San Francisco Green Business Conference
Nov. 11-12 at Hotel Whitcomb

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Mayor Gavin Newsom visited with Green America at San Francisco Green Festival, following the conference. He addressed the role of green businesses in creating strong communities and economies, and why San Francisco is a national model for the green economy.

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Congratulations to Dharma Merchant Services
Winner of the Annual Green Business Leader Award

Green America presented this year's Green Business Leader Award to Dharma Merchant Services, a registered Merchant Service Provider offering socially responsible and certified green payment processing. Read the press release here.

As a socially responsible business, Dharma Merchant Services donates 10% of processing profits to the charity of each merchant’s choice. Dharma Merchant Services has completed the Bay Area Green Business program, holds the Green Business Network Seal of Approval, and has been vetted as a certified B Corporation for two years in a row.

We honor the efforts of the other four nominees for the Green Business Leader Award: Ecowood Displays (Mount Shasta, CA), Salazar Packaging (Plainfield, IL), and Vital Hemptations (Santa Monica, CA). Thanks to Green Business Network member Shasta Visions for providing this year’s award.

The Green Business Leader Award is given to an extraordinary company or business leader that has led the way in creating a just and sustainable society, who has demonstrated consistent leadership on behalf of people and the planet and whose efforts are at the forefront of the green business movement.

Past winners have included Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps (2003), T.S. Designs (2004), Habitat Suites (2005), New Leaf Paper (2006), Organic Valley (2007) and Mr. Ellie Pooh (2008).

Green Business Conference attendees vote on nominees. The 2009 award was voted on and announced at the 2009 San Francisco Business Conference.

About San Francisco Green Business Conference

Discover new ways to prosper in the new economy!

Business strategies for thriving when resources are tight
From crisis to opportunity - dealing with the tough stuff
Breakthrough ideas in marketing, financing growth, and responsible sourcing
Successful triple-bottom-line business models
New business social networking tools
One-on-one coaching to build your business

Registration includes...

All keynotes/sessions/workshops
Networking forum/coaching sessions
Entertainment
Free admission to San Francisco Green Festival®

Questions? Call 202-872-5330.

Read highlights of last year's San Francisco Conference»

2009 Speakers
	Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins Executive Director, Green For All	Bryan Welch Publisher and Editorial Director, Ogden Publications, Inc.	Theresa Marquez Chief Marketing Executive, Organic Valley Family of Farms

	Margot Fraser Founder and Former CEO, Birkenstock USA	Joshua Onysko Founder and CEO, Pangea Organics	Libby Reder Head of Environmental Initiatives, eBay, Inc.

	Deborah Nelson Executive Director, Social Venture Network	Jerry Stifelman President and Chief Strategist, The Change	Bob Johansen Author, Leaders Make the Future

	Woody Tasch President and Chairman, Slow Money	Jenny McNulty Executive Director, Urban Solutions	Priya Haji Co-Founder and CEO, World of Good, Inc.

	Charisse McAuliffe Founder & CEO, GenGreen Digital Media	Gil Friend Author, The Truth About Green Business	Ted Levinson Senior Lending Manager, RSF Capital Management

	Rob Lederer President and Senior Coach, Management Resources	Morgan Simon Co-Founder, Responsible Endowments Coalition	Joey Shepp Founder, Earthsite LLC

	Chris Lindstrom Founder, GETS Plus	Alisa Gravitz Executive Director, Green America	Denise Hamler Director, Green America's Green Business Network™ Green Festivals™