Bio

Leading Business Transformation: Waste to Value. Driving innovation and investment to create new technology that scales the circular life of plastics into profits. Building new ecosystems and infrastructure to turn plastic waste into an infinite resource. With 18 years of packaging experience, I’ve been embedding triple bottom line, ESG strategies across the CPG, Retail and Packaging sectors. Some of my career achievements include: - Selected as World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader 21’ - Recognized as a courageous-leader through industry's “Top Women Breaking the Mold” nomination - Board Member - Designed integrated End Use (B2B) Marketing organization by delivering $100M growth. - Mitigated business risk related to plastics through tripling investment and building high-profile global team from leading brands and NGOs. - Spearheaded shifting the Dow Foundation from philanthropic to business strategic. - Built a culture of intrapreneurship through jointly founding and growing the Dow Impact Fund to $5M supporting over 25 projects with triple bottom line impact. - Pioneered global innovation lab, Pack Studios, to integrate packaging from pellet to second-life. I frequently speak about plastic waste issues and solutions at WSJ, Green Biz, USAID, SXSW, the UN and have been published in WEF, Fortune, Sustainable Brands and the Guardian. Volunteering and personal: - Severed as a Sustainability Incubator Mentor for several organizations - Served as Hunger Relief board member for the Houston Food Bank; co-founding the Montgomery County Produce Rescue Center for the largest food bank network in USA. - Business consultant for an AIDS orphanage in rural South Africa and a startup medical clinic benefiting genocide orphans in Rwanda.