Anne Therese Gennari
BIC Faculty and Climate Optimist
Anne Therese Gennari is a speaker, educator, and writer, as well as the founder of The Climate Optimist, Role Models Mgmt, and Hey Change Podcast. As an educator and consultant, she helps shift the narrative around climate change so that we can act from courage and excitement, not fear.
She works with brands like Tetra Pak and BMW in a variety of ways to spread the climate optimism message to their audiences. She also hosts climate optimist workshops for companies, schools, and organizations. A few of them include Columbia University, FIT, Project Drawdown, NerdWallet, BAE Systems, Hubspot, and Scotia Bank. She’s also given speeches at the French Founders Summit, Smart City Expo Miami, and the UN STHLM+50 Climate Hub. Her book, The Climate Optimist Handbook, comes out in the fall of 2022.