Our world is warming. Our energy resources are depleting. And we’re going green. The environment is a hot topic now more than ever. American Program Bureau’s (APB) energy speakers have an intimate knowledge of our current energy sources and offer expert advice about future trends in energy development, consumption, and delivery.
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Joseph P. Kennedy II
The founder of Citizens Energy Corporation, Joseph P. Kennedy II has served as Chairman and President of the company since 1998, following 12 years of service in the US House of Representatives. Establishing the nonprofit company to provide low-cost heating oil to the poor and elderly, Kennedy grew the organization to ...
Antonia Juhasz
Antonia Juhasz is Director and Founder of the Energy Program at Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based human rights nonprofit organization. She is a policy analyst, author, and activist. Currently, Juhasz is writing a book on the BP Gulf oil disaster to be published by Wiley Publishers in the Spring of 2011. She is also ...
Robert Bryce
Bryce has been writing about the energy business for nearly two decades, with articles appearing in dozens of publications and three published books. Managing Editor of Energy Tribune, he is also a contributing writer for the Texas Observer.
Sheryl WuDunn
As a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and professional speaker, Sheryl WuDunn offers a unique perspective on current economic, political and social issues such as women's rights. As co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Half the Sky, WuDunn calls attention to the trials and triumphs of women ...
Ralph Nader
Former Green Party candidate for president and one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential Americans of the 20th Century," Ralph Nader has always been a voice fighting for the people on the issues that matter most: healthcare, safety, environment, ethics, education, economic and social equality. As a keynote ...
Steve Curwood
We all know the doom and gloom about our lifestyles and the planet. But Curwood, Host and Executive Producer of “Here on Earth” on NPR, details how we have the power to keep the Armageddon of our planet from happening. All we have to do is act smart about how we live, transforming challenges into opportunities for ...
Van Jones
Human rights and environmantal speaker Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. He is the best-selling author of the definitive book on green jobs, The Green-Collar Economy, which has been endorsed by Al Gore. Jones served as the Special Adviser for ...
Alexandra Cousteau
A globally recognized advocate on water quality and policy, Alexandra Cousteau continues the work of her renowned grandfather Jacques-Yves and father Philippe Cousteau. With the unique ability to draw audiences into the weighty issues of policy, politics, and action, Cousteau is dedicated to advocating the importance of ...
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Xavier Sala-i-Martin is Professor of Economics at Columbia University in New York and the Chief Economic Advisor to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. A respected economist, Sala-i-Martin is also a consultant to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, a member of the Counseling Board of Telefonica ...
John Passacantando
Former Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, Passacantando is a sought after environmental speaker who leads the fight for clean air, clean water, and the survival of our planet. Offering a shockingly honest “State of the Planet” address, he proposes solutions and actions necessary to protect our planet and save it ...
Pedro Solbes
A highly respected and pivotal figure in Europe’s political arena, Pedro Solbes served as the European Commissioner of Economic and Monetary Affairs-overseeing the Euro’s integration across the European Union. A respected political and financial voice, Solbes delivers keynote speeches on integration, change management, ...
Alexander A. Likhotal
Having served as adviser to President Mikhail Gorbachev for many years, Likhotal now is President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Cross International. Presenting a strategic approach to managing the environmental crisis, he also works with corporations on how they can successfully combine sustainability and corporate ...
Hazel O'Leary
First energy industry official to lead and streamline the Department of Energy. International energy consultant.
Winona LaDuke
As Program Director of the Honor the Earth Fund, LaDuke is a Native American environmental activist who has achieved national prominence advocating, raising public support, and creating funding for frontline native environmental groups. Twice Ralph Nader’s vice-presidential candidate for the Green Party, she stresses ...
Vandana Shiva
Author, eco-feminist, and environmental activist, Shiva is the Director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology, and has been recognized as "An Environmental Hero" by Time, honored for her leadership and innovative thinking.
Ian Bowles
An energy and environment innovator with experience in foreign policy, state regulation, and clean energy entrepreneurship, Ian Bowles is Managing Director of Rhumb Line Energy LLC, a clean energy advisory and project development firm in Boston; Senior Director at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a Washington-based ...
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm that provides financial, corporate, and government clients with information and insight on how political developments move markets. He is the author of the national bestseller The End of the Free Market: Who Wins ...
Victor Kaluzhny
Kaluzhny is the Chairman of the Board of Transneft JSC, the 100% state-owned, monopolistic oil transportation company, which controls all of the pipelines in Russia. He also serves as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Munir Akram
Following a long and distinguished diplomatic career as the former Permanent Representative to the United Nations from Pakistan, Ambassador Munir Akram is now ready to step out from behind the diplomatic curtain and tell what he knows and offer his perspective on what the goals of the United States should be in Pakistan ...
Rajendra Pachauri
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri is Chairman of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which, in 2007, was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore.
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