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Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman, Interface, Inc.
Ray Anderson founded Interface, today one of the world's largest interior furnishings companies, in 1973. From corporate offices in Atlanta, Ray oversees a globally positioned company whose core business is modular soft-surfaced floor coverings. In addition to the production of America's first free-lay carpet tiles as well as broadloom carpet marketed under several brands, Interface also manufactures and markets specialty fabrics and architectural products such as raised access flooring for commercial and institutional facilities.
Now, Ray has embarked on a mission to make Interface a sustainable corporation by leading a worldwide effort to pioneer the processes of sustainable development. While Interface is noted in its industry for its commitment to high quality design and innovation, the company is fast gaining a reputation as a corporation carrying the banner for the environment. Interface is investing in technologies to harness energy and provide raw materials by harvesting and recycling carpet and other petro-chemical products while eliminating waste and harmful emissions from its operations. The philosophy guiding Ray's passion for this cause is simply that it is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing, too.
Because the commitment Interface has made is so unique, both in terms of the industry and business in general, the environmental community has embraced the company and lauded its efforts, showering Ray with a multitude of awards and recognition, including The US Green Building Council's inaugural green business Leadership Award for the private sector in November, 2002. Ray's book, Mid-Course Correction (Chelsea Green, 1998) describes his and Interface's transformation to environmental responsibility. |
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Bob Berkebile, Principal, Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell Architects Bob Berkebile is a leading authority in the field of sustainable design and is the founding chairman of the AIA's National Committee on the Environment. He is a Principal of BNIM Architects and brings over 37 years of diverse experience to the profession. Bob currently serves on the boards of The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Global Community, and New Earth Organization. He was a member of the USGBC board and is currently on USGBC's Technical and Scientific Advisory committee. He has conducted numerous sustainable design charrettes and workshops for the White House, DOD, DOE, NPS, FEMA and the Canadian Provincial Architects. He has lectured extensively at universities including Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford and Rice and at international conferences including The Earth Summit in Rio and UN or NSF conferences in Scotland, Sweden and Antarctica. Bob utilizes diverse collaborative teams, integrated design and new approaches and tools to improve human health and productivity to restore social, economic and environmental vitality.
Some of his projects include the Noisette Development restorative (a 3,000 acre redevelopment) in North Charleston, SC, CK Choi Center at the University of British Columbia, several projects at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, a residential learning center promoting sustainability and conservation ethics at Shelburne Farms, VT, the Missouri DNR headquarters in Jefferson City, and the Missouri Department of Conservation's Urban Conservation Campus in Kansas City.
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Christine Ervin, President and CEO, United States Green Building Council Christine A. Ervin joined the Council in April 1999 as President & CEO. Christine's career spans several leadership positions in the federal, state, and nonprofit sectors. From 1993-1997, she served as Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy's $1 billion portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Christine's initiatives in the buildings arena included: the EPA-DOE Energy Star partnership, collaborations with the insurance, venture capital, and energy service industries, reinvention of the appliance standards program, Buildings for the 21st Century road map effort, a national sustainable development center, and various climate change programs. Prior to her tenure in the nation's capital, Christine directed the Oregon Department of Energy. In addition to chairing a statewide task force on livable communities, she oversaw restructuring of regulations for siting new energy plants, closure of the Trojan nuclear power plant, and implementation of the nation's most advanced building code. Previously, Christine was assistant director for Missouri's planning and budget agency, and a project director on pollution prevention and life-cycle research at the Conservation Foundation & World Wildlife Fund. Christine serves on various advisory boards and task forces. She is a founding board member and officer for the Oregon Energy Trust, a nonprofit created by the state legislature to allocate $50 million each year in utility funds for energy programs. |
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Amy Liu, Deputy Director, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution Amy Liu is the Deputy Director and co-founder of The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. The Brookings center produces research that helps advance public understanding and policy reforms in the areas of metropolitan growth, central city competitiveness, neighborhood poverty, and community and family wealth creation. Amy oversees the research, policy, and communications programs of the Center. She also serves as a co-author and editor of select Brookings publications, including "Moving Beyond Sprawl: Toward a Broader Metropolitan Agenda" which appeared in The Brookings Review and she was the principal author of A Region Divided: The State of Growth in Greater Washington, D.C. Prior to Brookings (1993-1996), Amy was Special Assistant to Secretary Henry Cisneros at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she served as the principal aide on priority policies and programs and White House initiatives. Amy has also worked for the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago. |
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Richard Swett, Ambassador and Former Congressman Architect, former ambassador, and former congressman, Richard Swett is a fellow of The American Institute of Architects and a senior fellow of the Design Futures Council. He serves on numerous boards and is the state chair of the US Olympic Committee. The former US ambassador to Denmark, he is a senior counselor at APCO Worldwide-a global strategic communication and public relations firm, and is a senior advisor at Greenway Consulting. He received his Bachelor's degree in architecture from Yale University. He was bestowed the Grand-Croix of the Order of the Dannebrog, the Danish equivalence of knighthood, from Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Ambassador Swett is currently working on a new book on design leadership and conducting research in the areas of design diplomacy and communications. He splits his work in the areas of design firm leadership, public relations and communications, and business modeling. He is also called upon to give keynote speeches. He lives in Bow, New Hampshire, with his wife Katrina Lantos Swett. |
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Dennis Weaver, Actor and Founder of Ecolonomics Born and raised in Joplin, Missouri, Dennis Weaver has had a prosperous acting career that spans five decades. Among many other roles, Dennis starred as “Sam McCloud” in the television series McCloud and as “Chester" in television’s longest running series, Gunsmoke. In 1993, Dennis founded The Institute of Ecolonomics based on his conviction that both our ecology and economy must be sustainable. Based in Ridgway, Colorado, the nonprofit institute actively helps identify, research, demonstrate and promote ecolonomic technologies and products, which then evolve into ecolonomic businesses. The end result is a robust economy that preserves a healthy environment. |
The conference will feature 36 breakout sessions that will focus on key green building, environmental and growth issues in our region:
Design and Construction
Alternative and Renewable Energy
Regional Perspectives
Education
Health and Social Issues
Government and Business
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
LEED™ Workshop
The US Green Building Council will hold an Intermediate LEED™ Workshop prior to the conference.
Funding Green Buildings: Sources and Strategies Workshop
Jan McAdams will facilitate this workshop about funding resources for commercial and public green buildings. Topics include: Where are the grants, how to secure construction material donations, kicking off a green building's capital campaigns, and securing funds for renewable energy. The workshop includes lunch, and a copy of the 150-page course manual, "The Funding Green Buildings Toolkit"--2004 Edition.. You may sign up for this workshop online with your conference registration. If you don't plan to attend the conference, click here to register for the workshop only.
Chapter Meetings
Several USGBC chapters will be holding meetings prior to conference. There is no extra charge for attending one of these meetings and you can sign up for one at the time of registration.
Bookstore: "Breakpoint Books & More" will be setting up a bookstore that will operate throughout the conference. The bookstore will feature books and other publications authored by Greening the Heartland speakers as well as many books about green buildings, sustainability, energy efficiency, and design and construction.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Green Celebratory Dinner
Plan to attend this celebratory dinner featuring a keynote presentation by Bob Berkebile, Principal, BNIM Architects, great food, drink, fun, music and dancing! You may sign up for this dinner online with your conference registration. If you don't plan to attend the conference, click here to register for the dinner only.
Friday, March 12, 2004
Scenarios for the Future- A Government and Business Forum
Recognizing the important roles our elected officials play in advancing our sustainability agendas, we have developed a separate stand-alone afternoon forum. This forum was created to promote the implementation of sustainable practices and will focus on approaches that work for business as well as government. Plan to attend if you are a government official or from the private sector interested in learning how to most effectively impact a sustainable future. Lunch will be provided. You may sign up for the Forum online with your conference registration. If you don't plan to attend the conference, click here to register for the Forum only.
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