Denis+Hays

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Denis Hays
Bullitt Foundation Location (traveling from): Seattle Contact Information: (408) 865-0888 Dennis Church with EcoSpeakers ecospeakers@ecoiq.com Availability: Mr. Hays **has expressed interest, but can not commit** at this time because the conference is the weekend of Earth Day itself and he may have opportunities to promote that cause through the national media. It may well work out, but he said it would have to be something special and he is not comfortable committing now. Cost: $10-15,000 Conference Topic Emphasis: Environment Background Information: National Coordinator of the first Earth Day, Hayes has been at the core of the modern environmental movement since its launch. As a foundation president, attorney, lobbyist, Stanford professor, grassroots organizer, and the youngest director of a national laboratory in the nation's history, he has spent much of his life fighting for a healthier world. Selected by //Time// magazine as one of its 100 "Heroes for the Planet," Denis Hayes has been awarded the highest awards offered by the Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Council of America, American Solar Energy Society, and the Humane Society of the United States. He speaks about the major environmental challenges and opportunities confronting us and about the roles we can all play in ensuring that our kids will have a sustainable future.