AFREC Mid-Atlantic Energy Council, Hosts Sustainability Summit May 31, 2012 Hershey, PA

Online, May 8, 2012 (Newswire.com) - AFREC will host its annual Sustainability Summit on May 31st at the Hershey Convention, Hershey, PA from 7:30am - 1:00pm.

"Sustainability Prospectives, Programs, Products, & Profits"

Some of the nation's most forward thinking companies will be participating in an interactive forum to understand the impact on their companies and improve business practices. Discussion and presentations will include the wide spectrum of sustainability from IT, water, smart grid to Change Management. The guest speakers are from leading companies that will address the delicate balance of achieving sustainability while preserving corporate profitability.

Speakers: Katherine Neal Blue, Managing Director, US Climate Change & Sustainability, KPMG LLP; Dr. Cheryl Martin, Deputy Director Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) US Dept.of Energy; Rhett Thomas, Director of Sales, LUTRON Mid Atlantic; Lowell Cisowski, Distribution, The Coca-Cola Company;Bob Douglas,Vice President,Maintenance Operations, Penske Truck Leasing; Louise Knight,COO,Superior Water Company; Rudi Miklosvary, Executive Vice President, CarbonSystems; Kathy Pape, President, PA American Water; Audrey Zibelman, President, Viridity Energy, Paul Gilman, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta and Dr. Jameson Lawrence, Esq. President, BVFR.

Limited seating. Tickets are $230 purchased via the website.

About AFREC
Founded in 2003, AFREC is a private Mid Atlantic industry-driven alliance that exclusively focuses on the economics and development of corporate and government sustainability programs, projects, products and initiatives. AFREC sponsors Business Roundtables four times a year. AFREC successfully facilitates inter and intra organizational collaboration that results in valuable alliances. AFREC is one of the nation's first Leadership Councils to endorse all advanced energy solution that improve corporate profitability Events are eligible for CEU/PDH credits for engineers.