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The Sustainable Business Council is a new non-profit organization founded by a group of sustainable business executives. We serve Los Angeles regional businesses and individuals working with sustainable products, services and processes. Sustainable businesses take full account of the environmental consequences of economic activity and use resources that are renewable, replaceable, non-depletionary or regenerative. By so doing, these businesses reduce waste, improve efficiencies, and increase employee productivity, all of which decrease operating costs and increase margins - and the positive impact the businesses have on their communities.
We provide events and educational opportunities which encourage, support and expand sustainable practices. Our goal is to establish Los Angeles as a leader in this emerging business sector.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura Berland-Shane www.solarcity.com
Laura is a finance, business development and strategic planning consultant. She is currently the Southern California Director of Sales for SolarCity, a rapidly-growing solar power company based in Foster City, California. Prior to this, she served as a operations and business development consultant to Permacity Solar. Prior to working in alternative energy, Laura was a media and entertainment consultant. Some of her previous roles have included Director of Business Management for Styleclick, Executive Director of Finance and Strategic Planning at The Kushner Locke Company, as well as VP Business Development of imoviestudio..She began her career in Los Angeles at The Walt Disney Company. Laura's post-collegiate career began in New York City, where she was a securities analyst for The Value Line Investment Survey, as well as a labor union business consultant. Her passion for sustainability was inspired when she co-founded and was Director of The Macadamia Tree Project, a non-profit environmental organization based in Guatemala. Presently, Laura serves as the Vice-Chair for the Santa Monica Sustainable City Task Force and is a member of Environmental Entrepreneurs. Laura has an MBA in finance from The Wharton School and a BA in International Relations from Brown University. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband and daughter.
William B. Colitre www.progressivecounsel.com
Bill is an entertainment and technology lawyer in private practice. Bill works with individual and institutional clients in areas including digital media, copyright, trademark and trade secret, corporate organization and maintenance, and advertising and regulatory compliance. Before starting his own practice, Bill began his career in the Entertainment Department of Loeb & Loeb LLP and later served as counsel to the firm of Altschul & Olin, LLP and the Roll International Corporation (parent company of Fiji Water LLC, Teleflora LLC, Paramount Farms, Inc., PomWonderful LLC, the Franklin Mint Companies and other enterprises). Bill is also a sustainable business advocate and host of TheLine, a listserv for entrepreneurs focused on sustainability.
Lorelyn Eaves
Lorelyn Eaves is a marketing consultant and producer of Echo Experience a multi-city, nomadic public event dedicated to showcasing sustainable design and lifestyle. Recently, Lorelyn served as Vice President of Marketing for the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles a 1,000-showroom wholesale marketplace for fashion, gift and home design. She was Senior Director of MarComm Services for Homestore.com, the Internet's leading network for real estate listings where she managed programs with Sundance Film Festival, MIT, Smithsonian Institute and Habitat for Humanity. Lorelyn has also served as the Director of Marketing for MAGIC International the largest apparel trade show in the U. S. for men's, women's and children's apparel where she developed and lead marketing and sponsorship efforts. Lorelyn began her career in advertising and sponsorship sales with Business Journals, Inc. as the Western Sales Manager. In addition to her executive posts she launched Sit Still by Studio E a children's furniture company and Studio Dry Goods a line of eco-friendly products sold nationally. Throughout her career she has travel extensively living a year in Bangkok, Thailand. Lorelyn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from SUNY Albany in Asian Studies.
Steve Glenn, Chair, www.livinghomes.us
Steve Glenn is an entrepreneur committed to social change both through for- and non-profit organizations. Glenn is the founder and CEO of LivingHomes, LLC, www.livinghomes.us , a developer of modern, prefabricated homes, designed by world-class architects, that feature healthy/green materials and energy systems. Before LivingHomes, Glenn worked with the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, www.clintonpresidentialcenter.com where he managed the development of a $330 million program in Mozambique which will provide care and treatment to over 350,000 HIV+ individuals over the next five years. Glenn is founder and former CEO of PeopleLink, www.peoplelink.com, which raised over $35 million and became a leading provider of ecommunity solutions to companies which included Oracle, MTV, CBS, GE, and Paramount. Glenn is a Partner and was part of the founding team of idealab, www.idealab.com, a business incubation firm that founded or invested in a number of successful companies including GoTo/Overture (OVER), NetZero/United Online (UNTD), CitySearch (TMCS), Tickets.com (TKTS), eToys and CarsDirect. Prior to idealab!, Glenn worked for Walt Disney Imagineering as co-director of the Virtual Reality Studio. Glenn co-founded Clearview Software, the developer of Claris SmartForm Designer and SmartForm Assistant. Clearview was sold to Apple Computer where Glenn later served as a marketing specialist. He graduated from Brown University. In addition to the SBC, Glenn serves on the board of Kaia Parker Dance Fund, www.kaiaparker.org, Hope Street Group, www.hopestreetgroup.org, LA Works, www.laworks.com, and the Brown University Entrepreneur Forum, www.brownep.org
Rob Kramer http://globalwatertrust.org/about_us.html#place5
Rob is the CEO / Founder of PopRule.com, a new Web 2.0 tool kit for empowering people, candidates and organizations to take rapid political action. Rob also serves as the Chairman of Global Water Trust, a Los Angeles based non-profit focused on providing clean, safe water to children throughout the world. Rob has worked for 18 years as an entrepreneur and executive in the new media and technology industries. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Uprizer, Inc., an Intel-funded software company. He spent six years as President of Moving Pixels, and served as President and Executive Producer of Pagan Films, a music video and commercial production company. He has also served as a media consultant to Disney, Broderbund, Knowledge Adventure and MTV. Rob holds a B.A. from Carnegie School of Journalism at Penn State University.
Carrie Norton, Vice Chair, www.energyinnovations.com
Carrie Norton serves as Director of Business Development for Energy Innovations. In her role at EI, she is responsible for marketing and sales activities to support commercial clients, including the Fortune 500. Carrie's professional mission is to prove the business case for sustainability. Immediately prior to joining EI, Carrie was the Principal of Norton Consulting, assisting both domestic and international early stage clients in the renewable energy and sustainability arenas, with services ranging from financing support to strategy development. She began her career with H-E-B, an $11B privately-held grocery chain based in Texas. Subsequently, she developed a regional fundraising program supporting Children's Hospital Foundation of Austin. Carrie joined Garage.com (Garage Technology Ventures) as Manager of their Texas office in 2001. Carrie is an active community volunteer, having recently co-founded the Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles to serve the needs of green business leaders as a networking and educational vehicle. She also co-led the Austin Clean Energy initiative, which is a catalyst for the establishment of Austin as a global center of excellence for the clean energy industry. Additionally, she has served on the Board of her undergraduate alma mater, as President of the Sustainable Food Center in Austin, Texas, and as an active professional member of Net Impact, New Leaders for Better Business. Carrie earned an MBA from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management and a BA from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. |
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