Name: Road to 2028 Summit Series
Start: 2026-07-14T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-15T17:30:00-04:00
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Accelerating Climate Action, Innovation, and Investment by 2028

July 14 - July 15, 2026

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“ What is the Road to 2028 Summit?”

The Summit is your chance to be part of shaping a clean air future for LA. Join us at Intuit Dome on July 14-15 to be the first to learn about new commitments to action that will bring critical investments and improve air quality for LA communities ahead of the 2028 Games.

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Agenda

Day 1

Welcome & Fireside Chat with LACI CEO Matt Petersen & NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur Russell Westbrook

Keynote: Toks Omishakin, California Secretary of Transportation

From: Milano-Cortina, To: Los Angeles

Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities

Lunch & Networking

Commitments in Action: How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Panel on Sustainable Fashion

Betting on Green: What VCs Are Funding in Climate Tech

Indirect Source Rule: The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

A Shared Legacy: Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future: Unlocking Savings and Capacity

Passing the Torch: Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Networking Reception

Invite-only VIP Dinner

Day 2

Fireside Chat with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Keynote: Alan Marks, President, LADWP Board of Commissioners

Commitments in Action: Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

LACItizen Award Presentation to California Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Keynote: Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Lunch & Networking

Commitments to Action: Decarbonization

Fireside Chat with Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach

Now We're Cooking: Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Greening the Field: Championing Sustainable Venues

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action: Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Panel on Sustainable Food

Capstone Session: Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Agenda

Day 1

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With LACI CEO Matt Petersen

& NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur Russell Westbrook

Keynote

Toks Omishakin, California Secretary of Transportation

From: Milano-Cortina, To: Los Angeles

Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities

“What Makes an Effective Virtual Event?” is a roundtable panel, hosted by moderator Leslie Patel.

Lunch & Networking

Commitments in Action

How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Panel on Sustainable Fashion

Betting on Green

What VCs Are Funding in Climate Tech

Indirect Source Rule

The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

A Shared Legacy

Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future

Unlocking Savings and Capacity

Passing the Torch

Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Networking Reception

Day 2

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Keynote

Allan Marks, President, LADWP Board of Commissioners

Commitments in Action

Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

LACItizen Award Presentation

To California Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Keynote

Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Lunch & Networking

Commitments to Action

Decarbonization

Fireside Chat

With Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach

Now We're Cooking

Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Greening the Field

Championing Sustainable Venues

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Panel on Sustainable Food

Capstone Session

Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Agenda - Day 1

12pm

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With LACI CEO Matt Petersen & NBA All-Star and Entrepreneur Russell Westbrook

B Court

Keynote

Toks Omishakin, California Secretary of Transportation From: Milano-Cortina, To: Los Angeles

Game On! Athletes Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities - roundtable panel

“What Makes an Effective Virtual Event?”, hosted by moderator Leslie Patel.

Lunch & Networking

Commitments in Action

How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Panel on Sustainable Fashion

Betting on Green

Indirect Source Rule

A Shared Legacy

Aligning Government For 2028 and Beyond

Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future

Unlocking Savings and Capacity

Passing the Torch

Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Networking Reception

Agenda - Day 2

Welcome & Fireside Chat

With Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Keynote

Allan Marks, President, LADWP Board of Commissioners

Commitments in Action

Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

LACItizen Award Presentation

To California Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Keynote

Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Lunch & Networking

Commitments to Action

Decarbonization

Fireside Chat

With Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach

Now We're Cooking

Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Greening the Field

Championing Sustainable Venues

Vital Rebuilding Partnerships in Action

Reinforcing Retention with Collaborative Recovery Efforts

Panel on Sustainable Food

Capstone Session

Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Agenda - Day 1

Welcome & Opening

Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Fireside Chat

Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Russell Westbrook, Entrepreneur & NBA All-Star

Moderator: Justin Worland, Senior Correspondent, TIME

Keynote

Toks Omishakin, CA Secretary of Transportation, CalSTA

Panel - Betting on Green: What VCs Are Funding in Climate Tech

Arteen Arabshahi, Partner, Fika Ventures
Cedric Char, Principal, BMW iVentures
Laura Katzman, Partner, Buoyant Ventures

Moderator: Aria Safar, LACI

Break

Panel - LA28 Resilience Champions Fund

Catherine Baltazar, Associate Director, Advocacy & Organizing, Climate Resolve

Cynthia Mitchell-Heard, CEO, Los Angeles Urban League

Wesley Reutimann, Deputy Director, Active San Gabriel Valley

Moderator: Becky Dale, VP, Sustainability, LA28

Panel - Game On! Athletes & Experts Advocating for Clean Air & Healthy Communities

