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	Fahmida Ahmed, Manager, Sustainability Program, Stanford University Ms. Ahmed leads the campus sustainability programs at Stanford. She co-chairs the Sustainability Working Group, connects the Sustainability Working Teams, coordinates implementation of sustainability projects, supports Stanford’s long term climate and infrastructure planning, and manages the office’s communications and community relations programs. Before joining Stanford, Fahmida served as the campus Sustainability Specialist at UC Berkeley, where she steered sustainability related strategic efforts. She managed their climate program (climateaction.berkeley.edu) that delivered UC Berkeley’s climate target.
	Gregg D. Ander, FAIA, Chief Architect of Southern California Edison Mr. Ander was the Executive Producer of six environmentally focused television programs for NBC, CBS, and PBS. One program, “Greener Buildings/Bluer Skies,” won a 2006 Emmy award. Mr. Ander is a member of American Institute of Architects (AIA), Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC), the New Buildings Institute (NBI), the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), and the California Commissioning Collaborative (CCC). He is the author of “Daylighting Performance and Design,”published by John Wiley & Sons.
	Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman, Interface, Inc. Ray Anderson experienced a now legendary “spear in the chest” epiphany upon first reading Paul Hawken’s The Ecology of Commerce. Thirteen years and a sea change later, Interface, Inc., is approximately 40 percent to its target 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 Mr. Anderson’s vision. The once captain of industry, now environmentalist, authored a book chronicling his journey, Mid-Course Correction. He is an unlikely screen hero in the 2004 Canadian documentary The Corporation, and has a master commentator role on the new Sundance series Big Ideas for a Small Planet. Mr. Anderson was named one of Elle magazine’s heroes with the Green Awards in 2007. He’s a sought after speaker and advisor on all issues eco, including a stint as co-chairman of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development.
	Daniel Aronson, Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant Daniel Aronson has been a consultant for nearly a decade and a half, and in that time has worked with organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups and nonprofits. He has a particular specialty in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a subject in which he has worked and done research for the better part of a decade, and in social media. As part of his work in CSR, Daniel acquired IBM’s first CSR strategy client, the announcement of which appeared in over 30 media outlets including MSNBC, ZDNet, CNN/Money, and many others.
	Carl Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Autodesk Carl Bass is president and Chief Executive Officer of Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk products serve the manufacturing, building, infrastructure, and media and entertainment industries. Bass serves on the Board of Directors of Autodesk, McAfee, and iRise and is a member of the Executive Advisory Boards of Cornell Computing and Information Science and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology). He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University.
	Janine Benyus, Author, Biologist, Co-founder of Biomimicry Guild Janine Benyus is a biologist, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In Biomimicry, she names an emerging discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s designs and processes (for instance, solar cells that mimic leaves). Since the book’s 1997 release, Janine has evolved the practice of biomimicry, consulting with sustainable businesses and conducting seminars about what we can learn from the genius that surrounds us. Her favorite role is biologist-at-the-design-table, introducing innovators to organisms whose well-adapted designs have been tested over 3.8 billion years.
	Peter Boyer, National Solutions Council Chair, Rocky Mountain Institute Peter Boyer was born in 1948 in New York. He attended the University of Oregon, and graduated with a B.A. in American Studies from San Francisco State University. He owned and operated a design-build residential construction firm for 10 years. In 1985 Boyer turned to full time practice of fine art painting, which had been the focus of his university training. His work has been exhibited widely both in the U.S. and Japan, and is owned by numerous private and public collections. In addition to his studio practice, Boyer serves as a trustee of The Ayrshire Foundation which has been a lead donor to the “Cooling the Warming” project at R.M.I. He has recently joined the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and is currently the chair of RMI’s National Solutions Council. He joined the Board of Trustees at RMI. in 2008. Peter lives in San Francisco with his wife and two teenage children.
	Michael Brylawski, Vice President, Bright Automotive, Inc. Mr. Brylawski brings fifteen years of experience in green mobility as an entrepreneur, consultant to Fortune 500 companies, and published researcher. At Bright Automotive, Mr. Brylawski works with the Leadership Team on key market, technology, and financial strategy decisions. He is also responsible for developing ancillary growth opportunities including future product portfolios, telematics, energy storage, and grid services. Previous to Bright Automotive, Mr. Brylawski’s diverse work experience included roles as Vice President at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he is currently a Senior Fellow, and positions at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Boeing Aerospace.
	Christopher B. Cady, Division President, Pulte Home Corporation. Mr. Cady has been in the homebuilding industry for over 22 years and has been the Division President for Pulte Homes in the Greater Sacramento and Reno areas for the past 14. He has full responsibility for Land Development and Homebuilding Operations for the builders three Brands: Pulte Homes, Centex Homes, and Del Webb Homes, which service First Time Buyer, First Time move-up, and Active Adult buyers, respectively. Under his leadership, his Division and their three brands recently ranked #1, #2, and #3, in the 2009 JD Power study focusing on Customer Satisfaction and Homebuilder Quality. They have also received the 2008 People Helping People Award recognizing their charitable activities in the community, as well as being recognized as the 2008 Builder of the Year in Sacramento. Mr. Cady has also served on the North State Building Industry Association’s Board of Directors and served as Chairman in 2007. He currently sits on the Sacramento State University, College of Business Advisory Council to the Dean. Pulte Homes has long been committed to delivering sustainable, energy efficient, and comfort designed homes.
	Aimée Christensen, CEO, Christensen Global Strategies As CEO of Christensen Global Strategies, Aimée advises clients including the Clinton Global Initiative, Duke Energy, the United Nations Development Program, Virgin Unite, and Wolfensohn & Co. Trained as an environmental and energy lawyer, Aimée has developed climate change and sustainability strategy in the corporate, governmental, and philanthropic sectors. She previously worked with Google.org, the World Bank, Environment2004, and Baker & McKenzie, and she negotiated the first bilateral and regional agreements on climate change while at the U.S. Department of Energy in the 1990s. Aimée introduced Al Gore at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and addressed the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She has a BA from Smith College, and a JD from Stanford Law School, where she wrote the University’s “Climate Change and Investment Responsibility Policy” adopted by the Trustees in 1999.
	Peter Darbee, CEO of PG&E Peter A. Darbee is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Based in San Francisco, PG&E Corporation is a $38 billion energy-based holding company that owns Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. The utility serves 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in Northern and Central California.
	Ann Edminster, Author, Energy Free, Homes for a Small Planet Ann Edminster is a recognized national expert on green home design and construction. She is a principal author of the LEED for Homes Rating System and consults to builders, owners, developers, supply chain clients, design firms, investors, and public agencies. Her new book, Energy Free: Homes for a Small Planet, offers guidance on NZEH design.
	John R. Ferris, Program Planning Manager, Global Electric Vehicles, GM Mr. Ferris has over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry including multi-year assignments in corporate finance, corporate strategy, product planning and advanced vehicle development. Ferris was a member of the Chevrolet Volt Concept Team and was responsible for leading the Chevy Volt Program Execution Team through the architectural and program definition phases of General Motor’s global vehicle development process. He is currently managing go-to-market activities and electric infrastructure development for the Chevy Volt. Ferris started his GM career at Saturn Corporation and holds a MBA from the University of Chicago (Booth School of Business).
	Arjun Gupta, Mr. Gupta is the founder and managing partner of TeleSoft Partners, a special situations venture capital firm founded in 1996. Over the last fifteen years, TeleSoft and Arjun Gupta have funded and helped build ~61 companies, resulting in ~33 mergers & acquisitions and IPOs to date with a combined cash acquisition price or market equity value equivalent of ~$16 billion at 6/30/2009. At TeleSoft, Arjun manages capital commitments of $625+ million and maintains an extensive network of contacts in the technology, communications and energy ecosystems. Arjun has served in numerous director roles, including: Calient, LogLogic, Nexant and Validity. To help commercialize new technologies, Arjun recruited corporate industry partners including Alltel, Bechtel, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Ventures, Nexant, Salesforce.com, and Symphony Technology Group. Arjun was ranked by Forbes Magazine in the Top-100 venture investors on the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Midas Lists. Arjun is a member of Rocky Mountain Institute’s® Board of Trustees.
