BOSTON GREEN TOURISM
CREATING A GREENER WELCOME FOR GREATER BOSTON'S VISITORS
Mission
Boston Green Tourism’s mission is to:
· Establish Greater Boston as a preeminent destination for environmentally-minded visitors by complementing the area’s beauty, natural resources, and outdoor recreation opportunities with a full array of environmentally-friendly visitor services.
· Boost Greater Boston’s convention and tourism business by promoting the area’s unique environmental advantages, accomplishments, and innovations.
· Protect our environment by improving the environmental performance of Greater Boston’s visitor industry and modeling our achievements for others to emulate.
· Showcase the environmental best practices adopted by Executive Director Dan Ruben is the Executive Director of Boston Green Tourism. Prior to that he was the Executive Director of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions, an organization that promoted, implemented and publicized environmental best practices at the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. CERC won the international Environmentally Responsible Meeting Award, two EPA Environmental Merit awards, and the Advocate of the Year award from the Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance.
Boston Green Tourism Steering Committee
Jim Apteker Nancy Grilk
Owner Chief of Staff, Office of
Longwood Events Environmental Services
City of Boston
Michael Auerbach Jim Hunt
Deputy Director Chief, Environmental and
Massachusetts Lodging Energy Services
Association City of Boston
Bill Babis Stephen Johnston
Hotel Manager Executive Director
Hotel Marlowe Jurys Boston Hotel
Joanna Blasi Stephanie Mehail
Media Relations and Hotel Manager
Tourism Sales Langham Boston Hotel
Greater Boston Convention
& Visitors Bureau
Ray Burger Matthew Moore
President Director of Rooms
Pineapple Hospitality Seaport Hotel
Art Canter Tim Obert
President and CEO General Manager
Massachusetts Lodging Hyatt Regency Boston
Association
Manny Costa Michael Oshman
President and CEO Executive Director
Costa Fruit Produce Green Restaurant Association
Len Czarnecki Jim Rooney
Hotel Manager Executive Director
Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston Massachusetts Convention
Center Authority
John Dalzell Daniel Ruben
Senior Architect Executive Director
Boston Redevelopment Authority Boston Green Tourism
Dianna Dixon Tedd Saunders
Indoor Environment Consultant Co-owner and EVP
Lake Air Systems The Saunders Hotel Group
Anamarija Frankic Jim Solomon
Assistant Professor Owner and Chef
University of Massachusetts, The Fireplace Restaurant
Boston
Eric Friedman Philip Stamm
Director of State Sustainability General Manager
State of MA, Executive Office Hyatt Harborside at Boston's
of Environmental Affairs Logan International Airport
Mark Fischer Jill Zick
General Manager Project Manager
Onyx Hotel Boston Redevelopment Authority
Before working in the environmental sector, Dan spent 17 years as a health care administrator with both Harvard Community Health Plan and
Dan is the vice president and former president of the Green Decade Coalition/Newton, a grassroots volunteer environmental non-profit. The Green Decade works with households, businesses, schools and institutions in
He is also the Eastern Massachusetts Coordinator for the Global Action Plan's Household EcoTeam Program, and has coached about 150 participants more than 25 EcoTeams to live environmentally sustainable lifestyles. In 1998, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection recognized Dan as “Unsung Environmental Hero of the Year” in recognition of his leadership in expanding the Household EcoTeam program to this state.
Dan speaks and writes extensively on the subjects of environmentally-friendly business practices, global warming, and environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
