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Speaker Biographies and Lecture Information
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- Brian Derdowski, President of Public Interest Associates and former King County Councilman
Brian Derdowski served three terms, throughout the decade of the 90s, on the Metropolitan King County Council, the legislative body for King County, Washington. Included among over 950 ordinances and motions that Brian successfully sponsored and passed, were the strongest environmental ordinances in the State of Washington. A “friend of labor”, he also sponsored and passed a progressive, and nationally recognized, labor relations ordinance. During 1999, his final year of service on the Council, Brian Derdowski earned his reputation as the strongest “fair trade” advocate in local elective office. He sponsored the County’s anti-MAI resolution, marched in Seattle’s protest demonstrations, and received national attention for his role as a mediator in the streets.
Prior to his election to the King County Council, Brian organized a network of over 200 growth-management advocacy groups, a coalition that resulted in Washington State’s Growth Management Act of 1990. Brian also found time to pursue a successful 17- year career in Engineering, Estimating and Management in heavy industrial repair, fabrication and manufacturing. His work during this time acquainted him with the practices and issues of most industrial and manufacturing sectors in America’s Pacific Northwest.
Brian is currently a management and public affairs consultant, and principal of Public Interest Associates, a public interest research and advocacy firm. He is also a corporate management consultant and personal coach for executives and others who are interested in their own personal effectiveness and citizenship. He travels full-time throughout our region helping citizen groups empower themselves.- Leonard Forsman, Suquamish Tribe
Leonard Forsman is a member of the Suquamish Tribe and a former Tribal Council member. Leonard is employed by the Suquamish Tribe as a Tribal Spokesperson responsible for public relations and tribal government support activities. Leonard is trained as an anthropologist and worked for several years for a private archaeology firm before returning to work for the Tribe.- William Gold, UW Bothell
- Mike Hanson, Botany Instructor, BCC
- Jane Hendricks, AIA, LMN Architects
Speaker Biography: Jane Hendricks has a broad range of design and project management experience, ranging from masterplanning and programming studies, to construction of institutional, commercial, and residential projects. With more than 20 years of professional practice, Jane has the perspective of 8 years of concurrent teaching experience. Jane has the knowledge, expertise, and communication skills to lead complex design teams to successful, effective design solutions. In addition, Jane is LEED accredited design professional, and is a leader in the firm’s sustainable design strategies.- U.S. Representative Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee has represented Washington State's First District in Congress since 1999. From 1992-1994 he representing Washington's 4th Congressional District, and he served in the Washington State Legislature from 1988-1992. He is a member of the Committee on Resources, and he serves on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Inslee is a leader in Congress advancing renewable energy and clean energy technologies that will produce family waged, high trained jobs for Americans. He also co-founded the Congressional Climate Change Caucus, and is a member of the Renewable Energy Caucus. Some of his recent legislative efforts include his work to pass national net metering standards, incorporate renewable energy provisions into the Farm Bill, advance the "New Apollo Energy Project" amongst his colleagues in Congress, and his introduction of the Climate Stewardship Act of 2004 (HR 4067) with Congressmen Gilchrest and Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman. Inslee graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and from Willamette University School of Law with his Doctor of Jurisprudence.- Dan Jaffe, UW Bothell
Dan is a Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry at the University of Washington-Bothell and an adjunct Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington Seattle. He graduated from MIT in 1979 with a BS in chemistry and from UW (Seattle) with a PhD also in chemistry in 1987. His areas of expertise are in global and regional atmospheric pollution, especially carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen oxides, aerosols and metals and in long range transport of air pollution in the Arctic and Pacific regions. He is especially interested in the rapidly developing regions of Asia.- JoAnn Jordan, Emergency Preparedness Education Coordinator, City of Bellevue
- Peter Locke, AIA, LMN Architects
With over 20 years of architectural experience, Peter Locke has significant background and experience in the management of complex technical projects, which includes performing arts and renovation projects. Peter is one of our resident Green Building Experts. He has extensive experience with the USGBC LEED Green Building Rating System, and regularly attends local and national conferences to maintain the most up to date information on this subject.- Patty Martin, founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer
- Michael Mayer, Associate Attorney, Earthjustice
Michael Mayer joined Earthjustice as an associate attorney in 2001 after a year with the Democratic National Committee that included some ballot counting in Florida. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Mayer was an associate with Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., during which time he worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council on protection of the Tongass National Forest. He graduated from the University of Texas Law School with honors in 1996 and clerked for Judge James L. Dennis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Mayer also attended a summer session of environmental law through Vermont Law School in 2000.- Robert McClure. Seattle PI Reporter
- Elisa Murray, Communications Director, Northwest Environmental Watch
Elisa Murray, communications director for Northwest Environment Watch, coordinates media and outreach for NEW. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University and has worked as an editor at Eastsideweek newspaper and Q. Magazine in Ecuador. She has also served as a public information specialist for the University of Washington. She is a board member of Homewaters Project, a watershed education nonprofit in greater Seattle.- Rion Ramirez , Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, member American Indian Bar Association
- L.B. Sandy Rock, MD, MPH, BCC
Speaker Biography: Sandy Rock is the President of Interpretive Consultations, Inc., a risk communication and environmental health consulting concern, the Environment and Health Research Director for the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center, and an Environmental Science instructor at Bellevue Community College. He has practiced medicine for over 20 years.- Washington Representative Laura Ruderman
- Dr. Jim Trombold, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Brandie Smith, Toxics Campaigner for the Washington Toxics Coalition
Speaker Biography: Brandie Smith, Toxics Campaigner, joined WTC in September 2001. Brandie holds a J.D. and Masters in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School. In addition to WTC, Brandie has also worked for the Oregon Environmental Council and MassPIRG. At WTC Brandie works on the campaign to end persistent pollution.- Mark Storey, BCC, Philosophy
Mark is a philosophy instructor at Bellevue Community College.- James Torrence, BCC, Arts and Humanities
BCC Earth Week is organized by the BCC Science Club. For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at rviens@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-3158.
Last Updated April 15, 2004