Transcript Document 7107162

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Terry Tamminen
Terry is the Special Advisor to the Governor on
Energy and the Environment. Mr. Tamminen assisted
the West African nation of Nigeria with the creation of
their first solid waste recycling program. In 1993,
Mr. Tamminen founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper
and served as its Executive Director for six years. He
co-founded Waterkeeper programs in San Diego,
Orange County, Ventura, and Santa Barbara and
serves on the Board of the National Waterkeeper
Alliance. From 1999-2003, Mr. Tamminen was the Executive Director of
Environment Now in Santa Monica. He has served on numerous civic
and charitable Boards and Commissions, including as Chair of the Public
Advisory Committee to the Southern California Wetlands Recovery
Project, the U.S. Navy Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station Restoration Advisory
Board, the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Safety Committee, and on
the Board of the Wishtoyo Foundation, a group that preserves natural
resources through Chumash Indian traditional teachings. Mr. Tamminen
was appointed as the Secretary of the California Environmental
Protection Agency by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, was
appointed as Cabinet Secretary in December of 2004 and as of January
1, 2006, serves as a Special Advisor to the Governor for Energy and
Environmental policy.
Eiko Risch
Eiko is the Division Manager of the Sustainability
Promotion Division REI Strategic Office for Ricoh
Electronics, Inc. Ms. Risch was project leader for
the Ricoh Electronics, Inc. Zero Waste to Landfill
(ZWTL) initiative. She has been the organization
lead from concept development through design
and implementation of this initiative. Through the
process of introducing this new concept to the Ricoh organization,
involving the entire organization, and adapting and practicing these
concepts in real life, her entire team has experienced many valuable
lessons which have contributed towards making Ricoh Electronics, Inc. a
lean and sustainable company. Today Ms. Risch shares the
extraordinary experiences she encountered while implementing
sustainable practices at her company with their business partners and
their community in hopes of making additional contributions toward
creating a sustainable society. The step by step method applied at Ricoh
Electronics, Inc can be easily deployed in any type of business
environment.
Thomas Kiser
Thomas is Chairman, CEO and founder of Professional
Supply Inc. (PSI), an international leader in the innovation,
design and application of the most advanced heating,
ventilating and energy systems in the world. Mr. Kiser,
an aeronautical engineer, is a pioneer in the field of
energy and has developed many revolutionary patents
that have changed the way industries integrate and utilize
HVAC. He is famous for the “Kiser Concept,” which was
installed in the Ford Motor Company and received an ASHRAE National
Energy Savings Award. Mr. Kiser is known throughout the industrial world
as America’s Energy Coach. His concepts and leadership are in high
demand as the world struggles to meet the intense energy demands
today and in the future. Mr. Kiser’s energy systems and energy answers
will continue to change the lives of millions of people and radically alter
the way companies use energy. Mr. Kiser is also the creator of a training
concept known as Corporate Coaching, which specializes in helping
business executives, medical professionals, and athletes sustain high
performance. He believes that managing energy, not time, is the key to
the most innovative training and learning.
Evan C. Henry
Evan is the Senior Vice President and Manager of
the Environmental Services Department of Bank of
America, who is responsible for the assessment and
management of environmental credit risks across
the spectrum of business activities of BankAmerica
Corporation worldwide. His responsibilities and
expertise cover assessment of corporate environmental
compliance, liability and third party issues with an
emphasis on integration of the environmental, legal and
business components of lending and related transactions.
He also serves on Bank of America’s Environmental Commitment
Advisory Committee. Mr. Henry has a Bachelor of Science degree in
geology and a Master of Science degree in hydrology and has been a
Registered Geologist and Registered Environmental Assessor in the state
of California. He has been a frequent speaker and panelist at state, local,
national and international conventions and seminars, authoring multiple
papers on environmental risk management, brownfields financing, and
sustainability issues for banks. He developed the Environmental Risk
Management for Bankers training program for the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and taught similar programs in
conjunction with the US Agency for International Development through
South and Southeast Asia.
