
Dawn Lippert is a climate tech leader focused on accelerating solutions to climate change through entrepreneurship. As the founder and CEO of Elemental Excelerator (now Elemental Impact), she has directed over $200M in government and philanthropic funding to support 150 climate technology companies, half of which are led by traditionally excluded founders. Elemental’s initiatives have spurred over $8B in follow-on funding, with projects in all U.S. states and numerous countries globally.

