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Speaker Directory
Go Green Expo would like to thank our distinguished group of speakers.
Bill Gallagher
Bill Gallagher is President and CEO of Lori Bonn Design, a designer jewelry business founded by his wife and brand designer, Lori Bonn Gallagher, in 1991. Since joining the company Bill has raised brand appeal and visibility, modernized operations, expanded production resources, improved cash management and led the company in three years of record sales.
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Brooke Kilgarriff
Born on the east coast and raised in Minnesota, 21-year old Brooke Kelly Kilgarriff, is already a seasoned performer. It was at the age of four when she was exposed to music by accompanying her older brother to his piano lessons.
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Chris Gravagna
As a self-professed “multi-tasking-workaholic,” Christopher Gravagna lives by the mantra that successful entrepreneurs refrain from defining separation between work and play. Allowing both spheres to intersect, Gravagna capitalizes on all opportunities to network and foster idea exchanges. It was on his “downtime” watching Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth that Gravagna was inspired to incorporate sustainability into his lifestyle, and this meant starting with his existing companies.
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Darrell Schaapveld
Darrell Schaapveld, the CEO of Four Seasons Energy Efficient Roofing, Inc.(FSEER), has served the upper Midwest area for over 45 years in the commercial and residential roofing industries. While attending the University of Minnesota’s business school, Darrell became very involved with the ecological movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s, which greatly shaped his values and beliefs. Ever since, Darrell has embedded that into his personal and business philosophies.
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Eva Koch
Evan Koch is in his second season as a member of the public relations staff for the Vikings and serves on the team’s Planet Purple committee.
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Julia Fry
Julia Fry is the founder, president, and CEO of Vaska. She is also the inventor of Vaska’s patent-pending formulas for commercial, institutional, and household laundry.
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Kathryne Auerback
Generation Strategy LLC president Kathryne Auerback is a sustainability strategy, corporate responsibility, PR and marketing executive with nearly 20 years of experience driving measurable results.
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Kelley Waldron
Kelley Waldron is the President and Sales and Channel Manager for WM Software Corporation. She has taken the private company into new areas with the company's recent focus of software in the Green Marketplace. Hired in 2000, Kelley has grown WM Software's Channel Sales program to over 150 VARs and integrators worldwide.
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Kelly Schwinghammer
Kelly Schwinghammer is the National Communications Director with the Blue Green Alliance, where she directs strategic communications for the national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy.
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Lisa Thurstin
Lisa Thurstin is Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition coordinator and manager of clean fuel and vehicle technologies for the American Lung Association in Minnesota (ALAMN)’s Clean Air Choice program. The program seeks to reduce the health problems associated with outdoor air pollution by helping people make an informed ‘clean air choice,’ offering information and resources on cleaner fuels, cleaner sources of energy and advanced vehicle technologies that can reduce ozone pollution, particulate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mark Bjerke
Mark Bjerke is the publisher and founder of LivGreenMagazine. In publishing for over 25 years, Mark started LivGreen Magazine with the real world in mind. Not political, not opinionated, just real ideas and solutions for everyday people.
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Nick Tigue
Nick Tigue has overseen the facilities at the Vikings’ Winter Park headquarters since 2007 and is responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the physical plant and overall upkeep and enhancement of the facilities.
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Randy Kamrath
Randy and his wife, Susan, own Water Billboards, a private label water bottling company located in Canby, Minnesota that has the ability to use not only recyclable and biodegradable plastic, but also Ingeo compostable plastic bottles.
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Randy Kamrath
Wendy Fry
Wendy Fry is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Retrofit
Companies [TRC], an expert firm in the energy-efficiency and recycling
industry. TRC has worked with clients nationwide and operated in the
mid-west since 1992, helping to shape Minnesota's conservation efforts
by working closely with utilities and legislators. Wendy has worked with
TRC for 11 years, with a focus on recycling hazardous materials,
energy-efficient lighting analysis and installation services.
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