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2005 San Francisco Leader's Breakfast

benyus_janine.jpgThe 2005 San Francisco Leader's Breakfast will be held Thursday, September 8. The featured speaker will be Janine Benyus, a natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including her latest − Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In Biomimicry, she names an emerging discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature's designs and processes (e.g., solar cells that mimic leaves, agriculture that models a prairie, businesses that run like redwood forests). Since the book’s 1997 release, Janine has evolved the practice of biomimicry, consulting with sustainable business, academic, and government leaders, serving on the Eco-Dream Team at Interface, Inc., and conducting seminars about what we can learn from the genius that surrounds us. Her favorite role is biologist-at-the-design-table, introducing innovators to organisms whose well-adapted designs have been tested over 3.8 billion years.

Honoree
Richard Hannum
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Richard is Principal of Hannum Associates and Vice President of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco. He is cofounder of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco and created the Build San Francisco Institute, enabling San Francisco Unified School District high school students to participate in learning programs in architecture and design for the development of the future of San Francisco.

Past Presidents

This year, we will also celebrate the Past Presidents of the Northern California Chapter, that have inspired us with their leadership since our organization’s founding in 1994 to becoming Large Chapter of the Year in 2005! Laura Macaulay, Ann Allwein, Susan Jue, Heather Ferguson, Alice Southwick, David Meckley



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