered completely by solar, and utilizes local beetle kill wood and old water flumes in the design.

Mr. Fanch is a Certified Public Accountant and has a B.S. degree in Accounting from Clarkson University. He earned an MSBA-Finance degree from the University of Denver.

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With more than 30 years experience in domestic and international public health, Dr. Haviland has worked with a wide range of organizations including UNAIDS, the UN Department of Public Information, the UN Foundation, UN Women, the UN Development Program, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Medical Corps, the CUNY School of Public Health, the American Public Health Association (APHA), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS), the American Legacy Foundation, Earth Echo International, GAVI, Darkness to Light, Policy Wisdom, Forest Trends, and the Aspen Institute.

Highly respected as a leader, moderator, speaker, author, and fundraiser, Lyndon has advised heads of state and agency leaders on maternal and child health, access to vaccines, sexual and reproductive health, tobacco control, and health promotion/disease prevention. She is a passionate advocate for human rights and is dedicated to bringing individuals and organizations together to achieve lasting social change.

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Miguel holds a bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering and master’s and doctoral degrees in Forest Science, all from the Universidade Federal do Paraná. Miguel’s main areas of work include natural resources conservation and protected areas management, land and open space planning and management, urban forestry, and sustainability more broadly. As a coordinator, consultant, or member of technical teams he worked on over 35 projects dealing with those issues, including projects for the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, GTZ, and Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (Germany). He has also authored or co-authored more than 80 published papers, and advised close to 30 Msc Thesis and Doctorate dissertations while a professor at Universidade Federal d Parana (1981-2004).

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Yuejia has over two decades of experience across private sector finance, consulting and research at Goldman Sachs, IHS Market and S&P Global. She has worked with a diverse set of clients in over 20 countries on corporate and climate strategy, developed key decision-making and carbon-pricing economic models, authored top-rated reports on environmental policy and markets, as well as designing and delivering bespoke training workshops focusing on carbon, nature and environmental topics.

Yuejia specializes in the economic and social incentives that drives climate, biodiversity and development goals. Her areas of expertise include global compliance and voluntary carbon markets and pricing, climate and nature-based financing and policy, with a special focus on innovation and improving accessibility.

In late 2023, she founded hub101.earth, a not-for-profit global open access hub for capacity building and knowledge sharing in climate, nature and people-centred solutions for Global South audiences and youth groups. She believes that empowering people to make better decisions – big or small – is the only way to scale progress.

Yuejia is Chinese-Zimbabwean – she lives in London with her husband, three kids, two cats and a dog. She holds a Bachelor of Science in maths and economics and a Master’s degree in gender and development from the London School of Economics, as well as a Master’s degree in economics from Cambridge University, United Kingdom.

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