Green Festival

The Pachamama Alliance was born in response to a request from the Achuar, an indigenous people deep in the Amazon region of Ecuador. The Achuar made the courageous decision to seek a partnership with people from the industrialized world who would work with them in protecting their rainforest home and their traditional way of life. Out of this unique partnership, it has become evident that indigenous wisdom and insight offer enormous value in addressing the complex issues that we face in our modern world. Their mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their ...

Pacheco is an independent producer and director focusing on global health, environmental, and cultural issues.

Padilla was born in Mexico, Jalisco and came to the United States at the age of two. Padilla moved to Seattle Washington as a 10th grader and currently a Senior at Chief Sealth High School.Padilla is ASB Vice President and Activities Representative of MECH/LA the Latino Hispanic Student club at Chief Sealth. Padilla is a student activist for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigation reform. He travelled to Washington D.C. on the March For America on March 21, 2010 and was also the student representative speaker on the Rally on April 10 for a Comprhensive Immigration Reform. Next year P ...

Lincoln Pain, the president of Effective Assets, is a certified financial planner practitioner (CFP) and an accredited investment fiduciary consultant (AIF). He has specialized in socially responsible investing (SRI) since 1986; he has served on the board of the national Social Investment Forum (SIF), a professional organization committed to promoting the concept, practice and growth of social investing, and is currently the chair of the Northern California Chapter, the Bay Area Social Investment Forum (BASIF). He has been a member of the First Affirmative Financial Network (FAFN) since 1988 ...

Greg Palast is best known as the investigative reporter who uncovered how Katherine Harris purged thousands of African-Americans from Florida voters rolls in the 2000 Presidential Election. Author of the New York Times and international bestsellers, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse, Palast is Patron of the Trinity College Philosophical Society, an honor previously held by Jonathan Swift and Oscar Wilde. He is also the author of Vultures' Picnic and has just released his brand new book Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. Greg Palast turned his skills to journalism after two dec ...

Tim Palcic is a Senior Associate with over 20 years of experience. Mr. Palcic has extensively contributed to several significant design projects including the landmark Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, a boutique hotel project in West Hollywood, the sustainably designed TreePeople Center for Community Forestry located in the Santa Monica Mountains and the recently completed LEED platinum rated Pitzer college in Claremont. Mr. Palcic also works closely with Mia Lehrer on a wide range of private gardens and estates for residential clients. Mia Lehrer + Associates is internationally recognized for its ...

Jill Palermo, co-founder of We Add Up, is an example of living true to your passion and succeeding in using your creativity to make a difference. She studied Architecture and Art at Carnegie Mellon University, culminating in the creation of a series of sculptures and videos about landfills, deforestation and industrial pollution. After college, Jill lived in the mountains of Oregon on an organic farming eco-village and learned how to live in harmony with the land. This mountain experience inspired her artistically, and her painting career blossomed. Over time, Jill’s creativity was channeled ...

Esperanza Pallana is Coordinator of the Oakland Food Policy Council (OFPC). Esperanza brings her years of experience in nonprofit administration to the OFPC. Esperanza’s professional background is in environmental health. She studied biology and urban studies as an undergrad at San Francisco State University. She holds a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco. For the past eight years, Esperanza has kept an urban farm in Oakland where she practices traditional foodways. Writing on her experience can be found online at Pluck & Feather. More recently ...

With 22 years of experience in managing community economic development projects, Palms-Barber is CEO of Chicagos North Lawndale Employment Network and CEO of Sweet Beginnings.

Pamela Martin has been an assistant professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences since 2003. She conducts research in environmental science, paleoclimatology (the study of past climate change) and the impact of food production on the environment. In 2006, Martin coauthored a study which looked at the importance of different dietary choices on per capita greenhouse gas emissions. In the course of the study she realized there was a gap in the data available to quantify the environmental, social and economic impacts of sustainable, regionalbased agriculture.

Panameño is the director of Latino Affairs for the Center for Responsible Lending, dedicated to protecting home ownership and family wealth.

Sylvia Panek has lived and worked in DC the past eight years, working on sustainability issues in finance. Having lived in Poland as a child and grown up eating Polish cuisine at home, Sylvia enjoys shopping at local farmers markets for making healthy, home-cooked food. Considered a national dish, pierogi come in a wide variety of flavors and make a satisfying meal for friends and family!

Pardo has been interested in the Fair Trade movement for many years, and, with two partners, made her interest into a bricks and mortar store in September of 2007, the first in Chicago. Prior to opening The Fair Trader, Pardo spent many years as a Studio Art Quiltmaker, and learned much about retail from her experience as a member of the country's oldest artistrun cooperative gallery in her Hyde Park neighborhood. Pardo believes strongly that it is possible and necessary for Fair Trade to become a sustaining movement, and has noted that most of the recently created Fair Trade suppliers ...

Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice Organizing Director

Climate Scientist, International Rivers Network Ms. Parekh works to raise awareness that dams are emitters of the powerful greenhouse gas, methane; to stop international carbon offsetting schemes; and promote climate adaptation strategies that protect rivers and the communities dependent on them. Before joining International Rivers in 2008, her experience included working in solidarity with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a social movement in India fighting the damming of theNarmada River, investigating the Indian governments plans to interlink rivers, and providing technical environmental assista ...

Jonathan Parfrey is executive director of Climate Plan and recently served as director of the GREEN LA Institute which provides educational services to Los Angeles' environmental community. In December 2008, Parfrey was appointed to the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners where he is serving a five-year term. He is a member of Board of Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform, the Vision Los Angeles advisory committee, the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility board of directors, the Member of the advisory board of UCLA’s Clean Energy for Green Industry, the Los Angel ...

Billy co-founded and grew the Energy Action Coalition into the largest youth organization in the world focused on clean energy and climate solutions. Billy is an Ashoka Fellow and the author of Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World. He lives in Oakland, CA, with his wife and two daughters.

Esther joined RSF in 2005 and became the Director of the Lending Program in 2007 to oversee the growth of the organization’s lending activities to social enterprises nationally. Esther is responsible for the strategic development of the Lending Program and the expansion of its offerings along the risk spectrum, and manages a six-member team. Previously, Esther was a senior consultant for ShoreBank Advisory Services, where she provided strategic and financial planning advice for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), particularly small business and affordable-housing loan funds ...

Tehri Parker is the executive director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). The MREA is a nonprofit organization, established in 1990, with a mission to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency through education and demonstration.MREA programs include: The Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair, handson and classroom workshops, certification programs for renewable energy site assessors, and a renewable energy demonstration site in central Wisconsin. Tehri is also a member of the Wisconsin Renewable Energy Network Board, a non profit group that provides leadership for ...

Kim Parker is the Communications Director at Brave New Films where she spearheads the press strategy for the organization's ongoing and new campaigns. With nearly 10 years of experience in the media realm, Kim has worked at leading PR agencies, Sunshine, Sachs & Associates and HL Group; top art institutions including the California African American Museum; as well as publishing outlets powerHouse Books and The New York Sun. Additionally, Kim volunteers on various policy and political committees, including the Young Professional Finance Committee for Kamala Harris' 2010 campaign for CA Attorney ...

Green architect Richard Parker has over 25 years of experience providing comprehensive architectural design services. As principal and cofounder of 450 architects, inc. Richard has extensive experience leading neighborhood community design workshops and received the SAFEBIDCO 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Certificate of Recognition from the California State Assembly. Richard advocates for changes to state and local building codes to facilitate green building, social and environmental justice. He lectured at the 2005 World Environment Day and 2007 Dwell on Design conferences and has w ...

Esther joined RSF in 2005 and became the Director of the Lending Program in 2007 to oversee the growth of the organization's lending activities to social enterprises nationally. Esther is responsible for the strategic development of the Lending Program and the expansion of its offerings along the risk spectrum, and manages a sixmember team. Previously, Esther was a senior consultant for ShoreBank Advisory Services, where she provided strategic and financial planning advice for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), particularly small business and affordablehousing loan funds. Sh ...

Jon Parrish currently works for Johnson Controls as Midwestern Lighting Design Manager overseeing initial lighting opportunities, defining the requirements for scope and project development and identifying risks for potential technical issues. As an Architectural Engineering graduate of the University of Colorado he fell into lighting design quite accidentally. The qualitative and "human" aspects of lighting attracted him to this field but the changes in new technology made it exciting. Working as a lighting designer, his project lighting design experience includes visible spaces such as the O ...

Johanna Gregory Partin serves as Director of Climate Protection Initiatives in the office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, where she advises Mayor Newsom on citywide sustainable energy, climate, transportation, green building and other programs promoting sustainability for San Francisco. From 20062009, Ms. Partin served as Renewable Energy Program Manager at the San Francisco Department of Environment, where she worked to help the City meet its renewable energy targets, focusing on the residential and commercial sectors. Ms. Partin has over 14 years' experience in the fields of renewable energy, microfi ...

Partnow, MA, organizational development and training consultant, enjoys being a catalyst for individuals and work teams seeking positive changes through workshops, retreats and coaching. She partners with organizations to promote healthy and productive workplaces and teams, whether their needs are strategic planning, team building or transition management. Partnow also offers sessions in speaking (presentations, voice, ESL), selfmanagement (time, stress, change, emotional intelligence) and people skills (communication, conflict transformation, negotiation). A former teacher and speech pathol ...

Paschal Osborn is a public interest water lawyer who works for the Center for Environmental Law ; Policy, headquartered in Spokane. CELP's mission is to protect and restore the freshwater resources of Washington state and the larger Columbia River Basin, through public education, agency advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation. www.celp.org

Panel: The Climate Challenge: From Interest to ActionThe science is clear: we have a short time to reverse the trends toward dangerous climate disruption before our planet is changed forever. But just how much time do we have and with what energy sources? Addressing these issues, these national and local leaders will explore what other countries are doing, and what fairness and equity mean in a time of global threat.

