Amy Smart Andy Marks Anthony Kiedis Barbara S. Harris Barnet Bain Bryan Olson Cameron Shayne Charris Ford Chris Hacker Danny Way Don Brown Daryl Hannah David Link Debbie Levin Ed Begley, JR. Ferris M. Thompson Frank Lampe Gabriel Harris Dr. James Rouse Janesse Thaw Bruce Joan Baez John Picard Kartar Singh Khalsa

Leslie E. Christian Linda Grasso Linda Loudermilk Mariel Hemingway Mark T. Donohue Mary Ann Wright Matt Petersen Mel Coleman, Jr. Nina Rothschild Utne Dr. Paul Ray Paul Stamets Robert J. Dowling Dr. Robert E. Raleigh Seane Corn Sheri Gritt Shapiro Sheryl O'Loughlin Stephan Rechtschaffen Timothy James Mohin Tom Shadyac Ty Montague Vance Zanardelli Walt Freese Wendie Malick

Amy Smart

Amy Smart is quickly emerging as one of Hollywood's brightest talents on both the silver screen and on television.

Smart can currently be seen alongside Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, and Vince Vaughn in the remake of the Seventies television classic, Starsky & Hutch. Additionally, Smart is also starring in New Line Cinema's Sci-Fi thriller, The Butterfly Effect. The film co-stars Ashton Kutcher and focuses on a young man struggling to deal with his repressed childhood memories. When he discovers a way to travel back to the past and alter his future, he finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences in the present.

Amy was last seen on-screen starring in Project Greenlight's Battle of Shaker Heights and in Paramount's ensemble comedy, Rat Race, opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Whoopi Goldberg. Additional film credits include Dreamworks' hit comedy Roadtrip, opposite Breckin Meyer and Tom Green, the independent feature film Scotland, PA , with Christopher Walken and Andy Dick, Miramax's Outside Providence, with Alec Baldwin and Shawn Hatosy, Paramount's Varsity Blues opposite James Vanderbeek, Starf*cker with Loren Dean, Starship Troopers, and The Last Time I Committed Suicide.

In addition, Amy heated up the small screen as Noel's love interest on the WB's Felicity and was also seen in the NBC miniseries, The 70's, which chronicled four young people whose lives were intertwined forever after they witnessed the Kent State shooting of 1970.

She is an active Board member of the Environmental Media Association and resides in Los Angeles.

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Andy Marks

Founder and Managing Partner, MATTER Entertainment

Andy Marks has over 18 years of multi-faceted experience in business and entertainment. Marks is currently the founder and managing partner of MATTER, a branded content consultancy and entertainment production company. MATTER's client roster includes Sean P. Diddy Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment (Diddy Runs the City), Conscious Media (LOHAS Forum), Blender Magazine (Blender Sessions), Lions Gate TV, Ideal Entertainment, The Creative Coalition, Funkmaster Flex, (M)Forma, Billboard Magazine and Knitting Factory Entertainment. It has worked with such corporate brands as Ford, Nike, Volkswagen, Pepsi, McDonald's, Heineken, Whole Foods, Gaiam and Silk.

Before founding MATTER, Marks was a founding member of Hypnotic, a production company backed by Universal Pictures, where he served as Executive Vice President, Brand Partnerships. He co-wrote the business plan for the branded entertainment practice, oversaw new business acquisition, and developed and managed strategic relationships with Fortune 500 brands, and the major advertising holding companies and their agencies. Marks also served as liaison to the corporate divisions of the major talent agencies, and movie studios. Programs he packaged and oversaw included Reebok's award winning "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker" campaign, which launched on the 2003 Super Bowl telecast and was voted most popular Super Bowl ad by a Wall Street Journal poll, and received a Gold Lion at the Cannes Advertising Festival, and top honors at the AICP Show. Marks also co-developed, packaged and managed branded entertainment programs for DaimlerChrysler (the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival), as well as Ford Motor Company, Nintendo, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Discover Card.

Prior to Hypnotic, Marks was Director of Advertising and Sponsorship Sales at the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX), a simulated online stock market where consumers can buy and sell movies, stars and music properties. At HSX, he was responsible for forging high profile marketing and advertising programs with Hollywood studios such as Warner Bros. Home Video, Universal Pictures, Sony, Disney, Miramax, and New Line Cinema, and some of the most recognized global brands including Toyota, Mitsubishi Motors, M&M/Mars, Excite@Home and Sun Microsystems.

From 1990 to 1995, Marks held senior management positions in sales and marketing at Chubb Services Corporation, a risk management consulting subsidiary of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies after having spent nearly four years with Chubb as a multi-line insurance underwriter.

Marks has been quoted in industry publications and has co-authored an article on Branded Entertainment for Advertising Age. He has been a guest speaker on numerous panels on the subject of Branded Entertainment, including the Entertainment Resource Management Association (ERMA), NYU Stern School of Business (Steinbeis University Media MBA program), Phillips Nizer New Business Networking Group, Kagan Brandvisions Media Breakfast Series, ACI Direct and Interactive Marketing Law Conference, LOHAS 8 Forum: The Business of Conscious Commerce, Boards Summit, Columbia University Business School, and has guest lectured at Rutgers University for the undergraduate Media and Communications Program.

Marks also spent five years as an independent film producer, and professional actor with roles in TV, feature films and theatre. He holds a B.A. in Geology and Environmental Studies from Colgate University.

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Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis is most known as the singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who spread love and messages of positivity to millions of people world-wide through their music. But behind the scenes, Anthony and his band are doing even more.

In 2002, the RHCP's teamed up with the Spitfire Agency to be the first major band to release their CD booklets & posters on tree free (hemp/flax) and PCW paper, supplied by the Living Tree Paper Company. This bold move brought environmental awareness to Warner Brothers Records president, who announced shortly thereafter that they would print all of their major releases on Living Tree's environmentally preferable papers - one of the biggest corporate moves toward sustainability ever made in the music industry.

In 2004, the Red Hot Chili Pepper's unveiled "The Red Hot Love Nest", a sustainably built eco-suite at San Francisco's Hotel Triton, which donates all of it's profit to Julia Butterfly's 501c3, Circle of Life.

This is just a small sample of the many good works Anthony and his band have been doing over the years to give back to this beautiful planet and it's people. Give it away, give it away, give it away now....

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Barbara S. Harris

Executive Editorial Director, Weider Publications

Barbara Harris, Executive V.P., Editorial Director of Weider Publications' Active Lifestyle Group, served as Shape's editor in chief for 15 years and now oversees editorial for Shape, Natural Health and Fit Pregnancy magazines. During her leadership Shape won over 60 editorial and art awards and has launched several magazine spin-offs including Fit Pregnancy. Shape's current circulation is 1.6 million, and is the category leader in women's healthy lifestyle publications. Fit Pregnancy's current circulation is over 500,000. It is the category leader in pregnancy and pre-natal publications on newsstand and has won over 30 editorial and art awards.

Barbara is past adviser to the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and past chair of the Board of Directors for the American Council on Exercise and currently serves as an advisor to the UCLA Fitness Certificate Program.

Barbara is an avid adventurer, hiker, climber and nature photographer. She has summited 20,000-foot Hunai Potosi in the Bolivian Andes, has twice summited Mt. Rainier and welcomed in the new millennium in the Serengeti after climbing to the roof of Africa, 20,000-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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Barnet Bain

Film Producer, What Dreams May Come, The Celestine Prophecy

Producer and screenwriter, Barnet Bain has earned a reputation for creating innovative projects that celebrate the human spirit. His movies as producer include 1998's "life after death" Oscar winner "What Dreams May Come." His recent television production, "Homeless to Harvard, the Liz Murray Story," a powerful celebration of the difference teachers can make in the lives of young people, received three Emmy nominations and earned him the Christopher Award as well as an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Made for Television Movie of 2003.

He is the screenwriter of the Warner Bros Film "Jesus" which continues to screen worldwide and has been translated, to date, into 848 languages. The New York Times (Sunday, February 8, 2004) noted the film may have become the most-watched movie ever. Other distinguished productions include "The Linda McCartney Story" and "Quantum Project," the first Hollywood motion picture developed and produced specifically for the internet.

Having produced more than a dozen motion pictures over the last decade, Barnet's most recent project, "The Celestine Prophecy," is scheduled for release in October 2005. Barnet will next produce Richard Bach's, "Illusions."

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Bryan Olson

Marketing Manager, Ford Escape Hybrid

Bryan is responsible for all promotional activities for the world's cleanest, most fuel efficient SUV. He was appointed to this position in August of 2004 after transferring from a Zone Manager position in the Cincinnati Region.

Bryan joined Ford Motor Company in 2002 in the Asia Pacific Division, responsible for creating the strategic vision for introduction of SUVs and commercial vehicles into Ford's 12 Asian markets.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Olson spent six years in the United States Navy as the Engineroom Supervisor and ship's scuba diver on two nuclear powered fast attack submarines - the U.S.S. Grayling and the U.S.S. Annapolis. He then served two years in the Naval Reserves as an Intelligence Specialist with the Naval War College in Newport, RI. Concurrently with the Naval Reserves, he worked for Travelers Property and Casualty Company as an Account Manager in the Mass Tort and Environmental Litigation Group.

Bryan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from Kenyon College as well as a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Multinational Marketing from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Cameron Shayne

Budokon instructor and creator

Cameron Shayne is a high-ranking black belt in both Olympic style taekwondo and Yoshukai karate. He has trained for more than 20 years in the martial arts, and for nearly a decade in hatha yoga and meditation techniques.

Charris Ford

Biodiesel advocate, Founder, Grassolean, Eco-Rapper

Char's passion for all things Eco started when he was 18 in the hills of Tennessee, where he spent ten years running the family's Organic farm, living with solar power, harvesting rainwater, chopping wood and hauling spring water.

Char became a student of Permaculture in 1989 and apprenticed with members of a nearby Amish community. The Amish taught him how to work his team of Belgian horses and they reinforced his love for doing things by hand. His fondest memories of Tennessee are of driving the horse drawn wagon, mowing with a scythe and foraging for wild food & medicine.

Char has been dedicated to protecting the environment and living "off grid" for over 18 years. Though living close to the land and striving to live in greater harmony with nature has always been his favorite kind of activism, he realized that dwindling resources, exploding populations and global warming would not resolve themselves, nor would they be remedied by a handful of dedicated "back to the land-ers". Significant cultural evolution requires extensive mainstream education and Char has since made awareness raising the focus of his environmental work.

In addition to running two biodiesel-powered vehicles of his own, (a Jetta Wagon and a Scout Truck which hasn't had a drop of dinosaur diesel in 5yrs), Char met actress Daryl Hannah in 1998 and introduced her to the budding Biodiesel movement. Since then he has helped her get a biodiesel El Camino and they have done a great deal of work together, raising awareness about the need to develop clean and renewable fuel sources for this nation and around the world.

Chris Hacker

Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Design for Aveda

Chris Hacker is Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Design for Aveda™ The Art and Science of Pure Flower and Plant Essences™. He joined Aveda on July 5, 2000 as Vice President/Creative Director and was promoted a year later to Vice President Global Marketing and Design. The following year he was promoted to his current position. As such, he is responsible for Aveda's Global Marketing and Consumer Marketing domains as well as all aspects of design for the company, including visual merchandising, packaging, store design and advertising.

Prior to joining Aveda, Mr. Hacker was an image and design consultant to companies including: Sony Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, Mattel and The Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles. He has also worked as Creative Director for Dansk International Designs, Steuben Glass and Warner Bros. Studio Stores.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Hacker was Design Director for Aramis and Executive Design Director for Visual Merchandising and Store Design for the Estee Lauder Companies. He was trained as an industrial designer at The University of Cincinnati.

Danny Way was avid skateboarder by age six and won the first competition he entered at age eleven. He quickly gained sponsorship from the most prestigious skateboard companies and has been affiliated with the best ever since (he is one of a handful of skateboarders who is actively involved in all his business ventures).

Danny quickly rose to the top, a master on both the street and vert. In 1994, he broke his neck in a freak surfing accident, but with intense spiritual and physical training, he defied all odds and returned one year later to win one of the most prominent contests in skateboarding.

A legend in the skate industry, he holds two world records, has dropped from a helicopter onto a vert ramp several times, will be jumping The Great Wall of China in June 2005, and most recently, he was awarded the title of 2004 Skater of the Year from Thrasher Magazine, the only person to ever win it twice.

Danny’s passion for skateboarding is shared for his love of the earth. His commitment to sustainability, prompted him to take a leadership role in greening the X-Games. Considering his health and body are his most valuable tool, he is religious about consuming only the freshest of organic foods. He is extremely selective about the products he endorses, wanting to represent companies that make an active difference. Danny is on the Advisory Board of ASEC- the Action Sports Environmental coalition.

Danny hopes to be a strong and positive influence on the youth of today, helping them to lead the way to a sustainable future. A true progressor of the sport, he is the past, present, and future of skateboarding.

Don Brown serves as director, Worldwide Regulatory Compliance and Environmental Affairs for Dell Inc. In this role, he is responsible for worldwide environmental affairs, product safety compliance and investigations and regulatory compliance coordination. Mr. Brown drives Dell’s initiatives to meet global environmental product requirements and also leads Dell's Global Environmental Executive Council. These iniatives helped Dell earn the 2004 award for environmental progress from Business Ethics magazine.

Under his leadership, Dell delivers exceptional customer value by making the environment a key element of the product design process. Dell’s Design for Environment program is a total life-cycle approach to product design, from raw material selection to responsible end-of-life disposal.

For example, Dell earlier this year introduced a new, environmentally friendly desktop design that improves usability and serviceability and takes an important step towards helping to reduce lead in corporate desktop systems. In addition to compliance with several international environmental design standards, Dell plans to meet specifications for the European Union's (EU) Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive before the July 2006 deadline. The RoHS directive requires that manufacturers of electronics products shipped in the EU eliminate or minimize several chemical compounds, including lead. The DellTM OptiPlexTM GX280 chassis are designed to accommodate future RoHS-compliant platforms.

Mr. Brown joined Dell in 1998. He has held executive positions in development, product operations, and program management. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Brown worked for IBM where he held a variety of product development and manufacturing leadership positions.

Mr. Brown received a masters in solid state physics from Columbia University and a masters in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Daryl Hannah is one of the most influential sustainability advocates in the nation today. She has reached millions with her message and has inspired countless individuals to raise their awareness about the natural world and our need to protect it. She has shared her passion for the environment on numerous television shows such as Jay Leno, the O'Reilly Factor and Ellen DeGeneres, as well as in magazines like Architectural Digest, Organic Style and Jane.