Melissa Humana-Paredes, Olympian, Professional Beach Volleyball & Climate Advocate

Bea Kim, Olympian, Professional Snowboarder & Climate Advocate
Kaitlyn Trudeau, Applied Climate Scientist, Climate Central

Moderator: Sammy Roth, Reporter, Climate Colored Goggles

Lunch & Networking

At the D'USSÉ Club

Spotlight - Commitments in Action: How Uber is Electrifying Rideshare at Scale

Michael Samulon, Capital Programs Chief, Office of Major Events, City of Los Angeles

Tessa Sanchez, Head of Sustainability Policy, Uber

Moderator: Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40

Panel - Sustainability Style & Statements

Linda Corrado, Director, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Homeboy Threads

Hamilton Perkins, Founder, Hamilton Perkins Collection, HPC.
Julia Viner, Director of Ecosystem Innovation, The Footwear Collective

Moderator: Wendie Malick, Award-Winning Actress and Activist

Spotlight - Modernizing the Local Grid for a Better Future:

Unlocking Savings & Capacity

Paul Carp, Strategic Account Executive, Schneider Electric

Lauren Nevitt, Senior Director of Public Policy, Sunrun
Moderator: Mark Esguerra, Director of Transmission & Substation Engineering, Southern California Edison

Panel - Indirect Source Rule:

The Next Generation of Zero Emission Transportation Policy

Ian MacMillan, Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, SCAQMD
Adrian Martinez, Director of Right to Zero, Earthjustice
Andrea Vidaurre, Co-Founder & Policy Coordinator, People's Collective for Environmental Justice

Moderator: Jack Symington, Director of City Climate Innovation, LACI

Break

Panel - A Shared Legacy: Aligning Government For 2028 & Beyond

Ben Allen, State Senator, CA State Senate District 24
Jamie Callahan, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Gavin Newsom

Katy Yaroslavsky, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles

Moderator: Mary Nichols, Former Chair, California Air Resources Board

Panel - Passing the Torch: Envisioning our Next Governor’s Climate Agenda

Mary Creasman, CEO, California Environmental Voters

Amisha Rai, SVP, Advanced Energy United
Liane Randolph, Former Chair, California Air Resources Board

Alvaro Sanchez, Sr Fellow & Founder, Blueprints for Belongings, Just Solutions Collective

Moderator: Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Programming Ends & Reception Begins

At the AT&T Deck & Shoot 360 Experience

Agenda - Day 2

Welcome & Opening

Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Fireside Chat

Karen Bass, Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities

Moderator: Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Keynote

Allan Marks, Board President, LADWP

Virtual Remarks

Gretchen Whitmer, Governor, Michigan

Panel - Commitments in Action:

Powering Charging Progress through LA's EV Interconnection Tiger Team

Tom Ashley, VP, Government & Utility Relations, Voltera

Jason Rondou, Interim COO & Senior Assistant General Manager-Power Systems, LADWP
Michael Samulon, Capital Programs Chief, Office of Major Events, City of Los Angeles

Moderator: Adam Mohabbat, Transportation Electrification Director, LACI

Break

Award & Keynote - LACItizen Award to

California Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón

Monique Limón, President Por Tempore, California State Senate

Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Panel - Can the 2028 Games be a Catalyst for Community Transformation and Climate Action?

Eric Garcetti, Former Ambassador, United States of America to the Republic of India

Moderator: John Rossant, Founder & CEO, CoMotion

Panel - The Heat Is On: Preparing Southern California for a Hotter, Drier 2028

Shivaji Deshmukh, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Patricia Lock Dawson, Mayor, City of Riverside, & Second VP of SCAG

Aaron Ordower, Environmental Deputy, LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath

Moderator: Kate Wright, Executive Director, Climate Mayors

Keynote Remarks

Nancy Skinner, Commissioner, California Energy Commission (CEC)

Fireside Chat

Dr. Noel Hacegaba, CEO, Port of Long Beach

Rex Richardson, Mayor, City of Long Beach
Moderator: Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Panel - Now We're Cooking: Removing Barriers for Multifamily Electrification

Iris Alcantara, Director of Assets Management, Esperanza Community Housing

David Jacot, AGM & Executive Director of Distributed Energy Solutions, LADWP

Weldon Kennedy, Co-Founder & CMO, Copper
Mayte Sanchez, Acting Head of Market Transformation & Senior Energy Director, LACI

