AletheaLange

Alethea Lange’s work focuses on empowering online users to control their digital presence. She develops standards for fairness and accountability in algorithms, updates estate law to protect digital accounts from inappropriate access, and researches how data influence aspects of our everyday lives, like our diet. Prior to joining CDT, Lange was an independent writer and researcher focused on technology policy. She also worked for several years in the U.S. Senate and had a brief but glorious internship for Chicago Public Radio’s Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.

JanSKristensen

At Telenor Group—a mobile operator with operations in 13 markets and more than 200 million customers—Jan Kristensen has played a central role in developing the company’s sustainability reporting framework, with a focus on climate change and the environment. He also has been involved in collaborative groups to demonstrate how the information and communications technology (ICT) sector can provide sustainability benefits, including reducing carbon emissions and energy/resource use, generating revenue, reducing costs, and providing societal benefits. Kristensen’s work also focuses on how ICT can be used for sustainable development, and he served on the steering committee for GeSI’s recent SMARTer2030 study. Kristensen has spent 20 years in the telecom industry and 10 years in the consulting sector.

At GE, Libby Wayman is responsible for driving the development of cleaner technology and business solutions that also deliver a better business case and growth opportunity. This includes physical and digital technologies, new business models, and global partnerships to address challenges in water, energy, and transportation. Prior to this, she served as the Director for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, where she was responsible for developing the DOE’s strategy for innovation in manufacturing technology. Wayman previously developed new solar energy technologies at SunPower and Alion Energy.

Michael Rohwer leads BSR’s work with companies in the information and communications technology industry. His background in corporate environmental issues and his extensive sustainable supply chain experience equips him to drive sustainability agendas from the boardroom to the factory floor. Before joining BSR, Rohwer was the Senior Program Director at the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and acted as the director for the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative. He also served in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) climate change and stratospheric protection divisions, focusing on mitigation and reporting for greenhouse gas emissions. Previously, he worked for a sustainability consulting firm in Hong Kong.