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Leadership Team

The S-BAR Leadership Team provides core project management and intellectual capital development, and collectively represents more than a century of experience and expertise in the areas of sustainable business practices, market transformation, and business systems.

Currently under development, the Advisory Council will include a diverse set of national leaders in the field of sustainable business.

A series of Stakeholder Councils provide deep expertise and feedback on S-BAR’s five principal domains: Governance and Management; Environment; Workplace; Marketplace; and, Community.

S-BAR is affiliated fiscally with the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit chartered by the U.S. Congress to advance environmental literacy with the goal of promoting better health, improved education, environmentally sound and profitable business, and volunteerism in local communities.

Leadership Team:

  • RORY BAKKE - Senior Program Manager, StopWaste.Org (Team Leader) — a veteran of 20 years of experience designing and implementing award-winning environmental programs and public policies that favor sustainability.
  • GIL FRIEND - President & CEO, Natural Logic Inc. — a leading systems ecologist and business strategist with 30 years experience in business development and environmental innovation.
  • DAVID JOHNSTON - President, What’s Working LLC — a veteran environmental consultant and part of the U.S. Green Building Council’s original LEED development team.
  • JUSTIN LEHRER - Program Manager, StopWaste.Org — developer of business sustainability programs for state and local government, software development manager, and technical consultant to U.S. EPA.
  • JOEL MAKOWER - Founder, GreenBiz.com — veteran writer, speaker, and strategist on sustainable business and green marketing.
  • KIMERY WILTSHIRE - President & CEO, Exloco — Develops and implements innovative campaigns and strategies for progressive "social profits". 25 years experience serving as Board member, Executive Director, or team leader for a number of campaigns, projects and foundations.
  • DIANE WOOD - President, National Environmental Education & Training Foundation.

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