Conference

Shelley Billik

Vice President of Environmental Initiatives, Warner Bros. Entertainment

Shelley Billik is Vice President of Environmental Initiatives for Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film and television studio and parent company of various WB divisions, situated on 130 acres in Burbank. Over the last 15 years she has established a wide variety of environmental policies and programs. They include waste reduction and recycling, a materials donation program, an Environmental Procurement policy and purchasing specifications for Warner Bros. Entertainment, as well as Time Warner national contracts. Shelley also collaborates with the Burbank Unified School District on greening the schools and participates on a statewide partnership focused on integrating environmental curricula into state education standards. The Environmental Initiatives department has also focused on energy efficiency and sustainable building design as a strategy to designing and operating high performance buildings as well as craft a corporate strategy towards climate change issues. Warner Bros. Entertainment has also been a member of the U.S. Green Building Council since 1999 and in 2004 participated in the LEED for Commercial Interiors pilot program with the remodel of a 56,000 sq. ft. office building. Other "firsts" in the industry include a 72 kW solar electric (photovoltaic) array, climate neutral films (e.g. Syriana, Unaccompanied Minors, 11th Hour), environmental education PSAs for DVD bonus features (e.g. Happy Feet fisheries PSA), and packaging initiatives for the Warner Home Video division. Shelley is a LEED accredited professional and was recently selected as an Environmental Leadership Catto Fellow through the Aspen Institute.

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Roberta Bowman

Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Duke Energy

Roberta Bowman is Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Duke Energy. She is responsible for the company's integrated strategy to operate in a way that is good for people, the planet and profits. She also serves in the Office of the Chairman to represent the company to key stakeholders and works with a number of national, international and industry groups to advance issues important to Duke Energy. She was named to her current position in March 2008. Bowman has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry. In 2007, Bowman was inducted into the North Carolina Public Relations Hall of Fame. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the PR Hall of Fame "recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally distinguished and career-long contributions to the field and who are strongly associated with the state of North Carolina."

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Rob Carter

Executive Vice President - FedEx Information Services & Chief Information Officer at FedEx Corporation

Robert B. (Rob) Carter, is Executive Vice President - FedEx Information Services & Chief Information Officer at FedEx Corporation. Carter is responsible for the corporations' key applications and technology infrastructure. FedEx applications, advanced networks and data centers provide around-the-clock and around-the-globe support for the information intensive transportation, logistics and business related product offerings of FedEx Corporation. Carter is also responsible for Customer Service, Billing and Revenue Operations. Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has nearly 30 years of systems development and implementation experience utilizing a wide variety of technology. Mr. Carter serves as a member of the Saks, Inc. Board of Directors, First Horizon National Corporation Board of Directors, and the University of Florida Foundation Board of Trustees.

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Shaun Coyne

Former VP, CIO, Toyota Financial Services

Shaun Coyne is the former vice president-Chief Information Officer for Toyota Financial Services (TFS). Coyne was responsible for all the core technology activities of the company, including technology infrastructure, development of business applications and information security from 2002 through 2008. His team managed multiple large-scale data centers and provides support for all operating platforms — the voice and data networks, open systems environment, desktop support and all the other functions required to support that environment. Prior to his position with Toyota, Coyne held several executive positions at General Electric, including Chief Technology Officer of GE Capital Real Estate and Vice President, Information Technology for GE Global Consumer Finance.

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Louella Eastman

Group Corporate Social Responsibililty Director, Aviva

Louella Eastman is the Group Corporate Social Responsibility Director for Aviva plc.  Louella is accountable for implementation of vision and strategy for Aviva's CSR program globally, including external reporting, standards of business conduct, community, environment, diversity, global survey and employment brand. Previous to this she was Group Diversity Director at Aviva and her recent accomplishments include the development and implementation of a global survey, the Think Again Diversity campaign, the Respect toolkit and Aviva’s carbon neutral program. Louella has won a number of awards for her work including the UN Global Diversity Innovation Award, the City Award from Opportunity Now, the European Communication Award, the IVCA Clarion Award and the New York Film and Video Festival Grand Award.

