Our Team

Kate Gaertner

Founder & CEO

Founder, author, and business circularity leader with strategy, operations and digital go-to-market expertise. Focused on business transformation and new business model adoption.

Renee Shade

Carbon Accounting Lead

Data analytics and financial modeling expert. Specialized in building strategic business cases and sophisticated financial models integrated with exceptionally user-friendly interfaces.

Amy Hall

Education Lead

Sustainability consultant and food loss and waste expert. Focused on stakeholder engagement and educational courses. Specialized in visually communicating complex sustainability concepts.

McKaylyn Lynch

Carbon Accountant

Specialized carbon accountant, who's passionate about corporate sustainable development and stakeholder engagement at all levels.

Stephen Jensen

Marketing and Innovation Strategist

Copywriter, editor and strategist specializing in sustainability. Passionate about impact-driven business models and innovation processes. B corp fan.

Janey Silas

Education Consultant

Educational expert and course developer. Passionate about the impact corporate education has on company culture and developing new strategies for a more sustainable business model.

Nadia de Giorgio

Consultant

Fashion and textiles sustainability expert and holds a certification in GRI reporting standards.

Marianna Coulentianos

Workshop Facilitator

Advanced corporate trainer and workshop facilitator. Schooled mechanical engineer turned design researcher. Specialized in leveraging socially engaged design and rapid prototyping to create community-engaged products and services in support of equitable sustainable development.

Scott Rich

Workshop Facilitator

Corporate training expert. Adept at digital communications, stakeholder engagement, cross-functional team building, and professional training and facilitation.

Jonathan Bailey

Technical Lead

Expert web developer and programmer. Creates customized educational assets for courses and interactive tools.

Advisors

Advisors

Rob Thorne

Public Sector Advisor

Expert in IT consulting, strategy, operations management, and information transformation to public sector clients. Specialties include education reform, government operations and utilities.

Dan Frye

Business Transformation Advisor

Guides strategic thinking in innovation adoption, change management of sustainability concepts, and corporate mindset shifts among leadership.

Deepa Mischler

Healthcare Advisor

Experienced Management Consultant specializing in Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical industries

Steve Dunn

Sustainable Supply Chains Advisor

Corporate consultant and professor, sustainable enterprise, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Guides strategic thinking of sustainable supply chains and proving value creation from corporate sustainability implementation.