GoGreen Conference Portland

2011 KEYNOTES

Hannah Jones | Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation, Government Public Affairs, NIKE

Hannah Jones is Nike Inc’s VP of Sustainable Business & Innovation, as well as the lead on Nike Inc’s Government and Public Affairs strategy. As VP of Sustainable Business & innovation, she leads the team mandated with enabling the company to thrive in a future state sustainable economy through closed loop business models. Nike defines the sustainable economy as an economy where people, planet and profit are in balance. The SB&I teams role is to fuel and hothouse sustainable innovation, embed sustainability into the heart of the business model and mobilize key constituencies (employees, consumers, policy makers, civil society and other industry) to enable a rapid transition to a sustainable economy.

Lorie Wigle | President, Climate Savers Computing, Eco-Technology General Manager, Intel Corporation

Lorie Wigle is the General Manager of Intel’s Eco-Technology organization which encompasses the sustainable design, manufacturing and use of Intel products. This corporate function drives Intel’s market position across the full life cycle impact including energy efficient performance, design for the environment and product carbon footprint and has direct influence in the design and delivery of all of Intel’s products. Ms Wigle also drives the Intel® Open Energy Initiative, which is aligning Intel and industry efforts to drive standards-based, open implementation of smart grid and smart building technologies globally. This work is expected to help shape the future of the world’s energy infrastructure. She and her team work extensively with the industry and policy makers including playing leadership roles in the Climate Savers Computing Initiative and The Green Grid. Ms. Wigle speaks frequently on the topics of Information Technology’s impact on other industries, Green IT, sustainability and the confluence of IT and the electricity industry. She has been with Intel for 25 years in a wide variety of marketing and technical roles and was the General Manager of Intel's Internet Imaging Services group. She has an MBA from Portland State University and a BA degree from the University of Oregon.

2011 Emcee

Craig Wessel | Publisher, Portland Business Journal

Publisher of The Portland Business Journal for the past 10 years, Wessel has been involved in the newspaper and magazine publishing industry for 26 years. Prior to joining The Portland Business Journal, he was Director of Marketing for Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, a national trade publication serving the sports industry. Wessel has also served as publisher of Corporate Report Minnesota magazine, a national award winning statewide business magazine, and Minnesota Ventures, a small business magazine serving the state of Minnesota. Wessel was president and owner of a publishing consulting firm in Santa Monica, California, which served trade publications across the country. Wessel began his publishing career with American City Business Journals where, as Director of Development, he was involved in the launch of more than 15 regional business newspapers. Wessel has an undergraduate degree in International Finance from the University of Georgia, a certificate in Music Composition from the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, and has completed several courses of study in publishing industry related seminars, conferences and symposiums. He currently serves on the boards of the Classic Wines Auction, and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation.

2011 Featured Speakers

Sam Adams | Mayor, Portland, Oregon

Mayor Sam Adams of Portland, Oregon was elected Mayor of Portland in May 2008 with 58% of the vote. Prior to being elected Mayor, Adams served as a Commissioner on the City Council for four years earning a reputation as a "policy-driven” advocate for sustainability, public transit, transportation planning, the arts, and gay rights. Adams gravitated to politics as a University of Oregon intern for Congressman Peter DeFazio where he stayed on staff until 1987. He then went to work for the Oregon House Democratic Campaign Committee and at that time the Democratic Majority Leader Carl Hosticka. Adams turned his focus to Portland in 1991, where he successfully managed Vera Katz’s first campaign for mayor. At age 29, he began the first of 11 years as the youngest mayoral chief of staff in the city’s history. As a City Commissioner, he was Commissioner in Charge of Portland’s Office of Transportation and the Bureau of Environmental Services, and council liaison to, among others, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, the Association of Portland Neighborhood Business Districts, and Worksystems, Incorporated. Today, Mayor Adams continues to tackle those political first ascents serving as Portland’s first openly gay City Commissioner and now, Mayor. In his new role as Mayor, Adams is the lead Council member on Economic Development, Planning and Sustainability, Education, Arts and Culture, and Transportation.

Kim Sheehan | Professor of Advertising, University of Oregon

Kim Sheehan is currently Professor of advertising at the University of Oregon, Director of the Master's Program in Strategic Communication and on the Leadership Team of UO's Green Product Design Network. Kim is one of the founders of the Greenwashing Index, and has published about green advertising and communication in numerous publications. She is the author of several books on small business marketing and new technology, and currently researches brands and eco-literacy. Before she joined academe, she worked for more than a dozen years at ad agencies in Chicago, Boston and St. Louis. She holds a BS from Northwestern University, the MBA from Boston University, and the PhD from the University of Tennessee.

