Princeton Class of 1975

October 22, 2023: “Class of '75 Tackles Climate Change”

Cheryl LaFleur ’75, Former Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; COO of National Grid USA; currently Chair of the Board of ISO New England, which runs the electricity grid and markets in New England.
"Energy policy at the state and federal level: How to transition the electric system to fight climate change"

Ed Seliga '75, Chief Innovation Officer, Advanced Solar Products, Inc.; Co-Chair, Sustainable Somerset; Board Member/Past Chair, U.S. Green Building Council, New Jersey.
“Clean energy policy at the local level: How to make clean energy commercially attractive”

Nat Treadway ’75, Former PUC of Texas staffer; testifying on energy efficiency and advising on the role of markets and regulation in delivering clean energy in Texas; former Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa.
“Clean energy transition in Texas: Markets v. mandates”

CeCe Haydock ’75, LEED, and SITES (the landscape certification system parallel to LEED) certified; quantifies the ecosystem and health cost of new projects, such as parks, housing developments, and corporate campuses; currently works on parks and neighborhood redevelopment in Texas, Utah, and Georgia.
“Measuring ecosystem services—water, plants, soils, materials, human health—of sustainable landscapes”

Priscilla Hayes ’75, Activist and educator in Climate Justice; former Board Member of the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, and former co-chair of its Climate Education Committee; taught Climate Change in the summer program at Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
“How to promote climate justice: Environmental protection for those least responsible for but most affected by the damage”

Shanta Devarajan ’75(Moderator), Teaches “Climate Change and Development” at Georgetown University; former World Bank chief economist.
“Should developing countries sacrifice economic development to reduce carbon emissions?”