Daryl travels the country promoting a wide range of sustainable practices, regularly giving keynote addresses at important environmental events. She's also received many awards for her work in the field such as the Environmental Media Association's highest honor, the 'Ongoing Commitment Award', the National Biodiesel Board's 'Leading Influencer Award', and the upcoming e-chievement award from the national radio program, etown.

David Link is Founder and Managing Director of Greenmont Capital Partners, a $16M private equity fund he co-founded to invest in early/growth stage natural product/service companies that leverage the emerging trend of healthy living and wellness. He was a Director and founding member of Appian Venture Partners, an $80M technology venture fund that began its investment cycle in 2003.

Mr. Link has served as a General Partner and investment team member of Quest Capital Partnership, a $25M geographically focused private equity fund that has performed in the top quartile for 1998 vintage year funds. Mr. Link has served on the Boards of several venture-backed companies and acts as an observer on the Boards of Izze Beverage Company and Bossa Nova Beverage Company. He has also served as acting CEO and led a turnaround and repositioning of Zazus Restaurant Company.

Before joining Quest, Mr. Link was Director of Sales Analysis and Strategy for a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Group, Starz Encore Group, during a key expansion phase for the business. Previously, Mr. Link was a Senior Consultant with LEK Consulting and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Earlier in his career, Mr. Link consulted with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy on waste management issues.

Mr. Link holds a B.A., cum laude, in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College, and earned the honor of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Link also holds an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Mr. Link is a frequent resource on the subjects of private equity and entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder campus. He also serves on the finance and fund development committees at Shepherd Valley Waldorf School and coaches youth hockey at the YMCA in Boulder County. Mr. Link is a native of Boulder, Colorado.

About Greenmont Capital Partners: Greenmont Capital Partners (www.greenmontcapital.com) is a private equity firm formed by well known natural and organic food industry leaders in partnership with prominent Colorado based investors. General Partners in Greenmont include David Link, Barney Feinblum, S. M. “Hass” Hassan, Bryan Meehan, Paul Repetto and Mark Retzloff. Greenmont focuses on emerging companies in the natural and organic food space, and related LOHAS industries.

With a Board of Directors that include some of the most influential names in the entertainment business, EMA has unique access to content of both feature films and television. Taking over the reins five years ago, Debbie has moved EMA in new directions with a strong emphasis on Young Hollywood. Under her leadership, EMA has emerged as the leading entertainment organization to use the industry to role model and influence globally on essential environmental issues and lifestyle.

With a degree in Film from the University of Southern California, Debbie has a background in the television business. She has two children, Asher is 25 and Alexx, 20.

The Environmental Media Association (EMA) mobilizes the entertainment industry in a global effort to educate people about environmental issues and inspire them into action.

EMA was created in 1989, as a non-profit 501(c)3, with the simple but powerful concept that through television and film, the entire entertainment community could influence the environmental awareness of millions of people.Through the use of weaving environmental messages within entertainment programming and utilizing "celebrity" for positive role modeling, EMA continues to have a profound effect on how the public receives environmental information. EMA was founded by some of the biggest names in film and television world, who help EMA serve as a valuable link between the entertainment industry and the environmental community.

Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, Ed Begley, Jr. became an actor. He first came to audiences' attention for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running hit television series, "St. Elsewhere," for which he received six Emmy nominations. Since then Begley has moved easily between feature, television and theatre projects.

Begley can currently be seen in the new movie, "A Mighty Wind", a follow-up to the American Comedy Award-winning film, "Best In Show," with Christopher Guest, Catherine O' Hara and Parker Posey. His other feature film credits include "Batman Forever," "Greedy," "The Accidental Tourist" and "The In-Laws."

On television Begley is currently starring in "Kingdom Hospital", the new Stephen King mini-series on ABC. He can also be seen in recurring roles on "Six Feet Under" and "7th Heaven." He also guest starred in such series as "The West Wing," "The Practice," "The Drew Carey Show," "Touched By an Angel," and "Providence."

Among his motion pictures for television credits are "Homicide: The Movie," "Not in This Town," with Kathy Baker, "World War II: When Lions Roared," with Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine and John Lithgow, "Running Mates," "Cooperstown" and "Story Lady," which starred Jessica Tandy.

Begley also starred in the West Coast premiere of David Mamet's "Cryptogram," at the Geffen Playhouse, in the role that he originated in Boston and then in New York.

A leader in the Hollywood environmental community, Ed gives his time and knowledge to a variety of organizations and issues. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Environmental Media Association.

Ferris M. Thompson is the President of Edelman's dynamic Entertainment Marketing Group, where brands connect with pop culture. Through high-level relationships, and strategic, creative ideas Edelman Entertainment helps brands break-though a cluttered, complex media marketplace with messages and marketing that leverages what the consumer craves - entertainment.

Thompson comes to Edelman from UTA, one of Hollywood's top talent agencies representing A-list talent, directors and producers such as Jim Carrey, M Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense), Dick Wolf (Law & Order) and Nellie. As the Head of Entertainment Marketing for the past three years, Thompson managed and packaged all marketing deals across film, television and music, including the DaimlerChrysler / Celine Dion "A New Day" mega-marketing partnership at Las Vegas' Colesseum worth $100 million and spanning three years, the Blockbuster Hollywood Christmas Parade on NBC, Magic Johnson's "Who's Got Game" street basketball tour airing on MTV, and the connection of Toyota and Discovery's number one hit, "Monster Garage."

Prior to UTA, Thompson was Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Partnerships at Universal Studios, a position he held since 1996. Thompson established and operated an internal marketing agency for the studio divisions and partners, creating multiple innovative integrated brand marketing campaigns with partners such as Pepsi, Kodak, Discover Card, Panasonic and Avis, which generated significant product sales. Thompson also developed and managed key partnerships and strategic marketing campaigns across all studio divisions: Theme Parks, Music, Motion Picture, Television and Online. He participated in creating more than a half billion dollars in revenue and marketing value for Universal Studios. Thompson engineered and negotiated the largest marketing partnership ever for the Theme Parks with DaimlerChrysler's Dodge brand, a deal worth in excess of $125 million dollars.

Prior to Universal, Thompson was a managing director at Sportslab, Inc. where he developed and managed strategic corporate alliances for the world's only touring sports theme park. Through this role, Thompson executed deals with national corporate partners such as AT&T and Coca-Cola, and equity partners ABC/ESPN, Toys-R-Us, and Electronic Arts. At AVP Properties, he sold and managed partnerships for the Association of Volleyball Professionals as well as developed brand marketing programs and promotions of the Miller Lite Pro-Beach Volleyball Tour with partners including Miller Brewing, Nestea, PowerAde, Coca-Cola, Proctor & Gamble, Schering-Plough, Eastman Kodak, Wilson, Fila and Bausch & Lomb.

Thompson is a graduate of Prescott College where he earned a B.A. in Education.

Frank J. Lampe is Vice President, Content Development, for New York-based InnerDoorway Health Media, Inc., which publishes Alternative Medicine magazine as well as three other consumer publications, including Deepak Chopra's Perfect Health, and three peer-reviewed practitioner journals. Mr. Lampe also oversees content for the company's two proprietary conferences and the new International Complementary and Natural Healthcare Conference & Expo, a joint venture with Portland, Maine-based Diversified Business Communications.