George Northcroft | Northwest/Arctic Regional Administrator, US General Services Administration

George Northcroft became Regional Administrator of GSA’s Northwest/Arctic Region on April 12, 2010. As the Northwest Arctic Regional Administrator, Mr. Northcroft oversees all of GSA’s operations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; including management of federal real estate and information technology. The Northwest Arctic Region has a federal inventory of 647 owned and leased buildings, more than 450 employees, and a total budget of more than $462.3 million annually. Mr. Northcroft previously served as Director of Business Relations & Economic Development for King County in the State of Washington. During his tenure, Mr. Northcroft was responsible for the retention, expansion, and recruitment of businesses in King County; developed strategies to promote economic revitalization; fostered healthy business relationships; and led county initiatives with a range of business clusters, including information technology, logistics/international trade, and environmental/alternative energy.

Valerie Davis | CEO & Principal, Enviromedia

Whether sounding a warning to greenwashers on NBC’s TODAY show or spending all day in a landfill to show her dismay at the state of U.S. recycling efforts, Valerie Davis passionately speaks out about injecting ethics and authenticity into companies' sustainability programs and communications efforts. Davis’ led the Don’t Mess with Texas campaign to victory in the America’s Favorite Slogan Competition, beating Nike’s “Just Do It” and “Got Milk?" She is a speaker at water, energy, solid waste, health and advertising conferences, including the National Symposium on Market Transformation for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in Washington, D.C. She is a winner of the American Advertising Federation-Austin Silver Medal Award for outstanding contributions to advertising and furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.

Ryan Deckert | President, Oregon Business Association

Ryan Deckert was named President of the Oregon Business Association (OBA) on October 1, 2007. OBA, which was formed by key business leaders to provide bipartisan, statewide business leadership that ensures Oregon’s long-term economic competitiveness, has become the leading voice for business in Oregon. OBA’s statewide membership includes some of Oregon’s well-known homegrown companies such as Neil Kelly Company, Powell’s Books, Threemile Canyon Farms, and the Yoshida Group, as well as some of the state’s major corporations including NW Natural, NIKE, PGE, The Standard, and Harry & David. Before joining OBA, Ryan represented Washington County for two terms in the State House of Representatives and was completing his second four-year term as a State Senator. Elected in 1996 at age 24, Ryan was the third youngest legislator in Oregon history – and Oregon’s youngest State Senator.

Anne Allen | Director, Executive Development Center, Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management

Anne Murray Allen is currently the Director for the Executive Development Center at Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management. In this role Anne is responsible for developing both degree and non-degree certificate programs in business and public management essentials, sustainability, and industry-specific training. Her personal areas of interest, work and research are in understanding how healthy, performance-based organizations are built and sustained. She believes these ‘social networks of collaboration’ are a key ingredient for organizations and communities as they move into the future taking effective action in building a thriving, sustainable future. Anne retired from Hewlett-Packard Company in 2005, having served in a variety of management and executive positions over a 16 year period. These included leading company-wide Knowledge and Intranet Management, strategic planning (at the division and at the corporate level), culture integration for the Compaq/HP merger, IT for the Imaging and Printing Group, production management for scanners and for Inkjet cartridges.

Stephen Green | Project Manager, Urban Development Department, Portland Development Commission

Portland Development Commission Currently a Project Manager for Portland Development Commission (PDC), an internationally recognized leader in sustainability. Mr. Green created the “Green Features Grant” program that provides capital to locally owned, small-medium sized businesses looking to make sustainable improvements to their businesses. The program aims is to bring sustainable practices into focus for businesses that tend to be the latest adopters of green improvements and struggle to put the “triple bottom line” approach into action for their businesses. Prior to joining PDC, Stephen spent several years in banking and investments, including management of a micro-loan fund targeted at small businesses in North and Northeast Portland. Stephen has a long standing, active commitment to the local business community and serves on numerous boards helping local area entrepreneurs.

Stan Jones | Aviation Environmental Compliance Manger, Port of Portland

Stan Jones is the Aviation Environmental Compliance Manger for the Port of Portland. He also acts as the Port-wide Waste Minimization Manager helping the Port and its tenants develop, expand and realize waste minimization goals. Stan grew up in southern Oregon, attended Oregon State University and spent time as a student and intern in Germany before beginning his professional career as an environmental consultant.

Heather Schmidt | Sustainability Manager, New Seasons Market

Heather Schmidt is the Sustainability Manager for New Seasons Market and has shaped and supported the company’s initiatives and best practices since 2006. In addition to other projects, she developed company-wide Green Teams and a comprehensive and progressive waste reduction and diversion program. Heather’s ethic of collaboration informs her work in implementing sustainable practices at New Seasons Market, and is at the heart of working with others to achieve our shared goals. Prior to New Seasons, Heather spent ten years in social justice and violence prevention work. She holds a Masters of Women’s Studies, has traveled by herself all over the world, and is an artist and published writer.

Sam Pardue | Founder, Indow Windows

Sam Pardue is a serial entrepreneur who left the Intel mothership to form start-up ventures in the Portland, Oregon metro region. Upon graduating from Carnegie Mellon's MBA program in 1998, Sam first worked at Intel Corporation as a marketing manager. After several years he left Intel to co-found Lensbaby (www.lensbaby.com), a globally celebrated Portland-based manufacturer of award-winning special effects SLR camera. In August of 2010 Sam stepped down as Lensbaby's CEO to found Indow Windows, a company that manufactures and markets Pardue's invention, a thermal window insert that presses into place on the inside of a window frame without any nails, screws or adhesives to deliver double pane window performance at a fraction of the cost. Along the way, Pardue has woven himself through the fabric of Portland's non-profit world, serving as a founding board member of p:ear, an early board member of SCRAP, and as the co-chair of the City Club's Arts and Culture Committee.

