Experience

Transformational Investing in Food Systems

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Advisor

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  TIFS (www.tifsinitiative.org) is a $27b AUM initiative of the funder network the Global Alliance for The Future of Food and creates tools and collaborations with investors active in food systems transformation. TIFS (www.tifsinitiative.org) is a $27b AUM initiative of the funder network the Global Alliance for The Future of Food and creates tools and collaborations with investors active in food systems transformation.


Brimstone Consulting Group, LLC
• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Partner- ESG Practice

  • Sep 2022 - Present

Black Point Group
• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Advisor

  • May 2022 - Present

Devvio Inc
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Advisor

  • Jun 2022 - Present


Hyphen Global AG

• Switzerland
• Climate Data and Analytics
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Sustainability Officer

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  HYPHEN Global is a FinTech that provides companies, investors and regulators better visibility into real-time, validated greenhouse gas emissions and ESG data. Via blockchain-enabled smart contract technology, Hyphen's automated framework helps prevent climate fraud, better enable transparency in supply chains, and helps eliminate greenwashing across products and services. HYPHEN Global is a FinTech that provides companies, investors and regulators better visibility into real-time, validated greenhouse gas emissions and ESG data. Via blockchain-enabled smart contract technology, Hyphen's automated framework helps prevent climate fraud, better enable transparency in supply chains, and helps eliminate greenwashing across products and services.



CPG Capital LP

• Senior Advisor and Investor

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  CPG Capital LP invests in digital infrastructure toward a sustainable Web 3.0 economy. CPG Capital LP invests in digital infrastructure toward a sustainable Web 3.0 economy.



Value Chain Advisors (VCA)

• LinkedIn Learning Instructor

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Creator of one of the world's most-watched series on corporate sustainability. Creator of one of the world's most-watched series on corporate sustainability.



Value Chain Advisers (VCA)

• Management Consultant- ESG Practices, Business Sustainability, and Impact Investing

  • 2003 - Present

  Owner of a successful consulting practice focused on ESG strategy, partnerships, and sustainability innovation to improve corporate performance and investor decision-making. Clients include institutional investors, philanthropic foundations, major corporations and academic institutions. A select example of deliverables includes: Creator of the world’s most-watched corporate sustainability series "Sustainability Strategies" viewable on Linked In Learning; lead consultant in the development of the USA’s first fully accredited MBA degree program in Managing for Sustainability, and: co-author of the influential report "Transformative Investment in Climate Smart Agriculture" used to help guide development of the US Department of Agriculture's $1 billion Climate Smart Commodities program. Show less



WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• North American Lead- Food and Nature Program

  • Nov 2017 - Aug 2021

  North American lead for WBCSD Food and Nature Program working with many of the world's top food, agribusiness and technology companies. Co-created the Food Systems Dialogues for Investors series, a program of six major global engagements between the world's leading food companies and their largest institutional investors, designed to help inform the United Nations Food Systems Summit. Combined assets under management (AUM) of Dialogue investor participants was in the trillions of dollars, as was the combined market capitalization of corporations that participated in the series. Show less



Ceres, Inc.

• United States
• Capital Markets
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director, Food and Capital Markets

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2017

  Founding Program Director of Food and Capital Markets. Built high-performing team and launched key investor initiatives focused on deforestation-risk commodities analysis tools including the online investor tool Engage The Chain (www.engagethechain.org). Distributed over $4 million of international grant funding to PRI, Global Canopy Project, Forest 500, others) toward creating deforestation-free supply chains. Founding Program Director of Food and Capital Markets. Built high-performing team and launched key investor initiatives focused on deforestation-risk commodities analysis tools including the online investor tool Engage The Chain (www.engagethechain.org). Distributed over $4 million of international grant funding to PRI, Global Canopy Project, Forest 500, others) toward creating deforestation-free supply chains.



The Trust for Public Land

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Director of Corporate Impact

  • 2012 - 2015

  Built and ran national corporate partnership program. Worked across the USA with companies to protect forests, land and improve communities. Helped lead the national scale-up of The Trust for Public Land’s innovative Fitness Zone Program, a donor-funded program that places free, outdoor gyms in high-need, underserved communities to help fight America’s obesity crisis. Built and ran national corporate partnership program. Worked across the USA with companies to protect forests, land and improve communities. Helped lead the national scale-up of The Trust for Public Land’s innovative Fitness Zone Program, a donor-funded program that places free, outdoor gyms in high-need, underserved communities to help fight America’s obesity crisis.



Textile Exchange

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Executive Director

  • 2008 - 2011

  Led a global, non-profit trade association with 200+ corporate and organizational members whose combined annual sales topped $800 billion and who work collaboratively to improve supply-chain practices in apparel and textiles. Led a complete strategic review and planning process culminating in the relaunching and rebranding of the organization including roll-out of a new website, new standards products, and new corporate and private sector partnerships. With the European retailer C&A and the Shell Foundation, created and launched CottonConnect, a for-profit social enterprise in India (and now expanded to other countries) that helps improve agricultural and production practices in global supply-chains. Show less



Rockefeller Brothers Fund

• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director- FSC Global Fund (Sponsored by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund)

  • 2005 - 2008

  The Forest Stewardship Council Global Fund was a multi-million dollar, investor-led, nonprofit grant making organization. Formed, funded and governed by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ford Foundation, and other philanthropic foundations, it was created to help advance the work of the international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and help move FSC toward financial self-sufficiency. Helped grow FSC market share and corporate adoption by 15% in USA and EU, and helped grow global FSC global market awareness through partnerships with WWF, The Nature Conservancy, IKEA, Rainforest Alliance, IMF/World Bank, GTZ, Williams-Sonoma, Tesco, ICCO, TIME Inc., Lowe’s, Tetra-Pak, FedEx, Stora Enso, Goldman Sachs, and others. With WWF, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, and others, promoted FSC certification as a safeguard in climate change-related rule setting to ensure forest carbon credits originate from well-managed forests. Show less



L.L.Bean

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager- Product Research, Testing and Environmental Affairs

  • 1993 - 2003

  Leader of corporate R&D, Voice of The Customer, and product testing function. Responsible for new product research, global quality and safety testing, and competitor analysis for LL Bean products across the company's $1.6 billion portfolio. Creator and leader of sustainability business function for corporate environmental performance. Responsible across worldwide supply-chain for eliminating PVC and other toxins in products, ensuring global vendor ESG compliance, and creating monitoring the company’s forest products purchasing policy. Helped create, scale and manage the company's product improvement process that grew sales by 21% over a five-year period. Show less



Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• Adjunct Faculty- Lecturer

  • 1997 - 2002

  Five-year adjunct faculty appointment in M.I.T’s. Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Taught the product development process and green product innovation. Concurrent with LL Bean full-time management position. Five-year adjunct faculty appointment in M.I.T’s. Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Taught the product development process and green product innovation. Concurrent with LL Bean full-time management position.


REI
• United Arab Emirates
• Information Technology & Services
• Leadership Development Program

  • Nov 1992 - Dec 1993

Microsoft
• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Technical Programs Trainer

  • Nov 1991 - Nov 1992