Frank is also president and chief executive officer of Silvercliffe Media Inc., a media consulting firm in Lafayette, Colo. From 2003-2004, he served as Publications Director for New York-based Dragonfly Media Inc., which owns and operates healthy living magazines in five North American markets.

In 1996, Mr. Lampe co-founded Natural Business Communications, now a division of Conscious Media. Under his direction, Natural Business Communications identified and quantified the $226.8 billion (2000) U.S. "Lifestyles Of Health and Sustainability" (LOHAS) market and conducted the first research on the LOHAS consumer. In 2000, Natural Business launched the LOHAS Journal and the LOHAS Journal Weekly. Frank was the founding editorial director of both publications as well as of the executive newsletter, Natural Business. He led the team that produced the LOHAS Market Trends Conference in 2003 and served as master of ceremonies of the event in 2004.

Before Natural Business Communications, Mr. Lampe was the editorial director for the Natural Products Group at New Hope Natural Media, where he oversaw operations for the company's numerous natural products titles. He was the associate publisher of New Hope's trade titles, oversaw the seminar program of the company's two annual trade shows and helped with the formation of industry quality standards.

In addition to extensive sales and marketing experience, Frank is an internationally known author, analyst and lecturer on the LOHAS marketplace, natural and organic foods, healthy living, socially responsible business and conscious consumers. He serves on the advisory board of People, Planet, Profits Colorado (P3), a socially responsible business network.

A native of Washington, D.C., and an honors graduate of the journalism program at Ohio University, Mr. Lampe resides with his family in Lafayette, Colo.

An accomplished performer, teacher, facilitator, and avid student of African drum music, Gabriel Harris has shared the stage with such well-known artists as Mickey Hart, Joan Baez, the Indigo Girls, Carlos Santana, Babatunde Olatunji, and others.

His interactive performance group, RhythmVillage, is aimed at empowering companies, communities, and individuals through full participation rhythm-based events that draw on the traditions of West Africa.

Dr. James Rouse has extensive credentials in the wellness field including a doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine, post-doctorate work in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, an undergraduate degree in transpersonal psychology and certification as a yoga teacher. He combines his knowledge of natural medicine, transformational psychology, yoga and therapeutic cooking to inspire people to improve the quality of their lives and to provide them with the tools they need to make positive lifestyle changes.

Dr. James Rouse has served as Director of Complementary and Preventative Medicine at the Phoenix Center for Health Excellence in Denver, Colorado since 1997. He is the creator of the Optimum Wellness program, seen in Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix on NBC and CBS affiliates. His Living Well news segments are seen by millions in several cities several times per week. Dr. Rouse speaks nationally and internationally to physicians, corporations, and the general public in the areas of medicine, health, wellness, and motivation.

Dr. Rouse is the author of several books (Nourish, Grow Your Life From Average to Amazing, Solutions for Stress, Solutions for Sleep, Solutions for Restored Energy, Solutions for Weight Loss) in addition to numerous articles that have appeared in popular magazines nationwide. Dr.James is a coach and Ironman triathlete. He is the frequent guest on radio and television programs across North America. He is the creator of the Health Solutions Series with Gaiam featuring DVD's, videos, books, and products (kits). He creates therapeutic recipes and diet plans for Penton Publishing (Delicious Living magazine) and writes a monthly column for Frontier Airlines In-Flight Magazine.

Janesse Thaw Bruce, Managing Director of Body & Soul Omnimedia, has spent 20 years in media. Bruce began her career in circulation, marketing, and financial management positions for Hearst Publications, Rolling Stone, and Newsweek. Over the past 12 years she has led entrepreneurial teams in media turnarounds and start-ups.

Bruce joined New Age Publishing in January of 2003 as Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of Body + Soul magazine. Before joining New Age Publishing, Bruce was most recently CEO and co-founder of Integrative Medicine Communications, where she drew upon her consumer health, publishing, and electronic-media skills to launch the leading brand in the professional medical publishing marketplace.

Prior to Integrative Medicine, Bruce served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Internet Media for Individual, Inc, where she led the team that developed Newspage, a web-based business news service.

In 1990, serving as CEO and founder of Walking, Inc., Bruce led the buyout, repositioning, and turnaround of Walking magazine, strongly growing both circulation and ad sales. Bruce sold Walking after five years of successive growth.

In August of 2004, Bruce spearheaded the sale of New Age Publishing to Martha Steward Omnimedia. She serves as Managing Director of Body & Soul Omnimedia, and Publisher of both Body + Soul magazine and Dr. Andrew Weil's Self-Healing.

Joan Baez began her folksinging career as a teenager in the coffeehouses of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has now been performing for over 40 years. Joan is also known and respected for her nonviolent activism and humanitarian work on a variety of issues, including the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War protesting, anti-nuclear efforts, Southeast Asian "boat people" relief, ecological issues, death penalty abolition, and most recently, protesting the war in Iraq.

Today, she continues to regularly tour worldwide and record CDs. She is also the author of several autobiographical books, “Daybreak” and “And A Voice To Sing With.”

Arguably America's leading environmental consultant, John Picard applies sustainable engineering and design to structures and industrial campuses.

In creating and promoting innovative and integrated construction and manufacturing that is human-centric, maximally efficient and of minimal environmental cost, John implements advanced, highly profitable, ecologically responsible technologies for numerous Fortune 500 companies.

By seeing things as they could be, and with his leadership, contact network and unique talent, John is pioneering symbiotic architecture and catalyzing a revolution in design by routinely transforming theory into reality.

6'3" Kartar Singh begins his day, every day before dawn with a rigorous 90-minute Yoga and meditation practice. It gets easier from there on.

Kartar began working at Golden Temple, a leading manufacturer of natural cereals, tea, and personal care products, in 1973, baking granola. He has essentially worked in every department, including a stint as Golden Temple's West Coast deliveryman, driving a semi up and down the West Coast.

Serving as General Manager since 1978 and CEO of Golden Temple since 1996, Kartar is an inspired and inspiring leader, while down-to-earth and unassuming. His profound, spiritually-based vision, deep commitment to conscious, socially responsible business is grounded with a detailed connection to production logistics and strong bottom-line business sense and sensibility. Under his helm Golden Temple has doubled its business over the past four years.

In keeping with Golden Temple's commitment to promoting peace through business, Kartar is taking personal responsibility for guiding the development of Celebrate Peace!, a long-term public outreach and education program in connection with the company's Peace Cereal brand.

Leslie Christian is President of Progressive Investment Management, a Northwest firm specializing in socially and environmentally responsible investing. Leslie co-founded Portfolio 21, Progressive's global mutual fund committed to investing in companies that are incorporating environmental sustainability strategies into their businesses.

Leslie is currently involved in the startup of a new company, Upstream 21, a holding company dedicated to building local living economies, and serves as the Chair of its Board of Directors.

Linda Grasso is a well-known host, entertainment correspondent & news anchor based in Los Angeles. In 2004, she formed her own television production company, WMOW Productions. And, that same year, she sold her first show, The Gift, to independent production & distribution company, Reveille (NBC's The Biggest Loser and The Office).

For seven years, Linda worked as E! Entertainment Television's premiere in-depth celebrity interviewer and covered show business for E! News Live - from the anchor desk as well as out in the field. Linda also hosted numerous other E! live programs including Countdown to the Emmys, Oscars and Golden Globes - all of which air on the network's highest-rated days of the year. In addition, she has hosted live gavel-to-gavel coverage of numerous high-profile courtroom proceedings - including the Michael Jackson child molestation trial and the Winona Ryder shoplifting trial.

