fabienbarral.com, Creative
Fabien Barral is a happy and contented graphic designer, working from his home in the vineyard region of southern France. His innovative and unique designs attract clients from around the world (Canada, USA, Australia, Japan, Poland) and in 2008 he joined forces with his wife Frédérique to create "Harmonie intérieure", a business and brand that pushes poster and wall sticker design beyond the limits we expect from a commercial undertaking. Fabien also runs the "graphic-exchange" blog, a popular online venue for graphic designers. When he needs a break, he simply drops what he's doing and plays with his daughter Thais or watches the grass grow…
Fabien learned his trade as an agency art director, working on projects for large corporations like McDonald Europe and Michelin. Design, relationships and an exchange of ideas are more important to him than the financial resources of the client though, as evidenced by his poster "The best designers are the ones who find the best clients".
He is currently focusing his design efforts on environmentally friendly projects, organic cosmetics, organic food and wind power.
Slow Money, Associate Director
Michael Bartner is Associate Director of Slow Money, a 501 c 3 formed in 2008 to catalyze the flow of investment capital to local food systems. Slow Money's vision is to change what it means to be an investor in the 21st century, promoting principles of soil fertility, sense of place and cultural, ecological & economic diversity. For six years, through 2008, Michael worked with Investors' Circle, a network of angel investors, family offices, and social purpose funds and foundations that has invested $145 million in 220 early stage sustainability-promoting ventures and venture funds, since 1992. Michael previously worked with the Carter Center's Global Development Initiative, SustainAbility in London, and Park Pride in Atlanta where he taught environmental science to underprivileged children. Michael has a BA in Environmental Science and Political Science from Emory University and the London School of Economics. He is currently taking courses towards his MBA at Northeastern University.
Skylight Pictures, Producer
Paco de Onís grew up in several Latin American countries and is multi-lingual. He is currently producing Granito (world premiere at Sundance 2011), a documentary detective story focused on the role of filmic and archival documentation in the prosecution of a genocide case against Guatemalan generals, and Granito: Every Memory Matters, a companion transmedia project. He recently produced The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (world premiere Sundance 2009), accompanied by IJCentral, an interactive audience engagement initiative promoting global rule of law, developed at the BAVC Producer's Institute in 2008. Prior to that, he produced State of Fear, a Skylight Pictures film about Peru's 20-year "war on terror" based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Paco is a partner at Skylight Pictures, and previously produced documentaries for PBS ("On Our Own Terms" with Bill Moyers), National Geographic ("Secrets from the Grave"), and a range of other programs. Before producing television documentaries, he created music festivals in South America & the Caribbean, renovated and operated an arts/performance theater in Miami Beach, (The Cameo Theater) and owned and operated a Spanish-style tapas tavern in a 500-year old colonial house in Cartagena, Colombia.
Sphinx Organization, Founder and President
Named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, a Member of the Obama National Arts Policy Committee and President Obama's first nominee to the National Council on the Arts, Aaron is the Founder and President of the Sphinx Organization, the leading national arts organization that focuses on youth development and diversity in classical music. He has received extensive national recognition for his vast accomplishments as an author, social entrepreneur, artist-citizen and an avid youth education advocate. A lifelong musician, Aaron is an accomplished acoustic and electric violinist and a spoken-word and visual artist. He has strong interests in politics, world history and issues of economic and social injustice. In addition to various genres of music, Aaron enjoys travel and culinary arts.
Digital Strategy & Social Media
Catherine Geanuracos leverages technology and media to create global movements that respond to the most urgent social and political issues of our time. She serves as the Digital Strategy and Social Media consultant to 10x10act.org, a groundbreaking film and social action campaign that amplifies the importance of investing in
girls and compels people to action. Catherine created global campaigns on climate change and water for Live Earth, developed innovative political engagement technology for MoveOn.org, was the founding CTO for MomsRising.org, and helped Saban Brands create a comprehensive kids' fitness campaign for the Power Rangers. She advises companies and organizations including CicLAvia, Zimride, and Social Media Week on how to engage people in campaigns that matter.
