Navigating Net Zero with Alexia Kelly

Alexia Kelly has worked for more than 18 years at the intersection of policy and finance to address the climate crisis. Alexia is the Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI) at High Tide Foundation. The CPMI accelerates ambitious climate action and capital mobilization through robust rules and guidance for voluntary corporate action and disclosures, and building the next generation of high-integrity carbon and environmental services markets. She currently serves on the Board of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC VCM) and the Board of the Advanced and Indirect Mitigation Initiative, as well as on the Expert Advisory Group of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). Prior to joining High Tide Foundation, she served as Director of Net Zero + Nature at Netflix, where she led the company’s inaugural greenhouse gas inventory, renewable energy strategy, Science Based Target and global carbon credit portfolio. Previously, she worked at the U.S. Department of State, where she served as lead negotiator to the UNFCCC on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. She has also held senior roles at the World Resources Institute, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, The Climate Trust, and in private equity.

Matt Jordan is a Director within the High Tide Foundation’s Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI). Matt has been working in climate action for more than 15 years, and has a long track record of envisioning, developing and scaling innovative programs and financing tools that deliver lasting global impact. Matt built CLASP’s Clean Energy Access program from a single small project to an integrated portfolio of technical, research, and market stimulation programs with a coherent, issue-defining theory of change and a global team of more than 20. He co-founded Propel Clean Energy Partners, a consulting firm with clients such as the World Resources Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the Asian Development Bank. Following their acquisition of Propel’s work and team, Matt served as a Director in RMI’s Global South portfolio and led their global clean energy workforce development initiative. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University, a Master’s in Public Policy Analysis from the University of California, and a Professional Certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy from Yale University.

Tisha Schuller founded Adamantine Energy to help energy companies turn sustainability and decarbonization aspirations into concrete action. Tisha advises Fortune 100 energy companies, environment nonprofits, and public institutions on ESG and decarbonization strategy, managing disruption, energy policy, environmental justice, and stakeholder engagement. She also serves as strategic advisor to Stanford University’s Fuels of the Future Initiative. Tisha holds a B.S. from Stanford University. Tisha serves on numerous academic and nonprofit boards, including as Chair of the Breakthrough Institute, on the boards of the Energy for Growth Hub, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. Tisha serves on the Avatar Innovations advisory board and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, advising the U.S. secretary of energy across the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. She is the author of four books, including: The Myth and The Moment: From Polarization to Progress in the New Energy Landscape (2025). Tisha writes Both of These Things Are True, a weekly newsletter, and hosts the Energy Thinks podcast.