Speaker Bios

Leon K. Baptiste, Principal of L B Electric Co., LLC

email:lbelectric@verizon.net phone: 973-565-0060 - http://www.lbelectricco.com/

Leon Baptiste, president of LB Electric, Newark, received an electrical engineering degree in 1991 from NJIT. He also participated in NJIT's Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), which helps minority students earn technological degrees and become engineers. Baptiste is educational chairman of the Metropolitan Electrical League, Long Valley, a non-profit group comprised of some 300 electrical companies. The League offers co-ops and scholarships to NJIT students who study electrical engineering or telecommunications.

LB Electric installed a 50-kilowatt solar-powered system on the roof of NJIT's new campus center. An array of 160 solar panels carpets the roof, converting sunlight into electrical currents. The panels provide power for the campus center and save the university $40,000 a year in electrical bills. NJIT also received a $215,000 rebate from the N.J. Board of Public Utilities to offset the cost of installing the system.

The solar-powered system prevents 100,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year from being released into the air. That's how much carbon dioxide would issue from a coal-burning power plant had NJIT not installed the panels. The panels also prevent the release of nitrogen oxide and mercury, two other byproducts of a coal-burning power plant.

"NJIT's solar-unit is the most advanced in the state," said Baptiste, the engineer who installed the system. Baptiste, of Roxbury, mounted 144 of the framed panels onto the roof. He added 16 upright solar trackers, which rotate in line with the path of the sun to absorb maximum sunlight. The panels, framed with aluminum and stainless steel, can withstand the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The solar panels, which have a 25-year warranty from distributor TurtlEnergy, Linden, also protect the roof from the ravages of weather and UV radiation. The solar panels have a silicon surface laced with photovoltaic (PV) cells, said Baptiste. PV cells are devices that convert sunlight to electricity, bypassing mechanical generators. PV stands for photo (light) and voltaic (electricity), whereby sunlight photons free electrons from the silicon surface. When photons from the sun's rays hit the silicon surface of a solar cell, they are absorbed by the electron of the silicon atom. The supercharged electron now has enough kinetic energy to leave the host atom. The solar cell collects the stream of liberated electrons on its surface, thereby creating a direct current (DC). The DC is fed into an inverter and changed into an alternating current (AC), which when connected to an electric panel, generates electrical power. Inside the campus center lobby stands a kiosk whose computer screen displays the amount of energy saved by the panels. Since the system was installed last August, the monitor shows that enough energy has been saved to "to power 510 houses in one day," or "enough energy to make 500,000 cups of coffee." The monitor also shows that the panels have prevented 68 pounds of nitrogen oxides and 20,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the air. "It's the best solar-electric array I've seen," said Baptiste. "It should be a model for other universities, and businesses, across the state. Solar electricity saves NJIT and taxpayers money while also preserving the environment. It's a win-win for all."

James C. Barrood, Executive Director of The Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies

email:barrood@fdu.edu phone: 973.443.8842 - http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=2299

James has developed and managed many of the Institute's innovative academic and outreach programs since 1997. He is active in the regional entrepreneurial and business communities and was recently recognized as among the state's 'Forty Under 40 Business Achievers' by NJBIZ business journal.

James frequently lectures/moderates at FDU and business events statewide. He sits on several boards, including the Silberman College of Business, WIRED-North Jersey Economic Innovation Alliance, the Franklin Foundation for Educational Excellence, the National Association of Corporate Directors-NJ (Advisory Committee), NJ Connected Broadband Initiative, and the Billion Minds Foundation. He is also a member of the Council on Competitiveness and Rotary International. James is a columnist for NJBIZ, has written articles for Entrepreneur and GSW magazines and local newspapers, including the Star-Ledger, and is widely quoted both regionally and nationally (USA Today).

He brings with him a background in small business/family business and the real estate and automobile industries, as well as marketing and e-business expertise. James holds an MBA from Texas A & M and a BA in Economics from Rutgers College. He and his family live in Somerset.

Dr. Tom Bryant, Executive Director of Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Rowan University

email:bryant@rowan.edu phone: 856-256-4126 - http://www.rowan.edu/colleges/business/facultystaff/moreinfo.cfm?id=158

Dr. Tom Bryant is a veteran entrepreneur, executive, educator, and environmentalist. He currently holds the Rohrer endowed chair in entrepreneurial studies in the Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University, where he also serves as Executive director of the university's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management. With other responsibilities, he is manages the university's IP assessment and business incubation functions. In Spring 2008, he is leading an experimental MBA course on Innovation Management and Sustainability, as well as the undergraduate course on Technology Entrepreneurship.