James Kaz Inouye
James has been with American Honda Motor Inc.,
Co. (AHM) for over 25 years. In his current position
as Records Center Coordinator, Mr. Inouye
is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations
pertaining to company records/information. In addition,
he is responsible for the daily operations of materials
recycling, reduction, and reuse within the company.
His efforts and expertise have been instrumental in
helping the company-wide recycling program receive
a variety of local and statewide awards for seven
consecutive years. One award was the “WRAP of The Year” award, which
AHM received in 2005 from the State of California’s Integrated Waste
Management Board for efforts in diverting solid waste from landfills.
Furthermore, Mr. Inouye regularly donates office supplies and equipment
collected during the daily recycling activities to local nonprofit
organizations, such as local schools and disabled organizations. His vision
and dedication in the area of recycling and waste reduction has helped
AHM develop successful environmental programs.
John Picard
John is a leading environmental consultant that started his
career as an architect, builder, entrepreneur and a soughtafter building efficiency expert. A chance meeting with, Sam
LaBudde, the famed eco-warrior who chronicled the
slaughter of dolphins and changed the fishing practices of
the tuna industry, sparked a conversion and John’s lifelong
dedication to eco-consciousness. From that moment, John
began using his knowledge of engineering, design and building to apply the
complex principles of sustainability to new and existing structures. John
began walking his “green” path in 1991 by building his own solar powered,
sustainable residence. His success inspired a re-imagined world where
building structures were humane and existed at minimal cost to the
environment. John was convinced that if other homebuilders were to follow
this vision, they would need an iconic example in the most famous house in
the United States. The “Greening of the White House” initiative was
conceived and spearheaded by John. Vice President Al Gore and President
Bill Clinton embraced the project and augmented it by creating the U.S.
Green Building Council. John has also helped The Gap formulate and
execute an environmental and energy efficiency policy in all of their retail
stores, introduced Paul Hawkens’ principle of closed loop products of service
to the Southern California Gas Company’s new Energy Resource Center
and brought success, profitability, and good will to innovative companies
such as Virgin, Compaq, Sony, Sempra Energy and the production of Ashes
and Snow.
Martin Diedrich
Martin grew up in Guatemala where his family owned a
small coffee farm. In 1983, Martin left behind a blossoming
career in Mayan archeology and came to Costa Mesa to
help his parents with their small custom coffee roastery.
He founded the first Diedrich Coffee coffeehouse in Costa
Mesa in 1984. Under Martin’s direction, Diedrich Coffee grew to nearly a dozen
locations over the next ten years and earned the reputation as “The Best
Coffeehouses in Orange County.” Today there are more than 30 Diedrich
Coffeehouses in California, Colorado and Texas. Martin Diedrich is now considered
one of the pioneers of the coffeehouse phenomenon. Martin has been a Master
Roaster for 21 years and is an internationally recognized coffee expert. In 2005
Martin was presented with the Specialty Coffee Association’s Lifetime Achievement
Award. In June of 2004, Martin resigned his position at Diedrich Coffee, and began
to manifest a new vision: a state-of-the-art, cutting edge coffeehouse that would
bring back the community feeling, coffee connoisseurship, and cultural atmosphere
of his early Diedrich coffeehouses, as well as embrace his ideal that businesses
should model community and global responsibility and awareness, both
environmental and cultural. In December of 2005, Martin and his wife Karen
opened the doors of Kean Coffee in Newport Beach, California named for their only
son, Kean. Kean Coffee has already developed a loyal following of customers with
its high quality artisan coffees fresh roasted onsite daily by Martin himself, in a
world-class roaster built and manufactured by his brother Stephan Diedrich in
Sandpoint Idaho. Through Kean Coffee, Martin Diedrich is taking his community
coffeehouse vision to the next level.
