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Confirmed Speakers
Net Impact and Cornell University are proud to announce our conference speakers representing a wide range of industries and backgrounds. Please note this list is subject to change and we will be adding more speakers as they are confirmed.
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- Tyler Reeder, Vice President, Energy Capital Partners
- David Skorton, President, Cornell University
- Hasting Stewart, VP, Shell Oil Company Foundation and Director, Social Investment, Shell Oil Company
- Monica Touesnard, Associate Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
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Bart Riley
Chief Technical Officer, Research and Development
A123 Systems
Bart has spent over 20 years in the advanced materials industry. After receiving a PhD at Cornell University in experimental geology, Bart joined American Superconductor to work on making flexible wire from ceramic superconductors. In 2001, he co-founded A123Systems to develop next generation batteries based on nanotechnology. With commercial success of its first set of battery products, A123Systems can now play an important role in the greening of the transportation and electric utility industries.
Guarav Rohatgi
Principal
Continuum
Since 1996 Gaurav has developed new products, technologies and perspectives for Fortune 500, start-up, and non-profit clients. Gaurav now harnesses the power of Design Thinking as he leads diverse teams to conceive and deliver novel devices and solutions ranging from complex, medical, electro-opto-mechanical systems to single component consumer disposables. He's committed to people, planet, and profit and helped define Continuum’s Social Innovation initiative. Gaurav acquired his BS and MS in mechanical engineering at MIT.
Jessica Rolph
Founding Partner/COO
HAPPYFAMILY
Jessica Rolph is Founding Partner and COO of HAPPYFAMILY, a company that aims to change the way babies and children are fed by offering nutritious alternatives to over-processed foods. HAPPYFAMILY launched in five stores in 2006 and is now selling in over 5000 stores including Target, Whole Foods, and Babies R Us. Jessica is a Trustee for RSF Social Finance and received a BA and MBA from Cornell University.
Cynthia Round
Executive VP, Brand Leadership
United Way Worldwide
Cynthia is the chief brand officer responsible for marketing and communications at United Way Worldwide. Cynthia started her career at P&G, and worked as Executive Group Director, Sr.Partner at Ogilvy Advertising in New York, prior to joining the nonprofit sector. Cynthia serves on the board of the Advertising Educational Foundation, the advisory committee of The Ad Council and chaired the 2009 American Marketing Association Nonprofit Conference. She holds a BA from Oklahoma State University.
John Saintcross
Project Manager
Clean Energy Research and Market Development, NYSERDA
John Saintcross is the Program Manager at the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) responsible for managing the Renewable Portfolio Standard in New York and auctions/sales of allowances under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Clean Air Interstate Rule programs. Prior to NYSERDA, he was the Director of Resource Portfolio Management for Green Mountain Power Corporation. Mr. Saintcross holds a BS degree in Nuclear Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo.
Judith Samuelson
Executive Director, Business and Society Program
Aspen Institute
Judy Samuelson created the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program (Aspen BSP), which employs research and dialogue among business leaders to build a sustainable global society. Prior to founding Aspen BSP, Judy led the Ford Foundation’s office of Program Related-Investments, managed a sales and lending team at Bankers Trust Company, and worked in Sacramento as a lobbyist, legislative aid, and in the Governor’s office. Judy holds a BA from UCLA and MS from the Yale School of Management.
Richard Seireeni
Founder/Brand Architect
The Brand Architect Group
Richard Seireeni is a 30-year veteran in design, marketing and brand consulting. He has been art director of Rolling Stone magazine, creative director of Warner Bros. Records, and co-creative director of EnterpriseIG. He manages his consulting business, The Brand Architect Group, in Los Angeles with offices in Tokyo and Shanghai. Seireeni graduated from the UofW School of Architecture and is the author of The Gort Cloud: The Invisible Force Powering Today's Most Visible Green Brands.
George Sent
Managing Director
The Demeter Group
George is a Managing Director with the Demeter Group. Prior to the Demeter Group, he served as a Vice President in the Food & Beverage group at Banc of America Securities, as well as Director of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations at The J.M. Smucker Company. George is a CPA and received an MBA from Cornell University and a BBA in accounting and finance from the University of Cincinnati.
