Speaking Opportunities

Learn more about green cleaning and prepare your team to take the lead in the growing market for environmentally preferable products for schools. The Healthy Schools Campaign and its associates are available to introduce your staff, customers and prospects to these important and timely topics and help you grow your green business. Presentations include:

• Introduction to Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools
• Why Green Cleaning in Schools? Why Not?
• Five Easy Steps to Green Cleaning in Schools
• Market and Regulatory Trends in Green Cleaning
• Introducing Your School Customers to Green Cleaning

Speaker Background

Stephen P. Ashkin is a 25-year veteran of the cleaning industry where he has held key management positions in leading commercial and household products companies and has been working on the issue of Green Cleaning since 1990. Author of the Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, along with numerous articles and publications, Steve has introduced Green Cleaning to numerous school districts and is an advisor to the Healthy Schools Campaign.
Rochelle Davis is the founding Executive Director of the Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC), which advocates for policies and model programs that allow students and staff members to learn and work in healthy school environments. She is the Executive Editor of the Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools and speaks frequently before school and civic groups about green cleaning and how school and government policies can be changed to improve school environments.
Claris Olson recently joined Healthy Schools Campaign as an Environmental Health Specialist and is working directly on the Green Clean Schools Initiative. She contributed significantly to the development of the Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools. Her background includes 15 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 (EPA R9). She is an experienced public speaker and has worked with school and community stakeholders on environmental issues.
Mark Bishop is the Deputy Director of the Healthy Schools Campaign. He has a strong background working on indoor air quality issues with five years at the American Lung Association of Eastern Missouri as director of Environmental Programs. At the ALAEM, Mark directed state-wide environmental health education campaigns and policy initiatives.

Costs

$500- $1,500, plus travel and expenses, depending on the length of the session. Custom and multi-session programs are available for a negotiable fee. Note: discounts are available for Corporate Green Team members.

For information, email Rochelle Davis or call (312) 419.4810.