Rosalie Mulé
Rosalie was appointed as a full-time member of the
California Integrated Waste Management Board on April
22, 2004, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the
position reserved for a person with experience in the
private sector waste industry. Prior to this appointment,
Ms. Mulé worked for Waste Management Inc. from
1998-2004. She served as municipal marketing director
for Waste Management of the Inland Empire and
government affairs/municipal marketing director for
Waste Management of Florida. Ms. Mulé previously worked for BrowningFerris Industries (BFI) from 1990-1998 where she held positions in recycling,
municipal marketing and government and community affairs in both Florida
and Hawaii. She began her career as an environmental planner, serving as
public participation coordinator for several water resources/waste water
treatment planning programs in both Atlantic County, New Jersey and San
Diego, California. Ms. Mulé has served with numerous organizations
including Keep American Beautiful affiliates in Hawaii and Florida, the Hawaii
State Solid Waste Task Force, the NSWMA Florida Chapter, and Riverside
County Illegal Dumping Task Force. She co-founded the Kauai Resource
Conservation and Development Council and served on the Board of Directors
until 1995. She currently is a member of the Solid Waste Association of
North America.
Curt Smith
Curt is the manager of refuse, recycling, and Intex
for Vons A Safeway Company. He is responsible for
one of the largest and most innovative supermarket
recycling programs in the country. Mr. Smith
oversees the receiving and redistribution of more
than a quarter million tons of recyclable and reusable
material each year. Furthermore, he is responsible
for Vons 360,000 square foot overflow and holiday
facility. Mr. Smith is currently enjoying his 30th year
with Vons.
Greg Reitz
Greg is the Green Building Advisor for the
City of Santa Monica. In his position, Mr. Reitz
is responsible for promoting green building
practices in the city. Since coming to the City,
Mr. Reitz has started several new initiatives to
promote green building practices including the
Green Building Resource Center, LEED training
for City staff, green building education for
residents, grants to promote private sector
green building, and a city-wide green building tour. Mr. Reitz is a LEED
Accredited Professional and currently serves on the Board of Directors
for the Los Angeles Chapter of the US Green Building Council. He is
also the founding chairman of the Southern California Green Building
Public Agency Council. Prior to working for the city, Mr. Reitz worked as
a green building consultant for E2. Before entering the world of green
building, his early professional experience was in management
consulting for Andersen Consulting. Mr. Reitz has a BS in Cybernetics
from UCLA.
Marialyce Pedersen
Marialyce is the Senior Waste Minimization Representative
for The Walt Disney Company. She has been active in the
waste prevention/resource conservation field since 1990.
She has worked on Pasadena’s Earth Day Festivals and
on developing municipally sponsored home composting
programs. She is the co-author of the best-selling book,
Backyard Composting. In 1995, Ms. Pedersen began her
municipal recycling career, serving as Compost Program
Assistant for the City of Ventura, then became the Oil
Recycling Assistant for the City of Thousand Oaks. She
was a Program Specialist for Santa Barbara County and
has worked for the Ventura County Environmental & Energy Resources Department.
Ms. Pedersen was involved in electronics recycling legislation development in the
mid-1990s. Additionally, she was involved in the implementation of a CIWMB Green
Building Grant in Ventura County, which resulted in the construction of Ventura
County’s first fully permitted straw bale building at The Ojai Foundation retreat
center. She has been a CRRA member since 1990 and served as The Reuse
Council’s Co-Chair for many years, producing the “Reuse on the Internet” CD. Ms.
Pedersen currently oversees waste minimization initiatives at Disney that conserve
natural resources and maximize cost savings. She manages systems to track and
report Companywide waste prevention, reuse, recycling and disposal data, provides
new program ideas and helps encourage networking among departments. She is
also involved in promoting recycled-content and other environmentally preferred
products.
Bert Ball
Bert is the founder and Executive Director of L.A.
SHARES, the world’s largest non-profit materials
reuse program. L.A. SHARES takes business
donations of reusable materials and makes them
available free of charge to the thousands of nonprofit organizations and schools located throughout Los Angeles County. Since 1994, L.A.
SHARES has given away more than $75,000,000
worth of materials (for more information please
visit the website: www.lashares.org). Mr. Ball has
received numerous commendations for his work with L.A. SHARES.
Recently, the EPA honored him with an “Outstanding Environmental
Achievement” Award and L.A. SHARES was named as a “the model
program for America.” Locally, Los Angeles Magazine awarded Mr. Ball
and L.A. SHARES its “Environmental Pride Award for Community
Partnership” and the Mayor of Los Angeles honored him with a “Mayor’s
Certificate of Commendation.” Mr. Ball has served as an advisor to the
State of Hawaii, the Cities of Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San
Francisco, in support of their efforts to create similar materials reuse
programs.
Charles Moore
Charles founded Algalita Marine
Research Foundation in 1994.
Since then, Captain Moore has
dedicated his time and research
vessel, Alguita, to understanding
and remediating the ocean's plastic
load. Along with collaborators from
the Southern California Coastal
Water Research Project, he has
developed protocols for monitoring
marine and beach micro-plastics.
These protocols are now used from the remote beaches of Polynesia to
the United Nations Environmental Programme in Europe. He is also the
lead author of two scientific papers published in the Marine Pollution
Bulletin. Captain Moore has now sampled over twenty thousand miles of
the North Pacific Ocean, across 22 degrees of latitude and 50 degrees of
longitude for plastic fragments. His latest 7,500 mile voyage was featured
in the Nov. 4 issue of US News and World Report. Captain Moore's work
has been highlighted on the Dec. 24 edition of the Osgood File, on KGO
TV- ABC San Francisco's Assignment 7 report of Nov. 12 and on Hawaii
Public Radio.
Dr. Sarah (Steve) Mosko
Dr. Sarah (Steve) Mosko is the Co-Chair of the
Campaign Against the Plastic Plague (CAPP).
Dr. Mosko has been an active volunteer with
Earth Resource Foundation since 2002 when
she became motivated to do something to
address the blight of plastic litter we all confront
every day. Her science background in
neurobiology and clinical experiences in
psychology and sleep disorders medicine have
empowered her to bring to CAPP a critical understanding of the scientific
literature on the health threats of petroleum-based plastics. Dr. Mosko’s
tangible contributions to CAPP include an extensive PowerPoint
presentation covering the environmental, health and economic impacts of
plastics, plus an ongoing series of articles focused on controversies
surrounding plastics. Her goals include the education of the public and
business community about the need to rethink how plastics are made and
utilized.
Gary Symons
Gary’s education includes a Masters of
Business Administration from California
State University Dominguez Hills and a
certification in Occupational Health and
Safety from the University of California,
Irvine. He also received training as an
Employee Transportation Coordinator
(ETC) by the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD). His
work experience includes being a Los
Angeles Deputy Marshal, later managing
production for a start up pharmaceutical company and then spending the
last two decades in healthcare, the most recent 12 years working for
Kaiser Permanente. Mr. Symons knowledge and enthusiasm related to
waste reduction and the environment started in the 1950’s when he
recycled newspapers as paperboy and resurfaced again in the late 1980’s
when he managed a SCAQMD ride share program for a hospital and was
the treasurer for a Laguna Beach city wide not for profit transportation
reduction association. In 2004, he received the “Partner for Change
Award” for the Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center from Hospitals
for a Healthy Environment also known as H2E for his efforts on healthcare
related environmental issues.
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Gary Liss
Gary Liss (Moderator/Committee Member) has over
30 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling
field. Gary Liss is now President of Gary Liss and
Associates. He was a founder and past President of the
National Recycling Coalition and was Solid Waste
Manager for the City of San Jose, CA. In San Jose, Mr. Liss developed their
recycling programs into national models, which are currently diverting 62%
of the overall waste stream. He is a leading advocate of Zero Waste, and a
special Zero Waste advisor to the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN).
