AFREC, Mid-Atlantic Energy Council, Hosts Sustainability Summit May 31, 2012 Hershey, PA

Join the nation’s most forward thinking companies participating in an interactive forum to understand the impact of sustainability on companies and improve business practices. Discussion and presentations include the wide spectrum of sustainability from IT, water, smart grid to Change Management. Leading companies will address the delicate balance of achieving sustainability while preserving profitability.

Harrisburg, PA, May 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Hershey Convention Center, Hershey, PA
Limited Seating. Reservations Required. Priority Seating Reserved for Council.
Speakers:
Katherine Neal Blue, Managing Director, US Climate Change & Sustainability, KPMG LLP (confirmed)

Dr. Cheryl Martin, Deputy Director Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) US Dept of Energy, Leader for the organization’s commercialization program to help breakthrough energy technologies succeed in the marketplace. (confirmed)

Rhett Thomas, Director of Sales, Mid Atlantic, LUTRON (confirmed)

Lowell Cisowski, Distribution, The Coca-Cola Company (confirmed)

Bob Douglas, Vice President, Field Maintenance, Northeast Region, Penske Truck Leasing (confirmed)

Louise Knight, COO, Superior Water Company

Rudi Miklosvary, Executive Vice President, CarbonSystems (confirmed) IT Sustainability

Microsoft recently selected Carbonsystem's Environment Sustainability Platform as its new global standard emission tracking and management for its 600 facilities in 110 countries.

Kathy Pape, President, PA American Water (confirmed) Water Sustainability
Subsidiary of American Water, the largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company in the US

Audrey Zibelman, President, Viridity Energy (confirmed) Smart Grid Sustainability

The Viridity Energy VPower™ system is a proven technology platform that transforms a customer’s portfolio of buildings and optimized supply and demand-side energy resources into a 24/7 virtual power plant.

Paul Gilman, Ph.D, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta Energy (confirmed) Responsible for Covanta’s safety, health & environmental compliance programs, corporate communications and sustainability initiatives that further reduce Covanta’s environmental impact while increasing the use of its technologies.

Dr. Jameson Lawrence, Esq. President, BVFR & Associates LLC (confirmed)
BVFR is one of the leading facilitators of USDA Rural Development B&in guaranteed loans in the country, having successfully packaged over $950MM in loans for many US lenders and businesses.

Timmy Nelson, Vice President, UPS, Public Affairs Manager, East Region

GM (an official sponsor of 2012 AFREC Summit) ECO Car Exhibit and Test Drives

AFREC's Annual Sustainability Summit - Where corporate representatives, government officials, and financial partners convene to collaborate and form strategic alliances that promote and market sustainable products, programs, projects and initiatives.

About AFREC
Founded in 2003, AFREC is a private Mid Atlantic industry-driven alliance that exclusively focuses on the economics and development of corporate and government sustainability programs, projects, products and initiatives. AFREC sponsors Business Roundtables four times a year with that includes the sustainability summit. AAFREC successfully facilitates inter and intra organizational collaboration that results in valuable alliances. AFREC is one of the nation’s first Leadership Councils to endorse all advanced energy solution that improve corporate profitability All AFREC events are eligible for CEU/PDH credits for engineers.

For more information: Contact Rosemary T. McAvoy, President 717-920-0527. AFREC, 1029 Mumma Rd, PO Box 185, Lemoyne, PA 17043 www.afrec.net
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