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Despairing about the Paris Accord? Here are ten specific ideas to cut carbon emissions
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Marilyn Waite
Managing Director at Climate Finance Fund
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Overview
Marilyn Waite is a Managing Director at Climate Finance Fund and a Director on the Board of Directors at Climate First Bank. She has a strong background in sustainable finance and investment, with expertise in ESG strategies and climate action, and she also serves as a faculty lecturer at Sciences Po and hosts global climate tech podcasts.
Highlights of Marilyn Waite's career include her role as Managing Director at Climate Finance Fund and her position as a Director on the Board of Directors at Climate First Bank, where she focuses on sustainable finance, ESG strategies, and climate action. She is also a faculty lecturer at Sciences Po and hosts global climate tech podcasts, showcasing her expertise in the field of sustainable finance and investment.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2021 - Current
Director Board of Directors
2023
Climate First Bank is the world's first FDIC-insured community bank founded to combat the climate crisis.
Climate First Bank is a values-based community bank that provides a full range of traditional banking products.
Faculty Lecturer
2024
Taught Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategies to students at the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)
Investor
2021
Cap Table Coalition creates investment opportunities for traditionally marginalized investors.
Advisory Board Member
2021
Enduring Planet is a fintech lender focused on the New Climate Economy.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Dangerous Ventures.
Global South Climate Tech Podcast Host
2023
China Cleantech Podcast Co Host
2020 - 2023
China Cleantech 生态创新 is a podcast that features China-connected cleantech innovations and innovators. China Cleantech covers untold stories, with critical commentary by co-hosts Andrew Chang and Marilyn Waite, of green economy endeavors that impact the world's decarbonization efforts. Check out the first three seasons wherever you listen to your podcasts.
New Energy Nexus is an international organization that supports clean energy entrepreneurs with funds.
VC Fund Advisor
2020
The W Fund is a venture capital fund that directly invests in early-stage women and underrepresented tech founders.
Our fund is singularly focused on investing in traditionally underfunded founders - women and other underrepresented innovators.
Associate Faculty
2017
Lecture students in the joint UIBE (对外经济贸易大学)-City University of Seattle MBA program MBA 575: Environmental and Corporate Responsibility (Sustainable Business) As business leaders, it is important that students understand the obligations for sustainable business that they will inevitably face. This course introduces students to the considerations for a corporate response to environmental and social problems and the impacts companies can have on these issues. Through completion of course activities and discussions, students understand and practice approaches to defining sustainability strategies, and for planning specific tactics to deliver on those strategies.
Board Member
2018 - 2023
COI Energy Services is the first energy-on-demand platform that helps electric utilities and businesses of all sizes improve the energy performance of buildings and the electric grid. The platform provides personalized alerts to show businesses how they can save energy and make money by being more energy efficient. Electric utilities are able to take advantage of the opportunity to purchase the flexible energy resources as-a-service to power the grid.
Director Board Of Directors
2021 - 2023
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