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The Philadelphia Sustainability Award jurors spend a day reviewing the nominations, selecting finalists, and then the winners.  The jurors each have intimate knowledge of sustainability issues and/or the Greater Philadelphia region.

Learn more about the jurors here and check back often to see 2008 Philadelphia Sustainability Awards jurors as they are added.

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Alba Martinez

 

Alba E. Martinez is President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania.  Since her appointment in 2004, United Way's campaign has grown each year to a total of $52 million raised in the 2006 campaign, it's largest increase since 1987.  Under Alba's leadership, United Way has…

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Eric Corey Freed

Eric Corey Freed is principal of organicARCHITECT, a design and research firm in San Francisco with 15 years of experience in green building.

Eric teaches the Sustainable Design program he developed at the Academy of Art University and University of California Berkeley. He is on the boards of Architects, Designers & Planners…

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Mike Saltzberg

During Mike Saltzberg's almost 20 years of experience with Fortune 100 science company DuPont, Mike has helped grow some of the company's most famous products, including Corian® surfaces and Ti-PureTM white pigments. In his latest assignment, Dr. Saltzberg is leading the development of a portfolio of novel renewably sourced products…

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Sam Schwartz

Sam Schwartz, AKA "Gridlock Sam", has distinguished 35 years as a transportation engineering professional.  If one counts his years as a taxi driver, while going to college and graduate school, he has close to 40 years wrestling with gridlock.

Mr. Schwartz started out as a physicist receiving a Bachelor of Science…

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Sandy Wiggins

During his 29-year career in the development and construction industries, Sandy Wiggins has worked with project teams through the development, design and construction of projects totaling almost one billion dollars. In November 2001, he co-founded the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, an organization devoted to changing the way these industries…

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Tanya Seaman

Executive Director of PhillyCarShare (co-founder and board member)

Beginning in 2002 without staff and with modest working capital, Tanya organized volunteers and board members to wash PhillyCarShare's cars, perform outreach, and manage finances, while donating months of her own time to launch the organization. As thousands of businesses and residents…