	Paul Hawken, Author, Environmentalist, Entrepreneur Paul Hawken is an author, having written seven books including The Next Economy (Ballantine 1983), Growing a Business (Simon and Schuster 1987), The Ecology of Commerce (HarperCollins 1993), Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Little Brown, September 1999) co-authored with Amory Lovins. His most recent book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being, and Why No One Saw it Coming, (Viking 2007) is the culmination of over a decade of research exploring humanity’s extraordinary capacity to address the social and environmental issues of our time. He is the executive director of the Natural Capital Institute, CEO of the Pax Engineering Group, co-founder of Highwater Global Fund, and Chairman of Biomimicry Ventures Group. He has served on the board of several environmental organizations including Point Foundation (publisher of the Whole Earth Catalogs), Center for Plant Conservation, Conservation International, Trust for Public Land, and National Audubon Society.
	Kari Hayden, Director of Corporate Partnerships, DonorsChoose.org Kari serves as the Director of Corporate Partnerships at DonorsChoose.org; working to prospect and manage strategic giving and cause marketing programs for individuals/foundations/corporations. Kari helped DonorsChoose.org win national recognition for the 2006-07 Crate&Barrel/DonorsChoose.org GivingCard partnership with a 2008 Cause Marketing Forum Halo Award, Silver Best Transactional Campaign. Kari received her Masters in Public/Nonprofit Management at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
	Paul Holland, General Partner, Foundation Capital In addition to coordinating the CleanTech practice at Foundation Capital, Paul’s primary focus is on helping early-stage startups go from zero to $100M in revenue. He helped take public two venture-funded software start-ups, Karna Communications (KANA), and Pure Software (RATL). Paul currently serves on the board of directors for Bella Pictures. CalStart Cement, Coverity, Edge Dynamics (acquired by iMany), Ketera, Serious Materials, and TuVox; and previously for Talking Blocks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard) and RouteScience (acquired by Avaya).
	Dave Houghton, Founder, Resource Engineering Group, Inc. Mr. Houghton is founder and principal engineer of Resource Engineering Group, Inc. REG provides progressive mechanical engineering for buildings, including HVAC system design, commissioning, auditing, simulation, LEED support, and energy planning. His experience includes designing for commercial buildings, hotels, schools, recreation facilities, residential projects, theaters, resorts, and industrial plants. Formerly with E SOURCE and the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Energy Program, he co-authored comprehensive books on HVAC and lighting efficiency opportunities. Mr. Houghton received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with Honors from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of ASHRAE, an AEE Certified Energy Manager, and a licensed professional engineer in five states.
	Bill Joy, Partner, KPCB At KPCB, Mr. Joy helps entrepreneurs advance the Internet, develop wireless innovations, and find new ways of using large scale computing to solve the most difficult problems. He will also look to help entrepreneurs who have discoveries and inventions that can solve energy and resource problems, and help them apply 21st century advances in physics, chemistry and the natural sciences to help create abundance. Mr. Joy was Chief Scientist of Sun Microsystems. He led Sun’s technical strategy from the founding of the company in 1982 until September 2003. While at Sun Bill was a key designer of Sun technologies including Solaris, SPARC, chip architectures and pipelines, and Java. In 1995 he installed the first city-wide WiFi network. Bill has more than 40 patents issued or in progress.
	Bruce King, Founder, Ecological Building Network Bruce King is the founder of the Ecological Building Network, and a registered engineer with 30 years of experience in structural engineering and construction. He is the author of Buildings of Earth and Straw, Making Better Concrete, Design of Straw Bale Buildings, ASTM International earthen building guidelines, and dozens of papers and articles for conferences and journals. He has organized three international conferences on ecological building, organized and completed quarter-million dollar testing programs for alternative building, and speaks to professional groups and universities all over the world when he’s not raising chickens or helping with the homework.
	Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President of Sustainability, Walmart Stores Inc. Mr. Kistler leads Wal-Mart’s global environmental sustainability strategy. This position serves as the catalyst to integrate sustainability into Wal-Mart’s business unit strategy on a global basis, encouraging the company’s 100,000 suppliers to innovate, collaborate and support Wal-Mart’s key sustainability goals and to integrate sustainability into the brand and culture of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., engaging the more than 2.2 million Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. associates globally.
	Anthony Malkin, President of Wein and Malkin, LLC. Mr. Malkin has been a leader in existing building energy efficiency retrofits through coordinating the team of Clinton Climate Initiative, Johnson Controls, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Rocky Mountain Institute in a groundbreaking project at the Empire State Building. Mr. Malkin also leads the Malkin family office in alternative investments outside of real estate in the United States and internationally.