While at E!, Linda also executive produced (as well as hosted) several prime time programs. Her EP/Host credits include specials on Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, NBC's ER and Survivor Australia, and a show she created, Hollywood Supper Club.

As for other on-air credits, Linda has worked as the entertainment anchor for AMC's high-profile entertainment talk show, Sunday Morning Shoot-Out with Peter Bart and Peter Guber.

Linda has served as guest host for the syndicated television show EXTRA, The TV Guide Channel's What's On and as entertainment anchor for The KTLA Morning News. In addition, Linda is a frequent spokesperson/commentator on the entertainment industry. She's been a guest on CNN's Larry King Live and Talkback Live and has been interviewed by Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, KNBC, KABC and Channel 4 in the UK.

Linda began her career as a news anchor and reporter. She's worked for KTTV in Los Angeles, WNBC in New York and WJKS in Jacksonville, FL.

She resides in Encino with her husband, Charlie, and two sons.

luxury eco by Linda Loudermilk blends eco-conscious choice into the world of luxury goods.

At the heart of luxury eco is Linda Loudermilk. It was Linda's Corazon series, on the runway in Paris two years ago, that transformed her from fashion designer to conscientious couturier. The Corazon series featured images of bodies, branches and human hearts. Dubbed the "transformation of the heart," the series impacted Linda deeply. "I realized I didn't want to be just a fashion designer; I wanted to boost people's spirits, not just their egos."

The rare combination of artistic sensibility and keen commerce sense is reflected in Linda's family history. Linda's great grandmother was a head couturier at Mason Blanc in New Orleans. Guided by the pure instinct she passed on to her granddaughter, she could measure someone visually and cut clothes to fit them sans measurements. Linda's father was a pioneer both socially (he was involved with race relations) and professionally: his furniture-rental business changed the way consumers were used to thinking, much like Linda's luxury eco would do years later.

Linda studied Shakespeare and costume design at Oxford University in England and fashion design at the Colorado Institute of Art. In 2002, Linda began showing her couture collection on the runways in Paris. She returned to the U.S. to create the luxury eco by Linda Loudermilk designer sportswear line.

Nature is Linda's muse. It is the core of the materials she uses - and in some cases, helped invent - and the designs that she creates. From sasawashi, a linen-like fabric made from a Japanese leaf rich with anti-allergen and anti-bacterial properties, to bamboo pointelle, a butter-soft, highly sustainable fabric, Linda and her team work tirelessly to find and develop the highest quality, most ecologically sound textiles. Organic cotton. Reclaimed antique lace. Lenpur (wood pulp): like nature, the list is always growing and changing, enriching both the design team and those fortunate enough to wear them. What's next? A line of bamboo jersey casual wear to be sold exclusively at the luxury eco store (coming soon) on Hollywood's Melrose place. And only Linda and her team of designer eco-devotees know what earth-friendly textile will be featured in the spring '06 line. Stay tuned.

As the granddaughter of illustrious author, Ernest Hemingway, Mariel was always destined to be well-known and publicly recognized. However, at the young age of 13, Mariel became famous in her own right as she made her silver screen debut in Lipstick. Four years later, she had earned herself an Oscar nomination for Woody Allen's film Manhattan, making her the toast of Hollywood.

Now at the age of 43, Mariel is a wife and mother of two, Dree and Langley. Over the last 20 years, she has also been pursuing her passion for yoga, and is now seen as a voice of holistic and balanced living. She is currently the mind and body spokesperson for Clairol's hair color brand Natural Instincts. As part of that role she will be leading yoga festivals all over America, sharing her insights about yoga, meditation, beauty, and health. She is creating a company called In Balance soon to sell yoga videos, apparel and balanced living products.

With her infamous family history, Mariel has endured difficult times over the years. Nevertheless she has emerged stronger than most, and has made a success of her acting career and has also joined ICM Models. In 2003, she published her powerful memoir, Finding My Balance. A truly insightful and inspiring story, the book is a portrayal of her life's journey through the eyes of yoga and meditation. Other projects include a series of yoga videos she is shooting with Flame Television, the acclaimed producers of the TV show 24. Finally this year, amongst other things, she is producing a film of one of her grandfather's works, A Moveable Feast; Ernest Hemingway's memoirs of his time in Paris during the 1920s. And finally her latest film project currently in production is the portrayal of Maria Shriver (wife of Arnold Schwarzenegar and niece of John F. Kennedy) in a film about Arnold Schwarzenegar's race for Governor of California.

Mark has been an entrepreneur for 20 years. He has a broad background in private equity transactions. He has served as CEO, COO, Director of Business Development, or Board Member in multiple venture backed companies.

Mark is the founder of Expansion Capital Partners, LLC, which is a venture capital firm that invests in expansion-stage, "Clean Technology" enterprises. Clean Technologies focus on resource efficiency and productivity innovations. The Fund, Clean Technology Fund II, LP, specializes in companies with annual sales of $2-20 million, along with a reasonable expectation of achieving $50 million of revenues within five years. Expansion Capital has offices in New York and San Francisco, with a staff of six investment professionals.

Early in his career, Mark was one of John Hancock Financial Service's leading worldwide producers, where he received numerous awards, including breaking historical sales records by the age of 30. During that era, Mark built a successful financial services company, which he sold in 1996. After that sale, Mark was a serial entrepreneur and a venture capital adviser for many companies.

Mark serves on the board of the Clean Tech Venture Network, LLC, of which he is a "Founding Investor." Mark graduated with Honors from Babson College and serves on Babson's Board of Overseers.

Mark also has a Diploma from the Sanno Institute of Business Administration, Tokyo. He serves in several non-profit roles, including the Membership Committee of the Threshold Foundation. In the recent past, he was a Board Member and Chair of the Membership Committee for the Social Venture Network. Of note, Mark enjoys an active speaking schedule at a variety of business and non-profit gatherings.

Mary Ann Wright is Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs for Ford Motor Company. In this capacity, she is responsible for all present and future hybrid, fuel cell and alternative fuel technology development. Wright assumed this position in April 2004 and reports jointly to Product Creation and Research and Advanced Engineering.

Wright also retains responsibility as Chief Engineer of the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid, the industry's first full-hybrid SUV that was named 2005 North American Truck of the Year. Assuming this position in April 2003, Wright is responsible for engineering and launching the vehicle and its hybrid technology, such as improved fuel economy and lower emissions, while delivering equivalent performance and attributes of the Escape SUV.

She began her career at Ford in 1988 and has held a variety of positions in Finance, Product and Business Planning, and Engineering.

Wright launched the original Mercury Villager and Nissan Quest and was Launch Manager for the 2000/2001 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable. She then served as Plant Vehicle Team Engineering Manager for the Taurus and Sable at the Atlanta and Chicago Assembly Plants.

In 2000, she joined Lincoln as Chief Engineer for luxury sedans and worked on several future Lincoln vehicle programs.

Wright holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and International Business from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration degree from Wayne State University.

Matt Petersen, Global Green USA President, CEO and board member, joined Global Green USA in 1994. He serves on the Council of Green Cross International, and is Chair of the GCI Energy and Resource Efficiency program. Petersen drives and guides Global Green USA's new programs, including work on water and energy, green power, climate change, and nuclear weapons.

Previously, Petersen served as Executive Director of Americans for a Safe Future and was a political campaign manager for candidates at the local, state, and federal level. Petersen as an advisor to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves on the Environmental Media Association (EMA) Advisory Board. Petersen is also active in his community as a member of the Santa Monica Task Force on the Environment. He and his wife Leila Conners Petersen live with their son Aidan in Santa Monica, California.

Mel was raised on the fifth-generation Coleman Ranches in Saguache, Colo., where his father, Mel Coleman, Sr. started the Coleman Natural Meat (CNM) business in 1979.

At Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., Mel majored in business and education, which added business and leadership skills to his firsthand ranching experience. In 1982, Mel began working in CNM's sales division. His position grew to encompass a lobbying effort that urged the USDA to create special labeling standards for natural beef - an effort that was ultimately successful. Mel also aided in the development the Coleman Certified Rancher and Feedlot program to ensure a consistent, quality supply of cattle raised to the company's natural standards.

Mel has helped to establish CNM as a meat industry leader through his international work. He has also nurtured long-lasting relationships domestically through extensive involvement in the natural foods industry. He has served on the boards of the Organic Trade Association and the Organic Food Alliance. He also currently serves on the Pew Initiative for Food and Biotechnology on the Livestock Advisory Panel and on the Union for Concerned Scientists board of advisors. Mel is a frequent guest speaker on the topics of natural beef marketing and natural and organic beef production across the United States and internationally.

Nina Utne is a writer, political activist, mother and community-builder. A vegetarian at three (a meat-eater at 48), and a yoga practitioner from age 15, Nina holds a BA in English and American Literature from Harvard University and a masters degree in Human Development from St. Mary's University.

In addition to being intimately involved in every aspect of Utne magazine since its founding in 1984, Nina is frequently asked to speak on a wide range of topics. These include "motherhood as a training-ground for business," "the power of media to transform culture," "spirituality and business," "the voice of independent media," and more. Nina is a founder of the Headwaters Fund and City of Lakes Waldorf school. She is also a founding member of both UnReasonable Women for the Earth and Code Pink.

Nina is passionate about Utne and its mission. Thanks to her leadership, the magazine continues to defy the odds. In an age of media consolidation, Utne proudly remains one of the few truly independent magazines in the country. She has been married to Utne founder Eric Utne for 23 years and is the mother of three sons and stepmother to one son

Paul H. Ray, Ph.D. is a Founding Partner of Integral Partnerships LLC, which consults on marketing and internal management with both businesses and nonprofit groups, whose clients or constituents are Cultural Creatives, especially in the area of green and natural products and services and an emerging politics. He is co-author of The Cultural Creatives.

He designed and ran the original survey research that identified the Cultural Creatives, covering 15 years. Cultural Creatives are the core customer base of the $230 billion LOHAS industry. In business, government and academe, he has headed research on over 100 major research and consulting projects, and written reports on them all. Sponsors and clients include many government agencies and large corporations (see attached list).

His current business book, The Authenticity Factor, (in process), shows the enormous consumer demand for authenticity in marketing, product development, retail, advertising and PR. Its case studies and recommendations focus on businesses that seek the 50 million Cultural Creatives as customers, especially women’s, innovative, green, LOHAS, and socially responsible products.

His new research includes surveys on developments beyond left and right in politics, "the New Political Compass," working with NGOs, new political groups and government officials.

Previous Positions:

Paul H. Ray was Executive Vice President of American LIVES, Inc., a market research and opinion polling firm specializing in surveys based on the Lifestyles, Interests, Values, Expectations and Symbols of Americans.

He was previously Chief of Policy Research on Energy Conservation, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources of the Government of Canada.

He was previously Associate Professor of Urban Planning and a Faculty Associate of the Institute for Social Research, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

He created two businesses while in Ann Arbor: He was Vice President of Set-Theoretic Information Systems, Inc., and was a founding partner in CRW, Inc. a consulting firm.

Recent Publications:

(co-author with Sherry Ruth Anderson)The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World, Harmony Books/Random House, NY, 2000

"The Emerging Culture" American Demographics, February, 1997

"The Rise of Integral Culture" Noetic Sciences Review, Spring, 1996

The Integral Culture Survey: A Study of the Emergence of Transformational Values in America, Research Monograph, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Sausalito, CA, 1996

Paul H. Ray received a BA, cum laude, in Anthropology from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan. e is a Fellow of the World Business Academy, and a Creative Fellow of the Club of Budapest.

Paul Stamets has written 6 books on mushrooms, their cultivation and use. His latest book, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World is due out in October, 2005, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley. Paul has been active in using mycelium in breaking down toxic wastes, capturing pathogenic bacteria, and has developed strategies where mycelium kick-starts habitat restoration in ecologically devastated environments. He has filed, to date, nearly 30 patents, with several approved or in process.

Working with the Bioshield Biodefense Program coordinated by NIH/USAID/USAMRIID, he has discovered that a rare polypore mushroom exclusive to the old growth forest of Washington State is highly active against pox viruses. In fact, of more than 200,000 samples submitted to the program, two of his extracts from two strains of this rare mushroom are in the top 10 of active samples submitted to date, pharmaceuticals included. In fact, his is the only natural product showing significant antiviral activity.

Paul advocates saving the old growth forest as a matter of national defense. Paul is a strong proponent of preserving biodiversity, the old growth forest, and for using environmentally rational strategies to displace dependencies on toxic chemicals. One of his patents on mycopesticides has been called an "Alexander Graham Bell" patent as it has the potential of replacing most chemical pesticides with an environmentally benign method. Receiver of several environmental awards, Paul gives credit to Nature, believing in the Natural Intelligence of the ecosystems that have given us life. A visionary thinker, yet practical, and down to Earth, Paul is dedicated to creating a heritage of knowledge that can passed down to future generations. He is founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti (www.fungi.com). His wife Dusty has inspired him, guiding him back to the old growth forests, and has been instrumental in these mycological pursuits.

During his 16-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, the entertainment industry's premier daily trade publication, Robert J. Dowling has emerged as one of the leading authorities and spokesmen on entertainment issues and trends worldwide.

Mr. Dowling's unique publishing background has spanned more than three decades of successful leadership and experience in publishing and entertainment, sports marketing, technology, international and other arenas. He has created and launched five profitable magazines, pioneered an advertising sales and publishing management program, produced conferences and seminars for marketing executives and developed a TV talk show.

When BPI Communications purchased The Hollywood Reporter in 1988 and placed Mr. Dowling at the helm, he began the process of transforming a small, family-owned publication into a highly respected international newspaper. Under Mr. Dowling's leadership, The Hollywood Reporter has achieved steady and profitable growth, dramatically expanded its coverage of a now-global $100 billion entertainment industry and vaulted to leadership as the number one entertainment daily, read by more than 140,000 industry professionals worldwide.

Mr. Dowling has created and executed a successful business plan to position The Hollywood Reporter as the definitive authority on the fast-changing entertainment industry landscape of the 21st century. He has proven adept at identifying emerging growth areas early, guiding the paper to unparalleled coverage of labor, convergence, new media, international and Hollywood-Washington political issues in addition to its core reporting on the movie, television, music, cable and video businesses.

