Sustain OC accelerates sustainability in the greater Orange County area through innovation, collaboration and education.
Partnerships / Clusters: Fostering cooperation and collaboration among the public, private and academic sectors in the area of sustainability and cleantech within and around the greater Orange County region.
Information hub: Serving as an information and data clearinghouse to ensure that its members have the latest and most complete information concerning sustainability initiatives and practices and the clean technologies.
Advocacy: Serving as the voice for its members and industry in Orange County, Sacramento and Washington D.C.
Mentorship and Advisory: A service to its community in mentoring and advising toward sustainable growth inclusive of sustainable practices such as, business planning, strategic partnerships, supply chain management, human capital management, recycling, cleantech assessment and integration, etc.
Networking & Collaboration: Providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and business opportunities among large corporations, cleantech companies, local government, investors, academia and non-profits.
Platform to share best practices: Providing singular and multi-disciplinary foci to discover solutions.
Social media promotional vehicle: All tools available to members
Roundtables, workshops and lunch and learns: Coordinate focus meetings with a segment or whole of Sustain OC. Members bring ideas to the Sustain OC Board.
Education: We serve to educate our community and raise awareness in all matters related to sustainability with an emphasis on clean technology.
Scott Kitcher - President
Jam Attari - Chairperson
Vitaly Lee - Vice Chairperson
Sean Kelly - Treasurer
Dave Jones - Secretary
Nadereh Afsharmanesh
VP, Sustainability, Earth Friendly Products
Cristina Amorim
Director, Sustainability, Thermofisher Scientific
John Arena
Business Outreach Manager, Metropolitan Water District
Jam Attari
CEO, BayWa r.e. Solar Projects, LLC
Ryan Baron
Of Counsel, Best, Best & Krieger
Ken Biele
CEO, JWC Environmental
Rich Bluth
VP, Energy Management, Irvine Company
Tim Brandt
Audit Partner, Deloitte
Dennis Calvert
CEO, BioLargo
Marc Campopiano
Partner, Latham Watkins
Duane Cave
External Relations Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric
Ken Chawkins
Business/Policy Manager, Southern California Gas Co.,
Harrison Clay
President, Clean Energy Renewable Fuels
Tom Comstock
Chief Marketing Officer, Edison Energy
Mackenzie Crigger
FTS Lighting, CEO
Michele Davidson
Sustainability Manager, Chapman University
Steve Eberle
President, Eberle Company
Marcie Edwards
Former GM LADWP
Joe Gagliano
Regional Representative, CA Fuel Cell Partnership
Greg Giebel
Managing Director, Roth Capital
Shiv Grewal
Principal, Auctus Capital
Steve Gross
CEO, IHI Power
Sulaiman Hamidi
Director, Sustainability, Allergan
Chris Harrington
Educator, Self
Chris Ivey
Shareholder, Stradling
Dave Jones
Chairman, Biix
Tony Jones
Managing Scientist, Exponent
Sean Kelly
Partner, Hein & Associates LLP
Tom Koutroulis
Senior Manager Organics Proj. Dev., Waste Management
Vitaly Lee
Vice-President, Business Management at Terra-Gen
Mike Levin
Director, Government Affairs, Fuel Cell Energy
Peter Livingston
Mgr. Environ. Serv. Ren Enrgy Pgm, OC Waste & Recycling
Greg Miller
EVP Market Development, Ice Energy
Michael Nisenson
Regional Director, Ansys
Brendan O’Donnell
Regional Sales Manager, ChargePoint
Randy Okamura
Director External Affairs, OC & SDC, AT&T
Theodore Papagiannis
Partner, Knobbe
Patrick Sheilds
Executive Director of Operations, Irvine Ranch Water District
Heather Stratman
CEO, ACC-OC
Richard Sudek
Executive Director, UCI Institute for Innovation
Patrick Thompson
Partner & CEO, CoorsTek & EcoPAS
