GoGreen Seattle Conference

Amy Bann serves as the corporate environment strategy and engagement lead at the Boeing Company. She is currently focused on representing the aerospace industry to the United Nations task force negotiating and designing a global carbon offsets agreement for aviation. Bann also supports senior leadership to integrate company strategy across business units including aircraft, facilities, and suppliers. She manages relationships with external affiliations including The Nature Conservancy, Business for Social Responsibility and other key engagements. Previous roles at Boeing include Senior Manager for Global Policy Analysis leading a team of subject matter experts managing risk on chemicals, air, water, waste, and health and safety issues. She also served as Director of Environmental Policy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where she led strategy development and implementation for global environmental policy issues. Read more..

Bryce is a Seattle area native and graduated from UW's Foster School of Business in 2011. Since joining Uber in late 2012 he has launched uberX in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Vancouver. Currently, he is leading further Northwest expansion and policy in Alaska, Idaho and Montana as well as the Washington Operations Team.

A 17 year Microsoft veteran, Rob is responsible for defining and implementing the global strategy for the company's environmental and cities efforts. Under his leadership, Microsoft has established a carbon neutral goal and the first-of-its-kind internal carbon fee. Rob and his team are also responsible for Microsoft CityNext to help cities around the world better leverage technology to realize safer, healthier, better educated, more modern and sustainable places for people to live and work. As part of their work, Microsoft has leveraged technology to build their own "City of the Future" on Microsoft's Puget Sound Campus. This project, along with associated market research, served as the early foundation for the company's growing commitment to cities initiatives around the world while also improving energy efficiency across the company's real estate portfolio. Prior to this role, Rob was the GM for the global ISV program where he managed teams supporting partnerships with over 50,000 software partners. Read more..

Tonia Buell currently leads the Public-Private Partnerships office at the Washington State Department of Transportation. Her office seeks to form partnerships with the private sector for the advancement of innovative public projects and programs. Tonia co-created and now manages the West Coast Electric Highway, a network of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations along major roadways. Tonia is a seasoned professional with a passion for innovative and sustainable transportation projects. She started her career with Sacramento Regional Transit where she managed marketing and corporate outreach for bus and light rail services. She then served as marketing director for a 40-attorney law firm, managed a financial investment office on the east coast, and helped launch a new product concept in several western states. Building on career moves from California to Manhattan, Tonia joined WSDOT in 2002 where she has held a variety of interesting positions. Tonia holds a master's degree in business administration from Golden Gate University. She lives and works in Olympia, Washington.

Terri brings more than 20 years experience in management, business development, and research and invention to her role as the Executive Director. She is highly motivated to accelerate Seattle's path toward sustainability through education, collaboration, and team empowerment. Previously she was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University of Washington where she was co-founder of a start-up company developing advanced material products for energy efficient electronics and advised numerous others. She also provided strategic counsel in her commercialization work with Washington State University's biofuel program, architecture school, and health science programs. She holds 13 U.S. patents, including coating technologies for electrostatic printing which she developed while an engineer at 3M and nutritional applications she worked on at Bioenergy Life Sciences. Terri holds a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Stanford University, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Minnesota, and a Certificate in Accounting from the University of Washington Foster School of Business. She is also a GRI certified Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporter.

Katerie Chapman is Senior Vice President and Hospital Administrator at Virginia Mason Medical Center responsible for Surgical and Procedural Services and many of the organization's operational support services teams including security and logistics, engineering, housekeeping, food and nutrition, sterile processing, and clinical engineering. Katerie has been with Virginia Mason since 2000 and was formerly the senior director responsible for Perioperative and Anesthesia Services and the senior director for the Heart Institute at Virginia Mason. In addition to her operational leadership posts, Katerie also served as the senior director responsible for implementing the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) throughout the Virginia Mason Hospital. Katerie received her undergraduate degree in Microbiology and her Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Washington. Katerie and her husband have two young children and reside in South King County. She greatly enjoys time spent with family and traveling.

