2009 Full Speaker Lineup
Central to the success of this conference are the exceptional speakers and presenters who share their technical knowledge, on-the-ground expertise, and visionary wisdom on a wide range of topics from building science and public policy to technology.
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Dan Adler
President, California Clean Energy Fund: CalCEF
Jon Alexander
President, Sunshine Construction LLC
Gadi Amit
Principal Designer & Founder, NewDealDesign
Ray Anderson
Chairman & Founder, Interface, Inc.; Author, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist
Allison Arieff
By Design Columnist, New York Times
Tenaya Asan
Program Manager, GreenPoint Rated, Build It Green
Nick Aster
Co-Founder, Triple Pundit
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Brian Back
Founding Editor and Publisher, Sustainable Industries
Panama Bartholomy
Advisor to Commissioner Douglas, California Energy Commission
Josh Becker
General Partner & Co-founder, New Cycle Capital
Debra Berman
Managing Director, Justmeans
Susan Bierzychudek
Principal, Green Ideals
Laura Billings
Sage Green Development
Jared Blumenfeld
Director, Department of the Environment, City and County of San Francisco
Jon Bonanno
Chairman, Principle Power & Keiretsu Cleantech Investment, Committee Chairman,
Zorana Bosnic
Vice President, Sustainable Design Director, HOK
Adam Boucher
CEO & Founder, The Ethos Fund, LLC
Stewart Brand
President, The Long Now Foundation
Alison Brown
Chief of Staff & CFO, California Academy of Sciences
Becky Brun
Editor, Sustainable Industries
Ian Bryan
President & Founder, The Sensible City, Inc
Bill Burke
Assistant Director, Pacific Energy Center
Jeff Burkland
Principal, Burkland Consulting
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Josiah Cain
Principal, Design Ecology
Paul Campbell
Principal, Deloitte
Celia Canfield
Chief Development Director, West Coast Green
Jeff Carrier
Sustainability Manager, Carpet and Rug Institute
Erin Carson
Development Specialist, Housing, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Rick Chitwood
President, Chitwood Energy Management, Inc.
Cathy Chiu
Principal, Falcon Group
Drew Clark
Director of Sustainability, IBM Venture Capital Group
Sara Ellis Conant
Manager, Enterprise Sustainability, Deloitte Consulting
Anah Corley
VP, Business Development, Stetson Expo
Rebecca Costa
Trendist, Biodiversity Foundation and Author,, The Watchman's Rattle
Dev Crews
Chief Sustainability Officer, Luminesa- Illuminated Marketing
Sean Culman
AIA, LEED AP, Solutions
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Michael D’Amour
President & CEO, Lumenergi, Inc.
Peter Darbee
CEO, PG&E
Bonnie DeVarco
Founder, Media X, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
Jennifer Devlin
Principal, EHDD Architects
Cisco Devries
President, Renewable Funding
Marcel Diallo
Executive Director, Village Bottoms Community Development Corporation
Mary Ann Dickinson
Executive Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency
Carla Din
Director, East Bay Green Corridor Partnership
Chris Doelle
VP Sales & Marketing, MonierLifetile
Rodney Dole
Treasurer, Sonoma County
Brian Duggan
Director of Thought Leadership Programs, West Coast Green
Laurie Durnell
Director of Consulting, The Grove Consultants International
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Ann Edminster, M.Arch
Green Building Consultant, Design AVEnues
Kathy Evans
Graphic Recorder
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Jeremy Faludi
Associate Professor, Stanford University, Project FROG
Prudence Ferreira
CEO, Integral Impact Inc.
Martin Flaherty
President, ecoScorecard
Eric Corey Freed
Principal, organicARCHITECT
Gil Friend
CEO, Natural Logic, Inc.
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Heather Gadonniex
Managing Partner, Sustainability, MindClick SGM
Mary Ann Gallagher
Education Director, West Coast Green
Lisa Michelle Galley
Managing Principal, Galley Eco Capital LLC
Gary Gerber
President, Sun Light & Power Co.
Kathleen Gilligan
Partner, EcoStrategy Group
Brian Gitt
Principal, BKI
Matt Golden
President & Founder, Sustainable Spaces
Christi Graham
President & CEO, West Coast Green
Jose Guevara
Property Manager, Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc.
Leslie Guevarra
Associate Editor, GreenerBuildings.com, GreenBiz.com
Lawrence Gust
Environmental Consultant, Gust Environmental
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Gavin Healy
Owner, Balance Point Home Performance
Amy Hebard
Chief Research Officer & Co-Founder, Earthsense
Hazel Henderson
Founder, Ethical Markets Media, LLC
Jessica Hoerter
Representative, NCFI
Paul Holland
General Partner, Foundation Capital
David Hopkins
Co-Author, The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World
Graham Irwin
Principal, Essential Habitat
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Rosey Jencks
Stormwater Planner, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
David Johnson
Director of West Coast Studio, William McDonough and Partners
De’Anthony Jones
Student, Leader & Activist, San Francisco Unified School District
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Daniel Kammen
Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Kanellos
Editor in Chief, Greentech Media
Michelle Kaufmann
Principal, Michelle Kaufmann Studio
Paul Kephart
President, Rana Creek
Mike Kerwin
Co-Founder, Lorax Development
Jason Kibbey
Founder, Pact Apparel
Pat Kilduff
Marketing Director, Fort Mason Center
Bruce King
Grand Pooh-bah, Green Building Advisor
Marie King
Sales Director, PlanetUp
Gary Klein
Managing Partner, Affiliated International Management, LLC
Michael Kloefkorn
Associate, Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP
Bob Knight
President, Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc.
John L. Knott
President & CEO, The Noisette Company
George Kopf
Program Director, Green Energy Training Services, Rising Sun Energy Center
Ken Kortkamp
Associate, Sherwood Design Engineers
Piper Kujac
Co-Chair, Northern California Chapter RGB Advocacy Committee,
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Heather Larson
Program Manager, Stopwaste
Steve Lehtonen
Managing Director, GreenPlumbers USA
Elliott Lemenager
Social Media Strategist, Projectline, Online Community Manager, Microsoft
Tom Lent
Policy Director, Healthy Building Network
Meagan Levitan
Board Member, San Francisco Recreation & Parks Commission
Peter Leyden
Founder & CEO, Next Agenda
Melissa Lindsley
Marketing Manager, American Galvanizers Association
Peter Liu
Founder & Vice Chairman, New Resource Bank
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Matt Macko
Principal, Environmental Building Strategies
Leif Magnuson
Residential Green Building Coordinator, EPA
Andy Mannle
Sustainable Strategy and Communications,
Robert Marcial
Supervisor, Pacific Energy Center
Michael Martin
Development Project Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Brian Matthay
Program Director, Imagine H2O
David McConville
Director of Noospheric Research, The Elumenati, Buckminster Fuller Institute
Alisdair McGregor
Principal, ARUP
Martin Melaver
CEO, Melaver, Inc.
Marty Mellera
Electrical Engineer, SF Municipal Transportation Agency
Kirstin Miller
Executive Director, Ecocity Builders, Inc.
Peter Moonen
Co-Leader, Sustainability Coordinator, SustainableBuilding Coalition / Wood WORKS!
Greta Mowry
President, Verge Innovation Group
Stefan Mühle
General Manager and Regional Director, Orchard Hotels / Portfolio Hotels & Resorts
Karen Murray
Senior Associate, Van Meter Williams Pollack
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Steve Newcomb
CEO & Co-Founder, Virgance
Dave Nielsen
Facilitator, CloudCamp
Bonnie Nixon
Director Of Sustainability, Hewlet Packard
Rex Northen
Executive Director, Cleantech Open
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Harry O’Brien
Partner, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass – Lead Counsel
David Orr
Chair of Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College
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Tom Paladino
President, Paladino and Company
Steve Pantazes
Representative, Solar Sonoma County
Esther Park
Director, Lending Program, RSF Social Finance
David Parrish
Chief Operating Officer, AquaOne Technologies, LLC
Kristina Paster
Operations & Finance Manager, Sustainable Industries
Jes Pedersen
Senior Vice President & Project Executive, Webcor Builders
Lewis Perkins
Principal, New House LLC
Janet Peterson
Co-Founder, Our Home Spaces
Peter Pfeiffer
Principal, Barley & Pfeiffer Architects
Warner Philips
Managing Partner, Tendris
David Phillips
CEO, NaturalPath Media
Fred Pollack
Principal, Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP
Naomi Porat
CEO, ZETA Communities
Joe Preis
Founder, GreenBuildingPower.com & Keiretsu Forum
Luis Prestamo
Chief Operating Officer, PlanetUp
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Charles Redell
Associate Editor, Sustainable Industries
Bill Reed
President, Integrative Design Collaborative
John Renowden
Product Manager, MonierLifetile
Frankie Ridolfi
Director of Marketing, Climate Earth
Kirsten Ritchie
Director of Sustainable Design, Gensler Architecture Design and Planning Worldwide
John Marshall Roberts
Co-Founder, Conceptual Age Media
Peter Rumsey P.E
Founder & President, Rumsey Engineers
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Bry Sarté
Principal & CEO, Sherwood Design Engineers
Jonathan Scharfman
Land Development Director, Universal Paragon Corporation
Greg Sellers
President, Burnham Energy
Scott Shell
Senior Associate and Sustainability Expert, EHDD Architects
Donald Simon
Attorney, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean
Cameron Sinclair
Author, Design Like You Give a Damn, Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
Sandy Skees
Founder & CEO, Communications4Good
Ori Skloot
Advanced Home Energy
Gordon Starr
CEO, Starr Consulting Group
James Stickley
Principal, Wallace Roberts and Todd
Brod Street
Senior Policy Officer, Department of Sustainability and Environment
Sara Stroud
Bay Area Correspondent, Sustainable Industries
Kevin Surace
CEO, Serious Materials
Paul Switenki
Mechanical Engineer, ARUP
Jessica Switzer
Partner, Blue Practice
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Nabih Tahan
Principal, BauTechnologies
Andrew Tang
Senior Director, Smart Energy Web, PG&E
Lynne Twist
Author, The Soul of Money and Co-Founder, The Pachamama Alliance
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Sim Van der Ryn
Chief Wizard, Ecodesign Collaborative
Saskia van Gendt
Lifecycle Building Challenge and Energy Coordinator, EPA - Region 9
Pam Van Orden
President, Enlightened Brand
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Gene Wang
CEO, People Power Co.
Jeff Weinberger
Chair, Cisco WebEx Green Initiative, Cisco WebEx
Geoff Weisenberger
Sustainability Manager, American Institute of Steel Construction
Paul Welschmeyer
Principal, Paul Welschmeyer Architects
Adam Werbach
Global CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi S
Colin Wiel
President, Keiretsu Forum - San Francisco & North Bay
Alex Wilson
Founder & President, Building Green, Inc.
Andrew Winston
Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies and Author, Green Recovery and Green to Gold
Peter Yost
Director of Residential Services, GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Don Young
President, D.R. Young Associates – Development Manager
Larry Zarker
CEO, Building Performance Institute