A resident of Rutherford, N.J., (Bergen county), Bryant has worked the last 15 years as a professor of entrepreneurship. Most recently, he served as professor and endowed chair in entrepreneurship at Nicholls State University in Louisiana. Prior to that, he was an associate professor, held State of New Jersey Chair in Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and was co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Management at Rutgers University. His latest book, Valuation of Closely Held Firms, co-authored with Prof. Mike Long of Rutgers Business School, was published by Oxford University Press in 2007.

As an entrepreneur, Tom Bryant was founder, President and CEO of Brystra Consultants, a research and consulting firm that has operated across Canada and the USA since 1985. It focuses on applied social research and program evaluation projects, primarily for clients in the economic development, environmental, and education sectors. Through Brystra and other organizations, Bryant has led more than 150 contracts totaling more than $10 million. He was also founder of a five-partner venture take-over and management firm, and CEO of a prototype digital repair service.

In the non-profit sector, Dr. Bryant was President/CEO of the Canadian Centre for Creative Technology, a national organization promoting excellence in technology and entrepreneurship education, primarily for pre-university students and teachers. Running its flagship Shad Valley program, he worked with more than 200 corporate sponsors and operated campuses in association with several leading universities.

Bryant earned two bachelor's degrees from Carleton University in Canada and master's and doctorate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also studied at the University of Michigan and Harvard University.

In Rutherford, he has been appointed by Mayor Hipp to serve on the Environment and Recycling committee. Statewide, he helped organize and chaired the first two Sustainability Business conferences and currently serves as co-chair of the Sustainability Education committee of the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS). Internationally, he's an active member of the Organizations and Natural Environment division of the Academy of Management, regularly organizing conference workshops on state-of-the-art thinking in sustainability business.

Upendra J. Chivukula, Deputy Speaker of NJ Legislative Assembly

email:AsmChivukula@njleg.org phone: (732) 247-3999 - http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=202

Upendra J. Chivukula of Franklin Township holds the distinction as the first and only South-Asian representative in the history of the state Legislature.

An information-technology company executive and former mayor of Franklin Township, Chivukula is serving his fourth consecutive two-year term in the General Assembly. He represents the 17th Legislative District, which contains the Middlesex County communities of Highland Park, Milltown, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, and Piscataway; and the Somerset County community of Franklin Township.

Chivukula, 57, has a professional background in electrical engineering and is considered one of the Legislature's leading experts on telecommunications, science and technology issues. He was a leading force behind the creation of the bipartisan, bicameral Legislative Caucus on Science and Technology in 2004, a panel charged with enhancing the state's position as a leader in research, technological development and innovation.

Born in Nellore, India, Chivukula came to the United States in 1974 to pursue a master's degree in electrical engineering from the City College of New York.

He worked for CBS Television from 1977 to 1978. He worked for Electronic Associates from 1978 to 1980 designing power-plant operator training simulators. From 1980 to 1981, he developed control diagram language for sewerage treatment plants for Leeds and Northrop. He served as senior management consultant and systems engineer with AT&T Bell Labs from 1981 to 1983. He moved in 1983 to AT&T Technologies where he developed the Bell Communications Research account and was responsible for marketing computers ranging from minis to super micros. He worked as an account executive for AT&T Information Systems from 1985 to 1987, and became senior product planner for AT&T Microelectronics in 1988.

Chivukula currently serves as Chairman of Rangam Consultants Inc., a Somerset-based information technology firm.

Jonathan Cloud, Entrepreneur in Residence of Institute for Sustainable Enterprise

email:jcloud@fdu.edu phone: 908-306-9075 - http://fdu.edu/ise

Jonathan Cloud is a lifelong environmentalist, community organizer, and entrepreneur. An early pioneer in passive-solar design and construction in Canada in the 1970s and 80s, as well as an environmental community activist, he received a UN Environment Award in 1985, in recognition of his work in renewable energy, conservation, and appropriate technology.

His career has spanned journalism, politics, invention, housing design and construction, database, software, and Internet development, financial services, networking, nonprofits, network marketing, and sustainable business development.

His current focus is on developing the ISE's Sustainable Business Incubator, which will assist entrepreneurs with start-up ventures in renewable energy, CO2 reduction, and other environmental technologies, as well as with emerging business models involving carbon trading, sustainability consulting, and sustainable social enterprises. For the latest information on the Incubator, please visit http://sustainablebusinessincubator.com.

Dr. Mark deGrandpre, Dir. of Investments: Physical Sciences of Ben Franklin Technology Partners

email:mark@sep.benfranklin.org phone: (215) 972-6700 x3008 - http://www.sep.benfranklin.org

Mark deGrandpre, Ph.D. has over 20 years of experience with innovative business and technology development. Currently at BFTP/SEP, he is responsible for a portfolio of over 30 young physical science companies in the region, and for identifying new investment opportunities. Mark has significantly improved deal flow and enhanced portfolio quality since he joined the team in January of 2006. Previously, Mark was Director of Technology and New Business Development for Polysciences Inc., a privately held specialty materials company headquartered in Warrington, PA.

