John's work product can be viewed all around New Orleans and the southeast. It may be a delicate iron gate on Burgundy or a new multi-story building on Canal St. or a residential golf community on the west bank. The Port of New Orleans, the New Orleans Regional Medical Center, the Research Park at the University of New Orleans have been planned by Williams Architects. The firm has been honored with design awards from the Historic District Landmarks Commission, the Vieux Carre Commission, the AIA New Orleans and others.

Persistence for excellence is a goal that can be seen in John's work and from that comes a strong commitment to always work for excellence within our community. Volunteerism has been a cornerstone in John's life within New Orleans. One of his cherished roles was to serve as president of the board of the Tulane Alumni Association through which he organized international volunteer days around the world. In New Orleans, his focus was on painting, cleaning, and getting volunteers into the New Orleans Public Schools through the continuing success of the NOPS Paint Rallies. As a vestry member of Trinity Episcopal Church, John worked on combining the church's efforts with the community's to improve the quality of public housing scattered sites within the Lower Garden District. The importance of public well being is evident in the firm's close working relationship with all government regulatory agencies and has been meeting since early 2005 to resolve safety code issues with the needs of historic structures. In 2005, John began serving on the Governor's Committee for Coastal Conservation and Restoration.

Currently John C. Williams Architect, LLC is the architect and is master planning several projects in the Lower 9th Ward and is helping establish the community as the most sustainable neighborhood in the United States.

Jones, who is trained as an architect, worked for the GSA for a number of years under former lead architect Ed Feiner, who founded the Design Excellence program in 1994. From 2005 to 2009 he was partner in Jones/Kroloff, an architect selection advisory firm, with Reed Kroloff, director of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. Clients included the Broad Art Foundation and the Whitney Museum of Art, FIT and Yale University, as well as Friends of the High Line and Brad Pitt's Global Green USA.

Current projects undergoing peer review at the GSA include federal courthouses in Bakersfield, California, and Billings, Montana, the new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., and a new FBI campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as modernizations of federal office buildings in Cleveland, Honolulu and Roanoke, Virginia.

Evans began his career in the House in 1980 when at the age of 26 he was elected to represent the people of the 203rd legislative district in Northwest Philadelphia. He was elected Democratic Chairman of the Appropriations Committee in 1990, a position he has held ever since.

In addition to youth and energy, Evans brought experience as a teacher, job developer, employment counselor and community leader to the state Capitol. In the early years of his career, Evans focused his energy on driving state resources to his legislative district in an effort to transform the community's blighted neighborhoods. Twenty-eight years later, Ogontz Avenue, West Oak Lane and the surrounding area is comprised of vibrant communities where education, commerce and culture thrive. Journalists have referred to the area as "Dwight Land."

On policy matters, Evans has earned a national reputation for his work to deliver quality food to underserved communities; for his commitment to education; and for his efforts to stop handgun violence, all part of which are parts of his broader strategy to spur economic development, not just in his district or in Philadelphia, but across Pennsylvania.

He is the catalyst behind the Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative, twice cited by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government as one of the top public policy initiatives in the country. Through the program, public and private money is used to expand or build grocery stores in urban and rural communities. More than 50 small, mid-size, and full-scale stores have been development in Pennsylvania through the program. Evans has been invited to speak about the initiative at various conferences around the country and several states are now working to duplicate the program as is the federal government.

President Obama used the FFFI as the model for his Healthy Food Financing Initiative and First Lady Michelle Obama has cited FFFI as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity. Evans has been to the White House on several occasions as a result of the FFFI program.

Evans also is widely recognized as a champion for education, whether for pre-school programs or post-graduate work. In public and at the budget table, he is fiercely passionate about funding for education. At the same time, Evans believes schools should meet stringent standards. As such, he supports choice for parents at the elementary and secondary levels and he authored the state's Charter School law in 1997.

Evans was invited by the White House to participate in a roundtable discussion with former President George Bush about education. He has spoken about education policy before the Brookings Institution and the National Press Club, among others. His education efforts today include supporting programs to recruit and retain teachers. He is on the National and Philadelphia Chapter Board of Directors of the Black Alliance for Educational Options. Neither schools nor businesses can thrive in communities that aren't safe and secure. As such, Dwight Evans is a staunch supporter of efforts to reduce handgun violence. He is considered to be the legislature's leading voice on the issue and joined national panels at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Duquesne University to raise awareness about the impact of gun-related crime on communities.

Evans is native of Philadelphia and a 1971 graduate of Germantown High School. He graduated from the Community College of Philadelphia and LaSalle University. He received an honorary doctorate from Lincoln University. He is on the boards of the Public School Employees' Retirement System, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau and Concerned Black Men.

When not immersed in policy, Evans is an avid reader, a patron of the arts and sports fanatic.

She joined USGBC's senior management team in 2009, after providing outside counsel to USGBC for two years from Dorn & Hanson, a law firm specializing in non-profit law, where she was managing partner. Dorn & Hanson was preceded by two other firms where Susan was also partner.

A 1985 graduate of Antioch School of Law, a public interest law school, Susan's entire career has been devoted to protecting the interests of professional societies, membership associations, certification agencies, and philanthropic organizations as outside general counsel. A noted writer, she is co-author of a booklet published by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards entitled The Nonprofit Board's Guide to Bylaws; one of the authors of The Licensure and Certification Mission: Legal, Social, and Political Foundations; a contributor to the American Bar Association's Tax-Exempt Tool Kit; and a regular contributor to numerous legal and risk management publications.

She is also a sought after speaker on the issues of governance, voluntary certification, and accreditation, as well as governmental regulation and licensure, with speaking engagements with American Bar Association; the American Society of Association Executives; the Washington Certification Networking Group; the Council on Licensure, Enforcement & Regulation; the National Organization for Competency Assurance; and the National Center for Nonprofit Boards.

Ms. Dorn is a member of the bar in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. She is an assessor for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). When she's not working, you'll likely find her rowing on the Anacostia.

Ms. Hudson has held a variety of leadership positions in IBM, including Vice President of Marketing & Strategy for IBM System z mainframes globally. She was also an executive-on-loan and IBM Vice President of Strategic Planning to the Society of Women Engineers, where she developed and executed new programs to inspire more girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics worldwide.

Ms. Hudson has served as Vice President of Strategy and Marketing and acting Chief Technology Officer for the IBM Global Industrial Sector, responsible for strategic business growth and increased value for IBM's clients in aerospace, defense, automotive, chemicals, petroleum, electronics and industrial products businesses globally. She was also IBM Vice President of Corporate Strategy responsible for Strategic Growth for IBM. Prior to IBM, Ms. Hudson worked for Hewlett-Packard. She also worked as an Aerospace Engineer at Grumman Corporation and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on projects such as solar power satellites, the space shuttle and future missions around Jupiter.

Ms. Hudson graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and has attended and presented at executive education at Harvard Business School and Columbia University. She has lectured widely on Energy & Environment initiatives, and leveraging innovation and diversity. She is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) having served as the first Special Director of the SWE Board of Directors, and elected to the SWE Board of Trustees in 2010. She was honored with the 2008 SWE Upward Mobility Award for her exemplary business and technical leadership, and for serving as an outstanding mentor and role model for women worldwide. She is an active proponent for IBM’s Women in Technology Initiative, encouraging young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. She is married and has two children.

Known as a problem solver and creative thinker, Pat authored the unprecedented study, Live Work Play: a System to Identify Economic Opportunities, when she was a Principal at Kahler Slater Architects. The study identified strategies to ignite growth in urban areas and caught the attention of publications including The New York Times, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, onMilwaukee.com, the Business Journal, and American Society of Interior Designer's ICON. The study also caught the attention of the City of Milwaukee and Pat became the Commissioner of City Development under Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt.

Her firm, using their proprietary process — Chemistry in Place — creates environments as "sweet spots." Sweet spots are places magnetically attractive, intuitive, functional, and memorable. Most of all, they assist in delivering a client's desired results.

Pat is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), a certified member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), a licensed Wisconsin Real Estate Broker, a licensed interior designer in Florida, a registered interior designer in Wisconsin, and Patricia S. Algiers & Associates, Inc. is a Wisconsin Certified Woman-Owned Business (WBE).

Pat's complete biography and resume — and that of her team of innovators — can be seen along with a listing of services and the process that drives their solutions at www.chemistryinplace.net.

Mr. Allen is a proud graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana where he received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Biology in spring 1995. He is also a graduate of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine where he received his Master's of Science in Public Health in fall 1998 and life-long resident of New Orleans and the Lower 9th ward.

"I wrote my first poem in third grade. My mother was very sick, and I wanted to tell her I loved her for what could have been the last time. My third grade teacher, Mrs. Toups, had told us that poets write words that last forever, so I decided to put what might have been my last I-love-you to my mom in a poem. My mother recovered and saved the poem, which I had framed and hanging on the wall of my writing studio when Hurricane Katrina filled the room with seven feet of water for three weeks. The water dissolved the paper. All that was left was an empty frame. (I do, however, have a scanned image of the poem that I use in my school assemblies.)

By the time I graduated from high school I had written only a few poems of my own. That all changed in college. I wrote a lot during my undergraduate years: some self expression, some to entertain friends, some to "woo women."

I was published in a number of journals and had begun to form strong aesthetic opinions about poetry, but never considered myself "a poet." I was headed for law school, and poetry was something I simply could not take seriously.

Over the next fifteen years - law school, law practice, and politics - I wrote only a dozen or so poems, but the poetic impulse inside me shook itself out of hibernation when my children needed poems to recite in school elocution competitions. In 1980 there were almost no poems in English written in the voice of children and therefore suitable for recitation by a child. So I wrote them, in the voices of my own children, for them to recite in competition, to help them perform successfully and grow in confidence. They succeeded; I was hooked. Twelve years later I closed my law office and became full time poet."

Throughout his career, Ted directed many substantial corporate transactions and litigated cases. He supervised the $19 billion acquisition of Nabisco by Kraft, and the $8.7 billion IPO of Kraft Foods Inc.

Even before there were PCs, Ted helped develop computer applications used in the Kraft Law Department, with an emphasis on tools that helped serve clients. In the corporate compliance area, he has focused on using adult learning techniques to make these efforts educationally effective. He has taught hundreds of attorneys how to communicate the compliance message effectively through the use of video, audio, computer presentations, intranets, and computer-based training — and by making sure the audience has a little fun.

Ted has written numerous articles on antitrust, compliance, and legal automation topics, and co-edited the Corporate Legal Compliance Handbook, published by Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer. His multi-volume treatise, Distribution Law: Antitrust Principles and Practice, also published by Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer, is now in its second edition. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs, where he strives not to bore the attendees too much.

A frequent speaker, Ms. Bay has been quoted in numerous newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and Southwest Spirit magazine.

She has won awards for editorial excellence from the American Business Media, the American Society of Business Publications Editors, the Trade Association Business Publications International, Technolawyer, the Associated Press, the American Bar Association, and Sigma Delta Chi.

Ms. Bay previously was based in San Francisco, where she was senior editor of The Recorder newspaper and Counsel Connect online service. Long active in cyberspace, she helped The Late Show with David Letterman establish its first website on America Online.

A member of the California bar and a rabid New York Yankees fan, she lives in New York City and Lakeville, Conn.

GCE co-founders, Will and Reuben Teague were named Echoing Green fellows for 2008-2010. Echoing Green is a global nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs who pursue social change through empowerment. GCE's work has also been celebrated by Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans, All Day Buffet, City Business, Fast Company magazine, and Business Week, which named Bradshaw and Teague as two of the 25 most promising social entrepreneurs in the United States.

Bradshaw holds a Ph.D. in City Planning with specialties in Regional and Urban Economics and Sustainable Community Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds Masters Degrees in City Planning and Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and degrees in Physics and Cross-Cultural Studies from Davidson College. He teaches sustainable real estate development in the Tulane University Department of Architecture. He lives in New Orleans, LA with his wife, Rebekah, son, Liam, and daughter Evangeline Louise.

Simone, a Lakeview resident, was a corporate meeting planner selling the city of New Orleans to high end convention planners prior to Hurricane Katrina. She led her customers through the bayous, plantations as well as the best restaurants in the Crescent City. She showcased the city with a passion and flair of southern hospitality.

Yet, life in New Orleans changed one fateful day.

The convention industry suffered massive cancelations. Simone was laid off. Her home in Lakeview was flooded. Her family members also were flooded. And as a single woman with no construction experience, rebuilding was a daunting consideration.