As Director of Transportation at Seattle Children's Hospital Jamie supports the Hospital's goal to grow responsibly by leading efforts to reduce SOV trips to only 30% by 2030. She oversee policy development and transportation demand management (TDM) strategy and system implementation to support the strategic goal. Transportation systems include parking, shuttles, bike programs, end of trip amenities, right of way improvements, transit passes, encouragement, and customer service. Children's provides best-in-class transportation options to 6,000 employees across seven worksites. Seattle Children's Hospital has been the recipient of numerous state and local awards for transportation innovation and trip reduction performance including the 2011, 2012 and 2013 King County Diamond Awards, the 2012 Governor's Commute Smart Award, and the 2015 City of Seattle Platinum CTR Champion Award. Jamie previously served as executive director at Commute Seattle, a private-public partnership working to reduce the portion of drive-alone commute trips as a way to enhance Downtown Seattle's economic competitiveness. Read more..

Kevin Desmond is the General Manager of King County Metro Transit serving the Seattle Metropolitan Region. King County Metro is one of the largest transit systems in the country with annual ridership close to 120 million, and over 1,400 buses, 1,300 vanpools, and about 400 paratransit vans. Metro also operates Sound Transit's Light Rail service and the city's streetcar. Metro has pioneered an array of operational, fleet, technology and market development initiatives over the years and has a long-standing commitment to progressive environmental policies and investments. Kevin started his career in New York City working on transportation issues in the Mayor's office, as Assistant Commissioner of Administration at the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, and as Chief of Operations Planning at New York City Transit. He was also Vice President of Operations and Development at Pierce Transit in Tacoma. Mr. Desmond holds a master's degree in public administration from New York University.

Since receiving a degree in shellfish biology from the University of Washington Bill Dewey has worked for over thirty years as a shellfish farmer in Washington State. He is Director of Public Policy and Communications for Taylor Shellfish Farms, the largest producer of farmed shellfish in the United States and owns and operates his own manila clam farm in Samish Bay. He serves on a number of boards and committees locally and nationally including the Board of Directors of the National Aquaculture Association and the Pacific Shellfish Institute and the Puget Sound Partnership Ecosystem Coordination Board. He also served on Washington State's Ocean Acidification Blue Ribbon Panel in 2011 and currently serves on the Washington Marine Resources Advisory Council (MRAC). MRAC is a new Council in Governor Inslee's office advising the state on its ocean acidification response. Read more..

A Seattle native, Matt Galvin has been involved in the Seattle food business for over twenty years. Galvin's food experience includes stops as a pizza cook, bus boy, barista and server in a variety of local Italian restaurants. His passion for food was fueled by his years spent studying and living in Italy. In the year 2000, Galvin and his business partners purchased Pagliacci Pizza. It is here that Galvin has spent the past fifteen years tending to the 24 locations with over 600 employees. The 24 locations are spread throughout the greater Seattle area and range in concept from pure pizza delivery locations to "slice" pizzerias. Since its inception in 1979, Pagliacci Pizza has been awarded many accolades, including being named best pizza by several local publications. In addition to Pagliacci Pizza, Galvin and his partners own and operate Macrina Bakery & Café. Macrina has received national acclaim for the quality of their products and service. Macrina Bakery has won numerous honors including the recently being named one of the best bakeries in the United States by Bon Appetit magazine. While not working a ton, Galvin spends time being chased around by his four young children. His wife, Michelle, is clearly his better half.

Celeste Gilman is the University of Washington's Commute Options Manager. Her team leads the University's efforts to make it easier for more people to get to campus without driving alone. She has been an advisor on transit, pedestrian, and TDM planning, for groups including the City of Seattle, King County Metro, Puget Sound Regional Council, and the Washington State Department of Transportation. Celeste is a graduate of UW's Community, Environment, and Planning program. Before beginning her current role at UW, she spent several years in consulting, working on Bus Rapid Transit, transit technology, fare collection, and passenger ferry projects.

