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Please join the Yale Climate and Energy Institute and the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy on Tuesday, December 4, for a conversation with Heidi Binko, associate director of special climate initiatives at the Rockefeller Family Fund. She will discuss the philanthropic funding community’s efforts to address the failure of a federal climate bill and how proactive funders have worked to develop alternative new campaigns. 

The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information please contact Susanne Stahl at susanne.stahl@yale.edu.

Heidi Binko is the associate director of special climate initiatives at the Rockefeller Family Fund. Heidi joined RFF in 2008. In her current position, she works closely with national and regional advocates and foundations working at the nexus of climate and coal. Since joining RFF, Heidi has played a leading role in creating strategic partnerships between funders and advocates interested in helping the nation move beyond a coal-based economy. Prior to joining RFF, Heidi was the executive director of the WestWind Foundation, a family foundation based in Virginia. She currently serves as a board member of the Environmental Grantmakers Association and a co-chair of the Climate and Energy Funders Group.