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In June 2009, Merc Martinelli, co-founder of Verdafero, completed licensee training to deliver the Sustainability Competency & Opportunity Rating & Evaluation (SCORE) assessment program developed by AXIS Performance Advisors. This was followed in July by training to deliver the Sustainability Planning and Reporting Kit (SPaRK) program.

On June 10th, 2009, Merc Martinelli, co-founder of Verdafero, moderated a speaker panel on alternative energy for the Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp held at the newly remodeled Dream Inn in Santa Cruz, California and attended by some 250 local technologists and entrepreneurs. Speakers included:

- Jeff Gigoux, VP of Product Management & Business Development, Mariah Power