Moderator: Erin Stone, Climate & Environment Senior Reporter, LAist

Lunch & Networking

At the D'USSÉ Club

Please visit the Training Talent Marketplace on your way to/from lunch

Panel - Greening the Field: Championing Sustainable Venues

Andrea Ambriz, General Manager & President, Exposition Park

Maggie Baird, Founder & President, Support + Feed

Erik Distler, SVP, Global Head of Sustainability, AEG
Moderator: Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA

Panel - Climate Canopies: How Our Region is Prioritizing Urban Shading Needs

Emily Dinino, Founder & CEO, ThermoShade

Cassie Rauser, The Fielding Family CEO, Treepeople

Susana Reyes, Executive Officer (Interim), Projects Engineering, Program Management Executive Office, LA Metro
Moderator: Michelle Barton, Climate & Sustainability Director, Shade LA

Spotlight - Commitments in Action: Public Sector Decarbonization Leadership

Minh Le, General Manager, Energy & Environmental Services, Los Angeles County

Kenny Seeton, Director of Central Plant Operations & Strategic Energy Projects, CSU Dominguez Hills
Moderator: Lacey Reddix, Innovation Pilots Director, LACI

Panel - Time for Upgrades: Opportunities for Cross-Sector Heat Pump Deployment

Evan Gillespie, Partner, Industrious Labs

Armen Saiyan, Manager of Efficiency Solutions Engineering- Distributed Energy, LADWP

Moderator: Mayte Sanchez, Acting Head of Market Transformation & Senior Energy Director, LACI

Break

Panel - Vital Rebuilding Partnerships: Supporting Recovery Efforts

Joanne Cordero, CEO, Altadena Land Initiatives

Melissa Fifield, Managing Director, Head, BMO Climate Institute

Isabel Lee, Chief of Staff, Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles

Grace Mase, Founder & CEO, HomeRES.ai

Moderator: Brandon Levin, VP, Office of the CEO, Snap Inc. & Founding Member, Dept of Angels

Fireside Chat - Sustainable Sustenance: Creating a Cultural Food Transformation

Dotsie Bausch, Executive Director & Founder, Switch4good & Team USA Olympic Silver Medalist, Cycling

Rebecca Tickell, Filmmaker & Activist

Moderator: Madeline Rose Zima, Actress, Environmental Activist and Speaker

Panel - Capstone Session: Can Clean Air be our Olympics Legacy?

Alysia Montaño, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Team USA Track & Field Team

Bill Panos, SVP, Transportation, LA28

Steven Powell, President & CEO, Southern California Edison

Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
Randall Winston, Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure & Climate Resilience, Los Angeles City's Mayor Office

Moderator: Matt Petersen, President & CEO, LACI

Meet the Co-Chairs

As Road to 2028 Co-Chairs, Russell Westbrook will serve alongside LACI President and CEO Matt Petersen to help advocate for and inspire Commitments to Action from potential partners to benefit Greater LA communities, and share the story of California’s climate innovation and leadership while becoming the fourth largest economy in the world.

