We are proud of our team of diverse sustainability experts. Our clients benefit from our passion, knowledge, attention to detail, friendliness, quality of work, and laser focus on making sustainability strategic. Meet our practice leads.

Kate Gaertner
Founder & CEOFounder, 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 LeadData analytics and financial modeling expert. Specialized in building strategic business cases and sophisticated financial models integrated with exceptionally user-friendly interfaces.

Amy Hall
Consultant & Education LeadCreative director, illustrator, and brand marketing expert. Adept at navigating and communicating in an omni-channel world and representing complex sustainability ideas visually.

Deepa Mischler
Healthcare AdvisorExperienced Management Consultant specializing in Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical industries

Scott Rich
Workshop FacilitatorCorporate training expert. Adept at digital communications, stakeholder engagement, cross-functional team building, and professional training and facilitation.

McKaylyn Lynch
Carbon AccountantSpecialized carbon accountant, who's passionate about corporate sustainable development and stakeholder engagement at all levels.

Marianna Coulentianos
Workshop FacilitatorAdvanced 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.

Sadie Scott
Social Media ManagerCreative storyteller with a lens toward environmental and social issues. She has a diverse range of skills including independent filmmaking and photography, nonprofit work, and content creation for organizations large and small.

Stephen Jensen
ConsultantSustainability communications expert, copyeditor and writer. Graduate student in social innovation and entrepreneurship. B Corp fan.

Emily Wood
Learning & Development LeadLearning design expert and advanced workshop facilitator. Specialized in organizational needs assessments, instructional design, e-learning development, and learning management systems.

Dan Frye
Business Transformation AdvisorGuides strategic thinking in innovation adoption, change management of sustainability concepts, and corporate mindset shifts among leadership.

Rob Thorne
Public Sector AdvisorExpert in IT consulting, strategy, operations management, and information transformation to public sector clients. Specialties include education reform, government operations and utilities.

Steve Dunn
Sustainable Supply Chains AdvisorCorporate consultant and professor, sustainable enterprise, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Guides strategic thinking of sustainable supply chains and proving value creation from corporate sustainability implementation.