Throughout his career, Mark has also worked for Rohm and Haas Company as Director of Corporate Development: Licensing, as well as numerous other positions within the company and in joint ventures.

Dr. Michael R. Edelstein, Director, Environmental Studies of Institute for Environmental Studies, Ramapo College

email:medelste@ramapo.edu - http://www.ramapo.edu/

An Environmental Psychologist, Dr. Michael R. Edelstein is a sustainability theorist and practitioner seeking to help chart and facilitate the transformation to a sustainable society. In his 34 years at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he heads the Environmental Studies program and the Institute for Environmental Studies, Dr. Edelstein has contributed to a vibrant learning community of like-minded scholars. He has also organized and chaired dozens of small and four large scale sustainability conferences, the most recent being 2007's Green Meets Green conference and expo, promoting the role of institutions of higher learning as "Sustainability Shops" serving the region.

At Ramapo, Dr. Edelstein regularly teaches courses on Sustainable Communities, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Psychology, World Sustainability and he a has introduced a seminar on sustainable organizations. He has chaired the college's Sustainable Buildings and Grounds Committee and authored and directed externally funded projects on "Ecological Literacy in the Undergraduate Curriculum" (U.S. Department of Education), the start up of the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (Gerldine R. Dodge Foundation) and a current project on Green Energy (U.S. Department of Energy through the N.J. Bureau of Public Utilities).

His experience with local sustainability work involves his 25-year presidency of Orange Environment, Inc. a non-profit environmental organization based in Orange County, New York.

He was a candidate in 2005 for Orange County Executive on the Democratic and Working Families Part lines, running on a green platform. His global sustainability work has primarily involved the FSU (Former Soviet Union), funded by a series of grants from The Trust for Mutual Understanding. However, he was interests spanning the globe.

Influenced by the evident constraints to sustainability, the emergent issues of the region and the field of Social Impact Assessment, his research since the late 1970s has focused on the social and psychological impacts of environmental contamination. In 2004, Westview Press published a second edition of Dr. Edelstein's Contaminated Communities: Coping with Residential Toxic Exposure, considered a classic in the field. A new co-edited volume, Cultures of Contamination: Legacies of Pollution in Russia and the United States, (with Dr.s Maria Tyschiachniok and Lyudmila Smirnova) came out last summer from Elsevier. Two other published volumes with Dr. William Makofske address radon gas as a residential contaminant. Dr. Edelstein also serves as an expert witness in environmental litigation, including toxic torts and siting hearings.

Dr. Edelstein holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from SUNY Buffalo. He also holds a graduate student professional development certificate from the National Training Laboratory (NTL).

Dr. Frank A. Felder, Director of Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy, Rutgers Bloustein School

email:ffelder@rci.rutgers.edu phone: (732) 932-5680, x670 - http://policy.rutgers.edu/CEEEP/faculty_staff.html

Frank Felder conducts research and teaches in the areas of energy policy and planning. He has published widely in professional and academic journals on electric wholesale market design, reliability, transmission planning, market power, and rate design issues. He serves as a reviewer for several academic journals, including The Energy Journal and the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. In addition to his academic work, he has consulted to a wide variety of electric industry clients and testified before several public utility commissions and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on selected restructuring issues. He has conducted reliability analyses of distributed resources such as fuel cells and diesel generators, reviewed retail access policies in general and in the context of distributed generation, and worked on wholesale market designs in New England, New York, and PJM including policies to accommodate price-responsive load and distributed resources in wholesale markets.

Before joining the Bloustein School faculty, Felder was an assistant professor of Management at the Manhattan College School of Business. He completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, served as a nuclear engineer and submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, and earned masters and doctoral degrees from MIT in Technology, Management and Policy.

Randy Harmon, Co-founder of Foundations Business Development Group

email:randygharmon@aol.com phone: 908-754-3652 - http://www.foundationsbusiness.com

For the past 12 years Randy Harmon has counseled and consulted with science, technology, and Internet entrepreneurs assisting them in commercializing their new technologies, and in financing and building their businesses. He helps entrepreneurs develop business models, plans and strategies that can enable them to successfully move their technology out of the lab or home and into the marketplace.

Randy is also an expert on the sources of grants and capital, as well as strategies for financing a sci/tech business. He knows the funding requirements of investors and government loan programs and works to help clients meet them. He has helped clients secure government SBIR/STTR R&D grants, state loans, venture capital and investments from high net worth individuals often referred to as angels. Randy has a reputation for being a tireless champion of entrepreneurs and for doing all that he can to help them move their ventures ahead.

