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Speakers SXSW ECO Amar Pradhan Asher Price Susan Rankin CTO, FLUITEC WIND Environmental Reporter, AUSTIN Executive Director, THE TRAIL FOUNDA- Amar is an experienced entrepreneur having started, grown and sold businesses in cleantech/web. He began his career launching engineered products in the automotive industry and incubated his fascination for data while working in investment management. He studied engineering at Berkeley and finance at Columbia. Startup Showcase: Cleanweb TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC AMERICAN-STATESMAN TION Asher has covered energy and the environment for the AmericanStatesman since 2006. Twice the Society of Environmental Journalists has named him a finalist for its beat reporter of the year award. Stir It Up: Brownies + Social Mission + Solar Energy TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Jesse Prentice-Dunn CEO, HARA Washington Rep, SIERRA CLUB Rodrigo joined Hara as CEO and Director in November 2012. Previously he was a partner at Nth Power, he worked at Utility.com, the Department of State and was a Director of the international trade program at the National Wildlife Federation. He received an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Financing Capital-Intensive Energy Businesses MON, 10/7 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Susan Rankin is the Executive Director of the Trail Foundation that enhances the Butler Trail at Lady Bird Lake in Austin. She has a JD and a BA in Botany from the University of Texas. She leads TTF's successful Boardwalk Trail Completion public-private partnership project including fundraising, communications, coordination with the City Council and other departments. Private Conservancies and Public Spaces MON, 10/7 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C As Sierra Club's lead lobbyist on transportation issues, Jesse Prentice-Dunn has served as Sierra Club's spokesperson on historic vehicle efficiency standards and advocated for reformed transportation policy on Capitol Hill. Hailing from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bike Curious? Dutch Style Cycling in the US MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Rodrigo Prudencio Alexandra Ramsden Jaycee Pribulsky Director, Sustainability, RUSHING SVP, CONTEXT AMERICA Alexandra Ramsden leads Rushing's sustainability consulting studio and is cofounder of Biomimicry Puget Sound. Her expertise lies in skillfully guiding teams to identify sustainability solutions for buildings and businesses as well as developing and teaching education programs. Alexandra speaks regularly on various sustainability topics: sustainable design, LEED, biomimicry and green operations. Convergent Urbanism: A Biomimicry Workshop MON, 10/7 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 10AB Urban Ecosystems: Design by Nature MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Jaycee is a political junkie turned corporate sustainability specialist. She began her career in the Clinton administration at the U.S. Agency for International Development. She has over 15 years of experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors creating, launching and managing innovative programs in domestic and international markets. Saving Forests: 21st Century Solutions TUE, 10/8 5:10PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite 104 SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com Doug Rauch URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE Doug Rauch is the Founder/ President of the Urban Food Initiative, a unique retail concept designed to use the excess, nutritional food ("food waste") from supermarkets, food service and growers, to provide affordable nutrition in our inner cities. Previously, Doug served as president with the Trader Joe's Company. Addressing the Excess: Reducing U.S. Food Waste MON, 10/7 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB LaDonna Redmond Director, CAMPAIGN FOR FOOD JUSTICE NOW LaDonna Redmond is a long-time community activist who has successfully worked to get Chicago Public Schools to evaluate junk food, launched urban agriculture projects, started a community grocery store and worked on federal farm policy to expand access to healthy food in low-income communities. LaDonna attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. One Food System, Many Faces WED, 10/9 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC