Bill Bumpers is an environmental partner in the Washington, DC office of Baker Botts, LLP and heads the firm’s global climate change practice group. Mr. Bumpers focuses on the Clean Air Act and climate change issues. He has an active environmental regulatory, litigation and transactional practice, representing petroleum refineries, investment companies, electric generators and pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers. He is regarded as a national authority on new source review issues affecting the electric generation and petroleum refinery industries. He previously served on the EPA’s New Source Review Reform Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee.

Mr. Bumpers also is a leading authority on climate change issues, including carbon trading mechanisms in the United States and internationally pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol. He has been involved with climate change issues since his work on energy policy and climate change as a graduate student in 1977. He served as counsel to the team that performed the feasibility study for the World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund. He also represented the International Finance Corporation on its carbon purchase program on behalf of the Netherlands. More recently he has been involved in structuring Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Malaysia, China and Equatorial Guinea, including the negotiation and drafting of contracts for the purchase and sale of CO₂ emission reductions. Mr. Bumpers also represents a wide range of companies on developing policy and regulatory issues in the United States and regarding the creation and sale of GHG emission offsets.
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George Frampton is senior of counsel in the New York office of Covington & Burling, LLP and a member of their Clean Energy and Climate industry group.

Mr. Frampton served as Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) from 1998 to 2001, and most recently as Co-Chairman of the Obama transition team for CEQ.

As Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Mr. Frampton was the President’s principal advisor on environmental policy matters leading a staff of two dozen environmental professionals. Prior to heading the CEQ, Mr. Frampton served from 1993 to 1997 as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, with responsibility for supervising the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He chaired a number of government-wide major regional initiatives within the Clinton Administration including restoration of the Florida Everglades Ecosystem and distribution of funds from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Fund. Prior to his government service from 1986 to 1993, Mr. Frampton was president of The Wilderness Society, a non-profit organization devoted to preserving wilderness and wildlife.

Mr. Frampton has represented clients in complex litigation, and environmental and energy matters including corporate strategy. He represented Vice President Gore on a Justice Department inquiry into fundraising matters. Mr. Frampton also has significant non-legal business experience as corporate adviser to Earth Satellite Corporation and currently as an Operating Advisor at Pegasus Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York.
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Albert A. Pope has over thirty years of experience in international corporate finance and business management. He has held key executive positions with prominent global enterprises, including the Deltec Securities unit of Deltec Banking; the Corporate Finance Division, M & A Group, of J.P. Morgan; and as President of Montenay Energy, the U.S. subsidiary of Montenay, S.A., a leading French company in energy and waste management. For the last several years, Mr. Pope has been active as a private equity investor and financial consultant through A. A. Pope & Co.

Mr. Pope’s broad financial and corporate background includes experience starting up and operating businesses in energy, environmental sciences, transportation, international finance, and trade. He has also served as a consultant to NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency, under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the New England States Governors’ Council on Alternative Energy. Mr. Pope has served as a financial advisor to several projects in the fields of energy, broadband and wireless telecommunications, media, and e-commerce, involving such companies as CNBC, Atlantic Satellite, Universal Pictures, Unapix Entertainment, Avis Capital, and Carta Credential Argentina.

He is a graduate of Harvard University.
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Greg Smith is an established leader in the automotive industry. During his over thirty-year career with Ford Motor Company Mr. Smith ran several major business units and worked in several major disciplines, including Financial Services, Marketing and Sales and Product Development. Mr. Smith further served as Executive Vice President, President, Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Credit Company. Mr. Smith was ultimately appointed to the position of Vice Chairman of Ford Motor Company, from which he recently retired. In this position, Mr. Smith was responsible for Ford’s Corporate Strategy and Staff, including Human Resources and Labor Affairs, Information Technology and Automotive Strategy. At Ford Credit, Mr. Smith worked with the leadership team to lead a significant turnaround in its business between 2001 and 2004. He was instrumental in refocusing Ford Motor Credit to support vehicle sales worldwide and increasing shareholder value. At the time, Ford Credit employed approximately 20,000 people and operated in 36 countries.

Currently, Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae. He serves on their Audit and Compensation Committees and is the Chair of their Technology and Operations Committee. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Penske Corporation. Previously, Mr. Smith served as the Chairman of the American Financial Services Association (AFSA), a national trade association for finance companies and other consumer and commercial lenders. He has additionally served on the boards of numerous subsidiaries and joint ventures of Ford, including Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest car rental company.