The two biggest challenges that promising young growth businesses typically face during their early stages are a lack of financing and even more important the absence of a management team. The typical sci/tech business is founded by one or more scientists, or technical professionals with little or no formal business training and experience. They have great technology but are often unable to turn it into a business themselves and are likely to fail without experienced business help. They often fail to realize from the start that business development and marketing expertise are a separate skill set as important to the success of their business as the technology. Our goal is to help bridge this gap and to bring our clients to the place where they are able to access the resources necessary to build an effective business management team that will speed their development and increase their prospects for success.

Randy Harmon serves as the Director of Technology Commercialization for the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers (NJSBDC) of Rutgers Business School. He managed the Rutgers Technology Business Incubator in New Brunswick from 1995 until 2001.

Randy holds a BS degree from Cornell University and a MBA degree from Rutgers. He is active within New Jersey's entrepreneur community and sits on the board of the New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network. Randy makes frequent presentations on launching, financing and growing science and technology-based businesses. He has also written several articles on various aspects of technology commercialization and is referenced regularly in regional newspaper articles and business publications.

Leslie Joy, Owner of Joy Organic

email:joyorganic@gmail.com phone: 973-887-6562 - http://www.joyorganic.com

Leslie Joy is co-owner of Joy Organic, a women-owned business based in New Jersey, USA. We are committed to Fair Trade and the distribution of environmentally sustainable products such as Organic Cotton and Alpaca. We have traveled the world looking for the appropriate partners who share our same network of beliefs. We help our producers to grow and build their enterprises so they can become independent and create more jobs for people throughout their regions. We use our skills and resources to help our partners in any way we can.

Our ECO Policy

* We promote natural and organic farming
* We avoid using polluting substances in manufacturing and finishing
* We protect and sustain natural resources
* We protect the water supply in the areas where our fibers are grown
* We use biodegradable substances
* We re-use and recycle when possible

Our Fair Trade Policy

* We pay our partners fair prices and help them operate independently
* We pay our suppliers in advance when needed and always pay in full on delivery
* We support regional skills and production
* We help support appropriate technology
* We promote rural development
* We operate with complete transparency

Dr. Shihab Kuran, President & CEO of Petra Solar

phone: 732.379.5566 - http://www.petrasolar.com

Dr. Kuran's experience is in the general Electronics/Semiconductors industries where he has assumed various technical and executive positions at private and public companies.

His passion is in the clean tech space and his goal in life is to help solve the world's energy and water problems. A world where everyone has access to clean, sustainable energy and water resources is doable. It just takes a serious commitment to make it happen.

On the clean water front, he has co-developed a new and unique technology that applies semiconductors/electronics for water desalination and decontamination. This technology is based on Capacitive Deionization. It is energy efficient and relies heavily on semiconductors for its operation. Cross pollinating the semiconductors and water desalination fields has yielded magnificent results. Dr. Kuran founded Sanabelle Water to commercialize these innovations.

On the clean energy front, he co-founded Petra Solar which is a VC backed startup that is focused on reducing the cost of installed photovoltaic (PV) systems by up to 50%. Along with his co-founders he brings a wealth of experience in the electronics and semiconductors areas to the PV market. Petra's products simplify PV systems and make them easy to install while increasing their efficiency and reliability.

If you too believe in a world where clean, sustainable energy and water resources should be available for all, Dr. Kuran invites you to contact him to help make this dream a reality.

John Lynch, President of Trithon, LLC

John Lynch is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and investor.

As a 30-year veteran in the fields of signal processing and multimedia, John has always been motivated by technologies that connect to the 'real world'. His early fascination for electronics and engines led him to begin rebuilding and restoring cars even before he could drive. This led to a career that began with degrees in Electrical Engineering, pioneering work in multimedia computing, and has continued with the founding of several successful start-up companies.
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Now, the nation's ever-growing focus on oil independence and alternative energy systems has presented a new calling for John that allows him to capitalize on his love for cars and tap his engineering experience. Specifically, John has been developing technologies for a serial electric car, and investing and consulting with alternative energy companies.

Currently, John is President and Founder of Trithon, LLC and Viamoviles Ltd, which for the past 6 years have developed and operated mobile content and billing solutions for international markets.

Previously John was Director of Modem and Multimedia at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked for 16 years. Following that he helped startup several multimedia companies during the late 90's. John earned his Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Degrees from Rutgers University.

Dr. Faruq Marikar, President of Nanobiz, LLC

email:fmarikar@nanobizllc.com phone: (908) 232-5690 - http://nanobizllc.com

Nanobiz, LLC is a consulting group offering business, investment, patent and legal guidance on alternate energy, materials, cleantech and nanotechnology commercialization. Nanobiz helps major corporations in their growth initiatives and small companies in finding enabling partnerships and financing.

In his prior corporate career with Hoechst, Celanese and Gould, Marikar was responsible for planning and developing new business opportunities through cross-sector alliances in a global setting. Product areas of involvement include batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, films, paints, coatings, plating, corrosion, carbon fiber, graphite, specialty chemicals, plastics, electronic chemicals, ceramics, and composites.

Most recently, as director of business development Dr. Marikar opened an office for SGL Carbon in New Jersey and built a multi-million dollar business in Fuel Cell Components based on German R&D, playing multiple roles of strategy development, global market assessment, competitive benchmarking and establishing supply chain partnerships. He was the founding chairman of the Materials & Components working group of the US Fuel Cell Council. His industry career began with Gould, a battery company in Chicago.

With degrees in chemistry and a Ph.D. in engineering (Metallurgy/Materials Science) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Marikar taught corrosion, and worked at Imperial College, London and RPI in Troy, NY. He has 23 patents - in batteries, fuel cells, coatings and nanomaterials. Dr. Marikar served on an industrial advisory committee to the US National Science Foundation. He was the first chairman of the US Industrial Research Institute's External Technology Directors' Network; and represented Hoechst on European panels on benchmarking and financing R&D. He has written on competitiveness and organized a conference on University-Industry partnership.

Rey Montalvo, President of Consolidated Energy Design, Inc.

email:reym@cedinternational.com phone: (732) 681-8800 - http://www.cedinternational.com

Consolidated Energy Design, Inc. (CED) is an Energy Consulting / Energy Performance Contracting firm that provides varied services in the energy conservation arena. Our engineers evaluate Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC), lighting, Domestic Hot Water (DHWS) and other building systems and propose modifications and/or replacements with a goal toward client comfort and satisfaction accompanied by maximum energy savings.

Through the implementation of varied energy conservation measures, we specialize in saving our clients significant money on their energy and utility bills (typically 10% - 25%). These savings are verified via the existing utility meter or sub metering.

CED's holistic engineering approach ensures that there is no hidden agenda for selling equipment, service contracts, or utility commodities. Projects are developed based on our customer's requirements, not ours. Our goal is to remain flexible and give our customers choice. Choice for equipment, design standards, construction method, form of savings surety, measurement & verification process, subcontractor selection, financing methods, and service support.

Consolidated Energy Design is certified as an Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the NY/NJ Minority Purchasing Council, the NY/NJ Port Authority and the NJ Commerce Department.

Dr. William M. Moore, Dean of Silberman College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University

http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=5297

Prior to his appointment, Dr. Moore served as dean of the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University. His academic areas of specialty include collective bargaining, conflict resolution and organizational behavior. In addition, he has more than a decade of private industry experience. Before Salisbury, he was dean at Valparaiso University (Indiana) after spending a long career at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dean Moore taught for one year at Yang-En University in the People's Republic of China, and before that was invited to study dispute resolution in China. Dr. Moore has done research in several countries, including the People's Republic of China, Canada, Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia. He has numerous published articles and made many presentations at U. S. and international conferences and seminars. Dr. Moore has been involved in variety of community, entrepreneurial, and workforce development initiatives.

He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the Academy of Management; Labor and Employment Relations Association; BB&T Bank, Eastern Shore Board of Directors; Peninsula Regional Medical Center Health Council; AACSB International's Pre-Accreditation, and past member AACSB's Blue Ribbon Committee on Accreditation Quality.

Robert J. Paradiso, Esq., Partner of Lowenstein Sandler, PC

email:rparadiso@lowenstein.com phone: (973) 597- 2404 - http://www.lowenstein.com

Robert Paradiso, Esq. is an Intellectual Property Attorney and a Partner with Lowenstein Sandler, PC, where he practices in the Tech Group.

Robert's practice includes counseling domestic and international corporations, as well as higher learning institutions on virtually all aspects of intellectual property, including patent procurement, non-infringement, due diligence, freedom to operate, litigation, licensing and technology transfer.

He also provides counseling to small and midsized companies in obtaining private equity and venture capital financing.

Robert Paradiso
Member of the Firm
Lowenstein Sandler PC
65 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Dr. Arnold H. Pelofsky, President of AER Enterprises

email:apelofsky@comcast.net - http://www.aerenterprises.com/

Arnold H. Pelofsky received his PhD in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University (OSU). He taught various courses at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Rutgers University and Berkeley College. At Berkeley he taught environmental science for the last 5 years. He is now a commissioner of the NJ/Israel Commission heading an activity to facilitate new/unique projects that will improve the efficiency and/or storage of solar energy.

During his business career spanning 50 years he has been engaged in consulting activities and conducting major projects involving alternate energy, the environment, as well as fossil fuels especially coal/oil in Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Venezuela as well as the USA.

He has authored a dozen publications and been awarded a similar number of patents.

