Change Agents in Residence
Throughout the year, BGI hosts thought leaders in our Change Agents in Residence (CAIR) program. These industry pioneers are advancing sustainable business practices, researching social and ecological sustainability, and leading organizations for social and economic advocacy.
Featured CAIRs
Winona LaDuke
Winona is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for Vice President as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. She is currently the Executive Director of both Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project.
Lynne Twist
Lynne Twist is a global activist, speaker, and award-winning author of The Soul of Money. She is the Co-Founder of The Pachamama Alliance with her husband, Bill Twist, and is co-creator of the global media campaign “Four Years. Go.” Lynne serves as President of the Soul of Money Institute in San Francisco and is principal consultant to the Nobel Women’s Initiative.
Kim Jordan
Kim co-founded the New Belgium Brewing Company in 1991. She currently serves as its CEO and President, directing New Belgium’s branding, organizational development and sales. Kim is a Member of Colorado Governor Bill Ritter’s Renewable Energy Authority Board, Vice Chair of the 1% for the Planet Board, Director on the Brewers Association Board, and Ex Officio Board Member for the Beer Institute.
Adam Lowry
Adam co-founded Method Products and works as its Chief Greenskeeper. Previously, Adam worked as a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution, developing software products for the modeling of climate change. Adam has been honored as one of Vanity Fair’s Global Citizens and by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as Man of the Year for his pioneering work on sustainable business and product design. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.
Robert Egger
Robert Egger is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen. Robert has been honored by the NonProfit Times as one of the “50 Most Powerful and Influential Non-profit Leaders” in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He is the recipient of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award. Robert’s book on the non-profit sector, Begging for Change, received the 2005 McAdam Prize for Best Nonprofit Management Book from the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
Recent CAIRs
FEBRUARY 2012
David Allen
Principle and Executive Vice-President of McKinstry · www.mckinstry.com
Kevin Butt
General Manager/Chief Environmental Officer of Environmental/Safety Engineering at Toyota North America
JANUARY 2012
Mary Waldner (Chairman) and Dale Rodrigues (CEO and President)
Mary’s Gone Crackers · www.marysgonecrackers.com
Mary Armstrong
VP of Environment, Health and Safety for the Boeing Company · www.boeing.com
DECEMBER 2011
Shainoor Khoja
Managing Director of Roshan Corporate Social Responsibility · www.roshan.af
David Hoffman
CEO of Sitnasuak Native Corporation · www.snc.org
David Williams
CEO of ShoreBank Pacific for over ten years
NOVEMBER 2011
John Perkins
Activist, Ex-Economic Hit Man and New York Times Bestselling Author · www.johnperkins.org
Joel Solomon
Chairman of Renewal2 Investment Fund · www.renewal2.ca
CEO of Renewal Partners Company · www.renewalpartners.com
Barbara “b.g.” Nabors-Glass
VP of Job Training and Education at Seattle Goodwill · www.seattlegoodwill.org
June 2011
Robert Egger
Founder and President at the DC Central Kitchen · www.robertegger.org
May 2011
Margot Fraser
Founder at Birkenstock Footprint Sandals · www.birkenstockusa.com
Sheryl O’Loughlin
Co-founder, Chief Mom and Founding CEO at Nest Collective · www.nest-collective.com
Former CEO at Clif Bar · www.clifbar.com
Elisa Sabatini
Executive Director at Via International · www.viainternational.org
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D.
CEO at CO2 Impact · www.co2impact.com
April 2011
Susan Sokol Blosser
Founder at Sokol Blosser Winery · www.sokolblosser.com
Drew Dellinger
Founder at Planetize the Movement · www.drewdellinger.org
James Gustave Speth
Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos · www.demos.org
Professor of Law at Vermont Law School · www.vermontlaw.edu
Yoram Bauman
Environmental Economist at University of Washington · www.washington.edu
MARCH 2011
Fred Miller
CEO and Lead Client Strategist of Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc
Sheri Flies
Assistant General Merchandising at Costco Wholesale Corporation
Carol Sanford
Author of The Responsible Business, Reimagining Sustainability · www.carolsanford.com
Greg Searle
Executive Director at Bioregional, North America · www.bioregional.com
FEBRUARY 2011
Josh Henretig
Group Manager, Environmental Sustainability at Microsoft Corporation
Sally Helgesen
Author, Speaker and Leadership Consultant
Burton Hamner
CEO and Founder at Hydrovolts, Inc
January 2011
Leslie Christian
CEO at Portfolio 21
David Williams
CEO at Shorebank Pacific
Joyce LaValle
Senior VP at Marketing at InterfaceFLOR
Murat Armbruster
Senior Advisor at the Carbon War Room
Jason S. Twill
Senior Project Manager of Sustainability at Vulcan Inc
December 2010
Mike Albert
Co-Founder and CEO at BrightScope
Shainoor Khoja
Managing Director at Roshan Corporate Social Responsibility
Carol Newell
Investing Founder at the Renewal family of companies
November 2010
Mal Warwick
Partner, One World Futbol Project; Founder and Chairman, Mal Warwick Associates
Mark Kane
Former Director of Children’s Vaccine Program at PATH
Paige Chapel
Executive VP of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) Assessment and Ratings System
October 2010
Ben Cohen
Co-Founder and former CEO of Ben & Jerry’s