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Steve Ellis

Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Wholesale Services Group

Steve Ellis is Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo's Wholesale Services Group (WSG), which includes Enterprise Payment Strategies, Health Benefit Services, Technology Services, and Treasury Management Products and Services. He is also responsible for Wholesale Banking operations and support areas including commercial loan services, customer analytics, marketing, and risk management. Part of the Wholesale Banking Group, WSG focuses on strengthening and deepening customer relationships by integrating products and services across all channels and businesses, giving customers a consistent experience at all touch points. The 3,500-plus team members sit nationwide, with large concentrations in Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and San Francisco. A 20-year company veteran, his previous responsibilities included starting up and running the Wholesale Internet Solutions group, which launched Wells Fargo's award-winning Commercial Electronic Office internet portal in 2000. The fast pace of Wells Fargo's early move into online financial services was due in large part to his commitment to fostering workplace creativity. Prior to starting up Wholesale Internet Solutions, he held senior finance and operations roles in Wells Fargo's Commercial Banking, Real Estate Group, and Wholesale Banking groups. He is chairperson of the board of directors for NACHA, The Electronic Payments Association.

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Linda Fisher

Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, DuPont

Linda J. Fisher is Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at DuPont. She has responsibility for advancing DuPont's progress in achieving sustainable growth; DuPont environmental and health programs; the company's product stewardship programs; and global regulatory affairs. She joined DuPont in June 2004. Prior to joining DuPont, Ms. Fisher has served in a number of key leadership positions in government and industry including: Deputy Administrator of EPA; EPA Assistant Administrator - Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances; EPA Assistant Administrator - Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation; and Chief of Staff to the EPA Administrator. Fisher, an attorney, was also Vice President of Government Affairs for Monsanto and was "Of Counsel" with the law firm, Latham & Watkins. Ms. Fisher is a member of the DuPont Health Advisory Board, the DuPont Biotechnology Advisory Panel and serves as liaison to the Environmental Policy Committee of the DuPont Board of Directors. Ms. Fisher serves on the Board of Directors of the Environmental Law Institute, on the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Foundation, on the Board of Directors of RESOLVE, and on the Board of Directors for Resources for the Future.

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Dan Gilbert

VP Reverse Logistics, Cisco Systems

Dan Gilbert is Vice President of Worldwide Reverse Logistics at Cisco Systems, Inc. His charter when joining Cisco in 2005 was to define and create a world-class reverse logistics organization. Dan's global team is responsible for driving excellence in product recovery, receiving, inventory, and recycling operations, and for transforming returned product into value for Cisco shareholders.

Prior to joining Cisco, Dan was Vice President for Customer Service and Quality at Palm, Inc., where he was responsible for global call center operations, repair operations, product quality, and recovery and resale of channel returns. He directed Palm's global call center and repair center restructuring, implemented an integrated approach to channel returns management and resale, and developed processes to drive product quality into design and production.

Before Palm, Dan served as the Director of Delivery Operations for the Webvan Group, where he was responsible for nationwide courier operations and systems. He was previously a management consultant focused on operations and logistics management.

Dan holds a B.S. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and sits on the advisory boards of the Reverse Logistics Association and the Service and Support Professionals Association (SSPA). Dan and his wife Judy reside in Portola Valley, California.

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Gary Hirshberg

Chairman, President and CE-Yo, Stonyfield Farm

Gary Hirshberg is Chairman, President and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world's leading organic yogurt producer, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire. For the past 25 years, Gary has overseen Stonyfield Farm's phenomenal growth, from its infancy as a 7-cow organic farming school in 1983 to its current $260 million in annual sales. Stonyfield has enjoyed a compounded annual growth rate of 27.4% for more than eighteen years, by consistently producing a great-tasting product and using innovative marketing techniques that blend the company's social, environmental, and financial missions. In 2001, Stonyfield Farm entered into a partnership with Groupe Danone, and in 2005, Gary was named Managing Director of Stonyfield Europe, a joint venture between the two firms with brands in Ireland, the UK and France with more in development. Gary joined Stonyfield Farm a few months after its start in 1983. Previously, in addition to serving as a Trustee of the farming school Gary had served as Executive Director of The New Alchemy Institute - a research and education center dedicated to organic farming, aquaculture and renewable energy. A New Hampshire native, Gary was one of the first graduates of Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, has received six honorary doctorates and won numerous awards for corporate and environmental leadership.

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Gannon Jones

Vice President, Portfolio Marketing, Frito Lay, Inc.