Gino Pastori-Ng was born and raised in Oakland, California, the community which he now serves as co-director of Ashoka’s Youth Venture San Francisco Bay Area (AYVSFBA). After graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Psychology, Gino spent several years teaching English in Brazil and China, and has since worked for several non-profits to pursue his passion for social justice, environmental awareness and education. Prior to his role at AYVSFBA, Gino supported the launch of a new elementary school in East Oakland, and worked for a non-profit organization focusing ...

Dr. Patel is a new dentist with a clear vision for an environmentally friendly approach to dentistry. She has taken a unique, innovative approach to dentistry, combining it with a concern for the environment in her practice. Dr. Patel is a leader in green dentistry and is conducting research and development to set standards in Green Dentistry. She has brought a Teleosis chapter to San Francisco, a nonprofit organization that helps doctors practice ecologically sustainable medicine. Dr. Patel also serves as an Enviromentor for the San Francisco Environment Agency to help small businesses becom ...

A visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley, Patel is a Fellow at the Institute of Food and Development Policy and a Research Associate at the University of KwaZuluNatal.

Deepali Patel is a yoga and meditation instructor with training in yin, prenatal and trauma-informed yoga. After completing her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Flow Yoga Center, she participated in additional advanced trainings with Biff Mithoefer, Janice Clairfield, Shiva Rea and Darren Main, and also trained at the Justice Resource Institute. She is currently completing a 2-year advanced vipassana meditation teacher training with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, and a Thai Yoga Therapy certification at the Thai Institute for Healing Arts.

Leah Patriarco is a member of the Allium Collective in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood and a member of the initial Chicago Conservation Corps group of leaders. She is currently working toward a teaching certificate with intentions to teach in Chicago Public Schools. With the support of the Chicago Conservation Corps, Leah organized a rain barrel distribution for the 46th Ward during which she worked with community members to distribute rain barrels to 46th Ward residents and nonprofits. This distribution, called Uptown Rain Barrels, was the first Chicago Conservation Corps project to be complete ...

Colleen PatrickGoudreau is a Bay Areabased chef, cooking class instructor and cookbook author whose mission is to raise consciousness about the food we consume. She is the author of critically acclaimed The Joy of Vegan Baking, which won VegNews Magazines Cookbook of the Year Award, and The Vegan Table.

Diane Patterson writes, sings, and carries her Funky Earth Ballads and Sacred Songs for the Peaceful Revolution with grit and grace. On acoustic guitar and ukulele, hand drum and voice, Patterson weaves spirit and unifying social commentary around the world, on festival stages and in concert venues, in the streets of Europe and the Farmers' Markets of Northern California. People say her voice reminds them of Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morisette, and Ani DiFranco. Diane currently lives in Big Sur, CA. This past summer Diane created 'Grandma Tour,' in which she traveled California, Massachusetts, Ver ...

Jacqui was born and raised on the south side of Chicago to a Jamaican immigrant father and an African American mother from Mississippi. She attended Boston University where she gained a Bachelors in Special Education while working in the Boston shelter system and participating in the “Housing Now” movement. During her 3.5 year term as a volunteer with the US Peace Corps in Jamaica she worked with the Community Environmental Resource Center which began due to the contamination of the Harbour View community water supply by the neighboring Shell Company plant. After Peace Corps, Jacqui went ...

EventComplete's CEO, author, and notable speaker, Michelle Patterson has been the visionary and creator behind a multitude of successful events and workshops produced since 1988. With a vast diversity in genres from Taste of Ladera, a signature wine festival of 30,000 to Create Your Future conferences. Her ability to refine and customize marketing strategies driving attendance to record highs is her forte. Patterson was named Event Ambassador for Groupon, the internet sensation named by Forbes Magazine as the fastest growing company. She is also the author of Event Complete's How to get your ...

Patty Martin is an environmental activist from Washington State. In 1997, as mayor, of the small town of Quincy, WA, she helped to expose the illegal use of hazardous waste in fertilizers. Wastes from steel mills, coal fired power plants, nuclear fuel processing, mining and other industrial activity were being sent to companies that transformed them into fertilizers. The situation in Quincy was covered as part of a Seattle Times investigative series Fear in the Fields: How Hazardous Waste Becomes Fertilizer and subsequently a book titled Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Globa ...

Pauli is an innovator in business, science and education. Under his leadership, Ecover built the first ecofactory (1992) that was featured on CNN Prime Time News. He initiated the concept of zero waste and zero emissions (1994) implemented by +2,000 companies in Japan, which have by now (16 years later) 99% eliminated all landfill.Inspired by Fritjof Capra, with whom he coauthored Steering Business towards Sustainability in 1995, Pauli set out to design an economic model that evolves from the core business management concept to a systemic view. With the support of the Japanese government and i ...

Paulin is the cofounder of the Greater Ukiah Localization Project and vice president of the Cloud Forest Institute. His efforts include educational outreach and practical actions.

