Rennie Davis, Chairman Foundation for Humanity:
In the 1960s, he was the coordinator of the largest anti-war and civil rights
coalition in he United States. He was one of the Chicago 7. He remains a recognized spokesman
for his generation, featured on numerous network television documentaries and
media forums, from the Legends series produced by CBS to Larry King Live,
Barbara Walters, VH1, CNN and other network programs. His leadership in the
socially responsible investment industry has been profiled in the Dow Jones Investment
Advisor.
He was the managing partner for a consulting company with an exclusive clientele of board members and officers of Fortune 500 companies and wealthy private families. He has been the financial planner for the President of the Manville Corporation, President of HBO, the Gates Rubber Company Board of Directors and people in the Forbes 400 richest. His consulting company purchased and developed the 80-acre elegant Greystone estate for the purpose of establishing a unique Colorado technology development center for inventors and scientists.
He has searched the world to identity and develop close relations with inventors of breakthrough technologies. He has also supported startup technology companies in capital development and taken them public. He has experience in technology deal structures and presented various technology projects to U.S. financial markets. He has also served as a valued consultant to directors and senior management of diverse Fortune 500 companies in executive search, leadership training, financial planning, team building, inspired business cultures, employee benefit design and executive outplacement.
Kirsten Liegmann, President, Foundation for
Humanity: She was the co-founder of her own
successful ergonomic chair manufacturing company where she served as President
and CEO of Soma Ergonomics. She has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a
major in marketing and minor in environmental studies from Santa Clara University, California.
She also has a Master of Business Administration in Sustainable Management from
Presidio School of Management, San
Francisco, California.
She has served as Director of Operations for Gaia University, an international university dedicated to the advancement of ecological and social projects worldwide where she has created and implemented system designs for every quadrant of the organization including operations, accounting, finance, business development, regional center development, database design & implementation, student admissions and advisory services. She has an extensive knowledge of organizational system design in both non-profit and for-profit environments.
She has an extensive accounting knowledge and financial data analysis experience as well and is skilled in every phase of project plan design and implementation. She also has a broad spectrum background in sustainability including eco-efficiency, closed-loop design, green building LEED standards, triple bottom line accounting, Permaculture and the emerging economic field of complementary currencies. She currently directs the Earth Whisper Walkabout Training and Research Center for the Foundation for Humanity.