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Laura Turner Seydel, Chairperson, Captain House Office of Management and Budget. She has more than
Planet Foundation—Media mogul Ted Turner’s twenty years of experience in land use and disaster law, and has
daughter, Seydel is implementing intelligent testified in Congress on flood risk, levee safety, and resilient
water, clean mobility, and zero waste initiatives recovery from disasters.
with the City of Atlanta. Seydel is an Mark Stimpson, Builder Sales Manager,
international environmental advocate and Bosch Thermotechnology Corporation—
eco-living expert dedicated to creating a healthy and Stimson oversees zero energy building
sustainable future for our children. She is chairperson of the developments, builder sales, cross selling and
Captain Planet Foundation, which has worked worldwide for utility channel development. Over the past
twenty-five years to activate generations of environmentally 30 years, Stimson has been involved in the
literate children empowered to protect and sustain the natural introduction of emerging technologies in the energy, water and
systems upon which all life depends. She is a director of the telecommunications industries that have provided a cost-
Environmental Working Group to limit the toxic chemicals in effective, decentralized approach to clean infrastructure
food, air, water and consumer products.
solutions.
Dena Mayne, Vice President, Marketing and Greg Conte, SSP Engineering and
Customer Experience, Uponor North Development, Siemens—Conte is an
America—Mayne joined Uponor in 2016 to Applications Engineer for fault detection and
inspire, design and execute a strategic diagnostics (FDD) at Siemens Building
roadmap for progressing the Marketing Technologies. He studied mechanical
organization to the next level of competitive engineering at Florida State University with a
business. Prior to Uponor, Mayne served as the vice president specialty in thermodynamic fluids. For the last seven years,
of Marketing for Global Food and Beverage, one of Ecolab’s Greg has been finding new ways to increase efficiency with
most important and strategic business lines. An 18-year digitalization, combining data analytics with professional
veteran of the marketing, brand and communications sector, service to reach efficiency and sustainability goals.
she offers a highly collaborative style and brings solid business
acumen spanning multiple businesses with a focus on Paul Hawken, Executive Director, Project
developing and executing strategies to lead Uponor through Drawdown—considered to be one of the
various stages of growth, development and transition. fathers of the sustainability movement,
Hawken has a long history of founding
Terry Beubois, Architect and Lecturer at ecological businesses, writing about nature
Stanford University—Terry Beaubois is an and commerce, and consulting with heads of
internationally esteemed, award-winning state and CEOs on climatic, economic and ecological
architect. Throughout his career, Terry has been regeneration. He has written eight books including four national
engaged in research and the application and NYT bestsellers, including Drawdown, The Most
of advancing technology in architecture design. Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming,
Terry’s projects have included single-family homes; hotel/resort which debuted April 18, 2017 as a #9 NYT bestseller. He is the
buildings; medical facilities; and Silicon Valley high-tech founder of Project Drawdown, which works with over two
facilities. He currently a lecturer at Stanford University, where hundred scholars, students, scientists, researchers, and
he teaches about smart villages in India as a part of a Smart activists to map, measure, and model the one hundred most
Communities class.
substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global
Samantha Medlock, Senior Vice President warming by reducing and sequestering greenhouse gases.
Capital, Science & Policy, Willis Towers
Watson—Medlock leads Willis Towers
Watson’s efforts to advance re/insurance
related capabilities, capital, and public policy to
address large scale risk and resilience
requirements across sectors and to support sustainable
growth. Previously, Medlock was Senior Advisor in the White

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