Aaron Lamstein, President and CEO of Worldwise, graduated from UCLA with an individual field of concentration in international political economy, Aaron traveled to Europe and returned home to job interviews in several fields. That's when Phil Genet — whom Aaron met 14 years earlier when Phil mentored him in the Big Brothers program — approached him with the idea of building a business that would respond to intensifying consumer interest in environmental responsibility. Worldwise, Inc. was born... By 1995, Aaron had steered the company toward a single, unwavering and ultimately successful goal: establishing itself as a leading brand of high-quality, cost-competitive and environmentally responsible consumer products. Worldwise's products are now carried by more than 25,000 leading retail stores across the nation. Aaron frequently speaks and writes about issues surrounding the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of environmentally responsible consumer products. He sits on Wal-Mart's Environmental Advisory Board, Worldwise's Board of Directors and is a member of the Social Venture Network.

Ann Bauer, Director of Education, Marine Mammal Center, holds a B.S. degree in Natural Resources Interpretation and a Spanish Bilingual Multi-Subject Teaching Credential. Ann worked in Environmental Education with the Peace Corps in Paraguay and Honduras. She has been working at The Marine Mammal Center since 1989 in the Education Department and as the Director of Education since 1994. She served as a board member with Cultural Connections, and currently is the Board President of the Environmental Education Council of Marin and board treasurer for School Environmental Education Docents.

Dave Escobar, Aide to Supervisor Steve Kinsey, is Salvadoran born of the indigenous group called the Lenca-Poton. David grew up in the Mission and Excelsior Districts of San Francisco. David represents a tremendous role model — indeed an inspiration — for young men and women in the Canal neighborhood. David worked, as a street outreach worker and gang counselor at the San Francisco’s Real Alternative Program (RAP). David has also assisted a UCSF a trauma surgeon and the RAP program in a gang outreach effort that acted to bring gang members in for follow-up appointments. As a drug and alcohol counselor in Marin for Bay Area Community Resources, David established the first Spanish language bilingual drug and alcohol support group in the Canal and the first men's bilingual drug and alcohol support group in the Marin County Jail. He worked with the Canal Community Alliance to develop a strategic plan for violence prevention in the East San Rafael neighborhood, which coordinated the efforts of social service and non-profit agencies, community groups, and law enforcement. David established the first Latino Peace Officers Association in Marin County. David also participated in the Domestic Violence Council, which was a county wide collaborative effort of social service, non-profit, and law enforcement groups to reduce domestic violence in Marin. In 2003, David was appointed as a delegate to the California Democratic Party by Assemblyman Joe Nation and is currently a member of the Native American and Latino Caucus.

Laurette Rogers is the Watershed Education Director for The Bay Institute. She facilitates the STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed) Project, working with 80+ classes to implement watershed projects. Prior to joining the TBI staff, Ms. Rogers worked with the Autodesk Foundation as the Program Manager for their partnership with public schools, supporting project-based learning. She formerly taught fourth grade at Brookside School in San Anselmo, CA, where she was one of the teacher facilitators for an environmental project initiated by the students, the California Freshwater Shrimp Project. She also taught preservice teachers in the Teacher Credentialing Program at Dominican College and is the author of The California Freshwater Shrimp Project: An Example of Environmental Project-Based Learning. Ms. Rogers holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.S. in Education from Dominican College.

Sandy Neuman is an environmental education consultant with over thirty four years experience collaborating with schools and nonprofit groups in innovative hands-on outdoor studies projects. These projects provide teachers, students, parents and community members with scientific, educational and technical expertise to restore and improve their local habitats. This community-based work raises the awareness of everyone involved about the importance of group action and the amazing complexity of the natural world. She has worked as a teacher, principal, education foundation program officer, and network facilitator. Fifteen years ago Sandy helped initiate and continues to collaborate with the Student and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW) project of The Bay Institute. She is currently facilitating the REAL Schools Advisory board for 31 schools which are changing their school grounds into contexts for learning in the Fort Worth, Texas School District. She also serves as Board President of Syntony Quest, a consulting organization.

Patti Vance has been a Marin County educator for the past twenty-five years. Most recently, she initiated a three-year feasibility study for the Marin Board of Supervisors to develop a demonstration site dedicated to healthy food production and sustainable practices for schools and county residents. Previous to this, she served as a trustee for the Ross Valley School District, a director of summer programs for students and was chair of the Marin Education Task Force. She also chaired several school revenue elections in Marin and worked as a tax election consultant for school districts in California. Patti worked at Drake High School for ten years as manager of the Integrated Studies Program. She also served on the board of directors for the Drake Scholarship Foundation. Patti was honored to receive the Marin School Administrators' Citizen of the Year Award as well as the Marin County Trustee of the Year. She received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Colorado and an M.S. in Education from the University of California, Berkeley.