Spokespeople Available on Topics of Education, Sustainable Schools, CSR and more at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, September 23-25


BOSTON -- At 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, September 24, Linda K. Zecher, President and CEO of global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO, and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council, will announce details of a major corporate commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) as part of a plenary session on Women and the Built Environment: Designing for Opportunity at the CGI Annual Meeting.

Who:
Linda K. Zecher, Mary Cullinane, HMH’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility, alongside Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO, and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council and Rachel Gutter, Director of the Center for Green Schools at USGBC, will be available for media briefings following the announcement and throughout the remainder of the Annual Meeting on the subject of sustainable schools and the importance of learning environments in delivering positive educational outcomes.  Linda Zecher and Mary Cullinane are also available to discuss topics around corporate social responsibility and education, including educational efficacy, mobile learning and educational gaming, the transformation of the learning process, Common Core standards and education reform.

Where & When:                   
The Annual Meeting takes place at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City on September 23-25, 2012.


About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a global learning company committed to changing lives by fostering passionate, curious learners. Among the world’s largest providers of pre-K–12 education solutions and one of its longest-established publishing houses, HMH combines cutting-edge research, editorial excellence and technological innovation to improve teaching and learning environments and solve complex literacy and education challenges. HMH’s interactive, results-driven education solutions are utilized by 60 million students in 120 countries, and its renowned and awarded novels, non-fiction, children's books and reference works are enjoyed by readers throughout the world. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com.