Contributors

Babos, Paola-is an Associate Expert with the United Nations in the Leadership and Capacity Development Unit of UN-OHRLLS. Focusing on the Least Developed Countries, Ms. Babos works with a range of stakeholders applying whole systems transformation and leadership development to achieve measurable and sustainable change in the domains of peace and development. Prior to joining the United Nations in New York City, Ms. Babos worked in the Balkans and other transition economies. She served in fi eld positions in Serbia and Kosovo, focusing on post-confl ict dialogue and reconciliation between Serb, Albanian and Roma communities in the aftermath of the Yugoslav wars. Ms. Babos holds a Bachelor of Science in Government and Economics from the London School of Economics and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Chicago. https://www.un.org/ohrlls

Brown, Lester R.—is Founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute, which purpose is to provide a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy and a roadmap of how to get from here to there. He has also founded the Worldwatch Institute in Washington D.C. in 1974 and launched the State of the World reports in 1984. Dr. Brown is the author or co-author of over 50 books on global environmental issues and his works have been translated into more than forty languages. His most recent book is Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. The recipient of 40 honorary degrees and a McArthur Fellowship, Dr. Brown has been described by the Washington Post as “one of the world’s most infl uential thinker.“ Dr. Brown was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Italy and was appointed an honorary professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Brown is recipient of The Goi Peace Award 2005. He has an M.S. in agricultural economics from the University of Maryland-and an M.P.A. from Harvard University. Born in 1934, Lester Brown lives in Washington D.C. https://www.earth-policy.org

Dunne, Jacqui-is an Award-Winning Journalist from Ireland and a respected Communications Specialist with 25 years of professional experience. Her areas of expertise include radio and television production, corporate communications and public relations. Ms. Dunne is also Co-Founder and Executive Director of the ACCESS Foundation, an international non-profi t organization dedicated to education, implementation, standards and best practices in the domain of complementary currencies. She is also the Founder of Entrepreneurs Without Borders, which mandate consists in improving economic development, especially in developing countries by using a variety of new monetary innovations and duel-currency systems. Ms. Dunne is Executive Editor of two books on money, Of Human Wealth-New Money for a New World by Bernard Lietaer and Stephen Belgin, and an international cross-discipline report to the Club of Rome entitled, Money and Sustainability-The Missing Link. https://www.citerrafi lm.com

Faltin, Guenter-is a German Economist and Entrepreneur. He is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Freie Universitaet Berlin, and Founder of “Teekampagne,” the largest mail order tea business in Germany. According to the Tea Board of India, “Teekampagne” has been the world’s largest single importer of Darjeeling leaf tea since 1998. Noticing many years ago that tea was sold at shockingly high prices, Professor Faltin looked for ways to challenge the traditional tea market. Thus, he created a new business model based on the principle of simplicity, which allows selling the world’s best Darjeeling tea at very low prices and therewith making it affordable to many people. Professor Faltin teaches the principle of simplicity in business to students at Freie Universitaet Berlin and encourage them to become entrepreneurs themselves. He has published many papers and books on a culture of innovative entrepreneurship. His latest publication is entitled, Kopf schlaegt Kapital. Die ganz andere Art, ein Unternehmen zu gruenden. Von der Lust, ein Entrepreneur zu sein (2008). In 2007, Professor Faltin has received the “Vision Award for Entrepreneurship” at the Vision Summit taking place in Berlin in 2007. https://www.entrepreneurship.de

Ganser, Daniele-Ph.D., is a Swiss Historian who specializes in international relations and international history from 1945 to today. His research interests are peace research, geostrategy, secret warfare, resource wars, globalization and human rights. Dr. Ganser teaches at Swiss universities, including the History Department at Basel University. His current

research is focusing on the so called “war on terror” and peak oil (www. peakoil.ch). From 2001 to 2003 Daniele Ganser was a Senior Researcher with the Think Tank Avenir Suisse in Zurich. He was responsible for international relations and led the campaign of the Think Tank, which infl uenced the national vote that made Switzerland a full member of the United Nations in 2003. Avenir Suisse is funded by 14 largest international companies of Switzerland, including Swiss Re, ABB, Novartis, Roche, UBS, Credit Suisse and Nestlé, and has the general task to prepare Switzerland and its economy for the challenges of the future. From 2003 to 2006 Dr. Ganser was a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EHT) in Zurich. In cooperation with the Swiss Foreign Ministry-the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)—he investigated the impact of globalization on war and peace and made researches on how Swiss and international companies support and profi t from war, or alternatively, promote peace through corporate social responsibility (CSR). Dr. Ganser speaks four languages. He is married and has two children. Dr. Ganser lives in Basel, Switzerland. https://www.danieleganser.ch/