Paloma Pavel, PhD, founder of Breakthrough Communities, is President of Earth House Center. She has served as Director of Strategic Communications for the Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative at the Ford Foundation. Pavel's academic background includes graduate study at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Harvard University. Her research at LSE addresses South African Economics in the pre and postApartheid eras. Her dissertation (Organizational Culture and Leadership Development) was part of a fiveyear study by the Carnegie Foundation on the workplace in America, which culminat ...

Paynter is the founder and CEO of Care2, the largest online socialnetwork for conscientious people with more than 7 million members and250 nonprofit partners.

The mission of the PeaceJam Foundation is to create a new generation of young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates.PeaceJam was conceived on the gritty, ganginfested streets of northwest Denver in the summer of 1994. Suvanjieff, an artist, musician, and relentless dreamer was talking with Latino gang members at the corner of 13th and Wyandot when he discovered that these roughandtumble youth not only knew who Desmond Tutu was, they appreciated his nonviolent efforts toward change.

Karen Pearson is an Associate Professor of Science and Mathematics at the Fashion Institute of Technology/ SUNY and the Director of TechFIT, a National Science Foundation grant: Advancing Technical Education (ATE) project (number 1003034). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree inChemistry from Clark University and Doctorate degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Washington State University. Prior to joining the FIT faculty in 2004, she was on the research staff at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center. Dr. Pearson’s teaching at FIT lead to the receipt of the 2011 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Exce ...

Christopher Peck is a sustainability entrepreneur, holistic financial planner and socially responsible investment advisor who’s been working since 1991 to build a more sustainable and prosperous world. Christopher’s a managing partner of Natural Investments LLC, a small firm with ten offices in eight states, they are focused solely on helping clients invest and build wealth in a way that reflects their environmental and social values. Christopher is a co-author of the soon-to-be released bestseller, The Resilient Investor: How to Thrive in a Time of Transition. For more on Christopher, ple ...

Dr. David N. Pellow is an activistscholar who has published widely on environmental justice issues in communities of color in the U.S. and globally. His books include: Resisting Global Toxics: Transnational Movements for Environmental Justice (forthcoming, MIT Press); The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the HighTech Global Economy (with Lisa SunHee Park, New York University Press, 2002);Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (MIT Press, 2002); Urban Recycling and the Search For Sustainable Community Development (with Adam Weinb ...

Pelosi is the author of Campaign Boot Camp 2.0 and Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders' (2007), books used in her leadership trainings for candidates and causes. She directs the AFSCME PEOPLE Congressional Candidates Boot Camp, which prepares Democrats for campaigns and has helped 26 challengers get elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Her work in public policy and politics includes service as Executive Director (1998–99) and Platform Chair (1996–present) of the California Democratic Party; Deputy City Attorney (Construction and Trial Teams) and Assistant Distric ...

Eli Penberthy is the public affairs specialist at PCC Natural Markets, where she is also the associate editor of the newspaper, the Sound Consumer. She has a broad range of experience writing, teaching and organizing around sustainable food systems, and has a particular interest in sustainable seafood.

Weather Pending is a San Francisco trio creating unique, soulful, music with a truthful, uplifting message. Theband creates smoky late night grooves highlighted by Janie Olivershoney and gunpowder vocals, the dark, swooping tones of producer RobCrosss electric bass and the shimmering overtones of Brian Bloi's lushelectric and acoustic guitar. On their debut recording, And How!,they're joined by guest drummers Max MacVeety and Derek G. Taylor whogive the music a swing that much electronic music lacks. The resultingmusic is hard to categorize; kind of like what The Beach Boys wouldhave sounded ...

An experienced group facilitator, Pendle, whose life goal is to create a world where we live in harmony with one another and nature, works for the Foundation of Sustainable Living.

William Pentecost, 25, is a young chef from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His first job, as a teenager selling apples in the Union Square Farmers Market, introduced him to organic fruits and vegetables and the sustainable world of farming at a young age. Those early experiences led to a career in restaurant kitchens and a degree in culinary arts from The Institute of Culinary Education (I.C.E.). Since graduating, he has moved toward a career in non-for-profit by volunteering and is currently working at The Lower Eastside Girls Club. Through LESGC, he has been able to create and run an en ...

Carla is a 33yearold, dedicated mother and community organizer and educator of Native/Latin American heritage residing in Oakland. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1999 with a BS in Conservation ; Resource Studies with an emphasis on Environmental Racism.She has worked with community groups in Yucatan, Mexico, Oakland and Contra Costa County on issues of environmental justice and sustainable agriculture. Carla is a certified Popular Education Trainer and Indigenous Permaculture Design Consultant. She is member of the School of Unity and Liberations Teacher Collective and a member of the Rucku ...

Araceli Perez is the Children Nature Institute’s Education Associate. She is a native from Mexico where she earned a Degree in Biology and holds a Masters in Education with has classroom experience pertaining to Kindergarten to High School. Araceli has volunteered as a Master Gardener promoting backyard vegetable gardening in schools and communities. She loves teaching and sharing the multiple benefits nature brings to children and youth. The Children’s Nature Institute is dedicated to providing young children with the opportunity to explore the natural world through hands-on, educationa ...

