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AREDAY 2016 Featured Speakers
Join world leaders at AREDAY2016
The Annual Summit brings together over 100 cross-sector speakers and includes a film festival, concert and environmental expo. Join us this year!
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
The President of Iceland
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Inger Andersen
IUCN
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Michael Brune
Sierra Club
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Margie Alt
Environment America
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Huang Ming
Himin Solar Co, Inc.
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Dr. Sylvia Earle
Mission Blue
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Timothy E. Wirth
Vice Chair
United Nations Foundation
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Bill Ritter
Former Governor of Colorado, Director
Center for the New Energy Economy, CSU
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Amory Lovins
Chief Scientist
Rocky Mountain Institute
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T. Boone Pickens
Founder
BP Capital
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Bill Becker
Executive Director
Presidential Climate Action Project
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Pete Maysmith
Executive Director
Conservation Colorado
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Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters
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Larry Schweiger
President & CEO
PennFuture
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Randy Hayes
Executive Director
Foundation Earth
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Rod Eckhardt
Principal
Seminole Equity Partners
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Joel Serface
Managing Director
Clean Range Ventures
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David Fenton
Chairman
Fenton
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David Orr
Professor of Environmental Studies
Oberlin College
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Daniel Fung
Chairman
UNDP Peace & Development Foundation
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Tom Van Dyck
Managing Director
RBC Wealth Managemeent
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Kevin Knobloch
Chief of Staff for Sec. Moniz
Department of Energy
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Tony Seba
Educator & Entrepreneur
tonyseba.com
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Susan Reilly
Past Chair
American Wind Energy Association
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Andy Behar
CEO
As You Sow
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Graciela Chichilnisky
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Global Thermostat
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Gen. Wesley Clark
Co-Chair
Growth Energy
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Trammell S. Crow
President
Crow Family Foundation
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Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser
President
Colorado Mountain College
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Dan Miller
Managing Director
The Roda Group
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Keith Tuffley
Managing Partner & CEO
The B Team
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Louie Psihoyos
Documentary Filmmaker
Racing Extinction
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Leilani Munter
Racecar Driver
Carbon Free Girl
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Taj Mahal
Singer-Songwriter, Film Composer
TajBlues.com
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Jon Bowermaster
Filmmaker
Oceans 8 Films
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Matthew Wright
Senior Vice President
National Cooperative Bank
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Henk Rogers
Founder & Chairman
Blue Planet Foundation
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Jeff Horowitz
Exec. Producer
Time to Choose
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Mark Bernstein Ph.D.
Professor
USC Energy Institute
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Brett Byers
Managing Director with Partner Ventures
Rainforest Trust
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Carla Walker-Miller
President & CEO
Walker-Miller Energy Services
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Marjorie Layden – Schimberg
Director
Salzburg Global Seminar
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Jennifer Jenkins
Executive Director
DWEA
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Del Worley
CEO
Holy Cross Energy
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Sally Coxe
President
Bonobo Conservation Initiative
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Robbie Lavia
President
Dakia Global
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John Powers
Board President
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
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Katie Hoffman
Managing Partner
The Resilience Collaborative
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Bill Brandt
Director of Strategic Integration
ASU Lightworks
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Ann Mullins
Council Members
City of Aspen
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Jerry Tinianow
Chief Sustainability Officer
City and County of Denver
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Gail Schwartz
Former Colorado State Senator
gailschwartzforcongress.com
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Founder
EARTH’S CALL
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Lynne Cherry
Author, Filmmaker
lynnecherry.com
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Mike Phillips
Executive Director
Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF)
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James Brundige
Filmmaker
First Light Films
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David Katz
Founder & CEO
The Plastic Bank
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Michael Cain
President
M3 Films
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Steve Michelson
Executive Producer
Lobitos Creek Ranch
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Steve Skadron
Mayor
City of Aspen
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David Hornbacher
Director of Utilities and
Environmental Initiatives
City of Aspen
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Bob Gough
Secretary
Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP)
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Mike G. Hart
President & CEO
Sierra Energy
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Julienne Stroeve
Senior Research Scientist
National Snow & Ice Data Center
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Douglas Miller
Senior Associate
RMI
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Jon Creyts
Managing Director
RMI
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Martha Campbell
Sr. Associate
RMI
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Stephen Scofield
Senior Consultant
South Pole Group
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Brook LeVan
Co-Founder & Director
Sustainable Settings
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Bud Wilson
Director of Creative Outreach
The Agora Projects
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Tom Cardamone
Executive Director
Snowmass Discovery
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Kim Stevens
State Director
Environment Colorado
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Brandon Hurlbut
Co-Founder & Partner
Boundary Stone Partners
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Klaus Lackner
Director
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
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Clara Vonrich
Global Director
Divest Invest Philanthropy
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Mike Dorsey
Interim Director of Energy & Environment
Joint Center
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Jens Nielsen
CEO
World Climate, LTD
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John Ramo
Founder & CEO
Digital Directions International Inc.
