Founding Members


Gil Friend

Gil Friend, president & CEO of Natural Logic Inc, is a noted thought leader on sustainable business, with more than 37 years of experience and clients including Agilent Technologies, Coca-Cola…
Read more

John Nash

John Nash has been a member of the World Bank staff since 1986, working in Latin America and Caribbean agricultural operations…
Read more

Joel Makower

For more than 20 years, Joel Makower has been a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and the bottom line.
Read more

Richard Hodges

Richard Hodges is founder and CEO of GreenIT, an independent consulting firm dedicated to developing sustainable solutions for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems.
Read more

Michelle Auer

Michelle has over 30 years experience in the development of human service agencies including for and not for profits.
Read more

Pisin Chen

Professor Pisin Chen received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, and his PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Read more

David Sklar

David Sklar is an award-winning designer whose work has been featured in numerous national and international publications.
Read more

Charles Senkondo

Mr Charles Senkondo is the Executive Director of Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre (TGDLC). TGDLC forms part of over 120 centres within the Global Development Learning Network.
Read more

Stephen Gatlin

Stephen Gatlin is the founder and CEO of Gatlin International LLC, the world’s largest online career training programmes provider to universities, corporations and governments.
Read more

Laura Lewis

As president of the World Education Council, Laura Lewis drives the organisation’s efforts to bring together the people, the resources, and the knowledge capital that can harness the power of education to improve the well-being of people around the world.Read more

Patrick Custer

Chairman/CEO, GoKnow Mobile Learning Corporation, the leading authority on the use of Mobile Devices in education. With the world going mobile, GoKnow has developed an award-winning platform that provides students with a Mobile Workspace…Read more

Tom Colvin

Vice President – Tom Colvin has twenty years of experience, more than half with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), working with companies in a multiplicity of industries, including retail and commercial banking…Read more

Cary L. Jennings

Secretary – Cary L. Jennings co-founded the law firm of Broude, Smith & Jennings, P.C. in Fort Worth, Texas in 1997. His areas of law practice include tax litigation and controversies, business planning and transactions, and estate planning and probate.Read more

Michael Kenyon

Dual British and Swiss national, Michael is commercial lawyer, having worked for two major London law firms, two multinational industrial companies and now for a variety of industrial and other clients on technology transfer and other commercial and corporate legal issues.Read more

Mary Nash Stoddard

Internationally recognised investigative journalist who also specializes in media relations, image building and promotion campaigns for corporations, not-for-profit-organizations, newsmakers and best selling authors.Read more

Cindy Thyfault

Founder and CEO, has over 26 years business experience in development, management and funding of bioenergy projects, food and fiber manufacturing, oilseed manufacturing, green building products and residential and industrial construction, both domestically and internationally.
Read more