Suzanne Shelton
President and CEO
Shelton Group
Suzanne Shelton is president and CEO of the Shelton Group, an advertising agency focused on motivating mainstream consumers to make sustainable choices. Shelton Group conducts four consumer opinion studies annually to continuously track shifting consumer perceptions on these topics. Shelton uses those insights in brand positioning, advertising, direct marketing and Interactive work the agency performs for its clients, which include the American Institute of Architects, BP Solar, Cree Lighting, e3 Bank, Scana Gas and Vectren Energy.
Graham Sinclair
Principal
Sinclair & Company LLC
Graham Sinclair is an ESG investment architect and global project leader. He advises institutional investors on sustainable finance via integration of environmental, social and corporate governance factors. His research and advisory engagements range from trillion-dollar money managers to launching initiatives including Africa Sustainability Investment Forum. Graham is a former UN consultant on responsible investment and Product Manager at KLD Research & Analytics in Boston. Graham has advanced degrees in commerce and law.
Tom Stebbins
Project Manager
Horizon Wind Energy
Tom has been involved in renewable energy development since 2007. In his current role as a Project Manager he focuses on the development of utility-scale wind farms in the critical power markets of the Northeast United States. Prior to joining Horizon, Tom served as an Analyst for New Energy Finance, where he was responsible for policy analysis, news coverage and company valuations. Tom has a BA from Vassar College and an MBA from Cornell University.
Gregory Thomas
CEO
Performance Systems Development
Gregory Thomas is CEO of Performance Systems Development. He has been president of the ACI residential retrofit conference, founded the national Home Performance program, and has advised DOE, HUD, EPA, NYSERDA and the California Energy Commission, among others. PSD’s energy savings prediction and tracking software is used nationally by residential and commercial energy programs and contractors to improve their ability to deliver measured energy savings. Greg started offering whole house energy services in Ithaca in 1979.
Molly Tschang
Managing Director of International Programs
Cisco
Molly Tschang is managing director of International Programs in Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group. Tschang works at the intersection of public, private, and NGO sectors to orchestrate innovative, market development engagements with international development institutions such as the World Bank and United Nations. She focuses on community-driven approaches for social innovation and inclusive growth, transforming how people connect across a diversity of places, cultures, ideas and experience to harness the “power of us”.
Edward Steinfeld
Director
IDEA Center, School of Architecture and Planning, SUNY Buffalo
Edward Steinfeld, Arch. D., is a Professor of Architecture and Director of the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access at SUNY/Buffalo. He has published extensively, lectures internationally and has received many awards for his work, including a Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in 2003. He is Vice Chair of the Standards Committee and is in charge of drafting and editing the GUDC’s standards for commercial buildings.
Dave Stangis
Vice President CSR/Sustainability
Campbell Soup
Mr. Stangis heads a global CSR Network organization and oversees the development of CSR goals, policies and programs for Campbell Soup. Prior to joining Campbell, Dave worked at Intel for 12 years where he created and led the Corporate Responsibility function. Dave is on the advisory boards of Net Impact, The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship and Ethical Corporation magazine. In 2008, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere Magazine.
Brian Reich
Managing Director
little m media
Brian is managing director of little m media. He is a regular speaker, writer, and blogger on issues relating to how technology and the internet impact politics, media, business, and society. He is the author of Media Rules! and blogs at www.thinkingaboutmedia.com, WeMedia.com, and as a Fast Company Expert.
Don Shaffer
President & CEO
RSF Social Finance
Don Shaffer is president & CEO of RSF Social Finance, a nonprofit financial services organization inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner. RSF has made over $190 million in loans and over $90 million in grants since 1984 to organizations in the areas of Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts, and Ecological Stewardship.
Ting Shih
Executive VP
ClickDiagnostics
Ting co-founded ClickDiagnostics and was instrumental in conceiving and developing ClickDiagnostics’ affordable medical consultation service and in implementing the service in Africa and South Asia. Prior to ClickDiagnostics, Ting developed software and services, along with associated business strategies for major US government, pharmaceutical and global education companies and organizations. Ting holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and MS in Systems Engineering from MIT, where she was an MIT Leaders for Global Operations Fellow. In addition she also holds a BS in Computer Science and MS in Software Design and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
J. Alexander Sloan
President
Excelerate Foundation
J. Alexander Sloan has spent over a dozen years as a venture capital investor successfully growing young companies from seed stage through IPO/acquisition in a variety of technology sectors. Alex has also served as a venture investment professional and senior manager at Noribachi, Expansion Capital Partners, JPMorgan Partners and Hambrecht & Quist’s venture unit. He started his career at the Vietnam Fund Management Company, managing one of the first venture funds in Vietnam based in the firm’s Hong Kong and then Ho Chi Minh City offices.
