2008

Jared Huffman

Assemblymember 6th District

Elected to the Assembly in November 2006, Assembly Member Jared Huffman has quickly earned respect as a legislator who tackles complex public policy challenges, works tirelessly, and gets results – often by forging consensus on seemingly intractable issues. In his first two years, Huffman was among the state’s most prolific lawmakers, passing 28 pieces of legislation.

His determination, candor, and independent thinking are reminiscent of his hometown hero, President Harry S. Truman. Growing up in Independence, Missouri, Huffman’s earliest political memory was seeing Truman walking around the town square. Huffman still collects memorabilia and books on President Truman.

Huffman’s priorities include protecting our environment; fighting global warming while creating jobs and building a “clean and green” 21st century economy; promoting sustainable water, land use and transportation policies; revitalizing public education; and reforming our broken health care system.

John Harrington

President, Harrington Investments, Inc.

John Harrington is the President of Harrington Investments, Inc., a socially responsible investment advisory firm. He was the managing member of a social venture fund, Global Partners, LLC and is currently a partner of Community Commercial Ventures, LLC. Mr. Harrington has a BA degree from Sonoma State University and received his MA degree in Humanities from Dominican University completing his thesis entitled “The Morality of Materialistic Self-Interest, The Corporation and The State”. In 2007, John received the Sonoma State University 'Distinguished Alumni' award. He is the author of "Investing With Your Conscience" (John Wiley & Sons, 1992) and "The Challenge to Power: Money, Investing and Democracy" (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2005).

Pic Walker

Sustainability Consultant, Blu Skye Consulting

Pic’s decade of experience in the environmental sector allows him to recognize emerging sustainability trends, research and evaluate needs in the marketplace, and implement innovative strategies to align the organization’s environmental principles with market potential. He assists clients in research and development of sustainability and environmental programs. Prior to joining Blu Skye, Pic worked at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation leading research and development efforts for the Environment team.

He was born and raised in New England and holds a B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont and an M.B.A in sustainable enterprise from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He and his wife, Heather, and their two beautiful daughters, Zelle and Kit live in San Rafael, CA.

Joey Shepp

Founder and Principal, Earthsite.net

Joey Shepp is an Internet entrepreneur, sustainable brand expert, and a social technology speaker.

Mr. Shepp is the Founder and Principal of www.Earthsite.net, a new media agency for sustainable brands. He is also the Founder and Editor in Chief of www.GreenMaven.com, the world's most comprehensive search engine for environmental and social websites. For the past 7 years he has served as the Online Marketing Director for Green Festival, the world’s largest sustainability event.

Terry Taylor

President & Founder, Global Genesis

Terry D. Taylor is an independent consultant who has worked successfully with small non-profits to international Fortune 500 entities, in all areas of the globe and with multi-cultural teams. Terry studied educational and social psychology as an undergraduate and graduate at Stanford University. He currently owns and serves as President for Global Genesis, a small consulting firm that specializes in training, coaching and consulting in the arenas of change management, leadership, negotiations, conflict resolution, high performance teamwork and strategic planning. A few of his past and present clients include Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computers, Marriott International, the Singapore Government and Samsung Corporation. Services have been delivered in over 60 countries worldwide.

Matt Reynolds

President & Co-Founder, Indigenous Designs

Matt has over 14 years Experience in organic and fair trade cottage industry production and has been responsible for Spearheading a new production financing model for fair trade knitting cooperatives throughout South America. In addition to their memberships with Co-op America, Social Venture Network, BALLE, Organic Trade Association, and the Organic Fiber Council, Indigenous Designs is a Founding B Corporation.

Oren Wool

Oren Wool
Internet Technology Consultant
Oren Wool works as an Internet Technology consultant promoting ideas, policies, companies and products that embrace sustainable development and foster social equity. Recent clients include organizations focused on food safety, organic agriculture, plant medicine, fair trade, biodiversity and healthy lifestyles.

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.

Oren directed the logistical operations for Indigenous Designs, a Fair Trade and Organic clothing company located in Santa Rosa, California, overseeing a near doubling of the company. He worked with cooperatives in Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala and India bringing organic artisan crafted contemporary clothing to the fashion industry.

Oren Wool was brought to the Organic Industry in northern California in 2002 as Chief Operating Officer at Simplers Botanical Company. Oren was pleased to spend his time implementing green business practices, supporting organic agriculture and promoting the use of plants as medicine.

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Oren Wool

Oren Wool

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.

Tanya Narath

Tanya Narath

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.

Janet Beazlie

Janet Beazlie

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.

Prof. Robert Girling, Ph.D.

Robert Girling

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.

Terry Taylor

Master of Ceremonies Terry Taylor

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.

Michael Hannigan

President and Co-founder, Give Something Back, Inc.

Give Something Back, Inc. is California’s largest independent business to business office supply company. GSB was started in 1991 modeled on Newman’s Own food company. Company profits are donated to non-profit groups selected by customers and employees. GSB was named Corporate Grantmaker of the Year in 2003 and Small Business of the Year in 2005 by the US Small Business Administration. They are a Certified Green Business in Alameda County, a founding B Corporation, and have a 50 Kilowatt solar power system on the roof of their headquarters in Oakland.

2008 Visionary Sponsors


A special thank you to our Visionary Sponsors for supporting the conference at the highest sponsorship level.

Jeffrey Edelheit

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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.

John Stayton, MBA

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.

Ryn Longmaid

Ryn Longmaid

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Steering Committee

Board Member and 2007 Fellow, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy

Dominican University of CA, San Rafael-- Program Manager, Green your MBA

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, sustainable business management resonated with her deeply. Ryn officially joined the Sustainable Enterprise Coalition in 2007, and served as the marketing director for the conference in 2008. Ryn has managed various sustainability programs and is currently the program manager for the executive certificate program: Green your MBA at Dominican University of California in San Rafael.

Stacey Ward

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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.

Schedule - May 2, 2008

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7:00 REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

Thank you to our generous Breakfast Sponsor, Green MBA at Dominican University of California.


8:00 WELCOME

  • MC - Genevieve Taylor, Sustainable Enterprise Coalition
  • Brad Baker - President/CEO, Codding Investments, Inc.
  • Jake McKenzie - Mayor, Rohnert Park

8:20 KEYNOTE

"WHY GREEN IS GOOD FOR CALIFORNIA BUSINESS"

  • Jared Huffman - Assemblyman for California's 6th Assembly District

8:55 Question and Answer Period


2008 Conference Program

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The Sustainable Enterprise Coalition program is specifically geared towards the needs of enterprises and intended to answer the question "We know about sustainability, so what do we do next?"

Relevant and timely, the Sustainable Enterprise 2008 program addresses the needs and interests of businesses with tracks that are based on levels of operation:

Genevieve Taylor

Genevieve Taylor

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.

2008 Exhibitors

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Conference attendees will have the opportunity to visit the Sustainability Exhibits showcasing sustainability-related products or services, or educating about sustainability initiatives.

Robin Parvin

Robin Parvin

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Volunteer Coordinator

Robin Parvin is a ropes course facilitator, on the event staff for Sausalito Parks & Rec, dancer, gardener and paralegal. She is an active volunteer for www.sustainablefairfax.org

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