He launched The Hollywood Reporter's Web site in 1995, the industry's first real-time, online delivery of entertainment news, pioneered the first regular entertainment coverage devoted to the convergence of traditional entertainment and new media, and started THR-East, an electronically distributed daily edition designed to bring East Coast readers breaking news stories hours before the competition.

Mr. Dowling has also built the paper's revitalization on a series of franchise special issues, including the groundbreaking "Women in Entertainment," "Next Generation" and "Film 500" issues for which the publication has gained a reputation as a cutting-edge industry innovator.

The recipient of several honors over the years, Mr. Dowling became the first publisher ever to receive the Foundation of Motion Picture Pioneers' prestigious Pioneer of the Year award in 2000. He has also earned the respected American Business Media's Crain Award for his distinguished editorial career, the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers & Directors' Journalism Award, and most recently, the Anti-Defamation League's Distinguished Entertainment Industry Award.

Mr. Dowling is Chairman of the Digital Coast Roundtable and sits on the boards of the Los Angeles Board of Governors for the Museum of Television & Radio, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS), the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission and the Fielding Graduate Institute. In 2000 Mr. Dowling was invited to Washington D.C. to brief members of the White House Cabinet on the entertainment industry for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He has taught a course at UCLA and lectured at USC and Loyola Marymount.

Dr. Raleigh brings diverse cluster of experiences to B2Z Entertainment, a fully integrated production, distribution and marketing company. Most recently Robert was President of Distribution for Carsey-Werner Television, overseeing a library that included Cosby, Roseanne, Third Rock From The Sun and That 70's Show. This followed a ten year relationship with Spelling Entertainment as Sr. Vp of Domestic Television that was preceded by several years with MCA Television.

Prior to entering the entertainment business, Robert worked for the Sperry Corporation in the area of Artificial Intelligence. He also earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Syracuse University and worked as a psychologist in a variety of capacities.

The combination of experience in entertainment, technology and psychology is particularly relevant to today's rapidly evolving media landscape. B2Z Entertainment is focused upon using entertainment as a means of building relationships with fragmented but existing audiences to develop franchises that will live on all media platforms relevant to the audience.

Specifically as it relates to the LOHAS and sustainable community, B2Z is currently developing a number of different content narratives for a variety of media platforms that are in various stages of development and execution.

Seane Corn is known for her passionate, dynamic and inspirational style of teaching Vinyasa Flow. A sought-after Los Angeles instructor, she works with a dedicated celebrity clientele as well as adolescents-at-risk.

Sheri Shapiro is the Escape marketing manager for the Ford Division of Ford Motor Company. Her primary responsibility is brand management for both the Ford Escape and the Ford Escape Hybrid SUVs.

She began her Ford career, in 2001, in Global Marketing, working on brand positioning for future products as well as development of a Ford product launch Web site used globally at Ford as a product launch resource. Shapiro subsequently moved into Automotive Strategy where she worked on the development of the Mercury brand strategy, six future Mercury products, and she developed a tool to analyze product freshenings for cycle planning purposes. She was appointed to the position of Escape Hybrid marketing manager in February 2003, which she developed and executed the marketing launch of the 2005 Escape Hybrid. Shapiro was appointed to her current position in July 2004, where she still oversees the Escape Hybrid brand, but also manages the Ford Escape, which is currently the best-selling small SUV in America.

Ms. Shapiro joined Ford after completing her MBA at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to obtaining her MBA, Shapiro worked in Marketing at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on the Lipitor brand. Prior to that, she spent several years as a management consultant at APM/CSC Healthcare, where she provided strategy and operations consulting services to hospital systems, medical schools, and academic medical centers throughout the United States.

In addition to an MBA degree, Shapiro earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biopsychology from the University of Michigan.

Sheryl O'Loughlin was named CEO of Clif Bar Inc. in June 2004. She was selected by Gary Erickson, owner and founder of Clif Bar Inc., who remains active in the company's product, philanthropic and public arenas.

Sheryl joined Clif Bar Inc. in 1998 as the head of brand marketing, spearheading the company's 1999 launch of LUNA®, the first whole nutrition bar for women and one of the first foods of any kind to incorporate the specific nutritional needs of women. LUNA quickly became a best-selling bar and changed the face of the energy and nutrition bar category.

Under Sheryl's marketing leadership, Clif Bar Inc. made the Inc. 500 list of the nation's Fastest Growing Private Companies for three straight years (after having first earned the honor in 1997). In 2001, Brandweek magazine named her one of the Top Marketers of the Next Generation.

Prior to being named CEO, Sheryl served as executive vice president of brand at Clif Bar Inc., where she led marketing, sales and research and development. A tireless innovator, she oversaw the company's recent new product launches, including CLiF ZBaR™, the organic-certified snack bar for kids; and CLIF® Builder's, the Entirely Natural Protein Bar™.

Before joining Clif Bar Inc., Sheryl held management positions in brand management, sales and promotions with the Quaker Oats Company and Kraft Foods.

Sheryl holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan. Passionate about the outdoors, she has run five marathons and remains an avid mountain biker and skier. Sheryl resides in Oakland, Calif., with her husband and two young sons.

Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., is a cofounder of Omega and chairman of Omega's board of directors. He is a holistic physician who uses concepts of time and healing as the focus for developing optimal health.

He is the author of Timeshifting: Creating More Time to Enjoy Your Life and a coauthor of Vitality and Wellness. Books by Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D are available on-line through the association of www.ogega.org with Amazon.com.

Mr. Mohin is building a global program based on the strong foundation of environmental and social responsibility that Intel has achieved. This role includes the development of a program to anticipate trends and emerging issues and has oversight of EHS & sustainability issues concerning Intel's supply chain.

In 2002/2003, Mr. Mohin was the director of Worldwide Employee Communications for Intel. In this role he had global responsibility for internal communications covering an employee population of ~ 80,000 spread over 40 countries. The scope of this position encompassed executive communications, employee news features, announcements regarding employee services & benefits, external recruiting and a strong internal marketing program.

From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Mohin was the Corporate Environmental and EHS Design Manager for Intel Corporation. Mr. Mohin has corporate wide responsibility for environmental issues for Intel. He was also responsible for Intel's design for environmental, health and safety program. Integral to this responsibility, Mr. Mohin managed Intel's highly successful design for the environment and pollution prevention programs. Mr. Mohin also lead the company's efforts in environmental reinvention and leadership programs and was a leader of Intel's Project XL (Excellence and Leadership).

Mr. Mohin was formerly Intel's manager for Government Affairs responsible for all environment, health and safety national legislation and regulations that may have an impact on the Corporation. As part of this responsibility, Mr. Mohin worked closely with Congress and the Administration on the development of progressive, more efficient approaches to environmental management.

Before joining Intel in 1995, Mr. Mohin was a Professional Staff member with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Working for Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, Mr. Mohin was primarily responsible for environmental technology, pollution prevention, and integrated approaches to environmental management. Mr. Mohin also played a major role in the development of the Superfund Reform Act and the National Environmental Technology Act.

Prior to his position with the Senate, Mr. Mohin was a Section Chief in EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards responsible for implementation of provisions of the air toxics title of the Clean Air Act amendments. Mr. Mohin also served on the EPA team that helped to negotiate passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

While with EPA, Mr. Mohin had primary responsibility for pollution prevention issues within the Air Office and led the EPA team dedicated to the development of Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines.

