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.
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 ...
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 ...
Greg Palast
Investigative reporter, author, and environmental activist, Palast has written some of the most scathing and alarming exposes. He explores the negative contributions of modern corporate culture and globalization on the way we live and upon the environmental landscape.
Hazel O'Leary
First energy industry official to lead and streamline the Department of Energy. International energy consultant.
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 ...
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.
Craig Unger
Craig Unger is author of the New York Times bestseller, House of Bush, House of Saud. Unger and his work are featured prominently in Michael Moore's blockbuster, Fahrenheit 9/11. He appears frequently as an analyst on terrorism, Saudi-American relations and the oil industry on CNN, the ABC Radio ...
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 ...
Ambassador 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 ...
Christine Ervin
Christine Ervin is a national leader on market-based strategies for green buildings, clean energy and climate change. Former US Assistant Secretary of Energy in the Clinton Administration overseeing clean energy technologies, and first President and CEO of the highly influential US Green Building Council, Ervin is widely ...
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, ...
David Houle
David Houle is a futurist, advisor and speaker who has always been ahead the curve. Having spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment, Houle has worked at NBC, CBS and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.
Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer is one of the most prolific actors of his generation. From his more recent work as a career military officer in David Mamet's Spartan, back through his work with Oliver Stone in The Doors and Michael Mann in Heat to his early work in Top Gun, Kilmer has worked with many of film's most ...
Van Jones
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 Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under ...
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone made her way from Domino’s Pizza commercials to Clueless fame, morphing into one of the most celebrated actresses today. Known for her role as “Cher” and her tireless activism, Silverstone has dedicated herself to promoting her causes with her fame. Voted “Sexiest Vegan” in 2004 by ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Graham Hill
Alternately described as serial entrepreneur, do-gooder, and designer, he finds his future happily confined to the social entrepreneurship arena as founder of the website Treehugger.com, a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. Treehugger.com is also part of the Planet Green initiative at ...
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