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.
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
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
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