The Earthshot Prize – Boston 2022 Host Committee supported host partners the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the City of Boston in engaging the region’s communities in the 2022 Earthshot Prize, and in lifting up the story of Boston’s commitment to innovation and sustainability.
Honorary Members
Honorary Co-Chair, Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts
Honorary Co-Chair, Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston
Honorary Co-Chair, Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
The Honorable John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
The Honorable Michael S. Regan, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Honorable Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator, MA
The Honorable Edward J. Markey, United States Senator, MA and Co-Author, Green New Deal
Gina McCarthy, former White House National Climate Advisor
Senate President Karen E. Spilka, Massachusetts State Senate
Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States
Committee Chairs
Sandy and Paul Edgerley
Event Sponsors
Ubicquia | Ian Aaron, Chief Executive Officer
Bank of America | Brian Moynihan, Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Liberty Mutual Insurance | David H. Long, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CVS Health | Karen S. Lynch, President and Chief Executive Officer
John Hancock | Marianne Harrison, President and Chief Executive Officer
Event Partners
Katherine F. Abbott, President and CEO, Boston Harbor Now
Dr. Peter Abbott OBE, British Consul General to New England
Sara Arman, Director of Health Equity and Policy, GreenRoots
Jen Benson, President, Alliance for Business Leadership
Kerry Bowie, President and Executive Director, Browning the Green Space
Robert Chambers, Vice President for Strategic Engagement and Chief of Staff, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Bob Chen, Interim Dean, School for the Environment, UMass Boston
Joe Christo, Managing Director, Stone Living Lab
Christopher Cook, Executive Director, The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Joseph A. Curtatone, President, Northeast Clean Energy Council
Jennifer Daloisio, Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Rachel Flor, Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Andrés Holder, Executive Director, Boston Children’s Chorus
Max Holmes, President and CEO, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Matt Holzer, Head of School, Boston Green Academy
David C. Howse, Vice President for Office of the Arts, Emerson College and Executive Director, ArtsEmerson
Rachel Kyte, Dean, Fletcher School at Tufts University
Mike Lake, President and CEO, Leading Cities
Vivien Li, Former President, The Boston Harbor Association
Amy Longsworth, Executive Director, Boston Green Ribbon Commission
Mindy S. Lubber, CEO and President, Ceres
Peter de Menocal, President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Michelle Miller Groves, Executive Director, Center for Computing and Interdisciplinary Technology, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Catherine T. Morris, Director of Arts and Culture, The Boston Foundation
Alissa Peterson, Co-Founder and Executive Director, SeaAhead
Jean-Luc Pierite, President of the Board of Directors, North American Indian Center of Boston
Alan Price, Director, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Jean Ann Ramey, Executive Director, Climable
Emily Reichert, Chief Executive Officer, Greentown Labs
Elizabeth Solomon, Elder, Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag
Vikki N. Spruill, President and CEO, New England Aquarium
Jen Stevenson Zepeda, Associate Executive Director, Climable
James H. Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Director, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University
Vidya Tikku, Vice President, Urban Outdoors, The Trustees of Reservations
Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, President, Environmental League of Massachusetts
Dwaign Tyndal, Executive Director, Alternatives for Community and Environment
Rev. Vernon K. Walker, Program Director, Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW)
Malene Welch, Director of Community Engagement, Boston Children's Museum; Co-Founder, Boston Harbor Women of Color Coalition
Julie Wormser, Senior Policy Advisor, Mystic River Watershed Association
Maria T. Zuber, Vice President for Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology