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Speaker Directory
Go Green Expo would like to thank our distinguished group of speakers.
Atlanta, 06/26/2009 to 06/28/2009: Click here to download full schedule
** Mariel Hemingway **
Mariel Hemingway will be speaking on Sunday, March 21 at 12:30pm
Mariel Hemingway will be discussing "How to Green Yourself" through living a healthy life style - eating well, slowing down, and creating sacred space. She will also talk about her new book "Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out," which is a revolutionary individualized program that teaches us how looking and feeling great are just a few simple choices away. No more bossy diets or impossible exercise routines. Instead, Mariel divides healthy living into four foundational areas where we can isolate the issues we all face and start making the best decisions for our life.
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Bedru Sultan
Bedru Sultan is founder and vice-chairman of Greener Ethiopia, a tree-planting initiative that aims to reverse the de-forestation of the country. He is owner and Managing Director of Harmony Agricultural Enterprise - a socially responsible and environmentally sensitive farm. He is Chairman of the Urban-Rural Convergence Business Entity. The association has more than 500 members whose main objective is to create sustained economic development in the Ethiopian countryside
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Ben Taube
Ben Taube currently serves as the Executive Director of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) which is a nonprofit headquartered in Atlanta, GA with a mission to deploy energy efficiency across 11 southeast States. The organization is comprised of public and private interests. Prior to becoming the Executive Director of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, Ben served as the Public Affairs Manager for the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute where he was responsible for planning, coordinating, and communicating GREENGUARD's activities, capabilities, goals, and priorities to a variety of audiences. Ben also worked as the Director of Government Affairs for EcoSMART Technologies. Prior to EcoSMART, Ben served as the Environmental Manager for the City of Atlanta with the responsibilities of developing and enhancing environmental initiatives and policy. Ben is Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the USGBC; Board member of the USGBC Greenbuild Program Committee; 2008
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Carl Seville
Carl Seville is a green builder, educator, and consultant on sustainability to the residential construction industry. He founded and served as Vice President of SawHorse, Inc; an Atlanta design/build firm for 25 years. While at SawHorse, he served as the chairman of the committee that developed the Earthcraft House Renovation program and supervised the pilot homes for that program.
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Charisse McAuliffe
Founder & CEO, GenGreen LLC
Passionate, determined, selfless and visionary are four adjectives commonly used to describe Charisse McAuliffe, who founded GenGreen in 2007 with the overall mission of wanting to make it easier for people seeking to live an environmentally conscious lifestyle. Today, GenGreen is the preeminent aggregator and distributor of environmental content online; and is the creator and maintainer of the largest verifiable database of green businesses and organizations in the U.S. with over 45,000 companies currently in their system.
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Cheryl Bramblett Kortemeier
Cheryl Bramblett Kortemeier, Director of Communications and Administration for Trees Atlanta, is a Georgia native and has been actively involved in the conservation movement for twelve years.
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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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David Edward Deppner
Dave joined the U.S. Peace Corps, serving as a livestock technician, later as a marketing consultant to the office of the Philippine Minister of Agriculture through 1976. After completion of two tours with Peace Corps, he remained in the Philippines as a member of the faculty of Araneta University, teaching in the Institutes of Agribusiness and Veterinary Medicine, earning a MS degree in agri-business management.
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David Lee
In April 2005, David was named to the position of Vice President, Business Development for the Atlanta Spirit, LLC, parent company of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers and Philips Arena. His primary responsibilities are to improve organizational performance within existing revenue categories as well as serve as the company’s “incubator” -- investigating and investing in new and emerging revenue opportunities driving strategy and brand recognition with top corporate partners. Two projects in particular have garnered “firsts” in terms of revenue, industry recognition and sponsorship potential for the Spirit. Recently, David’s role expanded into leading the Spirit’s branding strategies with major corporate partners and prospects.
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Gayle Oliver-Plath
Gayle Oliver-Plath, is an accomplished entrepreneur with a 20-year history of specializing in recruiting and consulting, growing from her initial success in executive resume services as the founder of Execume, a career services firm. Since the inception of her business in 1989, Oliver has supported a broad range of professionals through all phases of the search process. Most recently, Oliver has launched an online community, CareerEco.com, for socially conscious jobseekers interested in mobilizing their career into the clean-green market.
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Greg Ramsey
Greg Ramsey, M.Arch and recipient of State AIA, National AIA and United Nations Habitat award has committed a lifetime of study to pedestrian village and conservation planning. Greg is co-founder, principal, and chief designer of Village Habitat Design as well as Co-author of Conservation Communities, a village design primer. Greg works internationally as a workshop leader, conservation community planner, designer, and consultant.
