SQA Advisory Council Team Members
 Daniel N. Robin, SQA program founder and board chair is principal of Daniel Robin & Associates, an international management consulting
and training firm ( abetterworkplace.com)
specializing in culture change, tools for workplace collaboration, and
effective human relations. Clients include Driscoll's, HP, PG&E, Seagate Technologies,
McKee Foods Corp., Threshold Enterprises, City governments of Palo Alto,
Santa Cruz and San Jose, and the Oak Grove School District in San Jose, among other.
Established in 1985, top training programs are Breaking Down Silos to Collaboration, Meeting Management Skills, and Leadership Development Training, with more than 98%
of participants giving "excellent" marks
Daniel has published more than 200 articles and papers on sustainable
business and workplace best practices, and is author of the widely read
column entitled "The Healthy Workplace."
Since 1996, Daniel
has also been managing director of In3 Group (online at in3group.net and in3inc.com),
a "venture catalyst," finance and strategic advisory firm working with early stage sustainable
businesses to help them live up to their commercial potential.
Contact: Ph (831) 761-0700 Fax (831) 761-3810, Online: abetterworkplace.com,
www.in3inc.com or www.cccsn.net;
Email: dnr@ecoquality.com
 Victor Desotelle served as SQA director for the Monterey
Bay Region 1998-2001, and is principal of InKNOWvate, a network of knowledge-based
consultants that enable sustainability and innovative learning within organizations.
He applies systems thinking concepts, scientific principles of sustainability,
and methods for envisioning that allow organizations to realize a self-generated,
conscious future.
Vic also has more than 13 years experience in the Silicon Valley Electronics
Industry and 8 years in Sustainability and Organizational Learning. He is
active in many areas of community development. He is a board member at the
Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation and is acting chair of their BEN
business outreach program. In addition, he is active with organizations
such as the Foundation for Global Community developing methods for recovering
meaning within personal and community life.
Vic has committed his future to building effective collaboration between
organizations and the greater community to provide for a more sustainable
world.
Contact: Ph (831) 465-0377 Fx (831) 465-1852 vdesotelle@aol.com
http://www.inKNOWvate.com
The Supporting SQA Advisory Council
Hina Branah Pendle, Ph.D.c hina@uspartners.com
Principal, US Partners,
2091 Wharf Road
Capitola, CA 95010
http://www.uspartners.com
Hina has been an organizational consultant for over 25 years. She developed
Unifying Systems, technologies for Working Smarter, Naturally. Her focus
is in aligning people and organizational cultures with their work. She
invokes proficiency through collaborative working relationships.
Hina began her business career in the "Garment Center" in New
York in 1964. She discovered that people were overwhelmed and under-prepared,
and running companies very inefficiently. She incorporates personal growth
and mastery and spiritual principles into helping people transform their
work experience and effectiveness.
Hina is a founding member of the Sustainable Quality Awards and helped
design the evaluation systems as a bridge between the ecologically minded
community and the businesses and organizations involved in quality products
and services.
Hina is a Ph.D Candidate in Organizational Development and Transformation
with International University of Professional Studies and is working on
a book, Working Smarter, Naturally.
Gine Johnson gjohnson@ecoact.org
Director, http://www.ecoact.org
Ecology Action
P.O. Box 1188
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Virginia Johnson is the Executive Director (ret'd) of Ecology Action of Santa
Cruz, the oldest nonprofit environmental organization in the Monterey
region. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley with 22 years of business and
non-profit experience. In addition to nine years of experience as a non-profit
executive director, she has served on several community based organization
boards providing services to residents throughout the region.
Coleen Douglas
cdouglas@cruzio.com
Sustainability Consultant: presentations, facilitation
621 Fairmount Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831-426-5755
Coleen has lived in Santa Cruz for the past 28 years and feels a strong
connection to this place, the Monterey Bay area. She works as a consultant
doing presentations and facilitation related to sustainability, with particular
expertise in The Natural Step. She also works at UC Santa Cruz as the
Advancement Information Services Manager. Coleen is currently the Chair
of the Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce's Environmental Affairs
Committee.
Monica McGuire monicatmcg@aol.com
Principal, Comunicom Tele-Services
2870 S. Palisades Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Kathy Allen ktallen@cruzio.com
Jack McLaughlin, Ed.D.
Director, Curriculum & Projects
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
809-H Bay Avenue
Capitola, CA 95010
831.479.5206 (p)
831.479.5242 (f)
jack@usa.com
Jack McLaughlin has had the unique opportunity to have taught all grades,
K-12, in addition to having served as school administrator and district
superintendent on both coasts of the United States. He is currently working
in a variety of areas including environmental education where he has helped
local public schools reduce waste and save money through an aggressive
collaborative funded by Santa Cruz County municipalities.
Ken Foster
Principal, Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
CA Lic. # 656636
P.O. Box 677
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0677
Phone & fax (831) 425-3514
E-mail teranova@cruzio.com
http://www.bikeroute.com/TerraNova
Ken Foster, the owner of Terra Nova is a landscape contractor and a certified
permaculture designer. Ken has a passion for gardens of all kinds with
a great love for gardens you can get lost in. Edible landscapes, food
forests, ponds, gray water systems, compost systems and native plant gardens
are a few of the things Ken brakes for.
David T. Hodgin dth@pathusa.com
The Pathfinder Companies
P.O. Box 66438
Scotts Valley, CA 95067-6438
Katherine Knight bobkat@divorcehelp.com
Principal, Earth Vision Video
Bruce Gritton bruce@learn.motion.com
Michael Schmidt
Former CEO, Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce
611 Ocean St, Suite 1
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: 831-423-1111
FAX: 831-423-1847
Email: mikeceo@sasquatch.com
The Mission and Core Purpose of the SCACC is to promote economic vitality
and prosperity. Our Core Values center around the following:
- Healthy and productive economic community
- Highest quality of life
- Involvement in community decision making and excellence.
This includes having a sustainable community which respects the environment
and understands that we do have limited natural resources and economic
opportunity and prosperity must be captured within this reality.
Joe Jordan
Former NASA/Ames Research Scientist
Renewable Energy educator
P. O. Box 1188
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
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