Kristen Sagan | Sustainability Manager, Columbia Sportswear

Kristen Sagan is currently the Sustainability Manager for Columbia Sportswear. She began her career with Columbia in 1998 contributing to financial reporting and business integration projects. She transitioned to Corporate Responsibility in 2007 as the company's first Sustainability Manager. In this role she drives the sustainability direction for the company through collaboration with management, promoting integration of best practices, and overseeing collection of environmental data for monitoring and reporting. Her most recent achievement is gaining a formal commitment to sustainability as part of the global corporate strategy. Kristen received a bachelor's degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University. She serves as Treasurer for the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition, an organization advocating for respect, inclusion, and gender equality in the workplace.

Dick Roy | Founder and Managing Director, Center for Earth Leadership

A 1970 graduate of Harvard Law School, Dick left his practice of corporate law with Stoel Rives to join his wife Jeanne as a full-time volunteer for the earth in 1993. Together, they have launched the Center for Earth Leadership, the Northwest Earth Institute, and the Oregon Natural Step Network. At the national level, Dick served for six years on the board of the Center for a New American Dream.

Manuel Castaneda | Pro Landscape, Inc.

Manuel Castaneda at age fourteen arrived to the United Sates from Mexico, not even able to speak English. After being raised in a remote Mexican village without telephones or electricity, Manuel went on to become the first in his family of twelve brothers and sisters to graduate from high school. Twenty five years and thousands of satisfied customers later, Pro Landscape, Inc. is now a multimillion dollar business. The company has diversified by adding a subsidiary called PLI Systems, which specializes in innovative ways of building walls and stabilizing foundations and hillsides utilizing unique equipment gathered from diverse parts of the globe. PLI Systems, Inc. has a reputation for working under the most challenging conditions and presenting novel solutions to difficult problems.

Dr. Ann Widmer | Chairperson, Sustainability Committee, Widmer Brothers Brewing

Dr. Ann Widmer is Chair of the Sustainability Committee at Widmer Brothers Brewing, a “Portland Climate Champion” company. She is also a professor of Business at Concordia University where she teaches in the MBA program and directs Thesis and Internships. She has published three books in health administration that have won Outstanding Book of the Year awards. She serves on the Executive Committee for Widmer Brothers Brewing Company and numerous corporate and community boards including the Albina Opportunities Corps. In 1998, she was voted one of the Twenty Five Outstanding Business Women of the Year in Portland by the Oregon Business Journal.

Chris Oxley | General Manager, Rose Quarter

Chris Oxley is in his twelfth year at the Rose Quarter and is a primary driver of sustainability initiatives for the Rose Quarter and Portland Trail Blazers. He holds the position of General Manager and is responsible for the overall management ofthe Rose Quarter campusincluding the Rose Garden and Veterans Memorial Coliseum. His duties include content booking, event development, finance, administration, event and facility operations, marketing, capital planning, development, community relations, client relations, ticket operations and governmental affairs. He joined the Rose Quarter in 1999 and was named General Managerin July of 2008. Chris is a sixteen year veteran of the sports and entertainment industry andhas worked inmany notable Colorado venues including Red RocksAmphitheater, Mile High Stadium, Coors Field and McNichols Sports Arena. Chris is a graduate of DrakeUniversity with a BA in Economics and Business Administration. He is a member of the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), participates in the University of Oregon Mentor Program and is a recent graduate of Leadership Portland. In addition, Chris serves on many boards including Oregon Sports Authority, Portland Center for Performing Arts Foundation, Trail Blazers Make it Better Foundation, Pongo Fundas well as the development committee for the Right Brain Initiative. Chris resides with his family in the Multnomah Village neighborhood in SW Portland.

Gordon Brinser | President, SolarWorld Industries America Inc.

Gordon Brinser began his career at Wacker Siltronic Corporation, an international producer of Silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, in Portland. His initial roles in the process technology group led to various engineering, engineering management and manufacturing leadership roles at Wacker. He completed an MBA at Portland State University. At Wacker, he also held leadership positions with two major startups of manufacturing facilities for Wacker in Portland, then Singapore. In Singapore, he was the facility's Vice President of Operations. From 2002 through 2007, Gordon worked for SUMCO USA, the No. 2 global supplier of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. With SUMCO, he was Vice President of Operations and Plant Manager for two of its U.S. facilities. In 2008, Gordon joined SolarWorld as Vice President of Operations for U.S. manufacturing operations and was promoted to President in 2010. Gordon serves as a board member of Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Center and the Oregon Business Council.

