SB'11 Speakers

Karen "KJ" Janowski is Partner and Co-Founder of EcoStrategy Group, a consultancy focused on crafting sustainability communications strategies, including the appropriate reporting of...

William B. Rosenzweig has spent more than twenty years integrating the practices and perspectives of an entrepreneur, venture investor and educator. Will is co‐founder and Managing Director of Physic...

KoAnn is a seasoned business-to-business media executive who’s involvement with the intersection of environmental and human issues in business dates back to the mid-1980s when she launched...

Eric's responsibilities at One World Futbol Project center around Business Development. and Finance. He develops and manages key relationships with sponsors, investors, delivery partners and key...

Leaders, teachers, innovators, movers and shakers guide us through paths that enlighten and empower, intrigue and invigorate. Rare is the instance when one person embodies the qualities of each type...

As Director of Sustainability, Jennifer is responsible for all environmental information, education, and initiatives at Sierra Club Green Home.com. She developed the Sierra Club Green Home "...

R. Paul Herman* created the HIP (Human Impact + Profit) methodology for entrepreneurs, companies and investors worldwide to realize how quantifiable sustainability can drive financial performance...

Jon Godsall is the CEO and Co-President of Zumer. At Zumer, Jon has helped improve global corporate sustainability by developing and consulting on cost-effective and high-ROI sustainability...

Seetha, one of the founding partners of Simply Sustain LLC, has over 25 years of experience first at Royal Dutch Shell, and later at Basell, a Shell BASF Joint Venture. At Basell she was Senior VP...

Bonnie Nixon is known for her ability to deliver, inspire and serve as a catalyst for transformation in the field of sustainability and social and environmental responsibility. As the Executive...

Annie Longsworth is a brand and communications leader committed to positive change through business. She joined Saatchi...

Adam Werbach is the co-founder of fast-growing sharing startup yerdle.com. A lifelong sustainability advocate, Werbach was elected...

As both a creative director and copywriter, Robin has contributed to some of the world's most best-known brands. His work has earned dozens of awards in both traditional and digital media...

Michael Washburn is the new Director of Sustainability at Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA). His work includes helping coalesce NWNA's efforts to increase recycling in the U.S., innovate in energy...

Michael leads the company's overall Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, including providing strategic direction and reporting publicly on the company's social responsibility initiatives and...

Michael Jordan is Jones Lang LaSalle's Senior Vice President of Sustainability Strategy and the author of "Six Sigma for Sustainability" (McGraw-Hill, 2011). Mr. Jordan has experience...

Jan's energy, creativity and ability to work with diverse groups found an outlet in the consumer promotion and loyalty arena. For the past 20 years, Jan has focused this energy developing new product...

Michele is a professionally trained designer with the courage and curiosity to explore complex challenges. She is a strong advocate of user-centered design, and recognized for building award-winning...

Suzanne Shelton is the CEO of Shelton Group, an advertising agency exclusively
focused on motivating mainstream Americans to make more sustainable choices.
Suzanne is a guest columnist...

Christine is an award-winning author, syndicated blogger and corporate strategist focused on helping industry leaders win trust, inspire employees, and achieve triple bottom-line growth. In 2011,...

Chris Laszlo, Ph.D., is the author of Sustainable Value: How the World's Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good (2008), Greenleaf Publishing and Stanford University Press, and ...

Debra Lieberman, Ph.D., is director of the Health Games Research national program and a communication researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Her research focuses on...

As vice president, Global Responsibility, Ben Packard drives the strategy and oversees the programs behind Starbucks responsible business approach to ethical sourcing and environmental stewardship....

Stuart Rudick has been a practitioner, leader and investor in the health and wellness community for over 30 years. He was a founding partner of Uplift Equity, a private family office that focused on...

Susan McPherson is a senior vice president at Fenton, the nation's leading public interest communications firm, where she focuses on corporate responsibility programs for the firm's clientele and...

Sandy Skees provides businesses, early stage companies and organizations with sustainability
communications consulting and program implementation. Sandy works in the sustainability,
...

Gil Friend is president & CEO of Natural Logic Inc, helping companies design, implement and measure profitable sustainability strategies. He is widely considered one of the founders of the...

Jerri is the founder and managing partner of Lovely Day. As corporate social innovation strategist, she is a leading thinker and practitioner in leveraging social good to develop innovative...

John Viera is the Global Director, Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters for Ford Motor Company, a position he has held since January 2007. Viera is responsible for developing global...

Emily Ellis Cichy is Manager with the Corporate Citizenship team of The Walt Disney Company. The corporate citizenship team is responsible for business integration strategies that encourage ethical...

Kierstin is the CEO and founder of Ci and the creator of Ci’s proprietary strategic research and analytics tool, The SHIFT Report™. In 2002, she founded Ci with the...

1% for the Planet exists to build and support an alliance of business financially committed to creating a healthy planet. Melody joined 1% because of her passion for sustainability and appreciation...

David G. Mallen is the Deputy Director of the Better Business Bureau's National Advertising Division (NAD), the investigative arm of the advertising industry's self-regulatory organization and is...

Jeff Mendelsohn founded New Leaf Paper in 1998 with the mission of driving a fundamental shift toward sustainability in the paper industry. Through product innovation and his positive vision, he is...

Jim Jubelirer is an experienced business manager and expert in consumer behavior, sustainability, training, and organizational development. He is passionate about helping people envision a successful...

Jean plans and implements strategic programs that meet HP’s printing customer's evolving environmental needs. HP's environmental commitment includes the HP Planet Partners return and recycling...

Jeffrey Hollender is a leading authority on corporate responsibility, sustainability and social equity. More than twenty-three years ago, he co-founded Seventh Generation and went on to build the...

Chris Miller is Director of Corporate Consciousness for Seventh Generation, which produces safe and environmentally responsible products for a healthy home. Miller works across the company to develop...

As a member of BSR's management team, Eric leads BSR's global advisory services practice delivering consultation on the design of successful CSR strategies, and the integration of those...

Graceann joined Ogilvy in 2006 to lead Chicago's strategic planning department and share leadership duties for the Ogilvy Chicago office. She leads the broader strategic community - encompassing...

Al is a Senior Director in the Worldwide Environment, Health & Safety department at Johnson & Johnson where he directs the global Product Stewardship, Design for Environment and Green...

As a Senior Partner at Brandlogic, James leads strategy, marketing and brand consulting engagements for major organizations around the world. He is the co-author of the Sustainability Leadership...

Christine has been the Sustainability Manager for Skin Category R&D at Unilever for 4 years. She is a Chemical Engineer by training and has 12 years experience at Unilever in Product...

Carol Sanford is on a mission to create a better world, and she believes that business can and will play a major role in accomplishing that. "It will be more than just a responsibility program," she...

With no intention of building a traditional company — or becoming a conventional CEO when he founded Joie de Vivre Hospitality...

Renee Lertzman provides practical and professional guidance on sustainability communications, public engagement, and outreach strategies. Through consultations, presentations, and the development of...

Ian oversees Recyclebank’s sustainability agenda and is responsible for ensuring it is integrated into all aspects of the organization’s brand strategy, consumer experience and partnerships. Prior...

Michael is an acknowledged leader in Sustainable Investing and has developed a unique set of tools that is helping to drive the industry. 
He designed the SmartView 360 Platform, which powers...

Abby Rodgers has been an executive with The Coca-Cola Company for 18 years. Most recently, she leads the Company sustainability strategy and communication, including efforts around active...

Rajat Paharia is the founder and Chief Product Officer of Bunchball. Bunchball is the industry leader in gamification, an innovative way of optimizing online user engagement through the application...

John Marshall Roberts is a behavioral scientist and an acclaimed expert on the psychology of strategic communications. He is an outspoken advocate for business innovation, and founder...

Erin Schrode is a young ecoRenaissance woman. As the “face of the new green generation,” the co-founder and spokeswoman of Turning Green promotes global sustainability, youth leadership,...

Robert Boller serves as Vice President of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines.  JFW is a private wine company farming 11,000 acres of vineyards and marketing over 50 brands from their 21...

Gavin McIntyre is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of Ecovative Design LLC, and has lead all mycological material and biological process development in the company’s strides to replace...

Peter Salmon is founder and Managing Director of Fische, an agency specializing in identifying, designing and communicating sustainable ideas that are good for our environment, good for the future...

David is a recognized expert on shopper experience and retail trends, consistently producing high-impact knowledge for and about the retail sector.He believes insight is a catalyst for innovation;...

As director of sustainability for Owens Corning, Ms. Tedhams directs the company's strategic development in greening its products and communicating its sustainability practices.

With...

Peter Graf serves as Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President of Sustainability Solutions at SAP. Graf is responsible for developing sustainable solutions that best serve the needs...

Alison Presley manages Travelocity’s Travel for Good® program, which seeks to make the world a better place, one trip at a...

Leo Raudys is the senior director of environmental sustainability for Best Buy Co., Inc.,a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. In this capacity, Raudys...

Lisa Klauser was appointed to the role of Vice President Consumer and Customer Solutions Unilever United States in January 2008. She has recently expanded her responsibility to include Canada. In...

Neal Gorenflo is the co-founder and publisher of Shareable Magazine, a nonprofit online magazine about sharing. As a former market researcher, stock analyst, and Fortune 500 strategist, Neal is...

Heather Scott is the Senior Brand Manager on Purina ONE, a brand of dog & cat food that is trying to make the world a better place, one pet at a time.  She recently led the development and...

Recently Director with XBox LIVE and Co-Founder of Microsoft Surface, Michael Kim is a serial entrepreneur at building innovative social interactive platforms spanning Mobile, Social Gaming, Social...

Pamela is a specialist and consultant in energy efficiency customer engagement and marketing using behavior change and community-based social marketing. For over 20 years, Pamela has been working...

Leonard E. Robinson is a much sought-after speaker and lecturer combining an environmental evangelical fervor with a sense of humor.  He has coined such phrases as “a waste is a terrible...

Brian, a founding partner of Simply Sustain LLC, has over 25 years of experience with Royal-Dutch/Shell in product analysis and testing, product development, and manufacturing support in the...

Charlene Lake, Sr. Vice President Public Affairs, and Chief Sustainability Officer, is responsible for leading ATT's philanthropic and volunteerism endeavors, third-party advocacy program and public...

Jeff is Vice President of Sustainability and Recycling Programs for Tetra Pak.  He joined Tetra Pak in February of 2009 and is responsible for designing and executing the company’s...

Allyson Park is Vice President of Corporate External Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company. She and her team are responsible for communicating the Company's Live Positively story and sustainability...

Beth Jensen is Corporate Responsibility Manager at Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), a national trade association whose mission is to ensure the growth and success of the $730 billion active...

Jessica Scorpio is the co-founder of Getaround, a Silicon Valley startup pioneering the concept of peer-to-peer car sharing through mobile technology. Prior to launching Getaround, she completed...

Melissa Clark-Reynolds is widely recognised as an inspirational role model and entrepreneur.

She is the founder of minimonos.com a virtual world for children focused on growing good kids,...

Kevin Richardson is a Family Games and Digital Media Producer. He currently designs, produces and acquires original game content for Nickelodeon for the standalone, multiplayer and social channels....

Ed Viesturs is America's leading high altitude mountaineer, having climbed many of the world's most challenging summits, including ascending Mount Everest seven times. He recently completed a 16-year...

Dr. Peter G. Hartwell is currently a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California.  As a member of the Intelligent Infrastructure Lab, he is the lead of...

SALLY UREN joined Forum for the Future in 2002 and currently oversees Forum's partnerships in both the UK and globally, as well as Forum’s networks and communication activities. Much of Sally's...

Lisa Galindo leads corporate partnerships and business development efforts at Zimride, that have led to over 100 university & corporate partners including JetBlue, Facebook and Inuit. Zimride is...

Gabe Zichermann is an author, highly rated public speaker and entrepreneur. He is the chair of the Gamification Summit and editor of the industry's leading publication, The Gamification Blog. His...

Dave Cobban is currently Consumer Mobilize Director for Nike Inc, working within the Sustainable Business and Innovation team. He works closely with the Nike Brand team developing strategies to...

In 1990, Bruce Poon Tip founded Gap Adventures in order to deliver an authentic travel experience to travellers, who also craved adventures that went beyond all-inclusive resorts. He started the...

John Rooks is president and founder of The SOAP Group, an advocacy company helping organizations develop authenticly positive cultures, brands and communication programs. SOAP (Sustainable...

Based in San Francisco, Mark has 15+ years experience in key leadership positions in the sustainability field. Mark possesses expertise in sustainability strategy and implementation as well as the...

Adam Mott oversees the Corporate Sustainability program at The North Face. Corporate Sustainability was formalized as a natural extension of the brand's rich history in conservation and philanthropy...

Jacquelyn A. Ottman, founder and principal, J. Ottman Consulting, Inc. is expert advisor on green marketing to Fortune 500 companies and...

Mike Fraser is the Vice President of Sustainability Development for Summit Energy, a subsidiary of Schneider Electric.  Fraser leads Summit’s growth initiatives in the area of sustainability...

Katharine Brass leads the ecomagination initiative for GE Energy and GE Oil & Gas.

Kate leads the businesses efforts with respect to defining the ecomagination product portfolio,...

Eric Ostern is responsible for facilitating alignment of Unilever’s global sustainability strategy across the Americas. In addition, Eric directly oversees sustainability and community relations...

I have practiced intellectual property (IP) law exclusively for the past decade and handle trademark and copyright issues including identification/audits; clearance; registration; transfers;...

Jim Sullivan brings over 19 years of experience to his role as Vice President, Sustainability Management & Strategy at SAP. Jim joined SAP in June 2009 with the Clear Standards acquisition. In...

Ellen Goodman moved to the Bay Area in 1999 from Washington DC, where she began her public service work as a hotline volunteer in 1986 for the Whitman Walker clinic. Deeply moved by the work of...

Adam Dole is a Business Planning Manager on the Advance Market Product Development (AMPD) team at Mayo Clinic, a group tasked with identifying and incubating future products, services and businesses...

Jeff has nearly 20 years experience in helping companies both define and implement brand and marketing strategies. He has worked for both service and product-driven companies in healthcare,...

Arthur Rubinfeld returned to Starbucks in the newly created role of president, Global Development in February, 2008. Arthur and his team are responsible for strategic site selection, design and...

As Product Manager for Sustainability at Autodesk, Sarah Krasley is responsible for developing tools for manufacturers to create more sustainable designs in the digital prototyping space. Prior to...

Judah Schiller is co-founder and CEO of Saatchi S, a San Francisco based consulting firm focused on activating companies for good.

Judah provides executive leadership across the spectrum of...

David Schatsky is the founder of Green Research, a research and information resource for sustainable companies....

Lisa Bennett chairs DDB's U.S. Creativity Council, which includes senior creative leadership from DDB offices across the United States and is designed to provide leadership and innovation to the...

As Chief Creative Officer, he has overall responsibility for the brand innovation firm's creative direction at its New York and San Francisco studios.

Mitch has helped dozens of start-ups...

Simon Dunne motivates people to support sustainable behaviors and social movements. As Director of First Gear at Specialized Bicycles, Simon develops the brand and program strategy for First Gear (...

Olivia Khalili works with companies to design, market and evaluate social initiatives. As Senior Partnerships Manager with Ashoka Changemakers, she brings new products to market and builds...

Jules Peck is a Founding Partner at strategy and innovation consultancy Flourishing Enterprise which works to engage the corporate world with beyond-growth economics and to help them innovate...

Alexis’ goal is to change consumer and corporate behavior to more sustainable models through the promulgation of sustainable products. Alexis is the Senior Global Program Manager for...

Kevin Hagen was the director of corporate social responsibility at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) where he led efforts to develop and implement the co-op's social enterprise and sustainable...

Freya is a seasoned brand strategist who has devoted the past
six years of her career to mainstreaming sustainable living through the power of brands. Freya co-founded OgilvyEarth and...

Based in the Bay Area, Chris is an experienced consultant and researcher on a wide range of topics. His consulting work crosses the energy, IT, food and transportation sectors, encompassing themes...

As a visionary of the socially responsible business movement, Joe Sibilia is founder and CEO of Meadowbrook Lane Capital (MBLC) (www.meadowbrooklane.com), described by the Wall Street Journal as a "...

Nadya Zhexembayeva, Ph.D., is the Coca-Cola Chair of Sustainable Development at IEDC- Bled School of Management, Slovenia, where she teaches courses in leadership, organizational behavior, design...

Marc Mathieu is SVP Marketing at Unilever. He is responsible for the development of Unilever’s new global marketing strategy – Crafting Brands for Life – which will support the company’...

Ron Shaich is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Panera Bread Company, where he previously served for over 25 years as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Shaich began his career...

President, Chief Executive Officer, and co-founder, Kraus has over 30 years of experience in the fields of environmental and sustainability data management. In two years Source 44 has grown under...

Colleen Kohlsaat serves as Director of Levi Strauss and Co.'s Global Environmental Sustainability team in the company's Social and Environmental Sustainability organization.

Under...

As Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of BBMG, Raphael Bemporad is a passionate champion for a new approach to brand innovation that creates shared value. “Our philosophy is simple:...

Mr. Rocco Papalia is the Senior Vice President of PepsiCo Advanced Research and Beverage Packaging Innovation and Equipment Development, a position he assumed in May, 2008. He has responsibility for...

Lee Ann S. Head is the vice president of research for Shelton Group and has overseen all of Shelton's custom client and proprietary research since 2001. She spent eleven years in the banking industry...

Dr. Allen Hershkowitz is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a leader in the movement to make environmental responsibility understandable and achievable for every...

Derek Young is a sustainability professional with nearly fifteen years experience across nearly every job sector from non-profit to government to corporate. He has specific expertise in the areas...

Tom Scaramellino, Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Tom oversees the strategic direction of the company and ensures alignment among our energy science, technical and business development groups....

Ephi Banaynal dela Cruz is Director of Social and Environmental Accountability...

Eric has been with Silver Spring Networks since it was founded in 2002 and has more than 13 years of experience in developing Smart Grid solutions to address the industry's most pressing challenges....

Jonathan is an executive vice president and leader of Cone Communications’ Sustainable Business Practices group. Jonathan’s expertise is in corporate responsibility strategy and communications. Since...

Katherine O’Dea is Senior Director of Innovation and Advisory Services at GreenBlue and has a 20 year background in corporate sustainability.  Since joining GreenBlue in 2007, Katherine’s...

Cristian Barcan's past efforts in promoting and teaching sustainable development guidelines and whole-chain traceability practices have brought him recognition from global food market chain...