Beyond his impressive professional achievements, Mr. Smith has participated in numerous community and educational initiatives. These current and prior engagements include: the American Cancer Society, Challenge Aspen, Metro-Detroit United Way, Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit Investment Fund, Indiana University Kelley School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council and the Eastern Michigan University Foundation.

Greg Smith holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University.
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Tim Rasic was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee prior to relocating to Santa Monica, California in 1981. Mr. Rasic spent the next 17 years as a top performer in the retail automotive business; as a sales person he was the #2 ranked volume salesperson for Porsche/Audi in 1982 he became a sales manager then General Manager. From 1982 thru 1998 he managed and/or owned some of the highest performing volume dealerships in Southern California.

During the Internet explosion Mr. Rasic left the auto industry to help develop a start up business by the name of ThemeWare; a company designed to harvest recurring revenue for various content providers in the Internet space; companies such as EarthLink, Cardservice International & Sitematic purchased leads garnered from the sale of the Internet Toolbox™. ThemeWare grew from $250,000 in sales during 1998 to over $35,000,000 by 2000 before being aquired by Incubator Capital for $135,000,000 in cash and stock.

Since 2003 Mr. Rasic has served in senior management capacities including Managing Partner/ COO of an Automotive Group of 13 dealerships in California & Arizona until the summer of 2008. Mr. Rasic together with his wife and three daughters relocated to Mesa, Arizona where he began a consulting business; VMH, LLC dedicated to providing management services for automobile dealerships, advertising and media companies as well as other start up businesses.

Mr. Rasic is passionate about developing people & companies to be all they can be through a process of thoughtful examination and execution within clearly defined rules and guidelines as outlined in Dr. Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” and Davis Sandler’s “Professional Development Program”. Utilizing these training and management tools Mr. Rasic is building a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable business.
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Over the past 13 years Jamie Kozlik has worked for Chrome Systems, Inc. in a variety of positions, most recently as Business Development Manager. She is responsible for day-to-day management of large accounts such as Yahoo!, Costco, Sam’s Club, Citigroup, Cobalt and many others.

Jamie is an experienced technical national business development manager with a diversified background in a variety of settings and positions, all requiring a high degree of organizational, research, communication and interpersonal skills. Ms. Kozlik is well known for her ability to communicate effectively and establish good rapports with clientele, coworkers and management of all levels.

Prior to working at Chrome Systems, Inc., Ms. Kozlik worked at Younger Oil, a Texaco Wholesaler, working her way from a sales representative to the Director of Purchasing and Marketing. During her time at Younger Oil, Ms. Kozlik helped to boost annual sales over 300% and increased vendor rebates by 2500%.

Ms. Kozlik received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Marketing with a minor in Speech Communications from Oregon State University.
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Instrumental in developing the vital approach to marketing known as “positioning,” Jack Trout is responsible for some of the freshest ideas to be introduced into marketing thinking in the last several decades. His concept of Positioning has become the world’s #1 business strategy.

Mr. Trout is president of Trout & Partners, one of the most prestigious marketing firms with headquarters in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA and offices in 13 countries. Jack Trout manages and supervises a global network of experts that apply his concepts and develop his methodology around the world. The firm has done work for AT&T, IBM, Burger King, Merrill Lynch, Xerox, Merck, Lotus, Ericsson, Tetra Pak, Repsol, Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Southwest Airlines and other Fortune 500 companies.

The author of ten books, his latest book is entitled Big Brands, Big Trouble. It analyzes the failures of some of America’s biggest corporate icons and draws from their experiences “lessons learned the hard way.”
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Jane Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in June 1960, under the mentorship of anthropologist and paleontologist Dr. Louis Leakey. Her work at Gombe Stream would become the foundation of primatological research and redefine the relationship between humans and animals.

One of Jane’s most significant discoveries came in her first year at Gombe, when she saw chimps stripping leaves off stems to make tools for fishing termites out of nearby mounds. This and subsequent observations would force scientists to rethink the definition that separated man from other animals: “man the toolmaker.” Jane also observed chimps hunting and eating bushpigs and other animals, disproving the widely held belief that chimpanzees were primarily vegetarians.

Dr. Goodall defied scientific convention by giving the chimpanzees names instead of numbers and insisted on the validity of her observations that the chimps had distinct personalities, minds and emotions. She wrote of lasting chimpanzee family bonds. Through the years her work yielded surprising insights such as the discovery that chimp engage in a primitive kind of warfare.