CEDPA India, Executive Director
Aparajita Gogoi is the Executive Director of CEDPA (the Centre for Development and Population Activities) India as well as the National Coordinator of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, India. CEDPA works to improve the lives of girls, women and young people by empowering them with skills to build better lives. With over 15 years of experience in advocacy, Aparajita also oversees an alliance of 1500 organizational members and is recognized as a leading advocate for Maternal Health. She has worked with civil society representatives, Indian government officials, media, and elected representatives on issues of adolescent and reproductive health. She also has been actively involved in safe motherhood advocacy in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Aparajita holds a PhD in International Politics from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
UnLtd, Head of Ventures
At UnLtd, Jo has worked in the Ventures team for two years, identifying ambitious social entrepreneurs and providing tailored support to help them develop their social ventures. Jo has also set up her own business called Open Gym which is a network of outdoor fitness groups and was a winner of the Open Ventures Challenge 2009. Over the last 12 years, Jo has worked on a diversity of social change projects, managing national and international programmes at Save the Children, the new economics foundation, One World International and Make Your Mark.
wecreate, Chief Executive
Nick Jankel is Chief Executive of leadership, innovation and collaboration company wecreate. All his work centres around one theme - placing individual transformation , creativity and leadership at the centre of organisational and national innovation and success.
Nick is world-class innovation consultant and leadership coach / trainer - with unparalleled expertise in disruptive innovation and collaboration cultures - working primarily with ethical companies and thought-leading social organisations across the globe, including the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Skills, The Conservative Party, The National Health Service, Mars Sustainable Innovation, EDF Green Energy Division, the British Heart Foundation, Oxfam, The Young Foundation, and No.10 Downing Street. With substantial European Union backing he has developed the world's first peer-to-peer leadership and innovation coaching toolkit (wecreate.cc/toolkit) - a fully scaleable training and coaching experience for creating innovation cultures.
Commercially has consulted to, amongst others; Microsoft, Xbox, PlayStation, Disney, P&G, Cadbury-Schweppes, Nintendo, Virgin, 02, BBC, British Telecom, Vodafone, Unilever, Kraft, Orange, Diageo (Smirnoff, Jonnie Walker, Guinness etc.), Arcadia, Tesco and many more. Together with 100% Open he runs the pioneering Open Innovation Accelerator. He also designed and implemented in the in-house innovation programs for Cadbury & Tesco.
Recently Nick has been a Judge on the Innovation Prize for the Orange National Business Awards and the European MEDIA awards. He is an Ambassador for Enterprise UK, the Government's national program to increase entrepreneurial behaviour. Nick is an accomplished speaker, and has taught innovation and leadership on the MBA programs of Oxford, Exeter, Bath, Lancaster and Warwick Universities in the UK, as well as the Exec MBAs of Ford Motor Cars and British Airways.
Nick holds a triple 1st Class Degree in Philosophy and Medicine from Cambridge University, has starred on BBC TV and Radio as a leadership coach, and has written for The Guardian and The Financial Times on innovation. Nick is a Fellow of the R.S.A. and a Visiting Research Fellow at Exeter and Bath Universities.
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KindSnacks, Peaceworks, Founder
Daniel Lubetzky is a serial social entrepreneur known for incorporating new models and platforms that integrate social objectives with sustainable market-driven forces. Daniel’s ventures include: PeaceWorks, a “not-ONLY-for-profit” business corporation that promotes cooperation in the Middle East and Southeast Asia; the OneVoice Movement, which has mobilized tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis in a collaborative peace effort; and KIND, a company that creates healthy snacks to help combat the rising obesity and diabetes epidemic in America.
Shortly after graduating from Stanford Law, Daniel was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow. In 2007, the World Economic Forum again recognized Daniel as a Young Global Leader, an honor bestowed “on the most distinguished 250 young leaders below the age of 41 from around the world.” And in 2008, Daniel received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, accompanied by a $1,000,000 grant to the PeaceWorks Foundation.
Sevin Rosen Funds, Partner
William Paiva is a veteran venture capitalist with experience in the biomedical industry, management consulting, and investment banking. As a Venture Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds, William identifies early-stage venture opportunities at the intersection of traditional technology sectors and healthcare. He also uses his healthcare industry focus and network to assist their portfolio companies develop applications and services for the healthcare market. William currently serves on the boards of several private healthcare companies. He also teaches at the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. William holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Dartmouth College's Amos Tuck School of Business.
