Testimonials
“Christine was the keynote speaker for our college’s 2024 graduation celebration, offering remarks that were inspiring to our students, faculty, and staff. With messages right on target, she urged our students to find their passion, seize opportunities and create meaningful change. Her anecdotes were insightful and her delivery so impeccable, that she gave us goosebumps at the end. Christine surely helped send our graduates off into the world with an extra boost of energy and inspiration!”
—- Dean H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller, College of Earth, Oceans, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State Univ.
“Keynoting our 2020 Annual CFA Forecast Dinner, Christine’s call to action was clear: the investment industry has the ability to accelerate the pace of change for a more sustainable future and redefine what prosperity means for society. Christine’s incredible knowledge of climate change is indisputable. Her excellence as a public speaker, paired with her passion for the topic, engaged our audience of 500 finance professionals.”
—Emily Burt, Vice-President, CFA Society, Winnipeg
“Christine spoke to our 200+ audience at our 20th Anniversary event and did a superb job connecting our organization’s work to major global issues including climate change and economic disparity. She used her vast expertise to engage the audience in a meaningful way, adding the right amount of daunting statistics and humor. Ultimately, her involvement was a key element to hosting our most successful fundraiser yet!’“
- Andrea Johnson, Executive Director, Green Empowerment
“Christine provided the closing keynote remarks at the MSCI and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) 2017 seminar on climate risk and climate action for institutional investors as part of New York’s annual Climate Week. She offered a great combination of big picture perspective and specific, real world examples to a group of over 100 financial industry professionals. As a sign of her engaging remarks, I received many requests for Christine’s slide deck following the presentation.”
- Whitney Rauschenbach, Marketing Vice President, MSCI ESG Research
“Christine gave a fascinating and inspiring speech for our Third Asian Environmental Lecture. She took the audience through science, architecture, engineering, economics and even up to space and human values. Truly a fascinating talk. As someone who studies natural systems, her presentation changed my perception of the urban environment.”
- Professor Edward Webb, National University of Singapore
"We could not have made a better choice in asking Christine Ervin to serve as our inaugural speaker for Wofford College's Santee-Cooper Lecture Series on Energy & Sustainability. Her convocation address to our student body, faculty, and honored guests was scintillating. …Through specific examples of innovation, she gave us hope that we will find a way through to sustainability."
- John Lane, Associate Professor
“Christine’s terrific opening keynote helped make our conference a great success. Attendees were extremely enthusiastic about her inspiring remarks and quality of her presentation. She really resonated with our audience.”
-Zhentao Wei, Toronto Energy Matters Conference
“Christine Ervin’s Game Changer Keynote for stakeholders and policy makers in the IT industry was far from being just another presentation by another expert. Her ability to communicate and her knowledge of the technical and environmental issues surrounding green buildings and sustainability made her talk a source of change, comment, and ongoing thought for all who attended."
- David Rosenburg, Program Director, Uptime Institute's Symposium
"Christine Ervin was fantastic as our keynote speaker on sustainability for AH&LA's 2008 Fall Conference and the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York City…"
- Kimberly Miles, Senior Vice President, American Hotel & Lodging Association
" …thank you again for your outstanding presentation to our conference attendees. I have heard nothing but kudos."
- Andy Sirmon, Strategic Marketing Manager, The Linc Network
"As our keynote speaker for Focus the Nation, Christine spoke with grace and enthusiasm on the possibilities for addressing climate change. It was incredibly uplifting to have a female environmental leader, with her experience and knowledge, share perspectives on how we already are beginning to make the changes we need to see in society."
- Katie King, Campus Climate Challenge Campaign, Whitman College
“Christine Ervin was every bit as engaging of a speaker as we hoped… She shared her considerable knowledge of, and experience with, the green-buildings movement with warmth and humor. Her participation certainly raised the visibility and credibility of our Engineering Green Buildings Conference & Expo."
- Scott Arnold, Managing Editor, HPAC Engineering, Engineering Green Building Conference and Expo