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Founder and CEO
Mr. Del D. Karfonta, a bank executive, has held several leadership positions both
in corporate and non profit organizations. As chairman of various non profit organizations,
he has consistently demonstrated the ability to overcome great obstacles through
connecting corporate CEOs and community leaders together for a united
mission. His efforts supporting collaborative contributions is the foundation and
vision that launched GreenConnected. Only the sum of all the parts can make the
real difference in saving the environment. Mr. Karfonta holds a Bachelor of Science
Degree and has numerous civic, business, and community citations. |
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Executive Vice President and COO
John Bruns specializes in teaching children with dyslexia while maintaining an active
interest in the development of the Green world. As a young entrepreneur, John worked
as a landscaper and corporate graphic artist, obtaining his B.A. in English from
Wake Forest University and M.S. in Education at Johns Hopkins University. While designing and
implementing the community of GreenConnected, John volunteers writing and directing
musicals for high schoolers at his local church. Mr. Bruns met Del Karfonta one
afternoon while changing his tire along the side of a road, and immediately discovered
a shared concern for the future of youth in our country. |
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Executive Vice President and CTO
Andrew Buck is a software engineer with experience in a wide variety of
projects including website programming, submarine simulators, aircraft monitoring,
unmanned aerial vehicle photography, and myoelectric prosthetic limbs.
He learned to program at an early age and has not stopped since, earning a B.S. in computer science from Virginia Tech
and an M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University. Andrew has always been
excited about living sustainably and using technology to work towards environmental change. |
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Executive Vice President of Marketing
Amy Karfonta brings over 10 years of marketing, public relations, and development
experience to GreenConnected. She has spent most of her career working at
not for profits including a major hospital system in Maryland. Amy earned
a B.S. in communications from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Her contributions
and interest in the Green movement begins with her family, where she is striving
to make choices that will have a positive impact for the future of her children
and many generations to come. Her goal is that, by the end of 2008,
all businesses and households will have made a 75% change in their every
day activitities that affect the environment. |
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Sales and Research
Darwyn Kelley brings over 40 years of sales, consulting, and technology research in the
computer industry to Green Connected. Working alongside Dr. J. Prespert Eckhardt and Dr. Grace Hopper,
world renowned mathmematician, Darwyn was commissioned to write about the
history of computers after employment with Southeast Bank Corporation, CPT in Baltimore, Honeywell,
and Sperry Univac. Kelley has experienced the incredible transformation in computers, from the $1MIL
UNIVAC I to the $500 laptops that are 1500 times more powerful today, and he sees major potential for technology
to revolutionize a global approach to environmental issues. |
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Contributing Writer, PowerGreen
Kelly Fields works at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She is currently
obtaining her M.S. in applied physics from Johns Hopkins University and has an interest in
alternative energy. She obtained her B.S. in aerospace engineering and astronomy from the University of Maryland,
College Park. |
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News Editor and Contributing Writer, DriveGreen
Mike McKee graduated with a B.A. in secondary education: social science and avidly tracks trends in the Green
automotive industry. |
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Contributing Writer, EatGreen
Julian Stamerro is a technical and journalistic writer
who studies Green food trends in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Contributing Writer, LiveGreen
Frances Sechler currently studies biology and environmental issues
while working for the Department of Information Technology at Salisbury University.
She actively researches and supports responsible purchasing. |
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