- Betty Sue Flowers
Betty Sue Flowers , Ph.D., became Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in 2002. Before that time, she was the Joan Negley Kelleher Centennial Professor in the English Department at the University of Texas, as well as a Piper Professor and a member of the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers. During her years at the University of Texas, she also served as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Director of the Plan II Honors Program.
- Andrew N. Liveris
Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company, a $49 billion global chemical and plastics manufacturer based in Midland, Michigan. Liveris' 30-year Dow career has spanned manufacturing, sales, marketing, new business development and management. He has spent the bulk of his career in Asia, where he was general manager for the company's operations in Thailand, and later head of all Asia-Pacific operations.
- Willard Garvey
Willard Garvey - CNP Directory (1984-85; 1988; 1996, 1998, 1999). Founder, The Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning International, Inc and, in 1983, The National Center for Privatization . [Willard Garvey is also a contributor to the Center for Health & Wellness of Wichita, Kansas, a New Age center displaying a pentagram in its logo.
- Samuel A. Dipiazza Jr
Mr. DiPiazza is currently serving a three-year term as a Financial Accounting Foundation Trustee and is also a member of the Frankfurt-based Mergers & Acquisitions Group (CEO Academy). He serves on the International Advisory Board of Junior Achievement, the Executive Council of the Inner City Scholarship Fund, the Board of Directors of the New York City Ballet and the Executive Committee of the National Corporate Theatre Fund.
- Terry A. Cullum
Terry Cullum Director, Corporate Responsibility and Environment & Energy Terry A. Cullum is responsible for corporate responsibility issues on a global basis, as well as for supporting the staff on global environmental initiatives. He is GM’s Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is also GM’s key contact to the United States Council for International Business and is the current Chair of their Environment Committee.
- Nicholas Parker
Nicholas Parker, CleanTech Venture Networks 2003 World Technology Award for Finance nominee Leslie (Les) Vadasz, President, Intel Capital 2000 World Technology Award for Finance finalist 2003 World Technology Award for Finance (corporate category) nominee
- Matt Loose Ma
Matt’s other work experience includes managing Corporate Responsibility at Johnson Matthey, a speciality chemicals company, where he initiated the sustainability reporting program. Prior to joining Johnson Matthey, Matt worked for the Environment and Sustainability team at Ernst & Young where he focused on sustainability report assurance.
- Robin Karol
Robin Karol Dr. Robin A. Karol , is currently Director, Bottom Line Innovations Associates, Inc. She has recently completed a 23 year career with the DuPont Company where she was working with the DuPont Consulting Solutions organization on Strategy Development for Business Growth.
- Joseph Fiksel
Dr. Joseph Fiksel Dr. Joseph Fiksel is Co-Director of the Center for Resilience at The Ohio State University, an interdisciplinary research center that is developing a unified approach to risk, resilience, and sustainability. He engages in collaboration with companies, government agencies, non-profits, and other research organizations to develop new methods and tools for understanding the interdependence among social, environmental, and economic systems.
- Jim Hartzfeld
Jim Hartzfeld - Managing Director, Interface RAISE
- Jim Hartzfeld
Jim Hartzfeld , is Managing Director of InterfaceRAISE. An environmentalist at heart, Jim holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. Known as "EcoJim" at Interface, he shares the vision of Ray Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Interface, Inc., that business and industry can save the Earth and serve its shareholders.
- De Boer
Mr. de Boer has been involved in climate change policies since 1994. He has helped to prepare the position of the European Union in the lead-up to the negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol, assisted in the design of the internal burden sharing of the European Union and has since led delegations to the UNFCCC negotiations. He has actively sought broad stakeholder involvement on the issue of climate change.
- Peter C. Mertz
Peter C. Mertz Chief Executive Officer Partner Mr. Mertz�s primary responsibilities include setting the strategic direction for the firm and the development and implementation of investment strategies. He is also chairperson of GFP�s Board of Managers, and its Investment and Compensation Committees. Mr. Mertz has over twenty-five years of forest management, analytical, and investment experience in the timberland business.
