Our Fall 2026 Distinguished Fellows
Rohit T. “Rit” Aggarwala
Rohit T. “Rit” Aggarwala served as New York City’s Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection from 2022 to 2026. A longtime leader in urban sustainability and infrastructure, he founded the city’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability under Mayor Bloomberg and developed PlaNYC, a landmark blueprint for a more resilient and sustainable city. Aggarwala also led the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and worked in philanthropy and technology. He teaches urban policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
Justin Brice Guariglia
Justin Brice Guariglia is a visual artist whose practice investigates the fragile and shifting ecologies that sustain life on Earth. Drawing on dialogues with scientists, philosophers, and poets, his work bears witness to landscapes, systems, and cycles that are rapidly changing, disappearing, or collapsing — changes largely invisible to most of us. Seducing viewers through beauty, Guariglia opens space for reflection, agency, and new ways of understanding our relationship to the living world.
Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis
Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis is a creative consultant and entrepreneur, recognized for her contributions to promoting craftsmanship, sustainable business practices and creative entrepreneurship. With a rich background in investment banking, asset management and the arts, she has successfully transitioned her career to foster innovation in the creative economy. Her work focuses on the preservation of cultural heritage, the support and upscaling for artisans and advocacy for sustainable business models.
Sarah Kapnick
Dr. Sarah B. Kapnick is Global Head of Climate Advisory in the Commercial and Investment Bank at J.P. Morgan, where she leads the firm's climate thought leadership and advises clients at the intersection of finance, climate science, and national security. Prior to her current role, Dr. Kapnick was Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), responsible for guiding the programmatic focus of NOAA’s science and technology priorities. She spent a decade at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) leading research and development on seasonal to decadal variability and prediction. Dr. Kapnick serves on the nonprofit boards of Climate Central and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Additionally, she serves on the scientific advisory panels for the World Meteorological Organization and Food Security Leadership Council.
Miranda Massie
Miranda Massie is the founding director of the Climate Museum. She left an award-winning career in social justice litigation to launch the Museum, which in 2018 had its breakout year of public programming. The Museum has since presented arts-centered exhibitions and other free cultural programs to build agency and community on climate throughout New York City and beyond. Massie has pioneered an approach to community engagement with climate that blends arts, storytelling, culture, and activism, successfully empowering visitors in the large majority who are worried about climate change but unsure what to do. She is recognized as a national and international leader at the crossroads of culture and climate change.