John Powers
Board President
Founder of Alliance for Sustainable Colorado and full-time volunteer. Mr. Powers is currently a member of the Greenprint Council, a citizens’ advisory committee to the Mayor of Denver’s Sustainable Development Initiative. He has been a board member of Colorado Conservation Voters since 2000, the Colorado Environmental Coalition since 1996, and the Educational Foundation of America since 1986. He was a member of the management committee of the Environmental Grantmakers Association, 1991-1993; volunteer organizer of annual conferences for the Environmental Grantmakers Association, 1989-1994; Swiss product manager and store manager, Microland S. A., Geneva, Switzerland, 1984-5; real estate salesperson and broker 1974-80; assistant chief steward, Sonesta Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland, 1979; Principal, J.P. Powers & Co., real estate investment and ranching interests since 1974; M.B.A., Finance, University of Colorado, 1983; B.A., History and Psychology, Oberlin College, 1971.
Mark Hughes, Esq
Vice President
Founder and executive director of Two Rivers Institute, a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm; visiting professor at the University of Denver College of Law teaching courses in Constitutional and Environmental Law; founder of Earthlaw, the environmental law clinic at the University of Denver College of Law and Stanford University Law School; attorney with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, 1989 -1994; attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Denver and Seattle, trial and discovery docket in toxic torts, product liability, and natural resources work with experience in mining law and land use, 1985 – 1988; Peace Corps volunteer Liberia, West Africa, 1978 – 1981; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1985; A.B. biology, University Of Chicago, 1978.
Steven J. Schueth
Treasurer
President and Chief Marketing Officer, First Affirmative Financial Network, an independent SEC-registered investment advisory firm serving socially conscious investors; 30+ years experience in real estate and financial services including eight years with Calvert where he developed the first global socially screened mutual fund; nationally recognized authority, consultant and resource to the SRI industry since 1989; producer of the annual SRI in the Rockies Conference, the premier gathering of the sustainable and responsible investment industry in North America; eleven years as a director of the Social Investment Forum, including seven years as Chair and President of the board; former director of the Colorado Chapter of BSR; former chair of the board of P3 Colorado; career includes five years as a real estate broker and three years as Director of Development for The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; BA, Journalism/Communications, Marquette University, Cum Laude 1976.
Andrea J. (A.J.) Grant
Secretary
President, Environmental Communications Associates, Inc., hosts an interdisciplinary team of specialists in risk and crisis communications, business management, public policy and environmental sciences, strategic planning, public outreach, community and media relations for government, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 clients; lecturer at the University of Colorado as well as numerous academic, industry, and technical conferences around the country; gubernatorial appointee to the Colorado Governor’s Council, Corporate Alliance for Better Air (CABA); Advisory Board member of EPA’s National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), the Journal of Crisis Communications (CRICOM) and the Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy.
Dr. David Orr
David is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He is also a James Marsh Professor at large at the University of Vermont. David is known for his pioneering work on environmental literacy in higher education and ecological design. He led the design and construction of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, Oberlin’s Environmental Studies Program Center. David has authored five books and over 150 articles in scientific journals, social science publications, and popular magazines. He is contributing editor of Conservation Biology, has served as a Trustee of several grant-giving foundations, and serves on the Boards of the Rocky Mountain Institute (CO), the Center for Ecoliteracy (CA), and the Center for Respect of Life and Environment. He is also an advisor and consultant to organizations such as the Trust for Public Land and the National Parks Advisory Committee. He has lectured at hundreds of colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. B.A. Westminster College (1965), M.A. Michigan State University (1966), Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania (1973).
Dr. Bruce Hutton
Dr. Bruce Hutton is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Marketing in the Daniels College of Business, where he also holds the Piccinati Chair in Teaching Innovation. In his 33 years at the University of Denver, he has served as Interim Dean (2007–2008), Dean (1990–1994), Director of off–site MBA programs (1986–1989), and chairman of the Department of Marketing (1980–1985). He also developed and served as director of the college’s first off–site MBA program (1987–1990). He has received numerous local, regional, and national honors for his contributions to business education, applied market research, and community service.
National awards include the Faculty Pioneer Institutional Leadership Award (2001) from the World Resources Institute and Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program for leadership in integrating ethical and environmental issues into business education; Honorary Ranger (1999), the National Park Service’s highest civilian honor; and the National Outstanding Research Award (1978) from the Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel for his dissertation on Life Cycle Costing. He was the recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Faculty Award in the Daniels College of Business.
In 1989, Dr. Hutton was the co-author of a proposal for enhancing MBA programs, subsequently funded with an $11 million matching gift, the largest ever received by the University at that time. While serving as dean, the matching money was raised and a new model for MBA education was developed, now ranked among the top programs in the country for MBA ethics education. The program has been recognized as one of the most innovative in the country for its emphasis on experiential learning, community service, and intensive “boot camps”; comprehensive integrated curriculum; and team teaching. A significant component of the program deals with issues of values and social responsibility, including environmental ethics and sustainable development.
Dr. Hutton received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida with a major in marketing and minors in social psychology and social research methods. His areas of expertise are in marketing research, corporate social responsibility, and the application of consumer behavior principles to issues of public policy, particularly related to corporate responsibility and the environment and nonprofit organizations. He has more than 70 academic and professional publications, and has lectured in Albania, Canada, China, Brazil, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, and Taiwan. He was the first academic market research consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy when it was created. Dr. Hutton is active in the community, serving on a variety of nonprofit boards, and is the co–founder of the Colorado Ethics in Business Awards.
David Johnston
David Johnston, founder and President of What’s Working, Inc. is one of the pioneers of the sustainability movement in the US. What’s Working is a green building consultancy that provides socially and ecologically responsible guidance to businesses, agencies and communities around the world. For the last 30 years David has been working to transform the building industry to become greener and more sustainable. David is a leading thinker behind the green building movement, transforming the way we think about the American home. His approach to green building has been embraced by municipalities, homeowners, building professionals and sustainability advocates nationwide.
David designed the Denver Metro Home Builders Association’s Built Green Program and the Boulder Green Points Program, which encourages the use of cost–effective and sustainable building practices. David is also the founding designer and consultant to the Alameda County Waste Management Authority’s program that stimulated market transformation programs in California and is at work to implement similar programs nationwide.
David is a much sought after lecturer and keynote speaker and has represented the United States at International Energy Efficiency meetings to develop international research agreements in the area of sustainable construction. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious “Corporate Excellence Award for Sustainable Development” from the University of Colorado, and the “Environmental Hero for 2004” title by Interiors and Sources Magazine. Johnston was also named “Builder of the Year” by the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and has been inducted into the Remodeling Magazine Hall of Fame.
