Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

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Energy, Climate, and the Future of the Built Environment

Mon, October 9, 2023
Dinner Program
Billy Grayson '00

Over the next 30 years, our cities will be shaped by climate change – both by the impact of extreme weather events and by the regulatory and market forces looking to get us on a path to net zero.

Billy Grayson, Chief Initiatives Officer at the Urban Land Institute, will discuss how our cities can become more resilient to the impacts of climate change and get on the path to net zero carbon, while creating new economic opportunities in energy, transportation, technology, and real estate.

Billy Grayson has led corporate sustainability for Fortune 500 companies in real estate and the industrial supply chain, and helped to develop the global human rights and environmental sustainability compliance program for the electronics industry. Earlier in his career he worked in environmental advocacy and civic engagement, and was the founder of two youth voting nonprofits (Project Democracy and Maryland Votes!)

He is currently the Chief Initiatives Officer at the Urban Land Institute, overseeing the organizations’ work on environmental sustainability, housing attainability, infrastructure, and real estate economics and capital markets. He has a MPP and a MBA from the University of Maryland, is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, and was an Ath Fellow from 1999-2000.

Mr. Grayson's talk is part of the Athenaeum's 40th Anniversary Series, which celebrates the achievements of CMC alumni from across the years and invites them to return home to Claremont.

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

Claremont McKenna College
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Claremont, CA 91711

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