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Header Image Thank you for a very successful launch event! Learn about our 2017 Europe and US events. SPEAKERS - 2016 CONFERENCE Companies Vs Climate Change is going to assemble a group of featured speakers who are climate solving business leaders. If you would like to nominate a speaker please email Jason Youner, CEO at Jason@solveclimatechange.com More speakers will be added on an ongoing basis. All Speakers
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Speaker Ernie Diaz Regional President, Metro Florida TD Bank Ernie Diaz TD Bank Ernie Diaz is Regional President for TD Bank in Florida. He is responsible for providing strategic direction and sales leadership to TD Bank's Florida retail, small business, commercial and specialty banking operations and lending services throughout a network of more than 150 stores. Diaz's banking career spans more than 28 years. Most recently, he served as Market President for TD Bank in South Florida. His experience includes three years at TD Bank's predecessor, The South Financial Group, where he was most recently President of the Florida franchise, Mercantile Bank. His previous experience also includes serving as Middle Market Executive for South Florida at Regions Bank, commercial real estate team lead at Regions Bank and positions at Terrabank, a community bank in Miami and the former Southeast Bank. A long time South Florida resident, Diaz serves on The Beacon Council Executive Board, The Orange Bowl Committee, Florida International University School of Business Dean's Council and Latin Builder's Association Executive Board, and serves as a Corporate Director of Florida Christian School and FIU's Director of Pino Global Entrepreneurship. Diaz earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Florida International University and a Master's degree in accounting from Nova Southeastern University. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Florida. Diaz is married to wife Ana, and has two boys, Ernie and Gabriel.
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Speaker Tim Healy - Keynote Speaker CEO EnerNOC Tim Healy - Keynote Speaker EnerNOC EnerNOC: Problems We Solve for Businesses Today your business is under more pressure than ever before to be simultaneously profitable, sustainable, and transparent. That creates a whole new set of struggles for you and your teams. What if your business can't adapt quickly enough? To meet these challenges, you need powerful solutions. Energy intelligence software is built to address your core business problems—issues that limit profitability, waste valuable human resources, and damage brand reputation. Tim co-founded EnerNOC in 2001 and serves as its Chairman and CEO. Prior to EnerNOC, Tim worked in the Energy Technology Laboratory for Northern Power Systems, Inc., and held positions with Merrill Lynch, International Fuel Cells (now UTC Fuel Cells), and the venture capital firm Commonwealth Capital Ventures. Tim currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), the New England Clean Energy Council, Genability, Inc., and WeSpire, and serves on TechNet's Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees for the New England Aquarium. Tim is an advisor to several area startups and coaches youth soccer. Tim graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Government and Economics, and received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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Speaker Ron Cotterman Vice President, Sustainability Sealed Air Corporation Speaker Stefan Hack Glbl Head, R&D and Sust. Glbl Consulting Delivery, SAP SAP
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Speaker Valerie Smith Director and Head of Corporate Sustainability Citi Valerie Smith Citi
Val Smith is Vice President of Corporate Sustainability for Citigroup. She has been with Citigroup since 2004 and is responsible for developing sustainability initiatives and strategies in partnership with the businesses; tracking environmental issues and providing advice; engaging with SRI and NGO stakeholders; leading development of Citi's human rights strategy; and helping to develop the reporting strategy for Citi's sustainability performance. Val earned her MBA with a concentration in Sustainable Enterprise from UNC-Chapel Hill, and her BA in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia. Val has also worked for several environmental organizations, including the Houston Advanced Research Center, National Audubon Society, and the Brainerd Foundation. She spent two years with the Peace Corps in Honduras as an Environmental Specialist. Val lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two sons.
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Speaker Joe Doolan Head of Environmental Affairs TD Bank
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Speaker John P. Seiler Mayor City of Fort Lauderdale, FL John P. Seiler City of Fort Lauderdale, FL John P. 'Jack' Seiler was sworn in for his first term as Mayor of the City of Fort Lauderdale on March 17, 2009. He was reelected for a third three-year term in 2015. Prior to being elected Mayor, Seiler served eight years in the Florida House of Representatives. During his tenure as a State Representative, he chaired the Broward Legislative Delegation in 2007-2008 and was Vice Chair of the Delegation in 2006-2007.
