Kalee Kreider
President, Ridgely Walsh
Kalee Kreider is president of Ridgely Walsh, a boutique public affairs firm where she advises major corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit clients on issues of sustainability, climate change, and technology. With decades of experience in public affairs, she has advised innovative thinkers, innovators, and companies including Paul G. Allen, Christiana Figueres, Illumina, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Postcode Lotteries Group, the United Nations Foundation, and ClimateWorks Foundation. Kreider was previously chief media and public affairs officer for the National Geographic Society and an environmental advisor and communications director for Al Gore. She has helped research and market best-selling books and an award-winning film and managed the Washington office of Fenton Communications, among other roles.
Previously
Even with a rapid abatement of all future emissions, there’s still too much carbon in the atmosphere to avoid the worst climate consequences. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR)—the...