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May 18 - 20, 2009

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Keynotes
The Hospital as Beacon on the Hill: Green Leadership in Hard Times
Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director National Center for Environmental Health / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Creating Health in the Social, Physical & Natural Environment: A Call to Leadership
Raymond J. Baxter, PhD, Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sessions
A1 Kaiser Modesto Hospital Equipment Deployment Packaging Recycling “Yes, Virginia, there really is a way to recycle Styrofoam”
  Carol Antle, MPH, Vice President, Capital Projects Operations, National Facilities Services, Kaiser Permanente
  Jeffrey Deane, Project Director, Kaiser Permanente
A2 Twenty First Century Environmental Health and Safety: A “Value-Add” to Healthcare Organizations"
  Jeff Camplin, BS, CSP, CPEA, President, Camplin Environmental Services, Inc.
  Mark Lestina, Sustainability Manager, University of Chicago Medical Center
A3 Greening Surgical and Patient Textiles
  Heather Hocker, Organic Exchange
  Steven J. Tinker, BS, Chemistry, University of Minnesota., President, American Reusable Textile Association, Also currently the Vice President of Research & Development, Gurtler Industries, Inc.
A4

American Nurses Association’s Principles of Environmental Health for Nursing Practice with Implementation Strategies

    Holly Carpenter, BSN, RN, Senior Staff Specialist, American Nurses Association
    Nancy Hughes, MS, RN, Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, American Nurses Association
A5 Public Health Impacts of GMOS and Nanotechnology in our Foods
  Jennifer Sass, PhD, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
 

Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH, Natural Resources Defense Council

A6 Translating Green Initiatives into Sustainable Practices at your Facility
  Mark Rossi, PhD, Research Director, Clean Production Action
  Thomas Moore, PharmD, President, Global Pharmaceuticals, Hospira
  Sue Heffernan, RN-BC, MN, CNS, Nursing Professional Development, Seattle Children’s Hospita
A7 Design Beyond Your Borders: Working with Your Community to Sustain a Vision
    Lorissa MacAllister, LEED, Healthcare Market Leader, Progressive AE
    Tom Stankewicz, Director, Planning & Research, Saint Mary’s Health Care
A8 Sustainable Healthcare Architecture: Where are we now?
    Gail Vittori, Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
A9

Implementing Green Cleaning in Healthcare

  Cheryl Baldwin, PhD, Vice President, Green Seal
    Stephen Ashkin, Executive Director, Green Cleaning NetworK
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sessions
B1 Regional Partnerships for Guiding Health Care Greening
  Teresa Mendez-Quigley, MSW, LSW, Director, Environmental Stewardship, Women’s Health & Environmental Network (WHEN), Philadelphia
  Joan Plisko, PhD, Technical Director, Maryland H2E
    Emma Sirois, MS, Director, Health Care Without Harm, Oregon Center for Environmental Health, Portland
B2 Prevention Through Design in the Health Care Sector
  Donna Heidel, CIH, PtD Coordinator, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  Margaret Quinn, ScD, CIH, Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  Erica Stewart, CIH, EH&S Senior Manager, Kaiser Permanente
B3 Developing Long-Term Stewardship for Pharmaceuticals
   

Julie Becker, PhD, MPH, MA, President, Women’s Health and Environmental Network

    Catherine J. Woods, JD, Associate Counsel and Senior Director, Corporate Compliance, ExcelleRx Inc.
    Mary Hendrickson, RPh, MBA, Director of Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Capital Returns, Inc.
B4 Catching More Fish with a Net: Getting to Safer Products through Chemicals Policy
 

Mark Rossi, PhD, Research Director, Clean Production Action

  Rachelle Reyes Wenger, MPA, Director, Public Policy & Community Advocacy
    Al Iannuzzi, PhD, Environmental Policy, Senior Director EHS Tech Services, Johnson & Johnson
B5 Bisphenol A: A Hot Topic -- Addressing Science, Alternatives and Chemicals Policy
  Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH, Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
    Timothy J. Greiner, BS Materials Science Engineer, MBA, MS Environmental Policy, Managing Director, Pure Strategies
  David Wallinga, MD, MPA Director, Food and Health Program, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
B6 Sustainability in Healthcare Food Service: Models from Global Health and Safety Initiative Partners 
 