Simone was offered to relocate to other cities but chose to stay. "Sometimes a disaster can open some of the greatest opportunities in one's life. The Katrina disaster opened that door for me and I walked straight through it," says Simone. "I couldn't see it at first. I knew that I had to put one foot in front of the other day by day and rebuild my little house. I was so overwhelmed with grief. As I began to see that my neighbors' needs were greater than mine...that's when I caught the vision. The Demo Diva was born. This was my new niche. And I thank God every day for such rewarding, wonderful work."

"The first question people ask me is 'What does event planning and demolition have in common?' The answer is people."

Simone was quick to recognize that although the equipment is different, you are only as good as your team whether organizing parties or construction work. Simone scrambled to find qualified subcontractors in demolition. She brought a pink flamboyance to her marketing and then hit the streets of Lakeview door to door. Her first big breakthrough came the night she heard that Little League baseball would be holding their first game back in the neighborhood. With business cards printed at Office Depot, Simone went throughout the parking lot putting cards on windshields. "It was humbling and I must admit that I did cry. I remember seeing friends with their husbands and children playing ball and I'm putting cards on windshields! Oh God! I think I felt so alone and vulnerable at that moment. This is not how life was suppose to turn out."

Simone recalls clinging to the words spoken to her by the Brazilian immigrants helping her rebuild her house. "You are an American! You have every opportunity to own your own business and make a life for yourself. Go for it!".

Currently, Simone plans to grow The Demo Diva. She has pink tools in the works, along with lots of other fun apparel. Keep checking back for more to come!

Mr. Bruns has worked as a restoration ecologist for over 25 years, has a long history in the restoration of local food systems, and his family owns a small farm in Washington Parish, LA.

Green Building Law Update is a blog dedicated to emerging legal and regulatory issues in the green building industry.

Background:
Tucker is a licensed Louisiana contractor and solar installer, and brings to South Coast Solar years of project management experience with clients that include the Louisiana Superdome, Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Tulane University and Zephyrs Stadium. Tucker has years of legislative and government contract procurement experience, having served as a consultant for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with the Livingston Group, headed by the Honorable Robert "Bob" Livingston, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He has also consulted on classified research projects for the Department of Defense. Tucker is the former President of an electronic display and advertising consulting firm specializing in large format LED video display systems for stadiums, arenas, and commercial applications. In 2003 he drafted and successfully lobbied The Louisiana Arts and Entertainment Industry Development Fund legislation signed by Governor Foster, which was designed to assist, promote, and fund Louisiana music and entertainment businesses.

Education:
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Arts
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Graduate of the Institute of Politics

How he gives back to the community:
Tucker is a member of the Regional Planning Commission and MWH Louisiana Regional Sustainable Development Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). He is a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff's office. Tucker promotes the benefits of solar energy by lecturing to schools and other organizations interested in the sustainable and intelligent rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region.

Prior to joining Walmart, Mr. Dailey spent 28 years with the Federal government, working for 10 years at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in the Toxic Substances and Superfund Offices, and then at the Department of Energy where he managed environmental compliance programs and several offices within DOE's environmental remediation program. He finished his Federal career as the Director of DOE's Oakland Field Office, which was responsible for the remediation of DOE nuclear weapons, reactor, and high-energy physics laboratories and other experimental facilities in California. His undergraduate education was in biology/chemistry at Tusculum College, in Greeneville, TN, and his graduate work in environmental science was done at The American University in Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining the BGA, John served as the policy aide to Minneapolis City Council Member Scott Benson. While with the City, he helped with the development and implementation of the City's sustainability indicators, environmentally preferable cleaning policy and purchasing policy and LEED silver requirements for municipal buildings. He also collaborated with the Mayor R.T. Rybak and city staff in the establishment and execution of the Minneapolis Climate Change Micro Grants and Innovation grants. That program received the 2009 Environmental Initiative Award in Energy and Climate Protection from the Minnesota Environmental Initiative.

John is a former Congressional Staffer and is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP). John has a Bachelor's Degree in History from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Mr. Evans serves as the Vice President of Groundwork New Orleans, a regional branch of Groundwork USA supported by the Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program and the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program. He serves on the Horizon Initiative's Ecological Systems and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and has served as a volunteer expert for the AIA's Center for Communities by Design, Sustainable Design Assessment Teams. He lectures on sustainable and regenerative strategy, green building, and teaches LEED preparatory seminars for the USGBC and the AIA.

FutureProof is dedicated to the sustainable rebuilding of New Orleans and Mr. Evans has served as designer and/or LEED consultant on many significant projects. These projects include several LEED school and university projects, LEED and SPiRit military facilities, LEED housing, and sustainable neighborhood developments.

Mr. Evans creates large scale ecological installation art, some of which has been featured recently in New Orleans at the Contemporary Arts Center, Art for Art's Sake, DesCours, Colton Studios and Prospect 1. He is funded by a grant from the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation for his work in developing innovative stormwater strategies and was a Creative Alliance of New Orleans resident artist at the Colton Studios.

Kim serves on the board of Keep Chicago Beautiful and is active in a number of associations including the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, the Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR), the National Association of PET Container Resources (Napcor), Association of Post-Consumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), the Foodservice Packaging Institute, Plastics Foodservice Packaging Group and Elemental Impact. She serves as Solo's liaison to Keep America Beautiful and the Ocean Conservancy and chairs Solo's Sustainability Action Network, a network of 400+ volunteer employees who work to promote sustainability, recycling and composting in their communities.

Prior to taking on her present role, Kim served as Assistant General Counsel and Vice President at Solo since 2005. Her duties included analyzing legislation impacting raw materials, review of green marketing claims, third-party certifications, FTC and FDA regulatory matters, and handling securities and finance legal matters. Before joining Solo, Kim was Corporate Counsel at Baxter International Inc. where she was responsible for supporting the Corporate Secretary on securities and board related matters, providing legal support for procurement, supply chain and corporate social responsibility departments, and worked to implement global record retention and contract management processes and policies. Prior to going in-house, Kim was an associate attorney at Lewis, Rice & Fingersh in St. Louis, and Grippo & Elden in Chicago where her practice focused on securities transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

She is a licensed attorney in the state of Illinois and graduated cum laude from Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, IN and magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT.