Megan Stein | Program Manager, Sustainability at Work, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

Megan Stein has over nine years of experience working on sustainability related programs. She currently manages the City of Portland’s Sustainability at Work program, a free service for Portland area businesses looking to create a more sustainable workplace. Sustainability at Work offers a team of Sustainability Advisors who, backed by the resources of the City and its expert partners, make going green a straightforward process. Advisors work with over 800 local businesses each year in the areas of transportation, water, energy and waste.

Max Miller, Jr. | Chair, Tonkon Torp LLP Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group and Sustainability Committee

Max Miller, Jr. is the chair of Tonkon Torp LLP's Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group and the firm’s Sustainability Committee, which he co-founded in 1999. His experience includes both transactional counsel and litigation representation related to environmental, natural resources, and real property matters.  Max has been recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Best Lawyers in America, for his expertise in Environmental & Natural Resource Law.  He was recently honored with a Sustainable Leadership Award by the Sustainable Future Section of the Oregon State Bar for his volunteer leadership in moving the legal profession to embrace sustainability.   Miller served on the Oregon State Bar Sustainability Task Force in 2009. He was on the Portland Business Alliance’s Sustainability Committee from 2006 to 2009 and was an instructor and facilitator for the Alliance’s Green Team Forum, which instructed business members on best practices for green teams.

Jules Bailey | State Representative, Oregon House District 42

Jules Kopel Bailey is two-term State Representative from Oregon House District 42, representing inner Eastside Portland. He was also recently re-elected by his peers to serve on the House Leadership team as the Assistant Caucus Leader for Policy. In the 2011 session, Jules will serve as the co-vice chair of the Revenue Committee, and he will stay on the Energy, Environment, and Water committee. In addition, Jules will now serve as co-vice chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources, and he has been asked to co-chair the Joint Committee on Tax Credits. In his first term, Jules was co-chief sponsor of HB 2626, the Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Technology (EEAST) Act, which passed with overwhelming bi-partisan support and was signed into law by the Governor. Jules also co-sponsored legislation to train workers in clean energy jobs, encourage renewable industries in Oregon, and build a sustainable economy in Oregon. Jules was named Oregon League of Conservation Voters Innovator of the Year and People's Choice Award winner for 2009, as well as one of 35 Innovators under 35 by 1000 Friends of Oregon.

Rich Bader | President and CEO, EasyStreet® Online Services, Inc.

Rich is a 35-year veteran of the high tech industry, beginning his career at Digital Equipment in the '70s. Settling in Oregon in 1978 to join Intel Corporation, Rich was founder and co-general manager until 1990 of Intel's Personal Computer Enhancement Operation, a multihundred-million dollar business that launched Intel into the personal computer end-user market. After leaving Intel in 1990, Rich was able to watch his daughter grow while reviewing state-of-the-art products and writing about them for Stewart Alsop's PC Letter, a newsletter widely read by leaders in the personal computer industry. That led to four years as a consultant, assisting companies such as Intel, HP and Microsoft develop business plans and products. Then the Internet happened. Tired of traveling away from his family and looking to become more of a contributor to the region he loves, EasyStreet was conceived and launched in 1995. Rich is active in the community at the intersection of public policy and technology and innovation. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Oregon Growth Account, is a member of the Oregon Innovation Council (Oregon InC) and serves on the Broadband Advisory Council - all gubernatorial appointments. Previous service includes board stints on the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) Board and Executive Committee, the Open Technology Business Center (OTBC), the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, the Portland Art Museum and the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA).

Mychael Mai | Owner, President, Shin Shin Foods

Mychael is the owner and President of Shin Shin Foods, which is located in Portland, Oregon. Mychael purchased Shin Shin Foods in 2001 launching a new career for him in the food manufacturing sector. Since 2001 Shin Shin has moved to a larger facility, become one of the largest Asian noodle manufacturer on the West coast and increased its working staff by over 400%. Having a background in Sales and Real Estate Mychael continues to explore other business concepts and continually seeks out opportunities that lend themselves to sustainable practices within the US and Asia. His creative mind and determination, he was able to forge a path in the food manufacturing business while assisting to the needs of his working staff has fostered a family like structure at Shin Shin. Under Mychael’s leadership, Shin Shin has strengthened its recycling, lean manufacturing, ESL and sustainable living practices that are part of the business. Being a Vietnam refugee from the seventies, Mychael knows what it takes to become successful when starting over. With this knowledge Mychael is very well suited to inspire and direct those employees who are immigrants themselves and those who are also looking to improve their lives.

Tony DeFalco | Chair of the Board, Center for Diversity and the Environment

Tony DeFalco is chair of the board of the Center for Diversity and the Environment (CDE), a non-profit organization based in Portland whose mission is to increase ethnic and racial diversity in the environmental and sustainability movements to be more relevant and beneficial to communities of color. CDE offers equity audits and leadership training to organizations interested in diversifying to address the challenges and opportunities in diversity. DeFalco helped to launch Verde Energy, a non-profit social enterprise creating good paying green jobs for low income Latinos and Native Americans in Portland's Cully neighborhood. DeFalco has worked in environmental advocacy organizations for ten years and holds a master's degree in Natural Resources Planning from Humboldt State and a bachelor's in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley.