Jeanne K. Perantoni, Principal of SSP Architectural Group

phone: (908) 725-7800 - http://www.ssparchitects.com

Jeanne is a Principal of SSP Architectural Group, a firm with a 116 year legacy of service throughout New Jersey. Jeanne has been involved with a body of educational work that includes well over one hundred projects stemming from decades-long relationships with the Somerville Public Schools and the Somerset County Vocational Technical High School, as well as Raritan Valley Community College's Twenty Five Year Master Plan and its new West Building. Furthermore, Jeanne has become instrumental in setting public policy at the State level guiding the planning, design and development of K-12 educational facilities. Her pioneering work in "community school" planning for facilities operating 24/7 in support of lifelong learning objectives has helped form State Department of Education program models for their design; and her application of those community school programs combined with green design principles have been mandated for all future State-funded school projects by Executive Order.

Jeanne's body of work, and the influence she has had on state policy for public and educational facilities planning and design, has led to her recognition by NJ BIZ as one of the top 50 women in business in the State in 2006. In addition, Jeanne recently became a member of the Somerset County Energy Council, an organization created to aid in the development of public grants for sustainable design and implementation. She also was heavily involved in the development of the Somerset County High Performance Public Buildings Program, a public policy initiative that will influence all future public facility projects within the firm's home county of Somerset, New Jersey.

Jeanne holds a B.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University, and a Masters in Architecture from Rice University.

Matt Polsky, ISE Research Fellow of nstitute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University

email:innovator3@hotmail.com - http://fdu.edu/ise

Mr. Polsky has extensive sustainability experience, and unique cross-sector experience working in government, for environmental groups, business, and as an adjunct professor. He was the sustainability team leader at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, leading an interagency sustainability work group, and advising sustainability initiatives. He has taught sustainability courses at Cook College, Kean University, Montclair State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and will be teaching at Ramapo College. He was a marketing manager at AT&T Microelectronics. Currently, he is the Director of the Land Trust, buying land for preservation for the environmental group, the Passaic River Coalition. He volunteers for many environmental and sustainability groups at all scales, ranging from some in his town (Cranford) to internationally, helping NGOs in South Africa and Brazil.

He focuses on helping groups understand sustainability more deeply, providing multidisciplinary perspectives, facilitating cross-sectoral communication, and introducing unfamiliar sustainability concepts. He has published in The Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Greenbiz.com; and occasionally writes op-ed pieces for local and state newspapers, makes presentations on aspects of sustainability, and testifies to state agencies.

Fred R. Profeta, Jr., Mayor (2004-2008) and Township Committee Member of Maplewood Township

email:FRP713@aol.com phone: (973) 762-0905 - http://www.twp.maplewood.nj.us/

Mayor, Maplewood Township (2004-2008)
Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Maplewood Township (2008-Present)
Maplewood Township Committee (2003-Present)
New Jersey League of Municipalities
Co-chair, Mayors' Committee for a Green Future (2006-Present)
- and many other governmental and civic positions

Education
Columbia High School, Maplewood: Senior Class President and Valedictorian
Yale University, B.A.: Ranking Scholar, Dean's List; Captain,
Fencing Team, NCAA Silver Medalist; Chi Phi Fraternity
Harvard Law School, LL.B., LL.M.: Vice President, Student Council

Member of the New York State Bar

Founder and Senior Partner (1979-Present) of Profeta & Eisenstein, 14 Wall Street, NYC 10005, General Litigation Attorneys

For a recent statement, please see http://www.njn.net/television/specials/greenbuilders/
municipalleaders/fredprofeta.html

Govi Rao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lighting Science Group Corp.

email:info@lsgc.com phone: 877 www LSGC (877.999.5742) - http://www.lsgc.com/

Mr. Rao was formerly Vice President and General Manager of the Philips Solid State Lighting business in North America, responsible for pioneering sustainable technologies such as solid state lighting. Mr. Rao had previously held several leadership roles in Philips Lighting, including Senior Director of its professional lighting business and Vice President of Business Creation and Brand.

Mr. Rao is a founding member of the advisory board at the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and he also serves as an advisor on the U.S.-China Center for Sustainability.

Dr. Jonathan B. Rosefsky, M.D., President of HydroCoil Power

email:hydrocoilpower.inc@att.net phone: 877-790-7972 - http://www.hydrocoilpower.com

Dr. Jonathan Rosefsky keeps busy. After graduating from Cornell University as a philosophy major, he received his MD degree from Harvard Medical School. He has co-directed a newborn I.C.U., practiced pediatrics, and published articles in professional journals on a wide range of topics. Dr. Rosefsky was recruited by the pharmaceutical industry in 1986, and subsequently conducted clinical trials as a pharmaceutical industry executive, been responsible for a $1.1 billion portfolio of products, represented industry as appointed member of the FDA Immunology Devices Committee, and served with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association as bioethics committee chairman and as a pediatrics liaison between the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA. Always technology-and-design oriented, he has pursued architecture and patent development since retiring in 1999. The inventor founded FLUIDmotive, Inc. in 2000, Simulatrix, Inc. in 2004 and HydroCoil Power in 2006.

