Dave Aardsma, EVP, Waste Management on “Upstream, The Ultimate Environmental Innovation”

Tim Albinson, Sustainable Supply Chain Expert and CEO, Aravo

Ray Anderson, Chairman, Interface Inc.

Mark Bateman, Director of Research, IW Financial

Lee Broughton Director Corporate Sustainability for Enterprise and head of Enterprise’s industry-leading environmental and energy efficiency initiatives

Amit Chatterjee, CEO, Khloro Capital Management

Ray Clark, fmr. Secretary US Army, White House Council for Environmental Quality

Dr. Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO, XPrize Foundation

Richard Gertman

Jeffrey Hollender: Founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Seventh Generation, the leading and fastest-growing brand of environmentally-friendly products for the home

Kevin Joyce, Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak

Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Environment Commissioner, City of Chicago

Bharat Mathur, Regional Administrator, US EPA

Peter J. Miscovich, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle

Bill Moore, Editor, EV World

Jim Motavalli, Editor, E Magazine

T. Boone Picken

Douglas P Scott, Director, Illinois EPA

Bill Shireman, CEO, Global Futures

Chris Spain, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, Hydropoint

Jay Whitehead, CEO & Chairman, SustainPro Conference/SUPR Show LLC

Jerry Yudelson, Green Building Expert and US Green Building Council Member.

R. James Woolsey, SVP at Booz Allen Hamilton, former CIA Director and Author "50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth from Global Warming" (Freedom Press)

Dave Aardsma, EVP, Waste Management on “Upstream, The Ultimate Environmental Innovation”

David (Dave) Aardsma is senior vice president of sales & marketing for Waste Management and is responsible for leading the company's sales, marketing, pricing, customer service, and national accounts strategies. Prior to being selected Sr. VP sales & marketing, Aardsma was vice president of sales and was responsible for the rollout of the Sales Force Effectiveness Program. Prior to that assignment, Aardsma was the vice president of sales for the 10-state Western Group for Waste Management. He has more than 25 years of experience working with sales and operations in the company.

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Tim Albinson, Sustainable Supply Chain Expert and CEO, Aravo

Tim Albinson is the company's Founder, CEO, and chief visionary. With a technology background dating back to the early 1980s, he has held cross-functional positions in marketing, product strategy, and sales management. Prior to founding Aravo, he worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in New York and as an associate with Core-Capital Partners, a $350 million early-stage venture capital fund. He has also served as President of the Adelante Consulting Group, a professional services firm he founded to advise Global 2000 corporations and conservation groups on issues of sustainability and cause-related marketing.

Mr. Albinson has been an advocate for conservation and sustainability for over two decades, and has worked with organizations including World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, American Forests and Fundacion Natura, Ecuador’s leading conservation group. In the early 1990s he helped formulate sustainability strategies for companies including Eddie Bauer and Timberland, and has written numerous articles on sustainability and environmental issues.

Mr. Albinson holds an MBA from the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Walter A. Haas Scholar and served as Student Body President. He also holds a BA in English literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a member of the SF Bay Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.

Outside of Aravo, he serves on numerous advisory boards, teaches entrepreneurship and startup finance at the University of California, Berkeley Extension, and works with the Painted Turtle Camp serving the needs of children with life-threatening diseases.

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Ray Anderson, Chairman, Interface Inc.

The story is now legend: the "spear in the chest" epiphany Ray Anderson experienced when he first read Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce, seeking inspiration for a speech to an Interface task force on the company's environmental vision. Fourteen years and a sea change later, Interface, Inc., is nearly 50 percent towards the vision of "Mission Zero," the journey no one would have imagined for the company or the petroleum-intensive industry of carpet manufacturing which has been forever changed by Anderson's vision. Mission Zero is the company's promise to eliminate any negative impact it may have on the environment, by the year 2020, through the redesign of processes and products, the pioneering of new technologies, and efforts to reduce or eliminate waste and harmful emissions while increasing the use of renewable materials and sources of energy.

An honors graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, Ray learned the carpet trade through 14-plus years at various positions at Deering-Milliken and Callaway Mills, and in 1973, set about founding a company to produce the first free-lay carpet tiles in America. Today, he commands the world's largest producer of commercial floorcoverings. Interface has diversified and globalized its businesses, with sales in 110 countries and manufacturing facilities on four continents.
In 1997, Ray described his vision for his company, then nearly a quarter-century old, that stands true today: "If we're successful, we'll spend the rest of our days harvesting yester-year's carpets and other petrochemically derived products, and recycling them into new materials; and converting sunlight into energy; with zero scrap going to the landfill and zero emissions into the ecosystem. And we'll be doing well ... very well ... by doing good. That's the vision."

