Jumpstarting the New Green Economy

You can purchase the audio recording of the entire conference – including all the sessions you attended, and all the ones you missed – for just $49.95 + $5 shipping and handling, by sending an email to audio@jumpstartgreen.org with your address and phone number.
Even though we only made this available to people leaving the conference at the [...]

Thanks to the “Jump Starting the New Green Economy” conference my eyes were opened to a new sustainability hero, the independent restaurateur. For the past 17 years, Francis Schott has been a partner in the highly successful, independent restaurant, stageleft, which sits next to the George St. Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ. What makes the restaurant special is that its management does all it can to use locally grown ingredients for the creation of its entrees and desserts. As Schott sees it, this practice of buying locally adds yet another layer to the networks that restaurants naturally create whereby the fabric of community is drawn together tighter.

MADISON, N.J. (MAY 13, 2009) — “Jumpstarting the New Green Economy” Conference organizers will be recognizing some of New Jersey’s leading contributors and companies for “best business practices in sustainability” at the May 20 Conference Awards Dinner at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College at Florham in Madison, N.J. Developed as a collaboration between FDU’s Institute for [...]

Carol McClelland, PhD, Founder and Executive Director, Green Career Central
Carol McClelland, Ph.D., a pioneering career-change consultant, has spent seventeen years helping thousands of clients, students, and readers discover fulfilling careers that align with their personal values.
As the Founder and Executive Director of Green Career Central, Carol is once again on the leading edge of her field. When the green [...]

Anne E. Hoskins, Vice President – Federal Affairs and Policy, PSEG Services Corporation 
Anne E. Hoskins was named vice president – federal affairs and policy of PSEG Services Corporation, in April 2007. In this position she will be responsible for PSEG’s federal governmental affairs, and will have a leadership role in the development of public policy positions on [...]

Mr. Avallone is the National President of the Green Energy Council, a non profit organization that is based in Washington D.C.
Mr. Avallone travels the United States promoting the Green Energy Council’s Education Initiative.
He also travels worldwide discussing climate change, global warming and environmental stewardship.
He has educated many large corporations and businesses worldwide in regards to [...]

Dr. Peter Reczek, Executive Director, NJ Commission on Science and Technology
Dr. Reczek has served as an Associate Professor in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics department of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY since 1994. He is the founder and CEO of Quintessence Biotechnology, LLC, a company specializing in intellectual property management and drug [...]

Randall E. Solomon is the founder and Executive Director of the New Jersey Sustainable State Institute.
732-932-5475 x695. randalls@rutgers.edu.

Mr. Solomon’s policy experience includes positions as a policy advisor on sustainable development for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, director of the States Campaign for the Resource Renewal Institute in San Francisco, and policy director for the [...]

Knute Jensen, Manager, Bureau of Enforcement & Compliance Services, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Knute Jensen spearheaded the development of the NJ DEP’s highly successful Environmental Stewardship Initiative. Begun in January 2008, the initiative created an opportunity to be ”caught” doing something positive for the environment while increasing awareness and knowledge of stewardship practices leading to sustainability.

Philip LaRocco
E+Co’s Founder and (former) Chief Executive Officer has over 25 years of experience in international business and project development. Phil specializes in innovative financing mechanisms and teaches a graduate course on Energy and
Development at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
He has presented the keynote at various conferences including the World Renewable Energy Conference in Italy, Engineers Without Borders’ [...]