Gates, Bill-is the Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which works on global health and education issues. Born in 1955 in Seattle, Wash., USA, Mr. Gates founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975 and led the company to become the worldwide leader in business and personal computer software, services, and solutions. In late June 2008, Bill Gates transitioned out of his day-to-day role at Microsoft to dedicate his full time to his philanthropic work at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Under the Gateses’ leadership, the Foundation’s grantmaking is now organized into three programs-Global Development, Global Health and United States. As of 1 April 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made USD 19,8 billion in total grant commitments since its inception in 1994, and has an endowment of USD 27,5 billion. The Foundation is currently operating in more than 100 countries. Bill Gates is recipient of the Goi Peace Award 2008. https://www.gatesfoundation.org

Gottwald, Franz-Theo-is the Executive Director of the Schweisfurth Foundation in Munich, Germany. He is Honorary Professor for Environmental-, Agrarian-and Nutritional Ethics at Humbold University in Berlin, Guest Professor for Sustainable Value Managements at the Shanghai Academy for Social Sciences, and teaches Political Ecology at

the Munich School of Political Science. Prof. Gottwald is also Managing Director of the European Network for Ecological Agriculture, and Curator of various ecological institutions and foundations. He studied social sciences and indology, graduated in catholic theology, and earned his Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in philosophy. He published various books and reports on corporate leadership and management, philosophy, agrarian culture, awareness-building, and future science. Born in 1955 in Wiesbaden, Germany, Prof. Gottwald is married and has fi ve children. https://www. schweisfurth.de

Henderson, Hazel-Ph.D., is an Independent Futurist, Syndicated Columnist, and Consultant on sustainable development in over thirty countries. She is the Founder of Ethical Markets Media, an independent media company covering the emergence of a sustainable, green, more ethical and just economy worldwide. Her editorial columns are syndicated by InterPress Services worldwide. Dr. Henderson serves on the advisory boards of many organizations, including the Calvert Social Investment Fund, the Cousteau Society, the Council on Economic Priorities, and the Worldwatch Institute. She served on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Task Force on Eco-Effi ciency in Global Capital Markets (Geneva) and is a fellow of the World Business Academy. Dr. Henderson also serves on the Global Commission to Fund the United Nations and co-edited its fi rst report as a special issue of Futures, “The United Nations at Fifty: Policy and Financing Alternatives.“ Hazel Henderson has authored several books, including Ethical Markets-Growing the Green Economy (2007), Building a Win-Win World (1996), Creating Alternative Futures (1978,1996), The Politics of the Solar Age (1981, 1988), and Paradigms in Progress (1995). https://www.hazelhenderson. com and https://www.ethicalmarkets.com

Hoelz, Hanns Michael-is Managing Director at the Deutsche Bank AG. As Global Head he is responsible for the fi elds of corporate citizenship (co-head of Corporate Social Responsibility), sustainable development (group inspector fort he sustainable management system) and sport. Mr. Hoelz is a member of executive boards of a large number of organizations of Deutsche Bank, e.g. the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Deutsche Bank Africa Foundation. His area of responsibility also covers the representation of Deutsche Bank in national and international committees, including UN Global Compact (member of the former Advisory Council of Kofi Annan), Global Reporting Initiative (member of the ex-

ecutive board) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (member of the executive board). Furthermore, Mr. Hoelz is a member of the board of trustees of the Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe and the German National Anti-Doping Agency. For 15 years now, he has played an important part in shaping the corporate citizenship of Deutsche Bank, and in the past ten years, Mr. Hoelz has placed his focus on promoting the idea of sustainable activities-inside as well as outside the Bank. Mr. Hoelz is committed not only to changing paradigms in thinking in favour of sustainable development, but also to initiating the necessary measures as well as their implementation. Born in 1951, Mr. Hoelz is married and has two children. https://www.deutsche-bank.de

Leitschuh-Fecht, Heike-is Author, Moderator and Consultant for sustainable development. Since 2001, she is Co-Publisher of Jahrbuch Oekologie, as well as Publisher of a variety of books, brochures, and articles in journals and German newspapers, such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurter Rundschau, Die Zeit, and Oeko-Test. Ms. Leitschuh-Fecht moderates Local Agenda processes in municipalities. Born in 1958, she has a Master Degree in political science and lives in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. https://www.heike-leitschuh.de and https://www.weleda.com

