Co-op America's Green Business Conference
May 13-14, 2008 - Chicago, IL
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Chicago May 13 - 14

Save the Date! The next Chicago Green Business Conference will take place May 13-15, 2009.
Registration will open in January, 2009.
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2008 Speakers


Bianca Alexander
Exec. Prod./Host, Conscious Living TV

Raphael Bemporad
Principal/Co-founder, BBMG

Michael Berkshire
Green Projects Administrator
Department of Planning and Development

Phil Baugh
Baum Realty Group/Green Exchange

Joyce Coffee
LEED AP
Director of Policy and Research
Chicago’s Department of Environment

Hon. Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago (invited)

Connie Evans

President/CEO, CSolutions Consulting

Erin Ford
Farmer Renewables & Energy Program Manager, Organic Valley

Jason Graham-Nye
Cofounder/CEO, gDiapers

Jeffrey P. Harvey
President/CEO, Burgerville, Inc.

Xavier Hegelsen
Cofounder/COO, BetterWorld Books

Sadhu A. Johnston
Chief Environmental Officer,
City of Chicago

David Kirkpatrick
Managing Director/Co-founder, SJF Ventures

Rob Lederer
Founder, Management Resources

Mickey Lee
Project Manager, The Carbon Concierge

David Lubensky
President, Bagatto, Inc.

Katie McClain
Chicago City Director
Clinton Climate Initiative

Suzanne Malec-McKenna
Commissioner of the Environment,
City of Chicago

Carol Moseley Braun
Founder/CEO, Ambassador Organics

Brenda M. Palms Barber
Founder/COO, Sweet Beginnings

Roger Post
Vice President & General Manager
Christy Webber Landscaping

Sharon Rowe
Founder, EcoBags

Ella Silverman
Trust Provider Coordinator, Project Good/eBay

Sara Snow
TV Host, Discovery Health Channel

Chris Van Dyke
President/CEO, NAU

Bryan Welch
Publisher/Editorial Director,
Ogden Publications, Inc.

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Sponsors

B-green Apparel

Kimpton Hotels

Green Exchange

Bainbridge Graduate Institute

Earth Island Institute

ts designs

Organic Bouquet

BBMG

ShoreBank

Amazing Grass

Native Energy

Care2

Carbon Concierge

CSRwire

SVN

Drive Less Live More

Annie's Naturals

Illinois Green Goverments Council

Better World Books

Clif Bar

Great Lakes Brewing Company

Green Scene USA