Elected Public Service • Mayor, City of Fort Lauderdale 2009 – present (elected 2009, re-elected 2012, and re-elected 2015) • State of Florida House of Representatives 2000-2008 • Chair of the Broward Legislative Delegation 2007-2008 • Vice Chair of the Broward Legislative Delegation 2006-2007 • City of Wilton Manors, Mayor 1998-2000, Vice Mayor 1996-1998, Council Member 1993-1996
Current Public Service • Board of Directors, Orange Bowl Committee (1999-present) • Member, Orange Bowl Committee (1994-present) (various chairmanships) • Board of Directors, Notre Dame Club of Greater Fort Lauderdale • Board of Directors, Florida League of Cities • Board of Directors, Florida Urban Partnership • Board of Trustees, Florida Municipal Investment Trust • Member, Broward County Tourist Development Council • Broward County Courthouse Task Force Advisory Committee • Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse Committee • Member, Bench & Bar Committee of the Broward County Bar Association • Member, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel • Board of Directors and Officer, Brian Piccolo Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. • Kids in Distress Broward Advisory Council • Director, PACE Center for Girls • Board of Directors, St. Thomas More Society • Ambassador, The Pantry of Broward • Advisory Board Member, Winterfest, Inc. • CareerSource Broward Council of Elected Officials • Advisory Board Member, Broward Navy Days, Inc. • South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee • Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, Broward County, Executive Committee • Member, Greater Fort Lauderdale Democratic Club • Lector / Usher, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Former Public Service • Chair and Member, City of Wilton Manors Board of Adjustments and Appeals • Chair, Orange Bowl Foundation • Board of Trustees, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science • Member of the Downtown Council Steering Committee (Area Council of Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce) • Broward County Resource Recovery Board • General Counsel, Promenade in the Park/Beaux Arts of the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Inc. • Member, Fort Lauderdale High School Public Affairs Cluster Advisory Board (Government and Legal) • President, Brian Piccolo Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. (also former Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer) • Director and Advisor, Providence Place Shelter for Homeless Women and Children • Guardian Ad Litem [numerous cases in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth (17th) Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida] • Member, National Urban Fellows Annual Leadership Conference Host Committee • Chair, Lawyer Referral Committee, Broward County Bar Association • Member, Professionalism/Professional Responsibility Committee, Broward County Bar Association • Member, United Way Committee of the Broward County Bar Association • Member, Waiver Review Committee of the School Board of Broward County, Florida • Member, Wilton Manors Visioning Committee and Stakeholders Forum (various subcommittees) • Chair and President, Island City Foundation, Inc. (also former Vice Chairman and Vice President) • Director, Wilton Manors Business Association • Member, Wilton Manors Elementary PTA • Sponsor of “Teacher of the Month”, Wilton Manors Elementary School • Youth Baseball Coach, Fort Lauderdale • Youth Flag Football Coach, Fort Lauderdale • Youth Girls’ Soccer Coach, Fort Lauderdale • Girl’s Softball Coach, City of Fort Lauderdale and City of Wilton Manors • Little League Baseball and Tee Ball Coach, Wilton Manors Little League • Youth Basketball Coach, City of Oakland Park • Member, Democratic Club(s) in Pompano, North Broward, Tri-Cities, Pine Island Ridge, and Greater Fort Lauderdale • Member, Marine Industries of South Florida Manatee Public Awareness Team (2001-2002) Legal Highlights • Supreme Court, State of Florida, Admitted 1988 • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Admitted 1989 • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Admitted 2006 • United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Admitted 2010 • District of Columbia, Admitted 1988/1989 (currently inactive due solely to geography)
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Speaker Helen Sahi Senior Director, Sustainability Avery Dennison Helen Sahi Avery Dennison Helen Sahi is the Director of Sustainability for Avery Dennison Corporate and RBIS. Within her role Helen has a number of responsibilities. She is the chair of the Corporate Sustainability Committee to identify and prioritize sustainability challenges and opportunities and report ndings to the CEO as well as to champion our sustainability partnership with the Rainforest Alliance. In addition to building effective partnerships with external organizations and NGOs to support and advance sustainability efforts, she serves as primary contact for RBIS to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, including co-chairing the Adoption Working Group. Prior to joining Avery Dennison in April 2011, Helen served as senior vice president with Bank of America, providing state-of-the-art environmental and sustainability leadership to the institution as it expanded globally.
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Speaker Daniel C. Stapleton P.E. Senior Principal GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Speaker Johanna Jobin Director, Global EHS & Sustainability Biogen
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Speaker Scott Tew Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency Ingersoll Rand Speaker Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Prof. of Architecture and Master of Urban Design University of Miami
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Speaker Sonia Chao Dir, Ctr for Urban & Community Design University of Miami Speaker Chandler Van Voorhis Managing Partner GreenTrees
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Speaker Aaron Stash Senior Strategist, Environmental Sustainability United Speaker Jacqueline Drumheller Sustainability Manager Alaska Airlines
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Speaker Barbra Anderson Founding Partner Destination Better Speaker Susan Lorenz-Fisher Director of Sustainability AmerisourceBergen
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Speaker David Fenton Founder and Chairman Fenton Speaker Hans Royal Associate VP, Strategic Renewables Renewable Choice Energy
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Speaker Richard Eidlin VP for Policy and Co-founder American Sustainable Business Council Speaker Evan Harvey Director of Corporate Responsibility Nasdaq
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Speaker Daniel Aronson Founder Valutus Daniel Aronson Valutus Daniel Aronson has been researching, writing, and consulting on the environment, social responsibility, and innovation for almost 20 years. During his consulting career, he has led sustainability strategy consulting for Deloitte and for IBM, and he has worked with companies in apparel, health care, telecommunications, rail transportation, media, retail, high technology, financial services and many other industries. He serves on a board committee of the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association and as a member of the Social Responsibility Advisory Board of the American Society for Quality, the US home for ISO 26000. Daniel holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a BA with High Honors from UC Berkeley. He lives in the New York City area.
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Speaker Keith McHugh Sustainability Solutions Architect Schneider Electric
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Speaker Frederick Stromeyer Logistics Director Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.
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Speaker James Murley Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) Miami-Dade County
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Speaker Jeffrey Perlman President And Founder Bright Power
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Speaker Jonathan Burgess Vice President of Sustainable Operations The Spinnaker Group
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Speaker Brendan LeBlanc Partner - Climate Change and Sustainability Services EY
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Speaker Alex Diaz Chief Idea Officer AlexDíazEco
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Speaker Tim Smith Director, NorthStar Initiative and Sustainable Enterprise University of Minnesota
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Speaker Irela Bague President Bague Group
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Speaker Aman Singh Senior Managing Editor RF|Binder
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Speaker Holly Elwell Bostrom Climate-Smart Cities Director The Trust for Public Land
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Speaker Kathryn Ott Lovell Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation City of Philadelphia
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Speaker Tensie Whelan Dir. Stern Center for Sustainable Business NYU STERN
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Speaker Nicholas Aster Founder TriplePundit
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Speaker Margie Flynn Principal & Co-Founder BrownFlynn
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