Experience

BuzzWord, Inc.

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and board member

  • Jun 2021 - Present

• Founder and CEO

  • Apr 1997 - Jun 2021

  BuzzWord, Inc. has helped some of the world's most prominent companies and non-profit organizations produce compelling stakeholder communications. We specialize in sustainability and corporate responsibility strategy, reporting strategy and delivering award-winning public reports. We have deep expertise in reporting frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Integrated Reporting , and the UN Global Compact. BuzzWord is the #1 North America-based corporate… Show more BuzzWord, Inc. has helped some of the world's most prominent companies and non-profit organizations produce compelling stakeholder communications. We specialize in sustainability and corporate responsibility strategy, reporting strategy and delivering award-winning public reports. We have deep expertise in reporting frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Integrated Reporting , and the UN Global Compact. BuzzWord is the #1 North America-based corporate responsibility reporting consultancy, according to Corporate Register. Clients have included Ford Motor Company, Nike, JPMorgan Chase, Kellogg Company, Novelis, Keurig Green Mountain, Waste Management, Eli Lilly and Company, the National Environmental Education Foundation, Smithfield Foods and others.



Waste Management, Inc.

• United States
• Facilities Services

• Director, Environmental Planning and Programs

  • Feb 1990 - Mar 1997

  Washington, DC • Developed Waste Management’s process for planning, goal-setting and performance measurement and evaluation under its Environmental Policy. • Developed the company’s first Annual Environmental Report and six subsequent reports, recognized as “state of the art” by a United Nations Environment Program evaluation. • Chaired a corporate committee to implement energy conservation and “green purchasing” projects and coordinated the company’s participation in the EPA Green Lights and Waste… Show more • Developed Waste Management’s process for planning, goal-setting and performance measurement and evaluation under its Environmental Policy. • Developed the company’s first Annual Environmental Report and six subsequent reports, recognized as “state of the art” by a United Nations Environment Program evaluation. • Chaired a corporate committee to implement energy conservation and “green purchasing” projects and coordinated the company’s participation in the EPA Green Lights and Waste Wi$e programs and the Green Seal Partners program. • Directed the Waste Management Environmental Grant Program, making or advising on more than two million dollars in grants to environmental non-profit groups. • Managed implementation of Waste Management’s unique policy of “no net loss of wetlands or other biological diversity” on its properties. Show less



World Wildlife Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate and Project Director

  • Sep 1985 - Jan 1990

  • Conceived, directed and facilitated a policy dialogue on source reduction in product and packaging design. • Staff to the National Wetlands Policy Forum, a group of Governors, federal agency heads and CEOs of companies and environmental groups, which developed consensus recommendations in the contentious area of wetlands policy. • Directed eight consensus-building projects.