ADVISORY BOARD
The Forum's Advisory Board includes national leaders and opinion makers:
Arthur G. Altschul, Jr.
Co-Chair: Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy Advisory Board
Director: The Overbrook Foundation
A leading environmental and human rights philanthropy.
Managing Partner: Delta Opportunity Funds
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Greg Bafalis
President & CEO: Green Earth Fuels
The largest US biodiesel company.
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Henry Breck
Trustee & Finance Chair: Natural Resources Defense Council
One of the most influential environmental organizations in US.
CEO: Ark Investments
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David Crane
CEO: NRG Energy, Inc.
The largest US independent public power company.
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Marjorie Dickinson
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Government and Community Relations
UC Davis
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Wes Edens
Principal and Chairman: Fortress Investment Group LLC
Former Head: Global Principal Finance at UBS Securities
Former Partner and Managing Director of BlackRock Financial Management Inc.
Formerly Partner and Managing Director: Lehman Brothers.
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Jerome E. Groopman, M.D.
Chair of Medicine: Harvard Medical School.
Chief of Experimental Medicine: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Best-Selling Author: How Doctors Think
Accomplished writer and doctor.
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Winston H. Hickox (former Secretary of the California EPA)
Portfolio Manager, Investment Office: CalPERS
The nation's largest public pension fund with assets totaling $234.8 billion.
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Fred Hochberg (former Administrator of the Small Business Administration)
Dean: Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
A leading educational institution that trains leaders for the nonprofit, public, and private sectors.
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Jane Steiner Hoffman
Founder & President: Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy
A former Commissioner for Public Authority Reform
Former Commissioner of New York City Consumer Affairs
Former Candidate for New York Lieutenant Governor
Former New York City Deputy Commissioner to the UN
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Michael B. Hoffman
Partner: Riverstone Holdings LLC
The world’s largest renewable energy fund.
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Susan Henshaw Jones
President & Director: Museum of the City of New York
Museum that celebrates New York City’s cultural diversity, both past and present.
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Ramesh Kumar, Ph.D.
CEO: Onconova Therapeutics
An innovative pharmaceutical company developing cutting-edge products for combating cancer.
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Jim McDermott
CEO: US Renewable Group
One of the largest US renewable energy companies.
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Adam Robinson
Co-Founder: Princeton Review
The premiere test preparation company in the US.
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Jim Robo
President & Chief Operating Officer: Florida Power & Light
The largest renewable energy company in the United States.
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James E. Rogers
CEO and President: Duke Energy Corporation
Co-Chair: National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency and the Alliance to Save Energy
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William H. Shea, Jr.
Chairman, President & CEO: Buckeye Partners, LP
One of the largest independent refined petroleum products pipeline systems in America.
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Lloyd Spragins
CEO: Fuelco
An engine component fuel technology provider that significantly decreases greenhouse gases and increases fuel efficiency.
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Darren Stephens
CEO: Topaz Power Group
An independent Texas public power company.
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David J. Stoll
Co-Chair: Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy Advisory Board
Partner: Kaye Scholer LLP
One of the largest law firms in New York.
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Elie Tahari
President: Elie Tahari Incorporated
The worldwide fashion design company with a commitment to environmentally friendly business practices.
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Rory Tahari
Creative Director: Elie Tahari Incorporated
The worldwide fashion design company with a commitment to environmentally friendly business practices.
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David G. Victor
Professor of Law and Director, Stanford Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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Dr. Larry P. Walker
Professor, Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering: Cornell University
Director: Northeast Sun Grant Initiative
Co-Editor in Chief: Industrial Biotechnology
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Margaret Howard Watson
Founder: The Global Sustainable Schools Council
International program to implement sustainability in schools.
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Robert K. Watson
Chairman, CEO & Chief Scientist: Ecotech International
Founder: LEED Green Building Rating System
Received: Only foreigner to receive Green Innovation Award, from China’s Ministry of Construction (2005)
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Elizabeth Wiatt
Trustee: Natural Resources Defense Council
Chair of the Communication Committee: Natural Resources Defense Council
Founder of Leadership Council: Natural Resources Defense Council
Co-founder of Los Angeles Action and Executive Forums: Natural Resources Defense Council
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Daniel Yergin
Author: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author.
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