Dr. Rosefsky has applied his theory and laboratory-tested physics of varying coil pitch and internal pressure changes in water within a cylinder to a new understanding and method of converting rotational energy to linear fluid acceleration, and vice-versa. Ben Franklin Technology Partners awarded a grant for proof-of-concept development and testing of the low head hydroelectric turbine.

Seventeen patents [8 patents registered by USPTO and 9 international] have been issued since 2002 for 4 inventions. They include Ribbon Drive near-silent marine propulsion, Ribbon Drive adaptable pumping apparatus, the HydroCoil turbine, and the "DecTRR" deception response system [electronic camouflage for fixed or moving targets].

His 3 children work in intellectual property law, business reorganization, and engineering/outdoor nature exploration/wilderness EMT.

He swims for exercise, and enjoys photography, jazz, model railroading, travel, and foreign languages. His accomplishments notwithstanding, he notes that the most difficult course he ever took was mechanical engineering at Drexel University a few years ago. Dr. Rosefsky continues to teach pediatrics as assistant professor at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

Bill Russell, ISE Research Fellow of Institute for Sustainable Enterprise

email:wgrussell@sknworldwide.com phone: 201-592-0055 - http://fdu.edu/ise

Mr. Russell is a leader in advancing sustainable development aligned strategies, management systems, process improvement programs, performance measurement systems and implementing best practice information technology solutions.

He has worked with a broad range of worldwide clients including small and large corporations; government and intergovernmental organizations; NGOs, non-profits and Universities. In 2003, he founded SKN Worldwide-USA, Inc. a sustainability consulting and technology services company. In 2004, he founded the Sustainability Knowledge Network (SKN), a collaborative workspace portal to educate and integrate diverse communities of people and engage stakeholder organizations working to implement whole system collaborative projects and programs that advance sustainability. Mr. Russell is also currently affiliated with The Center for Environmental and Economic Partnerships (CEEP), a non-profit 501c-3 corporation facilitating public private partnerships.

Mr. Russell is a member of the advisory board of The University of Michigan's ERB Institute and a member of the technical advisory board of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. He is also a leading member in several professional societies and industry associations.

Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President of Technology Development, New Jersey Institute of Technology

email:sheft@njit.edu phone: 973-596-5825 - http://www.njit.edu/

Judith A. Sheft is the Associate Vice President Technology and Economic Development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is responsible for managing the university's Office of Technology Transfer and Development and develops programs and policies focusing on patent creation, intellectual property valuation, strategic use and protection of IP assets. She is also responsible for management of the university's high technology business accelerator/incubator, the Enterprise Development Center and the Defense Procurement Technical Assistance Center.

Ms. Sheft also serves on the New Jersey Israel Commission and on the Technical Advisory Board of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.

Prior to joining NJIT, she had been a founding member of Licenz Group, an IP consulting firm that focuses on assisting companies to maximize the value of their IP portfolio. Before that she had worked as the Intellectual Property and Compliance Vice President for Agere Systems, the semiconductor subsidiary of Lucent Technologies. Ms. Sheft has provided IP guidance to many of the high technology M&A and divestiture activities at AT&T and Lucent.

Ms. Sheft has extensive business development experience outside the U.S. She played a lead role in negotiating a long-term alliance between Lucent/Agere and NEC in the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology. The alliance has lasted over a decade and is a prime example of collaboration between competitors.

Ms. Sheft has a BS and MS in Mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA in International Business from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of intellectual property and strategic alliances and is an active member of the Licensing Executive's Society.

Dr. Gene Slowinski, Director of Strategic Alliance Research of Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University

email:gene@strategicalliance.com phone: 908.234.2344 - http://strategicalliance.com/

Gene Slowinski is the Director of Strategic Alliance Research at the Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University and Managing Partner of the Alliance Management Group. Prior to forming the Alliance Management Group, he held management positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Novartis Corporation. In addition to a Ph.D. in Management, Gene holds an MBA, and a Masters Degree in the sciences.

For the last 20 years Dr. Slowinski has consulted and conducted research on the formation and management of strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. His clients include GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon, ExxonMobil, AT&T, Becton Dickinson, Procter & Gamble, Battelle, and many other Fortune 500 firms. An author and lecturer, Gene has presented his work to The Conference Board, The Licensing Executives Society, The Industrial Research Institute, and The American Electronics Association. His articles on managing strategic alliances can be found in Business Horizons, Research and Technology Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Economic Development Quarterly, Les Nouvelles, Cooperative Strategies in International Business, The Journal of Advanced Management, and Managing the High Technology Firm. With Matt Sagal, he co-authored the of book The Strongest Link.

