Creators and Guests

Alexia Kelly
Host
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.
Appears in 6 episodes
Ashley Allen
Guest
Ashley Allen
Ashley Allen is a sustainability executive and climate change champion with a 20 year career that spans the private and public sectors, including eight years in the food and beverage sector and 10 years in international diplomacy. Ashley is the Founder and President of CSO Copilot, a professional consultancy that partners with corporate leaders to provide strategic sustainability support. Previously, Ashley served as the Chief Sustainability Officer at Oatly where she built an industry-leading, purpose-driven Global Sustainability Department and designed and set a global corporate sustainability strategy. She modernized and upgraded Oatly’s ESG portfolio and disclosures and helped the company navigate a successful IPO in 2021. She has extensive experience embedding sustainability in all stages along companies’ full value chains. She has championed innovative and collaborative sustainability and climate change strategies and solutions throughout her career with Mars, Inc., the U.S. Department of State, USAID, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She is a skilled and seasoned public speaker, facilitator and influencer.
Appears in 1 episode
Chris Davis
Guest
Chris Davis
Chris Davis is a Senior Fellow at the High Tide Foundation where he works on efforts to expand corporate climate finance to reverse climate change and protect nature. Chris has worked at the forefront of climate policy and carbon markets or nearly two decades. Prior to joining High Tide Foundation, he oversaw the sustainability practice for Amazon's international public policy practice where he built and led a team that covered renewable energy, sustainable transport, and ESG issues in Europe and Asia. He also supported Amazon's nature-based solutions team and helped lead the company’s contributions to developing global greenhouse gas accounting standards. Prior to joining Amazon, Chris was the Climate and Energy Policy advisor to Governor Jay Inslee of Washington state where he led the Governor’s clean energy legislative agenda and helped pass landmark legislation on clean electricity, carbon pricing and low carbon buildings. Chris was the Conservation Director for the Nature Conservancy of Washington prior to joining the Governor’s office.
Appears in 1 episode
Jenny Morgan
Guest
Jenny Morgan
Jenny Morgan is a passionate advocate for sustainable change, with deep experience in Corporate Social Responsibility, social and environmental impact, the B Corp Movement, and climate strategy. She specializes in fostering collaboration and helping organizations take meaningful, measurable climate action. As a climate strategist, Jenny has inspired thousands of individuals across sectors, guiding businesses, nonprofits, and individuals toward more sustainable and accountable practices. She has spoken at major events including S&P Global’s Carbon Management Americas, PNW Climate Week, B Corp’s BLD Conference, and Microsoft’s Connect Conference. In her debut book, Cancel Culture in Climate, Jenny explores how polarization, blame, and fear are stalling progress, and offers a hopeful roadmap for building trust, uniting diverse perspectives, and driving collective impact. She believes that empathy and collaboration are our most underrated climate tools, and that the future depends on building bridges, not divides. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Jenny lives with her husband, two children, and two big dogs. She continues to work at the intersection of climate, communication, and community, and welcomes collaboration with those ready to do the same.
Appears in 1 episode
Lyrica McTiernan
Guest
Lyrica McTiernan
Lyrica McTiernan has spent more than 15 years helping companies build and grow their sustainability programs. She was one of Facebook’s first sustainability hires, where she spent nearly a decade shaping the company’s strategy, and later led sustainability partnerships at WeWork. Today, as an independent consultant, she draws on that experience to guide organizations through the complex world of corporate sustainability. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
Appears in 1 episode
Matt Jordan
Producer
Matt Jordan
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.
Appears in 6 episodes
Patrick Flynn
Guest
Patrick Flynn
Patrick Flynn is a climate action expert who has spent his career at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability. While always working for Planet Earth, he has held roles in engineering, investing and business transformation, including many years leading sustainability for Salesforce. Nowadays, he’s on a mission to supercharge the business world’s most influential climate leaders with Switchboard. Patrick is an advisor to various mission-aligned organizations like Generation Investment Management, TOPO Finance and WattCarbon. He holds an engineering degree from Stanford and a business degree from MIT.
Appears in 1 episode
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