Thank you to our Boston Local Host Committee for making us feel so welcome!

• John Amodeo
• Barbara Batshalom, The Green Roundtable
• Sue Brown, Landscape Architect
• Elizabeth Bennett Carroll, Blue Wave Strategies
• Peter D’Antonio, Sarnafil US
• John Dalzell, City of Boston
• PJ Deschenes, Blue Wave Strategies
• Barbara Deutsch, Harvard University
• John DeVillars, Blue Wave Strategies
• Jennifer Frutchy Ford
• Bryan Glascock, City of Boston Department of the Environment
• Jim Hunt, City of Boston
• Jeff Licht, LLC, Roof garden consultant
• Charlie Lord, Urban Ecology Institute
• Peter Lowitt, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Board Member, Devens Enterprise Commission
• Steven Peck, Founder and President, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
• Bruce Schwoegler
• Carl Spector, City of Boston Department of the Environment
• Jennifer Sprout, Director of Conferences, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
• Cathy Douglas Stone, City of Boston
• Betsy Stubblefield, Urban Ecology Institute
• John Sullivan, Boston Water and Sewer Commission
• Holly Wasilowski, ADD Inc.
• Sarah Zaphiris, City of Boston, Office of the Mayor

Speaker Selection Committee

Our Speaker Selection Committee, comprised of members from the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Research, Policy, and Corporate Members Committees, assisted with the selection of our speakers. Over 75 abstracts were submitted to our 2005 Call for Abstracts, and we are extremely grateful to the following people who volunteered their time to help with this process:

• Dr. Brad Rowe, GRHC Research Committee Chair
• Maureen Connelly, GRHC Research Committee Co-chair
• Lois Vitt Sale, GRHC Policy Committee Chair
• Michael Berkshire, GRHC Policy Committee Co-chair
• Allan Wingfield, GRHC Design Sub-committee Chair
• Steven Peck, Founder and President, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
  
• Jennifer Appel, Landscuplture & Design Inc.
• Dr. Brad Bass, Environment Canada at University of Toronto
• Dr. Stephan Brenneisen, University of Applied Sciences Wadenswil
• Patrick Carey, Hadj Design Group, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
• Dr. Reid Coffman, University of Oklahoma
• Hitesh Doshi, Ryerson University
• Dr. Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield
• Angela Durhman, Michigan State University
• David Foler, Sarnafil
• Robert Goo, EPA
• Dr. Rosalie Green, EPA
• Dr. Manfred Koehler, University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg
• Monika Kuhn, Architect, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Board Member
• Greg Loosvelt, Earth Pledge
• Peter Lowitt, Devens Enterprise Commission, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Chairman
• Dr. Jeremy Lundholm, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
• Karen Moyer, City of Waterloo
• Christine Thuring, Penn State University
• Linda Velazquez, greenroofs.com
• Eva Wong, EPA

• Dr. Brad Rowe, Michigan State University (Chair)
• Maureen Connelly, BCIT, (Co-chair)
  
• Dr. Brad Bass, Environment Canada at University of Toronto
• Dr. Stephan Brenneisen, University of Applied Sciences Wadenswil
• Patrick Carey, Hadj Design Group, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
• Dr. Reid Coffman, University of Oklahoma
• Hitesh Doshi, Ryerson University
• Dr. Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield
• Angela Durhman, Michigan State University
• Andy Harris, Weston Solutions
• Bill Hunt, North Carolina State University
• Tom Liptan, City of Portland
• Karen Liu, National Research Council of Canada
• Dr. Jeremy Lundholm, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
• Christine Thuring, Penn State University

• Lois Vitt Sale, Wight and Company (Chair)
• Michael Berkshire, City of Chicago (Co-chair)
  
• Jennifer Appel, Landscuplture & Design Inc
• Drew Becher, D.C. Government
• Brent Bucknum, Rana Creek Habitat Restoration
• Colin Cheney
• Hitesh Doshi, Ryerson University
• Michael Gibbons, Architectural Systems
• Melissa Keeley
• Angela Loder, University of Toronto
• Karen Moyer, City of Waterloo
• Melissa Muroff, Roofscapes
• Eva Wong, EPA
• Corrie Zoll, The Green Institute

• Steve Skinner, American Hydrotech, Inc. (Chair)
• Dick Gillenwater, Carlisle Syntec Inc. (Vice Chair)


• Tim Barrett, Barrett Roofing 
• Elizabeth Berry, The City of Washington
• Marie-Anne Boivin, Soprema Inc. Canada
• Jeffrey L. Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company
• Stuart Buckner, US Composting Council
• Rick Buist, Landsource Organix
• Doug Burry, Garick.Rooflite
• Jean-Guy Chiasson, CMHC
• Peter D'Antonio, Sarnafil Roofing & Waterproofing Systems
• Chris Eichhorn, International Leak Detection 
• Mark Frieden, ASLA
• Greg Garner, Elevated Landscape Technologies
• Mark Gaulin, Magco Inc.
• Bryan Glascock, The City of Boston
• Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge
• Paul Kephart, RANA CREEK Habitat Restoration
• Simon Knight, Climate Change Central
• Brian Lambert, Garland Company Inc. 
• Cedric Le Rouge, Soprema, Inc. USA
• Kelly Luckett, St. Louis Metalworks
• Sandra McCullough, Weston Solutions, Inc. 
• John McManus, Flynn Canada
• Charlie Miller, Roofscapes Inc. 
• Karen Moyer, The City of Waterloo
• Elizabeth Obloy, Environmental Design & Construction
• Cary Robertson, Henry Company
• Dr. Clayton Rugh, Xero Flor
• Daniel K. Slone, McGuire Woods LLP
• Edmund Snodgrass, Green Roof Plants
• Terry Stancill, Stancills Incorporated
• Bill Stensson, Sheridan Nurseries
• Rodney Swil, Atlantis Corporation Ltd.
• Beth Taylor, Mule-Hide
• Andy Tzemis, Secalflor / The Green Company
• Jelle Vonk, Zinco / Environmental Landscape and Design Contractors ltd.
• Randy Walden, Roof Greening Systems Inc.
• Allan Wingfield, Colbond, Inc. 
• Corrie Zoll, The Green Institute
• Alex Johnston, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
• Steven Peck, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities