Innovative leader in sustainable design and business growth with exceptional communication skills. Willing to travel and work in diverse settings. Flexible and creative as well as self-disciplined and focused.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
Chestnut Consulting, LLC	(Confidential)	5/2007 - 9/2007

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Univ of California at Riverside	English	1988	Doctorate Degree
Loyola Marymount University	English	1983	Master Degree
California State University, Long Beach	English	1981	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

First American Visiting Professor of English and Research Associate, Josai University Japan Founding Member, First graduate school of business and humanities in Japan (Josai) Received an award to Bank of America from the U.S. Department of Energy for helping Charlotte achieve Clean City USA distinction (2004) Given a Bank of America Spirit Team Celebration Award for outstanding contributions to the company (2004) Awarded three Certificates of Appreciation from the City of Charlotte and the Charlotte Tree Advisory Commission at the annual Arbor Day Luncheon for outstanding contributions to the Charlotte community regarding tree planting, tree preservation, and tree education (2003) Received the annual Star Award from Team Bank of America (Corporate) for outstanding civic volunteer leadership (2003) Given numerous academic grants and awards, including one from the US Olympic Committee to direct the 1996 University of Georgia Olympic Literary Festival

Companies I like:

Act Now Productions, Patagonia, IKEA, Interface, , REI, Starbucks, Fleishman-Hillard, Calvert, Dupont

Strategic Planning
Organizational Process Design
Business Writing Skills
Presentation
Leadership

• business development
• training
• outreach
• strategic planning and design
• green design
• quality and productivity
• performance measurement
• project management

Before founding a sustainability consulting firm, served as Vice President of Global Risk Management for Bank of America's Enterprise Credit Analysis and Reporting section, specializing in Six Sigma quality and productivity projects related to the Basel II Capital Accord Initiative.