The once captain of industry has eschewed a luxury car for a Prius and built an off-the-grid home, authored a book chronicling his journey, Mid-Course Correction, and become an unlikely screen hero in the 2004 Canadian documentary, "The Corporation" and Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour." He is a master commentator on the Sundance Channel's series, "Big Ideas for a Small Planet," and was named one of TIME magazine's Heroes of the Environment in 2007, with a similar honor from Elle Magazine that year. He's a sought after speaker and advisor on all issues eco, including a stint as co-chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development during President Clinton's administration.

Anderson has been lauded by government, environmental, and business groups alike. In 2007, Ray was honored as a recipient of the Purpose Prize from Civic Ventures, a think tank and an incubator, generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience, and by Auburn University with its International Quality of Life Award.

In 1996, he received the Inaugural Millennium Award from Global Green, presented by Mikhail Gorbachev, and won recognition from Forbes Magazine and Ernst & Young, which named him Entrepreneur of the Year. In January, 2001, he received the George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development. He also has been honored by the Georgia Conservancy, Southface Energy Institute, SAM-SPG (Switzerland), the U.S. Green Building Council, the National Wildlife Federation, the Design Futures Council, the Children's Health and Environmental Coalition, the Harvard Business School Alumni (Atlanta Chapter), the International Interior Design Association, the Southern Institute for Business & Professional Ethics, the Possible Woman Foundation International, the World Business Academy, LaGrange College, and the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. Interface has been named to CRO magazine's (formerly Business Ethics magazine) 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for three years. In 2006, Sustainablebusiness.com named Interface to their SB20 list of Companies Changing the World, and in 2006 GlobeScan listed Interface #1 in the world for corporate sustainability.

Ray is former Board Chair for The Georgia Conservancy; and serves on the boards of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation; Rocky Mountain Institute; the David Suzuki Foundation, LaGrange College, Emory University Board of Visitors, the ASID Foundation, Worldwatch Institute and Melaver, Inc. He is on the Advisory Boards of the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment and the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. He holds eight honorary doctorates from Northland College (public service), LaGrange College (business), N.C. State University (humane letters), University of Southern Maine (humane letters), The University of the South (civil law), and Colby College (law), Kendall College (art), and Emory University (science).

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Mark Bateman, Director of Research, IW Financial

A leader in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) analysis of company operations, Mark’s analysis powered the Sustainable Productivity Seal of Approval or SUPR Seal list (www.SUPRSeal.com) and CRO Magazine’s 2008 100 Best Corporate Citizens List (www.TheCRO.com).  Mark has more than a dozen years of experience supporting institutional investors with research and software tools for values-based investing and proxy voting. Mr. Bateman spent eleven years at the Investor Responsibility Research Center in a range of positions, including Vice President of Research and Operations, Managing Director of Research, and Director of the Environmental Information Service. During this time, he served on the Steering Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative creating an organization and framework for corporate sustainability reporting. Following his departure from IRRC, he served as a consultant on values-based investing and corporate responsibility issues for a number of clients, including the U.S. EPA. Mr. Bateman earned a BA from Johns Hopkins University and an MA from George Washington University.

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Lee Broughton, Director Corporate Sustainability, Enterprise Rental Car

As the Director of Corporate Sustainability for Enterprise, Lee is leading the efforts to better understand and address the impact of the company’s business operations on the communities where Enterprise does business and the world as a whole. This includes two key components:

1. The design and management of a strategic concept and operational framework for Corporate Sustainability,
2. To engage with risks and opportunities arising from sustainability, ensuring that it helps drive competitive advantage and new business.

Other key elements of the role include management of the company’s overall environmental initiative and representing the company in all external and internal forums on matters related to the company’s environmental and corporate stewardship initiatives.

Lee joined Enterprise in Europe, setting up the company’s European corporate communications department in 2003, bringing with him an experienced career in marketing and public relations. Having started his professional life in a London-based communications consultancy, Lee worked on a portfolio of high profile corporate accounts before moving in-house to take up a position in Marketing and Communications for Eversheds LLC, one of the world’s largest law firms.