Stephanie Gowing is the Green Business Advocate at the City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development. As part of the Business Retention and Expansion team, she assists businesses accessing resources that can reduce operating costs, gain community recognition, create safer work places, gain a competitive edge, and be more environmentally-friendly. Prior to working for the City of Seattle, Stephanie worked in Solid Waste at the City of Kirkland, as a Sustainable Business Associate at ECOSS, a local nonprofit, directed the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber's green business program, and worked at CSI, a private environmental consulting firm in Lakewood, WA. She has a BA from Western Washington in Environmental Planning/Policy, and a Masters in Environmental Studies from Evergreen State College. Stephanie lives in Seattle with her husband, 2-year old son, 2 dogs, cat and chickens. She enjoys working on their 1920s house, camping, and playing basketball.

Andrew Green is the Director of Air Quality Programs for the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, which is the local air quality agency for Washington's King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties; and the host agency for the Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition. In addition to hosting the Coalition, Andrew's Division delivers air quality monitoring, planning, public outreach, and partnered emissions reduction projects, in particular in the transportation sector. Andrew has previously served air quality, the climate and the public with the Washington Department of Ecology, Environment Canada and Metro Vancouver. Andrew's degrees are in chemical engineering and environmental policy.

Karen Hamilton is the Environmental Purchasing Program Manager for King County Procurement and Contract Services. Under her leadership, King County agencies are institutionalizing the purchase of many environmentally preferable products and realizing fiscal, environmental and social benefits in the process. Her program has won numerous awards and has been presented as a model for other jurisdictions in various publications and at national and international conferences. King County is a founding member of the Responsible Purchasing Network and the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Management and Policy from Western Washington University.

Sephir Hamilton, Chief of Staff, joined the General Manager's Office in 2013. Prior to this position, he was Director of Operational Excellence at Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. in New York. He also worked as an engineer and investment officer at the utility. Sephir began his career with Arthur D. Little, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. where he worked on energy-efficiency standards for the U.S. Department of Energy. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Cornell University, a master of science in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor of science in Engineering from Clarkson University.

Rob Harmon is CEO of EnergyRM, and recently closed the first twenty-year Metered Energy Efficiency transaction in history. Before joining EnergyRM in 2011, Rob served for 10 years as Chief Innovation Officer for the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, where he closed the first retail REC (Green Tag) transaction in history. In 2009 Rob created and launched Foundation's Water Restoration Certificate business line. This business is the subject of Rob's 2010 TED Talk.

As Executive Director of Pronto Cycle Share, Holly has led the effort to bring a transformative and successful bike sharing system to Seattle. A northwest native who's equally passionate about smart urban design, sustainable development, social justice and the arts, Holly's background includes nonprofit leadership and project management in both the commercial real estate development industry as well as the fine arts world. She holds a B.A. in Geography and a Certificate in Commercial Real Estate from the University of Washington

A-P Hurd is President and Chief Development Officer at Touchstone, responsible for corporate and project strategy. A-P is also a Runstad Fellow in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, the Chapter President of NAIOP Washington, the board Treasurer at Forterra. She has worked on numerous urban policy initiatives at the state and local level and has received several awards for her work including the Better Bricks Advocate award and the Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 under 40" award and the "Biznow Power 60" award. A-P recently published The Carbon Efficient City with the University of Washington Press.

A Pacific Northwest aviation professional, she leads community relations and charitable giving in the continental United States and Hawaii, collaborating with civic leaders and organizations that affect Alaska Airlines. Prior to joining Alaska, Shaunta was the director of global aviation policy for The Boeing Company, where she worked for 12 years developing strategies to shape national and international public policy to support aviation growth and business goals. Prior to joining Boeing in 2002, she worked for The Metropolitan King County Council then served as a government relations manager for the King County Executive. Shaunta earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Seattle University, an Executive MBA from the University Of Washington Michael G. Foster School Of Business, and is a graduate of the World Public Affairs Institute. Read more..

Brian is the director of the Public Transportation Division at the Washington State Department of Transportation. He started working to develop a more effective transportation system in the mid-1980s while a graduate student at the University of Washington. Brian has worked on issues and programs related to climate change, employer-based TDM programs, transit grant programs, HOV systems, vanpooling, rural mobility, organizational structure, and abstract and innovative transportation integration and market opportunities. Brian's most recent efforts have focused on improving the planning and programming process at WSDOT with the objective of enabling development and funding of integrated, multimodal solutions to fill performance gaps. Achievement of this objective entails a significant shift in intra- and inter-organizational dynamics and a fundamental and continuous reassessment of organizational roles and responsibilities. Surprisingly, Brian enjoys coming to work every day.

Ted Lucas is the Director of Procurement & Contracts for Sound Transit, the dynamic and rapidly expanding transit authority for Seattle and the entire Central Puget Sound Region. With Ted's leadership, Sound Transit recently adopted its first "Green Procurement and Utilization" policy. Prior to joining Sound Transit in 2012, Ted was director of procurement at Snohomish County (Everett) and Jackson Health System (Miami, FL) where, similarly, he helped formulate their first ever Green Procurement policies and supporting programs. Ted received a law degree from the University of Washington, and was Deputy General Counsel and Procurement Executive for the Panama Canal Commission (US Government, in the Republic of Panama) and Procurement Director for Miami-Dade County (Miami, FL).

Jill Mangaliman was born and raised in Seattle - the child of immigrant parents who migrated to the US in the 1970s when the Philippines was under Martial Law. A worker from age 13, Jill had little time for politics let alone anything beyond survival and family responsibilities. Jill attended the University of Washington through the Husky Promise Program and in 2007, after a number of dead end jobs, began canvassing for Universal Health Care. A community organizer for the past seven years, Jill has led GOTV efforts with new immigrants, managed door-to-door canvass campaigns for energy efficiency, authored the 2010 Color of Cuts policy report, and recruited 75 People of Color orgs to advocate at the State Legislature against budget cuts. Jill served on Got Green's founding board of directors from 2011-2013, co-founded the Women in the Green Economy Project, and became the Executive Director in January 2014.

David McCreadie has worked at Ford for over 23 years. He spent 20 years in Product Development, working in a number of technical areas across all product lines, including five years leading the noise/vibration development of all the company's electrified products. His larger interest in electrified and sustainable transportation led him to move into Ford's Sustainability organization back in 2012. In this role, David has been leading efforts to set strategy for plug-in vehicle integration with the electric grid, as well as project leader for two of Ford's Smart Mobility experiments that are looking at ways to solve some of the issues and barriers to safe and effective personal mobility in all its different forms around the globe.

Jameson Morrell lives with his family in Seattle and is often seen outdoors coaching soccer, hiking in the mountains or playing on the water. To finance this Pacific Northwest lifestyle, Jameson consults both globally with clients of CH2M HILL and locally with start-ups and neighborhood businesses through his advisory firm, Averdi Group, LLC. Jameson has nearly 20 years of experience innovating, designing, developing, and broadly deploying transformative programs. He is currently developing process and information management expertise to operationalize sustainable strategies with a focus towards greater resource productivity and resiliency. Prior to CH2M HILL and the Averdi Group, Jameson worked in financial operations at Bank of America and went on to an international career as an executive with Deutsche Post DHL, where he spearheaded the company's knowledge management, energy performance and related information management efforts as a Director of information Management and as Vice President of Knowledge Management.

Alex Michalko is a Sustainability Senior Program Manager at REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), a national retail co-op dedicated to inspiring, educating, and outfitting for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship. She works to develop and implement sustainable business strategies that align REI's efforts to connect people to the outdoors, protect the places we love, and have a positive impact on both people and the planet. Prior to joining REI, Alex was with The Walt Disney Company's Corporate Citizenship team, where she focused on consumer expectations research, stakeholder mapping, and sustainability reporting. She holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and MBA and Master of Environmental Management degrees from Duke University, where her master's thesis focused on consumer goods eco-labelling. Alex has served on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Net Impact Professional Chapter, as a mentor in the Impact at Work program, and as a member of the Industry Working Group of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). Read more..

