
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
“The Flourishing Enterprise: Connecting Spirituality and Sustainability"
Chris Laszlo
Author of “The Flourishing Enterprise:: Connecting Spirituality and Sustainability", Associate Professor of sustainability, strategy and organizational behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, the Faculty Research Director of the Fowler Center for Sustainability Value, and Managing Partner, Sustainable Value Partners.
"Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The skills gap and what companies can do about it"

L-R: ISE Student Intern Sandra Thomas, Speaker Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Director, Center for Human Resources, and Professor of Education, U Penn, The Wharton School; ISE Student Intern Alexandra Vargas and ISE Graduate Assistant Pooja Aravkar.

L-R, Dr. Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations; Pooja Aravkar, ISE Grad Assistant and Project Manager, ISE/CHRMS Seminar Series; presenting Certificate of Appreciation to speaker Rick Miller, President and CEO, Choices and Success.

L-R, Dr. Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations; Discussant Matt Polsky, ISE Senior Fellow; Presenter Dr. Joel Harmon, Director, ISE; Presenter Dr. Kent Fairfield, Assistant Professor of Management; Discussant Athena Sarafides, NJDEP; Pooja Aravkar, ISE Graduate Assistant and Seminar Project Manager, and Bill Russell, ISE Research Fellow.
Lynn Stout, Ph.D.
Professor of Law, Cornell University
Frank M. Werner
Associate Professor Finance, Fordham University
Susan Jackson
Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University; Past President, Academy of Management
Stephan Dilchert
Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
Deniz Ones
Hellervik Professor; Distinguised McKnght Professor, University of Minnesota

l - r: Drs. Kent Fairfield, ISE Interim Director; Susan Jackson, Speaker; Deniz Ones, Speaker; Stephen Dilchert; Speaker, and Jeana Wirtenberg, ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations
W. Scott Tew
Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Ingersoll Rand
Tim Wall
Strategic Communication Consultant, United Nations Global Compact
Amanda Nesheiwat
UN Youth Representative for the Foundation for Post Conflict Development; Director, NJ Sustainable Collegiate Partners
Ashwani Vasishth
Director of the Center for Sustainability; Associate Professor in Environmental Studies, Ramapo College
Rio + 20 Selected News Coverage (Tim Wall)
"Manifesto of the Peoples' Sustainability Treaties" (Ashwani Vasishth)
Ira Feldman, Speaker
President & Senior Counsel, Greentrack Strategies; Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda Nesheiwat, Speaker
UN Youth Representative for The Foundation for Post Conflict Development; Director, NJ Sustainable Collegiate Partners
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Bill Russell, Discussant
Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
Notes from "Brainstorming Session"
"Stepping Stones to Sustainability: What's Possible and What's Missing?"
6/21/12 Daily Record article: "Sustainability conference challenge: Make a difference"
Friday, May 18, 2012
Speaker:

Howard Deutsch
CEO, Quantisoft
Speaker:
Mara Einstein, Ph.D.
Author and Associate Professor of Media Studies
Queens College, CUNY
*The speaker, Dr. Mara Einstein, requests that If you quote from the slides to please source her book.
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Govi Rao
President & CEO, Noveda Technologies

Speaker Helen Crowley, left, Conservation & Ecosystem Services Specialist, PPR, being presented with Certificate of Appreciation by Graduate Assistant Brian Corea and ISE's Jeana Wirtenberg

