2007

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Executive Director

Principal, 108 Tech

Oren Wool works as an Internet Technology consultant promoting ideas, policies, companies and products that embrace sustainable development and foster social equity. From his home in Northern California, he works to help organizations find Internet solutions to operational, organizational and communication deficits - generally using available open source technology. Recent clients include organizations focused on food safety, organic agriculture, plant medicine, fair trade, biodiversity and healthy lifestyles.

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Steering Committee

Executive Director and Fellow, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy

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 is the Chair of Santa Rosa’s Community Advisory Board and previously served on its Green Building Policy Advisory Committee.

SEC Steering Committee
2009 Fellow, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy

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.

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Program Director

Sonoma State University, School of Business and Economics

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. Recently he has served as a consultant to the Caribbean Development Bank on sustainable development strategies for the island of Dominica and as a founder and organizer of the Sustainable Enterprise Conferences on Tools for Sustainable Businesses and Communities series.

SEC Steering Committee
Founder & President, Global Genesis
2008 Fellow, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy

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.

Terry received a MA in Educational Psychology from Stanford University and has worked with several organizations before forming his own consulting business in 1980. He specializes in strategic planning, training, and consulting in the arenas of negotiations, conflict resolution, high performance teamwork, and strategic change facilitation.

SEC Steering Committee
2005 Fellow, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy

Jen Thille came from the Corporate World with over 15 years of experience in business and finance. After returning to college, she graduated from Sonoma State University in 2005 with a BA in Geology and she then went on to earn a Green MBA from Dominican University.

Jen served on both the Sebastopol Planning Commission and on the Sebastopol City Council. She is a founding board member of the Sebastopol CERT (Community Emergency Response Training) program and she recently served as Incident Commander on the Countywide CERT Training Drill. Jen is a fellow of the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy and a new member of the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce. Jen is currently looking to start a sustainable business that will assist with the transition to more sustainable communities.

Executive Director, Ag Innovations Network

Joseph McIntyre is a facilitator and organizational change consultant with Ag Innovations Network, which convenes short- and long-term collaborations between agriculture and its potential partners to create a more sustainable food system. He serves as the executive director of the organization and leads its Food System and Ag Futures Alliance Projects.

SEC Steering Committee
Operations Director, Restorative Technologies

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.

SEC Steering Committee
Dominican University, MBA in Sustainable Enterprise

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.

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.

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Master of Ceremonies

Vice President, Global Genesis

2008 Fellow, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy

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 has been delivering programs in the topics of leadership, communications, conflict resolution and meeting management for five years.