McFalls, Ricarda-is Managing Director, Development Focus Area, at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Previously, Ms. McFalls worked more than 22 years in various international management positions in the global high tech industry, predominantly in business development in transition and emerging economies. While resident in Africa from 1994 to 2007, Ms. McFalls established manufacturing, sales, and service companies in Kenya and Nigeria, built regional distribution networks, and actively engaged with local governments on technology policies. Serving nine years on the board and as elected Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya, she promoted community initiatives to improve the local and regional business environment. Ms. McFalls holds a Masters in Sustainable Development Planning from Stellenbosch University (South Africa), an MBA from the Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management (USA), and bachelor degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her recent case study research on inclusive business in South Africa, “Testing the Limits of Inclusive Capitalism” is published by the Journal of Corporate Citizenship. https://www.wbcsd.org

Metcalfe, Steve-is Communications Manager at The Prince’s Youth Business International (YBI), a network organization for 37 youth business programmes around the world that help young people to start up in business. Mr. Metcalfe is responsible for developing the organization’s communication strategy and raising the profi le of YBI and the YBI Network. Prior to his assignment at the Prince’s Youth Business International, Mr. Metcalfe was the New Media Manager at the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) in London, in charge of all digital communications, e-news-letters and media work. Prior to joining IBLF, he was a business journalist on a range of publications-most recently for Mergermarket (now part of the Financial Times Group). Mr. Metcalfe has a degree in English from Leicester University in the United Kingdom. https://www.iblf.org and https://www.youth-business.org

Nambu, Yasuyuki-is the Group CEO of Pasona Group Inc. and President of Pasona Inc. Pasona Inc. is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, that provides a variety of staffi ng services, including temporary staffi ng, and recruiting in Japan and overseas. Harvesting the potential of the individual is the foundation of Pasona’s human resources service. The philosophy and policy of Mr. Nambu and of his company consist in creating a society in which inviduals are able to fi nd work that they like and a career that complements their personal goals, and in which people are free to exercise their talents through an egalitarian relationship between the workplace and the individual, regardless of age or gender. By changing the way people are working in Japan, Mr. Nambu has been named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 1987, 1988, and 1989. Born in Kobe, Japan in 1952, Mr. Nambu has authored 12 books and numerous articles on business practices and workforce trends. Mr. Nambu revolutionized the way people work in Japan and abroad by giving jobs to many, who without Mr. Nambu’s visionary leadership would be unemployed. https://www.pasonagroup.co.jp

Nelson, Deborah-is the Executive Director of Social Venture Network (SVN), a national organization of business leaders, investors and social entrepreneurs who are committed to transforming the way the world does business. Before joining SVN, Deborah Nelson was Marketing Director for Working Assets and Western Region Marketing Director for American Express. Ms. Nelson has a B.A. in English from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. in marketing and management strategy from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She co-founded

the Social Impact Leadership Coalition (SILC), a network of organizations that promote socially responsible business practices and economic justice initiatives. Deborah Nelson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon from 1987 to 1989. When she’s not at SVN, Deborah Nelson enjoys exploring the Bay Area with her husband Nick and her two sons Sam and Will. https://www.svn.org

Petit, Patrick U.—is a Mediator (M.M.) and Start-Up-Counsellor. Graduated in political science from the Munich School of Political Science, he is the Representative to the United Nations of The Goi Peace Foundation. In this capacity, Mr. Petit initiated and set up more than thirty peacemaking events worldwide in collaboration with regional and global Intergovernmental Organizations, as well as Parliaments, Parliamentary Assemblies and Civil Society organizations. He produced two commemorative events on United Nations Day in 1999 and the consecutive year, while he has been the Representative to the United Nations of the World Peace Prayer Society in New York. Mr. Petit arranged and moderated the cultural festivities of the Millennium Forum in 2000 at UN Headquarters. He is the initiator and editor of several publications: Earth Capitalism (2009), The People’s New Deal (2009), Earthrise (2008) and Wisdom 21: Shaping the Culture of Peace in a Multilateral World (2005). Born in 1969 in France, Mr. Petit lives in Munich, Germany. https://www.goipeace.or.jp

