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Daniel Robin
Daniel Robin brings more than twenty years of executive/board, financial and business development experience to his consulting and teaching work, with a background in green marketing and venture capital, sustainability planning, and Balanced Scorecard as a sustainability management tool.
Mr. Robin has been leading popular corporate seminars, conducting workshops and inspiring groups since 1985. More recently, he has given keynote talks, chaired conferences on renewable fuels and biodegradable products, conducted seminars on commercializing advanced renewable materials, sustainability reporting, and Balanced Scorecard. Mr. Robin has recently been appointed sustainable business committee program chair for the Sustainability Academy, a 501(c)3 “public benefit” organization.
He received his Bachelors in Computer & Information Science from UC Santa Cruz, completed advanced studies in Marketing and International Business from UC Berkeley, and earned certificates in public speaking, coaching, and NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP). Mr. Robin serves on the board of several client companies funded through Integrated Investments International (www.in3inc.com), a private equity investment, market research and "venture catalyst" organization specializing in sustainable technology commercialization. Mr. Robin is also co-founder of the Central Coast Commercial Sustainability Network (www.cccsn.net) and partner in Renewable Energy Investor Forum (www.reiforum.com).
Daniel Robin is founder of the Sustainable Quality Awards (www.ecoquality.com/sqa), co-sponsored and endorsed by the area Chambers of Commerce, American Society for Quality, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (and the City of Santa Monica in Southern California), and the Small Business Development Center. More than 40 organizations have received recognition through this program, bringing together diverse industry leaders and building awareness of the value of an integrated “triple bottom line” approach.
Sharon
Sarris
Founder and Principal of Greenfuse (www.greenfuseenergy.com), based in Aptos, California, a company based on sustainable business practices, and a former endorsing member of Ceres (www.ceres.org). Sarris is a former General Motors' executive who contributed to GM's sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). She managed project teams with members from engineering, R&D, and manufacturing in GM's highest quality U.S. plant in California and at the GM Technical Center, and was a quality improvement and organizational development director for the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. Sarris was also a member of the innovative team process that introduced GM's EV1 electric vehicle in the mid-‘90s.
As a volunteer with the Sustainable Business Institute (San Jose, Calif.), Sarris led a team that developed the first-ever "Seal of Sustainability" program to recognize businesses that implement integrated sustainability practices. She also served two terms as an elected member of the Board of Trustees of Schoolcraft (Community) College in Livonia, Michigan. She is the co-founder and past co-chair of the Monterey Bay Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council and is a LEED Accredited Professional. She currently serves as an appointed memer of the County of Santa Cruz Commission on the Environment. Sarris earned a BA from Michigan State University and a MA from the University of Michigan.
Anders Riel Müller
Anders Riel Müller holds an MA in Business Studies and Technological and Socio-Economic Planning from Roskilde University in Denmark. In his work as a project manager and Senior Advisor for Environmental Affairs at the non-profit Baltic Sea Solutions (www.bass.nu), Anders has developed and implemented sustainable development projects in Denmark and the rest of the Baltic Sea Region. He has developed economic development strategies for the region of Lolland Falster on tourism and renewable energy as well as conducted research on economic development strategies for rural and peripheral regions in the European Union and the US.
In 2006 he was assigned to be in charge of opening the new Baltic Sea Solutions office in Palo Alto, California. His work in California focuses on establishing trans-Atlantic cooperation bewtween local governments, research and business around renewable energy development.
Prior to joining Baltic Sea Solutions, Anders worked as a researcher in Canada and the US. His research was primarily focused on corporate social and environmental responsibility in global supply chains. He also did research on international agricultural trade policy, Global Commodity Chains, and rural poverty in Asian and Africa.
Anders joined SustainabilityWorks in 2007 and brings experience in GRI and sustainability reporting, speaking and training.