He received his Bachelor of Theology degree from Brunel University in London, England and has achieved post graduate qualifications in public relations and NLP.

Lee and his wife Chrissy Taylor-Broughton, live in St Louis, MO, the headquarters city of Enterprise.

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Amit Chatterjee, CEO, Khloro Capital Management

Amit Chatterjee has recently established the Khloro Management Group. The new group focuses on the future of how businesses will adapt to new challenges in increased transparency requirements such as sustainability.

Prior to this role, Amit was senior vice president for SAP. In this role, Chatterjee is responsible for the overall revenue attainment, business strategy and product road map for key enterprise solutions in the areas of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Analytics and Corporate Performance Management (CPM), enterprise search, user interface, mobile applications, and Duet (SAP's joint offering with Microsoft), among others.
Amit Chatterjee was senior vice president of SAP's GRC business unit, where he was instrumental in the creation, growth and success of the unit and its solutions. In recognition of his leadership of SAP's GRC group, Chatterjee was named one of Treasury & Risk Magazine's top '100 Most Influential People in Finance' for 2007. Before leading the GRC team, Chatterjee held a number of senior management positions at SAP, where he played a integral role in strategy and product development efforts for important initiatives such as SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture (Enterprise SOA).

Prior to SAP, Chatterjee held management roles at McKinsey, Excite@Home, Luminant Worldwide and Kendara. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.

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Ray Clark, fmr. Secretary US Army, White House Council for Environmental Quality

Ray Clark, CEO of Clark Group LLC, served as Deputy Secretary of the Army from 1999 to 2001 in charge of the environmental program management for 2,000 installations over 14 million acres and a $1.4 billion budget which included the 21st Century Energy Policy.  Starting in 1992, Ray served on the White House Council on Environmental Quality for both Presidents Bush and Clinton. Ray has served continuously on the adjunct faculty at Duke University and lectures on environmental policy in the Nicholas School of the Environment.  After serving in Vietnam in the US Navy Ray served as Chief Environmental and Natural Resource Officer for the US Army at Fort McClellan Alabama.  Ray earned a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Special Honors), Jacksonville State University.

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Dr. Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO, XPrize Foundation

Dr. Peter Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation (www.xprize.org), which awarded the $10,000,000 Ansari X PRIZE (www.xprize.org) for private spaceflight, and is currently conducting the $10,000,000 Progressive Automotive XPrize for development of a production model 100+mpg auto. The X PRIZE is developing the largest-ever Energy, Environment and Social XPRIZEs. Dr. Diamandis attended MIT where he received his undergraduate degree in molecular genetics and graduate degree in aerospace engineering. He then attended Harvard Medical School for his M.D. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the International Space University. He won the 2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Innovation, the 2006 (inaugural) Heinlein Award and the 2006 Lindbergh Award.

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Richard Gertman

Richard Gertman, the principal of Environmental Planning Consultants, is a leader recognized nationwide as a pioneer in the integrated waste management field. He currently serves as a board member of Californians Against Waste. He has served as vice president and board member of the National Recycling Coalition, board member of the California Resource Recovery Association, and president and board member of the Northern California Recycling Association. He has been called upon to provide expert testimony on solid waste and recycling legislation before committees of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Legislature. Gertman was named "Recycler of the Year" in 1984 by the California Resource Recovery Association.

Gertman has published papers in most of the solid waste management and recycling journals in the United States. He has Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees in geology from Tulane University and has completed the PhD program (exclusive of dissertation) in geology and paleontology at the University of California at Davis.

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Jeffrey Hollender: Founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Seventh Generation, the leading and fastest-growing brand of environmentally-friendly products for the home.

President and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Seventh Generation, Jeffrey is a well-respected leader in the socially and environmentally responsible communities. An entrepreneur at heart, his first business ventures were rooted in adult education. He began the not-for-profit organizations Skills Exchange of Toronto, a learning exchange that offered practical and professional development classes, and Network for Learning, New York City, an adult education and audio-publishing company; both were social and financial successes. After his tenure as president of Warner Audio Publishing, New York City, Jeffrey acquired a small mail order catalog of energy conservation products, Renew America, which eventually blossomed into Seventh Generation.

Jeffrey has led Seventh Generation from its humble beginnings to its current position as the leading and fastest-growing brand of natural products for the home, and the leading authority on issues related to making a positive difference in the health of the planet and its inhabitants through our everyday choices.

Creating a healthier home environment hit close to home for the Hollenders when son Alex was hospitalized for an asthma attack about 6 years ago. "I was so scared I chartered a plane to get to the hospital as quickly as possible," recalls Jeffrey. "A leading asthma specialist confirmed the cause was 100% environmental and the cure included mattress covers to confine dust mites, no carpeting, and non-toxic cleaners!"

Jeffrey frequently addresses social and environmental responsibility at regional, national and international venues, and is often asked by other companies to consult on sustainability. His blog, Inspired Protagonist, is a closely-followed resource and guide for spotlighting socially responsible business practices and principles on the global stage. Jeffrey is the author of several books, including What Matters Most and Naturally Clean.

He is a member and former Director of the Social Venture Network, a group of socially-conscious business executives. He co-founded and was a Director of Community Capital Bank, a New York financial institution that invests in affordable housing and community development. He was also an Advisor to The Council on Economic Priorities' best-selling guide book, Shopping for a Better World. Hollender served as President of The Rainforest Foundation USA from 1992 to 1996, an organization created to protect the rainforest and the human rights of its indigenous peoples. He also served as a Board member and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.

Currently Hollender serves on the Board of Directors of Greenpeace USA, Healthy Child Healthy World (formerly Children’s Health Environmental Coalition), Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, and Alloy Inc., a publicly traded company.

Jeffrey Hollender and his wife, Sheila, have three children: Meika, Alexander, and Chiara. The Hollenders live in Vermont.

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Dr. Scott Johnson, VP & Fellow CH2MHILL Enterprise Management Group

Dr. Scott Johnson is a Vice President and Fellow of CH2M HILL currently working in their Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS) Business Group. He is expert at the integration of sustainability issues into business strategy and performance management systems and has been consulting at the intersection between business strategy and sustainability for over 20 years, starting his career as an environmental scientist. By leveraging his recognized expertise in business process improvement, organizational analysis, performance-based management systems, and other related approaches to building highly efficient and effective organizations, Dr. Johnson is able to bring a higher level of credibility to sustainability-related engagements. In addition to substantial experience as a management consultant to outside clients, he also has “inside” management and strategy consulting experience. As Manager of Strategic Planning for IT Group (now Shaw Environment and Infrastructure) he was responsible for strategic planning for a NYSE-listed environmental services organization working directly with the firm’s President, senior management, and Board of Directors. He has served as an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, where has taught courses ranging from Environmental Strategy to Project Management to Strategic Management and he has lectured at several other Universities in the Puget Sound Area. He has been recognized by the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) as a Certified Management Consultant (CMCâ). The CMC is a certification mark awarded by the IMC and represents evidence of the highest standard of consulting and adherence to the ethical cannons of the profession. He was also formerly the President and a Board Member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the IMC. Dr. Johnson has earned the Certificate in Director Education from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and he currently serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Whole Energy Fuels Corporation– a startup Biodiesel company based in Bellingham, WA with operations in California, British Columbia, Idaho, and Washington State and coming soon, Mexico.

He holds a B.S. in geology and an M.B.A. from Baylor University and a Doctorate in Environmental Analysis and Design from the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. His doctoral dissertation investigated the relationship between economic and environmental performance and CSR for the Fortune 500.

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Kevin Joyce, Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak

In 2008, Kodak named Kevin M. Joyce Chief Marketing Officer of the company’s growing Graphic Communications Group (GCG). Formerly Managing Director, United States and Canada Region (US&C), GCG, Joyce has more than 18 years’ experience in executive sales, marketing and operations leadership.  Joyce joined the GCG in 2005 following Kodak’s acquisition of Kodak Polychrome Graphics, where he was Vice President of Sales, US&C. Joyce also spent eight years with Creo Products, where he held various senior management positions, including President of Creo Americas.  Joyce was named a member of NAPL’s prestigious Walter E. Soderstrom Society and was appointed a member of the NAPL Board of Directors in 2007. Joyce also participates in industry organizations, such as Printing Industries of America and the Web Offset Advisory Committee, and is a member of the board of directors of the Graphic Users Association. A graduate of St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt., Joyce completed the Executive Development Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

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David E. Kepler, EVP, Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Information Officer, Corporate Director of Shared Services, Dow Chemical

D. E. (Dave) Kepler is executive vice president, chief sustainability officer (CSO), chief information officer (CIO) and corporate director of Shared Services for The Dow Chemical Company. He is a member of Dow's Executive Leadership Committee, which is responsible for corporate strategy and financial performance. He also has oversight responsibilities for Dow’s Canadian region. In his Shared Services leadership capacity, Kepler has global responsibility for functions including Customer Service; Information Systems; Purchasing; Six Sigma; Supply Chain; Work Process Improvement; and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S).

