Carbon Offset Strategies Panelists' Biographies

Dan Kalafatas President & COO 3Degrees Group, Inc.

Based in San Francisco, Dan leads 3Degrees Renewable Energy Certificate, Carbon Product, and Utility Partnership Groups. In his capacity as Chief Operating Officer, Dan has relevant experience in all aspects of the REC, Carbon and Utility programs. Dan designed, ran, and launched all of 3Degrees’ utility partnerships.

As COO of 3Degrees, Dan oversees all company operations, including business development, contracting, supply management, and general partnership operations. Dan is invited to speak frequently at conferences on the Renewable Energy Certificate and Carbon Markets as well as on how to structure and manage successful green pricing utility programs.

A native of Massachusetts, Dan has a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College, and an MBA with a certificate in Public Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Margret J. Kim Senior Advisor for International Climate Change, California Air Resources Board

Margret Kim is Senior International Climate Change Counsel and China Program Director for the Air Resources Board and the California Environmental Protection Agency. Previously, she was appointed by California Governor Davis to serve as Public Adviser to the California Energy Commission. Prior to her CEC appointment, Margret was Deputy Secretary and General Counsel to the California Resources Agency, a cabinet level agency with over 30 departments and boards responsible for natural resources. Before entering public service, Margret served as General Counsel and Vice President of government relations to diverse multinational corporations. Margret has extensive litigation experience both as an associate and later as a partner specializing in environmental law with firms in Los Angeles.

Ms. Kim currently serves as Chair of the International Energy & Resources Transaction Committee of the American Bar Association’s Natural Resources & Environment Section. She is a member of the Commission on Environmental Law of IUCN (World Conservation Union) and was appointed to its Specialist Groups on Environmental Governance and Energy & Climate Change. She was visiting professor and Fulbright Senior Specialist at Beijing University Law and visiting scholar at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy. Margret is also a co-founder of Ecolinx Foundation (a California non-profit to assist China transition to a more sustainable energy and environmental future).

Ms. Kim earned a Master of Environmental Law and a Master of Law in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University National Law Center, a Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California where she majored in International Relations and Political Science.

Peter Hsiao Partner Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Peter Hsiao is a partner in the global technology and finance law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Clean Tech practice and head of both the Land Use and Environmental Law Group in Los Angeles and the firm’s Green Chemistry Group. Drawing upon his science background as a chemical engineer, Mr. Hsiao has more than 25 years of experience in environmental law and clean technology, both in the United States and internationally. He was Chair of the State Bar of California’s Section on Environmental Law and is consistently identified as one of California’s best environmental lawyers by the Legal 500, the PLC Global 3000, the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and the Los Angeles Magazine.

Mr. Hsiao formerly served as a senior environmental trial lawyer at the Justice Department during his appointment as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. Mr. Hsiao was lead trial counsel representing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in major environmental enforcement litigation. He obtained several multi-million dollar judgments for the EPA, including cases involving enforcement of the volatile organic compound limitations for consumer and industrial coatings, the EPA’s power to request information under the Clean Air Act, and the EPA’s unilateral administrative order authority. He received the U.S. Department of Justice’s Special Commendation Award, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Special Achievement Award, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Golden Eagle Award. He also lectured at the Justice Department’s trial practice institute on the Clean Air Act and its regulatory enforcement.

In private practice, Mr. Hsiao advises Fortune 500 clients on a wide variety of environmental, natural resources and toxic tort matters, with a specialty in clean technology regulations both internationally and at the national and state level. He practice intersects the specialties of clean air, water and hazardous waste regulation with the rapidly developing areas of alternative and renewable energy, carbon trading, green chemistry and green product claims. He is the co-editor and co-author of the California Environmental and Natural Resources Law Handbook, a comprehensive treatise in its 12th Edition. He is asked to speak on a wide variety of clean technology and environmental law issues, and has served as a lecturer for the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association on clean air regulations and litigation.

Rahul J. Young, LEED AP Manager ICF International

Mr. Young is a Senior Manager in ICF International’s San Francisco office, and a LEED Accredited Professional. He currently manages the office’s private-sector sustainability strategy practice for clients such as Yahoo!, eBay, and Time Warner and also leads projects in renewable energy new business models and building energy efficiency. Mr. Young has over ten years of experience in corporate sustainability strategy, green building, residential multi-family and single-family development, green building policy design, energy efficiency program design, and city government administration. Mr. Young served as the City of Berkeley, CA’s Green Building Coordinator, designing and implementing the City’s LEED Green Building Ordinance, overseeing the greening of municipal and private-sector developments, and directing green building education and outreach events. Mr. Young co-founded and chaired the Bay Area Build-It-Green Public Agency Council, an organization dedicated to bringing Northern Californian local governments together to work collaboratively to develop green building throughout the state. While working at WorldBuild, Inc. with David Gottfried, Founder of the US Green Building Council, Mr. Young managed the greening of over 20 building projects, including the City of Santa Monica’s Public Safety Facility, the State of California’s East End Complex and the Headquarters of the California Environmental Protection Agency. He was the primary author of the California Integrated Waste Management Board’s Sustainable Building Implementation Plan, the founding document of the agency’s green building policy efforts. Mr. Young has also served on the Board of Directors for the Sacramento chapter of Habitat for Humanity International.

Heidi Livingston Eisips Founder, Korala Consulting

Heidi Livingston Eisips is a sustainability consultant and seasoned marketing and business development professional with over twenty years of experience launching and managing entrepreneurial ventures in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. Based in Silicon Valley, CA, Heidi is the Principal and Founder of Korala Consulting, a marketing and strategy consultancy focused on helping organizations achieve breakthrough results by shifting their products, services and business practices to more sustainable models which maximize “triple bottom line” profits using financial, social and environmental measures.

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