Gene is active in the technology management community. He is a member of the Academy of Management, The Conference Board's International Council on the Management of Technology and Innovation, the Industrial Research Institute's Research-on-Research Committee, and the Technology Management Research Center at Rutgers University. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of Advanced Adjuvants LLC.

Dr. Aron Starosta, Managing Partner of EvoTx Consulting LLC

email:aron@jstar.tv phone: 610-371-0009

Dr. Starosta has been involved in both Healthcare related and Venture Capital related endeavors since 1992. He was involved in clinical trials and medication development for pharmaceutical companies through faculty appointments at New York University School of Medicine, and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Starosta has seen the drug development process through most phases of the process and has been employed as an domain expert by a number of pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Starosta has also served as an independent IT consultant, working on process management, technology transfer, and as the CIO for a mortgage concern interested in applying technology to gain a business advantage over competitors. During this time, Dr. Starosta has also been a member of the VC community, serving on advisory committees and as a paid independent due diligence expert reviewing the technical and commercial viability of numerous startups for over the past 15 years. Dr. Starosta has been employed as a Due Diligence expert for a variety of VCs, and has been a key evaluator of companies looking for investment in the Life Sciences, Healthcare, and IT space, though he has also evaluated many companies outside of these parameters as well over the years.

Dr. Starosta's current portfolio of companies includes a number of healthcare startup companies and applications, medical publishing companies, and green enterprises in the testing and measurement arenas. Dr. Starosta brings a wealth of information on how to appropriately structure and model successful startups, as well as how to attract and secure financing across the gambit of investment opportunities available, including individual, angel, institutional, and government/SBIR grants for business development.

Dr. Starosta holds advanced degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology, and has been involved in academic research and clinical trials work for 13 years. Dr. Starosta currently manages a consulting firm that provides process management/evaluation and structural/developmental help for early stage start-up companies. He also works with later stage companies interested in growth and looking to add new lines of functionality to their existing business. His active clients are located across both coasts of the United States and internationally in Canada.

Dr. Robert W. Taylor, Professor, Chair of the Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University

email:taylorr@mail.montclair.edu phone: 973.655.412 - http://frontpage.montclair.edu/taylorr/

Responsible for teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in the following specialties: urban and environmental studies; best practices for sustainable management of cities; corporate environmental strategies; and communication strategies for sustainability management. Administrative responsibilities as an advisor for doctoral students in environmental management and the Director of the Center for Environmental Management & Analysis (CEMA).

Professor Taylor has developed over one million dollars in research grants while a professor at Montclair State University. The areas of awards are: services; energy conservation; urban redevelopment; brownfields investigations.

Dr. Jeana Wirtenberg, Director, External Relations and Services of nstitute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University

email:jwirtenb@fdu.edu phone: 973-335-6299 - http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=4261

Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D. is co-founder and director, External Relations & Services, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) in the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and president of Jeana Wirtenberg & Associates, LLC.

Her work at the Institute focuses on bringing people together to learn how to develop and lead thriving, sustainable enterprises that are "in and for the world." She was a lead author on the recent worldwide study Creating a Sustainable Future: A Global Study of Current Trends and Possibilities 2007-2017 sponsored by the American Management Association (AMA, 2007).

Jeana is lead editor of The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook: When It All Comes Together, which is being published in fall 2008 by Greenleaf Publishing and AMACOM. Jeana is also principal designer of the three-day manager workshop "Leading and Managing the Sustainable Enterprise" for the American Management Association, which incorporates the Fieldbook and its complementary Living Fieldbook portal as foundational elements of the program.

Jeana's consulting firm focuses on building sustainable enterprises through leadership, culture change, collaboration, and learning. Formerly, she was HR director at Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), where she was responsible for a variety of functions to transform the firm and build organizational capacity. Previously she held positions in AT&T Human Resources and Marketing and led research programs in the federal government at the National Institute of Education and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Jeana has published a book, journals, and a number of articles in such journals as Human Resource Planning, Organization Development, and Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. She serves as the articles editor for the organization effectiveness knowledge area for People and Strategy (HR Planning Society's Journal). Jeana received her Masters and Ph.D. with honors in Psychology at The University of California at Los Angeles.

Adam J. Zellner, Director of Policy of Office of Governor Jon S. Corzine

email:Adam.Zellner@gov.state.nj.us

Adam Zellner is the current Policy Director for Governor Jon Corzine. In this role, Adam oversees policy development for the Governor.

Prior to joining the Governor's staff, Adam served as the Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Legislative Affairs for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), was the inaugural Executive Director of the New Jersey Highlands Council and is the former Executive Director of the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth.

Adam also served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Steve Rothman, who represents the 9th Congressional District of New Jersey encompassing parts of Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties. In addition, he has worked for a variety of State Legislators throughout his career.

Adam earned a B.A. in Economics from Rowan University. He resides in Linden with his wife Bridget.