2012

Brett is a seasoned marketing executive and mentor who has been engaged in digital marketing services since 1999. He has developed integrated marketing strategies tied to business objectives for national and international client companies ranging from tech startups to multi-million dollar corporations. These strategies served industries including retail and ecommerce, mobile applications, social media tools, cloud-based applications, events, entertainment, manufacturing, software developers, finance, education, non-profits, government, and publishing.

Nancy Coulter-Parker is the Director of Insights and Product Development at New Hope Natural Media. Formerly she was the Director of Content.

Dave Kingsbury is the Vice President of New Product Development & Research at New Hope.

10 year-old Milo Cress is a social entrepreneur who founded a project called Be Straw Free to reduce the use and waste of disposable plastic straws in our communities. He encourages restaurants to offer straws to customers instead of putting a straw into every drink automatically and encourages customers who don't want or need a straw to order their drinks without straws.

Beth Terry is the author of the popular blog MyPlasticFreeLife.com and the new book Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too (Skyhorse). Since 2007, she has been actively working to live without buying new plastic products or packaging and invites others to join her Plastic Challenge.

B Lab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a new sector of the economy that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.  B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” and just good marketing; 2) driving capital to impact investments through use of GIIRS Ratings and Analytics; and 3) advancing supportive public policies to accelerate growth of social entrepreneurship and impact investing.

Elizabeth joined Demeter in January 2008 as a seasoned marketing professional, with 25 years experience in marketing, business development, and non-profit management.  She also serves as Board President for Demeter’s accredited organic certifier Stellar Certification Services.  Elizabeth first became interested in Biodynamic farming while Marketing Director at Quivira Vineyards, when the wine estate transitioned from conventional to Biodynamic farming.  She was so inspired by that experience she approached Demeter to help them expand awareness about Biodynamic agriculture and

Shannon Galpin founded Mountain2Mountain in November 2006. A rape survivor and mother, she realized she couldn’t just stand on the sidelines, watching women and girls routinely raped, oppressed and denied basic human rights. Believing that connecting communities on both sides of the equation was key to combating the apathy that prevents action and that changing perceptions was just as important as the tangible projects she strived to support in education and training, she developed events that involved communities and provoked discussion through art, music, and sport.

Renee has been working and living in China since 2000, with a specialty in understanding and selling to the emerging Chinese consumer. She has worked as a brand owner, retail operator, consumer researcher, public relations specialist and market entry strategist in China.

She is Co-Founder of China Luxury Network, a division of Affinity China that advises luxury brands on reaching the emerging Chinese luxury consumer -- both at home and as they travel around the world.