	Joel Makower, Executive Editor, Greenbiz.com Joel Makower is a leading author and voice on the greening of mainstream business. He is executive editor of GreenBiz.com and other web sites, research, and events on the greening of mainstream business produced by Greener World Media, of which he is co-founder and chairman. He also writes the blog, “Two Steps Forward” (http://readjoel.com) and is a senior advisor for VantagePoint Venture Partners, a cleantech venture capital firm. He is author of more than a dozen books, including his latest, Strategies for the Green Economy. The Associated Press has called him “The guru of green business practices.”
	David Orr, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics. He is also a James Marsh Professor at large at the University of Vermont. Born in Des Moines, Iowa and raised in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, he holds a B.A. from Westminster College (1965), a M.A. from Michigan State University (1966), and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania (1973). He and his wife have two sons and three grandchildren.
	Steve Newcomb, CEO, Virgance Steve is a 39-year-old entrepreneur who has been involved in building 9 companies, creating over $3 billion in market value. In addition to being the CEO of Virgance, Mr. Newcomb is also currently the chairman of Serious Business, a Facebook application company that attracts over 250 million visitors a month, and the founder of SF Green, San Francisco’s premier event that brings together leaders in activism, business and government. Mr. Newcomb sits on the policy committee for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. He is also the founder of Powerset (now MSFT) and Loudfire (now Nokia).
	Bonnie Nixon, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Hewlett Packard Over the last decade at HP, Ms. Nixon has worked with top level management on environmental, health, safety and social polices and procedures and designed and implemented a world class ethical sourcing and supplier relationship management program. She has played a strong lead in an effort of major competitors and suppliers on a common industry code of conduct and complimentary tools and processes that helps raise the bar in the electronics industry. In addition, Ms. Nixon has led audit trainings and supply chain social and environmental trainings and audits in Mexico, South America, Eastern Europe, India, China and Southeast Asia.
	Michael Penwarden, CEO, Matter Network Prior to launching Matter Network, Mr. Penwarden served as Editor of Macworld Magazine, which received two consecutive Maggie Awards for “Best Computer Magazine” during his tenure. His work has appeared in Time and USA Today and he has been featured as a commentator on CNN, NBC and MSNBC. Michael also founded and captained Team Earth Island, an adventure racing team dedicated to inspiring environmental stewardship in underprivileged children.
	Marc Porat, Chairman, Serious Materials Marc has led technology companies since 1983 and is Chairman of three companies: Serious Materials, a leading manufacturer of sustainable building materials (Quiet brands, EcoRock and Serious Windows) that dramatically reduce energy consumption in buildings www.SeriousMaterials.com; CalStar Products, a manufacturer of high-performance, sustainable low-CO2 materials including bricks, pavers, roof tiles; precast and ready-mix concrete that use 80% less energy and emit 85% less CO2 than Portland cement
	Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google.org Mr. Reicher has over 25 years of experience in energy and environmental technology, policy, finance and law, including serving as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy in the Clinton Administration. He recently was an advisor to the Obama campaign on energy and climate issues and a member of the Presidential Transition Team where he focused on the energy portions of the stimulus package. Mr. Reicher joined Google in 2007 where he serves as Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives for the company’s venture called Google.org which was capitalized with more than $1 billion of Google stock to make investments, advance policy and develop products in the areas of climate change and energy, health, and global development.
	Robert Rosner, University of Chicago , Astronomy and Astrophysics Mr. Rosner is the William E. Wrather Distingushed Service Professor at the University of Chicago, in the Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, in the Enrico Fermi Institute, and in the Computation Institute. He recently stepped down as Director of Argonne National Laboratory, where he also served as Chief Scientist and Associate Lab Director for basic sciences; and was the founding Chair of the DOE National Laboratory Directors’ Council. Bob’s academic research is mostly in theoretical and computational fluid dynamics and plasma physics, much of it oriented towards problems that can be explored experimentally in terrestrial laboratories. He has also been heavily involved in a variety of research and policy issues related to energy production, as well as to nuclear safety and nuclear security and (non)proliferation.
	Peter Rumsey, Founder and Managing Principal, Rumsey Engineers A national leader in the design of low energy buildings, Mr. Rumsey has designed mechanical systems for data centers, cleanrooms and laboratories that are among the most energy efficient in the U.S. His firm’s projects have received many local and national awards from prominent industry organizations, including the Association of Energy Engineers and the American Institute of Architects.
