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Ignite Burlington 2014 | Speaker Spotlight – Kris Gruen

September 27, 2014

Presentation: Unstereotypical: Allowing The Road Less Traveled To Define You

Kris Gruen writes songs about grown up life infused with a mystic wonder, softening the world’s sharp edges like a glass of exceptionally fine bourbon. Building off the success of his critically acclaimed albums Lullaby School and Part Of It All, Kris released his new album, New Comics From The Wooded World, in the summer of 2013. On past tours, Kris has shared the stage with Sean Lennon, The Avett Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, Nicole Atkins, Anais Mitchell, and more. As the full-time Director Of WGDR, Goddard College Community Radio, Gruen truly defies the typical lifestyle of the professional musician, balancing an international music career with a full-time, upper level management position in higher education. Since his start at the college, Gruen has guided the forty year-old college/community station to new levels of external recognition, financial stability and academic relevance for its licensee. Kris lives with his wife and two daughters on a family farm nestled deep in the beautiful Worcester range of Central Vermont.

Twitter: @krisgruen

Facebook: www.facebook.com/krisgruen

Reserve your Ignite tickets here. Ignite Burlington info: www.hergenrotherfoundation.org/events

Ignite Burlington 2014 | Speaker Spotlight – Mary Powell

September 23, 2014

Presentation: Engaged Leadership

Mary Powell has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Green Mountain Power Corporation since 2008, following seven years as Chief Operating Officer. Mary initiated and implemented a strategic and comprehensive restructuring of the company that dramatically transformed Green Mountain Power and has been the backbone of a cultural transformation and service quality improvement.

Mary launched an ambitious energy vision to provide low carbon, low cost and reliable power to Vermonters. As a result, the company has built Vermont’s largest wind farm, is building New England’s Solar Capital in Rutland Vermont and has installed smart grid technology across the entire utility infrastructure. In 2012, Mary led an acquisition of Central Vermont Public Service, with a promise to generate $144 million in savings for customers. GMP has grown from serving 88,000 customers in 2008 to serving well over 260,000 customers, with revenues of more than $640 million and $1.3 billion in assets.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/GreenMountainPower

Reserve your Ignite tickets here.
Ignite Burlington info: www.hergenrotherfoundation.org/events

New Ignite Burlington 2013 Speaker Videos | Rick Yarosh & Apoetaswell

July 21, 2014

Our final two Ignite Burlington 2013 speaker videos are now available!

Apoetaswell moved the audience with this message shared through slam poetry and surprise guest Rick Yarosh inspired with his incredible story of overcoming adversity and turning the negative into the positive. It was an honor to have them both speak at Ignite Burlington.

Click below to watch the videos and let us know what you think!

A Poet As Well

Ignite Burlington 2013 | Guest Speaker – Rick

Yarosh

That wraps up all of our speaker videos from 2013. You can watch all of the speaker videos at www.youtube.com/mindsparktv. We hope you enjoyed watching the speakers again as much as we did!

It’s not too late to be a speaker at Ignite Burlington 2014!

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone you know as an Ignite Burlington speaker, please email hallie@adamhergenrother.com.

We’re looking forward to having a packed house, inspiring the community, and raising funds for Hergenrother Foundation. Our goal is to hold our first Youth Leadership Camp in the summer of 2015!

Tickets will be available for sale starting in September.

Questions? Need more information? Or want to volunteer?Email info@hergenrotherfoundation.org.

Ignite Burlington 2013 Speaker Videos | Hannah Kirkpatrick & Aaron Fastman

June 19, 2014

If you missed Ignite Burlington 2013, you can now catch up on all the speaker action!

Up first, is Mrs. Vermont America 2013, Hannah Kirkpatrick (and today is her birthday! Happy Birthday, Hannah!) and Aaron Fastman, a small business entrepreneur based in Burlington.

Click below to watch the videos and let us know what you think! We’ll be releasing two videos a week for the next couple of weeks as we gear up to announce Ignite Burlington 2014 speakers!

We are still interviewing speakers for this year’s event!

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone you know as an Ignite Burlington speaker, please email hallie@adamhergenrother.com

We’re looking forward to having a packed house, inspiring the community, and raising funds for Hergenrother Foundation. Our goal is to hold our first Youth Leadership Camp in the summer of 2015!

Tickets will be available for sale starting in September.

Questions? Need more information? Or want to volunteer? Email info@hergenrotherfoundation.org.