INCR Staff
Mindy S. Lubber JD, MBA
Director
Dan Bakal
Director, Electric Power Programs
Rob Berridge
Senior Manager, Investor Programs
Betsy Boyle
Manager, Real Estate Programs
Susan M. Burrows
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Jim Coburn
Senior Manager, Investor Programs
Chris Davis
Director, Investor Programs
Peyton Fleming
Communications Director
Sharlene Leurig
Senior Manager, Insurance Programs
Andrew Logan
Director, Oil & Insurance Programs
Dan Mullen
Senior Manager, Electric Power Programs
Carol Lee Rawn
Senior Manager, Transportation Programs
Tracey Rembert
Senior Manager, Investor Engagement
Erica Scharn
Senior Associate, Investor Programs
Kirsten Spalding
California Director, Investor Programs
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Mindy S. Lubber JD, MBA
Director
Email: lubber@ceres.org
Mindy S. Lubber is the Director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), as well as the President of Ceres, a leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental, social and governance practices.
Lubber has held leadership positions in government as the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in the financial services sector as Founder, President and CEO of Green Century Capital Management, an investment firm managing environmentally screened mutual funds, in the private sector as the President of an environmental law and policy consulting group and in the not-for-profit sector for more than a decade leading environmental and public interest law organizations, including the National Environmental Law Center, which she founded. Lubber is an attorney and holds an MBA degree.
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Dan Bakal
Director, Electric Power Programs
Email: bakal@ceres.org
Dan Bakal is responsible for INCR's work with electric power companies, overseeing research, working with shareholders on corporate negotiations, and furthering the understanding of environmental risks - with a particular focus on climate risk - faced by the electric power sector.
In 2002, Bakal developed and launched the Electric Power Dialogue, a working group of electric power companies, institutional investors, environmental NGOs, and analysts that focuses on taking action on climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector. In 2003, the Dialogue published a report containing several recommendations, including a mandatory nationwide cap on carbon dioxide.
Bakal also coordinates Ceres' Northeast & Canada program, aimed furthering awareness of and action on climate change in Northeastern states and Canada.
Prior to his current position, Bakal served as Ceres' Director of Outreach, encouraging companies to endorse the Ceres Principles, our ten-point code of conduct on environmental performance.
Before joining Ceres, Bakal worked for several nonprofit environmental and social service organizations, including Rocky Mountain Institute, the Colorado Center for Environmental Management, and Northeastern Family Institute. He has experience consulting with companies to improve their environmental performance, researching trends in corporate social responsibility, and using collaborative decision-making processes to help diverse parties reach consensus. Bakal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology.
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Rob Berridge
Senior Manager, Investor Programs
Email: berridge@ceres.org
Rob is Program Manager in the investor team at Ceres, where he assists investors and companies in addressing the risks and opportunities posed by climate change. Rob helps coordinate various projects of the Investor Network on Climate Risk. Prior to Ceres, Rob served as a board member and Vice President of Green Century Capital Management and as a staff member of US EPA's Green Lights and Energy Star Programs. He has also worked in commercial lending, as an environmental consultant, and for various recycling organizations. Rob has a degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University and a Masters in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Betsy Boyle
Manager, Real Estate Programs
Email: boyle@ceres.org
Betsy is responsible for developing the program content for Ceres’ annual conference, including plenary sessions and workshops. In addition, she coordinates Ceres’ work to promote energy and resource efficiency in buildings by working with real estate investors and companies to change the way buildings are designed, constructed, and operated. Prior to this position, Betsy directed the first phase of development of Nexus, a green building resource center in downtown Boston, and from 2000 to 2005 was the director of operations at Ceres and managed finances and administration for the organization. Before that, she worked at the Harvard School of Public Health for seven years in development and administration.
Betsy recently received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she was a Public Service Fellow. She has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2004.
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Susan M. Burrows
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Email: burrows@ceres.org
Susan manages investor relations and communications for Ceres’ Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a network of leading institutional investors driving more sustainable investment practices and performance.
Prior to joining Ceres, Susan served as the Chief Administrative Officer for New Jersey’s $65 billion state pension fund, and as Secretary to New Jersey’s State Investment Council, which directs state investment policy.
