2008 Speakers in Alphabetical List
A
JoAnna Abrams,
Founder and CEO, The MindClick Group
www.mindclickgroup.com
Aaron Adelstein,
Director, Built Green of King and Snohomish Counties
www.builtgreen.net
Donald Aitken,
Principal, Donald Aitken Associates
www.donaldaitkenassociates.com
Jon Alexander,
President, Sunshine Construction, LLC.
www.sunshineconstruction.biz
Laura Allen,
Educator, Greywater Guerrillas
www.greywaterguerrillas.com
David Almy,
Principal, ADC Partners
www.adcpartners.com
David Alpert,
Vice President and Principal, Hammel, Green & Abrahamson
Terry Alsberg,
Inventor and CEO, Warmboard, Inc.
www.warmboard.com
Andre Angelantoni,
Inspiring Green Leadership
Allison Arieff,
Editor, Sunset Magazine and "By Design" Columnist, New York Times
www.sunset.com
Carrie Armel,
Research Associate, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency
Tenaya Asan,
GreenPoint Rated Program Manager, Build It Green
www.builditgreen.org
Raj Atluru,
Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
www.dfj.com
Katherine Austin,
Architect and Chair of National AIA Housing & Custom Residential Knowledge Community, Katherine Austin, AIA, Architect
www.austinaia.com
B
Brian Back,
Founding Editor and Publisher, Sustainable Industries
www.sustainableindustries.com
Myan Baker,
Senior Consultant, Economic Transformations Group
www.etgnow.com
Paula Baker-Laporte,
Principal, Baker-Laporte & Associates, Inc.
www.bakerlaporte.com
John Banta,
Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist, RestCon Environmental
www.ExtremeWeatherHitsHome.com
David Barnes,
Planner, City of Kirkland
www.ci.kirkland.wa.us
Panama Bartholomy,
Advisor to Commissioner Karen Douglas, California Energy Comission
www.energy.ca.gov
Chris Bartle,
President, Green Key Real Estatek
www.greenkeyrealestate.com
Carl Bass,
CEO, Autodesk
www.autodesk.com
Jim Bedrick,
Director of Systems Integration, Webcor
www.webcor.com
Roberta Berrent,
Co-Founder and COO, The MindClick Group
www.mindclickgroup.com
Steve Bishop,
Sustainability Domain Lead, IDEO
www.ideo.com
Jeff Blaevoet,
Principal, Guttman and Blaevoet Consulting Engineers
Norman Bourassa,
Team Lead, PIER-Buildings End-Use Efficiency Research, California Energy Commission
www.energy.ca.gov
Darren Bouton,
Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
www.pge.com
Mark Bramfitt,
Principal Program Manager, Customer Energy Efficiency, Pacific Gas and Electric
www.pge.com
Cal Broomhead,
Energy Manager, City of San Francisco
www.sfgov.org
Jerry Brown,
Attorney General, State of California
ag.ca.gov/
Peter Bruck,
Building Official, City of Rohnert Park
www.rpcity.org
Lee Burrows,
Principal, VantagePoint Venture Partners
www.vpvp.com
John Burshek,
Chief Research Officer, The MindClick Group
www.mindclickgroup.com
C
Josiah Cain,
Landscape Architect and Chief Design Officer, Design Ecology
Celia Canfield,
Principal, Eco Vertex
www.ecovertex.blogspot.com
Marc Carlson,
CEO, Microposite, Inc.
www.microposite.com
Bob Chase,
Chief Building Official, City of Sacramento
www.cityofsacramento.org
Rich Chien,
Residential Green Building Coordinator, SF Dept of the Environment
www.sfenvironment.org
Gordon Cooke,
Trainer & Marketing Specialist, Building Knowledge Inc.
www.buildingknowledge.net
Mary Cordaro,
President and Founder, H3Environmental
www.h3environmental.com
Dev Crews,
Chief Marketing Strategist, Luminesa Communications
www.luminesa.com
Glenn Croston,
Author, 75 Green Businesses
www.75greenbusinesses.com
D
Paul D'Arelli, LEED AP,
Co-Chair of Green Building & Sustainability, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
www.gtlaw.com
Darrel DeBoer,
Architect, DeBoer Architects
www.deboerarchitects.com
David Delgado,
Mars Public Engagement Outreach Coordinator, Imagine Mars Project JPL/NASA
www.jpl.nasa.gov, imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov
Shannon Del Vecchio,
Feng Shui & Interior Design, Tranquil Spaces Design Group
www.tranquilspaces.com
Neal DeSnoo,
Manager, Energy and Sustainable Development Division, City of Berkeley Planning Department
Kim Diamond,
Senior Manager of Land Acquisition and Entitlements, Pulte Homes
www.pulte.com
Fahri Diner,
Managing Director, Sigma Partners
www.sigmapartners.com
Jon Dougal,
CEO, Innovative Building Materials International
Sean Dunn,
Partner/Account Executive, Groove 11
www.groove11.com
Justin Dunning,
Director, Green Programs, ConSol
www.CAGreenBuilder.org
E
Chuck Erickson,
Assistant Director, Environmental Business Cluster
www.sjbc.org
F
Tom Feegel,
Chief of Staff, Live Earth
www.liveearth.org
Rowena Finegan,
Owner, Principal Designer, Eco-terric
www.eco-terric.com
Kari Foster,
Interior Designer, Associates 3
www.associates3.com
Michael Foster,
City of San Jose
www.sfgov.org
Eric Corey Freed,
Principal, organicARCHITECT
www.organicarchitect.com
Gil Friend,
CEO, Natural Logic
www.natlogic.com
G
Heather Gadonniex, LEED AP,
Founder, Green it Group
www.greenitgroup.com
Terry Gallagher,
Solid Concrete Surface
Pete Gang,
Principal, Common Sense Design
www.commonsensedesign.com
Mitch Gardner,
Project Manager, The Olson Company
www.theolsonco.com
Dale Garren,
VP Construction, Pinn Brothers Fine Homes
Ruby Gates,
Principal, MarketShift Strategies
www.marketshiftstrategies.com
Dan Geiger,
Executive Director, USGBC, Northern California Chapter
www.usgbc-ncc.org
Zach Gentry,
CEO & Co-Founder
www.aduratech.com
Gary Gerber,
President, Sun Light & Power
www.sunlightpower.com
Kathleen Gilligan,
CCTO, Array Partners, LLC
www.arraypartners.com
Brian Gitt,
Executive Director, Build It Green
www.builditgreen.org
Matt Golden,
President, Sustainable Spaces
www.sustainablespaces.com
Bianca Gomez,
Project Engineer, Summit Engineers
Rocio Gonzalez,
Sr. Project Engineer and VD&C Coordinator, Swinerton Builders
www.swinerton.com
Al Gore,
Vice President
David Gottfried,
Co-Founder, USGBC
www.worldbuild.com
Marc Gottschalk,
Co-Founder, California Clean Tech Open
www.wsgr.com
Colin Grant,
CEO, Visible Strategies
www.visiblestrategies.com
Jason Grant,
Principal, LEED A.P., Jason Grant Consulting
Allen Green,
Principal, Green Planning
www.greenplanning.org
Carl Guardino,
President & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
www.svlg.net
H
Geoff Hall,
Co-founder and Co-owner, Sentient Landscape Inc.
www.sentientlandscape.com
Ken Hall, AIA, LEED AP,
CSBA Architect, Gensler
www.gensler.com
Eric Hansen,
President, Economic Transformations Group
www.etgnow.com
Randy Hayes,
Climate Policy Officer, World Future Council
www.worldfuturecouncil.org
William Hayward,
President, CEO, Chief Sustainability Officer, Hayward Lumber
www.haywardlumber.com
Craig Henritzy,
Principal, The Studio of Indigenous Designs
www.henritzy.com
Doug Hensel,
Assistant Deputy Director of Codes and Standards, CA Department of Housing and Community Development
Alex Hinds,
Director, Marin County Community Development Agency
Paul Holland,
General Partner, Foundation Capital
www.foundationcapital.com
Irene Hughes,
Principal, Essence Consulting
www.essenceconsulting.com
I
J
Zem Joaquin,
Board Member, Green Editor, EcoFabulous.com
www.ecofabulous.com
Dan Johnson,
Design Team, Arkin Tilt Architecture
www.arkintilt.com
Mark Johnson, FAIA,
Senior Manager of Architecture & Design Marketing, Whirlpool
www.whirlpoolcorp.com
David Johnston,
President, What's Working
www.whatsworking.com
Chris Jordan,
Photographer and Designer
www.chrisjordon.com
Joe Jordan,
Physicist, Sky Power Institute
www.sky-power.org
K
Dan Kammen,
Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, UC Berkeley
socrates.berkeley.edu/~kammen
Shyam Kannan,
Vice President/Director of Research and Development, RCLCO
www.rclco.com
Miriam Karell,
Sustainability Strategist, Three Point Vision
www.threepointvision.com
Warren Karlenzig,
President, Common Current
www.commoncurrent.com
Michelle Kaufmann,
Principal, Michelle Kaufmann Designs
www.mkd-arc.com
Mike Keesee,
Project Manager Energy Efficiency Customer R&D, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Marty Keller,
Director of Construction Management, First Community Housing
www.firsthousing.org
Cael Kendall,
Design Ecology
www.designecology.com
Paul Kephart,
President, Rana Creek
www.ranacreek.com
Bruce King,
Director, Founder and Structural Engineer, Author, Buildings of Earth and Straw and Making Better Concrete, Ecological Building Network
www.ecobuildnetwork.org
Steve Kleber,
President & Founder, Kleber & Associates
www.kleberandassociates.com
Gary Klein,
Managing Partner, Affiliated International Management, LLC
www.aim4sustainability.com
Michael Kloefkorn,
Residential Green Building Advocacy Group co-chair, USGBC, Northern California
www.vmwp.com
John Knott,
Managing Director/ CEO, The Noisette Company, LLC
www.noisettesc.com/res_noisetteco.html
Allison Kopf,
Project Manager, Solar Decathlon 2009
L
Miriam Landman,
Green Building Advisor, M. Landman Communications & Consulting
www.mlandman.com
Mike LaRocco,
CEO, Fireman's Fund
Heather Larson,
Program Manager, Stop Waste
www.stopwaste.org
Joe Laur,
Vice President of Content, Greenopolis.com
www.greenopolis.com
Kelly Lerner,
Architect, One World Design
www.one-world-design.com
Peter Liu,
Founder and Vice Chairman, New Resource Bank
www.newresourcebank.com
Eric Loebel,
Director of Business Development, Celilo Group
www.sijournal.com
Dietmar Lorenz,
Architect, Daniel Smith & Associates
www.dsaarch.com
Hunter Lovins,
Founder & President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
www.natcapsolutions.org
Todd Lukesh, LEED AP, CGBP, GPR,
Sustainability Manager, Webcor Builders
www.webcor.com
Richard Lyon,
Senior Advocate, California Building Industry Association
www.cbia.org
M
Duncan MacKenzie,
FSC Market Development Director, Mead Clark and Natural Forest Product Distribution
www.FSCsales.com
Daniel Mackey,
President, Daniel Mackey Construction Incorporated
http://www.danielmackeyconstruction.com/
Leif Magnuson,
Pollution Prevention Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region IX, WST-7
www.epa.gov/region09/p2
Andrew Mannle,
Senior Editor, Arcwire.org
www.arcwire.org
Drew Maran,
President, Drew Maran Construction
www.drewmaran.com
Robert Marcial,
PEC Director, PG&E Pacific Energy Center
Paige Martin,
Landscape Architect, Sprout Studio & Gardens
www.sproutstudiogardens.com
Bob Massaro,CEO, Healthy Buildings Management Group, Inc.
www.healthybuildingsusa.com
Michael McCutcheon,
President, McCutcheon Construction
Taryn Mead,
Biologists at the Design Table
www.biomimicryguild.com
Martin Melaver,
CEO, Melaver, Inc.
www.melaver.com
Ramon Mendez Jr.,
Director, Technical Assistance and Training, Enterprise Community Partners
www.enterprisecommunity.org
Dan Meschi
Dianna Miller,
Senior Researcher, User Experience Design, Rearden Commerce
www.reardencommerce.com
Kirstin Miller,
Executive Director, Ecocity Builders
www.ecocitybuilders.org
Alex Morales,
President, Magic Homes California
www.magichomesofca.com
Clare E. Munn,
CEO, Communication Director, The Communicatio Group
www.tcgagency.com
Michael Murray,
CEO, Forma Home Systems
www.formahomes.com
N
Tony Napolitano,
Publisher, Smart HomeOwner Magazine
www.smarthomeownermag.com
Aaron Nitzkin,
Vice President, OCR Solar & Roofing, Inc
www.ocrsolarandroofing.com
O
Jeff Oberdorfer, AIA CDS,
Executive Director, First Community Housing
www.firsthousing.com
Bob O'Connor,
Practice Director, Wilson Sonsini
www.wsgr.com
Cheryl O'Connor,
Vice President of Sales, Summerhill Homes
www.shhomes.com
Dara O'Rourke,
Founder, President, Taoit, UC Berkeley
nature.berkeley.edu/orourke/
Tim Owen-Kennedy,
President, Vital Systems
www.vitalsystems.net
P
Mark Palmer,
Municipal Green Building Coordinator, San Francisco Dept of the Environment
www.sfgov.org
Racquel Palmese,
Managing Editor, Green Technology
http://www.green-technology.org/green_technology_magazine
Dana Papke,
Senior Air Pollution Control Specialist & Green Building Lead, California Air Resources Board
www.arb.ca.gov
Esther Park,
Director, Lending Program, RSF Social Finance
www.rsfsocialfinance.org
Ian Pocock,
Operations Manager, Rising Sun Energy Center
www.risingsunenergy.org
Carl Pope,
Executive Director, Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org
Dave Porter, MIRM,
First Vice President Northwest Division Builder Manager, Countrywide Home Loans
www.countrywide.com
Lynelle Preston Cameron,
Director of Sustainability, Autodesk
www.autodesk.com
John Proctor, P.E.,
President, Proctor Engineering Group, Ltd.
www.proctoreng.com
Chris Pyke,
Climate Change Team Lead, CTG Energetics
www.ctg-net.com/energetics/Default.aspx
Q
R
Bob Raymer,
Senior Advocates, California Building Industry Association
www.cbia.org
Bill Reed,
President, Integrative Design Collaborative
www.integrativedesign.net
Mayor Chuck Reed,
Mayor, San Jose
www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor
Sandra Reed,
President, ZAC Landscape Architects
www.zaclandscape.com
Janill Richards,
Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
ag.ca.gov
Tom Richards,
Solid Concrete
www.solidconcreteservice.com
Marc Richmond,
President, Practica Consulting
www.practicaconsulting.com
Daniel Robin,
Principal Consultant, Daniel Robin & Associates
Jim Robbins,
Executive Director, Environmental Business Cluster
www.environmentalcluster.org
Jennifer Roberts,
Author, Good Green Kitchens
www.goodgreenhomes.com
Don Rodes,
CEO, SolarAire
www.solaraire.com
Sara Rosenthal,
Principal, Healthy Buildings USA
www.healthybuildingsusa.com
S
Michael Sammet,
Sustainable Design Program Director, UC Berkeley Extension
www.unex.berkeley.edu/gogreen/
Bry Sarte,
Principal, Sherwood Engineers
www.sherwoodengineers.com
Michael Seaman,
Contract Manager, California Energy Commission
www.energy.ca.gov
Kemba Shakur,
Executive Director, Urban Releaf
www.urbanleaf.org
Pete Shoemaker,
Renewables Program Coordinator, PG&E Pacific Energy Center
www.pge.com
Peter Sharer,
CEO, AgileWaves
www.agilewaves.com
Rachel Sheinbein,
Angel Investor, Keiretsu Forum
Donald Simon,
Attorney, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP
www.wendel.com
Lynn Simon,
Principal, Simon & Associates, Inc.
Kate Simonen,
Founding Partner and COO, Parco Homes
www.parcohomes.com
Kristina Skierka,
Director, Clean Tech and Sustainability Practice, Bite Communications
www.bitepr.com
KoAnn Skrzyniarz,
Founder/CEO, Sustainable Life Media
www.sustainablelifemedia.com
Dan Smith,
Principal Architect, DSA Architects
www.dsaarch.com
Pepper Smith,
Green Consulting Programs Manager, Davis Energy
http://davisenergy.com
Wendy Sommer,
Senior Program Manager, Alameda County Waste Management Association, Stopwaste.org
www.stopwaste.org
Patti Southard,
Project Manager, King County GreenTools
www.kingcounty.gov
Michelle Stahlhut,
Land Use Planner, City of San Jose
Peter Stark,
CEO, Treadlight
www.northslopewood.com
Kat Steele,
Founder & Director, Urban Permaculture Guide
www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
Nehemiah Stone,
Director of DSM Implementation, KEMA Services, Inc.
Beatrice Stonebanks,
Publisher, Builder/Architect Magazine
www.builderarchitectbayarea.com
Julieann Summerford,
Associate Director of Implementation, Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
www.h-m-g.com
John Suppes,
President, Clarum Homes & Byldan Corporation
www.clarum.com
Kevin Surace,
CEO, Serious Materials
www.seriousmaterials.com
Sarah Susanka,
Author of The Not So Big House
www.notsobighouse.com
David Suzuki,
Chair, David Suzuki Foundation
www.davidsuzuki.org
Stephanie Swanson,
Principal, MarketShift Strategies
www.marketshiftstrategies.com
Jessica Switzer,
Partner, Blue Practice
www.bluepractice.com
T
Nabih Tahan,
Principal, Nabih Tahan, AIA, MRIAI
www.passivehouse.com
Scott Terrell,
Director of Planning, Truckee Donner Public Utility District
www.tdpud.org
Brandon Tinianov,
Serious Materials
www.seriousmaterials.com
Rose Tocke,
Biologists at the Design Table
www.biomimicryguild.com
Bryant Tong,
Managing Director, Nth Power
www.nthpower.com
Andrea Traber,
Director, KEMA Services, Inc.
www.kemagreen.com
Tim Tutt,
Advisor to Chairman Pfannenstiel, California Energy Commission
www.energy.ca.gov
U
Wanda Urbanska,
Host/Producer, Simple Living TV series
www.simplelivingtv.net
V
Sim Van der Ryn,
Principal, Van der Ryn Architects
www.ecodesign.org
Greg VanMechelen,
Principal, VanMechelen Architects
www.vanmechelenarchitects.com
Pam Van Orden,
President, Enlightened Brand
www.enlightenedbrand.com
Trae Vassallo,
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
www.kpcb.com
Carol Venolia,
Architect and Director, Carol Venolia, Architect
www.naturalremodeling.com
Alberto Villarreal,
Senior Lead Designer, LUNAR
www.lunar.com
Alexandra von Meier,
Associate Professor, Sonoma State University
www.sonoma.edu/ensp/sascha
W - Z
Brian Walsh,
Associate, Nth Power
www.nthpower.com
Chris Waugh,
Practice Lead, Consumer Experience Design, IDEO
www.ideo.com
Walker Wells,
AICP LEED AP, Global Green
www.globalgreen.org
Douglas White, LEED AP,
Attorney, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc.
www.hogefenton.com
Phil Williams,
Vice President, Webcor & Chair, Mayor's Task Force on Green Building
www.webcor.com
Alex Wilson,
Founder & President, Building Green, Inc.
www.buildinggreen.com
Peter Yost,
Program Manager, Building Green, Inc.
www.buildinggreen.com
Nick Zigelbaum,
Energy Analyst, NRDC
www.nrdc.org