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<h2>Speakers</h2>
<p>We First is proud to have a community of world-class thought leaders and change agents who are demonstrating how 
business can be a force for good. Below is a list of confirmed 2013 We First Seminar speakers sure to educate and inspire.</p>

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<h2>Simon Mainwaring</h2>           
CEO & Founder of We First

<p>Simon Mainwaring is a world-class branding consultant, a New York Times bestselling author, an 
influential blogger and international 
keynote speaker. He is an Advisory Board member of Sustainable Brands, the Center for Public 
Diplomacy at the USC Annenberg School, the Transformational 
Leadership Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London, as well as a contributor to Fast Company, Huffington Post, 
Mashable, GOOD and Forbes. His bestseller, We First, was named Best Marketing Book of 2011 by strategy+business, an Amazon Top Ten Business book and has been translated into Russian, Chinese, Mandarin and Korean. Prior to We First, he was an award-winning Nike creative at Wieden & Kennedy and worldwide creative director on 
Motorola at Ogilvy.</p>
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<h2>Tom LaForge</h2>           
Global Director, Human & Cultural Insights at the Coca-Cola Company

<p>Tom studies the large, long-term macroforces that are reshaping our world and driving the changes in human behavior that we all call trends. His work is used to guide development of Coca-Cola's portfolio and M&A strategies; brand and communication strategies; and most recently Coca-Cola's worldwide sustainability platform called Live Positively. He has explored such topics as the meaning of well-being, sports and fitness, happiness, and the rising value of design in over 30 countries. He is fascinated by the unprecedented set of socio-historic drivers that are generating dramatic attitudinal changes across the globe – such changes as expanding worldviews, increasing demands on businesses (and their customers) to address social and environmental challenges, and the increasing value of human creativity.</p>
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<h2>Aaron Sherinian</h2>           
Vice President, Communications and Public Relations for the United Nations Foundation

<p>Aaron has led the Foundation’s public relations efforts, media relationships, strategic outreach, and online presence since 2009, managing an award-winning team of communicators and digital pioneers who believe that innovative communications can help change the world.  He has helped build some of the most talked about milestones in digital global engagement around causes and UN issues over the last few years including the Social Good Summit, #GivingTuesday, Rio+Social and the Momentum1000 global social media rally.  
His professional background includes a decade of service as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. Aaron is proud to be a part of the public relations community as a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Seminar, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC).  His team won two consecutive honors by PRNews as "Public Affairs Team of the Year" in 2012 and 2013.
He blogs at <a href="http://GlobalExtrovert.com" target="_blank">GlobalExtrovert.com</a> about fatherhood, public relations and social media.</p>
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<h2>Mary Nickerson</h2>           
National Manager, Advanced Technology Vehicle Marketing for Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

<p>Aaron has led the Foundation’s public relations efforts, media relationships, strategic outreach, and online presence since 2009, managing an award-winning team of communicators and digital pioneers who believe that innovative communications can help change the world.  He has helped build some of the most talked about milestones in digital global engagement around causes and UN issues over the last few years including the Social Good Summit, #GivingTuesday, Rio+Social and the Momentum1000 global social media rally.  
His professional background includes a decade of service as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. Aaron is proud to be a part of the public relations community as a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Seminar, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC).  His team won two consecutive honors by PRNews as "Public Affairs Team of the Year" in 2012 and 2013.
He blogs at <a href="http://GlobalExtrovert.com" target="_blank">GlobalExtrovert.com</a> about fatherhood, public relations and social media.</p>
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<h2>Jim Hanna</h2>           
Director of Environmental Impact at Starbucks Coffee Company

<p>Since joining Starbucks in November 2005, Jim has collaborated with partner corporations and nongovernmental organizations to help shape the company’s environmental strategy. He contributes to enterprise-wide initiatives that support green building, energy conservation, international procurement, recycling and waste reduction efforts. 

Prior to Starbucks, Jim served as Director of Environmental Affairs for Xanterra Parks & Resorts at Yellowstone National Park. In the position, he oversaw Xanterra’s many progressive environmental initiatives in its operations as the primary concessionaire in the park, including an ISO 14001-certified Environmental Management System. 

A native of Olympia, Washington, Jim earned a BS in Environmental Sciences from Washington State University and is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED-accredited professional. He serves on the board of directors for the National Recycling Coalition, Washington Environmental Council and Yellowstone Park Foundation.</p>
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<h2>Paull Young</h2>           
Director of Digital at charity: water

<p>charity: water is a non-profit devoted to bringing clean and safe drinking water to the 800 million people without. Frequently nominated as one of the leading digital non-profits, charity: water was the first non-profit to have 1 million Twitter followers and has 75% of its fundraising come through digital channels. 

Paull's leadership of charity: water's digital strategy has seen him recognized by the Australian Trade Commission as one of the 'Global 50' influential Australian expatriates, by the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation as an industry 'Rising Star' and is twice a finalist in the Care2 Impact Prize.

Paull formerly was Senior Account Director with social media agency Converseon, where he led award winning campaigns for Fortune 500 clients such as Graco, Kohler, Telstra, New York Times and Cisco. 
Paull moved to New York from Sydney in 2007 as a well known PR and Marketing blogger and commentator. His work has been featured on FOX News, Wall St Journal, Sydney Morning Herald, CNN and the Australian Financial Review.</p>
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<h2>Freddie Ravel</h2>           
CEO & Founder of the Business Harmonics Group

<p>Freddie Ravel is the internationally acclaimed Harmonics Maestro who blends his infectious passions for music and business to unlock the minds, hearts and hips of audiences around the world. Backed by number one hits and collaborative successes with Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Prince, YoYo Ma, Indie Airie, Sergio Mendes, Quincy Jones, the Boston Pops and rock legend, Carlos Santana, the chart-topping Keyboardist is the Founder of “Business Harmonics”, the award-winning peak performance system to enhance leadership, innovation and collaboration within major corporations.
  As an expert on music and business integration, Freddie’s media appearances include FOX, ABC, Universal, Clear Channel, Deepak Chopra’s XM Sirius radio show, and clients such as Andre Agassi, USC, NASA, AXA Financial, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Citi.   
As a one-of-a-kind edutainer, Freddie is a captivating access point through which to transform entrepreneurs, events and companies forever.</p>
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<p>Check back soon- We'll be announcing more extraordinary speakers shortly!</p>

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