	Jonah Sachs, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Front Range Studios Jonah’s pioneering communications work has helped hundreds of progressive organizations break through the media din with strategic, inspiring messages. Jonah’s visionary use of viral marketing has been featured in dozens of top TV networks (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC) radio outlets (NPR, CBC) and newspapers (The New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times). In 2001, Jonah was named one of “The Thirty People Cleaning up the Earth” by Shift magazine. Jonah is also the creative force behind the web presences of such pre-eminent organizations as the ACLU, Heifer International, TerraCycle, The Alliance for Climate Education, AARP, Amnesty International and the Environmental Defense Fund.
	Scott Sagan, Stanford University Mr. Sagan is a professor of political science at Stanford University and co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation. Previously Sagan was a lecturer in the Department of Government at Harvard and served as a special assistant to the director of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. He also acted as consultant to the office of the Secretary of Defense and to the Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.Sagan is the author of Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security, the Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons, and with Kenneth N. Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed.
	Chelsea Sexton, Founder, Lightning Rod Foundation Ms. Sexton is a veteran clean transportation and energy advocate; her work on General Motors’ EV1 program was featured in the Sony Pictures Classics film, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”. She continues her work as the Founder of the Lightning Rod Foundation, and has led the creation of the Automotive X PRIZE, as well as Plug In America, the largest consumer-oriented electric drive advocacy organization. Additionally, Chelsea is a Senior Advisor to VantagePoint Venture Partners’ CleanTech practice, and is a Consulting Producer on Chris Paine’s next film, “Revenge of the Electric Car”.
	Laura Schewel, UC Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group Laura Schewel is currently a graduate student at UC Berkeley in the Energy and Resources Group. Previously, she worked at RMI, co-founding the transportation team in 2006. Laura led RMI’s vehicle electrification program for two years, during which time she designed the Smart Garage Charrette and created Project Get Ready. After RMI, Laura worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission developing regulatory approaches for electrified vehicles and other innovative energy technologies.
	Kristin Simmons, Education Sector Associate, USGBC Ms. Simmons supports the development of tools and resources for the higher education community. Through partnerships with national education organizations and speaking opportunities on campuses and beyond, Kristin educates communities across the country about the benefits of green campuses for all within a generation. Prior to joining USGBC, Kristin worked in international development, with the International Finance Corporation and a start-up company focused on access to finance for schools in Africa. Kristin holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Davidson College in North Carolina.
	Andrew Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ATDynamics, Inc. Mr. Smith is Founder and CEO of Advanced Transit Dynamics, Inc. (ATDynamics), a company delivering fuel-saving tractor-trailer aerodynamics technology capable of saving the US trucking industry over $3 billion in fuel expenditures annually. Prior to ATDynamics, Mr. Smith was a consultant with The Monitor Group and a founding member of the OTF Group, an economic development consulting firm with projects in Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. Throughout his career, Mr. Smith has promoted the rapid commercialization of environmental technologies including working with GE Wind Energy, managing the Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program and producing the documentary film “Drawing the Line” focused on the reduction of global oil dependence. His work with environmental technologies stems from a passion for pristine wild places. Mr. Smith is an avid mountaineer and has led high altitude expeditions in Patagonia, the Himalayas and Alaska.
	David Vieau, President and CEO, A123Systems Mr. Vieau has served as A123Systems only President and CEO, joining the company in March of 2002, three months after the company’s initial financing. He brings more than thirty years of experience and leadership in developing rapid-growth technology and component businesses. Applying his expertise to A123Systems, Mr. Vieau has led the expansion of A123 from its initial creation to currently more than 1,100 employees, and through more than $250 million in private financing.
	Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulation Commission Chairman Wellinghoff’s priorities at FERC include opening wholesale electric markets to renewable resources, providing a platform for participation of demand response and other distributed resources in wholesale electric markets including energy efficiency and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and promoting greater efficiency in our nation’s energy infrastructure through the institution of advanced technologies and system integration. He was instrumental in creating FERC’s Energy Innovations Sector (EIS), which is responsible for investigating and promoting new efficient technologies and practices in the energy sectors under FERC’s jurisdiction. Chairman Wellinghoff is co-chair of the Demand Response Collaborative launched jointly by FERC and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and is a member of NARUC’s Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment. Chairman Wellinghoff also advises the Energy Foundation and the NRDC on China-U.S. energy policy matters. He.