Prior to her government service, Susan served as Deputy Director of New Jersey Future, a statewide NGO and leader in the global effort to build more sustainable communities. She directed New Jersey Future’s media relations and communications program, served as legislative/policy liaison and edited the nation’s first “Sustainable State” report.
Susan received her Masters in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy at Princeton University.
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Jim Coburn
Senior Manager, Investor Programs
Email: coburn@ceres.org
Jim Coburn is a Program Manager at Ceres. He works with institutional investors to improve corporate environmental practices, organizes training workshops for investors, and produces Ceres publications on climate risk. In addition, he manages campaigns to promote mandatory corporate climate risk disclosure and to help investors engage with asset managers to address this risk.
Before joining Ceres, Jim worked for Morgan Stanley, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Co-op America. He holds a BA in Government from Cornell University, a JD from Boston College Law School, and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
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Christopher P. Davis
Director, Investor Programs
Email: davis@ceres.org
Chris Davis directs the Ceres Investor Programs, leading the investor Programs team and working with institutional investors and asset managers on climate change and other sustainability issues.
Prior to joining Ceres in 2010, Chris had a distinguished career as an environmental lawyer, with almost 30 years of private practice experience. As a senior partner at Goodwin Procter LLP, Chris chaired the environmental practice, co-founded and led the clean tech practice, and was a member of the private equity team. He advised and represented corporate and investor clients on a wide range of environmental matters, including those arising in real estate, private equity, corporate M&A and financing transactions; regulatory compliance and enforcement matters; hazardous waste site cleanup and brownfields redevelopment; complex environmental litigation and settlements; insurance coverage; environmental disclosure and climate change issues.
Chris also did substantial pro bono work for organizations including The Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Pubic Land and the Conservation Law Foundation, and served on his firm's pro bono committee. In addition, he has held various leadership positions in the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, serving as Education Officer, Council member and chair of the ABA Keystone Conference on Environmental Law. Chris chairs the Board of Deacons at First Church (Congregational) in Wenham, MA. Prior to his legal career, he worked as an environmental engineer.
Chris received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School, were he was a member of the Harvard Law Review. He is a member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. Chris and his wife Carol have two grown children (who are co-founders of an energy efficiency startup company), and live in Hamilton, MA.
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Peyton Fleming
Communications Director
Email: fleming@ceres.org
Peyton Fleming oversees external communications, media relations, outreach materials and the website for INCR. He joined Ceres in fall 2004, after working for six years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's New England Office in Boston. He has an extensive background in journalism, covering the environment, business and various other issues for more than a decade at such newspapers as the Providence Journal and the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. He has won several environmental and business reporting awards. Fleming has a B.A. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
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Sharlene Leurig
Senior Manager, Insurance Programs
Email: leurig@ceres.org
Sharlene Leurig is Manager of the Insurance Program at Ceres. She works with insurers, insurance regulators and investors to raise awareness of climate risk within the insurance industry and to discover opportunities for business innovation in responding to climate change. Sharlene's focus includes the role insurers and risk modelers play in driving climate adaptation within the public and private sectors; climate investment risks and opportunities with a particular focus on bonds; and product innovation in response to climate change.
Before coming to Ceres, Sharlene's work focused on the use of science in resource dispute resolution and land use planning. She worked on land use, environmental planning and urban toxics in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and on multi-stakeholder resource planning and dispute resolution at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative. Her professional experience also includes intellectual property prosecution at the United States Patent and Trademark Office where she specialized in semiconductors and nanotechnology. She holds a BA in Physics and English from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is currently a research affiliate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Andrew Logan
Director, Oil & Insurance Programs
Email: logan@ceres.org
Andrew Logan coordinates INCR's work with the energy and finance sectors, as well as outreach to corporate directors. Logan is also responsible for developing and implementing the INCR insurance sector strategy, aimed at raising awareness of climate risk among insurers and those who regulate them.
Logan has a background in corporate strategy from his work with Bain & Company, a leading management consultancy. While with Bain, Logan developed high-level strategy for companies in the finance, e-commerce, manufacturing, retail and media sectors, and presented his results to senior management and corporate boards.
Prior to joining Ceres, Logan directed U.S. PIRG's corporate campaign to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He was graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College.
