Brooks Beard
Brooks Beard is a partner at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster. He represents clients from a range of industries in state and federal court, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies, regarding matters involving false or deceptive advertising, patent infringement, trade secrets, CERCLA/Superfund, California’s Proposition 65, and constitutional conflict preemption. Mr. Beard also sits on the Steering Committee for Morrison & Foerster’s Cleantech Practice Group, for which he provides counseling and litigation advice on issues related to allegations of false or deceptive “green” claims made by companies in connection with consumer products and services. He is also active in the San Francisco community.

Mr. Beard received his BA from UC Santa Barbara in 1991, his JD, cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 1995, and his LLM, with distinction, from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1996. While in Vermont, he served as a judicial intern to Justice John A. Dooley of the Vermont Supreme Court. He is a member of the California and District of Columbia bars, and is admitted to practice before the Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California; the Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals; and the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Maryel Duzan
Maryel Duzan is the co-founder of Seraph Capital Forum, an emerging business pre-IPO “Angel” individual investing group, the first women's group of its kind in the United States. During her tenure at Altman Weil Pensa and later at Maryel Duzan and Associates, Ms. Duzan distinguished herself as a national strategic planning and marketing consultant to corporate law firms, CPA firms, and wealth management and trust companies. Prior to establishing Seraph Capital Forum, Ms. Duzan headed the marketing division for the Preston, Gates and Ellis Law Firm in Seattle, Wash. Since 1995, she has taught entrepreneurship at the University of Washington Bothell Business School and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute MBA program, specializing in new-venture creation, strategic planning, and marketing. She is also a mediator and has authored more than twenty articles and publications on entrepreneurship, business development, and marketing. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Women and Democracy, Community Voice Mail, and the University of Washington Arts and Sciences Board, and previously spent eight years on the UW Foundation Board. She earned her BA in Communications/Editorial Journalism from the University of Washington.

Klaus Reichardt
Klaus Reichardt is founder and CEO of San Diego–based Waterless Co Inc. He is the inventor and marketer of the original Waterless No-Flush™ urinal, a water-conserving fixture that paved the way for a new segment in the plumbing industry. Since 1991, the company has been distributing its products nationwide and in 16 foreign countries to a mainly large-use, institutional customer base comprising schools, universities, restaurants, stadiums, and the armed forces. The company is dedicated to advancing sustainability through the built environment by reducing water and energy use as well as the resulting greenhouse gas emissions, wtih its main focus being the preservation of our most important natural resource, water. Mr. Reichardt is an active member of such industry associations as the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials and the American Society of Plumbing Engineers, he has been an early member of the U.S. Green Building Council since 1998, where has also served on the Green Code Committee. Klaus received his BA in Business and his MBA in Management from Pepperdine University. He is a frequent speaker on water conservation issues around the country and brings a unique insight to eco-entrepreneurship.

Jack Theimer
Jack Theimer is president of The Theimer Group and chief executive officer of HPJ Media Ventures. For nearly thirty years, Mr. Theimer has acquired, developed, and marketed successful initiatives in real estate, venture projects, and community service. Since 1974, Mr. Theimer has developed projects in Montecito, Calif.; Vail and Beaver Creek, Colo.; and Charleston, SC. In his role as CEO of HPJ Media, Mr. Theimer has grown the media company to include magazine properties in Aspen, Vail, and Summit County, Colo.; Sun Valley, Idaho; Santa Fe, N.M.; and Park City, Utah, as well as investments in such online products as JackRabbit Systems and QuickPlay Media. Mr. Theimer’s community involvement includes having served as co-chairman of the California State Preservation Conference, director of the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council, trustee of Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, chairman and co-founder of The Good Night Foundation, founding member of Clinton Global Initiative, and presidential appointee to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission. Mr. Theimer earned his BA and JD degrees from the University of Oklahoma, where he won five Big Eight Conference tennis championships. A member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, lives in Santa Barbara.