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Steve Katsaros
Inventor
Nokero Solar
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Mat Elmore
Managing Director Mt. Region
Microgrid Energy
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Michael Bowman
Board Chair
National Hemp Association
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Richard Eidlin
Co-Founder
American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC)
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Damian Mander
Founder
International Anti-Poaching Foundation
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Erica Mackie
Co-Founder & CEO
Grid Alternatives
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Kyle Sundman
President
DU Solar
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Courtlyn Carpenter
bridgeUSA
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Vanessa Green
Director
Divest Invest Individual
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Geoff Greenfield
President
Third Sun Solar
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Bob Perkowitz
Founder & President
EcoAmerica
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Luka Powanga
Executive Director
Energy Africa Conference
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Leanne D. Wheeler
President & CEO
The Wheeler Advisory Group
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Ken Losch
President
Advanced Green Innovations
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Michael Fuller
Architect
Michael Fuller Architects
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Harry Teague
Architect
Harry Teague Architects
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Gregory Pickrell
Architect
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Mona Newton
Executive Director
Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
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Melissa Beck
Executive Director
The Educational Foundation of America
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Rev. Mitchell Hescox
President
The Evangelical Environmental Network
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Rabbi Michael M. Cohen
Director of Community Relations
Friends of the Arava Institute
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Austin Rosenbaum
MBA & BSEE Student
University of Denver
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Dave Weidner
Founding Director
Wildlife Protection Solutions
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William Ryerson
Founder & President
Population Media Center
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Osprey Orielle Lake
Co-founder
WECAN
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Cheri Anderson
Global Director of Research
Strategic Business Insights
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Patrick Kearney
bridgeUSA
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Bill Beierwaltes
CEO
Biochar Now
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Celinda Lake
President
Lake Research Partners
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John R. Seydel
Trustee Elect
Turner Foundation
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Natalia Vega-Berry
Founder & CEO
The Global Brain
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Alison Burchell
Consultant-in-Residence
Biochar Now
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James Gaspard
Co-founder
Biochar Now
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Conor Platt
CEO/CIO
Etho Capital
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Mark Stenftenagel
CEO/Co-founder
Whitney Architects
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Mark McGuffie
Strategic Partnerships
IUCN
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Albert Slap
President
Coastal Risk Consulting
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Gueta Mezzetti
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Sandy Vanderstoep
DC Project Director
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
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Bern Gallagher
President
PVI
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Abby Arnold
Executive Director
American Wind Wildlife Institute
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Denise Dihle
President
Three Sixty Engineering, inc.
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Corey Radka
Co-Managing Partner
ResCo, LLC
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Lloyd Lee
CEO
Native
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Harald Walkate
SVP – Global Head of Responsible Investment
Aegon Asset Management
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Edward Maibach
Director
Center for Climate Change Communication
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Ed Bastian
President
Spiritual Paths Foundation
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Paul Walker
Executive Director
ConservAmerica
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Aaron Berger
Co-Chairman
Nexus Working Group on Climate Change
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Jennifer Broome
Broadcast Meteorologist
Explore Colorado
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Duncan Campbell
Producer and Host
Living Dialogues
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Mauricio Castillo
Founding Partner
Resilience Collaborative
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Leila Conners
Founder
Tree Media
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James Farrell
Co-Founder
CC3IC
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Maggie Fox
Consultant
Alliance for Climate Protection
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Leigh Francia
Officer
bridgeUSA
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Richard Goodwin
Goodwin Foundation
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Vanessa Grellet
CEO
CarePrint
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Janice Hall
President
Natural Network International
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Josh Herlands
Associate Director
ORIX USA
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Katie M. Hoffner
Senior Vice President of Strategy
Prieto Battery, Inc.
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Lucy Kessler
Communications Manager
Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
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Joanie Klar Bruce
Media Producer
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Harry Kloor, Ph.D.
CEO
Jupiter 9 Productions
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Mike Korchinsky
Founder
Wildlife Works
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John Kostyack
Executive Director
Wind Energy Foundation
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Bernard MacMahon
Film Director
American Epic
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Alice Madden
Fellow
Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment
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Bill Madsen
Council Member
Snowmass Village Town Council
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John McBride
Founder
The Sopris Foundation
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William McDonough
Chair
World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on the Circular Economy
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Allison McGourty
Film Producer
American Epic
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Paul D. Miller/DJ Spooky
Chief Creative Director
The Global Brain
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Ken Neubecker
Associate Director of the Colorado Basin Program.
American Rivers
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John Quigley
Founder
Spectral Q
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Greg Reitman
Founder
Blue Water Entertainment, Inc
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Rod Richardson
President
Grace Richardson Fund
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Jeffrey Sachs
Director
The Earth Institute
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Alyssa Shenk
Council Member
Snowmass Village Town Council
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Susan Skjei
Director
Authentic Leadership Center
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Stan Stalnaker
Founding Director
Hub Culture
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Abby Stern
Director of Operations
AREI
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Lisa Tasker
Principal
E.M. Ecological, LLC
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Michael Tracy
Principal
The Global Brain
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Sen. Mark Udall
Colorado Senator
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Merri Lisa Trigilio
Director/Producer
Written On Water
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Peter Hans Ward
Owner
Humble Plum
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Sally Ranney
President
AREI
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Chip Comins
Chairman & CEO
AREI
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