For the GRRN, he has documented Zero Waste Businesses, developed
Zero Waste business principles (see
http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/) and is helping to develop their
Zero Waste Communities Project. He helped write Zero Waste Plans for Del
Norte County, CA, Nelson, British Columbia and Palo Alto, CA. He helped
organize the Global Recycling Council International Dialog on Proper
Discard Management in San Francisco on August 26-27, 2004, and the
GRRN Zero Waste Network Action Conference in Oakland on August 28,
2004. He also helped write a Zero Waste Communities Strategy for the Zero
Waste Task Force of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. He is also on
the Planning Group for the new Zero Waste International Alliance
(www.zwia.org) and a Board member of the new CA Resource Management
Training Institute.
Michael Huls
Michael Huls (Moderator/Committee Member)
President and founder of Huls Environmental
Management, a co-sponsor of “Zero In on Zero
Waste” Conference, and located in Covina, California.
His experience in environmental management and
compliance ranges from recycling systems to storm
water management. He is widely known for his work
in recycling program implementation including
commercial and C&D debris recovery programs. In this role, he has had
considerable working experience with numerous local agencies and
private corporations including Los Angeles County, Verizon, and more.
He has conducted over two-dozen solid waste generation studies;
performed hundreds of environmental and business process audits;
conducted numerous rate studies and negotiated innovative rate
structures; facilitated and negotiated performance-based contracts with
haulers and markets; conducted performance and fee assessments of
private and municipal haulers that have identified almost $50 million
dollars for potential and real cost recovery; and performed several RFP
processes for single and multiple hauler municipal franchises. Under his
direction, he has developed innovative waste prevention programs for
many businesses using his proprietary Process Audit Model (PAM)
based on seven key waste generating characteristics found in all
businesses.
Richard Anthony
Richard Anthony (Moderator/Committee Member) began
his career in Public Administration in 1971 as a manager of
the CSULB Recycling Center. He received a MS in Public
Administration in 1974. Mr. Anthony has worked as a program
manager in the Resource Management, Conservation and
Recovery field for more than 30 years. He is an advocate and
leader in the area of Zero Waste Systems approaches to
wasted discards. He is the principal consultant for Suffolk
Connect, England, on a DEFRA funded feasibility study. He
is the consultant to the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management
Authority and was the Administrator of the Zero Waste Communities of San
Bernardino County Waste Reduction and Recycling program from July 2001-04.
Mr. Anthony has nearly 20 years of experience working inside County Public
Works Agencies. He has implemented waste reduction and recycling programs
prescribed by the U.S. and the CalEPA, the CIWMB and the Dept. of
Conservation for private and public clients. He is a founder and member of the
Board of Directors of the CRRA, the GRRN, the Zero Waste International
Alliance, the USA National Recycling Coalition (past board member) and Keep
California Beautiful (board member). Mr. Anthony has been published in
Recycle Scene, Waste News, Bio-cycle, Recycling Today, Recycling Times and
other trade magazines. He has presented papers at National and International
Recycling Conferences and has taught classes and lectured on resource
conservation and recovery at Universities and Community Colleges throughout
the world. Recently RAA contracted with the Institute for Local Self Reliance to
meet with the community and prepare a zero waste plan for Hong Kong, China.
Stephanie Barger
Stephanie Barger (Moderator/Committee
Member) is ERF Founder, Treasurer and
Executive Director. A nonprofit Consultant,
Mortgage Banker and Past CPA, she brings
to ERF a wealth of environmental charity
work experience. Stephanie has been involved with a variety of
charities such as Journey to the Heart, the Surfrider
Foundation, Copes and Green Networking for Orange County.
She also helped organized several Volunteer Connection Day.
For Stephanie, "Only through loving, understanding and
knowing one another can we give back to our children a
wonderful earth that we have continually taken from, sometimes
unknowingly, sometimes selfishly and mostly unnecessarily. We
need not give up the conveniences of the future to keep the
treasures of the past (starfish on the beach, clean air, wild lands
to run and laugh and be humans). Through community we can
obtain the seemingly unobtainable, which is why I have
dedicated my life to bring about community into the world."
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