Climate Change: What Your Students Want to Know AND What They Can Do About It

Charlie Hopkins is the Managing Director of Teaching & Learning at the Council on Foreign Relations where he works with instructors in both high school and higher education who are using the Council’s educational resources. Charlie began his career teaching history and social studies, both in the United States and abroad.

Margaret is the COO and co-founder of SubjectToClimate. She was a high school teacher, primarily in economics and business, for several years before she pursued an M.Ed. in international education policy at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Working with Professor Fernando Reimers, she supported and edited several books regarding education reform and climate change education. She received her teaching certification at Princeton University. Outside of work, Margaret is an avid ultramarathon runner and triathlete.

As a High School Spanish teacher and student newspaper advisor, Liz has taught for over 20 years and has served as World Languages Department Chair and K-6 summer camp activities leader. She has worked in Ohio, Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, and Chile

Kelly Carmichael Booz is the Director of Share My Lesson at the American Federation of Teachers, where she oversees the AFT’s PreK–12 resource platform serving nearly 2.3 million educators. She leads the organization’s digital professional development initiatives, including co-creating the award-winning AI Educator Brain series and the development of EdBrAIn, AFT’s new AI-powered teaching assistant. Kelly worked with OpenAI to create and launch EdBrAIn and led the effort to bring AI integration and custom course offerings directly into the Share My Lesson platform.

In addition to her work on AI, Kelly produces the AFT Book Club and the Vital Lessons series with Dr. Vin Gupta, curating timely and thought-provoking content for educators and non-educators nationwide. A strong advocate for civic education, Kelly was appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe to the Virginia Standards of Learning Innovation Committee and served on the board of Virginia Civics, promoting constitutional literacy and student civic engagement.

Kelly was elected to the Alexandria City School Board in 2012 and is currently serving her third term, where she champions transparency, equity, and community-centered communication. She was named one of Alexandria’s “40 Under 40” by the Chamber of Commerce in 2017 and has held previous roles as Director of Civic Education at James Madison’s Montpelier and Manager of Teacher Programs at the Close Up Foundation.

She holds a Master of Education from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College.