About Garry

 

Garry Golden is a professionally trained Futurist (MS Futures Studies) who speaks and consults on issues shaping society and business in the 21st century.

Garry has consulted on wide range of projects related to the future of infrastructure for energy and transportation, education/learning, emerging markets, social technologies and the implications of demographic transitions.

Recent keynotes, workshops and programs with…

Industry-focused organizations:

• AASHTO (American Association for State Highway Transportation Officials)
• American Council of Engineering Companies – Oregon
• Association of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• AXA Equitable
• Chartwell
• Cobb-Vantress of Tyson Foods
• Conservation Services Group
• IBM-Almaden/US Army Logistics Innovation Agency
• IEPEC (2011 Conference)
• Institute for Transportation Engineers (TexITE)
• ITS Texas 2011
• Kibble & Prentice (A USI Company)
• Liquidnet
• McGraw-Hill Companies /Standard & Poors
• NARUC
• NBBJ (Architects)
• Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
• Oregon Transit Association
• PTIS / DuPont
• Public Service Utility of New Hampshire (PSNH)
• Reliant Energy
• Takata (Automotive Safety OEM)
• Texas Dept of Transportation (TxDOT)
• Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)
• UC-Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC)
• Wharton School Transportation Executive Program
• WPPI Energy
• Xcel Energy (Executive Energy Forum)

Upcoming events for:
North Dallas Chamber-Transportation at Crossroads; City Engineers of Minnesota

Arts, Cultural and Learning focused organizations:

• American Association of Museums (Center for the Future of Museums)
• Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP)
• American Society for Association Executives (ASAE)
• Art Institutes (EDMC)
• BRIC Arts / Media
• Brooklyn College Magner Center
• California Association of Museums
• California Presenters
• College of Canyons
• Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit
• Kennedy Center Partners in Education
• Heart of Brooklyn
• Museum of Russian Icons
• NYC Arts in Education Roundtable
• Oklahoma State University (Global Briefing)
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• PopTech Energy Salon
• The Right Brain Initiative (Portland, OR)
• Theatre for Young Audiences
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta)

Upcoming events for:
Library Journal Director’s Summit; Kennedy Center Partners in Education ’11

Garry teaches an online course on The Future of Energy & Environment through the University of Houston Futures Studies program, and was Founding Editor of The Energy Roadmap.com. He is a frequent guest energy analyst on the national radio show The Takeaway.

Garry is co-author with Rohit Talwar on Designing Your Future (2008) a Fast Futures / ASAE publication, and has co-written several business white papers including the Future of the Social Web and the Future of Green as a Business Strategy published by Future Think.

Affiliations

• Independent Speaker and Consultant
• Lead Futurist / Facilitator, futurethink
• Research Director, AndSpace Consulting Inc
• Lecturer, University of Houston (Futures Studies program)

Professional Foresight Credentials

• Graduate of the University of Houston Futures Studies program (M.S.)
• Garry is a past member on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF)

Life

• Garry, his wife Ann and Baby Noah live in Brooklyn, NY.
• He collects art, rocks, magnets and pieces of coal and shale rock.
• At age 13 Garry was on the game show Double Dare (Yes, our team won; but all video evidence is kept in a locked box!)
• Garry grew up just outside of Philadelphia in Upper Darby, PA – and has lived in Madison,WI; Kathmandu, Nepal; Dharamsala, India; Cambridge, MA; Austin and Houston, Texas

Speaking & Media Requests

• garrygolden (at) gmail.com
• Ph: 347-463-7412

Social Web Presence