Team

IN PERFORMING WORK FOR OUR CLIENTS WE TAP INTO A DEEP WELL OF TALENT THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE TOP EXPERTS IN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE U.S.

Our team includes a full complement of in-house and independent experts in sustainability, as follows :

Jacquie Ottman: Considered the foremost expert in green marketing in the U.S., Jacquie combines the expertise of a seasoned consumer packaged goods pro with the missionary zeal of meeting consumer needs sustainably. A sought-after speaker and author, her fourth book on green marketing, entitled The New Rules of Green Marketing, is now on sale online and in book stores worldwide.
Mark Eisen: A seasoned marketing generalist with significant environmental marketing credentials, Mark founded and pioneered The Home Depot’s environmental program. Also served as marketing director in retail consulting, commercial design and finance industries. Awarded highest honor by the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, he serves a wide variety of J. Ottman Consulting's clients including USDA BioPreferred.
John Laumer: An expert in corporate regulatory compliance, life cycle assessment, scenario planning, and documentary writing, John was once a manager of Health, Environmental, & Safety Business Integration for an international specialty chemical manufacturer. He was instrumental in making our recent project for Underwriters Labs, now UL Environment, a major success.
Wendy Jedlicka: A sustainable package designer with a B. S. in graphic and industrial design, a master’s in international marketing and management, and a certification from the Institute of Packaging Professionals. Wendy is the head of the U.S. chapter of the o2 Global Network of Green Designers, and a founding instructor in the Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s Online Certificate Program in Sustainable Design. She is the author of Packaging Sustainability (Wiley, 2009)
Kakee Scott: The chief shepherd on our highly successful Design:Green educational initiative in eco-design, Kakee specializes in issues of design, consumption, and user behavior and is the founder of designtolive.org.
JohnPaul Kusz: President of JPKusz, Ltd., JohnPaul provides business strategy consulting that is dedicated to exploring collaborative and consensus-based solutions to mitigate or eliminate the risks associated with the unintended consequences of commerce. An industrial designer, business consultant, and academic all rolled into one, JohnPaul was formerly the director of product development and stewardship for Safety-Kleen Corp. He also co-founded the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at the Stuart Graduate School of Business, IIT, Chicago, where he served as associate director for ten years. He has taught courses in industrial ecology, climate change, and sustainable design at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois, Chicago.