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<b>Jules Allen - Allen Labs, LLC</b><div style='text-align:justify'>With a couple decades of software development experience under his belt, Jules has built quite the menagerie of desktop, web, and mobile products. He's held lofty titles for a range of tech companies (CTO; CIO; Director of Internet Strategies; Director of Product Delivery, Security and System Integrity; and Vice President of Persuasive Technologies), working with folks like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Heart Association, Penske, IRS, FDIC, and various Hollywood studios. Jules possesses a rather remarkable ability to both code up a storm and effectively interact with the world beyond glowing boxes. His charming British accent and self-effacing wit undoubtedly help with the latter. When not devouring hefty technical tomes he cooks, makes his own bacon, and has a fledgling but growing appreciation for American whiskeys.</div>

<b>Lukas Biewald - Founder & CEO, CrowdFlower</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A Silicon Valley veteran, Lukas grew <a href='http://crowdflower.com'>CrowdFlower</a> from little more than an idea and a couple laptops to a multimillion dollar industry, and he's helping Oroeco navigate our start-up growing pains. In previous lives Lukas worked for Yahoo and Powerset after graduating with degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Stanford. He also builds mobile apps for fun at <a href='http://hippodile.com'>Hippodile</a>.</div>

<b>Leo Bonanni - Founder & CEO, Sourcemap</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Initially started as his PhD project at MIT, Leo has incubated <a href='http://sourcemap.com/'>Sourcemap</a> (and <a href='http://footprinted.org'>Footprinted</a>, its sister org) into a cornucopia of product-level sustainability data. Leo keeps us up to speed on the power of crowd-sourced green informatics, as well as what the crazy kids at MIT's Media Lab are up to next.</div>

<b>Bill Bradlee - Affiliate Service Director, Interfaith Power & Light</b><div style='text-align:justify'>With over 16 years of experience working with environmental non-profits, Bill is working with <a href='http://interfaithpowerandlight.org/'>Interfaith Power & Light</a> to mobilize climate solutions through communities of faith. Bill constantly reminds us that there's a big chunk of middle America that doesn't think like the coasts. In his spare time he rides his bicycle across the country engaging in conversations about climate change.</div>

<b>Thea Maria Carlson - Farmer, Organizer, Educator, Activist</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A passionate practitioner of sustainable food production, Thea has worked on farms (small and large) throughout the US. She serves as the Coordinator for the <a href='http://www.biodynamics.com'>Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association</a>, networking the experience of hundreds of farmers who strive to make agriculture healthier for both people and the planet. Thea has also worked with <a href='http://spitfirestrategies.com'>Spitfire Strategies</a> to help non-profits more effectively communicate their mission goals.</div>

<b>Edward Castaño - Mint.com Project Manager, Intuit</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A self-described 'world citizen', Ed takes pride in his ability to say 'hello' and 'thank you', in over a dozen different languages. Five months of <a href='http://edward-francis.travellerspoint.com/'>backpacking</a> around the world certainly helped. Ed has a joint MBA/MS degree from Stanford, where he was part of the <a href='https://pangea.stanford.edu/programs/eiper/'>Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources</a>. His travels and interest in the environment motivated him to learn web-development and build <a href='http://writegreen.org/'>writegreen.org</a>, a non-profit environmental advocacy platform created to help people change their politicians, not just their light-bulbs. He started his career as consultant with <a href='http://www.bain.com/'>Bain & Co.</a> before joining Intuit, the personal finance powerhouse. Today, Ed is charged with building the next phase of <a href='https://www.mint.com/'>Mint.com</a>, bringing the product to the country's 100 million households.
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<b>Bernadette Cay - Product Marketing, Google</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Constantly seeking new inspiration at the <a href='http://techmusenow.com'>intersection of technology, creativity, and entrepreneurship</a>, Bernadette currently lends her many talents to Google products (<a href='http://maps.google.com'>Maps</a> and <a href='http://chrome.google.com'>Chrome</a>, most recently). She earned her academic stripes from Stanford, and has worked with notable VCs and investment banks, as well as groovy startups like <a href='http://samasource.org/'>Samasource</a> and <a href='http://www.completegenomics.com/'>Complete Genomics</a>. Bernadette also still finds time to work on global development and product management on the <a href='http://www.women2.org'>Women 2.0</a> team.</div>