Radermacher, Franz Josef-is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative, and President of the German Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA). Prof. Radermacher is also the Director of the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n (FAW/n) in Ulm,—which deals with basic issues of globalization and sustainable development –, and is the Academic Chairholder for Information Technology at the University of Ulm. He is the Vice-President of the Eco-Social Forum Europe, and a Member of the Club of Rome since 2002. From 1992-2001, Prof. Radermacher has been a Member of the European Commission’s Information Society Forum and has chaired the EC Working Group 4 “Sustainability in an Information Society.” Since 2000, he is a Member of the Scientifi c Council of the German Federal Ministry of Transportation, Civil Engineering and Housing. He is also a Member of the Council for Sustainable Development of the Government of the German State of Baden Wuerttemberg. Prof. Radermacher

is the author of more than 300 publications and scientifi c papers and reports on information society, globalization and sustainability issues, like Global Impact-Der neue Weg zu globaler Verantwortung (together with Marianne Obermueller and Peter Spiegel); Globalisierung Gestalten and Welt mit Zukunft-Ueberleben im 21. Jahrhundert (in collaboration with Bert Beyers). Holder of two PhDs in mathematics (1974) and economics (1976), he earned his postdoctoral Habilitation in mathematics in 1982. Prof. Radermacher is married and has one son. https://www. globalmarshallplan.org and https://www.faw-neu-ulm.de

Roof, Nancy B.—Ph.D., is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the integral global journal Kosmos, nominated for its excellence and spiritual coverage by the prestigious Utne Independent Press Awards. Kosmos brings leading edge ideas to United Nations Ambassadors, the UN Secretariat, NGOs and the international community of global citizens. Its unique mission is to create a sustainable, compassionate and emerging global civilization through individual, cultural, and systems transformation at all levels of body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Roof is Founding President of Kosmos Associates Inc. She co-founded the Values Caucus at the United Nations in 1994 with the help of Ambassador Somavia of Chile (now Director General of the UN International Labor Organization) and co-founded the Spiritual Caucus at the UN in 2000 for the purpose of bringing contemplation into UN deliberations. Kosmos is a founding partner of the worldwide initiative, ‘Creating a New Civilization’, launched by The Goi Peace Foundation in Tokyo, November 2005 with the Gorbachev Foundation, Club of Budapest, Club of Rome, Commission on Global Spirituality and Consciousness and World Wisdom Council. She is the fi rst Media Ambassador invited to participate in the World Wisdom Council. Dr. Roof designed, implemented, and pioneered the fi rst training programs in the former Yugoslavia on secondary traumatic stress in war zones. The program trained trainers of 78 organizations, including the United Nations, International Red Cross, governments, Doctors Without Borders, and local groups in three different locations. The program is now being used as a model in other War Zones. She published a widely distributed workbook for further self-training entitled The Impact of War on Humanitarian Service Providers. In the early 1970s she co-founded The Mountain School, to teach meditation and interior spiritual practices from a variety of religious traditions. Dr. Roof had a fl ourishing private practice in individual in-depth psychology based on the psychology she

developed combining Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. https://www.kosmosjournal.org

Saionji, Hiroo-is the President of The Goi Peace Foundation and its sister organization, The World Peace Prayer Society, a New York based Non-Governmental Organization associated with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations. Mr. Saionji is the great-grandson of Prince Kinmochi Saionji, who was twice Prime Minister of Japan during the Meiji Period. He is President of The Crescent, and a Member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors of Michigan State University, where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Mr. Saionji is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of Gakushuin University. From 1974-1986, he was a business executive at the International Division of the Nippon Seiko Company. Mr. Saionji conceived the “Creating a New Civilization Initiative,” which was launched by The Goi Peace Foundation, in collaboration with thirteen like-minded partner organizations on the occasion of the annual Goi Peace Forum in November 2005 in Tokyo. He travels extensively on speaking tours, and has led peace ceremonies in many countries as well as at the United Nations and other international organizations. Mr. Saionji and his wife, Masami Saionji, have received the Philosopher Shree Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize, India in 2008. Both live in Tokyo and have three daughters. https://www. goipeace.or.jp and https://www. worldpeace.org

Sharma, Monica-M.D., is the Director, Leadership and Capacity Development, at the United Nations, OHRLLS in New York. Dr. Sharma is responsible for whole systems transformation and leadership development worldwide, with a focus on Least Developed Countries. She is pioneering generative and integral approaches leading to transformation on a global scale. She served in UNICEF in several global, regional and country positions that are meeting the needs of children worldwide. From 2000-2005 Dr. Sharma served as Director of HIV/AIDS for UNDP, generating 4.5 million people directly and infl uencing another 130 million people. In 2005 she and her team were honoured by UNDP for the best practice area. https://www.un.org/ohrlls

