Kate Troll, M.F.S. ’77, joined the Alaska Conservation Alliance as Executive Director at the beginning of 2006. Her presentation, Alaska: Ground Zero for Climate Change Impacts, dramatically presents the evidence of climate change in her home state. The slide show was produced by Alaska Conservation Solutions.

Suzanne Reed, M.F.S. ’75, is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Clean Air Policy with more than 35 years experience in environmental public policy. In her presentation, Leadership on Climate Action, she summarizes the policy shifts that the state government of California has undertaken to address the negative effects of climate change.