Andrew Winston is a globally recognized expert on how business can profit from environmental thinking. He advises some of the world’s leading companies, including Bank of America, HP, Boeing, Pepsi, and Bayer. Andrew also serves on the Sustainability Advisory Board of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He is the co-author of the bestseller, Green to Gold and author of Green Recovery, a guide to surviving and thriving in an economic downturn. Andrew is a highly respected and dynamic speaker, exploring the business benefits of going green with audiences around the world. Andrew’s earlier career included corporate strategy at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in marketing and business development at Time Warner and MTV. He received his BA in Economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale. He lives in Riverside, CT with his wife and two sons.
Will Sarni is CEO of sustainability consulting firm DOMANI. Will has over 30 years of experience and has worked with high-profile companies such as Alcoa, BASF, Cisco, DIAGEO, and NTT DATA in developing and implementing cost-effective sustainability strategies. He is a member of the Environmental Compliance Committee of the Chicago Climate Exchange and the Conference Board. Read Will's blog here.
Jacquelyn Ottman is founder of J. Ottman Consulting, Inc., a green-marketing firm that helps Fortune 500 businesses and other organizations learn how to seize opportunities by pro-actively addressing consumers' environmental concerns. She is also the principal organizer and driving spirit behind the Design:Green eco-design educational initiative. Jacquie hosts SLM's "Sustainable Brands Weekly" newsletter.
John Marshall Roberts teaches people and organizations how to overcome cynicism and inspire. He is a communication expert and applied research psychologist with more than a decade of strategic consulting experience. His bestselling book “Igniting Inspiration: A Persuasion Manual for Visionaries” delivers a breakthrough paradigm for creating inspirational media and messaging called Worldview Design(tm). A seamless blend of systems theory, developmental psychology, and common sense, this new interdisciplinary
framework allows socially conscious people −marketers, business leaders, and activists− to design messages that systematically overcome cynicism, shift thinking, and inspire
measurable behavior change. A dynamic and popular keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and consultant within the sustainability movement, John is CEO of the next-generation communication research and education consultancy, Worldview Learning.
Sandy Skees, CEO and founder of Communications4Good, provides businesses, early stage companies and organizations with sustainability analysis, communications counseling and program implementation.
At Communications4Good, a public relations/communications agency, Sandy is creating a language of goodness that gives business a way to focus, talk about, share, motivate and implement change in the world -- change that values people, respects planetary resources and fosters prosperity. Her trademarked methodology assesses organizational assets, legacy, vision, human capital, business goals and market conditions to unlock the goodness inside of business through the power of language, stories, and communication. Clients include a cleantech venture capital firm, and companies in solar, LED lighting, green media, energy management, social innovation, climate change consulting and environmental economics strategy, green consumer research and sustainable design software industries.
With more than 20 years experience at global and boutique agencies, as well as corporate marketing experience at an international technology company, Sandy is recognized for highly developed problem solving skills that bring communications solutions to Fortune 100 corporations. Previously a partner at Porter Novelli, she managed the global HP account team in 20 cities/10 countries around the world and served on the Global Citizen Task Force and Pro Bono Initiative, working with Vday and Freedom from Hunger.
In addition to client work, she on Advisory Boards for Sustainable Life Media, and the Santa Cruz Design + Innovation Center, mentors for the California Clean Tech Open, serves on the Marketing Council for the Entrepreneurs Foundation, is serving on a green building committee and advises the Imagination Coast initiative.
Duke Stump has worked as a brand builder for more than 20 years, most recently for Seventh Generation and Nike. He is now principal and chief architect of the NorthStar Manifesto, a brand-consulting studio.
Andy Mannle is a writer and consultant dedicated to exploring sustainable policy, innovations, and solutions. His clients include New Leaf America, West Coast Green, and the ETHOS fund among others.
Hilary Bromberg is chief strategist at egg, a brand development firm located in Seattle, Wash.
Karen Janowski is partner and co-founder of EcoStrategy Group, a consultancy focused on cleantech go-to-market strategy and corporate sustainability.