Matt

Petersen

President & CEO,

LACI

Russell

Westbrook

Entrepreneur,

NBA All-Star

Speakers

Iris

Alcantara

Director of Asset Management,

Esperanza Community Housing

Ben

Allen

State Senator,

CA State Senate District 24

Andrea

Ambriz

General Manager & President,

Exposition Park Foundation

Arteen

Arabshahi

General Partner,

Fika Ventures

Tom

Ashley

Vice President, Government & Utility Relations,

Voltera

Maggie

Baird

Founder & President,

Support & Feed

Catherine

Baltazar

Associate Director,

Advocacy & Organizing,

Climate Resolve

Michelle

Barton

Climate & Sustainability Director,

Shade LA

Karen

Bass

Mayor,

City of Los Angeles

Dotsie

Bausch

Team USA Olympic Silver Medalist, Cycling

Executive Director & Founder

Switch4Good

Jamie

Callahan

Deputy Chief of Staff,

Office of Gavin Newsom

Paul

Carp

Strategic Account Executive,

Schneider Electric

Cedric

Char

Principal,

BMW i Ventures

Joanne

Cordero

CEO,

Altadena Land Initiatives

Linda

Corrado

Director Business Development & Strategic Partnership

Homeboy Threads

Mary

Creasman

CEO,

CA Environmental Voters

Becky

Dale

VP, Sustainability,

LA28

Shivaji

Deshmukh

General Manager,

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Emily

Dinino

Founder & CEO,

Thermoshade

Erik

Distler

SVP, Global Head of Sustainability,

AEG

Mark

Esguerra

Director of Transmission & Substation Engineering,

Southern California Edison

Melissa

Fifield

Managing Director, Head,

BMO Climate Institute

Eric

Garcetti

Former Ambassador

United States of America to the Republic of India

Evan

Gillespie

Partner,

Industrious Labs

Dr. Noel

Hacegaba

CEO,

Port of Long Beach

Melissa

Humana-Paredes

Olympian,

Professional Beach Volleyball & Climate Advocate

David

Jacot

AGM & Executive Director of Distributed Energy Solutions, LADWP

Nurit

Katz

Chief Sustainability Officer,

UCLA

Laura

Katzman

Partner,

Buoyant Ventures

Weldon

Kennedy

Co-Founder & CMO,

Copper

Bea

Kim

Olympian,

Professional Snowboarder & Environmental Advocate

Minh

General Manager, Energy & Environmental Services,

LA County

Isabel

Lee

Chief of Staff,

Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles

Brandon

Levin

VP, Office of the CEO, Snap Inc. & Founding Member, Dept of Angels

Monique

Limón

President pro Tempore,

California State Senate

Patricia Lock Dawson

Mayor, City of Riverside,

& Second VP of SCAG

Ian

MacMillan

Assistant Deputy Executive Officer,

SCAQMD

Wendie

Malick

Award-Winning Actress and Activist

Allan

Marks

Board President,

LADWP

Adrian

Martinez

Director of Right to Zero,

Earthjustice

Grace

Mase

Founder & CEO,

HomeRES.ai

Cynthia

Mitchell-Heard

CEO,

Los Angeles Urban League

Adam

Mohabbat

Transportation

Electrification Director,

LACI

Alysia

Montaño

Olympic Bronze Medalist,

Team USA Track & Field Team

Lauren

Nevitt

Sr. Director of Public Policy, Sunrun

Mary

Nichols

Former Chair,

California Air Resources Board

Toks

Omishakin

Secretary of Transportation, CalSTA

Aaron

Ordower

Environmental Deputy,

LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath

Bill

Panos

SVP, Transportation,

LA28

Hamilton Perkins

Founder,

Hamilton Perkins Collection, HPC.

Steven

Powell

President & CEO,

Southern California Edison

Amisha

Rai

SVP,

Advanced Energy United

Liane

Randolph

Former Chair,

California Air Resources Board

Cassie

Rauser

The Fielding Family Chief Executive Officer,

TreePeople

Lacey

Reddix

Innovation Pilots Director,

LACI

Wesley

Reutimann

Deputy Director,

Active San Gabriel Valley

Susana

Reyes

Executive Officer (Interim), Projects Engineering, Program Management Executive Office,

LA Metro

Rex

Richardson

Mayor,

City of Long Beach

Jason

Rondou

Interim COO & Senior Assistant General Manager,

LADWP

Madeline

Rose Zima

Actress,

Environmental Activist and Speaker

John

Rossant

Founder & CEO,

CoMotion

Sammy

Roth

Reporter,

Climate-Colored Goggles

Aria

Safar

Vice President, Investments, LACI

Armen

Saiyan

Manager of Efficiency Solutions Engineering- Distributed Energy,

LADWP

Michael

Samulon

Capital Programs Chief, Office of Major Events, City of Los Angeles

Alvaro

Sanchez

Sr Fellow & Founder,

Buleprints for Belonging,

Just Solutions Creative

Mayte

Sanchez

Acting Head of Market Transformation & Senior Energy Director, LACI

Tessa

Sanchez

Head of Sustainability,

Uber

Kenny

Seeton

Director of Central Plant Operations & Strategic Energy Projects, CSU Dominguez Hills

Gene

Seroka

Executive Director,

Port of Los Angeles

Nancy

Skinner

Commissioner,

California Energy Commission (CEC)

Erin

Stone

Climate & Environment Senior Reporter,

LAist

Jack

Symington

Director of City Climate Innovation,

LACI

Rebecca

Tickell

Filmmaker & Activist

Kaitlyn

Trudeau

Applied Climate Scientist, Climate Central

Andrea

Vidaurre

Co-founder &

Policy Coordinator,

People's Collective for Environmental Justice

Julia

Viner

Director of Ecosystem Innovation,

Footwear Collective

Mark

Watts

Executive Director,

C40 Cities

Randall

Winston

Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure
& Climate Resilience,

Los Angeles City's Mayor Office

Justin

Worland

Senior Correspondent,

TIME

Kate

Wright

Executive Director,

Climate Mayors

Katy

Yaroslavsky

Councilmember,

City of Los Angeles

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