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Leonard M. Salle
President
Portola Valley,
CA
Professional Background and Interests:
Leonard M. Salle, President and co-founder of the Commonweal Institute, brings a business and systems perspective to the promotion of moderate-progressive ideas. As a civil engineer in high level management positions, he worked extensively with the the public and the government in creation of major projects, including new towns. His experience with engineering systems, the public, and political bodies, as well as an active and ongoing interest in political and social issues, informed his thinking about the need for an infrastructure for advancing a progressive movement. It was with this need in mind that he co-founded the Commonweal Institute in 2001.
Bob Loeb
Business Development Specialist
NetCentric Campaigns, a division of Green Media Toolshed
Glen Ridge,
NJ
Professional Background and Interests:
I'm a social entrepreneur, currently working with Green Media Toolshed to create a business plan for offering the NetCentric Media Campaign Hub as a resource for the entire progressive community.
I am also a member of the Board of the Communications Consortium Media Center, which works on collaborative media campaigns funded by progressive foundations.
Marty Kearns
Founder
Netcentric Campaigns
Silver Spring,
MD
Professional Background and Interests:
Martin Kearns has been Co-Founder and Executive Director of Green Media Toolshed (GMT) since May of 2000. GMT is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the environmental movement communicate more effectively by offering a professional suite of communication tools, trainings and services. GMT offers the technology groups need along with the training and support to develop strategies that leverage those tools for the benefit member organizations and coalitions.
Previously, Kearns founded the Georgia River Network, a state based conservation group solely dedicated to the conservation of Georgia's rivers. Kearns also served as Executive Director of the Georgia River Network. He worked for three years for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Kearns has been political fundraiser for candidates for the US House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Kearns holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science from LeMoyne College and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from Yale.
Kearns spent two years in Kingston, Jamaica as a Jesuit International Volunteer teaching computers at St. George's College and working with inner city youth. He is a runner, hiker and fisherman. He and his wife Maryann are raising their two little boys in Silver Spring, MD.
Randall Hayes
Executive Director
International Forum on Globalization
Beth George
Account Director
Fenton Communications and SheSource.org
Brooklyn,
NY
Professional Background and Interests:
WEBSITE ACCESS ONLY; WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CONVENING. Beth George has more than five years’ experience helping public interest organizations leverage the media to advance their social justice goals. At Fenton, she specializes in women’s issues, global affairs and economic justice. She is a lead advisor on Internet and media strategy for SheSource, a joint project of Fenton, The White House Project and the Women's Funding Network to promote and increase the representation of women experts in the mainstream media. She has previously worked for the ACLU, Pro-Media Commnunications, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and New York City Council.
Dave Tanner
Chief of Staff
Democracy Alliance
