 | Ray Anderson -- Georgia USA, 15.0k to 20.0k 
Ray Anderson, the once captain of industry, has eschewed a luxury car for a Prius, built an off-the-grid home, authored a book chronicling his journey, Mid-Course Correction, and become an unlikely screen hero in the Canadian documentary, The Corporation and Leonardo DiCaprio's The 11th Hour. He is a master commentator on the Sundance Channel's series, Big Ideas for a Small Planet, and was named one of /Time magazine's "Heroes of the Environment" in 2007, with a similar honor from Elle Magazine that year. Ray Anderson is a sought after speaker and advisor on all issues eco, including a stint as co-chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development during President Clinton's administration.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Mayor Bob Dixson -- Kansas USA, Contact for fee schedule
Mayor Bob Dixson is a native Kansan and he has been a resident of Greensburg since 1985. Dixson took office as Mayor of Greensburg in May 2008 and he is leading the way in the process of rebuilding the community after the May 4, 2007 tornado. Sustainable building, renewable energy and "green" technologies are the cornerstones of the recovery of Greensburg. Mayor Dixson retired from the US Postal Service after 26 years after serving as Postmaster of Greensburg for 16 years and Pratt, Kansas for 6 years. He served on the USD #422 School Board for 12 years and was President for eight years.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Duane Elgin, MBA -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Duane Elgin is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and social visionary who looks beneath the surface turbulence of our times to explore the deeper trends that are transforming our world. In 2006, Duane received the Japanese “Goi International Peace Award” in recognition of his contribution to a global “vision, consciousness, and lifestyle” that fosters a “more sustainable and spiritual culture.”
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Christine Ervin -- Oregon USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
A major force in today’s vibrant green building markets, Christine Ervin is an environmental leader with a career spanning executive positions across national, state, and nonprofit sectors. As an author, her book, Certified Green, explores the dynamic world of green market transformation. As first President and CEO of the US Green Building Council, Ervin led its growth from 200 members and three staff in 1999 to become a highly influential coalition of 4,500 companies and organizations, 50 staff and 70 local chapters and affiliates. During her tenure, the Council launched the LEED green building rating system, the Greenbuild Conference and Expo which drew 12,000 attendees in 2006, and numerous governance enhancements to help reach mainstream markets.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Edward Freeman -- Virginia USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Ed Freeman is a charismatic and humorous speaker. His speeches contain references that range from Plato and Aristotle to Muddy Waters and the Grateful Dead. He has presented to thousands of executives all over the world on a range of topics. He is best known for his work in business ethics and stakeholder management, where he uses both insightful business analysis and humor to get executives to examine their own companies to make them better able to cope with the ethical and strategic challenges in business.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Matthias Gelber, MS -- Malaysia Malaysia, 2.5k to 5.0k
A professional speaker, international trainer, and business man, Matthias Gelber came in ahead of 600 other participants from around the world to emerge as the champion in the annual award for Greenest Person on the Planet by 3rd Whale in Canada in 2008. Put simply, Matthias’s passion is in preserving the natural environment – a passion that has seen him focus on environmental management and CSR for the last 15 years in around 40 countries worldwide.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Tom Hinton -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Tom Hinton is one of America’s most popular business speakers. He is well known for his expertise in the areas of Customer Relations, Leadership, Team Building, Sustainability, and Green Business Practices. Since 1986, he has addressed over 900 major corporate, association, and government audiences in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Ireland, Spain, France, England, and Scotland.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Bob Hirschfeld -- Maryland USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Bob Hirschfeld, who Jay Leno calls “one of the top satirists in the country,” has transformed the mood and energy at more than 200 conferences for such clients as Microsoft, Forbes and Johnson & Johnson. His hilarious “Funny Business” presentation is stand-up with a laptop for over-the-top satire that lampoons all aspects of business from time management to branding. As the world’s first (self-proclaimed) “Cybersatirist,” Bob initially made his mark online with a popular web site that was named a PC magazine Top 100, followed by his success at high-profile business events. He’s performed for Fortune 500 CEO’s at invitation-only conferences, international audiences of leading financial managers, and followed Microsoft President Steve Ballmer after he unveiled Windows XP. Bob Hirschfeld has been profiled in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal as well as been featured in Newsweek and Fast Company. His humor has appeared in the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | John Izzo, Ph.D -- British Columbia Canada, 15.0k to 20.0k
John Izzo is a visionary, author, community leader and professional speaker on leadership development, performance management, corporate culture, and organizational change. Dr. John Izzo has over 20 years experience working in a wide variety of corporate settings. His clients include nonprofit organizations, Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and mid-size companies.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | William McDonough -- Virginia USA, 30.0k to 50.0k
William McDonough is a world-renowned architect, designer, speaker and winner of three U.S. presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the nation's highest environmental honor, the National Design Award (2004); and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003). Time magazine recognized him as a "Hero for the Planet" in 1999, stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that—in demonstrable and practical ways—is changing the design of the world."
