Conradin Von Gugelberg Memorial
The Conradin Von Gugelberg Memorial event honors Conradin Von Gugelberg, a member of the MBA Class of 1987, and was founded by his classmates to foster environmental responsibility among MBA students. The CVG Memorial is the final keynote of the GSB Climate Conference.
Past CVG Speakers
| Date | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Ernie Moniz | Former United States Secretary of Energy |
| 2024–25 | Laurene Powell Jobs | Founder and Chairman, Emerson Collective |
| 2023–24 | Melanie Nakagawa | Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft |
| 2022–23 | JB Straubel | Founder and CEO, Redwood Materials; Cofounder and Former CTO, Tesla |
| 2021–22 | Kate Gordon | Sr. Advisor to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 2020–21 | Catherine Coleman Flowers | Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice |
| 2019–20 | Rose Marcario | CEO, Patagonia |
| 2018–19 | Michael Preysman | Founder and CEO, Everlane |
| 2017–18 | Tom Steyer | Founder and President, Next Gen America |
| 2016–17 | Al Gore | 45th Vice President of United States |
| 2015–16 | Paul Polman | CEO, Unilever |
| 2014–15 | Mark Tercek | CEO, The Nature Conservancy |
| 2013–14 | Steven Chu | United States Secretary of Energy |
| 2012–13 | Mary Nichols | Chair, California Air Resources Board |
| 2011–12 | Eric Schlosser | Author of Fast Food Nation; Co-producer of the film Food, Inc. |
| 2010–11 | Marcia McNutt | Director, United States Geological Survey; Science Advisor to U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
| 2009–10 | Peter Gleick | President, Pacific Institute |
| 2008–09 | Vinod Khosla | Founder and CEO, Khosla Ventures |
| 2007–08 | Carter Roberts | President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund |
| 2006–07 | Yvon Chouinard | Founder of Patagonia |
| 2005–06 | Carol Browner | Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator |
| 2004–05 | Jacques Dubois | Chairman, Swiss Re Holding Corporation |
| 2002–03 | William McDonough | Cofounder and Principal, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC |
| 2001–02 | Amory Lovins | Co-founder, Rocky Mountain Institute |
| 2000–01 | John Browne | Group Chief Executive, BP Amoco |
| 1998–99 | John Sawhill | President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy |
| 1997–98 | Paul Hawken | Chairman of The Natural Step |
| 1996–97 | Dr. Stephen Schmidheiny | Founder, Business Council for Sustainable Environment |
| 1995–96 | Barbara Dudley | Executive Director, Greenpeace U.S.A. |
| 1994–95 | Amory Lovins | Co-founder, Rocky Mountain Institute |
| 1993–94 | Fred Krupp | Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund |
| 1992–93 | Anita Roddick | Founder, The Body Shop |
| 1991–92 | William Ruckelshaus | CEO, Browning Ferris Industries |
| 1990–91 | William Reilly | EPA Administrator |
| 1989–90 | Tim Wirth | U.S. Senator of Colorado |
