Author Ingrid Vanderveldt

Ingrid Vanderveldt (iV) is the CEO of Green Girl Energy Inc. and the creator of The GLASS (Global Leadership & Sustainable Success) FORUM, a gathering of the top women in sustainability developing a National Energy Transition Plan for the US. She is the CEO of Vanderveldt Energy Inc. and managing partner of Game Change Ventures. iV is an Advisory to the Energy and Environment Committee for the X- Prize Energy Foundation. iV is a member of Richard Branson’s ‘Carbon War Room’ movement. iV is also a strategic advisor to Fortune 1000 companies on sustainable initiatives, renewable energy and women’s leadership and is the creator and host of the annual Green Love Event Series. Previously, iV founded and was the CEO Clean Air Conversions LLC in January 2010 and sold in summer of 2010 leading to over $40M in revenue to the parent company. iV created and hosted the powerful entrepreneur series ‘American Made’ for CNBC, their first primetime hour- long original series and Host of the online TV series for entrepreneurs called On the Road with iV. She has been in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times and Inc. Magazine. She has appeared on NBC’s the Today Show, CNBC’s The Big Idea and BNET’s Dog & Pony Show. She has interviewed over 100 of the world’s top entrepreneurs including the founders Starbucks, Whole Foods, Playboy, Clear Channel, Craigslist, Harley Davidson and Paul Mitchell. She is mentored by Red McCombs, founder of Clear Channel, sits on the board of WorldBlu, is a founding member of The Billionaire Girls Club, the Annual emcee of MOOT CORP, the world’s largest business plan competition and speaks to entrepreneurial audiences around the country. iV has been awarded a technology patent and has a Master’s in Architecture and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. iV owns a ball-chasing cocker spaniel named Willie G, lives on airplanes, reads non stop, ride and races motorcycles, skydives and is addicted to CNN, USA Today and Starbucks.