Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP
A working mother and UCLA-trained pediatrician who practices in Southern California, Dr. Tanya Altmann is a best-selling author, network television parenting expert, and entertainment industry consultant. Dr. Tanya is an American Academy of Pediatrics spokesperson, approved by the national physician organization to communicate complicated medical issues into easily understood concepts. As a child health expert for numerous …
Pete Myers, Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences
Myers is founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences.He holds a doctorate in the biological sciences from UC Berkeley and a BA from Reed College. For a dozen years beginning in 1990, Myers served as Director of the W. Alton Jones Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with co-authors Dr. Theo Colborn and Dianne Dumanoski, …
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Will Harris of White Oak Pastures (4th Generation Farmer)
Will Harris is a fourth generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia’s School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated …
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Valencia Porter, M.D., M.P.H., FACN
Dr. Valencia Porter is the Chopra Center’s Director of Integrative Medicine. Board-certified in both general preventive medicine and integrative holistic medicine, she has an integrative approach that incorporates many areas of health and healing, including Ayurveda, functional medicine, environmental medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, and biofield (energy) therapies. As a Vedic Educator she is certified to teach Primordial Sound …
Dr. Jessica Shade, Director of Science Programs at The Organic Center
Dr. Jessica Shade is the Director of Science Programs at The Organic Center where she directs projects associated with communicating and conducting research related to organic agriculture. During her tenure at The Organic Center Dr. Shade has collaborated on a number of diverse research programs ranging from applied solutions to on-farm challenges to methods for improving environmental …
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Dr. Leonardo Trasande, M.D.
Dr. Leonardo Trasande, M.D., is the Jim G. Hendrick MD Associate Professor, Director of the Division of Environmental Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine. He also serves on the faculty of the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and the NYU College of Global Public Health. Dr. Trasande …
John Warner – President, Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry
John is the recipient of the 2014 Perkin Medal, widely acknowledged as the highest honor in American Industrial Chemistry. He received his BS in Chemistry from UMASS Boston, and his PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University. After working at the Polaroid Corporation for nearly a decade, he then served as tenured full professor at UMASS …
Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University–President, Center for Conservation Biology, Bing Professor of Population Studies
Paul R. Ehrlich received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Co-founder with Peter H. Raven of the field of coevolution, he has pursued long-term studies of the structure, dynamics, and genetics of natural butterfly populations. He has also been a pioneer in alerting the public to the problems of overpopulation, and in raising issues …
Andria Ventura, Toxics Program Manager at Clean Water Action
Andria Ventura left a corporate career in publishing in 1995 to work for Clean Water Action’s New Jersey chapter. There she served as an organizer working on a wide array of issues, including drinking water, pollution prevention, and source water protection. She supplemented this work by serving on her town’s environmental commission. Andria joined the …
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Terrence J. Collins, PhD, Hon FRSNZ
An internationally distinguished professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Green Science, Dr. Terrence Collins received the 16th Heinz Award with Special Focus on Global Change for his pioneering “green chemistry” and for training future generations of scientists. Dr. Collins developed TAML activators, catalysts that activate hydrogen peroxide to oxidize molecular pollutants and hardy pathogens in …