12:00 - 12:30pm
Welcome and
Registration
12:30 - 1:00pm
David Lear,
Executive Director Corporate Sustainability
Dell Inc.
David Lear serves as the Executive Director of Dell’s
sustainability programs. In this role, he leads Sustainability programs to
create long-term stakeholder value and opportunities by integrating economic,
social and environmental responsibility into Dell’s core business strategies.
David joined Dell in 2006 as Director of Product Development. Prior to joining Dell, David served in
various roles in design and manufacturing in the IT and Test & Measurement
industry. David holds a BS in
Chemistry and Biology from Missouri State University, and a Masters in Finance
from the University of Indianapolis.
1:00 - 1:30pm
Doug Lewin,
Executive Director
South Central Partnership for Energy
Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER)
Doug
Lewin was designated SPEER's Executive Director in 2011. Doug has worked for
Good Company Associates, a clean energy business development consulting firm,
for over two years and spent much of his time coordinating clean energy job
training for Green Corridor Collaborative. Doug previously served as
Legislative Director to Texas State Representative Lon Burnam and then Senator
Rodney Ellis. Doug helped pass Texas’ sales tax holiday on energy
efficient products and statewide green jobs legislation. Doug holds his
bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Texas-Austin.
1:30 - 2:15pm
Sustainable Food
Systems Panel:
Moderator: John
Doggett
John Doggett teaches
international entrepreneurship, global competition, sustainability and energy
at McCombs. Doggett received his BA from Claremont Men's College, his JD from
Yale Law School and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Kirsten Bourne, Marketing Director
The Bi-Rite Family of Businesses
Kirsten Bourne
is the marketing director for the Bi-Rite Family of Businesses in San
Francisco, which includes Bi-Rite Market, Creamery, Catering, Farms, and
non-profit 18 Reasons. Prior to joining Bi-Rite she worked as a buyer for
Williams-Sonoma and in advertising as an account manager at Grey Worldwide. She
wouldn’t be where she is now without having worked in the trenches in
restaurants, and wouldn’t appreciate the work that goes into producing food if
she hadn’t gotten her hands dirty farming in northern California. She was
raised in Connecticut and received her BS from Stanford.
Shirene Garcia, Development Coordinator
Urban Roots
A native born Austinite, Shirene earned her
Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin after
transferring from Antioch College, where she studied a self-designed major of
Cultural Environmentalism (a combination of anthropology, environmental
studies, and education). Previously, Shirene has worked with youth in a variety
of settings, including several local non-profit agencies and as a Montessori
teacher. She also has experience working on small organic farms in Indiana and Texas.
Shirene has worked in various capacities at Urban Roots since 2007 and is
currently the Development Coordinator.
Brenton Johnson, Owner
Johnson’s Backyard Garden
Brenton Johnson is the farmer and owner of Johnson’s
Backyard Garden. Brenton graduated in 1997 from Auburn University in
Agricultural Engineering. Prior to
farming, he worked for nearly 10 years in the Federal Government with the Bureau
Reclamation managing the Agencies Water Conservation Field Service Program.
Elizabeth Winslow, Co-Founder
Elizabeth Winslow is a professional chef and former restaurateur, a
food writer, and an advocate for local food systems. She is also an
enthusiastic purveyor of information about eating well and enjoying food – via
her Farmhouse Delivery cooking classes, writings in Edible Austin magazine,
regular Farmhouse Table blog, and her Twitter and Facebook posts.
2:15 - 2:45pm
| Break with Refreshments
2:45 - 3:15pm
Marilee McInnis,
Senior Manager of Southwest Citizenship
Southwest Airlines
Marilee
McInnis is a spokesperson for Southwest Airlines, the nation’s largest airline
in terms of passengers carried. In addition to her reputation management duties, Marilee directs the
airline’s Green initiatives, leads the “Green Team.” helps the Company put a
Green filter on business decisions and fosters sustainability and corporate
citizenship for the Company.
Marilee developed and spearheads the Company’s annual integrated
reporting effort that make Southwest one of only a handful of U.S. companies
publishing an integrated report. Marilee
was named by Fortune magazine as one of eight rising green stars at the world’s
most admired companies.
3:15 - 3:45pm
Roman Smith, Director
of Public Affairs, Sustainability and Philanthropy
AT&T
Roman has the responsibility of moving forward
corporate sustainability efforts that target areas where the needs of AT&T
intersect with the needs of communities. He has the responsibility of
integrating sustainable business practices throughout the company’s operations;
contributing to initiative development and execution; developing and
communicating AT&T’s positions; and managing stakeholder
relationships. His current
priorities include accessibility and aging, consumer-focused
engagement/products/services, diversity, supply chain, e-waste, community
engagement, and the overall environmental and social enablement story around
the opportunity for information and communications technologies (ICT).
3:45 - 4:30pm
Social
Entrepreneur Panel:
Moderator: Dan
Scellan, MBA 2013
Daniel Scellen is President
of the Entrepreneur Society of McCombs. A first year MBA student studying
Entrepreneurship and CleanTech, he came back to school to focus on
sustainability. Before business school, he launched new digital media products
at one of the oldest double-bottom-line businesses: The Associated Press.
Scellen holds a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from
Cornell University's College of Engineering.
Erine Gray, Founder
Erine is the founder of www.auntbertha.com, a new software company and certified B Corp that focuses on
organizing the country’s human service information so people can find and apply
for human services in seconds. Prior to
starting Aunt Bertha, he was responsible for delivering more than 40 software
and operational improvement projects that saved the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission (HHSC) more than $5 million dollars per year in operating
expenses.
Jeff Paine, Director
Break it Down
Jeff Paine is co-founder and owner of Break it
Down, LLC, a full-service recycling and composting business located in Austin,
Texas. Before starting Break it Down, Jeff was a professional graduate student
and he holds a MS in Chemical Engineering from UT-Austin, a MS in Earth &
Planetary Sciences from UC-Berkeley, and a BA in Physics from Carleton College.
He enjoys the challenges and opportunities related to being an entrepreneur.
Ann Starr, Director of Education
Greenlights for Nonprofit Success
Ann Starr has served Greenlights for Nonprofit Success since
2004, as a member of the educational staff until 2005 and later as a workshop
presenter, volunteer and member of the Development Committee. She rejoined the
Greenlights staff in 2009 to lead the organization's educational programs and
to serve as a member of the consulting team, specializing in fundraising and
organizational assessments. Ann is the Chair of the SIMS Foundation Board of Directors. She holds a bachelor's degree in education
from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio and a Master of Arts in Human Services
from St. Edward's University.
Karinne Thornblom, Build-Out
Manager/Assistant Brewer/Cellarwoman
Black Star Co-Op Pub and Brewery
Karinne joined Black Star in August of 2009. The former
Clementine Coffee Bar owner brought her constructing, permitting, and business
experience to serving as the Co-op’s build-out manager. She also oversaw the
building’s LEED certification process and plans to celebrate the building’s
“Silver” rating achievement this Spring. She’s passionate about the Co-op being
an exemplary model of the Cooperative business structure and looks forward to
seeing the development of more around Austin. Karinne currently works within
the brewery, as the assistant brewer, while also serving as the Board Staff
Liaison.
4:30 - 5:30pm
| Networking Reception (with free drink tickets!)
