The First Movers Fellowship is offered by the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program whose mission is to equip business leaders for the 21st century with a new management paradigm – the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value. The Fellows are nominated by other leaders in the industry and are accepted based on merit.https://www.aspeninstitute.org/

Reported to the CEO and Founder – successfully scaled the business, built a positive company culture, and managed operations. Increased revenue from 8% to 25% annually for 2 years by designing and executing scalable processes and coaching management to create win-win situations between operations and company innovators.• Set company values and mission statement• New product roll-out to customer implementation• Deployed new ERP for SAAS/DAAS business• Executed marketing and sales strategy • Company target setting & organizational alignment• Customer service process improvements• Task management system• Complete rebranding of company and products• Fundraising

Served as chief of staff to GSCS leadership team. Built global culture to ensure team of 380 staff and 1,000 suppliers in 120 countries worked together to fulfill growth strategy. Managed all internal and external communications from leadership, implemented tools to improve cross-functional partnerships, established expectations, drove accountability, and designed annual goals and long-term strategy.• Designed and implemented online platform, including earning buy in across the organization to use online tools in order to streamline file sharing databases and online communication tools. • Designed implement goals and communication for a supply chain digitalization plan, moving all suppliers and global teams to standardize to a cloud platform in order to increase tracking and reduce supply risks.• Managed all internal and external communications from leadership, earning buy-in from the team to implement tools that improved global, cross-functional partnerships and drove accountability.• Designed annual goals and a long-term strategy by simplifying annual planning process from 45 goals to 7, resulting in reduced complexity in organization, & showing 10% improvement in engagement survey.• Facilitated monthly global leadership & quarterly Global Supplier Advisory Council meetings to drive growth & build strong partnerships directly resulting in quicker completion of goals to meet long-term vision.• Crafted communications on behalf of the COO by writing emails & speeches, designing infographics, & producing videos resulting in 8% improvement in leadership communications scores.• Pitched supplier tiering system to all global suppliers, increasing the number of transactional relationships from 50% to 75%, resulting in increased speed and agility for both parties.

• Implemented a enterprise cloud sharing platform in order to share real estate department services across the entire global organization, including policy sharing and customer requests. • Designed and implemented global sustainability and climate strategy for the 11th largest e-retailer in the US in order to meet 2030 corporate social responsibility goals, meeting 2/3rd of the targets ahead of schedule. • Supervised the procurement of the $21M USD energy budget for North America, selling a renewable and conventional energy procurement strategy to leadership. • Successfully pitched a new method of greenhouse gas emissions disclosure to leadership in order to improve investor relationships scores, resulting in scoring going from 76/100 to 99/100.• Earned buy-in from country leaders in U.S., Mexico, and Canada to consolidate energy procurement for all facilities across North America, resulting in reduced energy spend by more than $200,000 USD a year. • Sold employee development program and new feedback loop to senior leadership in order to improve team morale, resulting in 11% increase in employee engagement & scoring above company average.

• Effectively pitched a $10M investment to CFO for the fourth-largest rooftop solar project in U.S., reducing cost by $1M USD per year with five-year payback & 30% climate change reduction.• Implemented a new global cloud services platform for energy tracking and carbon accounting across North America and Europe, and earned buy-in from country leaders and facility managers to pay for services.• Negotiated hundreds of contracts and managed the procurement with a $21M USD annual energy budget for the 11th largest e-retailer in the United States, reducing costs by 15% in some markets.• Developed sustainability packaging guidelines for 4,500 suppliers by negotiating with NGOs, suppliers, & senior leadership to reduce supplier packaging & product damage rates.• Implemented employee engagement program of 700 self-designated Green Ambassadors by creating competitive platform for employee interactions, & allowing staff to earn points for behaving sustainably.• Built positive rapport with the Operations VP and worked closely with him to create and supervise environmental metrics on which his team members would be evaluated, which directly reduced impact.

Green Ribbon Foundation is the catalyst for connections and change, inspiring businesses to think, initiate and act sustainably. I work as a sustainability adviser on the board, meeting with businesses and helping them fulfill the mission of the foundation.

Advanced a new role in the Corporate Sustainability team, specializing in resource use analysis and customer engagement. Worked with facility managers across North America to increase recycling rates in our facilities by growing recycling participation and increasing rebates earned. Became a marketing leader on the Corporate Facilities Services team to analyze employee engagement and improving satisfaction scores for the department. Worked in cross functional groups to develop purchasing strategies that incorporate sustainability into the metrics while decreasing costs and improving quality of product. • Successfully pitched and negotiated a new vehicle purchasing strategy that reduced cost & carbon emissions, resulting in $4.5M USD in annual savings & 30% reduction in carbon emissions from fleet vehicles.• Gained buy-in from Real Estate leadership to integrate recycling key performance indicators (KPIs) into annual goals of distribution center operations, which increased recycling rate by 12% across the business.

Spearheaded the environmental sustainability initiative for the organization, helping to fulfill the mission statement laid out by the board of directors. Managed a cross-functional team, including project managers in the US and Africa, the director of marketing, and two environmental consultants at Fuss & O’Neal Consulting. Created and implemented an eco-effectiveness rating system of suppliers all over the world, spending significant time in unstable parts of Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa. Surveyed over 30 suppliers and retailers for market positioning analysis, and product improvement. Key Achievements: -Identified market positioning and competitive advantages by evaluating 1000 unique suppliers and up to 12,000 different products calculating environmental impact and market value-Increased profit margins on products by 6-10% by building a line of eco-friendly products to be sold at premium pricing in both the EU and US markets-Created and began implementation of sustainability initiative that resulted in zero additional costs with increased profit margins and reduced environmental impact -Implemented a marketing communication campaign which increased customer centric messaging based on customer survey analysis

Managed the organization’s materials submission process while reporting directly to three partners. Developed filing system for three decades of drawings, city inspections, contractor specifications, and client contracts. Streamlined a material catalog and library in order to cultivate sustainable building materials and specifications. Organized meetings with suppliers to maintain state of the art construction materials that met client demand. Strategized with cross-functional teams to implement business development through client presentations and requests for proposals to companies, governments and private clients.Key Achievements: -Increased operational efficiency by 25% by developing new integrated filing system that allowed registration of materials and transparency of file ownership-Reduced costs by $10,000 on Finishes Budget for a project by analyzing solar reflection patterns and implementing affective glare reduction on computer screens for a design firm-Built and managed a construction specifications library, maintaining up to date materials from over 100 companies for two separate catalog systems simultaneously, Masterformat CSI 1995Ed & 2004 Ed

Organized daily lesson individually designed for customer specific needs. Managed nearly 200 clients while earning over a 95% approval rating and consecutive monthly awards. Developed and organized group events that included travel, team building and English lessons.

Taught 16 40-minute classes weekly for grades ranging from primary grade 3 to grade 6.Created diverse lesson plans, tailored to the individual learner. Initiated after class study sessions, including cultural lessons.

Attended to five tables at a time on average while fulfilling cleaning and stocking duties throughout the shift. Served as shift captain, scheduling and supervising daily duties of eight employees, and inventorying, serving, managing and public relations. Trained new recruits in all facets of the company's operation, this included serving, customer service, and closing finances.

Maintained a schedule of activities for a group of 10 children while tending to all of their needs during a nine-week period. Taught waterskiing and wakeboarding on a daily basis to all 350 campers and 50 counselorsSent weekly reports to parents and maintained records of accomplishments for each child.

Entered new clients into the office system, sent them confidential information and answered their urgent questions on a daily basis. Answered phones, responded to correspondence, sent and received mail and ran office errands for all employees.