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GreenTown Lake County was held at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, and feature unique, innovative commentary and discussion regarding sustainability and its interaction with today’s society. These individuals included:

• Bob Dixson, Mayor, City of Greensburg, Kansas

  Bob Dixson took the office of Mayor of Greensburg in May 2008. At GreenTown, Mayor Dixson will detail his efforts to sustainably transform the city of Greensburg, Kansas, a town destroyed by a F-5 tornado in May 2007. Since then, the town has resolved to rebuild the city using sustainable initiatives. These initiatives include reducing the city's carbon footprint through renewable energy and alternative means of transportation, recreating a vital downtown and emphasizing walkability, greening buildings through stricter codes and providing economic and social equality for its citizens.

• Doug Farr, Author, Founding Principal and President, Farr Associates
  

Doug Farr is the founding principal and president of Farr Associates, an award-wining architecture and urban planning firm identified by the New York Times as "the most prominent of the city's cadre of ecologically sensitive architects." Farr Associates holds the unique distinction of being the first in the world to have designed three LEED Platinum buildings. Doug is on the board of the Congress of the New Urbanism, serves on the BioRegional Development Group board of directors, and was the founding chair of the LEED for Neighborhood Development project.

• Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of Environment
  

  As Commissioner of the Department of Environment for the City of Chicago, Suzanne Malec-McKenna has nearly 20 years of experience in environmental issues, including sustainable development and ecological preservation and restoration. Suzanne has led key efforts for the department, including GreenCorps Chicago, the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the Calumet Initiative, the Chicago Conservation Corps and various water conservation and protection efforts.

Additional speakers for GreenTown Lake County included:

• Peter Anderson, Executive Director, Center for a Competitive Waste Industry
• Steve Barg, Executive Director, Liberty Prairie Conservancy
• Mike Behm, AIA, Vice President, Community Market, Leopardo Construction
  
• Michael Belsky, Mayor, Highland Park, Illinois
• Lenore Beyer-Clow, Policy Director, OpenLands
  
• Terra Brockman, Founder, The Land Connection
• Dennis Dreher, Director of Conservation Design, Cowhey Gudmundson Leder, Ltd.
  
• Debbie Hillman, Coordinator, Illinois Food, Farm and Jobs Act Task Force
• Steve Hordyk, Superintendent, Mortenson Construction
  
• Pete Kadens, Co-founder and President, SoCore Energy
  
• Jenna Kunde, Executive Director, WasteCap Resource Solutions, Inc.
• Howard Learner, President and Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center
• Amy McEwan, Assistant County Administrator, Lake County
  
• Jay Nemeth, Water Resources Engineer & GIS Projects Manager, Engineering Enterprises, Inc.
• Jack Pizzo, President, Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.
  
• Vicky Ranney, President, Prairie Holdings Corporation
• Leon Rockingham, Jr., Mayor, North Chicago, Illinois
• Robert Sabonjian, Mayor, Waukegan, Illinois
• Mike Sands, Executive Director, Liberty Prairie Foundation
• Tadd Scarpelli, Founder and President, AVA Power
  
• Amy Talbot, Associate Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
• Mark Tomsyck, Project Manager, Mortenson Construction
• Steven Trout, Vice President and Funding Manager, Illinois Finance Authority
• Mike Warner, Executive Director, Lake County Stormwater Management Commission