Enthusiastic participants listen to Dr. Crowley's presentation
READ DAILY RECORD ARTICLE on breakfast seminar, "The Business of Biodiversity"
Speaker:
Glenn Barbi
Vice President, The Office of Global Sustainability, Becton Dickinson
Speaker:
Lance Berger
Editor, The Talent Management Handbook, 2003 and 2010
Speaker:
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Andrew Sell
Chief Hipcycler,
Hipcycle LLC
Speaker:
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Howard Guttman
Guttman Development Strategies
"Coach Yourself to Win" by Howard Guttman named one of Washington Post.com's Top 5 Business Books
“Sustainability in Pharmacy: from the Jungle to the Patient”
Speakers:
Ruth E. Nemire
BSPh, PharmD, EdD.
Dean and Professor, FDU's Medco School of Pharmacy
and
Dr. Susan Snodgrass
BPharm, M D.
Senior Director Clinical Research, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Speaker:
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Fred Smagorinsky
CEO, Marcal Manufacturing, LLC
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Jacquelyn Ottman
Author, "The New Rules of Green Marketing"
MODERATOR:
Joe Schneider
Founder, Linking B2B PANELISTS: Steve Fromkin Manager, EHS, Alcoa Howmet Joe D'Urso Product and Services Manager, NJ Manufacturing Extension Program and Bill Russell ISE Research Fellow and Principal, Transitioning to Green ![]()
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PRESENTATION
Speaker:
Greg Thomson
President, The Thomson Group
SPEAKER
Michael Beer
Chairman, TruePoint Author, "High Commitment, High Performance" Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School PRESENTATION - "The Leadership Challenge"
PRESENTATION - "In Pursuit of High Performance"
SPEAKER
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Charlene Wall-Warren
Sustainability Leader, BASF
PANELISTS
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Jaime Ewalt
Senior Environmental Specialist
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
Office of Economic Growth and Green Energy
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Gary Sondermeyer
Director, Technology Department
Bayshore Recycling
Former Chief of Staff, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
and
Matt Polsky
Former Sustainability Team Leader, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
and
Senior Fellow for Sustainability Innovation & Multidisciplinary Thought
Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
SPEAKERS:
David Jenkins, Chief IT Security Officer, Administration for Children and Families, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Shir Nir, President/Partner, The Handel Group

Barry Dambach, EHS Director, Alcatel-Lucent
and
Tom Okrasinski, Senior Manager, Product Eco-Sustainability, Alcatel-Lucent
See related articles....
Alcatel-Lucent Cuts Carbon Footprint13 Percent in 2009
Alcatel-Lucent 2009 CSR Initiatives
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Speakers: Ed Barker, Director of Corporate Partnerships, Earthwatch Institute, and
Laurie Roy, HR Manger, Alcoa Power and Propulsion
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Speaker: Faith Taylor
Corporate Vice President, Sustainability and Innovation
Wyndham Worldwide
Speaker: Mitchell Erickson
Director, Northeast Operations, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Speaker: David Grant, President and CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation "Forging Collaborative Partnerships for Sustainability"
"Sustainability creates better world, FDU gathering told"
Speaker: Mary Gentile, Ph.D., Director of "Giving Voice to Values"

From left: Speaker Mary Gentile, Ph.D. accepting tokens of appreciation from ISE Senior Advisor, External Relations Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D., and ISE Graduate Assistant Sneha Nair.

From left: Presenter Joel Harmon, Ph.D. Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Discussant Padma Thiruvendagam, Global Head of Business Integration (former Head of HR), Global Oncology, Pfizer Inc; Presenter Kent Fairfield, Ph.D. Director, Education Initiatives, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Moderator Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D., Ph.D. Director, Education Initiatives, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University
"THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABILITY ON MARKETING:
Are You Doing More than You Say or Saying More than You do?"
MODERATOR: David Rosen, President & CEO, Acrelic Group
PANELIST: Shari Aaron, Sustainability and Market Research Expert; Author, Climb the Green Ladder
PANELIST: Leonard Gordon, Director, Northeast Regional Office, Federal Trade Commission
Mr. Rosen's Presentation
Ms. Aaron's Presentation
Mr. Gordon's Presentation
featured Two Related Presentations on Building Sustainability in the Food Products Sector:
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Presenter: Allison Hornstein, Food and Beverage Sustainability Analyst, Risk Metrics Group
and
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Presenter: Dave Stangis, Vice President for CSR and Sustainability, Campbell's Soup
Remote Speaker: HAZEL HENDERSON President, Ethical Markets Media Frank Werner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance, Fordham University Fern Jones, Founder & Managing Director, FJ Corporation KELLY STEPHENSON of OLGIVIE MATHER on HOPENHAGEN - HANDOUT Buttons can be downloaded as follows: http://hopenhagen.org/badges"Beyond GDP: Operationalizing Indicators of Sustainability and Quality of Life"
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Discussants:
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WATCH HAZEL HENDERSON'S PRESENTATION at this link (Webex necessary for viewing; download available)
HAZEL HENDERSON'S PPT PRESENTATION
Speaker: William Schiemann, Ph.D., Founder & Ceo, Metrus Group
Presenter: Jerry Seibert, Global Director, Diagnostic Services, Metrus Group
Discussant: Anna Tavis, Global Head, Talent Management & Organizational Development, AIG Investments
Speaker: Julius Walls, CEO, Greyston Baker; Sr. VP, Greyston Foundation "Paradoxes, Practices, and Promises"
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PRESENTATION
Julius Walls' book, "Mission, Inc."
Speaker: John Conover, President, Trane Commercial Systems Business in the Americas"Proven Strategies for Making Existing Buildings Energy and Operationally Efficient"