	Adam Werbach, Global CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi S. Mr. Werbach is the author of the new book, Strategy for Sustainability, published by Harvard Business Press in July 2009. Werbach is widely known as one of the foremost experts in sustainability strategy. In 1996, at age 23, Werbach was elected the youngest-ever President of the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organization in the United States. Since then, Werbach has declared environmentalism dead, built and sold three companies, and merged with global ideas company Saatchi & Saatchi to create the world’s largest sustainability agency, Saatchi & Saatchi S.
	Paul Westbrook, Sustainable Development Manager, Texas Instruments Mr. Westbrook headed the sustainable design effort for TI’s 300mm semiconductor manufacturing plant (fab) in Richardson, TX which was the first LEED Gold fab in the world. As a follow up, TI earned the first LEED certification of any type in the Philippines with a LEED Silver for an Assembly/Test facility in Baguio. Paul is a LEED Accredited Professional and a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at TI. He also designed his own passive/active solar home (www.enerjazz.com/house) which won the 1996 NAHB Energy Value Housing Award for Innovative Design.
	Michael Wheeler, California Public Utilities Commission Michael Wheeler serves as an Adviser to Commissioner Dian Grueneich of the California Public Utilities Commission and covers a host of different regulatory issues including Residential energy efficiency. Michael recently led the Residential Sector Strategic Planning process for the CPUC’s Energy Division. Michael was the project manager and principle analyst from the CPUC for the energy efficiency goals update for 2012-2020. He is also the lead analyst on the Governor’s Green Building Initiative. Prior to joining the CPUC in 2006, Michael worked for the Environmental Protection Agency and National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a variety of energy issues in Washington DC. Michael has a B.A. in Energy Efficiency from the Evergreen State College and a M.S in Energy Policy from the University of Delaware.
	Jane Woodward, Founder and CEO, MAP Jane Woodward is a founder of MAP and its Chief Executive Officer. MAP is a fund manager, based in Palo Alto, CA, that forms natural gas and renewable energy royalty partnerships on behalf of endowment, foundation and family investors. MAP also has a significant corporate commitment to sustainable energy education initiatives, largely benefiting Stanford University students. Prior to founding MAP, Ms. Woodward worked as an exploration geologist with ARCO Exploration Company and later as a petroleum engineering consultant. Since 1990, she has been a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University where she teaches classes on energy and environment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She holds a BS in Geology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Additionally, she has an MS in Engineering and Petroleum Geology, and an MBA, both from Stanford University. Ms. Woodward serves on the Advisory Council of the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford University and she serves on the Advisory Board for the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.
	Suzzane H. Woolsey PhD, Lead Trustee, Rocky Mountain Institute Sue Woolsey is Lead Trustee of Rocky Mountain Institute. She chairs the board of the Colorado College and is a trustee of Caltech, Institute for Defense Analyses and the German Marshall Fund. She is a director of two public and two private companies. From 1989 to 2004 she worked with the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, leading the behavioral and social sciences and as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Communications Officer. She was Associate Director of OMB during the Carter Administration, overseeing the domestic 50% of the federal budget. She was a partner at Coopers and Lybrand in the 1980’s, consulting with universities and research institutes. She wrote editorials at the Washington Post. Her education includes a 1963 BA from Stanford in history and psychology, and MA and PhD degrees in clinical and social psychology from Harvard University.
	Linda Yates, Co-Founder, Strategos Ms. Yates is a seasoned CEO with over 20 years of experience creating global strategy and driving innovation. Linda has served on the Boards of both private and public companies and she is a Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute. She is also a member of the Climate Change Committee for the town of Portola Valley which is fast becoming a world leader among municipalities actively greening the entire community. She is currently a crusader in the areas of Clean Tech, Sustainability and Climate Change. Linda is married to Paul Holland, a General Partner with Foundation Capital and leader of Foundation’s Clean Tech practice. Together Paul and Linda are building a “Beyond LEED” green home as a demonstration house which is already helping to educate a broad audience of consumers, developers, designers, companies and trades.
	Peter Yost, Director, Residential Services, Building Green, LLC Peter Yost is the Director of Residential Services for BuildingGreen, LLC in Brattleboro, Vermont. He has been building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high performance homes for more than twenty years. His expertise ranges from construction waste management and advanced framing to energy efficiency and building durability. Peter is currently Technical Director for GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, an instructor for the Boston Architectural College’s Sustainable Design Certificate program and an adjunct faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Department of Building Materials and Wood Technology program in Amherst.