Chris Hoffmann | CEO, RYNO Motors

Chris has twenty years in high-tech machinery and product design solving thousands of problems and moving hundreds of projects though the process of design, build and successful delivery. Directly in charge of analyzing customer requirements and refining them into executable plans that include budgetary estimates averaging $1 million, staffing requirements and tooling costs. Acquired technical and experiential depth developing innovative technologies and then analyzing risk and return on investment through a series of practical processes. Chris designed and hand built all prototypes of the RYNO bike. Chris also wrote and won a $1.9 million research grant in 1995 from the Advanced Technology Program to develop a novel automotive industry energy efficiency process. He acted as principle investigator successfully completing the project with great success, delivering quarterly reports as well as orally presenting final reports to organizations such as the US Commerce Department.

Dorothy Atwood | Management Systems Manager, Zero Waste Alliance and Project Lead, ResourceFull Use Program

Dorothy Atwood. Dorothy Atwood has over 30 years of experience in environmental consulting, proactive management, energy and sustainability implementation. She has her own independent consultancy based in Portland, Oregon and is an associate with Zero Waste Alliance where she manages the management system practice. She leads the ResourceFull Use program that is exploring innovative methods to facilitate resource sharing and by-product synergies between organizations. She utilizes resource flow mapping and other management system tools to assist a wide variety of organizations improve their efficiency, environmental performance and energy management. Ms. Atwood is an instructor in the University of Oregon Sustainability Leadership program. One of the classes that she teaches is Collaborative Approaches to Achieving Zero Waste. She actively participates on advisory committees and in professional associations. She is a founder and serves on the management committee of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) and is member of the Oregon Natural Step Network. She has a BS in Geology and MS in Quantitative Hydrogeology from Stanford University.

James Mast | Interim Operations Director of Drive Oregon

James is part of the leadership team of Drive Oregon, which recently received $1.2 million in funding from the Oregon Innovation Council to grow the emerging electric vehicle industry in the state. After working and consulting in the wireless telecommunications industry in New York, James moved to Portland to work for the Portland Development Commission (PDC). As a senior project manager, he was responsible for economic development in the electric vehicle and energy storage sectors. In his role, James also served as the City of Portland's point person on electric vehicle initiatives. While at PDC, James worked on a diverse set of economic development and real estate development projects. He holds a Master's of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and undergraduate degree from Vassar College.

Martin Tull | Executive Director, Green Sports Alliance

As Executive Director, Martin manages the overall operations of the Green Sports Alliance, whose mission is to help sports teams, venues, and leagues enhance their environmental performance. He oversees all environmental impact reduction strategies, strategic alliances and membership programs. Martin serves on the Oregon Global Warming Commission Communication Committee, and on the National Advisory Board and Portland Metro Working Group of the Climate Prosperity Project. He previously served in senior leadership positions in the outdoor recreation industry and has been an elite rock climber and instructor since the early 1990’s.

Kevin DeWhitt | Chief Technology Officer of Agilyx Corporation

Mr. DeWhitt is the Chief Technology Officer of Agilyx Corporation. Prior to founding Agilyx, he worked for 20 years in the analytical chemistry industry for a number of independent laboratories. Having worked in the field of thermolytic/pyrolytic science for the past 10 years, he has been able to leverage his education and experience to invent and further develop the (now patented) Anaerobic Thermal Reclamation (ATR) process. He has been working exclusively on perfecting the ATR process for the past four years. Mr. DeWhitt holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Physics from Oregon State University, spent an additional year studying Physics at the University of Stuttgart in Germany and returned from Germany to study Chemistry in Oregon State University's graduate degree program for one year before beginning his professional career.

Margie Harris | Executive Director, Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc.

Margie began work in November 2001 as the first permanent staff member hired by Energy Trust of Oregon. Margie serves as vice chair and executive committee member of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; executive committee member of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Task Force; member of the Oregon Green Jobs Council appointed by Governor Kulongoski, and board and executive committee member of Clean Energy Works Oregon. Margie was awarded the Portland Business Journal Women of Influence: Woman Executive of the Year (nonprofit) Award in 2011.

Matt Mylet | Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager, One PacificCoast Bank (formerly ShoreBank Pacific)

Matt Mylet is a Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager at One PacificCoast Bank (formerly ShoreBank Pacific), a sustainability-focused community development bank serving the west coast. He originates and manages commercial loans to small and mid-sized businesses with a focus on local and responsible businesses. Matt also works with the financing of renewable energy projects and manages a growing energy portfolio. In 2011, Matt joined the Board of Directors of the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC) and currently serves as Treasurer. Prior to joining One PacificCoast Bank in 2007, he was a Management Associate at KeyBank and worked in financial capacities for several nonprofit organizations. He holds a BS in Finance from St. Mary's College of California and an MBA from the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University.

