2008 Net Impact North America Conference

The Sustainable Advantage: Creating Social and Environmental Value

November 13 - 15, 2008 : Philadelphia, PA

Participating Speakers
  • Mark Albion, Founder and Author, Making a Life, Making a Living
  • Liz Alicea-Velez, Executive Vice President - Latin America and Caribbean, Western Union
  • Charles Allen, Assistant Director, External Relations, Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) Tulane and Xavier Universities
  • Daniel Arneman, Research Scientist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Brian Back, Editor and Publisher, Sustainable Industries
  • Christine Bader, Advisor to the UN Special Representative for business & human rights
  • Elizabeth Bailey, Principal, Commons Capital
  • Daniella Ballou-Aares, Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
  • Hewson Baltzell, President and Co-founder, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
  • Ken Banks, Founder, Kiwanja.net
  • Mary Barrett, Founder and Managing Partner, Edgewood Partners, LLC
  • Leonard Battifarano, Senior Vice President, American International Underwriters
  • Karen Beavor, CEO and President, Opportunity Knocks and the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
  • Nicholas Beck, Researcher, Terrapin Bright Green
  • Mark Beckford, Emerging Markets Aficionado, Disruptive Leadership.com
  • Sam Bemiss, Managing Director, Ewing Bemiss
  • John Bergwell, Director of Project Finance, Chevron Energy Solutions
  • Brian Boyd, Vice President, Worldwide Environment, Health and Safety, Johnson & Johnson
  • Kelly Bricker, Executive Director, The International EcoTourism Society
  • Dan Bross, Senior Director, Global Corporate Citizenship, Microsoft Corporation
  • Romero Brown, Vice President Program and Youth Development Services, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
  • Anne Marie Burgoyne, Portfolio Director, Draper Richards Foundation
  • Joanne Bursich, Site Director Philadelphia, Nonprofit Finance Fund
  • Patty Calkins, global Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, Xerox Corporation 
  • George Caraghiaur, Vice President, Energy Services, Simon Property Group
  • Meghan Chapple-Brown, Director, Client Serices, SustainAbility
  • Cheri Chastain, Sustainability Coordinator, Sierra Nevada
  • Nand Kishore Chaudhary, Founder, Jaipur Rugs Company and Jaipur Rugs Foundation
  • Marcus Chung, Director, Corporate Citizenship, McKesson
  • Barbara Chung, Senior Manager, Sustainable Growth, Fiji Water
  • Nikki Cicerani, Managing Director, Upwardly Global
  • Brian Cohen, Vice President, Liberty Property Trust
  • Jonathon Colman, Associate Director of Digital Marketing, The Nature Conservancy
  • Carol Cone, Founder and Chairman, Cone Inc.
  • Dan Crisafulli, Director of Ecosystem Investments and Partnerships, Skoll Foundation
  • Sharon D`Agostino, Vice President, Worldwide Contributions and Community Relations, Johnson & Johnson
  • Dawn Danby, Sustainable Design Program Manager, Autodesk
  • Tom Darden, Director, Make It Right
  • Agnes Dasewicz, Chief Operating Officer, Grassroots Business Fund
  • Jim Dever, Director of Global Media Relations, SAP
  • Doug Dirks, Director, Public Relations, Ten Thousand Villages
  • Rachel Dodds, Director, Sustaining Tourism
  • Kathryn Dovey, Programme Manager, BLIHR & Program Director, EDH, Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights & Entreprises pour les Droits de l'Homme
  • Cydnee Dubrof, Director, Bridgestar
  • Kari Dunn Saratovsky, Director, Social Investment, The Case Foundation
  • Kimberly Easson, Strategic Relationships Director, Transfair USA
  • Jeffrey Eckel, President and CEO, Hannon Armstrong
  • Brian Edquist, Project Manager, St. Jude Medical
  • Karl Einolf, Director of the Honors Program, Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, Mount Saint Mary's University
  • John Elkington, Founding Partner & Director, Volans Ventures
  • Elizabeth Wallace Ellers, Founder, The globalislocal Fund
  • Sarah Endline, Chief Rioter, sweetriot
  • Manuel Escudero, Head, Global Compact Special Projects & Academic Initiatives, UN Global Compact
  • Sally Ethelston, Director, Communications & Advocacy, PATH
  • Suzanne Fallender, Communications Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Intel
  • Michelle Faychak, Business Development Director, Dow Jones Indexes
  • Matt Fellowes, Director of the Pew Safe Banking Opportunities Project, Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Joyce Ferris, Managing Partner, Blue Hill Partners
  • Michael Fields, Senior Community Relations Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Stew Friedman, Professor, The Wharton School
  • Dan Fiorino, Performance Track Program Director, EPA
  • Sean Foote, Partner, Labrador Ventures
  • Adam Freed, Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Change Adaptation, OLTPS, NYC
  • Peter Fusaro, Chairman, Global Change Associates
  • Doron Gal, CEO, Kaiima
  • Brad Gambill, Managing Director, Innosight Ventures
  • Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman, Enerdel
  • Samit Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Ujjivan
  • Gordon Gill, Partner, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP
  • Ellen Glazerman, Executive Director, Ernst & Young Foundation
  • Rachel Goldstein, Program Manager, EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program, EPA
  • Ron Gonen, CEO, RecycleBank
  • Henry Gonzalez, Vice President Microfinance Institutions Group, Morgan Stanley
  • Adam Gordon, Equal Justice Works Fellow, Fair Share Housing Center
  • Erin Gorman, Chief Executive, Divine Chocolate
  • Scott Graham, Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances, FINCA International
  • Michael Granoff, Partner, Maniv Capital
  • Billy Grayson, Climate Consultant, ICF International
  • Amanda Greco, Assistant Director, Public Management Program, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Jonathan Griswold, Senior Manager, American Express
  • Robert Gross, Principle of Facilities Management, The Vanguard Group
  • Katherine Grove, Director, William McDonough + Partners
  • Priya Haji, CEO, World of Good
  • Lisa Hall, Executive Vice President, Calvert Foundation
  • Mike Hannigan, President and Co-Founder, Give Something Back, Inc. 
  • Aaron Harris, Manager, Global Sustainability Group, GE Real Estate
  • Chuck Harris, Co-Founder and Executive Partner, Sea Change Capital Partners
  • Jamie Hartman, Management Consultant, HG Consulting
  • Alex Hausman, Corporate Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company
  • Nina Henning, MBA Candidate, Class of 2009, University of Michigans Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
  • Rob Henning, Manager, OTF Group
  • Suzanne Henricksen, Associate Marketing Intelligence Manager, Clorox
  • R. Paul Herman, Founder + CEO, HIP Investor
  • Paul A. Hilton, Director of Social Research, Calvert
  • Evan Hochberg, National Director, Community Involvement, Deloitte Services LP
  • Martha Honey, Executive Director, Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development and The International Ecotourism Society
  • Helen Howes, Vice President, Corporate Environment Health & Safety, Exelon
  • Timothy Huckaby, Investment Banking, M&A Services, RFMI
  • Linda Hwang, Manager, Environmental Research & Development, Business for Social Responsibility
  • Alan Iny, Principal, The Boston Consulting Group
  • Eric H. Israel, Managing Director, KPMG
  • Mitch Jackson, Director of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, FedEx
  • Lisa Jacobson, Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
  • Brie Johnson, Senior Associate, ICF International
  • Keith Johnson, Reporter and Lead Writer for Environmental Capital blog, Wall Street Journal
  • Ian Joseph, Not-for-Profit Banking Relationship Manager, M&T Bank
  • Christopher Jurgens, Senior Manager, Field Programs, Accenture
  • Cleveland Justis, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
  • Rob Kaplan, Sr. Corporate Responsibility Analyst, Brown-Forman Corporation
  • Stephen Kaplitt, Director, Economic Empowerment in Strategic Regions (EESR), US State Department
  • Jordan Kassalow, Co-founder and Chairman, VisionSpring
  • Lisa Keise Miller, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Systems Development, Victory Schools
  • Steve Killelea, Founder, Global Peace Index
  • Melinda Kimble, Senior Vice President, UN Foundation
  • Kerry-Jane King, Senior Project Manager, NYPA
  • Julie Klim, VP, Business Development, BIO Ventures for Global Health
  • Michael Kubzansky, Global Account Manager, Monitor
  • Robert Lalka, Public-Private Partnership Liason, Global Partnerships Center, US Department of State 
  • Robert Lang, CEO, The Mary Elizabeth & Gordon B. Mannweiler Foundation Inc.
  • Greg Larkin, Senior Research Analyst, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
  • Stan Laskowski, President, Philadelphia Global Water Initiative Board
  • Jonathan Lehrich, Manager of Special Projects and Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • David Lincoln, Managing Partner, Element Partners
  • Herbert Lust, Director of Strategy for Global Corporate Citizenship, Boeing Company
  • Steven Lydenberg, Chief Investment Officer, Domini Social Investments
  • Matthew Mahan, Director of Nonprofit Relations & Business Development, Causes
  • Daniel Mahler, Lead Partner for Global Sustainability Center, AT Kearney
  • Katie Mandes, Director of Communications, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
  • Frank Mantero, Director, Corporate Citizenship Programs, GE Corporation
  • Bill Margaritis, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Communications and Investor Relations, FedEx
  • Jaime Matyas, Executive Vice President & COO, The National Wildlife Federation
  • Scott McDougall, President and CEO, TerraChoice
  • Michael McMillen, Adjunct Professor, Wharton
  • Kara Medoff Barnett, Director, Executive Strategy and Business, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
  • Louis Meschede, Corporate Director, Global Sustainability, Newell Rubbermaid
  • Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Managing Director, Risk Management Center, The Wharton School
  • Ryan Mickle, Co-founder, Dotherightthing Inc.
  • Ann Miles, Director, Blue Orchard
  • Mark Milstein, Director of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
  • Bill Moore, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Founder, EV World
  • Kevin Moss, Head of Corporate and Social Responsibility, BT
  • Paul Murray, Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Herman Miller
  • Asuka Nakahara, Associate Director, Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center, The Wharton School
  • Jakki Nance, Executive Director, The LeBron James Family Foundation
  • Matthew Nash, Associate Director, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University 
  • Debra Natenshon, CEO, Center for What Works
  • Susan Nettesheim, Vice President, Product Stewardship, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
  • Vicki Northrup, Operations Manager, Think NA
  • Marcia O'Dell, Director, Pacts Global WORTH Initiative
  • Eric Orts, Guardsmark Professor, The Wharton School
  • Brooke Partridge, CEO, Vital Wave Consulting
  • Romy Parzick, Executive, The Center for Community Self-Help
  • Andrew Pasternak, Director, Bain & Co.
  • Jason Patrick, Vice President, Merrill Lynch
  • Edward Pauly, Director of Evaluation, The Wallace Foundation
  • Mike Pedersen, Group Head, Corporate Operations, TD Bank Financial Group
  • John Perkins, Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
  • Asheen Phansey, Technology Commercialization Consultant, Aurora Flight Sciences
  • Steven Phillips, Medical Director, Global Issues & Projects, Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Mark Pinsky, CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
  • Ben Powell, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Agora Partnerships
  • Melissa Powell, Private Sector Focal Point Relations, UN Global Compact
  • Kris Prendergast, President, Social Enterprise Alliance
  • Lila Preston, Associate, Generation Investment Management LLP
  • David Prybylowski, Sustainability Director, Mars North America
  • Alex Quinn, Executive Director, Games for Change
  • Kristi Ragan, Strategic Advisor to USAID, DAI
  • Juliane Ramic, Director, Refugee and Community Services, Nationalities Service Center
  • Libby Reder, Program Manager, Global Citizenship, eBay
  • Brian Reich, Principal, EchoDitto
  • Peggy Reid, Program Director, Lemelson Foundation
  • Ben Rigby, Mobilizing Generation 2.0
  • Kara Rinaldi, Policy-lead, Environmental Resource Management
  • Michael Samway, VP & Deputy General Counsel, Yahoo!
  • Kyle Sandburg, Manager, Supply Chain Management, Accenture
  • Jason Saul, Managing Director, Mission Measurement LLC
  • Jennifer Savoie, Senior Associate Director,Wharton Career Services
  • Cassie Scarano, Vice President, CommonGood Careers
  • Kirk Schell, Corporate Director, Marketing, Commercial Product Group, China Design Center, Dell
  • Stephanie Schlect, Director of Sustainability, Give Something Back Business Products 
  • Jonathan Schrag, Executive Director, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Inc
  • Brian Schwagerl, Director of Real Estate and Facilities Planning, Hearst Corporation
  • Jeff Seabright, Vice President, Environment and Water Resources, Coca-Cola Company
  • Fran Seegull, Managing Partner, Funk Ventures
  • Shruti Sehra, Manager of Portfolio Learning, New Profit, Inc.
  • Christine Eibs Singer, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, E+Co
  • Rahul Singhvi, CEO, Novavax
  • Elizabeth Singleton, Program Manager, Sustainability Program, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Amy Skeeters-Behrens, Senior Manager, Marketplace Operations, WorldofGood 
  • Jean Margaret Smith, Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Administration, MTV Networks Kids and Family Group
  • Brian Smith-Lietart, Senior Product Manager, Market Expansion Group, Microsoft
  • Roy Sosa, CEO, MPOWER Labs
  • Chris Spire, Consultant, Spire Environmental Consulting
  • Kevin Stack, Owner, Northeast Green Building Consulting, LLC
  • Vince Stehle, Program Officer, Surdna Foundation
  • Celine Suarez, Research Manager and Lead SRI Analyst for North American Equities, Domini Social Investments LLC
  • Andra Tamburro, Program Director, Water Advocates
  • Betsy Teustch, Director of Special Projects, GreenMicrofinance
  • Kerwin Tesdell, President, Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
  • Turk Thacher, President, Baker Industries
  • Rob Threlkeld, Supply Contract & Green Power Initiatives Manager, General Motors
  • Sozi Tulante, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin
  • Tucker Twitmyer, Managing Partner, EnerTech Capital
  • Dan Vermeer, Executive Director of the Corporate Sustainability Initiative at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
  • Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO, Vestergaard Frandsen
  • Arlin Wasserman, Vice President for Corporate Citizenship, Sodexo
  • Ann Waterman Roy, Executive Director, Excel Academy Charter School
  • Rebecca Weintraub, M.D., Executive Director of the Global Helth Delivery Project, Harvard University
  • Judy Wicks, Founder, White Dog Cafe, BALLE, SBN, etc
  • Clint Wilder, Contributing Editor, Clean Edge
  • Joseph Williams, Executive Director, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA)
  • Lisa Wise, Founder, New American Dream
  • Wendy Woods, Partner, BCG
  • Wendy Woods, Executive Director, Friends of Africa Foundation
  • Jocelyn Wyatt, Head, Social Impact and Business Factors Division, IDEO

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