Sudha is a connector, story-teller, organizer, community builder, and campaigner. She has long been an outspoken proponent and educator on environmental, racial, and social justice issues with a strong commitment to creating a more equitable world. Sudha serves as a Strategic Policy Advisor in the division of Environmental Justice and Service Equity (EJSE) of Seattle Public Utilities. Sudha also serves as the board President of OneAmerica Votes, an organization focused on building power with and for immigrant communities. In addition to helping EJSE better communicate key messages on equity to staff and other stakeholders, Sudha works to infuse equity into SPU communications and policy work and to ensure inclusive community engagement. Sudha came to SPU after most recently being the Communications Director for SEIU Local 925. At SEIU, Sudha built power with and for the 23,000 members of the union. She led major campaign communication efforts, developed coalition partnerships, trained member spokespeople, and played a strategic role in advancing racial equity in the organization. Read more..

Julie Nelson is the Director of the Government Alliance for Race and Equity and a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley. The Alliance is a national network of government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. Nelson is the former Director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights where she provided both vision and hands-on work on Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative. She served as the Director for the eight years. She has over 25 years of experience working for local, regional and federal government, including with the City of Seattle's Human Services Department, Administrative Services and the utilities; Housing and Urban Development; and Pima County Community Services in Tucson, Arizona. She has a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and has served on the boards of many non-profits and is actively involved with community groups working for race and social justice. Nelson is driven by her passion for achieving equity and social justice.

A long-time do-gooder, Sara earned a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at UW in order to change the world by blowing students' minds. Unwilling to consign herself to a life of poverty as an under-employed lecturer at small colleges in the middle of nowhere, she bailed from academia and found her true calling working in local politics for several years until devoting herself to the start-up and expansion of Fremont Brewing. Working for her family business is the perfect expression of her commitment to sustainability and community. And paying the mortgage.

Larry Phillips is the current Chair of the Metropolitan King County Council. He was born and raised in King County, growing up in Mount Baker and Magnolia, where he still lives with his wife, Gail. In recent years, Larry has turned his attention to transportation, climate change, clean energy, and jobs. Larry helped found and serves on the Executive Committee for Climate Communities, a national coalition of local governments which advocates for local government participation in federal efforts to address climate change. Larry sponsored King County's Green Jobs Initiative to help King County's economy recover from the Great Recession, sponsored King County legislation authorizing the creation of King County's Strategic Climate Action Plan, and is committed to finding a sustainable source of funding for transit and transportation needs in our county. Larry attended Queen Anne High School and the University of Washington. Read more..

Michelle Pirzadeh is the Deputy Regional Administrator (DRA) for EPA Region 10. As the DRA, Michelle is responsible for overseeing the overall operations within Region 10 including overseeing the regional budget, strategic planning initiatives, and serving as the acting Regional Administrator in his absence. Region 10 oversees the implementation of the federal environmental rules and regulations in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska, including 271 tribal governments in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Michelle has worked for the EPA in numerous capacities over the last 26 years and has been in her current position since April of 2008. Before serving the Region as DRA, Michelle was the Director of Region 10's Office of Ecosystems, Tribal & Public Affairs (ETPA). Michelle became ETPA's first Director in 2004, guiding its formation and implementation, and charting its strategic direction. ETPA's work takes place in all four Region 10 states and touches virtually every major program within the Agency, including Water, Air, Waste, Toxics, Superfund, and Tribal Environments. Read more..

Seleta Reynolds is General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) appointed by the Administration of Mayor Eric Garcetti. She leads the department as well as the day-day operations of this multi-faceted organization with an annual budget of $526 million. LADOT's 2,000 employees are responsible for managing over 6,500 miles of streets, 35,000 parking meters, and the most advanced traffic signal system in the country, with 4,500 signalized intersections. The department also serves over 26 million trips each year with our DASH and Commuter Express fleet, the second largest public transit operator in Los Angeles County; enforces parking laws; and facilitates over 2,000 special events each year. Ms. Reynolds is responsible for implementing Great Streets for Los Angeles, doubling the number of people riding bikes, a plan to reduce traffic fatalities, and expanding access to integrated transportation choices for Angelenos and the region. Read more..