Location: Granite State Room, Memorial Union Building
The Critical Decade: How Governments and Businesses Are Rising to Ensure a Resilient Future
Join us for an exploratory conversation on why the 2020s are pivotal as we work towards building thriving economies, ecosystems, and communities--and how businesses and governments are responding and moving forward in a time of significant social and cultural change. Speakers will draw insights from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and share real-world examples of public and private sector leadership and investment.
Speakers:
Anne Finucane, Former Vice Chair of Bank of America and Chair of Bank of America Europe, and Senior Advisor, TPG Rise Climate Fund and Chair, Rubicon Carbon
Anne was the first female vice chair of Bank of America and chair of Bank of America Europe, until retiring as European chair in December 2022. Recognized globally as a pioneer in climate finance, she now serves as Senior Advisor to TPG Rise Climate Fund, as Chair of Rise Climate’s carbon credit company, Rubicon Carbon.
While at Bank of America, she established and co-chaired the bank’s $1 trillion climate finance initiative. She also led global public policy, chaired the company’s global charitable foundation, which during her tenure deployed more than $4 billion in philanthropic giving; and oversaw corporate strategy, marketing, data and analytics and media for two decades.
Anne serves as a board member or advisor to a number of leading organizations. She is a member of Bank of America’s Global Advisory Council; the Council on Foreign Relations, and until recently was a member of President's Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by President Biden in 2022. Previously, she was a member of Secretary of State John Kerry’s Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. She is a board member of CVS Health, Williams-Sonoma, Special Olympics, and ONE.
Anne has consistently been highlighted in the world’s “most powerful women” lists in Forbes, Fortune, and American Banker. In 2024, she was honored by 9/11 Memorial & Museum and its Chairman Mike Bloomberg for her Philanthropic Leadership. In 2021, she received the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence; in 2020 she received University of New Hampshire’s Social Innovator of the Year Award, and in 2019 she received the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for Inspired Leadership Award.
Anne has also been widely recognized for her leadership in marketing and communications. In 2019 she was inducted into both the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Fame and the CMO Hall of Fame, and in 2013 she received the Matrix Award from the Association for Women in Communications.
Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, Chief Science Office, Rubicon Carbon
Dr. Jennifer C. Jenkins is Chief Science Officer at Rubicon Carbon, where she oversees the overall quality and integrity of Rubicon's carbon credit investments, products, and portfolios. With a Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science (University of New Hampshire), Master of Forest Science (Yale University), MBA (University of Maryland), and BA (Dartmouth College), she brings over 30 years of experience in climate science and policy across academia, government, and the private sector. A noted expert in carbon cycling and ecosystem science, she was a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as part of the IPCC team as well as the lead author of the 2003 “Jenkins Equations,” the widely accepted method for estimating tree biomass from diameter into US. Prior to Rubicon Carbon, she previously held leadership roles at NCX and Enviva.
