Leading the efforts for the 2012 gathering will be an Executive Board and a Board of Advisors
The Executive Board
Bob Ayres (Licensee/Executive Producer), until 2007 sat on the prestigious Board of Advisors for the TED Conference and served for two years as the inaugural Executive Director of The TED PRIZE. Bob is the founder of The Next 20 years project and runs its associated industry salon, TwoDegrees. Currently he is the CEO of Comedic Ventures, a comedy showcase and development company born out of his infamous 80′s Haight-Ashbury comedy club, The Other Cafe. More importantly, Bob leans, bats and throws left.
Tim Gnatek (Executive Board) is a partner at Blue Practice and has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and a researcher for Wired magazine on technology, science, and sustainability. Tim has covered solar energy production for public broadcasting radio and The Technology Review; sustainable urban design for PBS’ FRONTLINE/World; and science, nature, and technology for the San Francisco Chronicle and PC Magazine. He’s also written for Outside Magazine, Mothering and a number of other national publications. He has also been a documentary consultant for a film studio and an editorial writer and speechwriter for an international relief and development agency.
Beth Greer, (Executive Board) known as the Super Natural Mom®, is author of the bestseller Super Natural Home, endorsed by Deepak Chopra and Ralph Nader. She’s a radio talk show host, former President/Co-Owner of The Learning Annex, Certified Build It Green® Healthy Home/Workplace Specialist, Huffington Post columnist, speaker, and eco-health consultant, who eliminated a sizable tumor in her chest without drugs or surgery. Beth is leading a movement of awareness and responsibility about environmental health. She is a trusted consumer advocate in the Natural Product and Sustainability Market and consults for spas, homes, businesses, schools and health centers nationwide. www.supernaturalmom.com
Maria Marchetti, (Executive Board) is a top Producer at Sotheby’s Real Estate. Maria is also the treasurer of World Reads, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to improving literacy, Maria is able to share and support her passion for reading as a critical skill for success. Maria’s passion for creativity and belief in supporting the arts is expressed in sponsorship of local comedy, film and technology events. As the prior owner of Oraibi, an award winning international user interface design firm, Maria’s business experience allows her to optimize technological and social web opportunities for precise research and effective marketing strategies.
Wendy Wallbridge, (Executive Board ) founder of On Your Mark Corporate Coaching & Consulting, Inc. is a strategic advisor and coach to executives from Apple, McAfee, Genentech, Dolby, NetApp and VMware. Wendy has been a pioneer in the coaching field, her groundbreaking coaching techniques have gained her media attention from Fortune Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times, as well as numerous appearances for such organizations as WITI, PBWC, and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Her forthcoming book, “Spiral Up! A Soulful Path to Success for Women Who Mean Business” maps the journey women must take to access the inner authority, authenticity and conviction necessary to create a purposeful, passionate life.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Liana Bender (Board of Advisors) is the Development Director of the California Film Institute, a media arts organization that programs the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, produces the annual Mill Valley Film Festival, and runs an innovative education program. She was trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and went on to study with the British Chartered Institute of Marketing. She has worked to grow financial strength of non-profits in the US and the UK, including the Edinburgh International Science Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Bonnie Bruderer (Board of Advisors) is best known as “The Girl Who Ran With The Gurus”. She has led a successful career, globe trotting, with the worl’s finest minds in personal development and human potential, including Tony Robbins. Harvey Mackay and others. She is a multiple author, with three books, and has been featured on all of the TV Networks, and over 250 radio shows as well as national and local magazines, with her ground breaking teaching of visioning strategies.She has personally coached over 7,000 people in 5 countries, around the world.
Louise Glasgow (Board of Advisors) is the Producer of Maker Faire, O’Reilly Media’s award winning event developed by Make Magazine which focuses on education within the DIY movement, celebrating art, craft, sustainability, engineering, science & technology. With twenty six years of production experience, Louise has been integral to the success of a vast array of different types of projects such as the Int’l Conference on AIDS, 2002 Winter Olympic Games, YPO Bermuda, SunNetwork, Dwell on Design, ESPN’s MLBPA Player’s Choice Awards & Big League Challenge and Oracle’s 2000 iDevelop World Tour which represents a show 22 countries in 26 weeks. Louise has produced events in over 24 international and 32 domestic locations.
Victoria Miller (Board of Advisors ) is a designer and creative director with 20 years of integrated brand marketing experience on projects ranging from corporate branding and package design to web strategy and interactive advertising. She has helped many brands carve their niche in the marketplace, designing for the likes of CBS, Cisco, Nestlé, Disney, Mattel, J. Paul Getty Museum, PBS, Restoration Hardware, Wells Fargo Bank, Oracle and Lexus. In her current role as Creative Director of SieckGrowth Branding and Design Victoria leads all creative and production for the firm and is responsible for Seed, an innovative brand development process for new products in sustainability and healthy food categories. In addition to her commercial work, Victoria is also a photographic artist. Victoria’s work has been awarded a Clio, is included in the Smithsonian Institute’s Permanent Collection of Design, and has been published in many industry publications and annuals.
Ron Sheridan (Board of Advisors ) is an investor and CMO of PIXT and a co-Founder of RSS.com. Ron Sheridan was Director of Business Development for DomainSponsor & Oversee.net from 2001 to 2009. At Oversee.net Ron created and managed the domain industry’s leading annual trade show, DomainFest.com, which is held every year. He also served as Vice President, Marketing and Sales of DSR Software and founded RGP to provide channel development services to microcomputer consumer software and hardware companies. Throughout his career, he has been involved with numerous company startups and successful product launch campaigns.
And more to be named shortly;
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