GoGreen Conference Seattle

Keynote Speakers 2012

Maud Daudon | President and CEO, Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation

Maud Daudon joined Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation (SNW) in 2002 as Managing Director of Investment Banking and Municipal Sales and Trading. In 2006, the Board of Directors of SNW appointed her Chief Executive Officer and President. Ms. Daudon has a Master’s of Public and Private Management (MPPM) degree with an emphasis on finance and economic development from Yale University and a bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College. Prior to joining SNW, Ms. Daudon served for four years as Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff for the City of Seattle. Prior to this role, she was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Port of Seattle. She gained significant experience in public finance by working for six years completing transportation and public works-related bond financings for a national investment banking firm from its New York and Seattle offices. Ms. Daudon serves as the immediate past chair of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, where she also sits on the Executive Committee. Additionally, she serves as immediate past chair of the Seattle BioMedical Research Institute, where she continues to serve as a trustee, and was a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board from 2006-2009. In addition, she serves on the Governor’s Higher Education Funding Task Force and on the advisory board for PATH.

Dr. Gary Kaplan | Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Health System

Dr. Kaplan is chairman and CEO of Seattle-based Virginia Mason Health System, where he has led the implementation of the Virginia Mason Production System, based on the Toyota Production System, to reduce costs and improve quality, safety and efficiency. Under Dr. Kaplan's leadership, Virginia Mason was named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by Health Grades in 2011, a Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for five consecutive years and was one of two hospitals named a Leapfrog Top Hospital of the Decade for patient safety and quality. Dr. Kaplan is also a clinical professor at the University of Washington, secretary-treasurer of IHI and chair of the National Patient Safety Foundation's board of directors. He serves on the board of Washington Healthcare Forum and is a founding member of Health CEOs for Health Reform. In 2009, Dr. Kaplan received the John M. Eisenberg Award for patient safety and also was a recipient of the Harry J. Harwick Lifetime Achievement Award from the Medical Group Management Association and the American College of Medical Practice Executives. Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare ranked Dr. Kaplan 12th on the 2011 listing of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives.

Pamela Hinckley | CEO, Tom Douglas Restaurants

Pamela joined Tom Douglas Restaurants as CEO in January 2009. The company was poised for growth, adding 4 new restaurants and a production bakery during a 12-month period over the winter of 2010/11. Tom has always been the marketing engine behind the restaurant company but with the addition of the new properties and new employees the executive team needed to expand beyond Tom, his wife Jackie and their partner Eric Tanaka. Pam’s management experience with two local growth companies, Redhook Brewery and Theo Chocolate honed her valuable skills in growing a brand and simultaneously nurturing internal company culture.

Jim Weber | President and CEO, Brooks Sports

Jim Weber joined Brooks Sports as president and CEO in April 2001. His professional repertoire includes such positions as chairman and CEO of Sims Sports, president of O’Brien International, vice president of The Coleman Company, and various roles with The Pillsbury Company. Prior to joining Brooks, Weber was managing director of U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Seattle Investment Banking practice and also served on the Brooks Sports board of directors. Weber received a master’s of business administration degree with high distinction from The Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

Emcees 2012

Leslie Helm | Editor, Seattle Business Magazine

Helm is a twenty-year veteran of business journalism. He spent seven years with Business Week, first as Tokyo correspondent, where he covered many environmental issues, and later as Boston bureau chief. He worked briefly for the Seattle Post Intelligencer before joining The Los Angeles Times, reporting at various times out of Japan, South Korea and the Pacific Northwest. In 2006, Helm was appointed editor of Washington CEO where he launched the Green Washington Awards program to recognize the state’s business leaders in sustainability. Helm was appointed editor of Seattle Business Magazine in 2009, soon after the publication acquired Washington CEO. Helm has a BA in Political Science and an MA in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and an MS in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Dave Ross | Host, Seattle's KIRO-FM

