Nico has a passion for teamwork and connecting people. Having grown up on a farm, Nico enjoys feeling his hands in the earth.

After studying economics and marketing in Amsterdam, Nico worked for IBM and 3M for 7 years in marketing and sales. In 1983 he started the Videoland franchise-organization which grew from 1 to 180 stores in 9 years. In 1992 he invested in the natural food industry and was a shareholder of Natudis (The Netherlands). For 8 years he was on the board of directors of the Dutch Fair Trade stores(Wereldwinkels).

As a co-founder and president of the European Board, he is together with his business partner Martine Bloquiaux, responsible for the strategy and development of People 4 Earth worldwide.

The proud father of Kim, Margo and Nico Jr., he loves to play tennis and take long walks in the woods.

Colin is one of the most senior and successful executives in the global packaging industry with a thorough understanding of the key business drivers in many sectors.

He is a business leader with character and independence of mind. His style is open, supportive and consensual. He understands critical success factors and his strategic and analytical skills contribute to the Board and its committees.

In 2006, Colin was appointed to the Board of Directors of Turkcell, a mobile phone operator in Turkey. He serves as a Voting Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Turkcell's Board of Directors. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Treofan, a packaging film company, with activities in Europe, North America and South Africa. He is Chairman of Clondalkin, a consumer and industrial packaging company.

Colin served as President of SCA, North America, which is active in the packaging sector, personal care an paper tissue products. From 1988 to 2001, he was the President of SCA Packaging, prior to which he served as the Managing Director of Bowater, a corrugated packaging company, for four years. From 1978 to 1984, he was first the Sales Director and then the General Manager of Chicopee in The Netherlands, a non-woven fabrics company of Johnson & Johnson.

Colin Williams holds an MBA degree in finance from NYU, and M.Sc. degree in physical chemistry and a doctorate from Lund University in Sweden. He is married with two grown-up children.

In her daily life, Jojo is a partner at Kurt Salmon Associates. Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) is the premier solutions provider to the retail, consumer products, and health care industries.

KSA was the founding father of the ECR movement as early as the 1980's. The current thought leadership is 'Act Vertical': research on why some retailers and brands are quicker to spot emerging consumer trends, better at creating new products, and faster at bringing hot products to market and, at the same time, have better financial performance.

More info on www.kurtsalmon.com Previously through KSA, Jojo did work for Ahold, PepsiCo Food, Colgate-Palmolive, Vroom & Dreesman and ACNielsen. Jojo is very committed to contributing to a better world. People 4 Earth gives her the opportunity to really help in developing a community of people that work together for a sustainable world.

Providing health care and education to diverse communities has been a strong commitment for Dr. Jesus Saucedo.

He has more than 12 years of diverse leadership experience as a physician executive with significant accomplishments in clinical and academic medicine, integrating delivery systems and improving quality & utilization management programs.

As a Director for Community Clinics, he oversaw a country wide community clinic that provided medical care to predominately low income- Spanish speaking population of over 300,000. He was instrumental in the implementation of a childhood asthma program, immunization programs, tobacco cessation and served on various healthcare communities that developed countrywide outreach healthcare programs.

At the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Saucedo developed and taught Obstetrics/Gynecology curriculum for family practice residents and has trained resident doctors.

Dr. Saucedo received his Baccalaureate of Arts Degree at the University of California, Berkeley and his Medical Degree at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles, California and is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice. Fellowships in Academic Medicine, and Obstetrics/Gynecology.

For 25 years, Alisa Gravitz has led Green America, the national green economy organization.

Green America develops marketplace solutions to social and environmental problems with key focus on green business standards, corporate responsibility, fair trade, community investment, climate change and solar energy. Green America's major events and publications include Green Festivals, the Green Business Conference, National Green Pages and Real Money. Green America operates the nationals largest green business and consumer networks. Ms. Gravitz is also a nationally recognized leader in the social investment industry. She authored Green America's acclaimed Guide to Social Investing, with over a million copies in print. As vice president of the Social Investment Forum, she played a key role in the dramatic growth of the socially responsible investing industry to $2.7 trillion dollars from less than $40 million in 1985.

Ms. Gravitz's board service includes Ceres, the Positive Future Network, People 4 Earth, Network for Good, OptiSolar and Mission Markets. She earned her MBA from Harvard University and her BA in economics and environmental sciences from Brandeis University. Green America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.