Host Committee

The San Francisco Host committee is made up of members representing local community leaders, business owners, NGO directors and advocates of sustainability and social justice. They provide vision, direction, recommendations and assistance in all aspects of Green Festival.

Thank you to our incredible San Francisco Host Committee whose dedication and hard work has helped craft a memorable event:

Leonard Adler (Green Jobs Network)
Fatima Ahmed (Real Options for City Kids)
David Anderson
Nicholas Aster (Triple Pundit)
Bryan Au (Raw Organic)
Steve Aultman (Transition US)
Carol Badran
Utuma Belfrey (Sustainable Futures)
Zoe Belka
Andrew W Biederman (Vircon)
Teresa Bradley (Revolutionary Green)
Gary Bridges
Deborah Carney (Nourishing Hands)
Benita Chiang
Supervisor Malia Cohen (SF Board of Supervisors, District 10)
Tom Cooney
Susan Coss
Eve Cowen (Create Your Impact)
Kim Cranston
Wade Crowfoot (CA Governor's Office of Planning and Research )
Karil Daniels
Elizabeth de Renzy (Women's Initiative for Self Employment)
Allison Deger
Tamara Diamond (Bay Area Green Tours)
Eugenio Diaz (Avilia & Associates)
Carla Din (East Bay Green Corridor)
Ellen Donald (Next Generation)
Kate Drane (Triple Pundit)
David Duckworth (Laborfest)
Tex Dworkin (Global Exchange)
Joni Eisen (CA Clean Money Campaign)
Juliette Ellis (SFPUC)
Maya Feight
Howard Feight (Sustainable Living Roadshow)
Jennifer L Fernandez (Bay Area LISC)
Gil Friend
Sonya Goins
Nayelli Gonzalez (Saatchi & Saatchis S)
Rex Green (Quality Transformation Team)
Debra Guisti (Harmony Festival & Wishing Well Productions)
Lisa Handwerker
James Hanusa (Burning Man Project)
Alison Healy (Solar Sonoma County)
Veronica Hunnicutt (City College of San Francisco)
Cathy Jeffries (US General Services Admin)
Jessica Jones (SRJC Students for Sustainable Communities)
Zaigham Kabir (Center for Progressive Action)
Anne Kaplan (Words That Work)
Rebecca Kaplan (Oakland City Councilmember at large)
Kevin Kilkenny
Jane Kim (SF Board of Supervisors, District 6)
Pamela King
Susan King (Sunday Streets)
Kevin J Kinney (San Francisco State University)
Amy Kiser
Ashley Kleckner
Lori Kober
Scott Langston
Meredith Leach (Salesforce.com)
Carmen Lee
Jihee Lee (UC Berkeley)
Thomas T. Lee (DIY Lobbyist)
Senator Mark Leno (CA State Senate, 3rd District)
Cecilia Mak
Antonia Malhi (San Jose State (Grad School))
Ashley Malyszka (350.org)
Naomi Reagan (Heart to Help)
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi (SF Board of Supervisors, District 5)
Sandra ("Alex") Monk (Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits)
Leka Nazareth
Melanie Nutter (SF Dept of Environment)
Melody O'Donnell
Nikki Pava (Eco Tuesday)
David Perkins (Malibu Compost)
Carol Phillips
Tuwanna Pipkin
Connie Pugh
Cathryn Ricard
Mary Rick (Hoop Fund)
Linda Riebel, PhD (The Green Foodprint)
Mark Roest (Designer Cabinetry)
Salim Rollins (Destiny Arts Center)
Glenda Rubin
Matthew Runeare (Eat Real)
Francesca Schaper
Fred J. Schmidt (Fred J. Schmidt & Assoc.)
Alisa Rose Seidlitz (Ambiance Eco)
Rachel Shiozaki (350.org)
Liz Sizensky (UC Berkeley)
Floyd Earl (Bud) Smith (Transition SF)
Riley Smith
Gayle St. John
Teri Stewart (Gardens In Friendship Together)
Mike Stroyan (Engage 360)
Zen Trenholm (California Student Sustainability Coalition)
Andrea Tyler (Transform CA)
Stephen Weisz
Sarah Welch (Be The Change - Kenya)
Mimi Wong
Jack Wu (Mission High School)
Sunny Xiao
April Yamaichi (Sit & Stay Dog Training / Walking Service)
Anni Yang
Marilyn Yee
Bruce Young (Computer Technical Consulting)
Clifford Young
Marlene Zobayan (Consumer Change LLC)