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Discussant: Philippe C. Dordai, AIA, LEED ap
Principal, RMJM, USGBC-NJ
(top - bottom) Veronica Croucher, Director, Group Sustainability Projects, sanofi-aventis
Peter Lalli, Senior Director, Business Planning and Sustainability, sanofi-aventis
"Green Jobs: Fueling the Green Economy"
(top - bottom) Jennifer Cleary, Senior Project Manager
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University
Elizabeth Reynoso, Coordinator New Careers, NJISJ
Michael Winka, Director, Office of Clean Energy
"Green Jobs in New Jersey’s Energy Economy" – Jennifer Cleary
"New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program: Opportunities of Green Jobs" – Michael Winka
"Preparing the Workforce for a 'Green Jobs' Economy" - Jennifer Cleary and Allison Kopicki
Speaker: Aaron Bernstein, M.D.
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Speaker: Dr. John Francis, Planetwalker
Speaker: WILLIAM MAKOFSKE Professor Emeritus of Physics, Ramapo College of NJ Al Matos, PSE&G Tom Mierzeski, HydroCoil
November 21, 2008
"Reinventing Energy in the 21st Century"
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PANEL:
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DR. MAKOFSKE'S PRESENTATION
MR. MATOS' PRESENTATION
September 19, 2008
Speaker: James B. Johnson, Alcoa
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Speaker: Bryan Thomlison, Our Community Works, Inc.
April 18, 2008
"Organizational Bystanders: Why do well-intentioned people often fail to act in the face of uncertainty and risk?"
Speakers: Marc Gerstein, MGA
and
Robert Shaw, Princeton MCG
Speaker: Judi Neal, Spirit at Work
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Speaker: Howard Guttman, Guttman Development Strategies, Inc.
Speakers:
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Ellen Sinclair, Vice President, Benchmark Hospitality International
and
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Janice Maffei, Partner, Vision First
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Speaker: Bruce Piasecki, President , American Hazard Control Group; Author, "World Inc."
Handouts:
Panelists:
Randy Williams, Redmond, Williams & Associates, LLC
Nicholas Diehl, Princeton University
Janis Schoenauer, AllianceBernstein, L.P.; President, Int'l Ombudsman Association
Handouts:
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Speaker: James B. Swartz
Author, "Seeing David in the Stone"

Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
Speaker: Emlyn Koster
President and CEO, Liberty Science Center PRESENTATION
Speaker: Kenny Moore
Director of HR and Corporate Ombudsman, KeySpan Corporation
Co-author of “The CEO and the Monk: One Company’s Journey to Profit and Purpose”
Speaker: Keith Darcy, Executive Director, Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (ECOA)

Speaker: Kaveh Naficy, Co-Founder, Philosophy IB
Gerald Poolman, Regina McNeil, Michael A. Delmage, Chuck Pascarelli
"Global Talent Management: The Third Generation"

Speaker: Anna Tavis, Ph.D.
November 17, 2006
"HR's Role in Building a Sustainable Enterprise: Insights from Some of the World's Best Companies"

PRESENTATION
Speaker: Craig R. Gill, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP It's 2008: Do you Know Where your Talent is? Why Acquisition and Retention Strategies Don't Work
October 20, 2006
Building a Sustainable Leadership and Talent Management Strategy

PRESENTATION
Speaker: Ray Anderson, Founder & Chairman of the Board, Interface

"Reinventing Employee Surveys: New Strategic Management Tools for Managing Talent and Strategy Execution"
Speakers:
Brian S. Morgan, Ph.D and J.T. Kostman, Ph.D, The Metrus Group

Speaker: Beth Young, Sr. Research Associate, The Corporate Library Panel: Dr. Rosina Dixon, Nat'l Assn. of Corporate Directors Dr. Mark Sickles, President, Nat'l Assn. of Corporate Directors Dr. Gordon Sollars, Professor of Management, FDU Mark Sickles' Presentations: Phil LaRocco, President, E+CoPRESENTATION
March 24, 2006
"Wins for People, Planet, and Profits: The E+Co Story"
VIDEO OF PRESENTATION
Speaker: Bruce M. Kahn, Ph.D
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"Leader Survey Results:Challenges and Opportunities in the For Profit and Non-Profit Sectors"
Speakers: Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D, ISE Director of External Relations and Services and Tim Lannan, M.S.O.D., R.S.O.D. "For Profit" panel: Non-Profit panel:
PRESENTATION