Beth was formerly an Assistant D.A. in New Orleans, handling predominently homicides, sex offenses and public corruption cases. She taught at Tulane Law School, as the former Deputy Director of the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, which was the first recipient of the American Bar Association's Distinguished Environmental Achievement Award and the National Law Journal's Runner Up Lawyer of the Year during her tenure, for its groundbreaking work in the field of Environmental Justice. She is also a former legal representative of the New Jersey Attorney General and the Quapaw Indian Nation regarding damages to their natural resources. Beth has a Masters of Environmental & Energy Law and J.D. from Tulane Law School. She is currently an Aspen Institute Fellow in its Henry Crown leadership program.

Michael's recent engagements, where he provided tax structuring, legal and commercial advice, include the Coastal Energy Project in Grayland, Washington, a first of its kind transaction - a wind energy generating facility that combined both New Markets Tax Credits and Grants in Lieu of Energy Tax Credits among its financing sources; the closing of a solar fund that financed greater than $40,000,000 in solar photovoltaic installations in California and Arizona; and New Markets Tax Credit financings of grocery stores, community centers, charter schools and the renovation and expansion of a 90-year old world-class theatre.

Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, Michael was an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, concentrating on tax shelters, the taxation of partnerships, subchapter S corporations and passive activity losses. In addition, he served as a clerk for Judge Michael B. Thornton, U.S. Tax Court and worked for Judge Dorothy Eisenberg, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D.N.Y.) and Judge Arthur D. Spatt, U.S. District Court (E.D.N.Y.).

Michael is a frequent speaker at industry conferences regarding New Markets Tax Credits and Energy Credits. While working for the IRS, he was the principal author of Revenue Ruling 2003-20, which provides the safe harbor for leveraging New Markets Tax Credit investments.

While in law school and practicing law, Mayor Hays was active in the American Bar Association, serving as President of the Law Student Division and a National Officer in the Young Lawyers Division.

Mayor Hays' legal career, in addition to private practice, included: serving as Assistant City Attorney for the City of North Little Rock; assisting the Arkansas Secretary of State as Chief Legal Counsel; elected to the 1979-80 Arkansas Constitutional Convention; and elected State Representative for District 66 and served in the 76th (1987-1988) Arkansas General Assembly.

Mayor Hays is a current member and Past President (twice) of Metroplan, the regional council of local governments for central Arkansas and Past President of the Arkansas Municipal League. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Arkansas.

Active for many years in the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayor Hays was elected to the Conference's Advisory Board in 1996. In 1999, he was elected as a Trustee. As one of 13 Trustees, Mayor Hays shares in the executive and policy-making responsibility for the Conference. As a strong advocate of rail transportation, Mayor Hays served as Co-Chair of the Conference's Rail System Restoration Task Force. He serves as Vice Chair for Railroads and Passenger Rail of the Transportation and Communications Committee. Mayor Hays has been on the Conference's Energy Committee for more than 15 years and is presently a Vice Chairman of the Committee.

In June, 2003, Mayor Hays was appointed Chairman of Amtrak's Mayors' Advisory Council. Additionally, Mayor Hays serves on the National League of Cities' Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Steering Committee, as one of 39 members, who recommend energy and environmental policy to the governing body of the National League of Cities.

Mayor Hays currently serves as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICLE USA/Local Governments for Sustainability. He also serves on the Management Committee of the Board.

Mayor Hays is a recognized leader in community economic development, neighborhood revitalization, community-oriented policing, historic preservation and recreation development.

Mayor Hays is married to Linda and they have a daughter, Josie, and three grandchildren, Savannah Lou, Isabella Jo and Harper

Since 2002, Chris's practice has been devoted largely to representing contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers in all aspects of construction, including litigation. He has rendered assistance in all aspects of the industry including commercial/industrial, governmental and residential settings.

In particular, Chris has assisted his clients in: The filing and enforcement of mechanics liens, pursuing bond claims under the state and federal Miller Acts, pursuing and defending against breach of contract lawsuits—both in judicial and administrative realms, and compliance with administrative, safety and licensing regulations.

He also works extensively with contractors, engineers and architects in negotiating and drafting construction contracts and related documents. As an active member of the Associated General Contractors of Virginia, Chris regularly presents to the AGC-VA membership on a variety of topics, ranging from "green" building issues to changes in the law that affect the construction industry. Chris is also a member of the Associated General Contractors of America's Contract Documents Committee where he has input into the content and structure of standard construction contracts that are widely used throughout the United States, including the recently published ConsensusDOCS Green Building Addendum.

When he is not busy representing clients or helping to draft nationally recognized construction documents, Chris enjoys his role as the author of the Construction Law Musings blog where he discusses sustainable building issues among other topics of interest to lawyers and construction professionals alike.

Chris' experience in representing both private companies and one of the largest agencies of the Commonwealth of Virginia has given him knowledge of both the private and public aspects of legal representation. He has used this insight to give clients both practical and legally sound advice during their interactions with both private companies and state agencies. In addition to his membership in the Virginia bar, Chris is admitted to practice before the U. S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U. S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

Mr. Hilliker has spent the past 20 years sharing his vision and passion for the transformative power of technology to improve people's work lives. He has previously held sales leadership positions with well established companies such as Sprint, XO Communications, Signet Partners (Verio), Bell South Mobility and McCaw Communications.

As an entrepreneur, Mr. Hilliker has developed product strategies for several companies which have evolved well ahead of their time. Mr. Hilliker rolled out a wireless company in 1997 (BlastSpot) before the boom in Wi-Fi Hotspot technology, and PROFORCE, a Social Networking predecessor to "LinkedIn" and "Plaxo", in 2000.

Mr. Hilliker has studied Economics from Rider College in the United States and Battersea College in London, England.

Bruce joined Sensitech 8 years ago to focus on large-scale Cold Chain Management programs in the Food segment of their business. He works with some of the country's largest food retailers including supermarket chains and foodservice operators. Prior to joining Sensitech he was a vice president of a data warehousing and business intelligence consulting firm, Braun technology. He specialized in helping client companies derive actionable information from their business systems. Before that, Mr. Howard was a partner in the IT Consulting division of international Accounting firm, Grant Thornton, directing large scale business process improvement projects.

Chip returned to Desoto County in September of 1990 and purchased the franchise that he has owned for the last 19 years. In 2004, Chip was awarded the Dwyer Group's North American Franchisee of the Year award.

He is currently serving his second term as Mayor of the City of Hernando, Mississippi, and previously served as an alderman for the city.

