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Bill Clinton
Exclusive Keynote Speakers:
President Bill Clinton
  • Founder of The William J. Clinton Foundation
  • 42nd President of the United States of America

 

The William J. Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to create and advance solutions to the core issues driving climate change. We take a holistic approach, addressing the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the people, policies, and practices that impact them. Working with governments and businesses around the world, CCI focuses on three strategic program areas: increasing energy efficiency in cities, catalyzing the large-scale supply of clean energy, and working to stop deforestation.

  

Nancy Sutley
Nancy Sutley
Chair
White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

 

In her role as Chair, she serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President. Prior to her appointment, Sutley was the Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment for the city of Los Angeles, CA. She represented Los Angeles on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and served on the California State Water Resources Control Board from 2003- 2005. During the administration of President William J. Clinton, Sutley worked for the EPA as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Regional Administrator in San Francisco and special assistant to the Administrator in Washington, D.C.

 

Jigar Shah
CEO
The Carbon War Room
A renowned visionary, Jigar Shah is committed to renewable energy and sustainable solutions that enable prosperity beyond the carbon economy. As CEO of the Carbon War Room, Jigar is dedicated to indentifying business-as-usual practices and replacing them with
low-carbon solutions. Prior to the Carbon War Room, Jigar founded SunEdison in 2003. Under his leadership, SunEdison revolutionized the solar industry by introducing a business model to sell solar as a service. The transformation to solar power service agreements is responsible for turning solar services into a multi-billion dollar industry.

  
Julián Castro
Mayor
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
Julián Castro was elected Mayor of San Antonio on May 9, 2009.
A 35-year-old San Antonio native, Mayor Castro is the youngest mayor of a Top 50 American city. In 2001, at the age of 26, Castro became the youngest elected city councilman at that point in San Antonio history. Throughout his tenure in public service, Mayor Castro has championed a vision of economic growth and a top-notch quality of life for all San Antonians.
 
 
Speakers at the Sustainable Operations Summit Include:
Kevin Surace Chairman and CEO
SERIOUS MATERIALS
 
Stephen Ayers
Acting Architect and Chief Operating Officer
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Daniel Wallach Executive Director and Founder
GREENSBURG GREENTOWN
 
Cindy Ortega
SVP, Energy & Environmental Services
MGM MIRAGE
Suzanne Malec- McKenna Commissioner, Department of Environment
CITY OF CHICAGO
 
Mert Livingstone
Head, Workplace
& Site Operations
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP
 
Kevin Kampschroer Director, Office of Federal Green Buildings
US GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Doug Gatlin
Vice President, Market Development
US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (USGBC)
 

Ariella Maron
Deputy Commissioner of Energy Management

CITY OF NEW YORK
 

Brenna Walraven Managing Director, National Property Management

USAA REAL ESTATE COMPANY

David Haft
Vice President of Operations Sustainability
FRITO-LAY

Tim Cole
Director of Sustainability

FORBO & Chairman

USGBC 

Jim Hunt
Chief, Environmental & Energy Services
CITY OF BOSTON
 
Andy Smith
Director of Sustainable Development
CISCO SYSTEMS
 

Dane Parker
Director of Global Environment, Health & Facilities Sustainability

DELL
 

Dave Newport
Director, Environmental Center

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Brian Weldy

Vice President of Facilities & Engineering

HCA

Shana Weber
Director, Office of Sustainability

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Emma Stewart

Senior Program Lead, Sustainable Operations AUTODESK

Scott Shippey
Director of Restaurant Design

CHIPOTLE

Mark Palmer

Green Building Coordinator
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Paul Westbrook Director of Sustainable Development

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

Carl Kernodle

Vice President of Architecture & Design HYATT CORPORATION

John Davies

Vice President, Intelligence GREENBIZ.COM

Laurence Doxsey
Director, Office of Environmental Policy

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO

 

…and many more to be confirmed

"Excellent experience! I found the sessions to be a balanced mix of case studies and useful information. Discussions with vendors were quite valuable. Keynotes were all outstanding."

Jonathan Fink

Director, Global Institute of Sustainability & University Sustainability Officer

Arizona State University

"The keynote speakers were all excellent and provided a great motivational prospective and context for the meetings. The one-on-one time with the various vendors were exceedingly educational and provided an excellent forum for identifying co2 reduction strategies."

Ted Johnson

Director of Environment, Health and Safety

CBS Corporation

"Excellent, I found this format far superior to the usual trade show setting. The stories from other places were invaluable and inspiring. The quality of the keynote speakers was extraordinary. This is by fare one of the most beneficial conferences I've ever attended as far as use of time and value of presentations."

Cynthia Seelhammer

Deputy City Manager

City of Phoenix (AZ)

"The networking opportunities with suppliers, peer companies, competitors and thought leaders were so very important and exceeded my expectations."

Karen Sherman

Director of Corporate Social Responsibility

Yum! Brands 

 

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