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Save the dateNovember 15, 20222:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)

Organizer

Organizer: Queens Chamber of Commerce, Sustainable United Neighborhoods, LIME, Con Edison

Phone: +1 7188988500

Contact Person: Jef Gross

Email: jgross@queenschamber.org

Event Details

Queens Chamber Transportation Committee presents: Building Green Transportation Companies, Challenges and Best Practices.

Helping the environment and growing your business – the ultimate reconciliation of environmental and economic concerns. In this new environment, both companies and the environment can win, where being Green is no longer a cost of doing business; it is a catalyst for innovation, new market opportunities, and value creation.

This sounds great, yet is it realistic? Mark your calendar, register and join us for this all important conversation.

Speakers

Jay Solly - Moderator

Co-Founder & CEO of Sustainable United Neighborhoods

Jay Solly - Moderator

Co-Founder & CEO of Sustainable United Neighborhoods

https://www.sunbroolyn.org

Jay is a nonprofit leader with nearly 25 years of broad experience in government policy,
international trade, and energy markets development.

At Sustainable United Neighborhoods, he
leads and collaborates with a wide-ranging team of hyper-talented creators and volunteers to
provide exceptional community outcomes backed by tangible metrics for success. This 4-year-old
nonprofit manages a neighborhood lab and community access point at The Bushwick Generator,
where students and community members have created hydroponics gardens, participated in
hackathons, started businesses, and even minted NFTs.

During the Pandemic, his leadership earned
both the organization and him personally multiple citations as “Brooklyn COVID-19 Heroes.”
He has also served as the proposal lead and program architect for multiple workforce programs,
bringing millions in training funding to NYC with partners such as NYC DEP, DC 37, and ConEdison.

Since 2019, Jay has served as the Co-Chair of the Queens Chamber of Commerce Energy &
Environmental Committee

Cliff M. Baratta

Section Manager for Electric Mobility Strategy, Markets, and Planning at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Phil Jones

Senior Government Relations Director of Lime

Phil Jones

Senior Government Relations Director of Lime

https://www.li.me/en-us/home

Phil Jones is Lime’s Senior Government Relations Director for the Northeast & The National Cities Initiative. At Lime Phil seeks to bring smart, equitable and sustainable mobility solutions to the people of the Tri-State region and the entirety of the nation.

A resident of New York City for over 15 years, Phil has worked for elected officials on the federal, state and city level with a focus on worker rights, access to quality education and protecting the city’s most vulnerable. Building social equity for New Yorkers has been a privilege and driving force in Phil’s personal activism and professional life. Creating a level playing field and ending transportation disparity with Lime as its Senior Director is a natural evolution of that activism.

At its core Lime’s goal is simple, transform the way people experience urban movement and leave future generations with a cleaner, healthier planet.

Michael Wojnar

Senior Advisor of Innovation and Policy at MTA

Michael Wojnar

Senior Advisor of Innovation and Policy at MTA

https://mta.org

Mike has served as transportation policy advisor to officials at various levels of government for the last two decades.

He is currently Senior Advisor for Innovation and Policy at New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, guiding the organization’s efforts on innovation, sustainability, and federal affairs. He is spearheading the implementation of congestion pricing and the transition to zero emission vehicles, leads the Transit Innovation Partnership, and represents MTA on the board of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).

Wojnar worked in the Office of the Governor of New York from 2012 to 2020, rising to Deputy Secretary for Transportation, the state’s top transportation post. He helped execute the nation’s largest state infrastructure plan to transform airports, build new bridges and train stations, and modernize public transit. He managed six state agencies and served in the Governor’s Cabinet and on the state’s Emergency Response Team.

Mike also led the “Fix NYC” advisory panel, which generated the blueprint for the nation’s first congestion pricing program to establish a dedicated funding stream for mass transit and reduce traffic. Working with advocates, he shepherded the Central Business District tolling program through the state legislature and into law.

He began his career in Washington, DC, as press secretary and legislative aide to Rep. Michael McNulty (NY), before moving on to the Washington Office of the Governor of NY. He then spent three years in the private sector consulting clients on transportation and infrastructure matters before returning to the State Capitol. More recently, he volunteered on President Biden’s 2020 campaign, serving on the Infrastructure Policy Advisory Committee.

A native of Schenectady, NY, Wojnar received his B.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University. He also completed The General Course at the London School of Economics.

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