Dave has been a Seattle radio institution for more than three decades beginning his career in 1978 as a news anchor. Ross has spent the last 23 years hosting, "The Dave Ross Show." Dave leads the Eastlake Avenue Crusaders for Common Sense, speaking daily with the major newsmakers of the moment and taking listeners calls. Dave has been recognized with a Marconi nomination and the 2001, 2005 and 2008 Edward R. Murrow Awards for Commentary. Dave is also an accomplished actor, performing in more than 30 productions with the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Occasionally, Dave will subject his listeners to a singing commentary... such as "Dictator Boy" - an ode to Saddam - and "Ichiro, Ichiro, Ichiro," an operatic tribute to the Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, which is now on file at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Dave took a leave of absence in 2004 to run for Congress in the 8th District, winning the Democratic primary, but losing the General Election. He was back on the air the next day. Dave has been recognized with a Marconi nomination and the 2001, 2005 and 2008 Edward R. Murrow Awards for Commentary.

Featured Speakers 2012

Rico Quirindongo, AIA | Principal, DKA Architecture

Driven by the desire to have a meaningful impact on both the urban and natural landscape, Rico works with community organizations to have a greater positive influence in their own neighborhoods through design. In 17 years of professional experience, thirteen of which have been at DKA, Rico has also developed a keen awareness of the special requirements for non-profit and public projects. His clients include King County Housing Authority, Department of Labor, and Seattle Public Schools. He has extensive experience and knowledge in the adaptive reuse of existing buildings, and as project manager and architect for the Urban League Village at Colman School, he became well versed in the intricacies of historic renovation. Rico believes that existing buildings provide a rich context for our daily lives and that maintenance of this building stock, both in preservation and in adaptive reuse, is the ultimate expression of a sustainable architecture and a critical component of a new green economy.

Sarah Patterson | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Virginia Mason Health System

Sarah Patterson has been a member of the leadership team at Virginia Mason Medical Center for more than 27 years and currently serves as the executive vice president and Chief operating officer. She has responsibility for all operations of the clinic and hospital along with the Kaizen Promotion Office, Human Resources, Quality and Compliance, Facilities and Pharmaceutical Services. Over the past five years she has received extensive training in the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS). VMPS is a management method based on manufacturing principles that seeks to continually improve how work is done. The training has included four study missions to Japan. As part of the executive leadership team, she has responsibility for leading the implementation of the Virginia Mason Production System throughout the VM system. She maintains certification in Lean methodology.

Jimmy Gia | Co-Founder and CEO, Distributed Energy Systems

Jimmy Jia, LEED® Green Associate, is an energy entrepreneur. As co-founder and CEO of Distributed Energy Management, he helps reduce energy consumption by ‘translating’ energy data into operational costs. Formerly, he worked at Olympus as a Territory Manager, selling industrial-grade inspection equipment to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that, he was at Panasonic as an Associate Engineer where he helped develop and patent new applications for femtosecond laser drilling technology. He holds a BS and MS in Material Science and Engineering from MIT where he was appointed lecturer for the Microelectronics Processing Technology Laboratory Course. He received his MBA from the University of Oxford and was an active participant in the Oxford Business Network and Oxford Entrepreneurs. He is a committee member with the MIT Enterprise Forum of Seattle, an MIT Energy Ambassador, and a cleantech advisor to TiE-Seattle. He also is on the faculty of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute where he is creating and co-instructing the new Energy Certificate program.

Kevin Wilhelm | CEO, Sustainable Business Consulting

Kevin Wilhelm is the pre-eminent business consultant in the field of sustainability and climate change. He is the CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, a Seattle based consulting firm focused on practical solutions that deliver profit improvement through the use of sustainable business practices. Kevin brings over fourteen years of experience working with businesses ranging from Fortune 500 multinationals to government agencies to renewable energy start-ups. Some of his clients include Nordstrom, REI, The North Face, Amazon.com, Drugstore.com and Brooks Sports. His firm works with companies to measure their sustainability and carbon impacts, develop successful implementation goals and strategies, engage employees through sustainability training, and help them communicate their CSR efforts both internally and externally. He has spent the last eight years demonstrating the business & bottom line benefits of sustainability locally, nationally, and internationally. He is the author of the acclaimed: Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability & Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy. He is an adjunct professor at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute where he teaches Sustainable Business.

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