Meet Our Staff

Bill Moses

Chairman of the Board
Bill Moses, 45, has crafted a green, sustainable life that merges both the sustainability of business/commerce with home. Bill worked in NYC with Bear Stearns & Co. and subsequently was a Managing Partner and Investment Banker for Axiom Capital. Bill was CEO and Founder of Capital Formation Group Inc. He developed and provided early stage angel financing for Phoenix Information Systems, China's first Computerized Reservation System (CRS) which was later financed and taken private by George Soros. Click Here for more info.
Mike Flynn

Co-founder and COO
As co-founder and COO of Opportunity Green, Mike Flynn is the quintessential upcoming, young green entrepreneur who has removed "mutually exclusive" from the outdated attitude in business toward social responsibility and profitability. Click Here for more info.
Kevin Lew

Marketing and Project Manager
The corpus callosum between the right and left brains that are Karen Solomon and Mike Flynn, Kevin first interned at Opportunity Green last year as a disillusioned Anthropology/Chinese Senior at UCLA. After stumbling upon the readings of Jared Diamond and E.O. Wilson as well as experiencing OG07, Kevin realized that his passions for innovation, design, communication, and sustainable development aligned with the manifesto and vision of Opportunity Green. Having marketing experience in the fashion industry, communication skills from years of work in customer service and living abroad, and a deep interest in generating collaboration at an international level, his future role at Opportunity Green became clear. After running off to China for the summer to continue studying language, martial arts, and pondering his future and purpose in life, Kevin has returned to the office focused and ready to explore the seemingly endless possibilities at Opportunity Green. The future Kevin envisions include trips around the world with his parents, collaboration with East Asia (especially China) to create a sustainable future, and an electric Jeep Wrangler to carry him wherever he dares to venture.
Megan Duenes

Consultant / Event Planner
With a background in hospitality and marketing, Megan brings a focus on customer service and guest experience to Opportunity Green’s sustainable event initiatives. A 2003 graduate of the Hotel School at Cornell University, Megan has worked in various marketing roles for companies such as The New York Palace Hotel, Town & Country, Dwell and the WIRED LivingHome project. She first found her voice on environmental responsibility as the Marketing Manager at Dwell, a leading publication devoted to modern design and architecture. Megan recently returned to Los Angeles to pursue a Communication Management graduate degree at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California.
Jeff Hayes

Sustainability Director
Jeff is president and CEO of The Vector Group, an LA-based consultancy providing small to mid-market businesses with performance management tools and services. The firm was founded by Jack Hayes in the late '60s to drive top-line growth at mid-market logistics companies. Jeff joined the firm in 1998, and when he proposed shifting The Vector Group's business development focus onto social and environmental entrepreneurship in 2005, Jack responded with, 'over... my... dead... body...' But times change and people do too, and Jack has since become a big fan of The Vector Group's groundbreaking eco-business tools, FootPrinter™ and CONDUCTOR™. Prior to The Vector Group Jeff created visual effects for films and directed animation for gaming and ride experiences for everyone from Disney to garage startups, and his projects earned >250MM in combined revenue. In his free time, Jeff surfs under the full-moon at Leo Carrillo State Beach and is a fan of both Edward Tufte and John Singer Sargent. The Vector Group: for business performance excellence.
Jessica Boone

Photographer
As a child I grew up in the military. Living all over the South and for a while in Europe. My parents moved us to the Mojave dessert when I was 8 and they have lived there happily ever since. I have been taking pictures since before I could drive. I worked in a portrait studio for 4 years during Jr. College, then attended Chaffey College for a couple of years. When I left Chaffey I had surpassed most of my photography skills and was doing mostly digital illustrations by the time I left. Click Here for more info.
Meeno Peluci

Photographer
Ann Rebentisch

Green Keeper (Resource Manager)
Ann Rebentisch is a corporate and special events producer whose projects and clients include Avery Dennison, Australian Consulate, BMG, Democratic National Convention, Emmy Awards, GRAMMY Professional Forums, IBM, Playboy Enterprises, RE/MAX, Super Bowl, Wi-Fi Alliance and Women in Technology International. Rebentisch is a member of the Green Meetings Industry Council and holds the Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM); a senior, global credential earned by less than 500 in the world. She consulted on the inaugural Opportunity Green and is serving as "Green Keeper" on this year's event.
Jeffrey Soonthornvacharin

Financial Director
As a native of Southern California and an Eagle Scout, Jeffrey has grown up with the values of financial sustainability and corporate responsibility. Jeffrey's green perspective led him to study sustainable finance and investments around the world after graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has traveled to and studied sustainability issues in Europe, in addition to studying at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Jeffrey and Opportunity Green's paths crossed in August 2008, and he has been part of the team since. Jeffrey hopes to help Opportunity Green pave the way in the coming years, and especially in light of the current financial crisis, for corporations to look at sustainability and responsibility not merely as an ethical duty but also as a path to long term profitability.
Nicole Landers

Producer
Nicole Landers is considered to be one of Los Angeles' premier green authorities. Over the last five years, Nicole has devoted her skills in the PR industry to aid the environmental community in changing locally to affect globally. Nicole remains committed to being apart of the solution and has immersed herself in learning and passing on knowledge about all that aids the population in having a more sustainable and healthier living planet. Click Here for more info.