Kepler began his Dow career in 1975 in Pittsburg, California, after receiving a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He has had numerous career assignments in Information Technology and Business, with geographic assignments in the U.S., Canada and the Pacific.

As CSO, Kepler is responsible for guiding the sustainable business development of the company and is charged with leading the company’s commitment to Set the Standard for Sustainability, including achieving the company's aggressive 2015 Sustainability Goals. He is a member of Dow's Management Committee and chairs its Sustainability Committee. In addition, Kepler chairs the Corporate Environmental Advisory Council (CEAC), an organization formed to provide an outside-in perspective on sustainability to Dow.

As CIO, a role he has held for 10 years, Kepler has been in the forefront of information technology deployment in the industry. He is a recognized leader in the area of cyber security, providing advice and guidance across industry and government.

Kepler is a board member of Dorinco Reinsurance Company and Liana Limited, both Dow affiliated companies. He is a member of the board of directors of Teradata Corporation. Kepler was recently appointed to the U.S. National Infrastructure Advisory Council that advises President on the protection of critical infrastructure and homeland security issues. He is also on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and is its Great Lakes Regional vice chairman. Kepler is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and he serves on the Center for Responsible Business advisory board for the University of California.

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Howard Learner, Presidential Candidate Barack Obama’s Energy and Environment Advisor and Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center

Howard A. Learner is an experienced attorney serving as the President and Executive Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center. Mr. Learner is responsible for the overall strategic policy direction, development and leadership of this public interest organization. Before founding ELPC, he was the General Counsel of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a public interest law center, specializing in complex civil litigation and policy development. Mr. Learner is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Law School, teaching an advanced environmental law seminar. J.D., Harvard Law School, 1980; B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan, 1976

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Bharat Mathur, Regional Administrator, US EPA

In 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 named Bharat Mathur as acting regional administrator and acting Great Lakes National Program manager. As acting regional administrator, Mathur leads the implementation of federal environmental programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.  At the time of his appointment, Mathur was serving as deputy regional administrator. He joined EPA in January 2000 as director of the Air and Radiation Division after a lengthy career with the state of Illinois where he managed Illinois EPA offices dealing with air pollution, hazardous and solid waste, and Clean Water Act programs. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering.

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Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Environment Commissioner, City of Chicago

Suzanne Malec-McKenna was nominated by Mayor Daley in August 2007 as Environment Commissioner for the City of Chicago. Malec-McKenna brings more than 15 years of experience in environmental issues including sustainable development and ecological preservation and restoration. Malec-McKenna has served for nearly 14 years in the Department of Environment most recently as Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources and Water Quality. Prior to joining City government she worked as an Urban Forestry Manager for the Openlands Project. Malec-McKenna has worked on key projects for the department including Greencorps Chicago; Chicago Center for Green Technology; the Calumet Initiative and various water conservation and protection efforts. Malec-McKenna serves on various boards and committees including the Chicago Wilderness Coalition; the Mayor's Urban Agriculture Sub-Committee; the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Environmental Science and Policy; and the State of Illinois' Natural History Survey. Malec-McKenna graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in Ornamental Horticulture, and graduated from Northwestern University with a master's degree in managerial communications. She is currently seeking her Ph.D. from Northwestern in communication studies.

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Peter J. Miscovich, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle

As Managing Director at Jones Lang Lasalle, Peter Miscovich is a leading business consultant in the areas of Workplace Transformation and Workplace Sustainability.  Since 1985, Peter has developed and executed comprehensive Fortune 500 enterprise sustainability projects in the financial services industry for global investment institutions, commercial and consumer banks.  Prior to joining Jones Lang, Peter was a partner with both Deloitte Consulting and PWC.  Peter is the founding member and corporate sponsor of the International Workplace Studies Program (IWSP) at Cornell University.  He has earned executive management credentials at MIT and his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona.  Peter serves as advisor and Board Member to several innovative companies including GREENUP Inc and VERIS Wealth Management Advisors and Board Member for the non-profit New York Charities and Global Renaissance Foundation.

