Bios

Following are brief bios for Workgin for Good Presenters:

• John Mackey
• Kartar Singh Khalsa
• Michael Strong
• Brian Johnson
• Donna Callejon
• Marilyn King
• Jeff Klein

John Mackey is co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, a $4.7 billion Fortune 500 company, and a "Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For" every year since 1998. Whole Foods is one of the top 12 supermarket companies in America and the world's largest natural foods retail chain. He was named the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003. Mr. Mackey is a strong believer in free market principles and empowerment management, and co-founded FLOW with Michael Strong to promote an integrated vision of entrepreneurship directed towards social good. Mr. Mackey has lived on a vegetarian co-op, he and his wife, Deborah, both practice meditation and yoga, and spend as much time as they can on their 720 acre ranch west of Austin. John is a voracious book reader and participates in two monthly book clubs. He is always up for a lively debate about politics, economics, history or sports.

Kartar Singh Khalsa began his career at Golden Temple in 1972 baking bread, after starting the company with others in a spiritual community inspired by the teachings of Yogi Bhajan, renowned master of Kundalini Yoga. Kartar subsequently worked in every department, including a stint as the deliveryman, driving a semi up and down the West Coast. He assumed the role of CEO in late 1970s. Under his helm Golden Temple has doubled its business over the past four years, and continues to grow at an impressive rate.

A former engineering student at Oregon State University, groomed for business by his family from an early age, Kartar can talk with equal acuity about profit margins, technical manufacturing specs, and brand positioning, as he can talk about the service role of business, the power of spiritually based values in the conduct of business, and the responsibility of business to elevate human well-being. His leadership integrates exemplary business mastery, spiritual inspiration, and a commitment to service, that inspires passion and excellence from his team.

The primary products of Golden Temple include Yogi Tea, the number one tea brand in the Natural Products industry, Golden Temple Granola, the number one bulk granola in the United States, and Peace Cereal, a fast-growing brand of packaged breakfast cereal, created to promote peace through business, and sponsor of Working for Good.

Michael Strong is a pioneer in education and independent learning. He is the founder of innovative Socratic, Montessori and Paideia programs in Alaska, California, Texas and New Mexico. Michael is author of "The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice," and is currently completing "Whole Lives: The Creation of Conscious Culture Through Educational Innovation" and "The FLOW Manifesto," with co-author John Mackey. Educated at Harvard; St. John's College, Santa Fe, and the University of Chicago, Michael studied under Nobel laureate Gary Becker working on a dissertation on "Ideas and Culture as Human Capital." Michael co-founded FLOW with John Mackey in 2004 with an idealistic vision for the world, and a practical approach toward realizing it.

Brian Johnson serves as Philosopher & Chief Executive Officer of Zaadz, Inc., a company merging spirituality, capitalism and technology to change the world by inspiring and empowering people to live at their highest potential while using their greatest strengths in the greatest service to the world.

As a twenty-four year old entrepreneur, Brian founded and led the creation of eteamz.com, the world’s largest amateur sports site—which currently (and profitably) provides team and league web sites and a comprehensive suite of services to over 2.5 million teams from over 120 countries around the world. After spending the requisite time in “garage-mode,” eteamz won UCLA’s Business Plan competition, raised over $5 million of capital, grew from three to 45 employees in less than a year and was sold for over $13 million of stock and cash to The Active Network, Inc. in 2000. As Vice President at Active, Brian successfully led the integration of the two companies and set the division’s strategy before spending a few years as a philosopher, studying and teaching universal truths of optimal living and sharing this wisdom via his site, thinkarete.com and via his newsletter (that’s sent to over 10,000 subscribers) as well as his podcast and other audio material at LearnOutLoud.com.

Before beginning his career as a consultant at Arthur Andersen, Brian graduated Magna Cum Laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors from UCLA where he studied Psychology and Business. Brian has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and various other publications on topics ranging from raising capital and building a successful enterprise to recruiting key management and downsizing. He has presented on various panels, served as a judge for the Anderson School at UCLA’s Business Plan writing competition, and given lectures on entrepreneurial finance and the Internet economy at USC’s Marshall School of Business and Cal Tech. When he’s not sowing the Zaadz, you might find Brian reading, playing some chess, exercising or enjoying a great conversation with a friend.

Donna Callejon serves as Chief Operating Officer of GlobalGiving, the online marketplace for international philanthropy. As COO Donna oversees all strategies related to attracting, retaining and serving GlobalGiving’s community of donors. This includes marketing, business and partner development, and development of technology and infrastructure for globalgiving.com and over a dozen custom websites. Donna also serves as the Board Chair of the Washington Area Women's Foundation and previously served for six years on the board of Business for Social Responsibility. In a prior life, Donna was a senior executive and member of the Operating Committee of Fannie Mae, a Fortune 50 company. From 1996-2000 she oversaw the company's strategic planning, business development and international consulting efforts, and prior to 1996 led the $1.2 billion annual net income core purchase and securitization business, including marketing, product development, customer technology and negotiated transactions. She holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from UC Davis.

Marilyn King is a two-time Olympian (Munich, 1972 & Montreal, 1976) in the grueling five event Pentathlon. Her 20-year athletic career includes five national titles and a World Record. She has been featured in numerous articles and books, including DreamMakers by Michele Hunt and Spirit of Champions by Lyle Nelson and Thorn Bacon. Marilyn King has appeared on the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

Through keynotes, training, and consulting, Marilyn King provides business leaders and educators with mental tools that will serve them for a lifetime.

In 1979, an automobile accident rendered her unable to train physically for her third Olympic team. Using only mental training techniques, she placed second at the Olympic trials for the 1980 Moscow Games. This extraordinary experience and her research into cognitive training led to a 17-year career as an expert in the field of exceptional human performance. Marilyn King’s discovery of three elements that are always present when ordinary people do extraordinary things resulted in her developing Olympian Technology, which is the focus of her programs.

Over the past 17 years Marilyn’s message of unlimited possibility has inspired thousands worldwide. Her techniques have been incorporated by businesses seeking to empower employees, embrace change and provide global leadership. Her corporate clients include American Express, Apple Computer, AT&T, Haas School of Business, Hewlett Packard, IBM, L.M. Ericsson, Monsanto, Sun Microsystems, Swiss Reinsurance Company and Xerox Business Services.

Jeff Klein is founder and CEO of Cause Alliance Marketing, a marketing and sponsorship agency producing collaborative cause related marketing programs that address social issues while addressing the specific objectives of alliance partners.

Chief Activation Officer, the title he currently carries for client FLOW, is an apt description of the services Jeff provides. Whether the focus is marketing, business development, sponsorship, project management, or a combination of these and others, Jeff catalyzes purposeful action, grounded in values, guided by inspired vision, and fueled by passionate commitment.

During the past two and a half decades Jeff has facilitated powerful manifestations in various industries. His successful clients and projects include Private Music, Yanni, Spinning, Seeds of Change, Hearts of Space, and ChiRunning.

In addition to serving as producer for Working for Good and Chief Activation Officer for FLOW, Jeff serves as Program Director of Celebrate Peace for Peace Cereal.