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Peter Burgess

John Rosser 2ndAccount Holder John Rosser Founder at Sustainable Strategies Conference Miami/Fort Lauderdale AreaInvestment Management Current Sustainable Strategies Conference, The Impact Conference @ Sustainatopia, Sustainatopia- Miami Previous Aspen Capital Partners, JRI International, MBAs for Asia/MBAs for Latin America Education University of South Carolina-Columbia 500+ connectionsAccept invitationSend John InMailMore options Contact Info www.linkedin.com/pub/john-rosser/0/941/776 Background Experience Founder Sustainable Strategies Conference October 2013 – Present (4 months)Miami, Florida One of the largest conferences in the world focused on how corporations and large governmental agencies + NGOs are incorporating sustainability into core, strategic operations. Over 100 global experts as speakers. Founder, Convener The Impact Conference @ Sustainatopia January 2009 – Present (5 years 1 month) Largest impact investing + sustainability conference on the East Coast of the United States, Latin America & the Caribbean with over 300 speakers from 30+ countries and hundreds of attendees from around the world. Founder Sustainatopia- Miami January 2009 – Present (5 years 1 month) With 40 individual events in film, art, music, eco-fashion, food, design + parties as well as 3 major conferences for impact and sustainability, Sustainatopia- Miami is one of the largest annual events in the world for social, financial and environmental sustainability. Managing Director- Sports, Media, Entertainment Division Aspen Capital Partners 2007 – 2008 (1 year) * Founder of Division- negotiated deals in tv + film (MIPCOM, Cannes France, American Film Market- Los Angeles, Toronto International Film Festival) * Division disbanded during credit crisis President JRI International 1996 – 2007 (11 years) * Investor/Trader * Consulted for more than a dozen children products and media companies, while also having negotiated over 20 separate purchase/investment deals in transportation, education, publishing and retail. Launched companies in Venezuela and Puerto Rico. * Executive Producer of ‘Origami with Leonor’, a children educational television program which has been broadcast in over 20 countries around the world and on PBS affiliates. The broadcast launched a children’s education video series still distributed throughout the US and Canada, owned by DVK, Inc.. President MBAs for Asia/MBAs for Latin America 1994 – 1996 (2 years) * Founder of world's largest international MBA job fair. Sold to the Washington Post in 1996. Education University of South Carolina-Columbia University of South Carolina-Columbia MIBS, Master in International Business Studies 1988 – 1990 Ranked #1 international business program in nation at that time by US News & World Report Rhodes College Rhodes College Bachelor of Arts, German 1984 – 1987 Activities and Societies: Soccer Team- Most Valuable Player of College Athletic Conference Additional Info Interests impact investing, sustainability Organizations Additional Organizations Board Member of South Florida Hedge Fund Managers Association (SFHFM) Recommendations Given (3) Shaun Paul Shaun Paul Executive Director Shaun is a pioneer in this space in a lot of ways, having help catalyze and co-created many important developments within the social investing space. He has also been instrumental in the success of Ecologic. Shaun represents some of the best of what this space has to offer and we were pleased to have him as a speaker at our 2011 event. February 25, 2012, John worked directly with Shaun at EcoLogic Development Fund Shivanie Ramnath Shivanie Ramnath Production Management Shivanie was a 'super volunteer' for Sustainatopia 2011. She was very dedicated to the task, spending long hours helping coordinate various activities related to the event. She dealt with some difficult situations and was always in good personality and energetic in her efforts. I would highly recommend her for service related activities, especially as they relate to...more October 1, 2011, John was Shivanie's client Johanna Salazar Johanna Salazar Owner Johanna is a multi-talented producer and manager of creative projects involving video and performance. Her enthusiasm and commitment to her work was much appreciated. 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