About Cate Blanchett:

Cate Blanchett is an internationally acclaimed, Academy award-winning actor, producer, artistic director, and humanitarian. She is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and a lifetime member of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Blanchett is also a strong supporter of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and received a Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos for her work with UNHCR. In 2012, Blanchett was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture. She has presided over the festival juries in Cannes (2018) and Venice (2020). She has received Honorary Doctorates of Letters from the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, and Macquarie University as well as the Companion of the Order of Australia in the General Division in recognition of her continued advocacy for the arts as well as humanitarian and environmental causes. Currently, Blanchett is in pre-production for the Apple series "Disclaimer" directed by Alfonso Cuaron, in which she will star and executive produce. Most recently, Blanchett wrapped production for the Todd Field-directed feature TAR, in which she will also star and executive produce, as well as Del Toro’s Pinocchio for Netflix. She can now be seen starring in Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley for Searchlight Pictures, as well as Adam McKay’s film for Netflix, Don't Look Up. Alongside Andrew Upton (with whom she was co-CEO and Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 - 2014), she is the co-Founder and Principal of film and television production company Dirty Films.

About Danny Kennedy:

Danny Kennedy is CEO of New Energy Nexus, connecting entrepreneurs everywhere to capital to build an abundant clean energy economy that benefits all. NEX is a platform organization for funds and incubators, with chapters in ten countries. He oversees the CalSEED.fund for early-stage companies in California plus the CalTestBed initiative with the University of California. He is an adviser to Young Greentech Entrepreneurs in China with the Asia Society and is Chair of the Board of Third Derivative, a program with RMI building the world’s largest climatetech accelerator.

Kennedy co-founded Sungevity in 2007, the company that created remote solar design, and Powerhouse, an incubator and fund in Oakland, CA. He was the first backer of Mosaic, the $3B solar loan provider, and remains on the Board of Powerhive, a solar utility in Kenya. He was a founding Director of Sunergise, out of Fiji and EnergyLab Australia. He is a Director of the Epic Institute and an adviser to Solar Philippines. He authored Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy – and Our Planet – from Dirty Energy in 2012. Prior to being an entrepreneur and investor he worked at Greenpeace and other NGOs on climate & energy from 1989.