Julie Noblitt is Energy and Climate Program Director at Acterra, an environmental non-profit based in Palo Alto whose mission is to bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet. Julie joined Acterra in 2017 with long career in strategic management of nonprofits facing rapid technological change and transforming market environments. A serial social entrepreneur, she is passionate about inspiring action to protect the environment. She founded a Silicon Valley startup devoted to creating alternatives to single-use, petroleum-based plastics, and is founding board member for greenninja.org, a university-based environmental education startup that creates next-generation science curriculum for middle-school students. She holds an MBA in systems thinking and sustainable management from the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco, including a Cleantech Certificate in Sustainable Energy Management.