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Bill Moore, Editor, EV World

Bill Moore is the publisher and editor of EV World and EV World Update. Both cover news and events of significance related to advanced vehicle technology and sustainable transportation. He has also written for Discover, Popular Science, and Air & Space Smithsonian, and he was one of the founders of a high school electric vehicle competition now involving nearly 60 schools. His presentations focus on why we need to transition from a heavily oil-dependent transportation system to one that is more efficient, more equitable, and less polluting. Moore evaluates the options, from battery electric cars to hybrids to fuel cell-powered vehicles, nearly all of which he's driven in the course of his reporting and publishing efforts.

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Jim Motavalli, Editor, E Magazine

Jim Motavalli is editor of E Magazine, a national environmental bi-monthly, as well as author of two books - Breaking Gridlock: Moving Toward Transportation that Works (2002), and Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future (2000), and editor of Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change (2004). He has written for The New York Times, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Nation, The Boston Globe, Salon, Grist, The Guardian, Tomorrow Magazine, Sierra, and many other newspapers, magazines, and web sites. His writing on population won a 1999 Global Media Award from the Population Institute. He is an engaging speaker who can enlighten audiences concerning public transit and sprawl, the emerging "clean car" technologies, population, climate change, and the intersection of the environmental and animal rights/vegetarian movements.

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T. Boone Picken

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Professor Robert Pojasek, Environmental Science, Harvard University

Professor Pojasek’s research focuses on the use of quality management tools to prevent exposures and eliminate risks. This research has applications for universities, companies, and communities as they seek a means of moving down the path to sustainable development.
Dr. Pojasek teaches a course on the "Path to Sustainable Development (ENVR E-105) at Harvard. His research involves conserving resources and moving to zero waste in all processes. Professor Pojasek is an internationally recognized authority on pollution prevention and cleaner production. His students conduct actual projects in his EH-270 course.

He is developing protocols scoring the true performance of environment, health and safety programs. He is also scoring sustainability indicators and other EHS results. Many of his tools that are developed in this research will help improve the techniques used in life cycle analysis, design for the environment, industrial ecology, and sustainable development. Professor Pojasek holds a Ph.D., 1974, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Joel Robertson, Hazardous Materials & Chemicals Program Manager, Federal Railroad Administration & US Department of Transportation

Joel Robertson worked in nearly every state in the nation during his 22-year career as hazardous materials specialist and program manager for the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. He produced the first joint chemical industry/railway safety conference, and he has spoken to hundreds of audiences on railroad and hazardous materials safety issues. He has lectured on safety and health in the Peoples Republic of China, and he has been an expert interviewee on numerous occasions, including for ABC World News Tonight. He speaks on issues related to the safe rail transport of toxic and hazardous materials.

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Douglas P Scott, Director, Illinois EPA

Doug Scott was appointed Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency effective July 1, 2005 by Governor Rod Blagojevich.  In announcing the appointment, Governor Blagojevich said he was confident Director Scott will be “an energetic and innovative advocate for public health and the environment.”  Doug Scott was born in Rockford in 1960 and graduated from Rockford East High School in 1978. He returned home after receiving his Bachelors Degree with honors from the University of Tulsa in 1982, and graduating with a law degree with honors from Marquette University in 1985. Serving as Assistant City Attorney and City Attorney for Rockford from 1985 to 1995, Doug worked with local residents, city staff and elected officials on ways to address Rockford's needs, including aggressively going after slum landlords and helping to start the city's recycling programs. While working for the City, Scott began the curbside recycling, compost collection, used tire, used engine oil and household hazardous waste collection programs that are still in successful practice today. He also represented the City on a number of environmental issues.

During his tenure from 1995-2001 as an Illinois State Representative for the 67th District, Doug distinguished himself as a champion of working families and urban renewal. Scott served on a number of task forces and helped lead the fight on issues such as school funding, HMO reform, campaign ethics, and anti-crime measures targeting prostitution and vandalism. As Chair of the House Urban Revitalization Committee, Scott introduced initiatives to give Rockford and its residents the tools that they need to rid their neighborhoods of abandoned buildings and vacant lots. Scott also served on the Energy and Environment Committee, and was a member of the committee that rewrote the States’ electric utility laws. Doug Scott was elected to the Office of the Mayor of Rockford in April 2001 and served a four-year term. During his tenure as Mayor, air passenger service returned to the Greater Rockford Airport and steps were taken to encourage industrial development adjacent to the Airport and the nearby Interstate 39 corridor. The City of Rockford also joined other communities in northern Illinois to promote the extension of commuter rail service to the area.  In addition to being elected to leadership positions in the Illinois Municipal League, United States Conference of Mayors and national League of Cities, Scott has served as President of the Illinois Chapter of the National Brownfields Association.