	Catherine Zoi, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy In her role as Assistant Secretary, Ms. Zoi manages the U.S. Department of Energy’s $2.1 billion applied science, research, development, and deployment portfolio, which promotes marketplace integration of renewable and environmentally sound energy technologies. Additionally, Ms. Zoi oversees EERE’s $16.8 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. EERE is responsible for education, conservation, regulation, and efficient use of our nation’s energy resources, including federal energy management, building codes, appliance standards, vehicle technologies, and the ENERGY STAR® program. EERE works to strengthen the United States’ energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality through public-private partnerships.
Rocky Mountain Institute Speakers and Participants
	Lionel Bony, Director, Office of Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute As director of OCS, Lionel manages operations and staff and works closely with Amory Lovins on several research and consulting projects, including the 10xE and Natural Capitalism initiatives and RMI’s military projects. He is currently heading the implementation of Winning the Oil Endgame — RMI’s strategy to wean the U.S. completely off oil by 2050, led by business for profit. He also represents RMI on Wal-Mart’s Packaging Value Network and oversees RMI’s clean transportation efforts in India. Originally from France, Lionel is a 2006 graduate of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA program.
	Stephen Doig, VP, Energy & Resources, Rocky Mountain Institute Stephen Doig is currently a senior member of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he leads the Energy and Resources team. In that role he guides both applied research as well as consulting work in which leading edge concepts are applied to the real world. Research is currently focused on developing the concepts for the next generation of utilities that will run with a significantly lower carbon footprint and accelerating the cost reduction curve for solar energy. The team is also developing the analysis to help States achieve California levels of GDP growth per unit of energy (currently a factor of 2 gap). Consulting work generally applies demand reduction concepts with whole system design to create significantly lower energy and resource requirements at attractive economics.
	Caroline Fluhrer, Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute Ms. Fluhrer is a Consultant with Rocky Mountain Institute and focuses on sustainable building, green certification, and energy design strategies for educational facilities, office, and industrial facilities as well as existing buildings. Ms. Fluhrer provides building energy modeling, life cycle cost analysis, workshop facilitation, and LEED documentation services for a variety of projects. Recently, she contributed to the development of an energy efficiency retrofit program for the Empire State Building. Currently, she is helping to develop RMI’s new 3‐5 year strategic plan, which includes the development of an initiative focused on existing commercial building retrofits. Research efforts focus on the business case for green building and green leasing strategies.
	Ginni Galicinao, Senior Development Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute Ms. Galicinao helped found and leads RMI’s National Solutions Council. She is responsible for cultivating and nurturing RMI’s major individual donors and foundations. Ms. Galicinao led the effort to bring in and successfully complete RMI’s largest matching challenge gift. Ms. Galicinao was also the Celebration Director for RMI25: Celebrating Solutions (www.rmi.org/RMI25), a celebration of RMI’s 25 years that included dignitaries such as President William Jefferson Clinton and Thomas Friedman. She has played a lead role in the creation of the content and selection of speakers for RMI2009: From Ideas to Solutions. She has served as Executive Director of LEAP (a nationally recognized arts and architecture in education program), Vice President with the United Way of the Bay Area, and Development Director for the Aspen Educational Research Foundation. Ms. Galicinao has advised or served on the boards of Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet, the Wilderness Workshop, the Science Outreach Center, the City of Aspen’s Nonprofit Review Panel, and the San Francisco Arts Funders Collaborative.
	Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson, Program Director, Rocky Mountain Institute Hutch brings to RMI a strong track record of transformational change and a diverse experience that applies well to our work. He is a mechanical engineer with graduate training in heat transfer and thermodynamics, and his early career concentrated on energy conservation (as it was called way back then) and alternative energy including advanced engines, codes for analyzing energy use in buildings, and many other now-familiar topics. After receiving his MBA from Stanford, he worked for many years at Boston Consulting Group as a partner helping large companies and governments face challenges and create opportunities–with a special focus on “infrastructure-related” businesses–such as energy, telecoms, natural resources, cars and trucks–that were undergoing significant transformations and seeking growth.