Matt Donegan | Co-president, Co-founder, Forest Capital Partners

Matt Donegan is co-president and co-founder of Forest Capital Partners, a leading producer of sustainably managed forest products with over two million acres of working forests in five states. Forest Capital is Oregon’s second largest private forest landowner, and was named one of Oregon’s Most Admired Companies by the Portland Business Journal in 2010. Donegan was elected President of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in June 2011. He also serves on the Oregon Innovation Council, the Oregon Business Council and Governor Kitzhaber’s Oregon Education Investment Team. Previously, Matt served on the steering committee for the Oregon Business Plan, the Oregon Global Warming Commission and co-chaired Governor Kitzhaber’s transition team focusing on growing jobs via biomass energy. He is a former board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

Kyle Stavig | Chief Executive Officer, Myers Container

Kyle and his brothers acquired Myers Container LLC and Container Management Services LLC in October 2007 with five operations located in California and Oregon. In February 2011 the ownership team acquired General Steel Drum LLC located in North Carolina. Myers Container is the leading regional manufacturer of steel drums in the Western United States and General Steel Drum is the leading regional manufacturer of steel drums in the Southeastern United States. Products are used by the chemical, petroleum, food, paint and hazardous waste industries. CMS is the leading regional reconditioner and recycler of steel & plastic drums, industrial plastic and Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs). The companies are operated in concert to provide customers cradle?to?cradle solutions for their industrial packaging needs – a truly green company.

Carrie Farrar | Sustainability Manager, The Standard

Born and raised in West Virginia, Carrie now serves as the Sustainability Manager for The Standard, a financial services and insurance company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. With the help of an active Green Team, Carrie works to incorporate environmentally friendly practices into day to day business functions at The Standard. Carrie earned a B.A. with honors in Theatre Arts from Earlham College in Indiana where she also spent a semester abroad in rural Kenya studying demographics, culture and ecology. These experiences demonstrated the need for embracing sustainability and have inspired her to continue putting conservation ideas into practice. Carrie serves on the board of directors for Northwest Earth Institute, a non-profit based in Portland, Oregon, with the mission of "inspiring people to take responsibility for Earth." She holds a certificate in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Oregon and a Sustainable Enterprise Certificate from Willamette University. Carrie and her husband Aron live car-free in Northeast Portland.

Will Elder | Business Waste Reduction Planner Sustainability Center, Metro

Will Elder is a Business Waste Reduction Planner for Metro, the regional government responsible for solid waste, land use, and transportation planning for the Portland region. Mr. Elder has a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Portland State University. He manages the Recycle at Work program which gives education and resources to area businesses around recycling and waste prevention. When not involved in discussions around sustainability, he enjoys traveling, cooking and gardening with his family.

David Kayes | Environment Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Daimler Trucks North America

David Kayes is the Executive Engineer focussing on environmental regulations in DTNA’s Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Department. In his job, David works extensively with the EPA on fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas programs such as the recently announced heavy-duty vehicle regulations and the SmartWay tractor program. David chaired fuel efficiency committees in both the Truck Manufacturers Association and Engine Manufacturers Association. Additionally, David worked with regulators on the implementation of exhaust aftertreatment regulations. Prior to joining DTNA in 2002, David did post-doctoral research addressing particulate matter formation in engines at MIT and particulate measurement at Sandia National Laboratory. David has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MIT.

J.E. Isaac | Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Portland Trail Blazers

J.E. Isaac is in his 21st year with the Portland Trail Blazers. His responsibilities include contract administration, government relations, civic affairs, real estate and business development, planning and special projects. He joined the Trail Blazers in 1989 as Director of Game Operations and Merchandising. Previously, he headed his own artists management firm and practiced law in Orlando and Portland. J.E. Isaac holds a business degree from the University of Kentucky and is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Law. He is Chair of the Portland Business Alliance and past Chair of Travel Portland. He also serves as the Vice Chair of the Lloyd Business Improvement District and serves on the Citizens Crime Commission and on the NNEBA and Pioneer Courthouse Square boards. J.E. Isaac lives in Southwest Portland with his wife, Betty and son, Joey.

Alan Hickenbottom | General Manager, Tanner Creek Energy division, Christenson Electric

Alan is the General Manager of the Tanner Creek Energy division of Christenson Electric. He was Tanner Creek’s president and founder before its acquisition in early 2011. The firm is a full service energy solutions provider located in Portland, Oregon and offers turnkey solar PV and energy efficiency projects to NW commercial, industrial and agricultural customers. After a 20-year career in hi-tech, Alan spent several years exploring the sustainable industries sector including green building, sustainable agriculture and clean energy before founding Tanner Creek in 2007. Alan sits on the board of Clean Energy Works Oregon and the Oregon Natural Desert Association and is a past board member of the Build Local Alliance.