Gannon Jones is Vice President, Marketing for Frito Lay North America. In his role, he leads the company’s efforts to elevate perceptions of its portfolio via health & wellness and sustainability communications. Additionally, he oversees a portfolio of brands that play key roles in this strategy including Lays and SunChips, as well as new brand innovations. Prior to joining Frito-Lay in 2006, he spent 12 years at Kraft Foods where he held numerous marketing and strategy roles, including overseeing Kraft’s widely acclaimed relationship marketing (CRM) program.

Gannon is a graduate of Queen’s University School of Business in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He lives in Dallas with his wife and three young children. When he’s not working, he’s passionate about trying to master the physics of hitting a little white sphere, and spending time with his kids.

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Gene Kahn

Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, General Mills, Inc.

Gene Kahn currently serves as Vice President, Global Sustainability Officer for General Mills, Inc. Gene is a pioneer in the Organic Food and Farming movement. He founded Cascadian Farm Inc. in 1971, after leaving the University of Washington's Graduate School of English Literature. He took this vertically integrated farm business from its inception as a small organic farm to a major producer of branded, certified, organic products, known as Small Planet Foods. Gene continuously led the company as President & CEO for 33 years for various corporate partnerships, including Welch's National Grape Cooperative, and Trefoil LLC, a partnership with the General Electric Pension Fund and Roy Disney. Gene led the acquisition and integration of Small Planet for General Mills from 2000 to 2003, when he became Vice President of Sustainable Development. He is an internationally recognized speaker and educator in issues relating to sustainable agriculture and corporate social responsibility. Gene was a founding member of the USDA National Organic Standards Board and was instrumental in establishing the Washington State Organic Standard Program. Gene currently resides on his farm on Whidbey Island, WA, Coupeville and maintains his office at General Mills headquarters in Minneapolis, MN.

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Beth Lowery

Vice President, Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy, General Motors

Beth Lowery is Vice President, Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy at General Motors. She was appointed vice president, Environment and Energy, in October 2001. In April 2007, she assumed additional responsibility for GM safety policy. As GM's chief environmental officer, Lowery is responsible for GM's environmental, energy, and safety policies worldwide. She is also secretary to the Public Policy Committee of the GM Board of Directors and a member of the Public Policy Center global coordination team. She is a member of the North America Strategy Board (NASB). Prior to her current assignment, Lowery was GM North America vice president - general counsel. From 1994 to 1997, she was the practice area manager for the Environmental and Energy practice area of the GM Legal Staff, where she had responsibility for facility environmental matters, mobile emissions, and energy initiatives on a global basis. Lowery joined GM in 1989 as an attorney and was involved in the development and adoption of the GM Environmental Principles and the mutual endorsement of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) Principles. She has been instrumental in shaping GM's environmental direction since she joined the company. Lowery is a member and former chair of the board of directors for the World Environment Center, an independent, not-for-profit, non-advocacy organization and serves as the GM Council member of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.

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Gavin Neath

Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Unilever

Gavin Neath is Senior Vice President of Global Communications for Unilever. His career with Unilever spans more than thirty years, including serving as the Chairman of Unilever Foods UK and Chairman of Unilever UK. Mr. Neath was also the ex-president of the Food and Drink Federation and member of the Development Board of the Royal Court Theater. He received the CBE in 2007 for services to the UK food industry.

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J.P. Rangaswami

Managing Director, Service Design, BT Design

J.P. Rangaswami is the Managing Director, Service Design for BT Design - BT Group's IT design and delivery business. It has total responsibility for designing, building and implementing the IT and business processes, systems, networks (non-Openreach) and technologies. J.P. joined BT from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein where he served as Global CIO demonstrating recognised market leadership in the use of innovative tools and techniques. He is a compelling advocate for community-based "opensource" development methods and practices. He is a fervent blogger (www.confusedofcalcutta.com) and a regular speaker at industry events, particularly on innovation and opensource. J.P. was named CIO of the Year by Waters Magazine in 2003, CIO Innovator of the Year by the European Technology Forum in 2004 and is named as one of the top 10 CIOs in silicon.com's CIO50 list for 2007. He is an Advisory Board member of CAL-IT and a Charter Member of TiE UK, along with memberships of the IoD, the ACM and the IEEE. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). J.P. is also a Freeman of the Information Technologists Company (a London City Livery Company, also known as the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists).

