Date/Time
Tuesday Jan 31, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM MDT
Location
Mountain View Room at Regis University
3333 Regis Boulevard Denver
The Executive Night Speaker Series provides a platform for students, alumni, faculty, staff, the business and local communities to network and listen to senior executives discuss the issues confronting them and the leadership they provide in the context of promoting business and organizational sustainability.
Insider Tips – Winning Funding for Green Projects
With thousands of for-profit and not-for-profit companies (in Colorado alone) competing for funding, it is vital to understand how funders chose who to award funding and who not to fund. How can you improve your chances at receiving funds for your work? This month, the Executive Night Speaker Series brings you Thomas Gougeon and Bruce Dines, who are part of the decision making process for awarding millions of dollars in funding every year. These two business professionals will talk about the funding process, their focus on projects that are sustainable and why they choose to reward ideas and projects that provide triple bottom-line benefits to Colorado.
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Moderating the event this month is Ravi Malhotra, President of iCAST, a Colorado-based non-profit that works to provide economic, environmental, and social benefits to communities in a manner that builds local capacity.
Featured Speakers:
Thomas Gougeon: President, Gates Family Foundation
Bruce Dines: Executive Director, StEPP Foundation
Thomas Gougeon: President, Gates Family Foundation
Tom Gougeon became President of the Gates Family Foundation in August of 2010. For the prior ten years he was a Principal and Chief Development Officer for Continuum Partners, LLC. Continuum is a developer and operator of mixed use and transit oriented real estate projects. Prior to Continuum Tom ran a charitable foundation, was the CEO of the Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation and served for eight years in the Mayor’s Office in the City and County of Denver. Tom has served on the boards of numerous housing, land conservation, urban redevelopment, environmental and historic preservation organizations. He is a former Chair of Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, The Nature Conservancy and the Urban Land Conservancy. He is currently a Commissioner of the Denver Water Board and serves on the boards of Denver Civic Ventures, the Stapleton Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities and the Urban Land Conservancy. Tom has a BA from the University of Denver and a MCRP from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
Bruce Dines: Executive Director, StEPP Foundation
For the past 4 years, Bruce has served as the Executive Director of the StEPP Foundation, a 501c.3 organization headquartered in Denver. The foundation has developed a web-based application and database of Carbon Offset Projects and Opportunities. That Database now holds more than 3000 Project Records representing all 50 states. Each record was created through a hosted, web-based platform using an online application process which includes a strong emphasis on Environmental Engineering, Quantitative Measurement, and Environmental Return. Over 1/3 of the project applications have come from within Colorado, representing every Colorado County.
Prior to moving to the StEPP Foundation, where Bruce could pursue his passion for Sustainability, he has been in mid-size and large corporations, where he has either served as President or Division President, including comCables as President, Northstar Exchange as COO (sold to Construction Software Technologies in 2007), EHPT as President (sold to Ericsson in 2002), and Ericsson Mobile Communications as Division President.
Bruce is a 5th generation native of Colorado, with roots going back to the Homestead Act in Colorado Territory. He graduated in 1976 from Stanford University, with a BS in Biology, and subsequently received a graduate degree (M.S) in Ecology.
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