Greg Co-founded Village Habitat Design in order to integrate village, hamlet and neighborhood design with a conservation framework including wallkability, green workplaces, agriculture and bio-diversity. Greg brings a unique perspective to these types of projects from a long immersion in traditional village planning and has helped pioneer a variety of community projects in the South including the first Cohousing Communities, Ecological Villages and the first Transfer of development Rights for regional green space conservation. Several Projects include:
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Jackie R. Cabe
Jackie R. Cabe is principal of Cabe Asset Management, the southeast’s most reputable full service consulting firm for sustainable investing. As an Accredited Investment Fiduciary® and a member of the Financial Planning Association, Jackie customizes client portfolios to meet the triple bottom line for people, planet and profit. Her presentation on, "How Green Is Your Green?” helps to explore and identify your values or what she calls ‘your morale code’. Her portrait in the financial services industry began in 1979 and out of this passion to help people and the planet in a more meaningful way Cabe Asset Management was formed in 2001. She is the only representative in the southeast with the alliance of two global leaders, Progressive Asset Management Network (1987) and First Affirmative Financial Network (1988) which gives her a broad expertise within the sustainable investing arena.
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Jeff Hix
With over 20 years’ experience in the environmental movement and the business products industry, Jeff Hix is uniquely positioned to be a valuable resource to businesses in helping them achieve their cost reduction and sustainability objectives. From January 2005 to December 2008, Jeff served on the Board of Directors of Dogwood Alliance (Asheville, NC), the only organization in the Southern United States holding corporations accountable for the impact of their industrial forestry practices on our forests and communities. In addition to holding the office supply industry accountable to their environmental commitments, Dogwood Alliance is working to stop the destructive practices of the paper packaging sector. Jeff also co-directed the 2007 and 2008 Arms Around Atlanta Earth Day festivals - the first the City of Atlanta officially held since 1995 - joining Mayor Shirley Franklin in her efforts in building a greener Atlanta.
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Jillian Pritchard Cooke
Jillian Pritchard Cooke is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology and Design in New York City. Jillian’s design firm, DES-SYN, integrates sustainable, eco-sensitive interiors with an emphasis on Wellness Within Your Walls™.
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Jodi Helmer
Jodi Helmer, co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Careers.
Jodi Helmer has been working green since 2002 – and she wants to help others do the same. Jodi is an author and professional speaker who has covered green topics ranging from agri-tourism to eco-friendly fabrics and, of course, green careers.
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Kathy Nguyen
Ms. Nguyen graduated from Berry College in Rome, GA with a Communications degree. She has been with Cobb County Water System since 2001. She previously worked in administration for the Water System. In December of 2005 she became the Water Conservation Coordinator for Cobb County Water System. She created and implemented Cobb County’s Water Efficiency Plan.
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Kim Carlson
Often credited for tirelessly working to preserve our planet long before global warming hit the mainstream radar, Kim Carlson is an eco-savvy entrepreneur, green business author and eco-chic lifestyle expert. She is the Founder of five successful companies that use earth-friendliness as their driving force. Carlson’s book, Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Eco-Footprint - about the many advantages of being an environmentally responsible business - was released in January 2009. Her latest venture is the development of the EarthSmart Product Standard, a retail product certification program devised in collaboration with the country’s leading scientists, academics and environmentalists that will prove to be the most innovative environmental screening process to date.
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Laura Elizabeth (LE) Seydel
Living green is easy for 11-year old LE Seydel. As the granddaughter of Ted Turner, daughter of environmentalists Laura and Rutherford Seydel, and little sister to an eco-conscious brother and sister, LE was born into the “family business,” reducing, reusing, and recycling from the earliest age.
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Laura Turner Seydel
For Laura Turner Seydel, living an eco-sensitive lifestyle has always been a priority. Growing up green with her father, environmental pioneer Ted Turner, Laura was taught the values of respecting nature’s resources, taking care of the environment, and giving back whenever possible. These lessons learned formed the foundation to a life-long dedication to the protection of the planet and inspired her quest to become an advocate for environmental causes and community involvement. Today, as a national environmental activist and eco-living expert, Laura believes that the path to a sustainable future can be made possible through a collective effort and she aims to inspire families, youths, and individuals alike to do their part by educating them on the benefits and opportunities of earth-friendly living.
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Lewis Perkins
Lewis Perkins, Director of Sustainable Strategies, The Mohawk Group
A long-time advocate for “doing the right thing,” Lewis Perkins is a champion for sustainability – personally and professionally. The director of sustainable strategies for The Mohawk Group, a leading carpet manufacturer and commercial division of Mohawk Industries, Perkins draws on this passion to help advance the company’s mission of environmental and social responsibility. Coupling strong leadership skills with his fervent commitment to ensuring a positive future for the world around us, he helps drive awareness for the importance of sustainable design through strategic marketing communications, as well as The Mohawk Group’s partnerships with philanthropic organizations such as Global Green USA, Easter Seals and Susan G. Komen.
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Lisa Robinson
Lisa Robinson is a metro Atlanta Loan Officer for Georgia Green Loans, a program of Appalachian Community Enterprises, Inc. (ACE). Prior to joining ACE, she was Community Development Manager for Regions Bank. Her experience includes working as a commercial loan officer for Self-Help Credit Union in Durham, North Carolina and as a business consultant for the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. She has also been an analyst for General Motors and Banc One, and has taught Finance and Accounting in Ethiopia.
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Mandy Mahoney
Mandy is Director of Sustainability for the City of Atlanta. This initiative is aimed at improving the city’s green programs and policies such as water and energy conservation, reducing our solid waste, reducing emissions, and improving the rates of recycling. Mandy is proud that she was part of the team that launched the BeltLine. Other work experience includes Ahmann, Weeks Properties Group and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
She serves as Secretary for the League of Women Voters of Georgia, serves on the Board of the Atlanta Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, and is a regular contributor to Atlanta INtown, a community magazine. Mandy is past co-chaired of Georgia Conservancy’s Eco-Benefete.
Mandy graduated from Duke University with a master’s degree in environmental management. She also earned a law degree and a bachelor’s degree in biology and environmental studies from Emory University. Her international experience includes studies in China and Peru.
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Matt Hoots
Matt Hoots, founder and president of the Hoots Group, Inc began his journey towards a green design lifestyle and value system at an early age. His parents taught him the basic principles behind energy efficient design and energy conservation.
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Michael Whelchel
Michael Whelchel is Partner and Founder of Watershed Capital (www.watershedcapital.com) – a strategic financial advisory firm working with triple bottom line companies and funds. With the clear objective to advance a sustainable economy. Watershed Capital assists growth companies in raising capital and in acquisitions, mergers, and exits.
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Nadia Bilchik
NADIA BILCHIK is a well-known television news anchor, keynote speaker, trainer and communications consultant on several continents. She has anchored for the CNN Airport Network, and was the main anchor and special assignment reporter for MNET Television, the leading network in South Africa.
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Ovie Mughelli
Throughout his childhood, Atlanta Falcons fullback, Ovie Mughelli, aspired to attend medical school and become a sports physician. However, on his way from receiving his high school diploma to earning his B.S. in Exercise Science from Wake Forest University, he realized the potential for a career in professional football. Picked up by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft, the Charleston, SC native who was born in Boston, MA became the first Deacon Demon signed by the Ravens franchise. After an impressive four years in Baltimore- highlighted by 2007 picks for the Associated Press NFL All-Pro Second Team and the Third Alternate spot for the AFC Pro Bowl- Mughelli was considered the top fullback in free agency in 2007. Consequently, he signed with the Atlanta Falcons on March 2, 2007 and works hard to be considered as the best fullback in the NFL.
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Peter Krull
Peter Krull is president of Krull & Company, one of the east coast’s leading socially and environmentally responsible financial services firms. He believes in putting your money where your mouth is. A veteran of the financial services industry, Mr. Krull has been an advocate for environmental and corporate change both locally and nationally as well as a critic of federal and state policies regarding the environment, alternative energy and fiscal responsibility. He has a BA in communication from Bethany College in West Virginia and is a native of Western New York State.
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Ralph Avallone
Ralph Avallone will be speaking on Sat., March 20
Achievements and Associations
Co- Founder International Green Energy Council
President International Green Energy Council
President National ( US ) Green Energy Council
Received The 2003 Business Man Of The Year Award From The NRCC and President George W. Bush
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Roxane Peyser
With two decades of legal and corporate experience, Roxane Peyser’s specialty is developing highly-effective corporate responsibility practices and sustainability strategies for companies and organizations. Throughout her experience as a lawyer, consultant, professor and corporate manager, she has made environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility the focal point of her career. In addition to specializing in environmental sustainability, she has specific expertise in climate change and carbon reduction strategies.
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Sandra Cummins
Sandra Cummins is the Director of SoutheastGreen.com: a comprehensive website and resource directory for business professionals, commercial property owners and concerned citizens who are looking for ways to save energy, save money and conserve natural resources. In addition, SoutheastGreen.com is compiling the Southeast’s largest editorial resource for all the green news in the metro Atlanta area with plans to grow and include other cities in 2009 and 2010.
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Scott McKye
Scott McKye, KLEERTECH President, has more than 20 years experience in the tradeshow and meetings industry. He is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE), Meeting Professional International (MPI), IAEE’s Committee of Environmentally Responsible Exhibitions and Events, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC), and is Communications Committee Co-Chair for GMIC’s Green Meetings & Events Practices Apex Panel.
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Susan Inglis
Susan Inglis is executive director and a founding member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC), an independent coalition incorporated in March 2007 to promote sustainable practices within the industry. SFC offers guidelines and bases its membership on evidence of performance and of the commitment to continual and demonstrated improvement in the sustainablity of all company operations.
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T.E. "Terry" Janssen
T.E. “Terry” Janssen is CEO of Ecotech Water, LLC headquartered in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Ecotech operates as a Carbon Neutral company.
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