Michael Burbank
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
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Michael Burbank
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Michael Burbank is a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management and manages a team that provides highly customized financial advice and investment solutions to individuals, families, and foundations with $20 million or more in investable assets. Michael is a Certified Investment Management Analyst and CFP and completed the Securities Industries Association Management Program at the Wharton School and the GE Management Course. An avid boater, fisherman and scuba diver, Michael graduated with a B.S. in Aquatic Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before starting his financial services career Michael ran field research diving projects under grants from the California Department of Fish & Game and the National Science Foundation at the UCSB Marine Laboratory and for Neushul Mariculture, Inc. Michael served on the Seacology Board for over ten years, the last four as President, and is a Founding Board Member of Naturally Bay Area. Michael, his wife Cindy Roberts, and their children, live in San Francisco.
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Meg Caldwell
Deputy Director, Ocean Conservation and Science, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Meg Caldwell
Deputy Director, Ocean Conservation and Science, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Meg joined the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science program as Deputy Director, Oceans in 2015. Prior to joining the Foundation, Meg was the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program Director at Stanford Law School, Senior Lecturer in Law for the Law School and the Woods Institute for the Environment, and Executive Director of Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions. Meg’s academic scholarship focuses on the integration of science into ocean and coastal governance, including articles and book chapters on coastal adaptation to sea level rise, ocean acidification, ecosystem-based planning and management, international ocean policy, and coastal land use planning. In addition to her 20-year academic career, Meg has devoted much of her professional life to public service, including Senior Consultant to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, member and chair of the California Coastal Commission, member of the California Coastal Conservancy Board, and member of the California Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon Task Force for all four coastal regions.
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Lucas Joppa
Senior Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, Haveli Investments
Lucas Joppa
Senior Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, Haveli Investments
Dr. Lucas Joppa is Senior Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer at Haveli Investments, a technology focused private equity firm. Previously, Dr. Joppa was Microsoft’s first Chief Environmental Scientist, and then first Chief Environmental Officer, leading the development and execution of the company’s sustainability strategy across its worldwide business including Microsoft’s historic carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste sustainability commitments, as well as the establishment of their AI for Earth initiative and development of their Planetary Computer platform. With a combined background in both environmental science and data science, Dr. Joppa is committed to using the power of technology to advance a growing movement to address the world’s sustainability needs.
Recognized by Fortune magazine in its “40 Under 40” list, Dr. Joppa is a uniquely accredited voice for sustainability in the tech industry. He is recognized as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers, is an Associate Editor in Chief for the Ecological Society of America’s EcoSphere journal, an honorary Fellow at the UN Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Center, and serves on the boards of organizations dedicated to environmental sustainability around the world.
Dr. Joppa remains an active scientist, speaking frequently on issues related to technology, artificial intelligence, environmental science, sustainability, and ESG. Along with his Ph.D., Dr. Joppa holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin and is a former Peace Corps volunteer to Malawi.
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John Sargent
Former CEO Macmillan Publishers and Board Chair of the Ocean Conservancy
John Sargent
Former CEO Macmillan Publishers and Board Chair of the Ocean Conservancy
John Sargent was raised on a ranch in Wyoming. He got nice degrees from good schools. He worked at three different publishers before going to Simon and Schuster to run the Children’s Book division at the age of 29. He spent 6 years there, followed by 3 years as the CEO of DK Publishing. In 1996 he went to work as the CEO of St Martin’s Press. Three years later he was put in charge of Holtzbrinck’s US publishers and was responsible for forming the company that is today’s Macmillan. He worked there as CEO until the end of 2020. He has authored four books. He has been married to Connie Sargent for 37 years and they have two grown kids. He serves on three not for profit boards including Graham Windham, New York's oldest foster care agency and the Ocean Conservancy where he is Board Chair.
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Cynthia Stebbins
Cynthia Stebbins
Cynthia Stebbins has extensive experience in the non-profit and research sectors, participating in numerous boards and councils. Cynthia has been actively involved with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Association since 1997, and is currently an honorary Board Member for this esteemed biomedical research and education organization. For decades, Cynthia served on the Women’s Committee for the Wildlife Conservation Society, where she led fundraising activities. She has also served as a Board Member for the International Seakeepers Alliance and EcoHealth Alliance. Additionally, she has been involved with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Museum of the City of New York. Cynthia attended Vassar College and The New York School of Interior Design. She went on to own her own design company. She also enjoys painting, travel, and tennis. Cynthia has been supporting NCEAS since 2012. She and her husband split their time living in both New York and Santa Barbara.
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Charles Zegar
Founding Partner, Bloomberg Financial Markets
Charles Zegar
Founding Partner, Bloomberg Financial Markets
Charles (“Chuck”) Zegar is one of the original four founding partners of Bloomberg Financial Markets. He was the technical computer expert for this partnership. He originally designed, programmed, and managed development of the Bloomberg terminal system. Prior to Bloomberg, Chuck was a vice president at Salomon Brothers (planning and choosing data processing equipment). Mr. Zegar has a BS in chemistry from Long Island University (1971). He also has two master’s degrees from New York University in Computer Science (1977) and Biology (2005). He is still involved in functional genomics research at NYU. Mr. Zegar serves as trustee and chief financial officer of his family foundation, the Zegar Family Foundation. He also serves as a trustee of NYU, The Nature Conservancy – New York State, and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. Mr. Zegar, who prefers to be called “Chuck”, splits his time living with his wife Merryl in both New York City and Santa Barbara. Merryl is a former administrative law judge, who is also trustee and CEO of their family foundation. The Zegars have four grown children between them and also three grandchildren. One son and his family reside locally in Santa Barbara.
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Lynn Scarlett
Lynn Scarlett
Lynn Scarlett retired in December 2021 from The Nature Conservancy, the largest conservation organization in the world, where she served as Global Chief External Affairs Officer. In this role, she served on the global executive team, oversaw and influenced climate and conservation policy in the United States and the 79 countries and territories in which TNC operates, and oversaw the Corporate Engagement and social impact investing teams, which advance private-sector partnerships to support corporate sustainability and enhance ambitious actions to address climate change.
Prior to her role at the Conservancy, Lynn served at the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2001-2009, including her role as the Deputy Secretary/Chief Operating Officer of the department. She served as Acting Secretary of the Interior in 2006. During her tenure at the Interior Department, she chaired the First Lady’s Preserve America historic preservation initiative, the federal Wildland Fire Leadership Council, the Climate Change Working Group, and the Cooperative Conservation Task Force, and she served on the executive team of the President’s Management Council.
She also chaired the Science Advisory Board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 2014-2019. She chairs the Dean’s Advisory Council of the UC Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. She serves on the Boards of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Sand County Foundation, and the Santa Barbara Foundation, having also served until recently on the Board of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Administrative Board.
Lynn has authored many publications on collaborative conservation, network governance, adaptive management, climate adaptation, science and decision making, and related topics. She was co-convening lead author of the decision-support chapter of the 4th National Climate Assessment. She is an avid birder and hiker.