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(In alphabetical order)
As Principal and Creative Director, Jennifer brings to Axion over 20 years of her business acumen, enthusiastic integrity, and insistence on delivering the finest creative product possible. Her responsibilities include key account management and overall management of daily operations, personnel, financial and strategic business planning at Axion. Prior to taking over the reins at Axion, Jennifer held management positions at Levi Strauss & Co. She was a tangible driver of the Dockers brand, its design, merchandising and international production efficiency. Her role on production and management task forces at Levi served to hone Jennifer’s skills in teamwork dynamics earning her aprestigious management award. Jennifer holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. She lives in Marin County with her husband, Rob Jigarjian and son, Misha. Zem Joaquin, Founder, EcofabulousZem Joaquin, Green Design and Strategy Consultant, is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ecofabulous.com, a website that dedicated to finding the best of the best when it comes to sustainable, sexy, stuff. Zem also applied her eco-chic talents to Condé Nast’s House &Garden magazine as the former Eco Editor and currently to Domino Magazine as Contributing Eco-Editor. She also hosts a segment on apopular morning radio show and co-hosts episodes on national television programs such as Kimmora Lee Simmons “Life in Fab Lane,” and the upcoming Adrian Granier “Alter Eco” program. Zem regularly featured in various print, online and television channels, and she is frequently introduced and quoted as an industry thought leader and green design authority. A certified green building professional, protogé of William McDonough and long-time fashionista, Zem consults on eco-design projects for individuals and corporations. Her approach, mission andvision are inspirational and captivating as she is frequently engagedby leading corporations such as PG&E, Williams Sonoma Home, PotteryBarn, Visa and Whole Foods to lead mid level & senior management teams through tailored green strategy presentations and educational seminars. She is also co-founder of the Cradle to Cradle 2009 conference. When Zem is not writing for her website, preparing her next monthly contribution to a media channel, or helping a company “go green,” she is committed to her positions on the Board of Directors Global Green USA, Healthy Child, Healthy World, and Teens for Safe Cosmetics. She has lived and worked in Milan, Paris and London and finally settled down in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two young children. Michelle Klahr, Senior Associate Consultant, Bain & Company
Michelle
Klahr is a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, Inc., a
global strategy consulting firm. Michelle began her career at Bain’s
San Francisco office in 2007 and has completed projects in a variety of
industries including eCommerce, semiconductors, and private equity.
Michelle served as the captain of her office’s Green Team and helped to
implement numerous changes within her office favoring greener
alternatives. Recently Michelle took a four month leave of absence from
Bain to build and implement a strategy for the Teens Turning Green
Collection of eco body care products.
Michelle
will enroll in the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the fall of
2010 and plans to earn her MBA in 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Business Economics from Brown University.
Paul Schramski, State Director, Pesticide Watch
Paul is the State Director of Pesticide Watch and Pesticide WatchEducation Fund and manages the day-to-day operations of the organization. He previously worked for
James Schurz, Attorney, Morrison and Foerster He is an adjunct professor of law at theUniversity of California, San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law (1998 topresent) is the co-author of “How to Choose a Forum that is Right forYou” (International Commercial Litigation 2002) and “Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Mechanisms in International Environmental Conventions and Multilateral Trade Agreements,” (United Nations Environmental Programme 1995) and a series of articles for California Law Business, California Real Property Journal, and International Commercial Litigation.
Judi Shils has spent the last 10 years of her life spearheading grassroots community projects. While attending a Marin County Supervisors meeting in 2002, she listened to concerned citizens pose questions about the high cancer rates in their neighborhoods and express thoughts as to possible causes. The dearth of answers led Shils to form the Marin Cancer Project: Search for the Cause, and now the teen-driven force for sustainable change, the non profit, Teens Turning Green (teensturninggreen.org). As well, Shils worked with campaign members and green businesses to create the first line of eco body products for teens launched nationally with Whole Foods Market in 2008. After attending Temple University and American University, she started her Emmy Award-winning career with ABC Sports in New York and remained in television for 25 years. in 1988, Shils moved to Los Angeles, where she produced the first critically acclaimed reality television special "3,000 miles, 21 days, 10 cents" for Fox Television. Moving to the Bay Area and becoming a mother to daughter Erin, changed the course of her life. In 1995, Shils created the successful Diary Project (diaryproject.com), one of the very first on-line forums for teenagers to discuss their lives, as well as an accompanying newspaper component and Emmy Award-winning television series called "Life in Progress" on Oxygen TV series. As well she produced a stage version of the DP, the script was created with entries from the website. She founded and ran the annual student art show "Celebrate Arts" for 10 years. Shils' environmental work began at the California Coastal Commission, where she has been a consultant since 1996, focusing on public education programs and the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.
Judi resides in Marin County, California.
Heidi Locke Simon, Partner, Bain & Company (Board Chair) Heidi Locke Simon is a Partner of Bain & Company, a globalstrategy consulting firm. She is a leader of the firm’s performance improvement capability area and manages Bain’s marketing and client development efforts on the West Coast. Prior to joining Bain in 1993, Heidi worked in investment banking for Goldman, Sachs & Company and spent time in brand management with Colgate-Palmolive Company. Heidi earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Politics and Economics with highest honors from Middlebury College, including course work at the University of Paris.
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