On July 23 from 6 to 9 pm, Young Women Social Entrepreneurs-San Francisco presents a panel on Taking Risks for a Better World — Women Eco-Entrepreneurs:
Corina Beczner, founder of Vibrant Events
Justine Burt, founder of Justine Burt & Associates
Ivy Chuang, founder of Knoend - ecodesign for everyone
Diane Loviglio, co-founder of Wattbot
Han Pham, Editor of Hyphen Magazine, will moderate the panel.
Last year's panel of YWSE entrepreneurs was such a huge success that we're going to offer another no-holds-barred discussion!
To learn more about
our stellar panelists, check out their websites and read their bios:
Corina Beczner is the Founder and President of Vibrant Events, a green weddings and special events company in the San
Francisco Bay Area. With fifteen years of experience in the
sustainability field and a long-standing interest in producing green
events, Corina has merged her passions to help clients create truly
sustainable celebrations from the heart! Previously Corina was
co-creator of GreenBiz.com, a leading information resource on aligning
environmental responsibility with business success, and produced
EcoTalk for CBS radio, covering green lifestyles with a focus on
"news-you-can-use." She has an MBA in Sustainable Management from
Presidio School of Management and is Co-Director of PAGE, Professional
Association for Green Events. Corina was named Trendsetter by Sierra
Magazine in 2007, and featured as "Green Wedding Guru" by Sprig.com in
June 2008. Committed to pushing the sustainable event conversation
forward, she has been in Newsweek, BusinessWeek Online, and Natural
Health Magazine, and has written a Green Wedding Guide to be published
in 2009. Stay in touch with how Vibrant is transforming the weddings
and special events industry by signing up for the newsletter and
visiting the blog at vibrantevents.net.
After 17 years in the environmental field, including
eight years as a Program Manager for Science Applications International
Corporation, Justine Burt sought a more visible role in the sustainability
community. In Fall 2007, she started her own sustainability strategy
and visioning consulting firm, Justine Burt & Associates. Currently, her major client is Greenwala.com, a
green social media company that is working to make sustainability fun
and cool to light green Americans who are semi-engaged on environmental
issues (check out her blog at http://greenwala.com/?author=4). Building
on her M.A. in Environmental Policy from Tufts University and a B.A. in
Economics, Justine has been a sustainability manager and a change agent
for NASA Ames Research Center and Alameda County's StopWaste.Org.
Married with a seven year old son, Justine enjoys hiking, yoga and
cooking gourmet vegetarian food. Ask for a copy of her Tabbouleh with
Mint and Pistachios recipe to dazzle guests at future dinner parties.
Ivy Chuang holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science
from Emory University and a Master's Degree in Design from Domus
Academy in Milan, Italy. She found her passion in June 2006, when she
started, Knoend (pronounced - "no end"), an ecodesign company committed
to producing well-designed, affordable, environmentally-friendly
housewares and furniture. Knoend (www.knoend.com) now produces 3
products: a no-packaging lamp, a salvaged parachute handbag, and a line
of low, ergonomic rocking seats. Knoend has received domestic and
international media coverage including a recent NY Times feature
article. The lite2go lamp, Knoend's premier product, has been requested
to be featured in Packaging and Design books from publishing houses in
5 different countries. Knoend's driving design principle is
'econnovation' - ecologic economic innovation, meaning that all
projects and products aim to, be good for the planet, good for
economies (and thus, people), and add a new element to the human
experience. Ivy is married and lives in San Francisco CA. She is a
globetrotter, surfer, cook, and occasional gardener. Find out more at
ivychuang.com.
Diane Lovigliois the Co-founder and VP Business Development of Wattbot, a clean energy web based expert. Diane received her
Bachelor of Humanities and Arts in Anthropology and Architecture from
Carnegie Mellon University in 2005, focusing on sustainable design. At
Carnegie Mellon, she was project manager for their largest green roof
and was sustainable materials guru for their entry in the Solar
Decathlon. After graduation, she won a fellowship to implement and
coordinate Carnegie Mellon's first peer-to-peer environmental education
program. She was most recently the co-chair of the San Francisco Green
Roof Task Force and a research assistant and recruiter for Intel
Research Berkeley's Green Homes study. Read more at dianeloviglio.com.
The panel will take place at a private home in the Castro accessible by MUNI — details to be sent to registrants.
Register now!
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