Jared Snyder
Assistant Commissioner
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Jared Snyder is the Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change and Energy at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In that capacity, he oversees the development and implementation of the Department’s climate change and air pollution programs, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Prior to joining DEC, he was responsible for environmental litigation at the NYS Attorney General's office and US Department of Justice. He is a graduate of Cornell and Harvard Law School.
Madhu Sridhar
President & CEO
The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA
Madhu Sridhar joined as the President and CEO of Akshaya Patra USA, (www.foodforeducation.org) in July, 2007. Prior to joining Akshaya Patra, she served as the President of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts. Governor Patrick of Massachusetts appointed Sridhar to the Commonwealth Corps. She also served as a Commissioner for the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, which aims to provide a permanent, effective voice for women.
Drew Tulchin
Managing Partner
Social Enterprise Associates
Andrew ‘Drew’ Tulchin, Managing Partner of Social Enterprise Associates (www.socialenterprise.net), brings a dozen years experience building lasting triple bottom line initiatives world-wide. His consulting spans 30 countries. Previously, he was a Grameen Foundation Program Officer. His co-written plan for Prisma Microfinance was a Global Social Venture Competition award winner in social impact measurement. Drew completed his MBA at University of Washington, and his BA from Washington University. His firm partnered with SVT Group on the multi-year social impact measurement project with Nemours Health and Prevention Services (NHPS).
Jeff Senne
Director of Sustainability Performance
Sodexo
Before joining Sodexo, as the Director of Sustainability Performance in January of 2009, Jeff Senne worked as a Senior Advisor for the African Development Bank and as the Head of Communications on Progress and Participation for the United Nations Global Compact. Jeff has spoken on Corporate Citizenship and the Global Compact to audiences around the world, regularly leads CSR trainings and is passionate on sharing how companies drive organizational change and value creation via their CSR implementation.
Sherri Stuewer
Vice President, Environmental Policy & Planning
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Sherri Stuewer is Vice President of Environmental Policy & Planning for Exxon Mobil Corporation. In this role she is responsible for developing and coordinating ExxonMobil's worldwide efforts to address emerging environmental issues, including climate change. Prior to her current assignment, Stuewer was Vice President-Safety, Health & Environment, general manager of the Exxon Company U.S.A. supply department, and manager of the Exxon refinery in Baytown, Texas. Stuewer holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Cornell University.
Vincent Reina
Herbert Z. Gold Housing Fellow
NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
Vincent Reina is the Herbert Z. Gold Housing Fellow at NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. He previously worked as a Senior Program Officer at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation and as a Project Manager and Community Planning Representative at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Vincent was a Coro Community Fellow and is currently an Associate at the Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy. He earned a B.S. in Urban Studies from Cornell University and an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from Oxford University.
Catherine Sweere
Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow
Carnegie Mellon, Tepper School of Business
Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Biology from the UC Berkeley. She worked both as a non-profit science instructor and as an environmental scientist at a civil engineering firm in California. Catherine is a dual masters degree student and enrolled in both the Tepper School of Business and the Heinz School of Public Policy, where she will complete a Masters in Public Policy and Management (MSPPM). Catherine was a EDF Climate Corps Fellow at salesforce.com this past summer.
Robert Strand
PhD Fellow & Net Impact Europe Fellow
Copenhagen Business School Center for CSR
Robert Strand is a PhD Fellow at the Copenhagen Business School Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (cbsCSR) and the Net Impact Fellow to Europe. Robert has a decade of experience with IBM and Boston Scientific and teaches MBA courses in CSR at the University of Minnesota (Carlson). He was a US Fulbright scholar to Norway where he researched CSR across Scandinavia and has now returned to Scandinavia to explore the role of leadership in CSR.
Will Robinson
360 Digital Influence Strategist
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Will is currently an Account Director with the 360° Digital Influence Team at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. Will develops social media strategies for some of the agencies marquis accounts including IBM and Ford. Prior to joining to Ogilvy PR, Will was founder and CEO of SocialHerder. Will holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Peace Studies from Colgate University and a JD/MBA from Temple University. Will is a proud alumnus of Teach For America and loves nothing better than being with his wife and two sons.