<b>Blaire Fernandez - Enterprise Program, GE</b><div style='text-align:justify'>With a passion for clean technology, Blair is helping us gain insight about how one of the biggest companies in the world (<a href='http://www.ge.com'>GE</a>) views product-level and supply chain sustainability. She comes equipped with an MBA from Colombia and a BA in Art History from the University of Texas (Austin), so she can also help us assure that both our business and artistic endeavors are in order.</div>

<b>Luis Fernandez - Researcher, Carnegie Institute for Science
</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Bridging a background in Biology, Ecology, International Negotiation and Computer Science, Luis wears many hats while working to solve complex environmental problems throughout the US and Latin America. Besides his role at <a href='http://dge.stanford.edu/people/lfernandez'>Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology</a>, Luis is also an Environmental Scientist at <a href='http://www.anl.gov'>Argonne National Lab</a>, a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, and a Senior Fellow at the <a href='http://www.elpnet.org/'>Environmental Leadership Program</a>.</div>

<b>Amberjae Freeman - Social Investment Analyst</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Amberjae works for a large wealth management firm, helping assure that $1 billion in assets are invested to generate both financial and social returns. From Rwanda to the Caribbean, she's trotted around the globe investigating how the movement of money links to human rights, spending time with the <a href='http://clintonglobalinitiative.org'>Clinton Global Initiative</a>, the <a href='http://clintonfoundation.org/what-we-do/clinton-development-initiative/our-approach/rwanda'>Clinton Hunter Development Initiative</a>, and the <a href='http://cgrs.uchastings.edu'>Center for Gender and Refugee Studies</a>, as well lecturing as a Professor of Political Science and Economics at Santa Barbara City College. She's now helping Oroeco quantify social and environmental metrics for your investment portfolio.</div>

<b>Saul Griffith - CEO, OtherLab</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Originally from Australia, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Griffith'>Saul</a> has helped found seven companies, somehow finding time to wrap up a PhD in <a href='http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~saul/PhD/index.html'>'self replicating machines'</a> at MIT on the side. His most recent project is <a href='http://www.otherlab.com/'>Otherlab</a>, a research and development company working on computational manufacturing and design tools and applying those tools to projects such as inflatable pneumatic robots and prostheses, novel approaches to heliostat design, and applications of computational origami to the design of pressure vessels in arbitrary shapes. Previously, he was a co-founder of <a href='http://www.squid-labs.com/'>Squid Labs</a> and its spinout companies and projects, <a href='http://www.makanipower.com/'>Makani Power</a>, <a href='http://www.wattzon.com/'>WattzOn</a>, <a href='http://www.howtoons.com/'>HowToons</a>, <a href='http://www.instructables.com/'>Instructables</a>, <a href='http://www.optiopia.com/'>OptiOpia</a>, <a href='http://www.potenco.com/'>Potenco</a>, and <a href='http://www.monkeylectric.com/'>Monkeylectric</a>. He also worked closely with the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC'>One Laptop per Child (OLPC)</a> team to develop a portable human-powered source sufficient to regenerate a battery in a low-cost laptop. Saul helps lead the movement to illuminate the technical and practical energy needs of the planet. </div>

<b>Nikki Henderson - Executive Director, People's Grocery</b><div style='text-align:justify'>At <a href='http://www.peoplesgrocery.org/'>People's Grocery</a>, Nikki works to improve the well-being and economy of West Oakland by building a healthy and just local food system. She's also worked at <a href='http://www.greenforall.org/'>Green for All</a> and <a href='http://www.slowfoodusa.org'>Slow Food USA</a>, and co-founded <a href='http://www.liverealnow.org'>Live Real</a>, a national collaborative of food movement organizations. Nikki was featured in ELLE magazine as <a href='http://www.elle.com/Life-Love/Society-Career-Power/ELLE-Gold-Awards-2010-5-at-25/Feeding-the-Masses'>one of the five 2010 Gold Awardees</a>. She has a Master's degree in African American Studies from UCLA, and she's currently a visiting lecturer at UC Berkeley, where she teaches <a href='http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org/edible-education-101'>Edible Education 101</a> with <a href='http://michaelpollan.com/books'>Michael Pollan</a> and the support of <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Waters'>Alice Waters'</a> <a href='http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org'>Chez Panisse Foundation</a>.</div>

