Joseph Oldham is Sustainability Manager of the City of Fresno and chairman of the Fresno Green Team. He is directly responsible for implementing Fresno’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy. Read more about him below.
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Tracey Grose
On March 12, 2010
Tracey Grose led the development of a taxonomy of “green industries” and a database of firms providing goods or services aimed at reducing or reversing environmental harm. She also led a nationwide analysis on behalf of the Pew Charitable Trusts for the Clean Energy Economy report. Read more about her below.
John A. Rich
On March 8, 2010
John A. Rich, Professor and Chair of Health Management and Policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health, applied to Dartmouth on a whim — at the advice of his eye doctor. When he was accepted early decision and went to visit campus with his father, Rich learned that going to Dartmouth had been his father’s hope as well. “My dad had gone to Howard undergrad, and that was really the only choice he had, being an African American man in Washington, DC,” Rich said. “He got an application to Dartmouth, but the tuition at the time was $400. It was unimaginable that his family could pay.” Rich, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time, told us more about himself before taking to the podium to talk about the impact of violence on the lives of young African American men.
Julia Sweig
On February 25, 2010
Julia E. Sweig is the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America studies and director for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Most recently she is the author of Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know. Before taking the podium to discuss the book, Sweig told us a bit more about herself.
Gregg Easterbrook
On February 5, 2010
Gregg Easterbrook was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, but has lived with his former foreign service officer wife on most every continent. But, he says, “My favorite place on Earth is Seattle, and my wife refuses to move there.” Easterbrook, author of Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915, and directed his most acclaimed film, Citizen Kane, at age 26. Years later, after a couple disastrous movies and a sojourn in Europe, he would reunite with one of its stars, Joseph Cotton, in The Third Man. Welles' character, Harry Lime, is the missing center of the movie until he appears, finally, and explains his motives for entering a less-than-savory line of work....
