Climate Change Conference

Saturday
Thomas Tietenberg Mitchell Family Professor of Economics	Tom is the author or editor of eleven books (including Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, one of the best selling textbooks in the field, and Emissions Trading, one of the most widely cited books in the emissions trading literature) as well as over one hundred articles and essays on environmental and natural resource economics. Elected President of the Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists in 1987-8, he has consulted on environmental policy with the World Bank,the United Nations, the InterAmerican Development Bank, the Agency for International Development and the US Environmental Protection Agency as well as several state and foreign governments. Tom was the principal investigator and leader of the international team that produced the United Nations study that laid the groundwork for the three "flexibility mechanisms" (emissions trading, clean development mechanism and joint implementation) in the Kyoto Protocol.
Beth Nagusky Director of Energy Independence, Office of the Governor of Maine	Beth A. Nagusky is Governor John E. Baldacci's Director of Energy Independence and Security. Ms. Nagusky has worked on energy issues for nearly 20 years in Maine. Prior to joining the Baldacci Administration, Ms. Nagusky was the Executive Director of the Independent Energy Producers of Maine, an association of Maine's renewable power producers. Before that she was a staff attorney with the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine's largest environmental advocacy organization. Prior to that Ms. Nagusky was a staff attorney and hearing examiner with the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Ms. Nagusky is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Case Western Reserve University Law School.
David Coon Policy Director Conservation Council of New Brunswick	David Coon is the Policy Director for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, where he has been on staff since 1985. He holds a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and a diploma in Pure and Applied Sciences from Vanier College. In 2002, Mr. Coon was a recipient of the silver medallion from the Canadian Environmental Achievement Awards for his work to advance public policy on climate change in eastern Canada. He is a founding member of the Canadian Climate Action Network, established in 1988 to promote the 20 percent reduction greenhouse gas emissions advocated by the Toronto Conference on the Changing Atmosphere. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the development and advocacy of sustainable energy policy to the climate action work of the Conservation Council.
Elizabeth May Executive Director Sierra Club of Canada	Elizabeth May is an environmentalist, writer, activist, and lawyer. She has been Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada since 1989. She is a member of the Board of the International Institute of Sustainable Development and is former vice-chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. In 1999, Dalhousie University created a permanent chair in her honour, the Elizabeth May Chair in Women's Health & the Environment. She has received numerous rewards, including the United Nations Global 500 award and 2 honourary doctorates. She is the author of four books.
Sunday
Leith Sharp Director Harvard Green Campus Initiative	Leith Sharp is directing the Harvard Green Campus Initiative which aims to establish an integrated commitment to environmental sustainability throughout Harvard by becoming a 'learning organization' and a living laboratory for the pursuit of environmental sustainability. This program currently employs 10 staff working on high performance building design and operations throughout the campus. The Harvard Green Campus Initiative manages a $3 million interest-free loan fund, a student internship program, a best practice exchange and a website - www.greencampus.harvard.edu. Leith is an Australian environmental engineer who works with universities to achieve organizational change in the pursuit of environmental sustainability. From 1995-1999 Leith was the Environmental Project Manger at the University of New South Wales in Australia. In 1998 Leith was awarded Young Australian of the Year, environment category, for her work in promoting environmental management within Australian Universities. In 1999 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research best practice in university environmental management throughout Europe and the USA..
Ariele Foster Interim Director Climate Campaign	Ariele Foster is the Executive Director of The Climate Campaign, a collaborative effort of the student environmental networks in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Provinces of Canada to make our schools and our states/provinces lead the way in the fight against global warming. Ariele has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, the International Council on Local Environmental Initiative's Cities for Climate Protection campaign, and is an alum of the Climate Justice Corps program of the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (for which she resided in the Gwich'in village of Arctic Village, Alaska). She has also run clean energy and energy conservation campaigns with Greenpeace and SustainUS.
Kristen Howe Atlantic Regional Coordinator Academia to Action Project Sierra Youth Coalition	Kristen Howe works with the Sierra Youth Coalition, the national youth-run branch of the Sierra Club of Canada, as the Atlantic Coordinator of the Academia to Action project. She works with students in the region to use Canada's first academically developed Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework (CSAF) to assist their universities in accurately understanding their socio-economic and environmental impacts. The project offers support, resources and assistance in developing solutions that address overarching structural problems in society, as well as striving to facilitate institutional and lifestyle changes.