Speakers

The following experts from government, business, labor, academia and the environmental,
public health and scientific communities will present on various topics during the two-day conference.

  
  • Margie Alt, Executive Director, Environment America
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  • Ellen Anderson, State Senator, District 66, Minnesota
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  • Phil Angelides, Board Chair, Apollo Alliance
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  • Mark H. Ayres, President, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
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  • Joel Barkin, Executive Director, Progressive States Network
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  • James Barrett, Executive Director, Redefining Progress
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  • Bob Baugh, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO
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  • Danielle Baussan, Select Committee on Global Warming, U.S. House of Representatives
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  • Phineas Baxandall, Senior Analyst for Tax and Budget Policy, US PIRG
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  • Greg Bischak, Ph.D., Senior Economist, Appalachian Regional Commission
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  • Lucy Blake, Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Alliance
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  • Jeff Blodgett, Executive Director, Wellstone Action
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  • Erin Bowser, State Director, Environment Ohio
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  • Charlotte Brody, Executive Director, Commonweal
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  • Bob Byrne, President and Chief Operating Officer, Flambeau River Papers LLC
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  • Candace Campbell, Principal, CDC Associates
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  • Anne P. Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
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  • John Canham-Clyne, Campaign Director, Change to Win
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  • Amy S. Cannon, Executive Director, Beyond Benign – A Warner Babcock Foundation
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  • Joy Clarke-Holmes, Director of Public Sector Markets, Johnson Controls
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  • Terrence J. Collins, Carnegie Mellon University
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  • Jessica Coven, Policy Associate, Climate Solutions
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  • Thomas Croft, Executive Director, Steel Valley Authority
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  • Joanne Derwin, Director, Urban Agenda (NYC Apollo Alliance)
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  • Hans Detweiler, Manager, State Legislation and Policy, American Wind Energy Association
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  • Jeff Deyette, Union of Concerned Scientists
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  • Sarah Doll, National Campaign Manager, SAFER
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  • Ellen Dorsey, Senior Program Officer, The Heinz Endowments
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  • Tracey Easthope, Director, Environmental Health Project, The Ecology Center
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  • John Fetterman, Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania
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  • David Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance
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  • Hilary French, Special Advisor, United Nations Environment Programme
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  • Kenneth Geiser, PhD, Director, Lowell Center for Sustanable Production
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  • Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
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  • Kate Gordon, Program Director, Apollo Alliance
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  • Charles Griffith, Auto Project Director, Ecology Center
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  • Dave Hamilton, Director, Global Warming and Energy Program, Sierra Club
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  • Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio/Ohio Apollo Alliance
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  • Bracken Hendricks, Center for American Progress
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  • Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice-President, Service Employees International Union
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  • James W. Hunt, III, Chief of Environmental Energy Services, City of Boston
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  • Jennifer Ito, Research, Training and Policy Education Director, SCOPE/CIPHER
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  • Van Jones, Co-Founder, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green for All
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  • Jeff Jones, Workforce Development Institute, New York State
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  • Brendan Jordan, Program Manager, Biomass Programs, Great Plains Institute
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  • Ragini Kapadia, Field Director, Energy Action Coalition
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  • Mark Kapner, P.E., Senior Strategy Engineer, Austin Energy
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  • Ian Kim, Campaign Manager, Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Ella Baker Center
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  • Jim Kliesch, Senior Analyst/Engineer, Clean Vehicles Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
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  • US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnestoa
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  • Katrina Landis, Chief Operating Officer, BP Alternative Energy
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  • Brad Markell, International Representative, Research Department, United Auto Workers
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  • Edward Mazria, Founder, Architecture 2030
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  • Steven Nadel, Executive Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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  • Marty O’Brien, Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, The Corps Network
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  • Philip Pearson, Senior Policy Officer, UK Trade Union Congress
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  • Michael Peck, Senior Communications Consultant, Gamesa USA
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  • Doug Peterson, President, Minnesota Farmers Union
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  • John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress
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  • Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club
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  • Lois Quam, Managing Director, Alternative Investments, Piper Jaffray
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  • Paul Renner, Director of Training, Tony Mazzocchi Center for Safety, Health and Environmental Education and Associate Director, The Labor Instutute
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  • Michael Renner, Senior Researcher-Director, Worldwatch
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  • Joel Rogers, Director, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
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  • Keven E. Rojecki, Commissioner, Washington State Council of Firefighters
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  • Paul Roth, Program Specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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  • R.T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Rob Sargent, Senior Energy Policy Analyst, Environment America
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  • Lou Schorsch, CEO, Flat Carbon Americas, ArcelorMittal
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  • George Sterzinger, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Policy Project
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  • Sean Sweeney, Director, Cornell Global Labor Institute
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  • Brit Theisman, Director of Membership Services, American Wind Energy Association
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  • Marco Trbovich, Assistant to the President and Director of Communications, United Steelworkers
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  • Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
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  • Tom Tuffey, Director, PennFuture Center for Energy, Enterprise & the Environment
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  • Jason Walsh, National Policy Director, Green For All
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  • Kelly Warden, Assistant Vice President of Property Development, Saint Paul Port Authority
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  • John Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry
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  • Sarah White, Senior Associate, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
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  • Donele Wilkins, Executive Director, Detroiters for Environmental Justice
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  • Stockton Williams, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Enterprise Community Partners
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  • Rob Witherell, Organizing Department, United Steelworkers
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  • Dr. Beverly Wright, Founder and Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
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  • Mike Wright, Director, Health, Safety and Environment Department, United Steelworkers
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  • Joel S. Yudken, Ph.D., Principal, High Road Strategies, LLC
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