We are pleased to invite SBN Members to the 2015 Annual Members Meeting on Thursday, January 22, 2015, 6:15 - 9:00 PM at The Hub Meeting Cira Centre.
This annual gathering is an opportunity for SBN members to celebrate the past year’s accomplishments, engage in our plans for the year ahead, weigh-in on the election of new Board Members, and as always, to make beneficial networking connections.
2015 Board Nominations
Demond Mullen
Demond is the owner of Streetside BBQ, a classic barbecue catering company in the Philadelphia area. He is also a founding member of the Waynesboro Area Learning Tree and continues to hold a position on their advisory board. Mr. Mullen has been in a leadership position for more than twelve years spanning the chemical, manufacturing, medical and utility industries. He has held key positions at Dollar Tree Stores, DuPont, Quest
Diagnostics and Philadelphia Gas Works in the areas of project management, supply chain management, customer service and information technology.
As a part of his career, he has also worked as a consultant with Vanguard and Merck aswell as Mercusol, an international shipping company based out of Manuas, Brazil. Through the years, his leadership roles has given Mr. Mullen the opportunity to acquire invaluable business experience specifically in project management, logistics, procurement, inventory, import/export, quality assurance, and gathering business requirements. Mr. Mullen has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland College Park and a Masters in Business Administration from the Vilanova School of Business. Additionally, he is a black belt in Lean Six Sigma. He currently resides in Philadelphia with his wife and daughter.
Anne Rouse Sudduth
Anne currently serves on the sustainability committee at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School, and leads the school’s zero waste initiative. In this capacity, Anne collaborates across faculty and administrative departments as well as with student eco clubs to develop and implement initiatives that eliminate waste through changes in organizational behavior, divert waste from landfills by increasing recycling and composting and inspire student leadership through education and training. Recent efforts include collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability to train students in all school divisions to be official city “Waste Watchers.” These student volunteers now assist with proper disposal at new “zero hero” waste sorting stations at school-wide outdoor events.
Anne previously was National Director of Community Involvement at Deloitte, the global
accounting and consulting firm. At Deloitte she developed the firm’s award winning U.S.
community involvement programs that included workplace volunteerism, charitable giving, and the firm’s United Way campaign. While participating in Deloitte’s ‘Personal Pursuits’ sabbatical program, Anne founded the Seacoast Women’s Giving Circle (SWGC) in southern New Hampshire, a volunteer organization whose members contribute annually to a pooled fund and participate in focused volunteer service projects.
Prior to joining Deloitte, Anne was Senior VP for Education and Workforce Development at the Partnership for New York City, the city’s leading business and civic organization. She graduated from Brown University and lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Matthew, and two daughters, Ella and Claire.
Amy Failing
Amy is a sustainability marketing professional, leading Marketing Operations for renewable energy supply and development company, Community Energy, Inc. Amy has grown in her career as an energetic and passionate leader, working to transform both our local communities and greater planet through consumer engagement in sustainable products and services. Amy has strong expertise in communications, brand management, business development, and strategic operations. Prior to working in renewable energy, Amy sought experience in the health & wellness and food industries, even taking on an international assignment with a large, multinational company in Dublin, Ireland, which gave her a global perspective on climate impact as a result of business operations.
Amy’s fresh perspective as a young professional has given her the ability to bring creative strategy and insight to all roles she takes on, using her broad sustainability knowledge as a keen driving force behind addressing all challenges. She has a deep commitment to the City of Philadelphia and strives to grow in her opportunities to serve the greater community through meaningful work.
Paul Marcus
Paul has been involved in a variety of roles in affordable housing community and business development since 1995 with expertise in organizational development, real estate development and financing.
Since 2011 he has operated Marcus Reinvestment Strategies, a consulting firm focused on financing and technical assistance on community development real estate activities. Clients include governments, lenders and non-profits looking to redevelop underutilized properties.
In 2010, he co-founded Philly Fair Trade Roasters, a Philadelphia-based coffee roasting company with a focus on sustainable practices and roasting high quality, Fairtrade, Organic coffee. The company continues to expand its social relationships, supporting environmental improvements in Nicaragua and local non-profits focused on Fairtrade.
He formerly was a Vice President in Commercial Real Estate at Citizens Bank financing community development activities in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey.
Prior to working for Citizens Bank he was a Program Officer at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) where he provided grants, financing and technical assistance to non-profits including advising non-profits on affordable for-sale housing, program development of a neighborhood based home-improvement program, and organizational development of a non-profit coalition focused on commercial revitalization. He also worked for the Friends Rehabilitation Program, a Quaker-based non-profit affordable housing provider, where he oversaw development of affordable multi-family and single-family for-sale housing.
Ken Curry
Ken was with Cardone Industries for 28 years and resigned in July of 2013 to pursue a new career focusing on Stormwater Management for large Philadelphia commercial properties. Cardone is one of the largest private employers in Philadelphia. During his time at Cardone, Ken was responsible for Buildings, Infrastructure, Construction, Project Management, Energy, and Building & equipment /machinery maintenance around the globe. As the world’s largest auto parts remanufacturer Ken’s responsibilities extended outside of the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Ken decidedly left Cardone as Director of Corporate Facilities in 2013. In 2009 when PWD changed from meter based Stormwater billing to parcel based, Ken actively pursued a resolution to the very substantial increase in Stormwater charges that Cardone was incurring in Philadelphia. Initially, as a representative of a large manufacturer in Philadelphia, Ken had to address City Council with the concern of such an increase and the impact it can have on Philadelphia businesses. Knowing that the fees would not go away, and understanding the environmental impact that Stormwater Runoff has on our waterways, Ken and his team worked with PWD and with ISS Management, LLC, and successfully obtained a grant to install Philadelphia’s largest Stormwater Management system at Cardone’s largest Philadelphia site of 90 acres. At near completion of the Cardone Stormwater project, Ken was approached by the owner of ISS Management to join their team. It was not a hard decision for Ken since he has a desire to help business owners reduce their stormwater fees and simultaneously help the environment.
Ken was born and raised in Philadelphia and as a child, swam in Philadelphia waterways and therefore naturally has a desire to protect the waterways and as leader in a Philadelphia business that felt the impact of Stormwater charges, Ken as the desire to help other businesses achieve the same success as Cardone.
Ken is now the CEO of ISS Management, a Stormwater design-‐build-‐maintenance company focusing on Stormwater Management. ISS Management has just completed the installation of a Stormwater Management system on a 35 acre commercial property, the second largest installation in Philadelphia, and was recently awarded $8,000,000 from PWD to install Stormwater Management on 14 more Philadelphia commercial properties over the next year.