- Stephen Blakeley
Stephen Blakeley Executive Advisor, Risk & Sustainability KPMG Stephen joined the Risk & Sustainability team in 2004 and focuses on corporate responsibility assurance and reporting. He has extensive international experience through working with our clients in the energy generation and extractive industries. Stephen is also a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Business Role in Society working group.
- Matt Loose
Matt Loose MA, MSci Manager, Corporate Sustainability Matt is a Manager with Stratos. Prior to joining Stratos, Matt held a similar position at SustainAbility, a UK-based sustainability consultancy, where he led the Global Reporters research program, an internationally recognised rating of leading sustainability reporting.
- Andrew W. Savitz
Andy created the environmental advisory services practice at Coopers & Lybrand, building it to become the partner-in-charge of PwC's Environmental Enforcement and Compliance Management services. His practice assisted companies to develop and implement environmental compliance and performance management programs. Savitz also was a regional leader of PwC's Governance, Risk and Compliance services and the environmental due diligence and dispute analysis group.
- Rodger Spiller
Rodger was appointed Executive Director the New Zealand Centre for Business Ethics and Sustainable Development on a part-time basis. when the Centre was formed in November 1998. Rodger is a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Accountant. He has a Master of Commerce (First Class Honours) and holds a PhD in ethical and sustainable business and investment.
- Paul Drechsler
Paul Drechsler Chairman & Chief Executive, Wates Group plc
- Don K Brown
Don K Brown CEO EcoVelocity Associates Don is founder and CEO of EcoVelocity Associates, an international consulting firm which specializes in developing time-to-market, eco-friendly product and service strategies. Don has over 25 years of advising C-level executives, developing and marketing products, leading engineering functions, and driving complex product/technology programs.
- Christian Mumenthaler
Christian Mumenthaler Member of Executive Committee, Chief Risk Officer Christian Mumenthaler , Head of Risk Management, was appointed Chief Risk Officer of the Swiss Re Group with effect from 1 January 2005. He is also a Member of the Executive Board and the Executive Committee. Mr. Mumenthaler, a Swiss citizen born in 1969, received an PhD from the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
- Scott E. Johnson
Scott Johnson Scott E. Johnson is Vice President – Global Environmental and Safety Actions at SC Johnson & Sons. In this role, he provides global leadership to facilitate the development and implementation of environmental and safety policies, strategies and actions which build upon the Corporation’s eco-efficiency efforts of the 1990’s and commitment to responsible environmental management.
- Greg Stemm
Greg Stemm was co-founder and is currently director of operations for Odyssey Marine Exploration, a public company engaged in the exploration and archaeological excavation of deep ocean shipwrecks. He has been a pioneer in the emerging field of deep ocean exploration and has played a primary role in the development of new technologies and the development of private sector standards for underwater cultural heritage resource management.
- Dan Atkins
Dan was previously the founder and leader of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's Environmental Services Group in Australia, and spent three years managing Deloitte's Global Centre of Excellence for Environmental and Sustainability Services in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Jodi Tinson
Jodi Tinson joined Strat@comm in 2004 with extensive experience in the automotive industry at the corporate and agency level. Her background includes managing strategic product and marketing public relations programs as well as corporate and executive communications on behalf of one of the largest automotive companies in the world.
- Samantha Chadwick
Samantha Chadwick Consultant, CARE Enterprise Partners Samantha Chadwick works with CARE Canada's market-based development group CARE Enterprise Partners. CEP is focused on developing a portfolio of social enterprises in poor communities through the provision of business development services and investment support via the CEP Venture Fund. Samantha is also assisting CEP to engage Canadian businesses and business schools in social enterprise activities in developing countries.
- James Love
James Love is the Director of the Consumer Project on Technology, a non-government organization with offices in Washington, DC, London and Geneva. Information about CPTech is on the web at http://www.cptech.org .
