4/21/09
The Company is pleased to announce that as of April 21, 2009, Mr. James Whatley has joined the management team as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Whatley has held an Advisory Board position with the company since March 2008. Mr. Whatley brings with him a background rich in the agricultural industry. As a graduate of Auburn University, with a BS and Masters degree in Agronomy and Soils, he began his career in 1973 as a County Agent with the Cooperative Extension Service in the state of Georgia. In 1978 he formally entered the Agriculture Chemical industry as a salesman for Griffin Corporation. For the next twenty years he held various positions, including Director of Research and Development, Vice-President and Business Director of one of their major market sectors. During that time, he assisted Griffin in building sales from $5 million to $400 million annually.
3/10/09
During the first week of March, members of the EcoVerdance team traveled to Tunis to meet with the African Development Bank. At the invitation of Chief Operating Officer, Z.R. Zoukpo, management met with AfDB President Donald Kaberuka and Mr. Zoukpo to discuss ongoing projects in Kenya, Uganda and Burundi. The bank has been charged by its Board of Directors to respond to the African food crisis with a short term focus on poverty reduction risk and a medium to long term approach aimed at sustainable food security.
11/17/08
EcoVerdance recently participated in judging Thunderbird School of Global Management's Sustainable Innovation competition in Phoenix, Arizona. The winning team was comprised of graduate students from Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. full article
11/12/08
In September, the Company made a presentation in New York City for the Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership entitled "Feeding the Hungry and Creating a Sustainable 'Green Revolution' in Africa - Technology Transfer and Carbon Credit Creation at the Farm Level". For more info, click here.
5/24/08
Five members of the EcoVerdance management team attended the Future In Review (FiRe) Conference in San Diego, CA during the week of May 20th, 2008. The conference is held each year to showcase select evolving technology companies. This year’s theme was early response with a focus on the global environment. Because of its unique ability to combine carbon credit creation with corresponding agricultural advancement, EcoVerdance was featured throughout the week as the first Spotlight Company in the Conference’s seven year history.
4/4/08
Representatives of the Company recently attended the Wall Street Green Trading Summit at Times Center in New York City April 2-3. The 7th Annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit was the seminal environmental financial market event created by Peter C. Fusaro. Working with Hedge Connection for the third year, the event covered carbon emissions trading and finance, renewable energy markets, cleantech VC, green hedge funds, and energy efficiency financial markets. The conference served valuable for both information and contacts.
2/8/08
The Company has just received reports on the recent introductory trip to Africa by Vernon Hunt, Larry Parrish, Murray Jackson, Jeff Hunt, and Dave Betzer between January 23rd and February 4th. These five of the Company’s representatives met with and establish additional contacts in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, South Africa, and Zambia. Product was distributed to select farmers for purposes of building an empirical yield database in Africa. These participants include small farmers with less than 1 acre, large test plots in cooperative groups, as well as research/government institutions. According to Vern Hunt, “to say that this trip to Africa was a success would be an understatement. Many important doors have been opened. I believe that the enthusiasm that we saw for Ecoverdance will rapidly spread across the entire African continent.” More information (including photos) can be found under Projects.
1/29/08
According to EcoVerdance management, “effective today Peter C. Fusaro has joined the Company as a key member of its advisory board. EcoVerdance considers Mr. Fusaro to be the leading carbon expert in the United States.” Mr. Fusaro is Chairman of Global Change Associates in New York and is the best-selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron. He has been actively engaged on energy and environmental issues for 32 years. He is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental financial markets. He has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 30 years focusing on oil, gas, power, coal, emissions, carbon trading, and renewable energy markets. He is currently advising in the clean energy technology arena. Mr. Fusaro was recently selected for Who’s Who in America. He coined the terms “Green Trading” and “Green Finance” and holds the annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit with Reuters in New York each spring. He is also a well-known expert on Asia Pacific energy and environmental markets. In 2004, he co-founded the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC. He has authored 13 books on energy and environmental trading. His three most recent books have been Cut Carbon, Grow Profits; Energy & Emissions: Collision or Convergence; Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds: The New Investment Paradigm. Mr. Fusaro graduated with an MA in International Relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie Mellon University.