Chip is a Board Member of the Mississippi Bike/Walk and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He is a member of the Desoto Economic Council where he serves on the Governmental Affairs Committee & the Tax Advisory Committee

Chip is serving his fourth term on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Municipal League, and his second term on the Executive Committee. He is also serving his second term as Legislative Chairman for the MML.

He is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and has lived in the Southside historic district in Hernando since 1997.

Chip is a member of the North Mississippi Land Trust and the First Presbyterian Church of Hernando.

Chip has become a spokesperson for community health and quality of life initiatives, especially those that can be undertaken by local governments. He addressed health advocates at the Mississippi Governor's Health Summit, and at the Southern Obesity Summit in Birmingham, Alabama. Chip served as a panelist at the CDC's Weight of the Nation Conference in D.C. and has since been to the White House to be with the First Lady as she announced her Childhood Obesity Initiative.

Carolyn served as a member of the Steering Committee for the State Bar Task Force on Sustainable Law Practice in California, and she is a Board Member of The Green Roundtable. Ms. Kaplan also serves on the American Wind Energy Association's Siting Committee and Offshore Wind Working Group and co-managed the drafting of AWEA's Wind Energy Siting Handbook. She is active in the New England Environmental Business Council and served as co chair of EBC's Public Policy Committee. She is a member of the Environmental Law Section of the Boston Bar Association, and the Energy and Natural Resources Section of the American Bar Association.

A graduate of Cornell University (B.A.), Carolyn received her J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Carolyn speaks frequently to a wide range of audiences regarding sustainability and renewable energy matters.

Mr. Kirkpatrick's prior experience includes serving in the special projects office of former U.S. Senator John Breaux and as a legislative assistant for health care, judiciary and financial services for former U.S. Congressman Richard Baker in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Kirkpatrick received his BA in Government and Religious Studies from the University of Virginia and his JD from Louisiana State University. He and his wife Heather have two daughters, Laura Jane and Virginia.

His current work for the New Orleans Master Plan, the city's official development plan, The New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Multi-Modal Master Plan, Regional Planning Commission Feasibility Study for the Andrew Higgins Pedestrian Access Plan and the Regional Transit Authority Streetcar Extension Program are a few of the urban design and planning efforts locally which are contributing to the transformation of New Orleans.

The civic and design leadership which he has demonstrated in his work has made him a sought after speaker, contributor and lecturer at national, international conferences and events on issues related to urban design, neighborhood development, community outreach, sustainability, and disaster and recovery planning.

Manning holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Southern University, a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Planning with continuing education in Design and Management at Harvard University and Dartmouth College.

In his previous role as Regional Solutions Manager for the Building Efficiency Division, Solutions Group of Johnson Controls Inc., Charles McGinnis had general management responsibility for the Energy Services and Solutions Business in the Midwest. He managed vertical market teams, strategic account management and project development engineering. He supervised, in staff capacity, operations and measurement and verification services. This team was comprised of over 60 energy professionals. The business produced revenue of over $165 million dollars over a two year time period.

From 2003-2006, as National Director-State Government, his team was selected for many of the largest energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Johnson Controls history. Notable projects were the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Missouri, State of Indiana, State of Texas, Commonwealth of Virginia, State of California, Commonwealth of Kentucky, State of Tennessee, State of Ohio, State of West Virginia, State of Minnesota and State of Michigan. This business produced over $200 million dollars in sales over a three year time period.

From 2000 to 2003 Mr. McGinnis was the Branch Manager for Johnson Controls Inc. in Madison WI. In that role his branch delivered over $90 million dollars in performance contracting business through the Wisconsin Energy Initiative (WEI). WEI is currently delivering over $5 million dollars in guaranteed annual energy savings to the State of Wisconsin.

He was appointed to Governor Doyle's Energy Task Force in Wisconsin in 2003 and formerly served on the Midwestern Governors Energy Efficiency Task Force. In 2009 he was appointed to the National Governors Association Policy Academy for Energy Efficiency. In 2010 the Board of Directors of Clean Wisconsin, the state's largest environmental lobbying group, offered him a position on their board.

With over 23 years and $1 Billion dollars of experience in energy, construction, maintenance, and operations projects his insights provide real world examples of experiences working for Johnson Controls Inc. and other industry leading companies.

Mr. McGinnis has an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He earned his Bachelors of Science degree, School of Industrial Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He also has an Associate of Science Degree from Madison Area Technical College.

He previously taught in the University of Wisconsin School of Engineering and Professional Development.

In addition to her traditional oil and gas practice, Ms. McKeithen currently serves as counsel to several Louisiana gas storage facilities, including both salt dome and depleted reservoir storage facilities. She also serves as counsel for a geothermal energy company.

After clerking with the Honorable Frank J. Polozola in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ms. McKeithen was in the private practice of law from 1992-2006 with a concentration in civil litigation, including environmental and toxic tort litigation. Previously, she served as campaign manager to her father, W. Fox McKeithen, during his initial campaign for the office of Louisiana Secretary of State. Ms. McKeithen received her juris doctor degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, in 1991, and her Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Land Management from Louisiana State University in 1987. She is currently a Commission Member of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and has served in various capacities in other community and civic organizations.

"In addition to providing clients with traditional legal advice, my LEED AP certification allows me to help clients navigate the LEED certification requirements for environmentally-conscious projects," said Dr. Millan. He added, "As a LEED AP attorney, I assist building owners with contracts that include the necessary provisions needed for a construction or design project to comply with LEED certification requirements." He can also further green law with his students.

William H. Hines, Jones Walker's Managing Partner, congratulated Dr. Millan on his achievement: "There are only a handful of attorneys in Louisiana and very few along the Gulf Coast who have met the rigorous requirements to receive the LEED AP certification. This is a testament to Stan's commitment to his practice and to our profession."

Dr. Millan's practice includes air, water, and waste regulation, including compliance counseling and defense before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), and courts. His practice also includes endangered species and wetland regulation, dealing with the EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the LDEQ, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His government contracts work covers small business issues, bid protests, contract dispute claims, and negotiations of equitable adjustments.

Dr. Millan also teaches environmental law and government contracts law at both Tulane University Law School and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Trisha graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan, with a degree in Environmental Policy. She received her Master's in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her law degree from Stanford Law School.

