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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011

3:00 p Greetings COLUMBIA B

Felicia DavisDirector, Facilities and Infrastructure, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Clarissa Myrick-Harris, Ph.D.Interim Executive Director, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

William Harris, IIIVertical Market Vice President for Education, Trane

Arturo Cuellar, Jr.Director, Capacity Building and Leadership, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Misha LesleySenior Director of Programs, Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Carrie BillyExecutive Director, American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Ashka NaikDirector of Strategic Initiatives, Second Nature

Neil HorikoshiPresident and Executive Director, Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

Jennifer WorthProgram Manager, American Association of Community Colleges

Boyce WilliamsSenior Vice President and Chief of Staff, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011

4:00 p Town Hall Conversation: Minority-Serving COLUMBIA B Institutions and SustainabilityMODERATOR - Nia RobinsonEnvironmental Advocate in Residence, Bennett College for Women

William F.L. MosesProgram Officer, The Kresge Foundation

Phaedra Ellis-LamkinsExecutive Director, Green for All

Jerome C. RingoSenior Executive for Global Strategies, Green Port

David W. Orr, Ph.D.Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College

Questions and Answers

6:00 p – 9:00 p Opening Dinner Reception COLUMBIA A

Kendall IsadoreViolinist

OratorsAmal Bennett-Judge, Illai Kenney, McKinley Ann Sauls, Paul Reeves

I AM WEDominque Atwood, Sankara McCain, Sharifa Daniels, William Wilson

Karl W. Reid, Ed.D.Senior Vice President of Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives, UNCF

Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D.President and CEO, UNCF

Michele D. Thomas, MDCEO, Urban Farmer

Nancy G. Maynard, Ph.D.Senior Research Scientist, NASA Tribal College and University Project Manager

Student Poster Presentations and Sponsor Exhibits

FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2011

6:00 A Yoga ReGenCY BALLROOMNadia Bey

7:00 A Buffet Breakfast

8:30 A Opening plenary SessionMODERATOR - Clarissa Myrick-Harris, Ph.D.Interim Executive Director, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Bessie ShermanDirector, Minority University Outreach, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Meldon S. Hollis, Jr.Associate Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Roger RiveraExecutive Director, National Hispanic Environmental Council

9:15 A nancy SutleyChair, White House Council on Environmental Quality

10:00 A – 10:30 A U.S. Department of energyAnnie P. WhatleyAssociate Director, Office of Minority Economic Impact U.S. Department of Energy

10:30 A – 11:00 A U.S. environmental protection AgencyJeanette L. BrownDirector, Office of Small Business Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Lek KadeliAssistant Administrator Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Patricia DurrantMinority Academic Institutions, National Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


11:00 A – 12:00 p Building Living Learning LaboratoriesMODERATOR - Olu Olatidoye, Ph.D.Director, Clark Atlanta University, Center for Alternative, Renewable Energy, Technology and Training

Herman H. HowardVice President, HOK Aviation + Transportation

Todd BertschVice President and Director of Design, HOK Atlanta

Eric L. PinckneyVice President of Operations, The Integral Group

John H. ToppingPresident, The Climate Institute

Jonathan LancianiPresident and CEO, Organica

12:00 p – 12:30 p Break

12:30 p – 2:00 p Lunch | Financing Green BuildingPROGRAM RECOGNITION - Felicia DavisDirector, Facilities and Infrastructure, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Markese BryantCollege Ambassador Program Associate, Green for All

MODERATOR - Linda CurielDirector, Institutional Advancement, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Blaine CollisonDirector, EPA Green Power Partnership

William H. Harris, IIIVertical Market Vice President for Education, Trane

Andre DavisDirector of Structured Finance-Americas, Global Energy Solutions, Johnson Controls

Glenn BarnesSenior Project Director, Environmental Finance Center, School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


2:30 p – 5:00 p Breakout Session - Research COnGReSSIOnAL D

2:30 p – 3:45 p 1A Undergraduate energy/Climate ResearchMODERATOR - Michael J. HesterInterim President and Chief Executive Officer, UNCF Special Programs

Dwight D. Martin, MSCRPProfessor, Tennessee State University

Daniel R. Wildcat, Ph.D.Director, Environmental Research Studies Center, Haskell Indian Nations University

3:45 p – 5:00 p 1B Water Research and TechnologyMODERATOR - Michael J. HesterInterim President and Chief Executive Officer, UNCF Special Programs

Victor Madu Ibeanusi, Ph.D.Chair, Environmental Science and Studies Program, Spelman College

Jonathan LancianiCEO, Organica

2:30 p – 5:00 p Breakout Session - Building COnGReSSIOnAL B

2:30 p – 3:45 p 2A LeeD as a Model for Green Building and Sustainability planningMODERATOR - Jamie Van Mourik, Associate AIA, LEED APHigher Education Manager, Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council

Nadine Crutcher, AIA, LEED AP BD+CCEO, Allforms Green, LLC

Arthur E. Frazier, III, AIADirector, Facilities Management and Services, Spelman College