Stewart Rassier
Director, Organizational Strategy
Saatchi & Saatchi S
Stewart Rassier is shaping sustainability strategy for blue chip clients including: Walmart, Frito Lay, Saatchi & Saatchi, Alston + Bird and Wellpoint. An engaging provocateur of change, he has 10 years of experience directing social change campaigns with Saatchi & Saatchi S, 2020 Democrats, the Congressional Youth Leadership Council and Minnetonka Community Education. Stewart is a graduate of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
Debra Schwartz
Director, Program-related Investments
MacArthur Foundation
Debra D. Schwartz directs the MacArthur Foundation’s $300-million portfolio of Program-related Investments (PRIs), an innovative form of philanthropy it uses primarily to support community development and affordable housing in the US. Currently a Social Enterprise Fellow at the Yale School of Management and a Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Schwartz received her Bachelors at Yale and a Master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.
Valerie Smith
VP Corporate Sustainability
Citigroup
Val has been with Citigroup since 2004 and is responsible for developing sustainability initiatives and strategies in partnership with the businesses; tracking environmental issues and providing advice; engaging with SRI and NGO stakeholders; leading development of Citi's human rights strategy; and helping to develop the sustainability reporting strategy. Val earned her MBA with a concentration in Sustainable Enterprise from UNC-Chapel Hill, and her BA in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia. She spent two years with the Peace Corps in Honduras as an Environmental Specialist.
Ralph Reid
Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility
Sprint Nextel
Ralph Reid is Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for Sprint Nextel. In this role, he has responsibility for leading Sprint’s overall social responsibility and environmental efforts as well as direct management of Sprint’s Community Relations, Employee Volunteerism, and Corporate Diversity and Inclusion efforts. He also directs Sprint’s philanthropic activities as President of the Sprint Foundation.
Harold Rosen
Executive Director
Grassroots Business Fund
In May, 2004, Harold Rosen founded and led IFC's Grassroots Business Initiative—which was restructured to become the Grassroots Business Fund in 2008. He has both founded and managed large investment portfolios, and also played a major role in starting IFC’s microfinance and SME activities. Harold joined the World Bank Group in 1978 through the Young Professionals Program. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a Bachelors and Masters in regional science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Russell Savrann
Principal Hospitality Industry Group
Graham & Dunn, PC
Russ is a principal of the firm’s Hospitality Industry Group. Russ currently serves as counsel for the International Green Hotel Association, Northview Hotel Group, LPF Hospitality Performance, and Hay Creek Hospitality. Prior to joining Graham & Dunn in 2005, Russ served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., where he represented several business groups, including development, sales and marketing, group business, intellectual property, operations, food & beverage, architecture, design and construction, technology and procurement.
Michael Schreiber
President
TRUiST
Michael is the President of TRUiST, the preeminent provider of outsourced philanthropic services to enterpise class companies and not for profit organizations. Prior to the creation of TRUiST, he served as Executive Vice President and CIO for United Way World Wide. Prior to 2001, Michael was the National Leader of the Non Profit Consulting practice at Deloitte Consulting. Michael has an MBA from Duke and a BA from Stanford.
James Stanway
Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Initatives
Wal-Mart
Jim Stanway, Senior Director - Global Supplier Initiatives, is responsible for Wal-Mart's climate change strategy. This involves business development activities aimed at profitable greenhouse-gas measures for customers and the supply chain. Jim has direct responsibility for Wal-Mart's Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain work. He has 19 years of energy industry experience. He has testified before the U.S. Senate and appeared at U.S. Congressional panels regarding energy, climate change and national security.
Mark Stowers
Vice President of Science and Technology
POET
POET is the world largest producer of ethanol where Dr. Mark Stowers is responsible for science and technology including the development and scale-up of cellulosic ethanol technology. Previously, Dr. Stowers served in executive management positions at MBI International, Monsanto and Eastman Kodak. He received his Ph.D. in microbiology from North Carolina State University. He completed post-doctoral studies at the Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University.
Nancy Sutley
Chair
Council on Environmental Equality
Nancy Sutley is the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In her role as Chair, she serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President. The Council on Environmental Quality coordinates Federal Environmental efforts and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives. In addition, CEQ reports annually to the President on the state of the environment; oversees federal agency implementation of the environmental impact assessment process; and acts as a referee when agencies disagree over the adequacy of such assessments. Prior to her appointment, Sutley was the Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment for the city of Los Angeles, California. She represented Los Angeles on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and served on the California State Water Resources Control Board from 2003- 2005. Sutley also worked for California Governor Gray Davis as Energy Advisor, managing state and federal regulations, legislative affairs, finances and press relations. She served as Deputy Secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations in the California EPA from 1999-2003. She advised on water and air pollution policy, and established budget and legislative priorities. During the administration of President William J. Clinton, Sutley worked for the EPA as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator in San Francisco and special assistant to the Administrator in Washington, D.C. Sutley received her Bachelors degree from Cornell University and her Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.
Denny Swenson
Executive Producer
Light On Productions
Denny Swenson is an executive producer of “In Search of the Good Corporate Citizen,” to be released to public television stations nationwide. She has a long history in public television as a staff member at WGBH for fourteen years. There she was credited as producer, coordinating producer, field producer, and associate producer. Denny played a variety of strong roles in five studio based broadcast programs, four on going broadcast series, and ten documentary broadcast specials.
Kristen Rainey
Executive VP to CEO
Los Senderos
Kristen Rainey completed an MBA with a focus on sustainable hospitality from the Johnson School at Cornell University and a Masters in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University. She has lived, studied, and worked in Morocco, Indonesia, Bhutan, France, Italy, Australia, and Sri Lanka.
Michael Strong
CEO & Chief Visionary Officer
FLOW, Inc
Michael Strong is an educational entrepreneur who created a school named the 36th best public school in the United States. Strong is CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of FLOW, the nonprofit organization he cofounded with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market. His latest book, Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems, was co-authored with John Mackey, Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and others.
Brian Thurston
Program Director
Green Globe Certification
Brian Thurston is a consultant focusing on environmental and sustainability initiatives currently leading program development for Green Globe Certification, the leading certification program for the travel and tourism industry. He has worked with a host of public and private sector organizations including the Los Angeles Community College District, Binishells Construction Systems, EcoMedia, Brand Neutral and Live Earth. He holds a MS from The Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from the University of Southern California.
Edward Reif
CFO
Home Care of Rochester
Edward Reif, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer of Home Care of Rochester. He has over 25 years of experience in business operations, financial management and organizational oversight. Before joining HCR, Mr. Reif has served as the Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer at the Rochester Business Alliance, Vice President of Finance at EAS, Inc., Division Controller for Waste Management Inc. His public accounting experience includes several years with KPMG.
Jason Saul
Managing Director
Mission Measurement
Jason Saul has advised corporations and nonprofits from McDonald’s and Kraft Foods to the American Red Cross and the Smithsonian. Saul teaches performance measurement at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and is a faculty member at Boston College. He is the author of Benchmarking for Nonprofits: How to Manage, Measure and Improve Performance. He holds a JD from the University of Virginia, an MPP from Harvard and a BA from Cornell.
James Schorr
Professor and Director
Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
In 1993, Jim co-founded Net Impact. Among the organizations in which Schorr has served are Juma Ventures, EcomBrands, Cobra Golf, Windermere Associates and Florida Leisure Corporation. Prior to joining Owen, Schorr was a faculty member at the Haas School of Business’ Center for Responsible Business. He continues to serve as board chair of Net Impact, and is on the board of directors for the Social Enterprise Alliance, Global Social Venture Competition and Juma Ventures.
Debra Schwartz
Director, Program-Related Investments
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Debra D. Schwartz directs the MacArthur Foundation’s $300-million portfolio of Program-related Investments (PRIs), an innovative form of philanthropy it uses primarily to support community development and affordable housing in the US. Currently a Social Enterprise Fellow at the Yale School of Management and a Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Schwartz received her Bachelors at Yale and a Master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.
Sandy Selman
Managing Director
Asia West LLC
Sandy is a highly experienced financial executive with deep domain experience in the energy and environmental sectors. As a specialist in the development of infrastructure and technology on a global scale, he possesses a keen understanding of the technical, commercial, financial and societal issues associated with the development and deployment of “clean” technology. As an investment banker and venture capitalist, Mr. Selman has significant experience helping early stage cleantech companies transition to stable commercial enterprises.
