Lisa Michelle Galley profiled as a “First Lady of Sustainability”

 

Yours truly has been featured along with fourteen other women in Sustainable Industries March ‘09 issue, within their profiles of the “First Ladies of Sustainability”.

Sustainable Industries sets the stage for the profiles as follows:

The sustainable business community, like any industry group, is a sum of its parts. Gender aside, the leaders in the space have spent years trying to convince stakeholders of the vast importance of adhering to triple-bottom-line economics.

Creating a shift in the way business is done and how success is measured takes an unconventional approach. Many of the women leaders that Sustainable Industries spoke with for this article attributed their success to their willingness to take chances and blaze uncharted territory.

Whether analyzing the financial risks of green building projects or assessing the marketability of a cleantech startup, creating the tools to help companies increase their energy efficiency or crafting the framework for a sustainable business curriculum, these women have laid the groundwork for systems that will be used for years to come.

For my part, its a great honor to be rubbing shoulders with some of sustainability’s Jedi Masters: Andrea Traber, Karla Bell, and Lynn Simon,  all of whom are deep experts on driving market transformation — and on a large scale.

Andrea is president of the Board of our US Green Building Council Northern California Chapter and director with international juggernaut KEMA.  Karla is advancing carbon reducing technologies on a global scale.  Lynn literally helped found the US Green Building Council.

One of the things that I learned early in my career is that when you are looking for a job, go and search for a boss you like.  Later, I figured out that if you are looking to make a difference in the world — go and find a teacher.

I’ve been quite fortunate to be in a business community with so many women like these who fearlessly advocate for community, country and planet, are respected experts in their disciplines and generously share what they know.

You can read the full article profiling all of the “First Ladies of Sustainability” here.