Amherst College Squash, Head Coach
Peter Robson is the head coach of men's squash at Amherst College. He holds a British SRA record of winning the Durham and Cleveland Counties U19 championships for four consecutive years. While attending Trent University he was consistently ranked in the top 20 in Canada. He has been ranked No. 1 in the U.S.A. At 48 years of age he is still considered a top player in America, and is currently ranked at No. 16. Peter was a member of the CSA Executive Committee for over 15 years and its president for 2000-2004. He was also the Director of the International Squash "Centre for Excellence". He is a CSRA and WPSA certified coach. In the off season, Robson has mentored the highly successful Amherst men's tennis team, coaching his squads to ten NCAA Tournament appearances, capturing four consecutive NESCAC Championships (1990-1993) and five
straight Little Three titles (1990-1994).
Kimberly Strenk PR, Inc., President
Kimberly Strenk is the president of Kimberly Strenk PR, Inc., a lifestyle public relations agency serving the premium specialty brands market. Kimberly's public relations career has included some of the best-known and respected premium consumer lifestyle brands, from specialty fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc., to Williams Sonoma, Inc., a national specialty retailer of high quality products for the home. In order to leverage her lifestyle brands expertise, and to turn her focus on launching and growing fledgling consumer brands, in 2008 she launched her namesake firm.
Prior to 2008, Kimberly was the director of public relations for emerging brands at Williams Sonoma, Inc. Charged with building the public relations team responsible for both public relations and marketing programs, including partnerships and advertising, Kimberly was responsible for the successful multi-channel launch of Williams Sonoma Home, the re-launch of an older category (holdeverything) into a lifestyle brand, and the continued growth of young brand, west elm.
Kimberly came to Williams Sonoma after tenure with several lifestyle brands, including Karen Neuburger and Nordstrom. Kimberly also worked with marketing communications agency, Double Forte, on their major consumer accounts such as Bell Sports. In addition, Kimberly spent time at Weber Shandwick Worldwide in their start-up agency, Red Whistle Communications, serving ecommerce and social networking brands.
Kimberly began her career at Nordstrom, based in Seattle, WA, and continued moving along the West Coast to Williams Sonoma in San Francisco, CA. She now resides in Austin, Texas with her husband and three daughters. Kimberly is a frequent guest speaker on entrepreneurship and lifestyle PR. She holds a bachelor's of art degree from the University of Washington.
Skylight Pictures, Director
Pamela Yates is an American documentary filmmaker. She was born and raised in the Appalachian coal-mining region of Pennsylvania but ran away at the age of 16 to live New York City.
Yates is a co-founder of Skylight Pictures (with Peter Kinoy), a company dedicated to creating films and digital media tools that advance awareness of human rights and the quest for justice by implementing multi-year outreach campaigns designed to engage, educate and activate social change.
Four of Yates' films as a Director - When the Mountains Tremble; Poverty Outlaw; Takeover, and The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court — were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and When the Mountains Tremble won the Special Jury Award in 1984. Her film, State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism, has been translated into 47 languages and broadcast in 154 countries. Her most recent directorial effort, The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (ICC), is an epic tale about the first six tumultuous years of the ICC, filmed across 4 continents in 6 languages over 4 years.
She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in support of her current Sundance offering,Granito a feature-length documentary that is part political thriller, part memoir, transporting audiences through a riveting, haunting tale of genocide and justice spanning four decades. She also directed the development of Granito:Every Memory Matters, a transmedia project using mobile applications to restore the collective memory of the Guatemalan genocide.
Amherst College, Professor
Arthur Zajonc is the Andrew Mellon professor of physics and interdisciplinary studies at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. His research has included studies in electron-atom physics, parity violation in atoms, quantum optics, the experimental foundations of quantum physics, and the relationship between science, the humanities and the contemplative traditions. He has written extensively on Goethe’s science work. Arthur has worked closely with the Dalai Lama for the past two decades and led many public conversations on the Mind and Life, including the Scientific Explorations of Compassion and Altruism conference at Stanford in October 2010. He currently directs the Academic Program of the Center for Contemplative Mind which supports appropriate inclusion of contemplative practice in higher education. Out of this work and his long-standing meditative practice, he has authored Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry: When Knowing Becomes Love (2009).
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