Herman H. HowardVice President, HOK Aviation + Transportation

JocCole BurtonManaging Partner, Woodline Solutions


3:45 p – 5:00 p 2B energy efficiency Options MODERATOR - Henry M. Lancaster, IIOwner, Lancaster Craig and Associates

William H. Harris, IIIVertical Market Vice President for Education, Trane

Ann K. WaggamanMarketing Manager, Comverge

Scott FinlinsonManager of Operational Efficiency, Noresco

2:30 p – 5:00 p Breakout Session - Community Development COnGReSSIOnAL C

2:30 p – 3:45 p 3A Community College Sustainability and Workforce DevelopmentMODERATOR - Carolyn TeichSenior Program Associate, American Association of Community Colleges

Pam DanielProgram Director, Sustainable Communities Institute, Cedar Valley College

Frank MercadoVice President Operations, Hudson County Community College

3:45 p – 5:00 p 3B Community engagement, Climate Adaptation and Disaster RecoveryMODERATOR - Lisa MadryCampus Field Director, National Wildlife Federation

Jacqueline PattersonDirector, Climate and Justice, NAACP

Sylvia Carey-Butler, Ph.D.Director, Enrollment Management, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Leslie Fields, Esq.Program Director, Sierra Club

Melanie L. CampbellPresident and Chief Executive Officer, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation


5:30 p noresco Reception COnGReSSIOnAL A

Philip O’NealCEO, Green DMV

Rhon HayesDirector, Green DMV

Dinner on your own at Funxion, DC’s first “fit” restaurant FUnxIOn

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2011

8:00 A – 10:00 A Breakfast/Renewable energy Options CApITOL ROOM A

MODERATOR - Paul ReevesAlternative Energy Production Consultant, Upepo Energy Group

John RosenthallPresident, Urban Technologies, Inc.

Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr., Ph.D.Vice President Innovation Technology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Larry UnionPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Northeast Biodiesel Company

Olu Olatidoye, Ph.D.Clark Atlanta University, Center for Alternative Renewable Energy Technology and Training

Deborah ClemonsManager, HCNRG Solutions

energy Audit and planning COnGReSSIOnAL BMODERATOR - Henry M. Lancaster, IIOwner, Lancaster Craig and Associates

Carlos Javier Espinoza-ToroMIT CoLab

Matthew I. WilliamsSustainability Coordinator, Auburn University

Marilynn Marsh-RobinsonMinority-Serving Institution Coordinator, Environmental Defense Fund

David FoxClimate Corps Technical Advisory, Environmental Defense Fund

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8:00 A – 10:00 A Student engagement and eco-entrepreneurs CApITOL ROOM BMODERATOR - Juliean McqueenCampaign and Partnerships Manager, Green for All

Nia RobinsonEnvironmental Advocate in Residence, Bennett College for Women

Markese BryantCollege Ambassador Program Associate, Green for All

Shereena BakerProject Coordinator, American Indian/Alaskan Native Climate Change Working Group, Haskell Indian Nations College

Mark OrlowskiExecutive Director, Sustainable Endowment Institute

Tony AndersonFounder, Let’s Raise A Million

MODERATOR - Carlton J. CosbyRelationship Manager, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Cynthia Blandford NashHonorary Consul General, The Republic of Liberia

Emmanuel DennisDirector, Africa Green Teams (Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal)

Cheikhou ThiomeDirector, Senegal Green Teams

Raymond LiuCEO, EcoApp Solar

Jim GoodsonSales Manager, EcoApp Solar

Illai KenneyCEO, My Green, Inc.

Amal Bennett-JudgeSustainability Consultant, Howard University

Daniel BlackmanGeorgia Environmental Leadership Fellow


9:00 A – 11:00 A Focus Group eveRGLADe

FACILITATOR - Barry Nagle

10:30 A – 12:00 p Closing Session COnGReSSIOnAL A

Best practices are Second natureFelicia DavisDirector, Facilities and Infrastructure, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building

Ashka NaikDirector, Capacity Building, Second Nature

Jewell HarperVisiting Professor, Spelman College

Vita PickrumAssociate Vice President for Development, Delaware State University

GR ANTEE S • Bennett College

• California State University Northridge

• Clark Atlanta University

• College of Menominee Nation

• Delaware State University

• Ecumenical Theological Seminary

• Elizabeth City State University

• Harris-Stowe State University

• Haskell Indian Nations University

• Howard University

• Jarvis Christian College

• Kentucky State University

• Los Angeles Trade Technical College

• Lane College

• Morehouse College

• Shaw University

• Spelman College

• Stillman College

• Tougaloo College

• United Tribes Technical College

• University of Texas San Antonio

• Voorhees College

• Wilberforce College

SpEcIAl THANk S• Darryl Ann Lai-Fang, Consultant,

UNCF Building Green Initiative

• Joanna Lou Hernandez, Videographer

• Paulette Shipman-Singleton, Photographer

• Nnena Nchege, Event Manager, DIRM Corporation

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