Dr. Goodall established the Gombe Stream Research Center in 1965. Under the stewardship of Tanzanian field staff and other researchers, it continues Dr. Goodall’s work today, making it one of the longest uninterrupted wildlife studies in existence.

In 1977, Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), which supports the Gombe work and other research, education and conservation and development programs. These include community-centered conservation efforts in Africa, which provide local people with tools to build sustainable livelihoods while promoting regional conservation goals such as reforestation and an end to the illegal commercial bushmeat trade. Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program, which involves students from preschool through university in projects that benefit people, animals and the environment, today hosts more than 8,000 groups in nearly 100 countries.

Dr. Goodall travels an average of 300 days per year, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees, other environmental crises and her reasons for hope that humankind will solve the problems it has imposed on the Earth. She continually urges her audiences to recognize their personal responsibility and ability to effect change through consumer action, lifestyle change and activism.

Dr. Goodall’s scores of honors include the Medal of Tanzania, the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal, Japan’s prestigious Kyoto Prize, Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science and the Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence. In April 2002, Secretary-General Annan appointed Dr. Goodall to serve as a United Nations “Messenger of Peace,” and she was reappointed in June 2007 by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. In 2004, Prince Charles invested Dr. Goodall as a Dame of the British Empire, the female equivalent of knighthood. In 2006, Dr. Goodall received the French Legion of Honor, presented by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, as well as the UNESCO Gold Medal.

Dr. Goodall’s list of publications is extensive, including two overviews of her work at Gombe - In the Shadow of Man and Through a Window - as well as two autobiographies in letters, the best-selling autobiography Reason for Hope and many children’s books. Her latest book is Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior is recognized as the definitive work on chimpanzees. Dr. Goodall has been the subject of numerous television documentaries and is featured in the large-screen format film, Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees (2002). In 2004, she was featured in two Discovery Channel Animal Planet specials - Jane Goodall’s Return to Gombe and Jane Goodall’s State of the Great Ape.
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Dave Newman has twenty-six years of experience in climate, energy, logistics, finance and accounting at Nike, Inc. He has demonstrated vision, innovation, leadership, and collaboration at every level. His understanding and experience with the entire supply chain processes from manufacturing to warehouse and retail delivery resulted in millions of dollars in savings, increased efficiencies, and improved customer service levels. Dave has excellent communication, teamwork, and staff development skills. His extensive public speaking experience includes industry conferences, meetings, working groups, and non profit events including Pew Climate Center, the BSR conference, WWF Climate Savers, and the EPA.

Mr. Newman is a native Oregonian, proudly celebrating twenty years of marriage to his bride, Teri, and has three lovely daughters.
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Thomas Aarts is Managing Director of Nutrition Business Advisors, LLC, a strategic advisory firm focused on the $58 billion Nutraceuticals industry. Tom founded the Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ), the “journal of record” for strategic information and market intelligence in the nutrition and natural products industry. NBJ has been cited in most of the national and regional major news media including The New York Times, Forbes, Time and The Wall Street Journal, as well as thousands of business plans and market reports. He is also the founder and co-chair of the NBJ/Newport Summit, the premier executive retreat in the nutrition industry.

Prior to this, he was also a founding Partner with Health Business Partners (HBP), one of the leading investment banking and consulting firms in the Nutrition Industry. Mr. Aarts is a keynote speaker and chairperson at many of the industry’s leading conferences. He also serves on several editorial advisory boards and has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and trade publications.

Mr. Aarts has more than 20 years’ experience in management consulting, M&A transactions, investment analysis and market research. In the nutrition industry, Mr. Aarts successfully managed the sale of Nutrition 21, a $20 million company and has advised many of the leading companies in the Nutrition, Food and Pharmaceutical industries on their strategy and direction including GNC, Rexall, Nestle, Bayer and Cargill.

Prior to starting NBA, he was Director of New Ventures for Environmental Business International (EBI) where he managed several consulting projects in the environmental industry, including acquisition searches for Safety-Kleen. Prior to coming to EBI, Mr. Aarts performed acquisition searches, transaction support and market intelligence projects for William Ruckelhaus, the CEO of Browning-Ferris Industries, a $4 billion dollar solid waste company. Mr. Aarts has also worked in management consulting for Mercer Management Consulting and consumer marketing for Johnson & Johnson.

Tom received a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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