Director Scott took over leadership of the nation’s oldest state environmental agency on the 35th anniversary date of the Illinois EPA’s start on July 1, 1970. He is committed to maintaining and enhancing the Agency’s key role in protecting our air, land and water and carrying out Governor Blagojevich’s pledge to make government more accountable and accessible to citizens and the regulated community, including local governments and business.

Among the many new progressive programs started under Governor Blagojevich that Director Scott will continue and expand include the Safe and Healthy Schools Initiative to protect our kids; a brownfields program that is one of the nation’s most successful in cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned industrial and commercial sites; continued clean air progress through enlisting citizens and industry and supporting clean coal technology, wind power and other alternative energy and fuel sources; protecting vital public water supplies in Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River; making Illinois the nation’s leader in public notification and community relations activities on environmental concerns; and implementing the Governor’s program to clean up more orphaned open dump sites and ensure that all Illinois landfills are properly operated.

Doug Scott believes that being accessible and accountable to citizens and businesses are top priorities. Doug gives much of the credit for his success to the support of his wife Tammy. Since they married in 1985, Tammy has become a community leader in her own right, working as a professional grant writer and serving on numerous non-profit boards.  He holds a BA from University of Tulsa and JD from Marquette University.

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Bill Shireman, CEO, Global Futures

Global Futures CEO Bill Shireman is called "a master of environmental entrepreneurism." He has resolved conflicts between some of the world's largest corporations and environmental activist groups. Shireman forged partnerships between Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Electric and the Rainforest Action Network to save the world's forests, devised a forestry restructuring plan that brought Canada's biggest forestry company, MacMillan Bloedel, together with Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, wrote many of California's recycling laws, and forged the coalition that led to the California beverage container recycling law, the nation's most cost-effective "bottle bill."

In 1996, Shireman joined with Mitsubishi Electric America CEO Tachi Kiuchi and other Fortune 500 chief executives to form a business network called the Future 500. It demonstrates how companies can profit from sustainability by applying measurement and management tools that stimulate innovation, by replacing products with services, and by driving waste toward zero.

Since that time, Shireman has helped corporate and government leaders successfully navigate difficult conflicts over recycling, forestry, indigenous peoples, women's rights, consumer products, housing development, controversial facilities, and sexism in the workplace.

The innovative laws, programs, and policies he has developed have cut pollution and waste and promoted efficiency. In so doing, they have saved more than $2.5 billion for consumers and businesses (based on studies by Ernst & Young).

Shireman is the author of articles and books on business, environment, and the future. His writings have appeared in USA Today, Technology Review, Business Week, the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, and other newspapers, magazines, and journals. He is co-author (with Tachi Kiuchi) of What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Principles For The New Economy (Berrett-Koehler).

Before founding Global Futures in 1988, Shireman was executive director of Californians Against Waste, which during his tenure grew to become the largest and most effective recycling lobby in the nation.

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Chris Spain, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, Hydropoint

Chris Spain is chairman and chief strategy officer of HydroPoint. Mr. Spain co-founded HydroPoint in 2002 with the vision of providing smart water management for sustained conservation and cost savings. Today HydroPoint is regarded as a proven leader in clean technology, with top-tier venture and strategic partnerships.

Mr. Spain has over 20 years of experience successfully managing cutting-edge technology, media and information services companies. Previously, he headed Shaman Corporation, which he co-founded in 1996. Shaman Corporation provided mission-critical IT data services to such leading companies as Hambrecht & Quest, DLJ, Lockheed, Department of Education and Intuit.

In early 2000, Mr. Spain successfully sold Shaman to Corporate Software and Technology, one of the country's largest corporate software resellers. Prior to Shaman Corporation, Mr. Spain was president of Accelerated Media, a broadcast and interactive media company that produced the Discovery Channel's science- and technology-based "Know Zone" program, for which Mr. Spain received an Emmy award. Accelerated Media created one of the first interactive TV/website systems, later adapted by the Discovery Channel for other programs. In addition, Mr. Spain led multimedia projects for NBC, Apple, Pacific Bell and Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios, among other clients. Prior to Accelerated Media, Mr. Spain won numerous awards for direction and design as a Special Projects Producer for Chronicle Broadcasting in San Francisco. His work on live, national television shows blended complex technology integration with large-scale project coordination, honing an ability that serves him well at HydroPoint, where he leads the Company in delivering enterprise-wide water management solutions for a wide variety of industries.

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Jay Whitehead, CEO & Chairman, SustainPro Conference/SUPR Show LLC

Since 1982, Jay Whitehead has led business media companies in eight professional domains: venture capital, law, human resources, finance and accounting, investor relations, computing, corporate responsibility and sustainability. He has been a founder or senior business leader of 17 business media properties, including PC Magazine, CRN, UPSIDE, Research, San Francisco Daily Journal, California Republic, HRO Today, HRO Europe, FAO Today and CRO Magazine. He has also founded and run several industry-leading conference businesses, including HRO World and HRO World Europe (acquired by LRP Publications in January 2006), FAO Summit, CRO Conferences and SustainPro Conferences. He has also founded multiple trade associations, including the HRO Association (www.HROAssociation.org), Corporate Sustainability Alliance (CSAnow.org), and The CRO (TheCRO.com). 

In addition to having raised over $50 million for companies in which he has had an interest, Jay represents pension funds and other investors on more than one corporate board of directors in the US and Canada.  Jay has a background in broadcast media, with TV stints at KTTV in Los Angeles, CNet, TechTV, PBS-TV (NJN), his own syndicated show on Business America Radio, regular guest appearances on CNBC's On The Money and the occasional appearance on CNBC’s SqwawkBox.  Jay, a dual US-French citizen, earned a BA in History and Russian from UCLA and a Strategic Finance certificate from the Harvard Business School.

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Jerry Yudelson, Green Building Expert and US Green Building Council Member.

Jerry Yudelson is widely recognized as one of the leading green building experts in the United States. On behalf of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), he chaired the Steering Committee for Greenbuild 2004, 2005 and 2006, the largest green building conferences in the world, and he has trained nearly 3,000 people in the LEED rating system. He served on the national board of the USGBC and was a Founding Board Member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Yudelson is the author of two often-cited books, Developing Green: Strategies for SuccessandMarketing Green Buildings, and he has written for many magazines and journals, including Home Energy Magazine, Building Design & Construction, Environmental Design & Construction, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, The Construction Specifier, and Eco-Structure.

His career in green building covers a wide spectrum of roles and issues. He was co-founder and director of the Green Building Services consulting unit of Portland General Electric. He has worked as a consultant for federal agencies, state governments, local governments and utilities. He has been the marketing director for two engineering firms in design and construction, worked in project development for wind power, co-generation, and photovoltaic systems, and been a management and marketing consultant for 200 firms ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small product manufacturers.

Yudelson holds an engineering degree from the California Institute of Technology, a masters in water resources engineering from Harvard, and a masters of business administration with highest honors from the University of Oregon. He has taught nearly 60 MBA-level courses in marketing, business planning, organizational development and communications.

His work was honored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance when he was named the 2004 "Green Building Advocate" of the year, and he was named by the Sustainable Industries Journal as one of the top 25 Green Building Leaders in the Northwest.

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R. James Woolsey, SVP at Booz Allen Hamilton, former CIA Director and Author "50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth from Global Warming" (Freedom Press)

In Jim Woolsey's speech at SustainPro, "Energy, Security, and the Long War of the 21st Century," the former CIA Director and current oil and alternative energy expert speaks about the potential transformations proceeding from innovations in energy, including the growth of alternatives to conventional petroleum, and the impact of these and other developments on the Long War that faces us against terrorists and those who support them. He puts special emphasis on homeland defense and how we can make our society, companies and economy more resilient. Woolsey is an expert on wind energy and biofuels and outlines national and corporate security arguments in favor of moving away from fossil fuels. Woolsey is featured in Thomas Friedman's Discover Channel documentary "Addicted to Oil" and the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Woolsey served as Director of CIA 1993-1995, holds a BA from Stanford University, MA from Oxford (Rhodes Scholar) and a law degree from Yale Law School.

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