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Timothy E. Wirth

President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund

Timothy E. Wirth is President of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund. These organizations were founded in 1998 through a major financial commitment from R.E. Turner to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations. In this role, he has organized and led the formulation of the Foundation's mission and program priorities, which include the environment, women and population, children's health and peace, security and human rights.

Senator Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration. In 1970, he returned to his home state and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado's 2nd Congressional District from 1975-1987. In the House, he concentrated his efforts in the areas of communications technology and budget policy. In 1986, Senator Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focused on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization. He chose not to run for re-election.

Following those two decades of elected politics, Senator Wirth served in the U.S. Department of State as the first Undersecretary for Global Affairs from 1993 to 1997. In this position, he coordinated U.S. foreign policy in the areas of refugees, population, environment, science, human rights and narcotics. He is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. The recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, he also served as a Member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.

 
Christine Todd Whitman

Christine Todd Whitman is the President of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG), a consulting firm that specializes in energy and environmental issues. WSG offers a comprehensive set of solutions to problems facing businesses, organizations, and governments; they have been at the forefront of helping leading companies find innovative solutions to environmental challenges.

She is also co-chair of the Republican Leadership Council (RLC), which she founded with Senator John Danforth. The RLC's mission is to support fiscally conservative, socially tolerant candidates and to reclaim the word Republican. She is the author of a New York Times best seller called "It's My Party Too", which was published in January of 2005 and released in paperback in March 2006.

Governor Whitman served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January of 2001 until June of 2003. She was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, serving as its first woman governor from 1994 until 2001.

As Governor, Christie Whitman earned praise from both Republicans and Democrats for her commitment to preserve a record amount of New Jersey land as permanent green space. She was also recognized by the Natural Resources Defense Council as having instituted the most comprehensive beach monitoring system in the nation. As EPA Administrator, she promoted common-sense environmental improvements such as watershed-based water protection policies. She championed regulations requiring non-road diesel engines to reduce sulfur emissions by more than 95 percent. Under her tenure, the Agency established the first federal program to promote redevelopment and reuse of "brownfields", that is, previously contaminated industrial sites.

Governor Whitman serves on a number of non-profit organizations including the Board of Trustees of the Eisenhower Fellowships and the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was also the Co-Chair for the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force, More Than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa as well as the Aspen Health Stewardship Project, which was released in February of 2008. She co-chairs Clean and Safe Energy (CASE) with Dr. Patrick Moore.

Governor Whitman also serves on the Board of Directors of S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., and United Technologies Corporation. She currently serves as an advisor to the Aspen Rodel Fellowship program.

Prior to becoming Governor, she was the President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and served on the Somerset County board of Chosen Freeholders.

Governor Whitman holds a BA from Wheaton College in Norton, MA, and is married to John R. Whitman. They have two children and two grandchildren.

 
Branko Terzic

Global Regulatory Policy Leader, Energy & Resources Group, Deloitte Services LP

At Deloitte, Branko Terzic serves as a international energy consultant to corporations, multilateral lending agencies and governments on energy, utility and infrastructure. He is currently a member of the National Petroleum Council and has been nominated Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Coal and Other Fossil Fuels of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Sustainable Energy. Mr. Terzic also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the North American Energy Standards Board, on the Executive Committee of the Bordeaux Energy Colloquium and as Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Group for the RSA CarbonLimited project. Mr. Terzic is a Professional Engineer and Fellow (FRSA) of United Kingdom’s The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (RSA).

 
Philip Sharp
Congressional Chair
President, Resources for the Future; former U.S. Representative, IN

Philip Sharp served Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995 where he was a driving force in the development of major energy legislation and the Energy Policy Act of 1992. He also helped develop a critical part of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, providing for a market-based emissions allowance trading system. Following, he had a lengthy career on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. He continues his dedication to energy efficiency and the environment as the President of Resources for the Future. The Forum presented him with its Energy Leadership Award in 1994. business, government and private sector organizations focused on energy and environmental technology, policy, finance and law. Currently, he is Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives for Google.org, bringing the worlds of information technology and clean energy closer together. As President Clinton’s Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the U.S.DOE, he spoke at the 2000 Forum and announced the first 20 companies to achieve the brand new ENERGY STAR Label for Buildings. He has been a consultant to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a Visiting Fellow at the World Resources Institute.
 
James Schlesinger, Ph.D.

James SchlesingerJames R. Schlesinger was the nation's first Secretary of Energy, named in 1977 after helping then-President Jimmy Carter create the office and the National Energy Policy. In his many years of public service, he also served as Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Schlesinger currently divides his time between MITRE, where he serves as Chairman of the Board, and Barclays Capital, where he serves as Senior Advisor. He spoke at the 1991 Energy Efficiency Forum. He is also a consultant to the Departments of Defense and State, and a member of the Defense Policy Board and the International Security Advisory Board.

 
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