Professional summary

Susan Briski, Principal and founder of Sustainable Progress, is a sustainability consultant and educator with clients that include businesses, colleges, churches, and community groups. She has 20 years of experience in high-tech corporations including Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies. She worked as an engineer and manager in Manufacturing and Research and Development. She has an intimate understanding of the challenges and competing priorities facing an organization and the need for measurable results toward clear objectives that align with company strategy. She is knowledgeable about the latest environmental and sustainability models and practices and has expertise in The Natural Step (a framework for organizational improvement), The Ecological Footprint, Environmental and Sustainability Management Systems including ISO 14001 and the Global Reporting Initiative.

Susan has extensive project management experience which includes multi-national projects. She is skilled in determining appropriate objectives and leading teams through change management in a collaborative environment so that company strategies and objectives are carried through to implementation. Susan has a strong results-orientation, systems approach, and problem-solving ability.

Susan holds an MBA in Environmental Entrepreneurship, an MA in Humanities and Leadership with an emphasis in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Her passion is to use her business skills and sustainability expertise to help people live and work “as if tomorrow mattered” - to create a sustainable world that operates within the earth’s natural limits and where business, the environment, and people prosper.

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