Colin Sears | Business Recruitment Manager, Portland Development Commission

Colin Sears leads the Clean Tech Team in the Business & Industry division at the Portland Development Commission. Since 2007, Mr. Sears has been at the forefront of the agency’s work to grow this sector of the economy, with an emphasis on the electric vehicle/energy storage, green development, and wind energy clusters Since his arrival at PDC in 1999, Colin has worked closely on economic development projects and programs within several industry sectors including: activewear, bioscience, creative services, manufacturing and medical technology. His previous career experience includes economic research consulting in Maine and several years as a professional musician. His musical career includes stints as the drummer in punk bands Dag Nasty and the Marshes, and was a founding member of Fugazi. Mr. Sears holds a B.A. in history and a M.S. degree in geography with a specialization in economy and the environment, both from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Sharon Bernstein | Co-Founder of Family Forward Oregon

Sharon Bernstein is the Deputy Director and Co-Founder of Family Forward Oregon, a non-profit organization that advocates for workplace and public policies that work for families and employers. Her vision of social sustainability prioritizes long-term economic stability for families through policies like paid family leave, paid sick leave, affordable child care and workplace flexibility. An educator and sociologist by training, Sharon has worked for social change various angles over the last 15 years. She has supported school reform in high poverty schools, conducted social research, managed volunteer programs, trained community leaders, and herself served a leader in many community-driven projects. She currently drives Family Forward Oregon initiatives to support employers and engage parents in a movement for a more socially sustainable economy.

David Weiss | Business Finance Officer, Business Oregon

David has been a business finance officer with Oregon Business Development Department (Business Oregon) for over ten years, working with the Department's direct loan, loan guarantee, and Industrial Development Bond financing programs for business. He covers Portland metro and the northwest Oregon coast regions. Previous commercial lending experience includes seven years managing a statewide small business revolving loan fund in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been involved in the financing of numerous green and sustainable businesses. David has a BA in Environmental Studies from University of California-Santa Cruz, an MCP from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Boston University.

Tatianna Pavich | Managing Director, Solamor Event Services

Tatianna Pavich is an environmental studies and anthropology graduate of Lewis and Clark College. In 2005, she became a LEED Accredited Professional and started working with sustainability concepts in the built environment. She currently works as the managing director for Solamor, a holistic production company specializing in temporary on-site renewable power. Established in 2008, the company has grown to work with over 60 events and projects annually such as the Portland Marathon, Ecotrust concert series and Burning Man. In her day to day, she manages the companies three main services; carbon footprint measurement and mitigation, production management and on-site renewable energy integration. She also works on the Technical working group for the Council for Responsible Sport in order to develop standards for green sporting events. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, dancing and the great outdoors.

Patrick Reiten | President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Power PacifiCorp

Patrick Reiten is president and chief executive officer of Pacific Power at PacifiCorp, a position he has held since September 2006. Reiten is responsible for delivering electricity safely and reliably to 733,000 customers in Oregon, Washington and California, and also manages the Westís largest single owned- and-operated transmission system. Pacific Power is a 100-year old company serving 243 communities across the three states.

Melissa Brandao | Founder, CEO, REDCloud EV

Melissa is the founder and CEO of REDCloud EV which is based in Portland, Oregon with offices in Brazil. She launched her first business in Moscow, she's been at it ever since. Having developed and launched new products at Apple, MCI/WorldCom and Embratel, she has worked some of the most dynamic environments in the world. In 2007, Melissa founded Barefoot Motors, an off-road electric vehicle company which she sold in 2009. She is the first woman and only woman to found an electric vehicle company. Melissa holds a B.A. from Saint Mary's College of California and speaks fluent Portuguese.

Glenn Dahl | Board Chair, Partner, AVB Corporation, DBA NatureBake/Dave's Killer Bread

Glenn bought the family bakery business from his mother and father in 1988. At that time he incorporated and instituted accrual bookkeeping and better tracking of expenses. The family business has grown in sales and profit every year since. In early 2005 Glenn’s brother Dave returned to the business. Soon after his son Shobi graduated from Willamette University and decided to carry on the Dahl baker’s tradition. Both Dave and Shobi worked in the bakery while growing up. In mid 2005, Glenn approached Dave and Shobi about starting a new more “hip” bread line. Dave’s Killer Bread was born in the summer of 2005. The brand has had phenomenal growth in the Northwestern United States, Alaska with an increasing presence in California. Under Glenn’s direction NatureBake has supported many charities including The Multiple Sclerosis Society and many local food banks. NatureBake supports many schools and civic organizations throughout the local area with free treats for events and gift baskets for auctions and door prizes. Community support has been greatly expanded through the Dave’s Killer Bread Brand. Including benefit weeks for Project Pooch, SE works, Living Yoga, Loaves and Fishes and the support of numerous food banks in the greater Portland area. In addition the family bakery supports numerous community events and fund raisers.

Ed McNamara | Owner, Turtle Island Development LLC

Ed McNamara is a real estate developer in Portland. His company, Turtle Island Development LLC, focuses on affordable rental housing that is energy-efficient and transit-oriented. Ed tries to develop and operate buildings that are good places to live and good places to work. Ed worked as a building contractor for a number of years before going to work for a local nonprofit, REACH Community Development Inc., in 1983. He soon became the Executive Director and stayed in that field for 11 years. In 1995, Ed took a job with a for-profit developer to see if he could put the same values into practice working in the private sector. In late 2002, he formed his own company. Ed recently completed the Ramona apartments, 138 units of affordable family housing in the Pearl District with public school classrooms and a non-profit community center on the ground floor, and lots of gathering spaces throughout the building. The Ramona is extremely energy-efficient and treats storm water on site. Ultimately, the Ramona will be owned by the tenants as a limited-equity housing co-op and will remain as affordable housing for at least 60 years.

