Brain Trust
Visionary innovators, pioneers, and global experts unite at XPRIZE to design the competitions that will ignite breakthrough solutions that can transform the future.

David Babson, Ph.D
EVP, Energy + Climate + Nature

Isobel Ashbey
Head of Biodiversity & Nature Tech, Cambridge Consultants

Charles Brooke
Program Lead, Livestock Enteric Methane, Spark Climate Solutions

Dr. Victoria Chernow
Climate & Energy, Science for America

Ben Combes
Climate Strategy Director, Deloitte & London School of Economics

Dr. James Crawford
Chief Strategy Officer, Privateer Space

Dr. Bashir Dabbousi
Director, Technology & Innovation Special Projects, Aramco

Dr. Leslie Dewan
CEO and Founder, Neutronic Designs

Dr. Sarah Federman
VP, Landscape Decarbonization, Carbon Direct

Jacquelyn Francis
Executive Director & Founder, Global Warming Mitigation Project

Anastasia Gamick
Co-founder & COO, Convergent Research

Dr. Ian Gates
Professor, Associate Vice President Research (Innovation), University of Calgary

Olya Irzak
CEO, Frost Methane

Lauren Greenlee, Ph.D.
EVP, Food, Water & Waste

Dr. Ali Ahmadalipour
Research Scientist , Google

Ananya Chakravarti
Chemical Engineer and Biophysicist, Princeton University; Social Impact Fellow, XPRIZE

Dianna Cohen
CEO + Co-Founder, Plastic Pollution Coalition

Jill Conklin
Director and Strategic Officer, Food for Soul

Renaud des Rosiers
Director of Sustainability, Amy's Kitchen

Dr. Evan Fraser
Director, Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph