Organizer
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Alana Jelinek brings many years experience to the Coalition as a corporate identity designer, art director and social marketer. Beginning her career at advertising agencies, design firms and in-house agencies in both New York and San Francisco working on fashion, cosmetics and consumer products accounts, she has been an independent designer for the past eight years focusing her talents in corporate identity design on work for both non-profit and for-profit clients.
Co-Director, Sustainable Enterprise 2008
Deborah Grace Kraft celebrates 10-years as a California resident, having moved here from Berlin, Germany to complete her degree in “Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community.” The vibrant community and natural beauty of Sonoma County drew her in, leading her to settle with her husband on 3 acres in Sebastopol that they are now regenerating for habitat, beauty and food production.
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Senior Director, Global Integrity & Sustainability Programs
WSP Environmental North America
Ed Quevedo’s practice encompasses domestic and international Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Strategic Counseling, and EH&S Compliance Counseling. In addition, for over 10 years Ed has advised his clients in the high technology, life sciences, automotive, public agency, academic, and manufacturing industries, on sustainable development practices, strategic EH&S management, environmental product design, green building and facility design, eco-labeling and green marketing, industrial ecology methodologies, and environmental management system implementation.
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Associate and Project Coordinator, Global Genesis
Genevieve Taylor received her BA in Political Science with an emphasis on International Relations and a minor in Geography at UC Berkeley. At Global Genesis, she delivers programs in leadership, including skills such as time management and communications, as well as high-performance teambuilding, conflict resolution, and meeting management.
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Janet Beazlie has more than fifteen years of training and consulting experience in business in change management and organizational effectiveness. She has a wide field of experience: she has been Executive Director of the World Business Academy, served as System Administrator for the Sonoma County Office of Education's School to Career Program, and developed her own business leading night hikes for women.
Janet has recently earned her MA in Organizational Systems from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center as well as a certificate in "Building a Sustainable World."
Jeffrey C. Edelheit’s professional work focuses on supporting companies and entrepreneurs in developing strategic operating/business plans that create a solid foundation from which to grow. He specializes in working with enterprises whose product and services are geared toward environmental sustainability and beyond. He is currently affiliated with Restorative Technologies, an innovative company with offices in the Sonoma Mountain Business Incubator that draws on solutions from nature to provide innovations for industry. The resulting products utilize natural processes to enhance soil, water, and air for the benefit of plants, animals and people.
After fifteen years in high technology industrial marketing, John desired to leverage his business background in developing a profession that would serve the environment and society. In 2000, he cofounded a groundbreaking graduate program in sustainable business that, in 2002, became the Green MBA. Based in Santa Rosa, the Green MBA is a rigorous two-year program that transforms students' abilities to advance environmental and social initiatives through changing or creating enterprises.
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Director of Operations, Sustainability Officer, Indigenous Designs
Oren Wool directs the logistical operations for Indigenous Designs, a Fair Trade and Organic clothing company located in Santa Rosa, California. He works with cooperatives in Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala and India bringing organic artisan crafted contemporary clothing to the fashion industry.
Robert Henriques Girling is a Professor in the School of Business at Sonoma State University. He received his Ph. D. from Stanford University and has taught and consulted in 20 different countries and most recently has served as a consultant to the Caribbean Development Bank on sustainable development strategies for the island of Dominica and as an organizer of the 2006 and 2007 Sustainable Enterprise Conferences on Tools for Sustainable Businesses and Communities.
Conference Marketing, Sustainable Enterprise 2008
In the spring of 2006, Ryn Longmaid attended the first Sustainable Enterprise Conference as a function of her position as Economic Development Specialist for the City of Sebastopol.
Having owned and operated a local business for years, the subject matter resonated with her deeply. In 2007, Ryn officially joined the Sustainable Enterprise Coalition, and this year she serves as the Conference Marketing Director.
Co-Director, Sustainable Enterprise 2008
Stacey Ward came to Sonoma, CA from the Central Valley over seven years ago and fell in love with the area. Her move was motivated by her studies at Sonoma State University where she graduated with a double major in Environmental Studies/Planning and Economics. Soon after her graduation, she extended her formal training by earning an MBA with an emphasis in Environmental Entrepreneurship through the GreenMBA program.
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Stephanie Schlecht hails from Madison, Wisconsin where she grew up in a family of farmers and entrepreneurs. She found her first calling as a teacher, and taught on the Navajo Reservation and at an international school in Honduras for four years. Her interest in sustainable development and organizational leadership led her to Thunderbird, School of Global Management where she completed her MBA.
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Principal and Founder, Sustainable Progress
Susan Briski, Principal and founder of Sustainable Progress Consulting, provides consulting services to leading organizations to help them create a sustainable future and improve their triple-bottom-line performance; where business, the environment, and people prosper. She helps people understand and apply sustainability principles in practical, common sense ways, and provides systematic approaches to produce measurable improvement. Her clients include businesses, colleges, and community groups.
Prior to joining the Leadership Institute in 2005, Tanya held various IT development, support and management positions with Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies. She is currently the Board Chair for Routes for Youth and is a member of the Pacific Region Advisory Council for the National Parks Conservation Association. She serves on Santa Rosa’s Community Advisory Board and its Green Building Policy Advisory Committee.
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Founder & President, Global Genesis
Terry D. Taylor is an independent consultant who has worked
successfully with organizations from small non-profits to international
Fortune 500 entities and governments in all areas of the globe.
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