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Bill Reed, AIA, LEED, Hon. FIGP -- Massachusetts USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Bill is a consultant, design process facilitator, and lecturer. He has participated in over 200 presentations and workshops relating to Sustainable and Regenerative Design. Bill served as co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003; is a member of the LEED Advanced faculty and one of the first of twelve USGBC trainers of the LEED Rating System; a founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council; and served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment. He currently serves on the Board of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, as an advisor to Environmental Building News, and on the board of CitiLog.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Andy Savitz -- Massachusetts USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
A creative business leader, business speaker, and advisor, Andy Savitz is the author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social, and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too. Savitz experienced the "triple bottom line" as a lead partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ global Sustainability Business Services practice, representing the firm on environmental and sustainability issues, and authored its 2002 Sustainability Survey, the first of its kind in the United States. Now, as a senior consultant at Sustainable Business Strategies, Savitz helps businesses assess, devise, and develop sustainable business practices to become leaders in their industries.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Tony Seba, MBA -- California USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Tony Seba is the author of Solar Trillions - 7 Market and Investment Opportunities in the Emerging Clean-Energy Economy and Winner Takes All - 9 Fundamental Rules of High Tech Strategy. He is a lecturer in entrepreneurship and clean energy at Stanford University and a serial cleantech and high-tech entrepreneur. Seba is an inspiring and engaging speaker on The Future of Energy, Growth Opportunities in The Clean Energy Economy, Electricity 2.0, Entrepeneurship, Innovation, and building a winner in uncertain times.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | David Suzuki, Ph.D -- Canada Canada, 30.0k to 50.0k
David Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He has received consistently high acclaim for his thirty years of award-winning work in broadcasting, explaining the complexities of science in a compelling, easily understood way. He is well known to millions as the host of the CBC’s popular science television series, The Nature of Things. The author of more than 50 books, his passionate, hard-hitting speeches are filled with critical content and delivered in a manner that will mesmerize, educate and inspire.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | David Wann -- Colorado USA, 2.5k to 5.0k
Wann has spoken to a wide variety of audiences over the years, from small, informal groups of 20 to large conferences of 500 or more. He strives for authenticity, using many concrete examples as well as a rich array of wisdom gleaned from cultural mentors and role models. Wann likes to engage his audiences with personal recollections, stories and dry humor, with an over-arching theme of bad news/good news. Though his talks are both entertaining and filled with content, he especially enjoys spontaneous interaction with the audience. He has also produced 20 videos and TV programs, including the award-winning TV documentary "Designing a Great Neighborhood," and "Building Livable Communities," for then-Vice President Al Gore. David is the father of two children, president of the Sustainable Futures Society, and a Fellow of the national Simplicity Forum. He co-designed the cohousing neighborhood where he lives, has taught at the college level, and worked more than a decade as a policy analyst for
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Jody Weiss -- New York USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Jody Weiss is the founder and CEO of Peacekeeper Cause-metics, the first cosmetics line to give all of its after-tax, distributable profits to women’s health advocacy and urgent human rights issues. PeaceKeeper builds a bridge between extraordinary women in the land of plenty and extraordinary women who, by chance of birth, don’t have our resources or opportunities. A much sought after motivational speaker, Jody speaks to audiences on activism through business, creating a green brand, women's issues, efficiency, and overcoming adversity.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Andrew Winston, MBA -- Connecticutt USA, 20.0k to 25.0k
Andrew Winston is a globally recognized speaker, author and expert on green business, appearing regularly in major media such as The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, the New York Times, and CNBC. Andrew Winston is dedicated to helping companies both large and small use environmental strategy to grow, create enduring value, and build stronger relationships with employees, customers, and other stakeholders.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Jerry Yudelson -- Arizona USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Jerry is the most prolific author in the field of
green building and green development, with ten
books published in the industry. His topics include European trends,
sustainable retail development, green homes, the
green building revolution, the business case for green
building, marketing green building services and green
developments.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
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