Karen Solomon

Co-founder and CEO
In honor of its 70th anniversary, Glamour Magazine featured Karen Solomon as one of the 70 women they consider to be environmental leaders and heroes.

Karen was also honored in 2009 by the Los Angeles Business Journal at the Women Who Mean Business Awards and the 2009 recipient of the International Green Dot Award for Community and Policy.

Along with partner Michael Flynn, Karen launched Opportunity Green in 2007 for the purpose of leading the advancement of sustainable entrepreneurship, raising awareness of the importance of the triple bottom line and building strategic partnerships between thought leaders, business owners and The Next Generation Thought Leadership. Click Here for more info.

Emilie Cowan

President
Emilie brings a broad range of expertise to our management team. When Emilie worked for Senator Carl Levin in his Washington DC office, on environmental policy, she quickly realized the importance of being conscious about one’s community and how one should build and design within it. She spent time working overseas on community development and advocacy projects, specializing in resource management and sustainability, and occasionally living in alternative conditions (such as sharing a hutch with a chicken), in India. While completing her Masters in Business Communications, she worked for BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, focusing on the development and implementation of a large Sustainable Development program throughout Australia (she did not live with any marsupials but did develop a penchant for kick boxing - coincidence?). Upon moving back to the US, she continued her career in high-end real estate sales and development for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. It was there that she refined her passion for new business operations, project management, client relationship development and strategic partnerships.
Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal

General Counsel
After years of traveling the world as a singer/songwriter and entrepreneur, Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal developed her legal career as a business and intellectual property attorney at Spillane Shaeffer Aronoff Bandlow. Recognizing her passion to help build socially conscious companies, Shaheen became a contributing writer for Ideal Bite and in 2009 launched her own business law practice focusing on green companies, including technology, sustainable products and green living. Shaheen graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and U.C. Berkeley and is honored to be part of the Opportunity Green team as its General Counsel.
Julie Hayes

Program Editor
Julie Hayes is a producer, writer and consultant for eco-marketing and strategy firm, Brand Neutral. In her former life, Julie wrote comedy screenplays and teleplays for Showtime, Paramount Pictures and The Robert Evans Company. With a need for more purpose in her work, she turned her attention to sustainability driven businesses, focusing on marketing and PR materials that added humor and accessibility to the otherwise very serious topic of climate change. As a team member for Brand Neutral, Julie produces media content and marketing materials for both in-house projects and clients. Current projects include a multi-platform sustainability program for kids called Green My Parents and an iPhone App for women’s health and lifestyle brand, Healthy Bitch, a spin off of Skinny Bitch. Julie also worked with WWF and Mayor Villaragosa’s office to produce the “lights out” event for Earth Hour Los Angles on March 28th. As a free-lance writer, she has contributed to eco-lifestyle blogs Low Impact Living, Live Earth and Healthy Bitch Daily. Julie is thrilled to be a contributing member of the Opportunity Green team for a third year!
Chathri Munasinghe

Director Social Media & Marketing
After graduating from USC Marshall School of Business with an emphasis in Marketing, Chathri went on to work in the business of fashion as a footwear buyer for Robinsons-May. She expanded her experience by taking on the Buyer - Sport Apparel & Accessories role for three years at luxury apparel company St. John in Orange County, California. Chathri recently graduated in June with an MBA with a focus on Strategy from the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. She now handles all aspects of social media for Opportunity Green and manages all blog contributors. In her spare time, she loves to hike, delve into everything Apple, blog on her own site, and travel.
Margaret Fitzsimons

Director of Community Partnerships
With 20 years of design and management experience for over 8 million sq. ft. of space, Margaret launched M-Fitzsimons, Inc. with a mission to design innovative, sustainable built environments which enhance the human experience. Specializing in the integration of architecture and interiors, M-Fitzsimons' diverse projects range from an Eco-Lodge, School and Orphanage in Africa, to green consulting on office, mixed-use, medical and residential projects. A LEED® accredited professional since 2003, Margaret has provided design and sustainability leadership on multiple LEED® certified projects at firms such as Gensler and RTKL, with notable clients including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Latham & Watkins, Amgen, Northrop Grumman, Beckman Coulter, Deusche Bank, AT&T, PWC, Edison Electric Institute and American Forest and Paper Association. Margaret has lectured at multiple events such as NEOCON, and has provided extensive Sustainability and LEED® accredidation training throughout the industry. Margaret holds a Masters in Architecture from the University of Southern California, a Certificate in Historic Preservation, and a BFA in Interior Design from the University of Georgia and Cortona, Italy.
Casey Ly

Registration Coordinator
After losing interest in the retail sector, Casey stumbled across Opportunity Green while doing google searches for green business on his iPhone, in which OG ranked near the top. While he was unfamiliar with sustainable business world, Casey quickly realized the importance and potential of it. Armed with a newfound sense of purpose, and having studied Anthropology at UCLA, Casey works tirelessly to engage executives and entrepreneurs in the competitive advantage of being sustainable, and the benefits of attendance at OG. In addition, he has adopted sustainability into his lifestyle through simple changes such as turning off the lights and driving only when necessary. In a classic non-sequitur, Casey is an avid Thai boxing practitioner who intends to one day establish a martial arts academy.
Jay Shah

Intern - Programming, CRM, Web Design