STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY• Empowering small-to-medium sized corporations to create substantial, strategic sustainability commitments and deliver on those through deliberate, valuable initiatives. • Developing business opportunities for vendors and partners across an extensive professional network.

STRATEGIC• Managing enterprise-wide materiality assessment for optimized sustainability program performance• Aligning business units against sustainability vision, mission statements, and strategic plan• Assessing and minimizing risk across supply chain partners, key customer relationships, NGOs, industry groups, and other external stakeholdersTACTICAL• Driving deliberate energy and water usage reduction through goal-setting, automated measurement tools, consulting services and best management practices• Leveraging Map-to-Zero landfill project pilot to reduce waste streams and decrease environmental footprint by moving resources up the waste hierarchy• Developing multi-tiered communications plans for targeted knowledge transfer, behavior-based sustainability engagement, and broad audience success sharing

STRATEGIC• Headed enterprise-wide CSR and sustainability initiatives for industry positioning and protection of brand equity through ground-up creation of a robust, forward-looking program. • Facilitated cross-functional and external progress in alignment with corporate vision, specifically as it relates to CSR and sustainability with exec-level CSR Steering and Board Committee buy-in.• Engaged internal partners (supply chain, communications, R&D, marketing, legal), customers, consultants, and suppliers to create value and reduce risk around proper corporate citizenship practices.• Structuried triple-bottom-line ideology into more prudent four-pillar program, capturing philanthropy, product attributes, environmental impacts, and social responsibility processes. TACTICAL• Reported progress and demonstrating transparency to maintain top-of-class industry standing through annual CSR reporting, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and various investor, customer, and non-governmental organization inquiries. • Tracked KPIs and relevant metrics to demonstrate continued progress, including resource usage (energy water, waste, product inputs), global procurement, and publicly available policies and commitments.• Coordinated measurement and implementation of CSR and sustainability efforts company-wide including value-stream mapping, waste reduction/diversion, progress-tracking tool introduction, and capital investment analyses. • Trained employees regarding Hillshire Brands' structure and opportunities for involvement.

PORTFOLIO PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT• Lead project team to deliver in excess of 650 MW of acquired wind energy projects from early through late stages of development.• Managed entitlement/consent of four projects over six counties, including a first phase (212 MW) seeking Special and Conditional Use Permits in three separate county jurisdictions.• Handled press and community relations throughout highly contested development process while battling varying levels of organized opposition. • Worked with municipal officials in establishing wind ordinance rules for optimal project outcome during public meetings, through correspondence, and behind the scenes. • Delivered PJM interconnection results with ISA, CSA, Facilities/System Impact/Feasibility Studies. • Finalized critical land tasks such as acquisition of prime turbine siting parcels, collection easements, and ROW crossings as well as clearing title issues, and organizing for project sale due diligence.• Tracked environmental tasks for responsible development and minimum project impacts. • Bid for power purchase agreements and considering project-level partnerships. ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT• Implemented core company values throughout all work activities, including safety, innovation, teamwork, entrepreneurship, sustainability and respect. • Mapped land acquisition process for incorporation throughout North American operations.

PROJECT PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT• Carried 700+MW of new and existing wind energy projects toward completion and further into the delivery pipeline.• Realized entire project life-cycle: location prospecting, pro-forma establishment, land acquisition, interconnection agreement (MISO & PJM), environmental permitting, strategic positioning, power purchase agreement negotiations, and construction inception. • Presented project merits and details to landowners and municipal representatives, lobbying for involvement and approval while negotiating lease terms and zoning ordinance requirements. • Concurrently managed multiple energy project entitlement processes through county, township, state, and federal levels including: wind studies, environmental studies, avian/chiropteran/wildlife consultations, zoning approvals, road agreements, turbine siting, noise/shadow flicker analysis• Managed successful, internal, interdepartmental teams as well as external project personnel including independent land agent contractors/services, environmental consultants, surveyors, aviation experts. • Won power purchase agreements with IPA (ComEd & Ameren) and DTE as part of cross-functional Invenergy teams through compilation of extensive project details and marketing information• SOLAR: Forayed into stand-alone and hybrid photovoltaic developments.REGIONAL GROWTH • Headed multi-state teams in search of future Invenergy projects in IL, IN, MI, WI, and MO. Analysis resulted in creation of standardized GIS database for company-wide use. • Lobbied via state/national organizations & company initiatives for profitable project environments.• Tracked project-driving success factors such as state RPS/RES, land lease rates, interconnection queues, competitor public relation techniques. • Researched in-depth competitive project details to follow regional market trends.• Selected for internal committee to bid and implement land management software.

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT • Managed in excess of $62 million of projects through the various stages of development• Successfully carried properties through Entitlement including: negotiations of Redevelopment Agreements; TIF funding ($10.6 million); 6(b) real estate tax designation; multiple variance, zoning change, street vacation situations; PUD process; and utility relocationsENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT• Directed to completion wide range of environmental issues for 80+ property portfolio including Brownfield redevelopment, NFR Letter acquisition, UST removal, solid waste disposal, engineered barrier installation, municipal/state rules negotiation, environmental insurance claims, and portfolio due diligence• Spearheaded company-wide sustainable development for pursuit of LEED certification• Established corporate levels for property environmental standards throughout portfolioPORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT• Assisted in successful marketing and positioning in excess of 8 million SF of industrial and office product throughout Chicago sub-markets• Redeveloped and entitled product for optimal useLEASING• Acted as counsel for Illinois and Texas Asset and Property Managers during the leasing process• Effectively communicated deliverables for mutually profitable leasee/lessor relationships• Successfully managed tenant expectations as promised during lease negotiations• Managed a top-tier team of attorneys, brokers, architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and municipal employees for consistently on-time/within budget tenant improvementsOPERATIONS• Established internal processes for ideal communication during: pro-forma completion, leasing, shell construction, bidding, tenant improvements, reporting, invoicing, computer document management• Created committee to demonstrate company’s goals for corporate responsibility

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Plan creation/implementation for start-up real estate development firm growth with focus on sustainable business/building practices such as urban infill, community revitalization and Brownfield redevelopment• Bottom line growth through partnerships with municipalities, aldermen, “green” architects, land owners, brokers, attorneys, financial institutions, investors, and end-users• Proposal drafting, contract negotiation, risk minimization, site selection, pro forma analysis, and initiation of sustainable development practices• Navigation of municipal departments for keen understanding of zoning, permitting, and time to market PROJECT MANAGEMENT• Initiation and completion of several residential and commercial projects on schedule and within budget including bidding, contract negotiation, and cost/quality-control methods for increased profits • Budgets managed ranging from $600k to $5million resulting in above-expected returns for investorsSALES/MARKETING• Real estate transactions in excess of $10 million, targeting viable markets throughout the Midwest• Brokering various types of property transactions for wide range of commercial and residential clients• Sales goals planned and exceeded at $3.8million for 2005

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING• Sales of consulting and engineering services ranging from $1,700 to approximately $500,000 for public and private entities• Brownfield redevelopment venture utilizing internal Phase I/II information and GISPROJECT MANAGEMENT• Full life-cycle environmental Phase I/II site assessments and remediation project oversight delivered on-time, within-budget including schedule creation, staffing, direct-report management, and invoicing• Construction contract administration of $35 million transit agency project including personnel coordination, QA/QC, contract documentation, and oversight

PROJECT MANAGEMENT• Liaison between clients (private & public), laboratories, subcontractors, and environmental agencies• Sold, wrote reports, and directed to completion services for various engineering and Phase I/II site assessments including soil, water, and air sampling and classification