Using my 12 years of in-house experience to provide expert guidance and fractional leadership on environmental and social sustainability and business integration.Partnering with teams to manage high-functioning ESG teams and orgs, develop programs, set KPIs and goals, and implement strong governance in order to increase positive impacts, de-risk and decrease negative impacts, and meet stakeholder needs. More information about my subject matter expertise and ways to engage is at www.mostviablefuture.com.

CNaught is helping companies get off the sidelines and do something about climate now, by making it easy to use carbon credits to accelerate their climate impact.

Serving a two-year appointment on SPU's Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC), through which I provide recommendations and feedback into programs, policies, and community outreach objectives around recycling, compost, garbage, and waste prevention.

Led global sustainability strategy for Etsy Inc. and Etsy.com, with a focus on materials, packaging, circularity, human rights, and governance. Oversaw alignment and goal-setting on these topics for the House of Brands marketplaces Depop and Reverb.Provided expert input to help teams plan for and advance work to meet sustainability goals and KPIs. Managed environmental advocacy activities in support of Etsy's Net Zero goal, with a focus on decarbonizing delivery transportation in the US. Collaborated on domestic and international regulatory topics related to social and environmental impacts, including packaging EPRs, due diligence regulations and exploratory laws related to textile and fashion circularity.

Brightly’s goal is to empower conscious consumers around the world.

Led Nordstrom's environmental sustainability strategy, goals and initiatives, including those related to climate change, circularity and packaging. Created Nordstrom's sustainable shopping initiative, Sustainable Style, and led product sustainability cross-functionally. Responsible for sustainability content reported by ET members to the Board of Directors. Managed all ESG reporting (SASB, ISS, MSCI, etc.) and led stakeholder engagement activities. Results in role include: - Conducted materiality assessment and feasibility process leading to Nordstrom's 2025 sustainability goals for climate change, products and services, and circularity- Re-established ongoing Board governance process for ESG issues- Expanded Sustainable Style category to include qualified beauty and personal care products- Created and launched award-winning BEAUTYCYCLE recycling program in partnership with TerraCycle (Elle Green Star 2021, Good Housekeeping Sustainable Innovation 2021, Fast Company Honoree 2023)- Developed the company’s first SASB report- Supported first published factory list for Nordstrom Product Group- Achieved inclusion on Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies list, at #96 in 2020 and improving to #80 in 2021- Developed Nordstrom's 2016-2019 CSR reportsAdditionally contributed to broader CSR efforts, including human rights strategy and goals, partnerships and CSR-related PR and marketing activities, and direct philanthropic funding for climate, circularity and human rights causes. Selected as Nordstrom representative for 2020 International Group of Department Stores High Potential Programme.

Led enterprise environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives, including product end-of-life, product sustainability, human rights, packaging reduction and recyclability, emissions reductions, food and coffee issues, and employee engagement. Led cross-functional teams and working groups.Results in role include:- Launching Nordstrom’s first product sustainability category, Sustainable Style- Nordstrom signing of the G7 Fashion Pact- Writing the company's first Human Rights Commitment- Delivering the company's first major grants for environmental organizations- Expanding Nordstrom's clothing donation program to the Nordstrom Rack, HauteLook and Nordstrom Local brandsRepresented Nordstrom in our partnerships with the G7 Fashion Pact, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Make Fashion Circular initiative and the Nature Conservancy.

- Launched Nordstrom's clothing take-back program: www.nordstrom.com/donateclothes- Led processes to collect consumer insights, benchmarking and other research on critical topics- Chaired Nordstrom's CSR Leadership Roundtable- Managed agency/consultant relationships - Responded to ESG and CSR surveys and rankings (CDP Climate Change, DJSI, MSCI, Sustainalytics, Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, Fashion Transparency Index and others)

- Researched the global social and environmental impacts of eight key agricultural commodities- Contributed writing, editing, and data to Ceres' Engage The Chain report intended to inform and influence investors in the food and beverage industry

Completed projects for two teams: Strategic Sourcing and Global Sustainability- Built a business case for sustainable cotton and presented a strategy recommendation for implementation. Conducted stakeholder outreach and interviews, peer benchmarking, and industry analysis. Gap Inc. later announced its partnership with the Better Cotton Initiative in July 2016.- Led an opportunity assessment of the source-to-pay lifecycle to identify critical financial leakages due to process deficiencies, technology availability, and policy misalignments. Collected input from employees at multiple locations and analyzed spend data in GEP to contribute to change management efforts.

- Guided media relations for hundreds of brand reputation incidents in Target stores nationwide- Created a new internal employee engagement resource outlining 18 key reputation risks- Supported enterprise-level planning and strategy for reputation risks and crisis response- Advised on reputation risk mitigation tactics based on trending risk and corporate responsibility topics- Managed internal critical issues communications and digital communications content

- Managed national corporate partnerships, including CVS Caremark, ProFlowers and Hair Cuttery- Consulted on CVS community fundraising of more than $2.25 million by nearly 10,000 associates- Increased annual fundraising by 11-24% per year for three years- Produced internal and external communications, including press releases, talking points, advertorials, annual report articles, presentations and social media content- Managed projects to meet partners' community relations, PR and marketing objectives

- Oversaw day-to-day public relations activities- Served as a media spokesperson- Pitched and placed coverage in print and broadcast news outlets- Wrote and edited marketing collateral and web content- Delivered presentations to community groups