Nick Gardner is Co-Founder and Head of Strategic Initiatives and Community at Premiums for the Planet, a climate finance movement helping businesses use their insurance dollars to accelerate resilience and climate action. He leads efforts to build a coalition of climate-conscious companies, mobilizing their collective spend, influence, and voice to drive systemic change across the insurance industry. Beyond his work at PFP, Nick helps guide the U.S. Chamber of Connection, a civic innovation network tackling the loneliness epidemic and rebuilding trust in communities. He previously spent seven years at Salesforce, where he launched climate-focused products and built citizen philanthropy programs in education, economic opportunity, and climate resilience. Based in Seattle, Nick finds inspiration on mountain trails year-round.