Leslie Glustrom is a biochemist by training. She has worked extensively on public lands issues and in 1996 she was named one of the top 10 defenders of the public lands by the Wilderness Society. In 2004, Leslie resigned her job running a biochemistry research lab in order to work full time on climate change issues. Her goal is to accelerate the transition from a fossil fuel based economy to one based on clean, renewable energy.
Jennifer started her career in film and video fifteen years ago as the post-production coordinator for the documentary From Hollywood to Hanoi, which screened at Sundance, Telluride and aired on Cinemax. In 1994, Jennifer was an assistant producer for the ITVS series A Question of Equality directed by Arthur Dong and Isaac Julian. Then Jennifer started working at Maysles Films in New York City and produced several shorts, including Hearteater, a PSA written by Alice Walker and filmed by Albert Maysles.
Dr. Michael Dorsey is an Assistant Professor in Dartmouth College's Faculty of Science (Hanover, New Hampshire). Dr. Dorsey teaches in the Environmental Studies Program with Professor Jones. Dorsey is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment; Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the University of Michigan Dept of Anthropology, from which received his PhD.
Judith Iklé is a Program Manager in the Procurement, Renewables and Climate Strategy Branch of the Energy Division at the California Public Utilities Commission. This branch includes electric procurement and resource adequacy, the Renewable Portfolio Standards program, distributed generation, and the California Solar Initiative. Prior to this position, she served as Supervisor of the Federal Electric Section and as a Senior Analyst on the environmental review team. Before joining the Commission, Ms. Iklé was a policy analyst with the U.S. EPA in the Climate Policy & Programs Division.
Alison Burchell is a professional geologist with a dual B.S. in Chemistry and Environmental Planning, an M.S. in Tectonics and Isotope Geochemistry and certifications in GIS and Remote Sensing. Following a Fellowship with the U.S. Dept. of Interior and US Geological Survey, she established a private consulting practice on issues including: crustal processes, reef and wetland preservation, land-reclamation, siting analysis for renewable energy projects and stakeholder facilitation; and research includes quantifying the mechanisms and kinetics of terrestrial sequestration.
Adam Werbach is an environmental activist who was elected as the youngest-ever national president of the Sierra Club in 1996 when he was 23 years old.[1] As a high school student in 1991, he founded the Sierra Student Coalition, the United States' largest student-run environmental organization.
Lisa is the founder of Innovive and has over fifteen years of experience in innovation, leadership and technology research and development. She works internationally, developing and delivering custom innovation and strategy sessions for corporate clients across sectors. Lisa is an experienced designer and facilitator of participatory group processes for innovation, creativity, transformational change and sustainability awareness.
Suzanne Biegel brings 20 years experience in training and communications, performance support, and marketing strategy, design, and development to help companies translate sustainability into understandable benefits, features, and solutions language and action for internal and external stakeholders. Suzanne was a principal in the marketing firm MusicMatters, providing marketing strategy in the natural and organic consumer products sector.
Stephen Linaweaver combines extensive experience in strategy consulting, business management, environmental advocacy, and outdoor education with a continued passion for the natural world. As an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, Stephen advised clients on innovation, emerging market strategies, and energy and operational efficiency, working for major health care, industrial, and public sector clients on four continents.
Julie Bergman Sender has spent almost two decades of work in film, producing more than 10 films. She began her career in 1982 as a film Executive at Warner Brothers. She then spent many years working as an executive and motion picture producer for director Sydney Pollack’s Mirage Enterprises. She then partnered with Jodie Foster in the formation of Foster’s Egg Pictures. Her films include “Washington Square,” starring Jennifer Jason Leigh; “G.I. Jane,” starring Demi Moore; and “Six Days, Seven Nights,” starring Harrison Ford. Ms.
We have big news to report that Next Agenda is now one of the first and few organizations in the world to be able to use the new Google Wave platform, a real breakthrough in scaling up online collaboration. After much anticipation in technology circles, Google just opened access to the beta tool in October with 100,000 accounts, and Next Agenda will soon have as many of them as we need for our network of participants helping to figure out the Clean Energy Challenge. The general public release is expected in the spring or summer of 2010.
