Vern Broders Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Building Our Sustainable Future. Together. Envira Global Ltd. is motivated by one mission: to build our sustainable future, together. We are a woman-owned, women-led advisory and capital firm focused on developing and funding smart cities, building communities, and orchestrating meaningful change across organizations. We match purpose-driven investors and mission-driven projects to accelerate the development of our sustainable future. At our core, we are your trusted advisors.We put our clients at the heart of our business and deliver solutions to tackle your toughest challenges. With over a century of combined expertise across multiple industries, our team of advisors becomes an extension of your executive team, accelerating your vision with a focus on actionable, high-impact strategies that achieve sustainable success at every level. Our Core Values: • Sustainability: We create value by integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations into your strategy.• Innovation: We specialize in emerging technologies and cutting-edge thinking to transform organizations into future-ready, resilient powerhouses.• Energy: We define your energy needs and identify ways to transform your energy supply into more scalable, renewable, and sustainable options. • Capital: We unlock public and private investment to advance priorities and achieve economic goals. Our Services: • Envisioning Workshops & Executive Sessions• Transformation Plans & Execution Services • Community Master Plans & Execution Services• Global Commercialization Plans & Scale Services • Technology Innovation & Development Services • Economics, Grants & Capital Advisory Services Let us unlock your authentic purpose to do good in the world. Together, we will leverage today’s technology to solve tomorrow’s issues.www.enviraglobal.com

Focused on creating enterprise value from sustainability opportunities, Burton Astor LLC provides firms with sustainability advice and ESG reporting expertise. Assisting CEOs, CFOs and their boards, the firm is dedicated to the interrelated progress of People, Planet and Profits.Burton Astor LLC deploys a tailored mapping platform to define the interconnected value creation processes of the firm and assess its critical sustainability impacts. The key operational and sustainability value drivers are measured for current and desired future status. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are set for these value drivers and assigned to the people responsible for performance. Fortunately, this analytical platform can be installed with minimal time and financial commitment and can be customized to address specific key business areas. Subject matter experts are on hand to address technical environmental, social and governance issues. If your investors, customers, employees, or suppliers anxiously seek your sustainability data, this is a great solution. You are invited to reach Vern Broders to consider how you would create more value for your firm by putting sustainability into action.

Dream Source Solutions is an innovative consultancy matching accomplished executives with the needs of client organizations for a relationship approach to multi-faceted projects and problem-solving, especially ESG evaluations and consulting. Dream Source consultants provide significant experience as Chief Financial Officers, Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Human Resource Officers, along with support for finance, marketing, organizational design and human resource teams. Dream Source Solutions provides firms with the additional resources they need to accomplish their priorities while creating meaningful and flexible opportunities for Dream Source team members. With this range of skill sets, Dream Source Solutions is an ideal choice for ESG screenings and reviews on behalf of business leaders, private equity investors and corporate advisors.

Chicago-based healthcare education and advocacy organization with program partners across the U.S. and in Washington DC.Working as a partner to the President and CEO, responsible for all finance and operations aspects of the organization, including strategy, budgeting, financial reporting, human resources, real estate, information technology and office management. Executive Leadership• Strategic Planning: Led strategic planning for administration of the organization. Guided strategic and annual budgets based on business imperatives. Designed variable budget scenario analysis tool. Advised the CEO and Board on budget outlook.• Talent Development: Created market salary comparative tool. Managed job descriptions and performance reviews. Led team training exercises. • Growth Financing: Secured 50% increase in bank credit line. Developed grant budgets for major funders of Restricted Grants.• Negotiations: Negotiated real estate leases and bargain purchases of office equipment and furnishings. Negotiated vendor service agreements.Financial Management• Financial Forecasting: Developed cash flow forecast to predict liquidity needs and manage use of bank credit line.• Capital Budgeting: Provided capital budgeting plans.• Financial Reporting: Restructured financial reporting, provided quarterly updates explaining variances, added project expenditure tracking system.• Investment Management: Selected new investment manager for investment portfolios.• Expense Management: Installed online expense accounting system.Business Optimization• Systems Security: Migrated all financial, human resource and operational systems to cloud.• Payroll System: Installed online payroll management system.• Employee Benefits: Created policies for personal time and provided a Personal Time Off app. Migrated to a retirement plan administrator.• Technology Service Provider: Migrated to a technology service provider

Insurance brokerage. For risk management subsidiary, created operating policies and procedures for complex financial instruments sales, leveraging third-party decision systems

Chicago, Il, Us

Technology services provider. Constructed a financial valuation model to gauge the enterprise value of the ongoing technology services business and their strategic direction.

Business consulting practice to healthcare providers: Created new market for litigation support services identified through database search tools

Financial valuation advisors: Introduced CFOs, controllers and financial executives to the firm’s valuation services, building collaborative teams of finance, operations and legal advisors.

Chicago, Il, Us

Professional services consulting firm: Presented due diligence capabilities for mergers and acquisitions advisors, banks and financial services firms

Corporate performance consultancy. Co-founded firm, developing executive performance analytics for clients such as Northrup Grumman and IDEX Pharmaceuticals.

Treasury technology provider. Led corporate conversions to digital platforms for financial transactions, liquidity, risk analysis and bank relationships

Technology startup providing internet transactional systems for corporations and financial institutions, including technology implementation for six top-10 banks.

Digital communications technology services to financial institutions, such as American Express, through new cross-divisional services initiative

Corporate treasury consulting firm: Led strategic treasury management consulting projects for corporate clients such as The Limited, Viacom, and Bank of Montreal

Chicago, Il, Us

Global consumer products manufacturer and marketer: Directed over 50 major banking relationships, including liquidity management and process improvement

Chicago, Il, Us

At Sara Lee Direct and Hanes Group units of Sara Lee, overseeing banking, payroll and benefits accounting

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

At Douwe Egberts unit of Sara Lee, performed audits of international business units in more than 10 countries while based in The Netherlands for three years.

Chicago, Il, Us

Audits examining divisions such as Superior Coffee, Chef Pierre Pies, and Coach Leather

Worldwide, Oo

(formerly Touche Ross) Served clients such as CNA Insurance, Northern Illinois University and Catholic Charities of Chicago

Mba, Finance, Marketing

Business Administration, Accounting