Speakers

Conference Speakers

Van Jones

Van Jones,

Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the Council for Environmental Quality


U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow

Senator Stabenow’s Office


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U.S. Senator Carl Levin

Senator Levin’s Office


Governor Jennifer Granholm,

State of Michigan


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Hilda L. Solis

U. S. Secretary of Labor


Kate Gordon

Kate Gordon,

Apollo Alliance


Director Stanley “Skip” Pruss,

Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth


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John Reilly, Training Director,

United Association of Plumbers & Pipfitters Local 33


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Dirk Powell, Director of Construction Services,

T.H. Eifert Mechanical Contractors


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Norma McDonald, Operating Manager,

Phase 3 Renewables


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Dave Prouty, President,

Heat Transfer International


Ed Oberski, CEO,

Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works!


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Pat Graves,

Delta College


Carla Walker-Miller, CEO,

Walker-Miller Energy Savings


Dr. Steve Pueppke, Director,

Office of Bio-based Technologies, Michigan State University


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David Herrala, Senior Learning Leader

Dow Chemical


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Jeff J. Metts, President,

Dowding Industries


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Linda West, Director of Workforce Development,

Henry Ford Community College


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Jacob Stevens Corvidae, Green Programs Manager,

WARM Training Center


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Roshani Dantas, Program Manager, Environmental Technication Job Training Program

Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice


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William Stough, Executive Director,

Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum


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Mike Di’Bernardo, Economic Development Specialish, Agriculture Development,

Michigan Department of Agriculutre


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Jim Johnson, Director of Environmetnal Stewardship Division,

Michigan Department of Agriculture


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Dana Kirk, Manager of the Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center (ADREC)

Michigan State University


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Liesl Eichler Clark, Deputy Director

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth


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Diana Carpenter, Team Lead – No Worker Left Behind

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth


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Linda Patrick, Director – Regional & Sectoral Strategies Division

Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth


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Lawrence Hidalgo, Training Director,

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 655


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Donele Wilkins, Executive Director

Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice


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Lawrence Muhammad, Business Development Manager

Hardin Geotechnologies, Inc.


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Matt McCauley, Associate Director, Regional Planning and Community Development,

Northwestern Michigan Council of Governments


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Michael Langford, National President

Utility Workers Union of America


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Tom Schultz, Vice President Human Resources

United Solar Ovonic


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Tom Friesen, Executive Director

Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit


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Sam Flannery, President

Michigan Energy Savings Building Performance Institute


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Dr. Homyun K. Navaz, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University



· Dr. Michael Harris, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, Kettering UniversityRon Moffet, Regional Manager, Buisness Development, Michigan Economic Development Corporation

· Chris Adamo, U.S. Senator Stabenow’s Office

· Dave Jackson, Apprenticeship Representative, Office of Apprenticeship, USDOL

· Michael Ford, Business Unit Leader, Cascade Renwable Energy Solutions