Meet Our Team

Denise is a seasoned financial professional with over 27 years of accounting, finance and operations experience. Denise spent her first 9+ years out of college working for the San Francisco office of the international CPA firm, BDO Seidman where she left as a Senior Audit Manager. During her time with BDO, Denise worked with numerous small to mid-size companies where she managed various audit...

Jonathan is dedicated to helping SLM partners pursue both purpose as well as profit. Prior to joining Sustainable Life Media in 2008, Jonathan was Vice President Membership Development with Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO). Jonathan previously served sales, marketing and business development leadership roles in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America with Cendant Travel Distribution, Jet...

Sarah joined the SLM team after pursuing a M.S. in Sustainability Management at Columbia University. She is focused on making sustainability easy and wants to empower people to make decisions that protect both society and the planet. Sarah is passionate about corporate social responsibility and has created customized platforms for companies large and small centered around volunteering,...

Jessica is a native of Sacramento, and graduated with a B.A. in Interpersonal & Organizational Communication at the California State University of Long Beach. After earning her degree she spent time traveling across North America in her previous position for International Student Volunteers, and also lived in Seville, Spain, where she worked in the tour and hospitality industry. Although...

Sustainable Futurist, Speaker, Facilitator and Journalist, Jim McClelland has a media and events background in magazine publishing and direction of conference and awards programmes.

With a Master’s degree in ‘The Word & the Visual Imagination’, Jim has amassed over 20 years’ experience as publisher, editor and journalist for leading B2B titles, having founded the first dedicated UK...

A Native of the East Bay, Alex attended the University of Oregon and is currently finishing his B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science. After indulging his passions for technology as a tech writer and assembly technician for the robotics manufacturer Asyst Technologies in Silicon Valley, Alex collaborated to build entrepreneurial websites, developing online marketing strategies to...

Marie is a marketing and brand strategist dedicated to fresh insights, authentic messaging and measureable results in sustainability. Her professional experience spans over 15 years working in the advertising, marketing and design industry in both Chicago and San Francisco, including several years engaged in corporate identity development and brand strategy at Landor Associates. She has...

Michelle is a lifelong advocate of creative and critical thinking. After completing her graduate degrees in philosophy in Chicago at Northwestern University she transplanted to the balmier climes of the San Francisco Bay Area, Here she has taught college and found fertile ground for pursuing her interests in writing and yoga. Working with Sustainable Brands, and the creative businesses and...

Sandy, a senior sustainability communications strategist, gives established businesses, early stage companies and organizations insight on the intersection of brand, communications and purpose. With her clients, Sandy is creating programs that give organizations a way to focus, share, and motivate change in the world – change that values people, respects planetary resources and fosters...