Michael O'Connell, MHA, FACMPE, FACHE, Vice President, Operations and Physician Services, Huron Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic Hospital

    Josh Edge, Farm to Institution Program Associate, Community Alliance with Family Farmers
    Kathleen Reed, MS, Sustainable Food Program Manager, Kaiser Permanente
B7 Climate Action Strategies at Kaiser Permanente  
 

Tom Cooper, National Manager, Sustainable Buildings Design and Research, Kaiser Permanente

  Joe Bialowitz, MS, HEM, National Environmental Health & Safety Consultant, Kaiser Permanente University
B8 New Developments in Climate Change Law, Policy and Planning
 

Walt Vernon, BE, BS, MBA, JD, PE, LEED AP, Principal, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch

  Arash Guity, PE, LEED AP, MBA, Associate, Mechanical Engineer, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
B9 Clean Energy Strategies for Health Care Facilities 
 

Allison Buttel, Director of Clean Energy Markets, Think Energy, Inc.

  Al Neuner, CHFM, Associate Vice President Facility Operations, Geisinger Health System
  Vince Pryor, Chief Financial Officer, Ingalls Health Systems
  Clark Reed, Director, Healthcare Facilities Division, Energy Star, EPA
B10 Eco-Effective Design and Evidence-Based Design: Removing the Barriers to Integration  
    Mara Baum, A.B., M.Arch.,C.C.P., AIA, LEED, AP, Designer & Sustainability Specialist, Anshen & Allen
  Mardelle Shepley, AIA, ACHA, D.Arch, Professor and Director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M University
B11 Three Health Systems - Three Shades of Green   
 

Hubert Murray, AIA, RIBA, Manager of Sustainable Initiatives, Partners Healthcare

    Bob McCoole, Vice President, Facilities Resource Group, Ascension Health
  Christina Vernon Ayers, AIA, LEED AP, Director, Office for Health Environment, Cleveland Clinic
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sessions
C1 Regional Partnerships for Guiding Health Care Greening
 

Janet Brown, Director of Sustainable Operations, Practice Greenhealth

  Kimberly Nelson Montague, AIA, MCARB, Director of Design Consultation Services, Planetree
  Jessica M. Prata, Sustainability Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
C2 Reprocessing of SUDs & Sustainability: Positioning Reprocessing to Contribute to Your Facility’s Environmental & Financial Bottom Lines 
    Lory Olsson, Vice President of Operations, Association of Medical Device Reprocessors J.
  Michael Jones, FACHE, Director, Clinical Education and Sustainability, Health Trust Purchasing Group
C3 Waste Prevention and Management Strategies for Healthcare Foodservice  
  Andrew Shakman, President & CEO, LeanPath, Inc.
  Michael Geller, Sustainability Coordinator, Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR
C4 Creating Solutions to Pharmaceutical Pollution...Nuts and Bolts of Medication Take Back Programs   
  Michelle Lauer, RN, MSN, BC, Patient Care Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, Christianacare 
  Bettie Kettell, RN, Pollution Prevention Coordinator, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, Maine
C5 Managing Formaldehyde and other Chemicals in Hospitals: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities    
 

Victoria Jas, ABD (PhD, Environmental Studies), Principal, Victoria Jas, LLC

  Sheila Lockwood, BS-Chemistry, CHMM, Compliance Outreach Coordinator, University of Washington School of Medicine
C6 Case Studies in Energy Upgrades with Bottom Line Benefits: Lessons from the Field     
 

Rachel Adams, LEED AP, Project Manager, NYSERDA

  Michael Reid, Senior Director, Amerinet
C7 Administrator and Staff Preference and Perceptions Regarding Sustainable Design      
  Rana Sagha Zadeh, M.Arch. LEED AP, is a PhD student at Texas A&M   
  Mardelle Shepley, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, is a professor and director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M
C8 Resilient Flooring Alternatives for HealthCare: Benefits & Challenges      
 

Julie Silas, Director Health Care Projects, Healthy Building Network

  Tom Cooper, National Manager Sustainable Design and Research, Kaiser Permanente 
    Stephen Dempsey, Director of Facilities, Planning and Construction, Brigham & Women's Hospital
C9 Export of Hazards: The Global Dimensions of Mercury in Health Care
 

Merci Ferrer, Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm, Southeast Asia Initiatives in Asia to Eliminate Mercury in Health Care—the national phase-out of mercury-based medical devices

  Veronica Odriozola, Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm, Latin America Initiatives in Latin America to Eliminate Mercury in Health Care: Case Studies from Five Latin American Countries
    Jamie Harvie, PE, Institute for a Sustainable Future, USA
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sessions
D1 Promoting the Culture of Change
   

Ruth Abramson, BA, MES, Corporate Manager, Environmental Sustainability, British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority

    Kai Abelkis, BS, Sustainability Coordinator, Boulder Community Hospital, Colorado
  Rick Beckler, Director of Hospitality Services, Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI
D2 Greening Your Electronics Program: Steps From Procurement Through End-of-Life
 

Sue Chiang, BA, MPP, MPH, Pollution Prevention Director, Center for Environmental Health           

    Emma Sirois, MS, Director, Health Care Without Harm, Oregon Center for Environmental Health
  Michael Howell, MS, Senior Vice President, Technology, Broadlane
D3 Greening Maryland Hospitals – A Comprehensive Approach 
   

Joan Plisko, PhD, Technical Director, Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment

    Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPh, FAAN, Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Louise Mitchell, PT, Sustainable Foods Coordinator, Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
    Denise Choiniere, RN, Nurse Coordinator, Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
D4 There's Gotta be a Better Way: Participatory Workshop on Reducing the Use of Toxic and Untested Chemicals in the Products You Use  
  Lara Sutherland, B.S. Director of Environmental Purchasing Consulting, Practice Greenhealth
D5 Using Purchasing Power to Phase out Brominated Flame Retardants and PVC
  Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Director, Science and Environmental Health Network
  Mark Rossi, PhD, Research Director, Clean Production Action
  Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, Vice President, Safety Institute, Premier, Inc.
    Harrison Murphy, President, Ventex, Inc.
D6 Optimizing Infection Control While Transitioning to Greener Cleaning Chemicals & Equipment
 

Cecilia DeLoach Lynn , MBA, HEM , Senior Manager, Sustainable Operations, Practice Greenhealth

  Judene Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC, Vice President, Epidemiology Consulting Services, Inc.
  Joan Heath, RN, BSN, CIC, Infection Control Manager, Seattle Children's Hospital
  Mitch Birchfield, MBA, CHESP, Director of Environmental Services, Seattle Children’s Hospital
D7 Healthcare at the Nexus of Healthy Food Systems and Primary Prevention 
   

Jill Stein, MD, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility

  Jamie Harvie, PE, Executive Director, Institute for a Sustainable Future
  Michelle Gottlieb, MEM, Consultant, Health Care Without Harm
D8 Practical, Leading Edge Ecological Footprinting  
   

Christina Vernon Ayers, AIA, LEED AP, Director, Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic

  John Leigh, Manager, Waste & Recycling Programs, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Joshua Miller, Sustainability Director, Spectrum Health
D9 Chicago Healthcare: LEEDing the Way
 

John Wilhelm, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

  Albert Manshum, Vice President, Facilities and Construction, Advocate Health Care
  David Cha, Manager, Principal Engineer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  Joseph DeVoss, Assistant Vice President for Capital Transformation for the Rush University Medical Center Office of Transformation
  Marta Gazda-Auskalnis, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, SMNG-A Architects
D10 A Breath of "Fresh" Air in Healthcare Facilities
  Anthony Bernheim, FAIA, LEED A.P., Principal, Sustainable Design Solutions, HDR Architecture, Inc. 
  Arash Guity, PE, LEED AP, MBA, Associate, Mechanical Engineer, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
D11 Pharmaceutical Waste Compliance and Hospital Case Studies 
 

