CSR Press Release

MARLBORO, VT, Oct. 08 /CSRwire/ - Marlboro College Graduate School will host a free, public lecture by Joe Sibilia, entitled "Authentic Leadership," at 5:00 pm on Friday, October 9 as part of its MBA in Managing for Sustainability Featured Speaker Series.

As a visionary of the socially responsible business movement, Joe Sibilia is founder and CEO of Meadowbrook Lane Capital (MBLC), described by the Wall Street Journal as a "socially responsible investment bank" specializing in turning values into valuation. He is also the CEO of www.CSRwire.com, the social responsibility newswire service that distributes and archives corporate social responsibility/sustainability news to journalists, analysts, investors, activists, academics, public relations and investor relations professionals worldwide. Through MLBC, Joe has worked with a number of Socially Responsible Companies and has been widely recognized for his work in attempting to take Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream private, while successfully preserving many of the founders' social initiatives, and advancing the connection between good corporate citizenship and increased share value. Throughout his career, Joe has purchased and sold nineteen of his own companies.

He was previously the Founder and President of Marty's Juice Creations, which designed and developed proprietary fruit beverage technologies to dispense fruit beverages at food service locations. The creation of these technologies resulted in the elimination of bottles, cans, packaging, and refrigeration, and in 1994 alone, saved 50,880 trees, 20,966,400 gallons of water, 9,974 cubic yards of landfill space, 12,579,840 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy, and 179,712 pounds of effluents from polluting the air, the company was purchased by the Pepsi Cola Co.

Joe also founded the Gasoline Alley Foundation (www.gasolinealley.org), a 501(c) 3 corporation that has incubated forty-three small businesses since 1985 and teaches inner city and/or underprivileged persons to be successful entrepreneurs using socially responsible/sustainable business practices while revitalizing inner city neighborhoods. Joe is the husband of Claire Sullivan and father of three daughters: Kristen, Kendra and Kayla. The Sibilia family lives in Western Massachusetts with their dog, "Finally". He serves on a number of Board of Directors and has been the longest serving Board member of the Social Venture Network.

Under the guidance of program director Ralph Meima, the Marlboro MBA in Managing for Sustainability is taught in person and online, with students and faculty coming together for three days each month at the downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, campus of the Marlboro College Graduate Center. Over the course of two years, MBA students earn 60 credits in classes, internships and independent research.

The Marlboro College Graduate Center is located at 28 Vernon Street in Brattleboro, Vermont. For more information, contact the Marlboro College Public Relations department at 802-251-7644 or pr@marlboro.edu.

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