Nicole Lederer
E2 Co-Founder
Nicole Lederer is Chairman and Co-Founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs, focusing on growing E2’s pro-environment business constituency, establishing collaboration between business and environmental leaders and creating a positive dialogue with legislators at the state and national levels. She leads E2’s Advisory Council where E2’s regional and national strategies are formulated and managed. Nicole also leads E2’s federal advocacy agenda, supporting policies that foster environmental innovation, sustainable economic development and green job creation. Since 2002, she has led E2 delegations to Washington to meet with House and Senate members, as well as representatives from the Executive Branch. Nicole serves on the board of NRDC. She is a frequent speaker on green job creation and other business benefits related to environmental policy.
Bob Epstein
E2 Co-Founder
Bob Epstein is an entrepreneur and engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a co-founder of five companies: Sybase, New Resource Bank, GetActive Software, Colorado Microdisplay, and Britton-Lee. Bob is an elected Director of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District, a co-founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), serves on the advisory board of the Goldman School of Public Policy and UC Davis Institute for Transportation Studies, and on the Executive Committee of the Berkeley Food Institute. Bob led the E2 team that helped to pass California’s major global warming bills – the “Clean Cars Bill” and the “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006”. In 2020, Bob co-founded Project 2030 which is focused on California policies to manage carbon, decarbonize industrial sources expand the use of re-generative agriculture practices. Bob’s community activities are focused on the environment, public education, sustainable food systems and music. Bob is a classical pianist and performs four-hand and solo piano.