John Simpson, Vice President, Healthcare Hazardous Waste, Stericycle

  Michael Burke, Director of Environmental Services - North Memorial Hospital, MN
  Michael Fiore, Manager Environmental and Occupational Safety, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, IL
  Charlotte Smith, President, PharmEcology Associates
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sessions
E1 Health System Sustainability: The Big Picture Perspective
 

Kathy Gerwig, Vice President, Workplace Safety and Environmental Stewardship Officer, Kaiser Permanente

  Jennifer Waddell, RN, Senior Director Clinical Solutions, Novation
E2 Reprocessing and Reuse of Disposable Plastic Items From Laboratories
  Jim Westhoff, President of LESS (Laboratory Environment Support Systems, Inc.)
  Warren Ferber, Hematology Manager, The Methodist Hospitals, Gary, IN
E3 The Emerging Sustainability Professional in Health Care
 

Christina Vernon Ayers, AIA, LEED AP, Director, Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic

  John Ebers, LEED AP, Sustainable Business Officer, Metro Hospital
  Josh Miller, Sustainability Coordinator, Specturm Health
  Hubert Murray, AIA, RIBA, Manager of Sustainable Initiatives, Partners Healthcare
E4 Environmental Procurement - Moving the Market
 

Robert Gotto, Masters in Engineering, Senior Director, Sourcing, Kaiser Permanente

  Lara Sutherland, BS, Director of Environmental Purchasing Consulting, Practice Greenhealth
E5 ANA Safer Chemicals Policies
 

Rebecca L. Clouse, RN, MS, American Nurses Association

E6 Greener, Lower Carbon Hospitals Using Building Info Modeling (BIM)
 

Scott Johnston, M.Arch, Professor of Architecture, Miami University

  Bob Schilling, MA Architecture, BS Environmental Design, Senior Principal, Champlin Architecture
  Krutarth Jain, MA Urban Planning, Project Manager/Planning, Champlin Architecture
E7 Innovation and Transformation of Green Building Materials Assessment 
 

Tom Lent , Policy Director, Healthy Building Network

  Tyler Krehlik, AIA, LEED, Associate Principal, Anshen+Allen Architects
E8 Connecting Health Care Facilities to Nature: Healing Outside the Boxes 
 

Manisha Kaul, RLA, LEED AP, Associate, Andropogon Associates, Ltd.

  Jacob Kain, AIA, Project Architect, Engberg Anderson Inc.
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Sessions
F1 Sustainable Design Strategies in Healthcare: Linking Research to Designs
 

Donna Deckard, RN, BSN, MHA, Consultant for The Center for Health Design

  Carolyn Quist, BA, MA, Senior Project Manager, The Center for Health Design
F2 Letting the Data Drive the Mission - Measuring and Monitoring Hospital Material and Waste Streams
 

Mary Larsen, MS, Vice President, Business Development, Practice Greenhealth

  John Leigh, Waste and Recycling Coordinator, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
F3 Securing Corporate Level Buy-in
  Aura Rose, B.Comm, IABC, President, Healthwise Communications Inc.
    Jennifer Stout, Market Manager, BetterBricks (commercial initiative of the non-profit Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance)
F4 Greening Medical Equipment
 

Walt Vernon, BE, BS, MBA, JD, PE, LEED AP, Principal, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch

  JD Thompson, BS, Director of Medical Technology, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
  Rachael Baker, MS, LEED AP, Environmental Supply Chain Manager, Procurement & Supply, Kaiser Permanente
F5 TLC - An Integrated Approach to Energy Management for Healthcare
 

Ed Rubinstein, BSc, MSc, CEM, Manager, Energy & Environment

F6 Triple Bottom Line at Brigham & Women's Hospital
   

John McCarthy, Sc.D., C.I.H., President, Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc.

    Arthur Mombourquette, Vice President, Support Services, Brigham and Women's Hospital
F7 21st Century Sustainable Medicine and Energy 
 

Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA, Executive Director, Teleosis Institute

  Paul Lipke, Senior Advisor, Energy and Buildings for Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth


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