Rick Wallace | Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy

Rick Wallace is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Oregon Department of Energy in the Energy Policy Division and serves as the agency expert on alternative fuels, infrastructure and vehicles in the transportation sector. Rick also serves as Coordinator of the Columbia Willamette Clean Cities Coalition. The coalition promotes the use of domestically produced transportation fuels and fuel efficiency. Rick has accumulated twelve years experience developing, marketing and administrating conservation and renewable fuel programs. Previous to his work in energy Rick worked 14 years in the aerospace/defense industry as an engineer.

Alison Dennis | Executive Director of the Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability, Portland State University

Alison Dennis serves as Executive Director of the Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability at Portland State University. The Center works at the nexus of sustainability-inspired business scholarship and practice, forging partnerships and advancing the role of business in solving the persistent social and ecological challenges of our time. She is recognized regionally and nationally as a sustainable business thought leader and practitioner on issues ranging from food systems to triple-bottom-line business to corporate culture and leadership development. Prior to joining Portland State, Alison served as Director of Sustainability for Burgerville, a Pacific Northwest restaurant company, where she oversaw the company's supply chain, sustainable programs and corporate social responsibility efforts. Prior to this, Alison served as Purchasing Director for Oregon Health and Science University leading large-scale supply chain development and improvement efforts in an innovative environment. Alison currently serves on the board of directors for Food Alliance, and the advisory board for Portland Mercado. In 2004, Alison traveled the world for a year, eating local food across 27 countries and six continents in 365 days. She holds a liberal arts degree from Bennington College.

Justin Yuen | Founder, FMYI

Justin founded FMYI, a social collaboration software company with a commitment to sustainability, in 2004 after a successful career at Nike managing corporate sustainable development. His accomplishments there included creating organizational change programs, collaboration tools, the business case for sustainability, and global employee engagement efforts. Justin started FMYI due to his passion for sustainability, an interest in how advances in technology can help lessen our impact on the planet while positively affecting society, and how social media spurs innovation. Currently, he is the Chair of the Multnomah County Advisory Committee on Sustainability and Innovation, a member of the Metro Community Investment Initiative Leadership Council, and the Board of Directors for several non-profits and foundations. He holds a degree in International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University.

Jan Willemse | Partner, ZGF Architects LLP

Jan Willemse is a partner with ZGF Architects LLP. He has nearly 25 years of experience as technical designer on a variety of large, technically complex buildings. These projects range from new children's hospitals in Portland and Denver, to Portland International Airport terminal expansions, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. He has worked on major research and clinical facilities for other clients, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.

Holly Brunk | Training Group Leader, Green Building Services

Holly Brunk leads the Training group at Green Building Services, a standalone training unit that harnesses the collective brainpower at GBS to ensure clients are able to grow internal capacity and engagement with their sustainability efforts. In order to do this, Holly works with corporate and government clients to assess and address their training needs, organizational structure, communication channels and staff development infrastructure to optimize opportunities in creating informed and empowered employees. Previous to working at Green Building Services, Holly was the Membership and Services Director at The Natural Step Network where she worked with green teams and organizational leaders to support strategic planning and implementation of sustainability efforts. She and her husband own the luxury goods design and retail business, Entermodal, that they built and operate around a deep commitment to sustainability practices. Holly is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University with a focus on transitioning organizations to strategic sustainability practices.

Joe Storm | Vice President, Commercial Lending, First Independent Bank

Joe joined First Independent Bank in September of 2010 as a Relationship Manager in the Portland office. He was recently promoted to lead First Independent's Commercial team, now housed at the bank's new downtown Portland offices at the historic Yeon Building at SW 5th and Alder. Joe has more than 18 years of experience in banking with experience in commercial lending, senior management, and sales. His primary responsibilities are serving the needs of the business clients of the Bank in the greater Portland area. Joe attended Portland State University where he majored in Business Management and he is a 2007 graduate of the Pacific Coast banking School at University of Washington.

Sattie Clark | Founder, President, Voice for Oregon Innovation & Sustainability (VOIS)

Sattie Clark is the founder and president of Voice for Oregon Innovation & Sustainability (VOIS), a nonprofit business alliance that supports and activates the sustainable business community to create an equitable and prosperous future for Oregon. Sattie is the co-owner of a small business--Eleek, Inc.--that designs and manufactures sustainable lighting and other decorative building parts from recycled and locally-sourced materials. In 2010, Bloomberg BusinessWeek named Eleek as one of the "25 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs in America." Sattie currently serves on Multnomah County's Advisory Council for Sustainability and Innovation and the City of Portland's Charter Review Commission.

Click here to view our Featured Speakers from GoGreen '10.