2012 True Confessions Speakers

The husband of writer Meg Hirshberg, and the father of three teenage yogurt-eaters, Gary Hirshberg, 53, has overseen the growth of the organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farm from its infancy as a seven-cow organic farming school in 1983 to its current $300 million in annual sales. This growth has been built with innovative marketing techniques that often combine the social, environmental, and financial missions of the company. One of the company's five missions is "to serve as a model that environmentally and socially responsible businesses can also be profitable" and Gary has realized this vision in every aspect of the company.

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Past SVI speakers have included:

David Berge, Underdog Ventures
Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus Society
Mark Deutschmann, Village Real Estate
Amy Domini, Domini Social Investments
Mark Finser, RSF Social Finance
Margot Franssen, Body Shop Canada
Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm
Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation
Valerie Hussey, Kids Can Press
Alice Klein, Now Magazine
Susan Kurz, Dr. Hauschka Skincare
David Levi, Working Opportunity Fund
Julia & Ed Levy, QLT Inc.
Alison Lawton, Mindset Media
Lisa Lorimer, Vermont Bread Company
Drummond Pike, Tides Foundation
Jonathan Poneman, Sub Pop Records
Bruce Poon Tip, G.A.P. Adventures
Russel Precious, Capers
Peter Robinson, Mountain Equipment Co-Op
Peter Roy, Whole Food Markets
Aqueela Sherills, CSDI
Greg Steltenpohl, Odwalla
Nina Utne, Utne Reader
Julius Walls, Greyston Bakery
Judy Wicks, White Dog Cafe
Bill Young, Social Capital Partners
Tamara Vrooman, Vancity
Aaron Lamstein, WorldWise
Arran and Ratana Stephens, Nature's Path
Terry McBride, Nettwerk Music Group
Tami Simon, SoundsTrue
Sherry Stewart Deutschmann, Letter Logic
Mike Hannigan, Give Something Back

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