<b>Mike Jackson - Principal, Westly Group</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A serial-entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, <a href='http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-jackson/4/896/80b'>Mike's</a> talents now reside at <a href='http://www.westlygroup.com/'>Westly Group</a>, one of the leading clean tech VC firms in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining Westly, Mike was the founding CEO of <a href='http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/markets/certificates.shtml?page=2&companyid=650'>Village Green Energy</a>, and before that he was the coordinated India programs for Stanford University's <a href='http://pesd.stanford.edu/'>Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD)</a>. Mike has an MS in Energy Engineering, and dual BS degrees in Earth Systems and Biological Science, all from Stanford.</div>

<b>Lionel Jingles - Founder & CEO, Leftronic</b><div style='text-align:justify'>If you need your data visualized, you should be talking to Lionel's baby <a href='http://leftronic.com'>Leftronic</a>, a <a href='http://ycombinator.com'>YC</a> company focused on making information engaging and interactive. Prior to the world of web startups, Lionel dabbled in the financial and product engineering industries after getting a degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Product Development from CalTech and Carnegie Mellon (respectively). He's helping Oroeco turn numbers into beauteous graphs.</div>

<b>Matthew Keesan - Engineering Director, Clearspring Technologies
</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Matt is a master of the nuts and bolts of social influence on the web, making magic with <a href='http://clearspring.com'>Clearspring's</a> 200+ million users, and giving Oroeco the scoop on the power of middleware. Prior to embarking on his decade(ish) experience building web apps, Matt graduated with dual degrees in English and Computer Science from University of Pennsilvania, and he's still known to moonlight as a rock star on occasion.</div>

<b>Julie Kennedy - Associate Director, Earth Systems Program</b><div style='text-align:justify'>For nearly two decades Julie has been inspiring students to take on complex environmental challenges at <a href='http://pangea.stanford.edu/programs/esys'>Stanford University's Earth Systems Program</a>, while also somehow finding time to lecture as a Professor, working as a Senior Fellow at the <a href='http://woods.stanford.edu'>Woods Institute for the Environment</a>, and serving as a Co-Director for the <a href='http://haas.stanford.edu'>Haas Center for Public Service</a>. Julie's passion, knowledge, and encouragement bestowed upon students who want to make the world a better place is the stuff of legend, and we pick her brain any chance we get.

<b>John Knox - Executive Director, Earth Island Institute</b><div style='text-align:justify'>John Knox has served as Executive Director of <a href='http://www.earthisland.org/'>Earth Island Institute</a> for nearly 30 years, incubating numerous social and environmental ventures along the way. Having begun his environmental work at <a href='http://www.foe.org/'>Friends of the Earth</a> in the early '80s, John has had a key role in consolidating and expanding Earth Island's unique organizational model for fostering environmental leadership, integrating public education, and membership building with project sponsorship and youth leadership support. John also serves on the Board of the <a href='http://www.browercenter.org/'>David Brower Center</a>, which bears the name of his <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brower'>friend and mentor</a>.</div>

<b>Michelle Lee - Fellow, Code for America</b><div style='text-align:justify'>As a Senior User Experience Designer, Michelle has spent over six years making Google maps, docs, and local search indispensable tools of the information super highway, based mostly out of New York and Philadelphia. She's an avid outdoorswoman and a Founder of <a href='http://halfdraft.us'>Halfdraft</a>, a resource that helps hook shorter cyclists up with gear to fit their stature. She's also designed online trust and safety tools for eBay, cars for baby boomers, and studied human-computer interaction via Stanford's Symbolic Systems Program. At <a href='http://codeforamerica.org/'>Code for America</a>, Michelle is now turning her attention to helping local governments work more efficiently through the power of the web.</div>

<b>Rob Levitsky - Owner & Manager, Deadhouses</b><div style='text-align:justify'>As manager of the co-operative <a href='http://halfdraft.us'>Deadhouses</a>, Rob is constantly looking for ways to improve energy, water and waste efficiency for himself and his tenants. In a previous life Rob was an electrical engineer (testing microprocessor technologies that laid the foundation for our modern information age), as well as the <a href='http://www.coastalpost.com/fox/chron/chron.htm'>dancing bear</a> for the Grateful Dead (whose songs the Deadhouses names).</div>

<b>Alvin Lin - China Climate & Energy Director, NRDC</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Alvin's work at <a href='http://www.nrdc.org/'>Natural Resources Defense Council</a> (aka NRDC) focuses on providing policy analysis that can help China to expand its energy efficiency and renewables resources and put in place the proper incentives and systems for low-carbon development. Born and raised in Ohio, Alvin studied political science and East Asian studies at Yale, then spent two years in Hong Kong where he attended the Chinese University of Hong Kong, followed by law school at NYU. After working for a few years as a litigator and judicial clerk in New York, Alvin moved to Beijing to begin working in NRDC's China Program, where he collaborates with policymakers, energy and environmental experts, and NGOs to advance clean energy and sustainable supply chains in China. He's excited by Oroeco's efforts to drive clean development in China through informed consumer decision-making. </div>

<b>Angelina Liu - Sustainable Ocean Shipping Professional</b><div style='text-align:justify'>With a background in maritime shipping (in Japan) and finance (in NY) and a passion for clean technology, Angelina's goal is to accelerate sustainable ocean shipping, whether it's by facilitating business development between Silicon Valley cleantech innovation and the international maritime industry, or consulting shipping platforms on environmental metrics. Since the sustainable revolution in ocean shipping can ultimately be traced back to consumer demand, Angelina believes Oroeco's mission of empowing individuals to vote green with their wallets can powerfully accelerate sustainable shipping and is definitely rooting for its success. She's a Stanford double-dipper with an MBA and a BA in Economics and English.
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<b>Scott Loarie - co-Batcaver, iNaturalist</b><div style='text-align:justify'>If you ever take a walk through the woods with Scott, chances are he can rattle off the Latin names for just about every plant and critter you'll encounter; his startup <a href='http://inaturalist.org'>iNaturalist</a> allows you to document and upload them all, spicing up science with a modern dash of mobile crowdsourcing. Scott also works as a researcher at the <a href='http://dge.stanford.edu'>Carnegie Institute for Science's Department of Global Ecology</a>, where he publishes influential research on ecological impacts of land use and climate change.</div>

<b>Mo Mandel - Actor & Comedian</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A biting critic of just about everything, <a href='http://www.momandel.com'>Mo</a> is blowing up on the Hollywood scene, with regular primetime appearances in Free Agents, Modern Family, Chelsey Lately, Conan, Love Bites Back, Craig Ferguson and his own Comedy Central special. As a perpetually cynical idealist, Mo helps keep us from taking ourselves too seriously, and we help him account for his glamorous lifestyle of disingenuous celebrity networking and substance abuse.</div>

<b>Pamela Matson - Dean, Stanford University School of Earth Sciences</b><div style='text-align:justify'>An early pioneer of biogeochemical cycling research (which studies the movement of carbon, nitrogen and other elements in the air, water and soil), Pam is the Dean of <a href='http://pangea.stanford.edu/people/faculty/pamela-matson'>Stanford's School of Earth Sciences</a>. She's held <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Matson'>far too many titles and won too many awards for us to list here</a>, including a <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellowship'>MacArthur "genius grant"</a>, serving as the President of the <a href='http://esa.org'>Ecological Society of America</a>, becoming a Trustee of the <a href='http://worldwildlife.org'>World Wildlife Fund</a>, and co-chairing the National Academy of Sciences' <a href='http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/sustainability/index.htm'>Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability</a>. She somehow still finds time to teach at Stanford and raise two almost-adults, as well as give us advice on how we can make Oroeco both scientifically sound and culturally relevant.</div>

<b>Winter Mead - Hall Capital Partners & Mead & Mead's Maple Syrup</b><div style='text-align:justify'>By day, <a href='http://www.linkedin.com/pub/winter-mead/16/379/83'>Winter</a> is a financial wizard for <a href='http://www.hallcapital.com/'>Hall Capital Partners</a>, by night he runs <a href='https://www.facebook.com/meadandmeads'>Mead & Mead's Maple Syrup</a>, carrying on a <a href='http://www.meadsmaplesyrup.com/'>long family tradition</a> of sustainable sweetener production in the Connecticut's Canaan Valley. With degrees from Harvard and Oxford's Said Business School, Winter helps us keep Oroeco's books in order, and gives us tips on how we can be useful for other small sustainable businesses.</div>

<b>Rob Munro - Chief Information Officer, Energy for Opportunity</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A man of many hats, <a href='http://robertmunro.com'>Rob founded <a href='http://energyforopportunity.org'>Energy for Opportunity</a> with his brother to spread affordable renewable energy in West Africa. In his spare time, Rob can be found building a system to track and predict all the worlds infectious disease (<a href='http://epidemiciq.com/'>EpidemicIQ</a>), <a href='http://robertmunro.com/bike'>biking around the world</a> chronicling dying languages (part of a Stanford PhD in <a href='http://robertmunro.com/research/'>Computational Linguistics</a>), and employing innovative crowdsourcing techniques to <a href='http://mission4636.org/history'>save lives in Haiti</a>. Did we mention he also has an adorable Aussie accent?</div>

<b>Maikhanh Nguyen - Executive Director & Co-Founder, Connect the Dots</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A native of Vietnam/Texas, Maikhanh left a decade of work IT to found <a href='http://connectthedotsnetwork.org'>Connect the Dots</a>, a non-profit dedicated to helping other non-profits reduce water, waste and energy use, simultaneously saving both the planet and cash that organizations can plug back into fulfilling their missions. Maikhanh is excited to share the latest and greatest green tips with Oroeco, as well as eco parenting insights from her recent joyful foray into motherhood.</div>

<b>Alex Loijos & Sahil Sahni - Founders, LinkCycle</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Hailing from Northern India and Northern California (respectively), Sahil and Alex came together as grad students at MIT to found <a href='http://linkcycle.com'>LinkCycle</a>, a company that's seeking to revolutionize product-level environmental life cycle assessment through open source databases. LinkCycle has already won several seed grant awards from MIT, and we're always looking for how we can better link Oroeco with their plethora of data and expertise.</div>

<b>Daisy Pistey-Lyhne - Program & Outreach Associate, CGBD
</b><div style='text-align:justify'>At the <a href='http://cgbd.org'>Consultative Group on Biodiversity (CGBD)</a> helps <a href='http://cgbd.org/funder-center'>over 50 member foundations</a> coordinate donations to maximize positive social and environmental change. Prior to CGBD, Daisy coordinated programs for the <a href='http://acespace.org'>Alliance for Climate Education (ACE)</a>, making climate science fun and accessible for high school students in the Washington, DC region. Daisy thus give us pearls of wisdom about how we can make Oroeco appeal both to high schoolers and foundation movers and shakers with deep pocketbooks.</div>

<b>G. Nagesh Rao - IP-Law & Technology Commercialization Strategist</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Nagesh most recently worked for <a href='http://www.cleantechlosangeles.org/'>The City of Los Angeles's CleanTech Initiatives</a> and prior to for the <a href='http://www.uspto.gov/'>US Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office</a> and Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He has endeavored on projects centered around The White House's mandate on sustainable global economic growth through the foci of startups, intellectual property law, technology development, and applied innovation for the developed and developing world. Programmatic career highlights of his have included co-creation of i6 Green, <a href='http://flow.caltech.edu/'>First Look West (FLoW)</a>, and <a href='http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/patents_for_humanity.jsp'>Patents for Humanity</a>, as well being part of <a href='http://www.s.co/'>Startup America</a> and Impact Investing federal inter-agency teams. He is a former <a href='http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/policyfellows/index.htm'>Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow</a> with the National Academies (NAS, NAE, IOM, & NRC), and currently serves as a board member to Global Access in Action and Launch:Energy. His humorous and uber-nerdy musings on the intersection of applied science, business, and law have been featured in NPR, Triple Pundit, and TechCrunch.
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<b>Shivani Savdharia - Head Host, Hub SF</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Part social venture incubator, part community sounding board, part networking web (with 4,000+ members), the <a href='http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/'>Hub</a> has spread from it's SF roots to encompass 32 (and counting) locations worldwide. Shivani tries to keep tabs on them all, and makes sure that the SF space keeps growing and innovating. Prior to diving into the Hub, Shivani spent time in the education world at <a href='http://nuevaschool.org/'>Nueva School</a>, volunteered for the <a href='http://www.peacecorps.gov/'>Peace Corps</a> in Nicaragua, and studied Economics at UC Berkeley and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).</div>

<b>Gia Schneider - Co-Founder & CEO, Natel Energy</b><div style='text-align:justify'>At <a href='http://www.natelenergy.com/'>Natel Energy</a>, Gia is pioneering a more affordable and sustainable future for hydroelectricity. Before that she lived in the world of clean tech investment, serving as Partner of <a href='http://ekoamp.com/'>EKO Asset Management</a> and VP of <a href='https://www.credit-suisse.com/us/en/'>Credit Suisse</a>, after roles at <a href='http://www.constellation.com/pages/default.aspx'>Constellation</a> and <a href='http://www.accenture.com/'>Accenture</a>. Gia has degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics from MIT, proof she can engineer as well as she can manage resources.</div>

<b>Ryan Schuchard - Climate & Energy Manager, BSR</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Through his role at <a href='http://bsr.org/en/'>BSR</a>, Ryan works with companies both big (Walmart, UPS, Nike, etc.) and small(er) to monitor and improve climate and energy footprints, particularly related to supply chain effiency. He has played roles developing multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's <a href='http://www.ghgprotocol.org'>Value Chain (Scope 3)</a> standard and Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition's <a href='http://www.eicc.info/'>Supply Chain Carbon Reporting System</a>, and co-authored chapters in <i><a href='http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=2760'>Corporate Responses to Climate Change</a></i> and <i><a href='http://www.transparency.org'>Global Corruption Report: Climate Change (Transparency International)</a></i>.</div>

<b>Brent Schulkin - Founder, Carrotmob</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Starting with the crazy idea that carrots work better than sticks when encouraging a businesses to green up its act, Brent has grown <a href='http://carrotmob.org'>Carrotmob</a> from its first action in 2008 to an international sensation, even adding a <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrotmob'>new word</a> to the English lexicon. He's lending his considerable rabble rousing wisdom to help Oroeco go viral.</div>

<b>Jen Scott - Sustainable Energy & Mining Team, World Bank</b><div style='text-align:justify'><a href='http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jen-scott/20/22a/811'>Jen</a> is a tireless advocate for sustainable supply chains and equitable community engagement, with a wealth experience working throughout the developing world. Her current gig with <a href='http://www.worldbank.org/'>World Bank</a> splits her time between Papua New Guinea and Washington, DC, though she originally hails from Scotland. With degrees from Harvard and Oxford, she's well-accredited on both sides of the pond.</div>

<b>Gabe Smedresman - Maker of Playful Technology</b><div style='text-align:justify'><a href='http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gabe-smedresman/3/768/113'>Gabe</a> makes things fun for a living, ideally things that link the real world to the digital one. Once upon a time he was a sofware engineer at Google. Now he's the free ranging head honcho at <a href='http://www.smedresmania.com/'>Smedresmania</a>. Before that he picked up degrees in Computer Science and Architecture from Yale.</div>

<b>Roxann Stafford - CSR Consultant, FSG</b><div style='text-align:justify'><a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/roxannstafford'>Roxann</a> is a consultant at <a href='http://www.fsg.org/'>FSG</a> with a focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and education. Prior to joining FSG, Roxann was a senior associate at growth strategy firm <a href='http://www.jumpassociates.com/'>Jump Associates</a> developing products, services, and strategies based on people's needs with an emphasis on youth, families, and sustainability. Most recently, she worked with <a href='http://www.causes.com/'>Causes</a> and San Francisco Unified School District to examine the role technology and social media should play to promote social prosperity and to close the achievement gap. She has an MBA in Social Entrepreneurship and Strategy from Duke University, and a BS in Product Design from Stanford.</div>

<b>Matt Sturm - Community Energy Manager, Pacific Gas & Electric</b><div style='text-align:justify'>At <a href='http://pge.com'>PG&E</a>, Matt helps the city of San Francisco be as energy efficient as it can be. With a degree in Mathematics from University of Colorado, and an MBA from HEC School of Management (in Paris), Matt is a transcontinental jack of many (sustainability) trades. He's also worked stints for <a hrec='http://fairtradeusa.org'>Fair Trade USA</a> and the <a href='http://bc3sfbay.org'>Business Council on Climate Change</a>.</div>

<b>Erin Thomas - Computer Science Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Working in some of the toughest schools in L.A., Erin harnesses his graphics design and video production skills to get kids excited about computers. It's not an easy task, but his background in college football (<a href='http://hornetsports.com/sports/football/'>go Hornets!</a>) and hip-hop production lend both brawn and street cred to the endeavor. He's excited by what we've got going at Oroeco, and pledges to help us appeal to both the young and young at heart.</div>

<b>Susan Tu - Program Manager, Pearson Foundation</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A long-time champion of innovative education, Susan's role at <a href='http://pearsonfoundation.org'>Pearson Foundation</a> encompasses a range of international projects, including the <a href='http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/education-leadership/programs/bridgeit.html'>Bridge<i>it</i></a>, a partnership between Pearson, <a href='http://nokia.com'>Nokia</a> and the <a href='http://undp.org'>United Nations Development Program (UNDP)</a> which is working to pioneer teacher training and educational tools on mobile devices. Prior to Pearson, Susan worked for <a href='http://firstgraduate.org'>First Graduate</a>, the <a href='http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu/'>John Gardner Center</a>, <a href='http://www.jcyc.org/programs/youth-education/aace'>AACE</a>, and <a href='http://826valencia.org'>826 Valencia</a>, picking up degrees from UC Berkeley and Stanford along the way.</div>

<b>Jennifer Turliuk - Marketer, Entrepreneur, Writer & DJ</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Among other things, Jennifer Turliuk is a marketer, maker, entrepreneur, career coach, writer, DJ, kiteboarder and salsa dancer. Here are some of her recent life highlights: launched <a href='http://www.needmapper.com/'>NeedMapper</a>, an SMS-based disaster relief project for Hurricane Sandy that was featured in the New York Times, Fast Company and CBS; completed the Graduate Studies Program at NASA's <a href='http://singularityu.org/'>Singularity University</a>; ran Canada's largest business plan competition and created a launchpad program for Canada's top young entrepreneurs; authored a <a href='http://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2012/06/27/how-i-figured-out-what-i-wanted-to-do-with-my-life/'>Forbes article</a> that was one of Forbes Greatest Hits; led the launch of <a href='http://www.tide.com/en-US/product/tide-laundry-detergent-pacs.jspx'>Tide Pods</a>; and DJed for one of the top ten black tie events in the world (according to David Letterman).
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<b>Sibley Verbeck - Founder & Executive Chairman, The Electric Sheep Company</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A serial entrepreneur, Sibley is a maestro of selling virtual goods for real money. He started with StreamStage which he co-founded and sold to Comcast Online (now Xfinity), then founded <a href='http://electricsheepcompany.com'>The Electric Sheep Company</a>, an Emmy award-winning creator of virtual worlds and social games. His latest baby is <a href='http://streamjam.com'>StreamJam</a>, a growing world of virtual venues where music fans can hang out, rock out, and watch live video performances.</div>

<b>Amy (Guy) Wagner - Senior Consultant, Energy, Environment & Economics (E3)</b><div style='text-align:justify'>At <a href='http://www.ethree.com/'>E3</a> Amy has worked with a host of companies and governments to help make renewable energy and smart grid ideas become reality, with clients including <a href='http://www.brightsourceenergy.com/'>BrightSource Energy</a>, <a href='http://www.sunedison.com'>SunEdison</a>, <a href='http://www.solarmillennium.de/'>Solar Millennium</a>, <a href='http://www.eaglemountainenergy.net/'>Eagle Crest</a>, <a href='http://www.primuspower.com/'>Primus</a> and <a href='http://www.fdwt.com/'>FloDesign</a>. Equally comfortable brainstorming in the board rooms of corporate bigwigs and performing number crunching wizardry, Amy has also spent time with <a href='http://www.hdrinc.com/about-hdr/sustainability'>HDR</a>, <a href='http://www.calera.com/'>Calera</a> and the <a href='http://peec.stanford.edu/index.php'>Precourt Energy Efficiency Center</a>, picking up degrees from Stanford in Earth Systems and Management Science and Engineering beforehand.</div>

<b>Emma Wendt - Clean Energy Professional</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Emma is a renewable energy and environmental footprinting wizard, working for organizations big and small, like <a href='http://pge.com'>PG&E</a>, <a href='http://naikun.ca'>Naikun</a>, the <a href='http://ifc.org'>International Finance Corporation (IFC)</a>, and the <a href='http://worldbank.org'>World Bank</a>. She's got a degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard, an MBA from Stanford, and the understated self-assurance that comes with being Canadian.</div>

<b>Jasmine Wong & Eric Tung - Playlab / McKinsey & Company</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A dynamic duo residing in Toronto, Eric and Jasmine tell us how we can make Oroeco relevant for a young couple striving to stay warm and well-fed in the midst of home renovations. The two fell in love at University of Toronto, then weathered the bi-coastal relationship waters while Eric headed to a Harvard MBA / MPP and Jasmine picked up a Masters in Education from Stanford. Eric's management consulting experience from <a href='http://mckinsey.com'>McKinsey</a> comes in handy for Oroeco, as does Jasmine's passion for <a href='http://www.playlab.ca'>Playlab</a>.</div>

<b>Mia Yamauchi - Outreach & Partnership Coordinator, CoolClimate Network</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Mia is a guru of all things related to personal sustainability, helping run the <a href='http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu'>CoolClimate Network</a>, a research consortium that's built perhaps the best carbon footprint <a href='http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/carboncalculator'>calculator</a> on the web. She also plays an active role in Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC), which organizes an influential <a href='http://beccconference.org'>annual conference</a> on the topic, as well as <a href='http://coolcalifornia.org'>CoolCalifornia</a> at UC Berkeley.</div>

<b>Sunny Yang - UI Design</b><div style='text-align:justify'>With family roots in Taiwan, Sunny has been kicking UI arse for more than a decade, working for the likes of Motorola, Samsung, British Telecom, Yahoo, IBM, and Merrill Lynch. She's got an MS in Computer Human Interaction from University of Michigan, and double (the fun) BS degrees (Information Systems and Human Computer Interaction) from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as an extraordinary talent for engaging interface design. Beyond devising beautiful and elegant ways for Oroeco users to play with their data, Sunny has a day job as a Senior User Experience Designer with Motorola. She promises to play nice with her new Google corporate overlords, provided they feed her sustainable tasty treats.</div>

<b>Songqiao Yao - Sustainable Development & Social Justice Enthusiast</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A fearless warrior for socially just sustainable development solutions, budding social activist and entrepreneur at the intersection of creativity, community and environmental justice, <a href='http://www.linkedin.com/pub/songqiao-yao/30/58/ab4'>Songqiao</a> hails from Shanghai, China. She speaks 6 languages and has worked around the world, most recently helping establish <a href='http://www.internationalrivers.org/'>International Rivers'</a> China program, and serving as an advisor to the <a href='http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/'>Global Fund for Women</a>. She also helped organize the <a href='http://www.c-can.cn/en/node/504'>China-EU Roundtable on Climate Change</a>, and took part in bilateral climate negotiations at COP 15 in Copenhagen, all while simultaneously wrapping up her undergraduate degree at Mount Holyoke College.</div>

<b>Steve Young - Software Engineer, Facebook</b><div style='text-align:justify'>Part of the small engineering team that built the new Timeline profiles for Facebook, Steve sits 20 feet from Mark Zuckerberg's desk. He is three years older than Mr. Zuckerberg, about the same height, and only a little bit less attractive... Prior to joining Facebook, Steve was tech lead for several search-related teams at Google. He received his MS in Computer Science from Stanford. Find him on <a href='http://www.facebook.com/styoung'>facebook</a> and <a href='http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=14619415&locale=en_US&trk=tyah'>linkedin</a>.</div>

<b>Dave Zohrob - Venture Hacker, AngelList</b><div style='text-align:justify'><a href='http://zohrob.com'>Dave</a> graduated University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Science, then spent several years coding for Microsoft and <a href='http://hotornot.com'>HOTorNOT</a> before starting Soy Division, a consumer web services company that pioneered social applications on the Twitter platform before being acquired by <a href='http://megatasty.com'>Megatasty</a>. Dave is now hacking the venture capital industry at <a href='http://angel.co'>AngelList</a>.</div>

<b>Manuela Zoninsein - Founder/CEO, Smart Agriculture Analytics</b><div style='text-align:justify'>A Beijing-based Brazilian-American environmental entrepreneur and journalist, Manuela began obsessing about China's tenuous farm to fork – or rather, crops to chopsticks – situation as correspondent for ClimateWire and dining editor of Time Out Beijing. Enter <a href='http://smartaganalytics.com'>SAA</a>: our information services catalogue the Chinese agritech market so foreign suppliers and investors can navigate the Mainland as it mechanizes its agricultural system. Manuela previously directed the China Dream project at <a href='http://juccce.org/chinadream'>JUCCCE</a> and reported for Newsweek and The Engineering News-Records; she now writes a monthly food column for <a href='http://zesterdaily.com'>ZesterDaily</a>. Manuela is particularly pleased that Oxford and Harvard degrees led her to a life of hanging out with farmers and chefs.</div>

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