Michael Shank
Communications Director
Office of Congressman Michael Honda
Michael Shank is the Communications Director for the Office of Congressman Michael Honda. Previously, he advised the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution on strategic media and policy initiatives related to domestic and international conflicts. He has worked as an analyst-adviser to the UN, government and non-governmental representatives in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and the United States on diplomacy initiatives, energy, environmental and security policy. He writes regularly for various foreign and domestic news outlets.
Kevin Stack
Owner
Northeast Green Building Consulting, LLC
Kevin is an ecological builder, Biomimicry Institute Speakers Guild member and BaDT, LEED Faculty, and visiting faculty at SUNY ESF and OCC, teaching Building in Nature's Image and ecological building. Kevin conducts trainings and speaks, nationally, about Biomimicry, Ecological Performance Standards, and LEED. Current projects include developing Ecological Performance Standards, funded research in near-zero energy buildings, natural infrastructure, and a diversity of LEED coordination, Rater, and ecoliteracy projects.
Josh Stack
Principal
MYCO+Evolution, LLC
Josh focuses on developing Ecological Performance Standards in the framework of Coevolutionary Design, to manage resilience at the interface of living human/natural communities. He is a Biomimicry Institute trained designer, an alum of the Peruvian rainforest and a counselor at law, admitted to practice in New York. Josh graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Biology, the SUNY Buffalo School of Law with a JD, and the New York University School of Law with a Master of Laws.
David Rosenberg
Vice President, Insights & Digital Media
Teach for America
David Rosenberg leads Teach For America’s development of powerful, strategy-shaping consumer insights and manages the organization’s websites, social media and online marketing. Earlier, David created and executed marketing campaigns for a range of corporations, non-profits, political candidates and policy groups, and served as a consultant on marketing issues with McKinsey & Company. He was a co-founder of Hands On DC and earned a B.S. from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Sarah Shapiro
MBA/MS Candidate
University of Michigan Erb Institute, Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources
Sarah is pursing an MBA/MS through the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources. This past summer, Sarah interned with Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA through EDF’s Climate Corps program. Before school, Sarah worked at ICF International on climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. Looking forward, she hopes to continue to help companies reduce their impact and become more sustainable.
Kristi Ragan
Strategic Advisor to USAID Global Development Alliance
OfficeDAI
Kristi Ragan has expertise in public-private partnerships for improving social and economic conditions in developing countries. She leads this work for DAI, a global consulting firm based in Bethesda, Maryland. She is the Strategic Advisor to USAID on Global Development Alliances and the Global Development Commons. She has worked in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific with the United Nations Development Programme. She served as Peace Corps Country Director in Côte d’Ivoire and also as a Peace Corps Volunteer in both Tanzania and Fiji.
Anne Schaffer
Sr. Brand Manager
Capital One
Anne T. Schaffer has a 23 year career in marketing where she has developed brand and communication strategies for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. In 2002, Anne co-founded Capital One’s Pro Bono Program which provides pro bono services to many of Capital One's community partners. Anne resides in Richmond, Virginia and can often be found on the sidelines of a soccer game with her husband cheering on their three sons.
Libby Reder
Head of Environmental Initiatives
eBay Inc.
Co-founder of eBay’s Green Team, Libby focuses on encouraging more sustainable behavior amongst eBay's employees and users in the office, on the road, and in seller business operations and buyer product choices. Before joining eBay in 2006, Libby spent five years with the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where she sought and advanced policy solutions on a range of issues. Libby holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and BA in Government from Dartmouth College.
Grant Thomas
Vice President for Strategic Development
Digital Opportunity Trust
Grant Thomas is Vice President for Strategic Development at Digital Opportunity Trust, an international NGO with its head office in Ottawa, Canada. His prior consulting practice has been focused on international development and the information and communications technology sector, including research and investment partnerships. He is a former partner in PriceWaterhouse Canada, an executive with SHL Systemhouse and Canadian Artificial Intelligence Corporation, a founder of Neurope Lab (France-based think tank) and a visiting executive with the International Development Research Centre where he co-managed the Acacia Initiative for sub-Saharan Africa. He has served on the Board of Precarn Inc., Canada's leading intelligent systems research consortium, the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems and TeKnoWave Inc., a Canadian Aboriginal training organization. He has working experience in many countries in Europe (East, West), Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He holds a degree in Mathematics and Computing Science from the University of Calgary and he studied civil engineering at McGill University.
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