Events

Summer Issues Seminar is CCEEB’s annual members-only policy event, offering a week of in-depth exchanges on the most pressing legislative, regulatory, and environmental policy issues and emerging trends. Guest speakers include legislative leaders, key agency decision makers, environmental and community leaders, non-governmental organizations, and world-renowned academics.

CCEEB develops its direction, issue prioritization, and work strategy from member input. The annual Planning Conference is our commitment to this bottom-up approach. The Planning Conference provides a hands-on, week-long working session to review achievements, prioritize issues, and develop strategies for achieving our regulatory, legislative, and advocacy goals for the upcoming year.

“Can we have economic growth and a better environment?  We can and we must. For, in reality, we cannot divide and segregate economic and environmental issues.  The two are interrelated.  They are inextricably tied together and the decisions we make about one affects the other.”  –Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown at the founding of CCEEB in 1973

Founded on the occasion of CCEEB’s 20th anniversary in 1993, the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Award recognizes an individual or organization whose activities exemplify the principles of environmental and economic balance. Named on behalf of our founding Chairman, this award seeks to acknowledge those who continue their efforts to protect the environment while enhancing economic growth.  

Eligibility 

All individuals and organizations are eligible to receive this award, including elected officials, environmental, community, labor and business leaders, nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, professional and trade associations, government agencies, as well as past nominees. Any individual or organization may submit one or more nominations and may self nominate. The criteria for nominations is intended to be broad and may include anything from a lifetime of commitment to the ideals of environmental and economic balance to a specific project or endeavor.

About the Award

The Pat Brown Award is embodied in a handcrafted sculpture created for CCEEB by artist Cheryl Brink. The sculpture symbolizes the need to balance CCEEB’s tripartite coalition of business, labor, and public members. The three individual columns stand only through their connections to each other. 

Nominations and Selection

Nominations for the 2023 Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Award are open now through March 3, 2023. Please complete and return the nomination form by March 3, 2023 to patbrown@cceeb.org.  A Selection Committee consisting of representatives of all three of CCEEB’s constituencies will announce a winner shortly after the nomination deadline.  CCEEB will honor the 2023 Pat Brown Award recipient at a luncheon or dinner at a date to be determined. Please contact Yvonne Vukasin at (415) 512-7890 x114 for more information. 

Past recipients:

• Sandy Berg, Vice Chair of the California Air Resources Board
• E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs
• Robert Weisenmiller, Chair of the California Energy Commission for a lifetime of service and leadership on energy policy and conservation
• Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, 34th and 39th Governor of California for leadership in championing environmental and economic balance
• The University of California for climate action leadership
• Robert Stavins, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University for championing and leadership of economic development and environmental protection
• Felicia Marcus, Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board for leadership in water conservation
• Fran Pavley, California State Senator for leadership in climate change
• Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board for leadership in establishing California’s GHG cap-and-trade program
• San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for the Tune In & Tune Up program
• Sustainable Conservation and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers for leadership in the phase-out of copper in passenger vehicle brake pads
• BP for the A+ for Energy Education Program
• Tom Graff, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) for lifetime achievement in environmental excellence and water
• The Walt Disney Company for its Environmentality program
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Rapid Transit Districts, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission for leadership on the “Spare the Air” campaign
• Steve McCormick, The Nature Conservancy for leadership in championing economic development and environmental protection
• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senate President pro Tempore Don Perata, and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez for leadership in passage of AB 32, the California Global Solutions Act of 2006
• Dow Chemical Company for the Dow Wetlands Preserve
• Wine Institute, California Association of Winegrape Growers, California for leadership with the Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices workbook
• 3M Corporation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for leadership in championing economic development and environmental protection
• Shaklee Corporation for leadership in implementing an all clean vehicle fleet
• California Air Resources Board, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District, and Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District for leadership on the “Success in the Air” campaign
• Richard M. Rosenberg, Bank America Corporation for leadership in championing economic development and environmental protection
• John Krautkraemer, Dan Nelson, and Timothy Quinn for leadership on the San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Accord
• Donald Bren, Irvine Company for leadership in smart growth.