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Toby Redshaw

Chief Information Officer, Aviva Group

Toby Redshaw is the Chief Information Officer of the Aviva Group. Before joining Aviva, Toby spent six years as a corporate vice president at Motorola, where he was responsible for strategy, architecture, e-business, intranet/collaboration solutions, common platforms and enterprise data warehousing/analytics, among other things. In addition to these responsibilities he also ran global procurement for several years. Prior to that he helped build a global dotcom based in Silicon Valley, Europe and China where he ran the International BU among other things. Toby initially spent 17 years at FedEx, where he had several high impact leadership positions both on the business and IT sides including CIO of a major (53-nation) business unit, international lead for product development for customer solutions and several operational responsibilities. He has had significant international assignments including Asia Pacific, Middle East and Latin America. Toby was past chairman of the Kellogg Innovation Network (at Kellogg Graduate School of Business), and chairman of the RosettaNet Council. During his time at Motorola he was executive chairman of MediaRiver, a media focused start-up company. He has extensive board and advisory board experience in the tech sector. He also served on the board for the World Cataract Foundation, a charity which works to cure blindness in developing countries.

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Dr. Len Sauers

Vice President of Global Sustainability, Procter & Gamble

Dr. Len Sauers is Vice President of Global Sustainability for the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G). He has been employed at P&G for 20 years and has a PhD in toxicology. Prior to his current assignment, he held senior management positions in human & environmental safety, biotechnology, regulatory affairs, and technical external relations.

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Jason Schmitt

Fund Manager, Clean Technology Fund, ArcelorMittal

Jason Schmitt is Fund Manager for the ArcelorMittal Clean Technology Fund. ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel company and a Fortune 100 global enterprise with 2007 revenues of $105 billion, EBITDA of $19 billion, 10% global market share, and 320,000 employees in 60 countries. In his current capacity, Mr. Schmitt is responsible for commercial strategy and M&A/joint venture activity within North and South America. Prior to joining ArcelorMittal in 2006, Mr. Schmitt was a consultant at McKinsey & Company focused on the e-commerce sector and served as Manager, Strategy and Business Development for Mattel, where he helped lead the turnaround of the Barbie brand. Mr. Schmitt holds a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College and a Juris Doctorate cum laude from Harvard Law School.

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Tony Scott

Corporate VP and CIO, Microsoft

Tony Scott joined Microsoft Corp. in February 2008 as corporate vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Under Scott's leadership, Microsoft IT is responsible for security, infrastructure, messaging and business applications for all of Microsoft, including support of the product groups, the corporate business groups, and the global sales and marketing organization. Scott is also the executive sponsor for Microsoft's Operational Enterprise Risk Management efforts and supports the integration of management principles from the Quality & Business Excellence team, which drive continuous and breakthrough process improvements across the company. Scott helps ensure that Microsoft is the "first and best customer" of its own products. In addition to maintaining a globally integrated set of enterprise IT platforms built on Microsoft technology, his team deploys prerelease versions of Microsoft products throughout the company. Before joining Microsoft, Scott was the senior vice president and chief information officer for The Walt Disney Co., where he led planning, implementation and operations of Disney IT systems and infrastructure across the company. He also held the position of chief technology officer, Information Systems and Services, at General Motors Corp. (GM), where he was responsible for defining the information technology computing and telecommunications strategy, architecture, and standards across all of GM's businesses globally.

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Jeff Seabright

Vice President for Environment and Water, The Coca Cola Company

Jeff Seabright is Vice President for Environment and Water at The Coca Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Jeff has held several positions in government and business, including as a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. State Department and as Legislative Assistant to US Senators Timothy E. Wirth and John D. Rockefeller IV. In 1993, he joined the U.S. Agency for International Development, later serving as Director of the Office of Energy, Environment & Technology. He moved to the White House in 1999 as Executive Director of the Climate Change Task Force where he helped negotiate the Kyoto Protocol and later joined Texaco, Inc. in New York as Vice President for Policy Planning. He serves on the Environmental Trade and Technology Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Conservation International – International Leadership Council, World Environment Center, the Georgia Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy (Georgia), the Pace Academy in Atlanta, and the Sustainable Atlanta Advisory Council.

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Diane Vrkic

Chief Operating Officer of Global Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle

As Chief Operating Officer of Global Energy and Sustainability Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL), Diane oversees a service platform which includes corporate sustainability strategy consulting, LEED project management and portfolio energy management services. She is a founding member and leader of JLL's Global Environmental Sustainability Board responsible for the firm's sustainability strategy. Diane was recently recognized by Building Design and Construction as a "2008 Top 40 under 40" in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry and by Commercial Property News as a "Star to Watch."

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