Tom Shadyac is one of Hollywood's most successful directors. Shadyac began his directing career in 1994 with the breakout hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective followed by the comedy blockbusters The Nutty Professor and Liar, Liar, Golden Globe nominated Patch Adams, Dragonfly and his most recent smash hit, Bruce Almighty. Shadyac's multifaceted career also includes producing through his Shady Acres Entertainment banner based at Universal Pictures. In addition to directing and producing feature films, Shadyac also produces the hit comedy TV series 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for Touchstone/ABC.

Tom has long believed in giving back and is a committed supporter of numerous charitable organizations. He has long admired the charitable work of Paul Newman and his company "Newman's Own". In 2004 Shadyac formed HtoO, Hope to Others, a water company with a mission. HtoO, is about using consumer purchasing power (and it is a power!) to affect change with a very simple idea: as we drink water and replenish our bodies, we can simultaneously give hope to those in need. Like "Newman's Own," Tom Shadyac's company, HtoO, is giving 100% of its profits after taxes to charities around the globe. To kick off the company, HtoO provided funds to dig three water wells and two water systems in Senegal, Africa. A clean, safe supply of drinking water is now available to thousands in need. Currently, HtoO is helping a range of charities from educational and housing needs to cancer research and environmental concerns.

Distribution of HtoO began in the summer of 2004 targeting the entertainment community. Numerous movie studios, TV networks, talent agencies, and television and film productions are lending their generous support by purchasing the water. A national consumer launch of HtoO is planned for later this year.

Ty joins JWT to assume the new role of co-president and chief creative officer of JWT NY. He will drive creative vision for the agency and will partner with Ryan to run the office.

One of the industry's foremost creative talents, Ty is known for changing the channel: questioning the ways in which the advertising industry thinks, particularly beyond the traditional thirty-second TV spot. As co-creative director for Weiden + Kennedy New York since 2000, Ty is best known for creating high-profile and award-winning integrated campaigns. He was responsible for all New York office creative output, including such brands as ESPN, Sharp, Avon, U.S. Trust, Sega, Gore-Tex, The School of Visual Arts and Nike (which includes Brand Jordan, Nike NYC, Nike FootAction and Nike Apparel).

Additionally, Ty oversaw the agency's entertainment initiatives and is Co-Executive Producer of "The Sweet Science," a one-hour documentary on boxer Roy Jones, Jr.

Prior to joining W+K, Ty helped establish Bartle Bogle Hegarty's New York operations, joining as creative director and the shop's second employee. In just two years, he helped build the shop to sixty-five employees and over 100 million in billings from clients including Bolt, Reebok, Johnny Walker and Unilever.

Throughout his career, Ty's work has received every major creative accolade, including The One Show, Cannes, Communication Arts, AICP, MOMA and The Clios. Most recently, Advertising Age magazine named him one of the Top 10 Creative Directors in America.

With a formidable track record in building world-class brands for such agencies as Ogilvy & Mather, Scali McCabe Sloves, Goldsmith/Jeffrey and Chiat/Day, Montague has created national and global campaigns for such clients as Reebok, Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Volvo, Everlast and MTV, to name a few. Montague is a regular speaker at such advertising and entertainment venues as The APG, The Boards Summit, CTAF, The Microsoft Partners Summit and The Harvard Marketing Forum. He sits on boards at The Art Directors Club and The NYC 2012 Team for the New York City Olympics bid.

In his present position, Vance is responsible for hydrogen internal combustion engine research and development. During the past seven years, Vance has played a vital role in developing this technology to "bridge the gap" from today's gasoline fueled vehicles to the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles of tomorrow.

Vance has been with Ford since 1983, progressing through a variety of engineering, manufacturing, program management, and product planning assignments. His activities have spanned the globe, touching virtually every aspect of Ford's automotive business.

Most recently, Vance has focused his efforts on reducing the environmental impact of the automobile. His research and development teams have published innovations in: high speed direct injection diesel engines and emissions aftertreatment systems; electromagnetic and continuously variable valve actuation systems; variable displacement and variable compression ratio engines; hybrid-electric and traction drive transmissions; and hydrogen internal combustion engines.

Within Ford, Vance is best known as co-inventor of the world's first hydrogen hybrid - shown in the Ford Model U concept car at the 2003 North American International Auto Show. He is also known as the champion of the world's first PZEV-capable diesel hybrid - shown with the Mercury MetaOne concept car at the 2005 North American International Auto Show.

Outside of Ford, Vance is best known for his advocacy of sustainable mobility and the first commercially available hydrogen vehicle, Ford's E-450 Hydrogen V10 Shuttle - in customers' hands starting 2006.

Prior to joining Ford, Vance held positions with Booz Allen Hamilton and Amdahl Corporation. He holds an MBA degree from Stanford, where he was designated Arjay Miller Scholar. He also holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, which he received with multiple distinctions.

As Chief Euphoria Officer for Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's,Walt Freese has eaten his own weight in Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey, while burnishing the brand's reputation for one-of-a-kind products, grassroots guerilla marketing and innovative social mission initiatives.

Prior to joining Ben & Jerry's, he was General Manager of Celestial Seasonings.

Audiences will once again be welcoming back into their homes two-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, Wendie Malick to this year's ABC mid-season comedy, Jake In Progress. Malick will also be heard lending her voice talent to NBC's new primetime animated series Father of the Pride.

Wendie Malick joined the cast of Frasier last year for their final season, playing John Mahoney's love interest, Ronnie Lawrence. For seven seasons she starred as the outrageous ex-model and fashion editor, Nina Van Horn in Just Shoot Me. Malick also garnered four CableACE awards for her portrayal of Judith Tupper Stone on HBO's Comedy Series, Dream On.

Malick will be seen in a starring role in the Warner Brothers' film Racing Stripes, in theaters January 2005. Other feature films include The American President, Jerome, Scrooged, On Edge, Cahoots, Trojan War, Funny About Love, Bugsy, A Little Sex and Mr. Mike's Mondo Video. She can also be heard in Disney's animated film, The Emporer's New Groove.

In 1999, Malick received critical acclaim for her dual roles as famous advice columnists Abigail Van Buren and Ann Lander's in the TV movie Take My Advice. Other television series work includes starring roles in Trauma Center and Good Company, recurring roles on NYPD Blue, Anything But Love, Baywatch and Kate & Allie, and guest roles on The X-Files, Seinfeld, LA Law, Cybil and Mad About You. She also starred in the television movies Paper Dolls, Dynasty: The Miniseries, Apollo 11, Perfect Body and North Shore Fish, in a role she originated on stage.

Malick's theatrical credits include originating roles in Israel Horowitz's North Shore Fish (New York) and Oliver Hailey's Round Trip (Los Angeles), for which she was nominated for the Artistic Director's Award as Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1995. In Los Angeles she was also seen in Vagina Monologues, Santaland Diaries, and joined the original cast for the final week of Steve Martin's The Underpants.

In 2000 Malick was honored by Women in Film as "A Woman of Vision", along with Tipper Gore, Gwen Ifills and Roseanne. She is on the Board of Directors of The Environmental Media Association, the Board of Advocates for Planned Parenthood, and the Advisory Board of The Humane Society. Through their charitable gift fund, "A Drop in the Bucket", she and husband, Richard Erickson support a medical center in the Congo and share an ongoing commitment to a women's shelter in Tijuana. They live in the Santa Monica Mountains with two dogs, two horses and a cat.