Kassia Perpich overseesRight Bite, the award-winning sustainable seafood program at John G. Shedd Aquarium. She works closely with Chicago’s culinary community to build demand for seafood that is caught or farmed in environmentally-friendly ways. Passionate about sustainable food production, Kassia also brings her expertise to a number of like-minded organizations, volunteering with Slow Food Chicago, the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition, and the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. She earned a Master’s degree in public policy from Indiana University.

Peter is an advisor to impact investors and social entrepreneurs in raising social capital, increasing equity value, growing revenue, building and nurturing strategic relationships, and adhering to triple bottom line standards. He has invested in several early stages social purpose companies including Stonyfield Farms and Zipcar, and as an entrepreneur was co- founder and co-CEO of IceStone, a Brooklyn-based manufacturer of high design green countertop material made with 100% recycled glass. At IceStone Peter led the effort in raising $20 million of mission-aligned capital. He is passionate a ...

Karen Peteros began beekeeping in 2006. She has been teaching and giving presentations and lectures on beekeeping continuously since Fall, 2007. She regularly attends and participates in regional and national beekeeping conferences and organizations. She is a past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers Association, and is co-founder and director of the non-profit, San Francisco Bee-Cause, which seeks to use urban beekeeping to support causes that benefit San Francisco's human and bee residents.

Galen Peterson is Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of United Roots. He is a long-time community educator and music producer in Oakland, CA. He is also Co-Founder and Director of the Turf Unity Music Program and a co-founder of Art in Action. Galen produces music and art events in the Bay Area with a coalition of youth and social justice organizations. He has done work with the Men’s Story Project to confront sexism and patriarchy in society, and explore ways to redefine masculinity in our communities. And, he worked with the Y-Step collective doing racial justice organizing in the Bay Ar ...

Peterson is author of the City of Seattle's Green Home Remodel series of guides, and has been providing green building outreach and education for more than ten years in the Seattle area. Prior to starting Synthesis Consultants, a green building research and strategic planning firm, Peterson worked for the City of Seattle Green Building Program and as Research Director for the Cascadia Region Green Building Council. Peterson is a thirdgeneration Seattleite, intent on helping preserve the ecological integrity of the Pacific Northwest.

Bill combines a long history in community banking with a deep interest in sustainability. After beginning his career at Bank of America, he spent 18 years in commercial lending and credit administration at several San Francisco Bay Area community banks. He hopes New Resource will educate people on the significant impact they have on the flow of capital into businesses that consider their environmental and social impacts in addition to their financial returns.

Tony Damico and Christine Petit are co-founders of the Long Beach Time Exchange, a time banking community where members use an alternative currency called time dollars to exchange skills and services. The concept is simple: One hour equals one time dollar, regardless of the service given, so there’s really no bartering involved. From dog-walking to graphic design, community organizing to tutoring, cooking lessons to massage therapy, everyone’s time is valued equally. Tony teaches communication studies at local colleges and organizes community events through Shift Long Beach (an evolver.net ...

Tracey is a well known social entrepreneur committed to finding marketbased solutions to global poverty. She is a seasoned business executive who has been involved in international development, social investing and philanthropy for more than 15 years.Prior to founding MicroPlace, Tracey was CFO of KickStart, an organization that designs and sells products focused on poverty alleviation. In 1998, she started her first company, 4charity, a webbased marketplace for charitable giving, and served as its CEO. Earlier in her career, Tracey held a variety of positions with socially responsible firms i ...

Pfingsten is a community activist and founder ofNo Foam Chicago, the grassroots group that has been advocating for a citywide ban of polystyrene foam styrofoam food packaging since February of 2009. Pfingsten professional experience stems from work as Preservation Chicago's Communications Manager, where she has assisted in a number of advocacy campaigns, including Save Grant Park and Save the Lakeshore Athletic Club. Pfingsten has also volunteered on a variety of local and nationalpolitical campaigns.

Gail Philbin coordinates outreach for a variety of CNT Energy projects that help consumers and communities obtain the information and services they need to control energy costs and become more energy efficient. She has more than two decades of experience in nonprofit communications and administration and a background in journalism. Prior to coming to CNT Energy, she served as communications and marketing director of the Illinois Environmental Council. Philbin also founded Farms without Harm, a grassroots coalition of small farmers, nonprofits and individuals in Michigan, launched in 2005. That ...

Phillips is the director of BioVision2020 and is a cofounder ofGeneWise, focusing on the short and longterm human and environmentaleffects of genetic engineering.

Tamika Phillips is the Artistic Director of the Marcus Garvey Upliftment Project, a free arts and education center in East Oakland, CA with the mission to provide “a safe environment for tomorrow’s leaders by teaching skills needed for African community self-determination.” She works tirelessly to bring the children through a profound life-altering experience based on African history studies, dance and theatre classes.

Janet A. Phoenix, MD, MPH, is Executive Director of the Coalition for Environmentally Safe Communities, a national nonprofit organization providing technical assistance to communities at risk for environmental disease. She is a physician trained in public health who has managed research, risk communication, and health prevention and promotion programs for many organizations. She is also Associate Professor of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health in the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University. She received her B.A. in anthropology from the Unive ...

Ani Phyo is a health expert, consultant, and wellness coach, and is an award-winning author of five popular and best-selling eco-lifestyle books: “Ani's 15-Day Fat Blast”, “Ani's Raw Food Asia”, “Ani's Raw Food Essentials”, “Ani's Raw Food Desserts”, and “Ani's Raw Food Kitchen” (awarded “Best Vegetarian Cookbook USA 2007”). She is the recipient of four Best of Raw 2008 Awards for Best Chef, Favorite Cookbook and Favorite Educator. She has also won Sexiest Raw Vegan Woman for 2008, 2009, and 2010. In addition to hosting “Ani's Raw Food Kitchen Show”, the award-winn ...

Ryan Pickering dove into the solar industry after studying renewable energy and political science at Loyola Marymount University. A self-professed solar geek, Ryan is committed to designing high-efficiency residential solar power systems. Beyond energy production, he works to maximize the curb appeal and durability of his designs. Ryan is based in Los Angeles and his designs can be found across Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica mountain villages and coastline. Outside of solar, Ryan plays in the Venice Basketball League.

Grazyna Pilatowicz, is a full time tenured faculty member in the Interior Design Department, and a Chair person of the Sustainable Interior Environments Graduate Program, which she initiated, developed, and launched. She is teaching Graduate Seminar, commercial and institutional design studios, thesis research and programming, and a course based on her book: Eco–Interiors: A Guide to Environmentally Conscious Interior Design. Grazyna is an interior designer and a consultant specializing in integrated sustainable design, and in programming and space planning for institutional projects. In he ...

Professor Stuart Pimm holds one of Duke University's most prestigious chairs (The Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology). He is an outstanding ecologist and the world's leading conservation scientist.Pimm's publications are extraordinarily influential. He is one of the most quoted ecologists. In the last decade, has Pimm published more than 100 papers, of which a quarter were in Nature, Science, and PNAS. Two of his four books have appeared since 1991. The Balance of Nature? Ecological issues in the conservation of species and communities. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 434 pp. A ...

Author Daniel Pinchbeck has deep personal roots in the New York counter culture of the 1950s and 1960s. His father was an abstract painter, and his mother, Joyce Johnson, was a member of the Beat Generation and dated Jack Kerouac as On the Road hit the bestseller lists in 1957, chronicled in Johnson's bestselling book, Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir. Pinchbeck was a founder of the 1990s literary magazine Open City with fellow writers Thomas Beller and Robert Bingham. He has written for many publications, including Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone. In ...

Gifford Pinchot is President and co-founder of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, which offers an MBA that integrates sustainability and social responsibility with innovation and profit. BGI opened in 2002 and is the first graduate schools to weave sustainability throughout its entire curriculum so that standard business subjects include ethics, cutting edge sustainability practices, and students’ spiritual perspectives. For three years BGI has come on top of Net Impact’s survey of business schools interested in socially responsible business. In August 2009 BGI was awarded the grant of acc ...

Jodi Pincus is the Executive Director of Rising Sun Energy Center. Under her leadership, Rising Sun has evolved from a modest renewable energy education center into a leading green workforce development and retrofit services organization. Jodi is a leading expert on the green economy, youth employment frameworks, sustainable social enterprise models and workforce development. The Center offers innovative green training and employment models that are held as exemplars in both the national and international community. Jodi specializes in consensus building, developing curricula, change manageme ...

Pincuspy is a Senior Program Associate with Safer Pest Control Project and leads its Yards ; Parks and Municipal programs. In 2008, he developed a Natural Lawn Care workshop that has since trained over 240 Midwest landscape professionals. Pincuspy is also closely involved with implementation of pesticide reduction strategies, including natural lawn care, at several Chicagoarea municipalities. Pincuspy previously worked as an environmental consultant and spent several growing seasons as a landscaper. Pincuspy has a Bachelor's in Geography from the University of Iowa, and a Master's in Environme ...

Chris Pine is a founding member and current Business Manager of the Biodiesel Cooperative of Los Angeles, Inc. He also served on its Board of Directors for five years. Mr. Pine is a retired Urban and Regional Planner, and resident of Torrance California, with 20 years experience in California communities, principally in Beverly Hills. Prior to coming to California, Mr. Pine spent 18 years in the study of environmental design and urban planning, with a Bachelor of Design (architecture) from the University of Florida, Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Virginia Tech, matriculation in th ...

From Making Furniture to Healing the EnvironmentFurniture manufacturer Cisco Pinedo will discuss strategies that his firm uses to build the best furniture available. Part of delivering the best product is caring about the entire supply chain from resource to customer. Every business choice is an opportunity to make a contribution to society and regenerate the environment.

Steve Pinetti, as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kimpton Hotels ; Restaurants, oversees all sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, CRM and eCommerce activities for the hotel and restaurant management company. Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, based in San Francisco, currently manages 46 boutique hotels and 46 fine dining chefdriven restaurants in the U.S. and Canada.Prior to joining the Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants in 1982, Pinetti, 55, began his hospitality career with Hilton and Hyatt where he held a number of positions in hotel sales and marketing. He was rec ...

Chellie Pingree never anticipated a life in politics. Living on the offshore island of North Haven, Maine, she raised her kids and ran a small business. She served on the school board and as the local tax assessor, a job no one else in town wanted. But in 1991, when she was approached about running for State Senate, she jumped at the chance. She scored a remarkable upset, defeating a popular Republican, and went on to serve four terms in the Maine Senate. But throughout her political career, from Augusta to Washington and beyond, the lessons she learned on North Haven have always been her gui ...

As the Founder of the 11,000+ member international organization EcoMom® Alliance, empowering women to make healthier lifestyle choices, Kimberly Pinkson is an expert in consumer behavior, leveraging purchasing power to support a shift toward sustainable economies. She is a popular media guest on health and wellness issues, having appeared on media outlets such as the TODAY Show, Access Hollywood, CBS Morning News, and 20/20 and she has been a keynote speaker at events such as the World Women’s Forum in Seoul, Korea and the Marketing to Moms Conference in North Carolina. In addition to gui ...

Shireen Pishdadi has been Congregational Outreach Coordinator for Faith in Place since 2001. She is a frequent speaker within and beyond the Muslim community on the relationship of religious faith and the way we grow our food. At Faith in Place, she provided the main impetus for the creation of TAQWA, a cooperative offering sustainably and humanelyraised meats that also satisfy Muslim dietary requirements. Previously, she served as a physics research assistant at Chicago State University where she received her B.S. in BioChemistry. She is a former president of the Muslim Student Association at ...

Mae has been a CPS Special Education Teacher for more than 30 years. For the past eight years, she has been an innovative, caring educator for her students at CHSAS. She is always there doing what needs to be done to make her student’s day as meaningful and worthwhile, and always mindful of the accommodations they need to be involved and successful.

Pittman is an ecological economist who works on sustainability assessment.

Sherri has over two decades of strategic marketing and business development experience with some of the world’s most recognized consumer brands. Prior to joining Sungevity, she held several executive marketing roles at Levi Strauss & Co. across the company’s brand portfolio. During her tenure at the company, she played a key role in developing Signature by Levi Strauss into a leading value channel denim lifestyle resource and lead numerous global branding initiatives. Prior to Levi Strauss & Co., Sherri held senior level marketing and strategy positions at Sara Lee Corporation driving the ...

Pitula is a community organizer with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. His work is part of LVEJO's Public Transit Justice campaign. The campaign is for transit funding, civil rights and environmental justice. Pitula has a B.S. in Environmental Science and a B.A. in Spanish. Pitula has over 15 years involvement in peace, environmental and global justice movements.

Jack Pizzo is President, Senior Ecologist, Principal Landscape Architect and founding partner with Pizzo ; Associates, Ltd., a firm dedicated to protection, restoration and creation of natural areas. In 20 years he has been involved in teams to restore, design, construct and steward ecological restorations, sustainable subdivisions and natural landscapes throughout the country. Jack is an informative, inspiring and entertaining speaker on restoring the environment we live in.

Pat Plant is the Hunger Action Advocate for the Presbytery of San Jose and has been 'stirring the pot' for social justice issues, including issues of economic justice, Fair Trade and sweat-free purchasing and ecological concerns, at her 45 Presbyterian churches for the past eight years. Prior to that, Pat was a school administrator.

Josie is Director of Projects for the Institute for the Built Environment at Colorado State University. She has a degree in Business and Sustainability from Fort Lewis College and a Master's of Construction Management with an emphasis in Sustainable Building at Colorado State University. Josie has worked in the private, nonprofit and government sectors to facilitate and coordinate green building projects and is an experienced instructor, lecturer and workshop facilitator. She is LEED v2.0 and v2.2 Accredited Professional with working knowledge in LEED compliant design, construction, and docume ...

Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Barbara Pleasant is one of America's most trusted garden writers (Cheryl Long, editorinchief of Mother Earth News magazine). A fourtime winner of Garden Globe awards given by the Garden Writers Association, Barbara has written numerous books on a wide range of subjects from vegetables to weeds. Her 2008 book, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, turned composting upsidedown by moving it from the shadows to the heart of the garden. Barbara is a contributing editor for Mother Earth News. Her newest book Starter Vegetable Gardens, provides plans, guidance and ...

Founders of Transcendentist®, Inc., Fred is a restorative and general dentist with a Ph.D. in meditation. on the board of the Engage Network, Ina is a social entrepreneur and lawyer of 18 years.

Depending on who you ask, you might hear about Alixa and Naima as mural painters, rabble rousers, or exterior decorators. They are as notorious for their fistraising performances as they are for their artsbased political education workshops; as recognized for their visual art as they for Fashion Statement, their line of silkscreened clothing. Basically, Alixa and Naima are poets who moonlight as street artists, and infiltrate public schools and prisons with infectious ideas of how people can shape their own destinies. A tattoo artist from Colombia and a gymnast from the back roads of Massach ...

Jean Pogge is the Executive Vice President of Consumer and Community Banking at ShoreBank, Americas first and leading community development and environmental bank. Pogges responsibilities include the retail branch network, small business credit, single family mortgage lending, mission based deposits and the evolving strategy for serving the unbanked. Prior to joining ShoreBank, Jean Pogge was President of Woodstock Institute, a nationally recognized policy nonprofit that works to promote community reinvestment through policy development, applied research, and interactive program design.Ms. ...

Poling is the Regional President for the Pacific Northwest region of One PacificCoast Bank, FSB, an FDIC-insured Certified Community Development Financial Institution. As a member of the bank’s senior management team, Poling oversees all business development activities for Washington and Oregon as well as playing a key role in the strategic development of the overall bank. She has more than 25 years of commercial banking experience, working with a variety of industry areas and many years of non-profit leadership roles. Poling holds a BS in Finance from the University of Montana and an MBA fr ...

Robert Politzer is the President and founder of GreenStreet Inc. Under Mr. Politzer's leadership, GreenStreet has grown from a small environmental testing and abatement company to a leading green energy, building and development firm, operating primarily in the tri-state region. Mr. Politzer is a LEED accredited professional and was the Chair of the Sustainable Business Task Force of the New York State Environmental Business Association. He is a former New York City public high school teacher and Adjunct Professor at New York University and the New York City Technical College. Mr. Politzer ho ...

Paul Polizzotto’s career in social enterprise began when he launched his first venture, the industrial/environmental cleaning company Property Prep, in 1989. A lifelong surfer, Paul melded his passion for the ocean with his talent for entrepreneurship and pioneered Urban Watershed Cleaning and Zero Discharge -- two technologies which help businesses become environmentally compliant by scrubbing toxins from parking lots and industrial sites, thus preventing the run-off from entering storm drain systems and polluting the waters into which they feed. In 2002, Paul expanded his reach with his ...

Kevin Polka is the general manager for his family business, Paragon Mechanical, Inc. He graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in electrical engineering and a minor in mathematics. His passion is to utilize his business to build better heating, cooling and domestic hot water system, which in turn, saves substantial amounts of energy. He has a wonderful wife and a beautiful baby boy.

Lynn Pollack oversees Ziyarat az Zeitoun (Visiting the Olives), a project that brings Fair Trade Palestinian olive oil and other Fair Trade products to Chicago area consumers. Visiting the Olives is a joint venture of Chicago Fair Trade and the American Friends Service Committee Chicago. Lynn has visited the West Bank and Israel three times since 2005, twice as part of an interfaith peace delegation. She serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and is also on the leadership team for the local JVP chapter. A longtime member of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregat ...

Jesse Pollak is an 18-year-old freshman at Pomona College, who is dedicated to protecting the environment and who believes that youth can lead the way.During his years of high school in Washington, DC, Jesse worked with the DC Mayor and City Council to help raise awareness about green jobs. As part of this mission, Jesse sought a $25,000 Pepsi Refresh Everything grant, and though he fell one place short (placing 11th out of 10 winners), he gained valuable experience on using social media to inspire and motivate youth.Building on this experience, in the past half year, Jesse co-founded a new ...

Graduating from the Wellness and Massage Training Institute in 1999, Rebecca began her massage therapy career. She has continued her education with courses in Cranialsacral Therapy, Zero Balancing, Four Hand Massage, Hot Stone Massage, Aromatherapy, Psychophysical Re-education, Structural Therapy, Ayurvedic and Thai Massage. Furthering her interest in the Holistic health field, Rebecca completed the Foundations in Herbalism and Asian Bodywork program at the Chicago College of Healing Arts. She has been a massage therapy instructor at Olympia College and Cortiva Institute. She is a member of th ...

Alex Poltorak joined Education Pioneers in Chicago in summer 2010 after completing the MBA program at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Alex spent the summer working at the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in the Office of Teaching and Learning. Alex's projects included designing a database to store implementation data for the Response to Intervention (RtI) initiative. He coordinated with other departments to ensure that this stopgap measure would fit into longer-term technologies like CPS University for professional development and Sharepoint for interaction logging in t ...

Scott Pomeroy is the environmental programs manager for the Downtown DC Business Improvement District, managing the Greening Downtown DC Initiative a comprehensive districtwide approach where the Downtown BID focuses on greening new and existing buildings, educating tenants on green best practices, improving public spaces, and enhancing transportation options for the areas bounded by the White House on the west, to the Union Station to the east and from Massachusetts Avenue to the north and Constitution Avenue on the South. He is also the board chair of Keep Washington DC Beautiful, the loca ...

LANART is a small, family-owned and operated company. In 1979, Angelo Ponce started LANART by creating an alpaca teddy bear for his daughter. His artistic background and Latin ethnicity were critical to founding the company. His daughter, Ursula Ponce, has been around the company most of her life, but did not formally join LANART until 2005 after completing her graduate studies. Her contribution in launching the company to its current level has been focused on building strong ties with the artists, developing a variety of fair trade practices, and overseeing certification processes. LANART inn ...