Tasaka, Hiroshi-is the Founder and the President of Think Tank SophiaBank, a global network think tank that fosters social entrepreneurs to change paradigms of social systems. He is also the President of The Japan Social Entrepreneur Forum (JSEF), a networking organization to

promote collaborations among social entrepreneurs in Japan. Dr. Tasaka is a Professor at the Graduate School of Tama University in Tokyo, where he teaches the philosophy, vision, policy, strategy and skills of social entrepreneurs to create new social systems. He has worked as a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum since 2008. He has also worked as an advisor for various companies to support them to become social enterprises. Dr. Tasaka is a founding member of The Japan Research Institute. The Institute embraces the vision and strategy of “Industry Incubation,” which aims to create new industries with private sector initiatives. As a member of the Board of Directors, he collaborated with over 700 companies to establish 20 consortia from 1990 to 2000. Born in 1951, Dr. Tasaka graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1974. In 1981, he earned a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Tokyo University. Dr. Tasaka is the author of more than 50 books, including, To the Summit-Why Should You Embrace an Ideal in Your Heart; The Five Laws to Foresee the Future; The Age of Living System Paradigm; The Gaia Perspective; What will Happen in the Knowledge Society; and Philosophy of Working. https://www.sophiabank.co.jp or send email to tasaka@sophiabank.co.jp

Wackernagel, Mathis-Ph.D., is a Founder and Executive Director of Global Footprint Network, a charitable research organization with headquarters in California. This organization supports the creation of a sustainable economy by advancing the policy-utility of the Ecological Footprint. The goal is to make ecological limits central to decision-making everywhere. Dr. Wackernagel has lectured at over 100 universities and worked on sustainability issues for organizations on all continents. He has authored or contributed to over fi fty peer-reviewed papers, numerous articles and reports, and various books on sustainability that focus on the question of embracing limits and developing metrics for sustainability, including Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Sharing Nature’s Interest, and WWF International’s Living Planet Report. After earning a degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he completed his Ph.D. in community and regional planning at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. There he created, as his doctoral dissertation, with Professor William Rees the “Ecological Footprint” concept, now a widely used sustainability measure. Dr. Wackernagel is also an adjunct faculty at SAGE of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and scientifi c advisor of the Center for Sustainability Studies in Mexico. https://www.footprintnetwork.org

Warwick, Mal-has distinguished himself through his contributions to the nonprofi t sector as one of the world’s leading authors, consultants, and public speakers on fundraising for nonprofi t organizations and as an advocate for socially and environmentally responsible policies and practices in the private sector. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Warwick has been active in promoting social and environmental responsibility in the business community nationwide for more than 15 years. Along with Cohen and others, he was a co-founder of Business for Social Responsibility and served on its board during its inaugural year. In 2001, after more than a decade as an active member of Social Venture Network, he was elected to its board and served as Chair (2002-2006). He also was a member of the Founding Advisory Board of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002-2003. Mr. Warwick is the Founder and Chairman of Mal Warwick Associates (Berkeley, Calif., and Washington, D.C.), a fundraising agency specializing in direct marketing. The company has served nonprofi t organizations since 1979. He also founded its sister company, Response Management Technologies, Inc., a data processing fi rm for nonprofi t organizations, and was a Co-Founder of the telephone fundraising fi rm, Share Group, Inc. (Somerville, Mass.). In 1999, he cofounded Donordigital (San Francisco, Calif.), which assists nonprofi t organizations with online fundraising, marketing, and advocacy. Mr. Warwick and his associates are responsible for raising at least half a billion dollars-largely in the form of small gifts from individuals. He is also an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (Alexandria, Va.) and served for ten years on the board of the Association of Direct Response Fundraising Counsel (Washington, D.C.), two of those years as President. In 2004, he received the Hank Rosso Award as Outstanding Fundraising Executive from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Golden Gate Chapter and Northern California Grantmakers. In November 2006, Mr. Warwick was awarded the Benjamin Ide Wheeler Medal by the Berkeley Community Fund as “Berkeley’s most useful citizen” in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the community. Mal Warwick is the author of Fundraising When Money Is Tight. He is the co-author of Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun with Ben Cohen, Co-Founder of Ben & Jerry’s. https://www.malwarwick.com and https://www.svn.org