- Alyson Slater
Alyson Slater Communications Director Alyson also has a GRI blog . With an extensive background in sustainability issues and international multi-stakeholder work, Alyson Slater joined the Global Reporting Initiative as Director of Communications at the international secretariat in Amsterdam , the Netherlands , in 2003. She is responsible for GRI’s global communications, marketing and stakeholder relationship activities.
- David Refkin
David Refkin, director of sustainable development at Time Inc., said, �We�re excited to be part of this effort to promote and increase the recycling of magazines in Boston. This initiative ties into the primary goals of sustainable development � economic and environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Boston will save money, and waste will be diverted from landfills and recycled into new paper products.
- Egil Myklebust
Egil Myklebust Myklebust served as president and CEO of Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian oil and gas group, which is one of that country’s biggest companies, between 1991 and 2001. He then served as Norsk's chairman until 2004 and was also a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. While he is a well-known face in the world's oil and gas industry, Mr. Myklebust is currently chairman of Scandinavian Airlines.
- Dawn Rittenhouse
Dawn Rittenhouse Director, Sustainable Development, DuPont Company Dawn Rittenhouse is director, sustainable development for the DuPont Company. Rittenhouse joined DuPont in 1980 and has held positions in technical service, sales, marketing, and product management within the packaging and industrial polymers business and crop protection business.
- Jacqueline Coté
Jacqueline Coté, Senior Advisor Advocacy & Partnerships, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Mark Campanale
Mark Campanale (Treasurer)
- Andrei Marcu
Andrei Marcu, Executive Director of the International Emission Trading Association (IETA), served as the moderator of a discussion panel on the state of the greenhouse gas market. He raised the issue of disparity between predicted and real prices for environmental services in the market place.
- Ken Selby
Ken Selby Chairman & Founder Ken Selby graduated from Northeastern State University in 1958 and attended the University of Tulsa Graduate school in 1960 and 1961. While employed as a teacher in 1961 for the Tulsa Public Schools he established a small pizza restaurant in Tulsa. In 1965 he resigned his teaching position and began to establish additional pizza restaurants.
- Richard Holme
Richard Holme Richard Holme has had an active career in business and in public life; and in recent years has been at the forefront of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. He is a former main board director of Rio Tinto, and currently Adviser to BG Group, Standard Chartered Bank and NTL, and a member of the Advisory Board of Liberty Global in Boston and Montrose Associates in London.
- Jeffrey Hamaoui
Jeffrey Hamaoui As an internationally known expert and thought leader in the social enterprise field, Jeff’s opinions and innovations have been sought after by leaders of multinational corporations, social ventures, foundations, government agencies, civil society organizations and international institutions.
- Tokio Kanoh
Tokio Kanoh Tokio Kanoh is a former chairman of the WNA's predecessor organisation and is now a Member of Japan's House of Councillors - or, in more familiar terms, a Japanese Senator. He is a key Parliamentary Secretary and is also Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party's Comprehensive Energy Policy Committee.
- Adrienne Atwell
Adrienne Atwell - Cortlandt , NY Adrienne Atwell is Senior Product Line Manager in the Divisional Underwriting Office for the Property and Casualty Business Group's Americas Division, based in Armonk , New York . As the Americas Division Sustainability Manager, Adrienne is responsible for the implementation of Swiss Re's Sustainability Program in the Americas , a commitment under the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
- Paul Norrish
Paul Norrish Director of Sales Mr. Norrish has been working in the Renewables and Carbon Markets since 1999. He is former Director of Sales for Solar Century, where he was responsible for taking several renewable energy products to market, including the world’s first integrated solar thermal tile, PV powered bus shelters and sound barriers.
- Marcel Engel
Mr. Marcel Engel joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 1997 in order to run the Regional Network Program, which consists of 32 national business councils and partner organizations in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Oceania. From 1994 to 1996, he worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Mexico, where he held the position of a Junior Professional Officer and Assistant to the Country Manager.