Prof. Mitrani was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States in 1961. He was educated at Hialeah High School and at the University of Florida. His professional life spans more than 25 years, during which time he has been an engineering consultant, a contractor, and a professor on the faculties of Miami Dade Community College, the University of Miami, the University of Florida, and Florida International University. As chair of the Department of Construction Management at FIU he led its construction management program to a position of national prominence in construction education and research. Prof. Mitrani has authored or co-authored numerous articles and research reports on a variety of construction related subjects.

Prof. Mitrani also has extensive experience in post (hurricane) disaster inspections, evaluations, and building/structural assessment. In the wake of Huricane Andrew (September 1992) he was one of eight prominent national experts appointed by the Dade County manager to the Metropolitan Dade County Building Code Evaluation Task Force. This group was charged with investigating the devastation wrought by the storm on South Florida, identifying causes, and formulating recommendations for improvements to the South Florida Building Code specifically, and to the construction delivery system in general. In October 1992 he was asked to participate in a second task force. This task force was convened to develop statewide recommendations for building codes and building code enforcement, which were presented to the Florida Legislature at the special session held in November of that year to deal with issues related to Hurricane Andrew. Prof. Mitrani chaired the Education, Training, and Certification Committee. The task force was convened by the Florida Department of Community Affairs and involved experts in all facets of construction, the design professions, government and building officials, meteorology, and construction materials from all over the United States.

Miami-Dade County is one of a very few number of places in the United States where it is required that plans submitted for building permit applications be reviewed for structural sufficiency and code compliance by a licensed professional engineer. This requirement was one of the many measures instituted after Hurricane Andrew, and was done so at the urging of the Building Code Evaluation Task Force, of which Prof. Mitrani was a member. Starting in 1999 Prof. Mitrani, at one time or another, has served as a structural plans examiner for five building departments in Miami-Dade County. His involvement in the structural plans review process has allowed him to directly experience how many of the building code, product approval, and other construction delivery system improvement measures he helped develop have impacted construction and the resulting benefit to the housing and building stock in South Florida.

Professor Mitrani has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Among them, he was awarded the "Engineer of the Year" Award by the Miami Chapter of the Florida Engineering Society twice: in 1994 and in 2003. He was also awarded the "Outstanding Service to the Profession" Award by the Miami Chapter of the FES in 1997. He was President of the Miami Chapter of the FES during 1998-1999.

As a lieutenant and captain, he served tours at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC; Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, VA; 1st Marine Brigade, Hawaii; 9th Amphibious Brigade, Okinawa, Japan; and the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.

During his tenure as a major and lieutenant colonel he was assigned to the Army Command and General Staff College in Ft Leavenworth, KS; the Chief of Naval Operations as his senior aide in Washington D.C.; the Officer Assignment Branch at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C.; the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines in Camp Pendleton, CA as its Commanding Officer; and the Special Operations Training Group as its Officer-in-Charge in Camp Pendleton, CA.

In the grade of Colonel he attended the State Department’s Senior Seminar, a year long course for senior foreign service executives and ambassadors; was selected for and served a year fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City; and completed a two year tour at Headquarters Marine Corps where he served as the executive assistant for a two and a three star general in the Plans, Policies, and Operations Department.

Advanced to the General Officer ranks in 1994, he was assigned as the Deputy Director of Operations (J-3), U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. During that tour he was involved in contingency operations in Bosnia, Northern Iraq, Rwanda, Liberia and the Central African Republic. From July 1996 to July 1998, General Mize was the Director of Reserve Affairs at Headquarters, Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. From July 1998 to June 2001, he was the commander of the Marine Corps largest command, Marine Forces Reserve, which is headquartered in New Orleans, LA. From June 2001 until his retirement in late 2003, he was the Commanding General of Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune which won the award as the Corps best Base in 2002. He was also selected by the Chamber of Commerce as the Onslow County "Man of the Year" for 2002. He finished his active duty career with thirty four and a half years of service in the Marine Corps.

His personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, Two Navy Commendation Medals, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

Since his retirement from the Marine Corps, he has worked in New Orleans for Science and Engineering Associates/ Apogen Technologies/ QinetiQ North America as a Senior Vice President until Dec 2008. On 1 January 2009, he started working full time for the New Orleans Federal Alliance as their CEO and President. His main job in this role is to oversee the development and operation of the Federal City Project. This is the biggest economic development project in the State of Louisiana and will ensure the retention in New Orleans of the national headquarters of the Marine Corps Reserve.

Active in the community, MajGen Mize is the Chairman of the Mayors Military Advisory Committee, and successfully led the local effort to retain our military bases during the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. He is also the Chairman of the New Orleans Marine Support Group. He has been a board member of Greater New Orleans Inc since its inception in 2004 and was a board member of the Louisiana Technology Council for four years. He was on the Economic Development Committee of the Mayor's Bring Back New Orleans organization and the Economic and Workforce Development Task Force of the Governor's Louisiana Recovery Authority. He speaks frequently in the community. In addition, he is a member and a lead usher at the St Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church. He was a leader of the Commissioning Committee for the commissioning of the USS New Orleans in March 2007 and is a Board member of the Navy League of New Orleans. He was also a member of the Steering Committee for the City project "New Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent". He is also a member of the Board of Visitors for Xavier University and the Governing Board for the Ochsner Baptist Hospital.

He has been married to his wife, Jane, since returning from Vietnam in 1971. They love living in the Garden District of New Orleans. They have two married children, Stacey (Atlanta) and Jeff (northern Virginia) and three granddaughters, Riley, Kennedy and Sydney.

Nancy began her community development career as a volunteer board member for a LISC-based community development corporation in her neighborhood. Her commitment to community development grew out of this work and in 1995 she became a community outreach director for Hibernia National Bank. In her position at Hibernia she was responsible for identifying financial service and credit needs for low-to-moderate income people in Louisiana and matching the bank's resources with those needs. She worked closely with non-profit and faith-based organizations, universities and government agencies to develop and execute affordable housing, small business, asset-building and educational strategies.

In her tenure at Hibernia she developed over $1.4 million of single-family housing throughout Louisiana, was instrumental in launching the New Orleans Community Development Fund, a CDFI designed to provide financing for blighted housing development; was a founding member of the Individual Development Account Collaborative of Louisiana, a partnership of over 50 organizations providing Individual Development Accounts throughout the state; served as past President of Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, and secured over $5 million in grants for affordable housing initiatives through various agencies. She currently serves as a Board Member for the Foundation for Mid-South, and an Advisory Board Member for Community Development Capital (a New Orleans-based CDFI). She was named one of City Business' "Power Generation" for 2002. Her accomplishments include completing the Metropolitan Leadership Forum in New Orleans for the year 2001, being named one of the Top Ten Hispanics in New Orleans by La Prensa Magazine in 1995, and receiving the "On Top" Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1996. She is a 2006 recipient of the William Taylor Award for Excellence in Bank Supervision presented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. In April, 2009 she completed the Effective Leadership Program as an Inaugural Fellow at the Center for Leadership and Public Values at Duke University and the College of Business at Southern University.

Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico she now considers herself a New Orleans native. Nancy joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in September 2001. She holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from the University of New Orleans, earned a Certificate in Urban Development from the University of Pennsylvania and is commissioned by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors as a bank examiner on safety and soundness issues.

Morris previously served as Legislatve Director and Press Secretary to two Members of the U.S. Congress and was responsible for budget, tax, trade, appropriations, entitlements and energy issues. Morris served five-plus years in the US Air Force, and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia.

I am a LEED AP and serve on the Sustainable Building Taskforce for Sustainable Atlanta. I am a Director and acting Board Secretary of the Green Chamber of the South, a business organization promoting sustainable business practices in the Southeast. I am also a member of the Atlanta District Council of the Urban Land Institute, where I serve as Co-Chair (elect) of its Technical Assistance Program Committee and a member of the U.S. Green Business Council (Atlanta Branch - Georgia Chapter). I belong to the Atlanta Bar Association (Environmental & Toxic Tort (past chair), Real Estate and Litigation sections) and the State Bar of Georgia (Environmental, Real Property and Litigation sections).

With Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield, she is a co-author of Stepping Stones to Success.

She is founder and Principal of Strategic Opportunities Group, a Research Fellow at the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University, and immediate past president of Professional Coaches, Mentors and Advisors in Southern California.

Gael’s corporate background includes serving as President of the Mitsubishi Motors USA Foundation, a vice president of Mitsubishi Motors North America, a vice president of Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, and a general manager of Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, recruited to help create a model workplace after the manufacturing company was sued by the EEOC. Diverse industry experience also includes Price Waterhouse, government, higher education and publishing.

She has a graduate certificate in Business Ethics from McCallum Graduate School of Business, a MA from the College of William and Mary, and a BA from Skidmore College. She has written for several publications, is a member of the Southern California Business Ethics Roundtable and the Forum of Corporate Directors, and has served on the boards of 10 non-profit organizations.

His initial exposure to a document intensive case came several years later when he assisted several public interest firms in Boston with a class action voting rights suit brought on behalf of patients at state hospitals. Over the years he has been involved in asbestos litigation, the Keating case, the San Diego Civic Center construction litigation, California class actions against crematoriums, national breast implant litigation, tobacco litigation on behalf of the Attorney General of Texas and various phases of the Enron litigation.

Tom's involvement with large cases led him to become familiar with dozens of various software applications for litigation support and he has both designed databases and trained legal staffs in their use on many of the cases mentioned above. This work has involved both public and private law firms of all sizes across the nation and, over the past several years, has expanded to include electronic document depositories and trial presentation systems.

A frequent lecturer on the subject of legal technology, Tom has been on the faculty of numerous national CLE providers and currently teaches a course on legal technology in an ABA approved paralegal program at a local college. He is also a member of the American Bar Foundation and the Governing Council of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA. A frequent lecturer on the subject of legal technology, Tom has been on the faculty of numerous national CLE providers and is also a member of the advisory board of the national American Lawyer Media LegalTech conferences. A prolific writer on the subject, with articles in numerous legal publications as well as being the Editor of several legal newsletters, Tom is also the author of The Automated Law Firm, a guide to computer systems and software published by Aspen Law & Business, now in its fourth edition and The Lawyers Guide to Summation, published by the ABA.

Sometime over the past 18 years, Tom also found time to return to law school and acquire a J.D. He and his eighteen year old son, Seamus hope someday to have their own float in the Krewe of Tucks Mardi Gras parade in which they ride every year, down the Mississippi down in New Orleans, where Tom now resides.

What she does: I work with clients to identify environmental liabilities and risks in their organizations.

Deloitte office: Deloitte United States, Houston, Texas

Years with Deloitte: 8, Became a Deloitte U.S. principal in: 2007

Grew up in: The world. I grew up as a military dependent and lived overseas, up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States.

How did you first become interested in environmental issues? I spent many of my formative years in Europe, and when I returned to the United States, I was keenly aware of the differences between the United States and Europe regarding sustainability. I later pursued a degree in environmental economics, learning about environmental, social, and economic trade-offs, and the value of natural resources.

How did you turn enterprise sustainability into a formal service for clients in the United States? I started my career valuing environmental liabilities and supporting Deloitte U.S. audit clients with environmental disclosures and liabilities. I realized that the organization's four business functions and industry focus create a unique opportunity to address clients' growing sustainability challenges, from strategy to operational integration to governance needs. So I submitted the idea for a cross-functional service offering related to sustainability through "Innovation Quest," an internal Deloitte U.S. contest aimed at gathering innovative ideas on how to better serve clients.

Reiser Legal provides preventative risk management and dispute resolution counsel for businesses in the construction industry. Doug is a former partner/member at Wolfe Law Group and former director of Express Lien Inc., a construction lien service.

Doug is the author of the Builders Counsel Blog, a blog focused on progressive trends in Washington construction law. He serves as the Chairman of the Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's (YLD) CLE Committee, and as the YLD Liaison to the Washington State Bar Association's Construction Law Section and Solo & Small Practice Section. Doug was also recently appointed to a seat on the Washington State Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Committee.

Doug spent time working in the legal markets of Cleveland, OH, New York, NY, New Orleans, LA, before moving to Seattle, WA. During Hurricane Katrina, he attended Fordham University School of Law, where he worked with the New York City Council's Office of General Counsel in the Infrastructure Division. There he drafted and litigated legislation impacting residential and commercial builders. He is an avid Cleveland sports fan, home brewer and advocate for sustainable beer and wine production.

