Vanessa Warheit

Vanessa co-founded the EV Charging for All coalition, now a national program under Plug In America, which advocates for equitable EV access in building codes. Her climate solutions advocacy also includes roles as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Atmos Financial – the world’s first climate-positive bank – and leadership and organizing for Fossil Free California, 350.org, The Bioneers, and The League of Conservation Voters. As a documentary filmmaker, she produced a PBS feature documentary about America’s colonial territories “The Insular Empire”, and the award-winning kids video “Worse Than Poop” – which may still be the only funny film about EVs and the climate crisis. She is a certified leader with Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, an advisor to 350 Bay Area, and an active member of the Sierra Club and the California Democratic Party.