Co-Founder & President
CurrentNatural Dividends started on one simple mission: To Increase Nature's Share. Co-Founder, President, Operations & Business Development Director, and Chairman of the Board, I co-founded and directed the operations and business development at a company that works with businesses and individuals to develop environmentally friendly solutions. Enabled rapid growth in several critical areas (e.g., 3x more trash picked up in the last year, 3x more participants in events in the last year, and &>2x more fundraising in the last 6 months).• Managed projects for citywide ecological events, including one of the first major Earth Day in West Hartford and a large sustainability festival.• Enabled all events to finish within budgets by managing the operations. Partnered withcompanies to secure free space, obtained donations of supplies and equipment and worked with the City of West Hartford to dispose of trash.• Led business development and obtained partners in many industries, including telecom, manufacturing, insurance, construction, automobile, and restaurants. • Recruited, trained, and oversaw 5 full-time volunteers. Taught them best practices in operations and business development.• Managed environmental projects including Earth Clean-up, Earth Day event, implementation of compost collection at events, and sustainable practices for at least 60% of the food trucks.• Subsequently landed and managed sustainability projects with several companies and nonprofits. • Expanded visibility throughout CT by planning marketing campaigns, leading them, and appearing on podcasts—we are now frequently invited to events, and local media feature us (including Comcast Newsmakers and Fox 61).• Managed web development efforts. Led a volunteer to rebuild the site and provided 50% of its content.• Formed and managed social media strategies.• Enabled operations and business development to be data-driven by developing a data collection system and building analytics to detect trends.