Paolo Bacigalupi (CRMS’90)
Paolo Bacigalupi's writing often focuses on cheery environmental and social themes such as GM foods, ecosystem collapse, drought, global warming, poverty, and industrial pollution. His short fiction has appeared High Country News, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. It has been nominated for four Hugo Awards, the Nebula Award, and has won the LOCUS Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. His debut novel The Windup Girl was named by TIME Magazine as one of the ten best novels of 2009, and his short story collection Pump Six and Other Stories was a 2008 LOCUS Award winner for Best Collection and also named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. He currently lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son, where he writes full-time.



Dr. Bonyo Benson Bonyo
Growing up in a mudhut in a small Kenyan village , Bonyo Benson Bonyo was surrounded by poverty. After witnessing his sister, and other loved ones, die from easily preventable illnesses, he
decided at a young age that he wanted to make a difference for others. He embarked on an incredible journey to obtain the needed education and , along the way, he captured the commitment, dedication and admiration of many, inspiring them to become part of his dream.

He arrived in this country with few clothes, $11 and a blanket. Went to school full time at the University of Texas at Arlington and worked 48 hrs/week as a janitor to support himself. After obtaining several degrees,Dr. Bonyo eventually graduated from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicing in 1998. As a student there, he began taking groups of classmates to Kenya with him to volunteer and help the people of his village.. This led to founding SHARE Kenya (Student Health Assistance Rural Experience—a yearly two week long clinical program delivering healthcare to rural Western Kenya since 1995). Out of that rose the need to provide ongoing sustainable care. In 2006, the nonprofit, Care Kenya was founded, which has supplied the funds to build a clinic, provide continuing medical care and staffing, as well as supplying uniforms and supplies for children who cannot afford to go to school.

Dr. Bonyo currently has a large private family medicine practice in Akron , Ohio , mostly serving poor and uninsured patients in low income, innercity areas . He recently was awarded the Family Practice doctor of the year for his inspiring work in Akron. He was also awarded several humanitarian awards .
He continues his work in Kenya, overseeing the work in the village while traveling back with others on a regular basis..

Simon Isaacs (CRMS ’99)
Simon Isaacs is a leading thinker in sustainability and cause-related marketing. Simon is a Vice President at ignition – Inc where he leads the cause-marketing division, working with corporate and nonprofit brands develop and launch global awareness, fundraising and marketing campaigns around issues such as clean water, malaria, HIV/AIDS and education. Simon’s clients include the Coca-Cola Company, Gucci, Chick-Fil-A, BP, the World Wildlife Fund, the Ubuntu Education Fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Foundation among others. Simon also helps lead cause and sustainability work around the 2010 FIFA World Cup and Vancouver Olympics.

Simon previously lived in Rwanda where he worked for the William J. Clinton Foundation, directing safe drinking water and agriculture programs. Prior to Rwanda, Simon served as a Partnerships Officer at the United Nations Foundation where he raised and managed more than $30 million in corporate partnerships in support of the UN's disaster and development efforts. Simon is also responsible for helping to establish the Global Water Challenge.

Simon is an active climber and runner, placing 2nd in the San Francisco Marathon. In 2007, Simon ran on foot around the world as part of the Blue Planet Run to raise awareness and funds for the drinking water cause. In January, 2010, Simon is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with several celebrities as part of a clean-water focused campaign. Simon is a expert blogger for Fast Company and is currently writing a book on cause-marketing.