Joe Sterling is President of Sterling Insights, Inc. a privately held Management Consulting company established in 1997. His company provides strategic planning, change management, and graphic facilitation services. Previously, Joe was a Strategic Planning Consultant at Management Sciences for Health and Graphic Strategic Modeling Consultant at Western Corporate Federal Credit Union.
André Skupin is an associate professor of Geography at San Diego State University. He received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Cartography at the Technical University Dresden, Germany, and a Ph.D. in Geography at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has worked in the geographic information systems (GIS) industry in Germany, the United States, and South Africa.
Shoji Sadao, Executive Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc. from 1991-2003, architect Shoji Sadao collaborated with both R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi on many important projects. Sadao met Fuller while studying architecture at Cornell University, and it was Fuller who introduced him to Noguchi. Shoji Sadao began working with Fuller in 1954, and in 1965 formed Fuller and Sadao, P.C., whose first project was the large geodesic dome for the U.S. Pavilion at EXPO 67 in Montreal.
Carolyn Shadle has spent her life equipping adults with the skills and tools to build effective organizations, a sustainable environment and healthy relationships. She has written numerous publications, hosted a TV interview show and offered training in communication, planning, and change for corporate, public and non-profit audiences, as well as for parents and grandparents.
Senior Researcher, USD Energy Policy Initiative Center
Dr. Nilmini Silva-Send is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC) at the USD's School of Law. In this role, she is contributing research and analysis to EPIC’s ongoing greenhouse gas inventory project. Dr. Silva-Send is conducting analysis on the waste emissions and the off-road sectors of transportation. She is also lead researcher on a project to assess clean technology policies around the U.S.
Water Resources Inst, Cal State Univ San Bernardino
Ms. Pierce has more than 18 years of diversified experience in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the environmental management field, with current emphasis in GIS Training and Marketing. Her present position as a Research Associate with the Water Resources Institute at CSU San Bernardino Pfau Library allows her to combine her GIS talents with water resource management efforts.
Director of Sustainability, Sullivan International
Scott A. Murray, an organic farmer for 32 years, was a delegate to the 2004 and 2006 Terra Madre conferences in Turin Italy . As agriculture program director and teacher at San Pasqual Academy for Foster Teens, he created the school's Organic and Sustainable farm project with funding from Slow Food San Diego's 2005 and 2006 annual Orfila fundraising events and other sources. Scott consults on the conversion of chemically managed farms to Organic and Sustainable agricultural practices.