	Hiroko Kawai, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute Ms. Kawai brings over 14 years of experience in marketing and strategic business planning within the international transportation sector. She has worked for top companies including Eaton Corporation, Deloitte Consulting, and Ford Motor Company. She specializes in the voice of the market (end-user market) analysis, technology market adoption, and market segmentation.
	Michael Kinsley, Senior Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute Michael Kinsley is a senior consultant, specializing in community energy planning, sustainable communities, and workshop design and execution. He is a frequent speaker on such topics as local sustainability, economic development, natural capitalism, energy, integrative and collaborative decision-making, and community-growth problems and solutions.
	Doug Laub, Vice President of Development, Rocky Mountain Institute Douglas G. Laub, J.D. Vice President of Development, brings to RMI a 25-year career in nonprofit fundraising and management with extensive experience in major gift and planned giving, foundation relations and grant-making, volunteer leadership support, strategic planning, event management and philanthropic advisory services for family foundations and donor advised funds.
	Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute Published in 29 books and hundreds of papers, his work has been recognized by the Blue Planet, Volvo, Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, ten honorary doctorates, an Hon. AIA and FRSA, Foreign Membership of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, Right Livelihood, and World Technology Awards. He advises governments and major firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource efficiency, and has led the technical redesign of >$30 billion worth of facilities in 29 sectors to achieve very large energy savings at typically lower capital cost.
	Matt Mattila, Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute Matt Mattila specializes in business strategy and comes from a background in management consulting. He combines his experience in strategic planning, new market exploration, and product development with MOVE’s work in delivering the next generation of transportation solutions.
	Sam Newman, Analyst, Rocky Mountain Institute Sam Newman is an Analyst with the Energy & Resources Team. In addition to research work on cooling system efficiency potential, Sam contributes to the ERT’s consulting work in industrial process efficiency and corporate greenhouse gas strategy..
	Victor Olgyay, Principal Architect, Rocky Mountain Institute Victor Olgyay is a Principal Architect on RMI’s Built Environment Team and has a wide range of experiences in architectural design, planning, laboratory design and integration, environmental and acoustical systems, with specialization in lighting and daylighting design.
	Marty Pickett, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Institute Ms. Pickett joined RMI in 1998. She focuses on institutional advancement and takes an active leadership role in RMI’s strategic direction, business planning for RMI’s Research & Consulting, development strategy and activities, and Board governance. Since 1991, Marty has represented RMI on various legal issues, including the Institute’s purchase of an interest in and creation of the conservation easement on the Windstar Land Conservancy property in Snowmass in 1996. Marty serves as President of the Windstar Land Conservancy and on the Advisory Board of the Catawba College Center for the Environment in North Carolina.
	Michael Potts, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute Mr. Potts was an active trustee before he joined the RMI management team in early 2007 after more than 25 years as a growth-oriented high-technology executive. His most recent commercial position was as CEO of American Fundware, which nearly tripled in revenues during his tenure and produced the award-winning FundWare software suite for non-profit and governmental organizations. AFW was acquired in 2002 by Intuit, maker of the Quickbooks and TurboTax. Previously, Potts worked in sales, marketing and general management positions for IBM, BancTec, and Recognition International. He spent many years working internationally and served for a time as Managing Director of an Australian subsidiary. In addition to his work at RMI, Michael currently serves on commercial and non-profit boards that align with his passion for innovation and spiritual growth..
	Mike Simpson, Transportation Analyst, Rocky Mountain Institute Mr. Simpson specializes in transportation system optimization and comes from a background in Aerospace Engineering. He infuses his knowledge of electric propulsion, aerodynamics, and systems design into MOVE’s work with passenger vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, and aviation.
	Llewellyn Wells, Vice President, Communications, Rocky Mountain Institute As Vice President of Communications, Mr. Wells ensures the clear and effective messaging of RMI’s work. His leadership in media, branding, and communications has helped the organization reach a significantly wider audience. Having produced a number of feature films and television programs, Mr. Wells is highly experienced in rolling out large-scale media campaigns and initiatives. He spent twenty years in the entertainment industry and was involved in the production of fourteen feature films and five television series. Some of the films that he worked on include “Bagdad Cafe,” “The Grifters,” “Dogfight,” and “Under Suspicion.” As one of the original producers of “The West Wing,” Llewellyn is honored to have won five Emmy Awards and two Producers Guild Awards.

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