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Dan Mullen
Senior Manager, Electric Power Programs
Email: mullen@ceres.org
As manager of electric power programs at Ceres, Dan advances understanding about the risks of carbon-intensive electric power generation and promotes energy efficiency, clean technology and renewable energy as integral solutions for a low-carbon economy. He is the architect of Ceres' energy efficiency program and is managing its implementation across multiple program teams. He also provides input to companies developing sustainability strategies and reporting on social, environmental and financial performance.
Prior to his current role, Dan spent three years managing foundation development at Ceres, a period during which Ceres' foundation portfolio, foundation revenue, staff size and organizational budget all doubled.
A graduate of Stanford University, Dan has written about sustainability and climate risk for numerous Ceres reports, op-eds, speeches, and books.
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Carol Lee Rawn
Senior Manager, Transportation Programs
Email: rawn@ceres.org
Carol Lee Rawn manages the Transportation Program at Ceres. She is an environmental attorney with over eighteen years of experience working with federal and state regulatory agencies, companies, and nonprofit organizations on a wide variety of environmental issues.
She previously served as General Counsel for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, as well as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Governor of Massachusetts. She has also been an attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, and NRDC.
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Tracey Rembert
Senior Manager, Investor Engagement
Email: rembert@ceres.org
Tracey is the Senior Manager for Investor Engagement at Ceres, and is responsible for network-building within INCR. She works closely with pension funds, foundations and endowments, union funds, asset managers, and sustainable investment funds to improve their investment practices on climate and sustainability issues, and to help investors better promote ESG practices at global corporations through shareholder engagement, regulatory advocacy, and strategic joint initiatives.
Before joining Ceres, Tracey managed the Shareholder Action Network, a national clearinghouse on shareholder activism and responsible investment launched by the Social Investment Forum in Washington, DC, where she also coordinated the Forum's Advocacy and Public Policy program. She later served as the Senior Corporate Governance Analyst and Coordinator of Corporate Engagement at the Service Employees International Union, where she led dialogues with companies, and investor campaigns, on issues ranging from climate risk and labor rights to independent board leadership, executive pay, and shareholder rights. Tracey was also an analyst and governance advocate for Pax World Mutual Funds, and worked for Green America (formerly Co-op America) and the Center for a New American Dream. Previous to her shareholder engagement career, she was an environmental journalist, as a reporter at regional newspapers and as the Managing Editor of E/The Environmental Magazine based in Norwalk, CT. She has an MA in English Literature with an environmental writing concentration from Humboldt State University, California. She is one of the first recipients of the Rising Stars of Corporate Governance Award from the Yale School of Management's Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance (2008). Tracey also specializes in stakeholder dialogue, CSR reporting, annual meeting strategy, proxy voting and voting guidelines, and network-building strategies for the investment community.
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Erica Scharn
Senior Associate, Investor Programs
Email: scharn@ceres.org
Erica joined Ceres as a Program Associate for Investor Programs in October 2008. She helps to coordinate shareholder engagement with companies, which includes assisting Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) members with filing and co-filing shareholder resolutions on climate change and sustainability issues. She also works on INCR's disclosure program.
Erica has a Master of Public Policy from Brown University. While at Brown, she spent almost a year as a Policy Fellow at the Office of the Rhode Island General Treasurer. Originally from western Massachusetts, Erica graduated from UMass Amherst with a B.A. in Sociology (Departmental Honors) and a minor in Psychology.
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Kirsten Spalding
California Director, Investor Programs
Email: spalding@ceres.org
Ms. Spalding is the California Director for Ceres. She works with members of the Investor Network on Climate Risk on their initiatives and represents Ceres on the West Coast for all Ceres programs.
Prior to joining Ceres, she served as Chief Deputy Treasurer under California Treasurer Phil Angelides and Director of the Treasurer’s environmental financing authorities.
Prior to her government service, Ms. Spalding worked in the labor movement as Chief of Staff for the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. With the California Sierra Club and the Ella Baker Center, Ms. Spalding co-founded the California Apollo Alliance. And for six years, she chaired the Center for Labor Research and Education at University of California, Berkeley and taught at Boalt Hall School of Law.
In her early career she worked as a community organizer in the townships around Durban, South Africa organizing cultural events with the United Democratic Front and the ANC for an end to the apartheid government there.
She holds a BA from Yale College in music and a JD from Hastings College of Law.
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