Hunter Green Summit 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
9 AM - 4 PM

Hunter West 8th Floor, FDR Lounge
Light Breakfast and Lunch Provided

Join Us and Be Heard at the Hunter Green Summit!

Putting the focus and spotlight on the next generation of leaders.

Supported by Hunter Administration, faculty and staff – the Hunter Green Summit is a dynamic event to comprehensively engage Hunter students in open and candid conversations related to policy, empowerment, and climate action – and in turn give YOU a voice on what is the future of such climate work and how it can be supported.

This is an opportunity to learn about differing perspectives, strategies, and levels of involvement when it comes to advancing climate priorities and actions – and to get real about what activism looks like in today’s times.

Check out our Summit Line-up! The Hunter Green Summit agenda is tailored to the concerns and interests of today’s generation when it comes addressing climate change and continuing to forge a path forward.

Network with organizations that have sustainability, climate activism, and environmental justice as a top priority, discover where green service opportunities lie, hear about the different career pathways available, and more.

RSVP here

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Agenda

Check-In/Light Networking Breakfast | 9 am – 9:30 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks | 9:30 am – 9:40 am

• William Solecki, Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Hunter College
  

Session 1 – Keeping Climate Action Alive | 9:45 am – 10:30 am

• Shawn Inshan, Resiliency Policy Analyst, NYC Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Amer Jandali, CEO & Founder Future Meets Present, and Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
• Ben Raff, Project Engineer, New York Power Authority (NYPA)

Session 2 – The Student Voice | 10:30 am – 12:45 pm

• Part A – (10:30am – 11:15am)
  • Emilia Pelegano-Titmuss, Blue Skies for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Macaulay Honors College Student & John P. McNulty Scholar
  • Prisha Rao, Climate Policy+Immigration (Political Science and Chinese Major)
• Part B – (11:15am-12:45pm)
• Sessions Breakouts & Discussions – Climate Café NYC

Lunch + | 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

• Be sure to stop in and visit the Green Lounge Tabling Area

Session 3 – Green Jobs/Volunteerism | 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm

• David Myers 
• Katherine Gloede Silverman, Assistant Director, Sustainability in the Urban Environment Programs, City College, CUNY  
• Navida Vignoles, Senior Program Manager of CUNY x MTA Internship Program, CUNY Internship Programs

[TBD] Session 4 – Spotlight on Climate Justice | 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

• More to come!

Closing Remarks | 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm

• Kelli Stephens, Sustainability and Energy, Hunter College, CUNY

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Featured and Participating Organizations