Virginia's Sustainable Future Summit
September 13 - 15, 2005
Speakers

We have lined up an exciting roster of keynote speakers for this year’s conference. We will continue to update this page as we approach September. Check back periodically to learn about planned topics as well as any changes to the lineup.

Keynote speakers*

The Honorable Mark R. Warner
Governor of Virginia (invited)

Donald W. Aitken, Ph.D.
Donald Aitken Associates

Russell W. Baxter
Virginia Assistant Secretary of Natural Resources, Chesapeake Bay Coordination

Robert G. Bloxom
Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry

Hugh F. Gouldthorpe Jr.
Senior Vice President of Quality and Communications, Owens & Minor

Pierce Homer
Virginia Secretary of Transportation

Steven L. Johnson
Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (invited)

John L. Knott Jr.
Managing Director/CEO, The Noisette Company, LLC

Gerald P. McCarthy
Executive Director
Virginia Environmental Endowment

W. Tayloe Murphy Jr.
Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources

David K. Paylor
Virginia Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources

Michael J. Schewel
Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade

Daniel K. Slone
McGuireWoods LLP

L. Douglas Wilder
Mayor, City of Richmond

 

Additional speakers*

Sharon Baxter, Director, Pollution Prevention Program, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Timothy Beatley, Professor of Sustainable Communities, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, University of Virginia

W. Douglas Beisch Jr., P.E., Senior Water Resource Engineer, Williamsburg Environmental Group Inc.

Jim Bowie, Bristol District, Commonwealth Transportation Board

Charles B. Bowles, Principal, The Energy Consortium

Gabrielle Canonico, Program Manager, National Biological Information Infrastructure Program

Hal Cardwell, Ph.D., Institute for Water Research, U. S. Army Corp of Engineers

Al Christopher, Director, Green Virginia, Owner, Kilduff Oil

Christine Chui Lee, PRIZM, Inc, NPS Concession Environmental Management Program

Michael Clifford, Director, Systems Planning Applications, Department of Transportation Planning, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Blaine Collison, Director, Green Power Partnership, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Julia Connally, At-Large Urban Representative, Commonwealth Transportation Board

Hap Connors, Vice Chairperson, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors

Jeff Corbin, Virginia Deputy Director/Senior Scientist, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Scott Crafton, Assistant Director, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Diane M. Dale, ASLA, JD, Partner

Phil Dougherty, National Coordinator, Wind Powering America, U.S. Department of Energy

Bryna Dunn, AICP, LEED® AP, Director of Environmental Planning and Research, Moseley Architects

Dan Emerine, Assistant Project Manager, Livability Team, International City/County Management Program

David E. Evans, Esq., Partner, McGuireWoods LLP

Dwight Farmer, Deputy Executive Director, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission

Karen Firehock, Senior Associate, Institute for Environmental Negotiation, University of Virginia

Thomas Fisher, AIA, LEED® AP, PB Dewberry

Kathy Frahm, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Greg Garman, Ph.D., Director, Center for Environmental Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University

Ellen Gilinsky, Ph.D., Director Division of Water Quality Programs, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Chris Gorthy, LEED® Accredited Professional, National Coordinator, Wind Powering America, U.S. Department of Energy

Jay Hall, Ph.D., Principal,  Building Knowledge, Inc.

Alden Hathaway, Director of EcoPower Programs, Environmental Resources Trust

Martin L. Harris, Director, Center for Sustainable Communities, National Association of Counties

Angela Harper, Deputy County Manager, Henrico County, Virginia

Alan Hecht, Director of Sustainable Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Robert Holsworth, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University

Kat Imhoff, Vice President, Planning and Facilities, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.

Ann F. Jennings, Virginia Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

David Johnson, Environmental Resource Management

Joan Kelsch, Environmental Planner, Arlington County, Virginia

Julie Kiang, Ph.D., Associate Director, Water Resources, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin

Ron Kirby, Director, Department of Transportation Planning, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Tom Knauer, Williams Mullen

Martin Kotsch, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III

Scott Kudlas, Manager, Office of Water Supply Planning, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Bob Lee, Executive Director, Virginia Outdoors Foundation

Sandra Leibowitz-Earley, RA, CSI, LEED® AP, Principal, Sustainable Design Consulting

Mary Nelson, President, Bethel New Life, Inc.

Jeffrey Olsen, Agency Liaison Director, Governor’s Green Government Council, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Annette Osso, LEED® AP, Executive Director, Virginia Sustainable Building Network

Donna Perla, Senior Advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Alan Pollock, Director, Office of Water Quality Programs, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Trip Pollard, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center

John Porter, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Ann Regn, Environmental Education, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Paul Revell, Urban Community Forestry Coordinator, Virginia Department of Forestry

Brian D. Richter, Director, Sustainable Waters Program, The Nature Conservancy

Brenda P. Robinson, President, Environmental Solutions Inc.

Mark Rubin, Esquire, The McCammon Group

Harrison Rue, Executive Director, Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission

Julia Seward, Director of State Policy, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group, Inc.

Brooks Smith, Hunton & Williams

Keith Togna, Energy Leader, Honeywell Nylon LLC

Shannon Varner, Troutman Sanders

Tom Verry, Director of Outreach and Development, National Biodiesel Board

Nic van Vuuren, Executive Director, Virginia Clean Cities, Coordinator, Hampton Roads Clean Cities Coalition

Elizabeth B. Waters, Planning Consultant and Former Mayor of Charlottesville

Richard Weeks, Deputy Director, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Barbara White, Partnership Coordinator, Virginia Department of Forestry

Stephen K. Whiteway, County Administrator, Mathews County, Virginia

Rebecca Winer, Program Manager, Center for Watershed Protection

*as of July 30, 2005

Virginia’s Sustainable Future Summit • Annette Osso, executive director • Virginia Sustainable Building Network
P.O. Box 6539 • Arlington, Virginia 22206 • Phone: (703) 486-2966 • E-mail: osso@vsbn.org • Updated: 09/21/2006
Virginia's Sustainable Future Summit