Dan has made a number of presentations to professional organizations concerning basic contract terminology, strategy and negotiation techniques at the Victor O. Schinnerer Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys, to the National Association of Purchasing Managers Louisiana Chapter, and the Greater New Orleans Business Roundtable. Dan has also participated and moderated panel discussions with the members of the Human Resources Management Association in New Orleans. Living in New Orleans, Dan has been involved in the community serving as board member and advisor to the University of New Orleans International Alumni Association, as well working on several community and professional development projects with the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Louisiana.

Dan is currently President of the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. Dan is also a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Human Resources Management Association. Dan was graduated from the University New Orleans with a B.S. in Economics, and holds a J.D. from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Since 2007, Ms. Shapiro has published a popular blog on legal and policy issues related to Green Building, available at www.greenbuildinglawblog.com. Green Building Law has over 5000 readers monthly, and was featured among top 100 legal "blawgs" for 2009 by the American Bar Association.

Ms. Shapiro is an adjunct faculty member in the Drexel University Public Policy Program, where she advises students on policy research related to sustainable development.

Ms. Shapiro is the Co-Chair of the ABA State and Local Government Section Subcommittee on Land Use/Environmental Law, and is on the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council.

Ms. Shapiro earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she received the Milton C. Sharp Award for Best Grades/Best Research in Urban Renewal or Land Use Planning. While attending the University of Pennsylvania, she obtained a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School of Business.

Ms. Stogner has also written articles on important legislative and jurisprudential developments within the areas of environmental, toxic tort, and product liability law. She received her juris doctor degree, with honors, from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University.

Ms. Stogner is a volunteer for Thirst for Justice, a legal clinic that gives the underprivileged in the Baton Rouge community an opportunity to consult with an attorney. She is also actively involved with Forum 35, a Baton Rouge volunteer organization for young professionals in the metropolitan area.

His practice includes litigation and regulatory compliance counseling concerning a wide range of environmental laws. His trial practice focuses on toxic tort, occupational disease and environmental claims alleging bodily injury and property damage. These include individual claims as well as mass torts. His experience in these areas has covered a wide range of industries and products including chemicals, food production/food poisoning, building and waste materials, industrial manufacturing and others.

Max's technical background allows him to bring together legal, medical and scientific teams to insure the best possible presentation or defense of these claims. Max has extensive experience in cases involving asbestos, silica, mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, pesticides, benzene, PFOA, PFOS and other PFCs, other POPs, chemical mixtures, hearing loss, underground storage tanks, indoor air quality issues, due diligence audits, and OSHA and other regulatory compliance. These claims have included personal injury, property damage, groundwater and soil vapor contamination, "fear of disease" and medical monitoring claims. He has represented clients in local, regional and national capacities and has experience in the investigation of corporate client histories from decades to over a century into the past. Max also counsels clients on issues associated with environmental contamination and, looking forward, potential future liabilities which may arise from industrial, manufacturing, and other processes. This includes the development of programs for compliance with local, state and federal/national environmental regulations and the formulation of plans to meet future regulatory requirements in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the European Union. He has also counseled clients in the emerging area of precautionary-principle-based regulatory development and in anticipating and meeting those regulations. His specialized training and experience allows him to provide a unique and immediate perspective to urgent environmental problems which usually require extensive initial outside expert consultation. His background allows him to not only defend cases from the initial stages through trial, but also to consult with the manufacturing and industrial sectors as a pre-litigation advisor.

On a national level, Max is often retained to reexamine defense strategies and to develop new defenses based on epidemiological and toxicological analyses for clients who have been in toxic tort and environmental litigation for decades. He maintains close professional associations with risk assessors, environmental engineers, analytical chemists, certified industrial hygienists and other consultants.

Max also has extensive experience in construction litigation including representation of general contractors and subcontractors arising from defective building products and/or installation of products, mechanical systems, construction defects resulting in partial or whole reconstruction of buildings, and litigation involving commercial building systems, such as fire alarm, fire sprinkler, and HVAC systems. He frequently lectures at seminars nationwide to other attorneys in his various areas of interest, and also to experts and other non-legal professionals in these areas.

Reuben holds a JD from New York University School of Law and an AB in Economics from Princeton University. He lives in New Orleans, LA, with his wife Johanna and son Leo.

Poppy's on-camera flair has made her a sought after guest on the Food Network and the History Channel. She provides restaurant commentary on the PBS show, "Steppin' Out" airing weekly on WYES. Her book, "The Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook" received a Tabasco cookbook award and was named "Cookbook of the Year" by New Orleans Magazine.

For over 25 years Poppy's classes have centered on history and tradition as well as the food science reasons of why and how while remaining eminently entertaining.

With her motto, "Eat It To Save It", Poppy has been instrumental in reviving many endangered foods and food traditions and served for over a decade on Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste committee.

The firm's planning and urban design experience has been similarly recognized for its quality. This includes work in China, most notably for the town of Beidaihe, the Central Government's summer retreat. Subsequent to Hurricane Katrina, Waggonner & Ball developed the Recovery Framework for St. Bernard Parish, the most devastated portion of the New Orleans region. Having participated in the Bring New Orleans Back Commission's Urban Design Committee, Mr. Waggonner subsequently led the firm's participation in four of the thirteen planning districts in the Unified New Orleans Plan. With the support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the American Planning Association, Mr. Waggonner has continued the effort to define more intelligently the planning and redevelopment problem that the New Orleans region presents. A series of Dutch Dialogues has been initiated, to inform the people in the urbanized lower Mississippi River Delta about ways to integrate infrastructure, visible and invisible, with surface, ground, and water to live safely and beneficially in this low-lying place.

Recent awards for Prisca and FutureProof include City Business Innovator of the Year, Gambit Weekly's 40 under 40, 2007 Outstanding Leadership in Technology presented by the Louisiana Technology Council and GNO Inc., the 2007 Rising Star of the Year at the Governor's Technology Awards, and the New Orleans 100.

Prior to joining Method, Allyson was an early member of eBay's Legal Team. In her eight years at eBay, the company grew from $400 mm revenue and 500 employees to $8 billion revenue and 16,000 employees. In her last year with the company, Allyson was the Director of Legal Affairs for eBay subsidiary StubHub, the leading online ticket marketplace. Her responsibilities covered a wide span of areas, including eCommere, Litigation, Regulatory, Government Relations, PR, Employment, Privacy, Fraud Prevention, Insurance and Customer Support.

Prior to going in-house, Allyson was a litigator specializing in securities litigation and insurance bad faith. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and dual degrees in Economics and Sociology from Stanford University.