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Joel MakoWERBoard President Emeritus
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Lanese Martin,MBABoard Secretary
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About JOel
Joel Makower is chairman and executive editor of GreenBiz Group, Inc., creator of GreenBiz.com along with research and events on sustainable business and clean technology. He is author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century, about a business and investment plan for America, born at the Pentagon, that embeds sustainability as a national strategic imperative. He is also lead author of GreenBiz.com’s annual “State of Green Business” report. The Associated Press has called him “The guru of green business practices.” |
about lanese
Lanese is a creative and all around social-entrepreneur enthusiast. She is the Operations Manager at Oakland Rising. Prior to Oakland Rising she worked for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights as their Operations and Administrative intern while pursuing a M.B.A. in Sustainable Enterprise at Dominican University of California. Lanese’s passion for systems and processes led to her decision that her role in the “movement” was capacity building for organizations doing innovative work in the social justice field. Currently, she is in the process of developing a consulting firm that will provide strategic business planning for non-profits that seek to find sustainable revenue generating streams to support their work. |
CALVIN WILLIAMs,MPABoard Member
About Calvin
Calvin is the current Health Equity Fellowship Director – a new partnership program between The California Endowment and Greenlining Institute. As Health Equity Fellowship Director, he coordinates special projects at The California Endowment designed for emerging public health leaders committed to creating equitable health outcomes for all Californians through research, policy, advocacy and philanthropy. His commitment for social justice has led him to field of organizing, education, and youth leadership development. After he received his BA in Political Science at LaGrange College, Georgia – where he also engaged in cultural and campus based organizing on issues of racial justice, peace promotion and civic engagement. After graduating in 2004, Calvin taught in Mississippi and Alabama in communities he called home during his high school years. He received his MPA at City University of New York, Baruch College School of Public Affairs. Calvin currently resides Oakland – he engages in cultural and social media, and building new roots in the town he now calls home. |
John William FryeBoard Member
About John "JW"
John William ‘ JW’ Frye is a strategic and high impact relationship builder with proven experience building partnerships among corporations, nonprofits, local governments, and community groups to advocate for sustainable systems change. Demonstrated success in building awareness of important issues through effective communications campaigns. An astute fundraiser, organizer, and manager with the ability to inspire and rally diverse special interest groups around a common cause. He has experience in local government, nonprofit, and public/private partnership initiatives designed to improve community engagement, foster awareness of important issues, and provide improved individual outcomes for disadvantaged populations. He has an exceptional ability to develop and implement policies to improve individual success in professional development. He is a musician, DJ, producer, Band manager - produced television shows and scored feature films. He also volunteered in a youth music program in Alaska where he taught at-risk young men to use writing lyrics to better process their thoughts and emotions. |
SEAN KENNEDY
Board Member
About Sean
Sean is the Executive Producer for Good News Oakland and is the Online Producer for All HipHop.com, which is one of the top 5000 online content websites globally. Sean has worked with musical innovators Jay-Z, P-Diddy, Beyonce and Usher, Corporations such as Starbust, Pepsi, Mt. Dew, and Record Labels such as Interscope, Roc-A-Fella Records, and Universal. He is also highly recognized in the community in his role as Co-Chair of the City of Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission and for his innovative internet based TV network, “Good News In Oakland.”