Boards of Directors - ASBN & ASBC
Denise Bowyer
Consultant, American Income Life
Denise Bowyer is a Mission based leader with a lifelong passion and vocation in advocating for Workers’ Rights, while contributing to key support in building and growing a billion – dollar company.
As Secretary of the National Labor Advisory Board and National Vice President of Public Relations for American Income Life, she successfully built trusting, lasting relationships with 45 International Union Leaders, State AFL-CIO Leaders, Central Labor Council and Local Union Leaders with American Income Life.
April De Simone
Founder, The Practice of Democracy
April De Simone is a transdisciplinary practitioner working at the intersection of architecture, planning, and systems thinking. Her work is inspired by her experiences growing up in a Bronx, New York neighborhood, steeped in the collateral consequences of intentionally designed systems of inequity. In partnership with diverse stakeholders, she seeks to cultivate reframed opportunities within spatial practice to advance equitable, humane, and just frameworks and projects shaping the conditions of our society.
David Levine
Co-founder and President, American Sustainable Business Council
David is the co-founder and president of the American Sustainable Business Council. He has worked as a social entrepreneur for over 30 years focusing on the development of whole systems solutions for a more sustainable society through building strategic partnerships and broad stakeholders initiatives.
Annarie Lyles, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Bio-Gist Ventures, LLC
Annarie Lyles, PhD, is on a mission to protect and restore the health of living systems, from individuals to habitats. Her work spans governance and activism with corporations (both for-profit and tax-exempt), supporting applied R&D initiatives, and managing impact investments. She also leads the family side of a closely-held private business, and advises several entrepreneurs and funds. She leads working groups on how businesses can better align with eco-health for a few impact business networks.
Heather Mason
Founder and CEO, Caspian Agency
With over 20 years experience and numerous international and local awards of recognition, Heather Mason is an expert when it comes to event innovation, design and execution. Heather founded Caspian Agency in 2005, a firm known for convening strategy, production and training.
Michael Peck
Co-founder & Executive Director, 1worker1vote
Michael Alden Peck serves as board member (executive and governance committees) for the American Sustainable Business Network and was the 2019 recipient of ASBC’s Sustainable Leaders Award.
Anne Robertson
Founder, Toxic Free Future for Our Children
Anne is a dedicated advocate of environmentally conscious organizations and has served on the boards of several national environmental health organizations and has concentrated her energies on toxic chemicals and human health, especially the health of our children. She has recently launched Toxic Free Future for Our Children to address the global toxicity crisis.
Juan Saldaña III – Interim Chair
Founder & Managing Principal, P3 Markets, LLC
Juan Saldana is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovator with a passion for real estate and entrepreneurship. Currently, he serves as the Founder and Managing Principal of P3 Markets, LLC, a position he’s held since February 2018. At P3 he co-developed a 100MM mixed-use/mixed-income commercial/retail property that includes 50% affordable housing, and leads efforts with TIF, acquisition, project investment, community equity RDA, WBE/MBE procurement opportunities, local ownership/leasing, and project management. Juan is also the developer of Xquina Cafe, an impact investment in real estate with the Foundation of Little Village responsible for delivering 11K of commercial retail, office, and shared office space with 5MM budget. He is also the Technical Assistance provider to the City of Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity Fund and provides owner-representative services to 15 companies that represent 12MM of local investment
Lisa White Pipe
Council member for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Councilwoman White Pipe is a Council member for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe representing the Bull Creek Community, which is located in Gregory, SD. Lisa has a Bachelor’s degree in Business with and emphasis in Management and a minor in accounting. Lisa has worked for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe for over 18 years, most recently employed with the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court as an assistant Public Defender.
Kyle Datta
Senior Advisor, Roland Berger
At Ulupono, Kyle is responsible for developing partnerships with stakeholders, policy makers, and community organizations. He also oversees the systems thinking approach for Ulupono, where he supports sustainability by promoting the acquisition of large-scale catalytic changes to improve the quality of life for and self reliance by promoting
Pat Heffernan, Chair
Founder and President, Marketing Partners, Inc.
Pat established Marketing Partners, Inc in 1992, where she has produced a portfolio of award winning marketing, communications, and media plans for public information campaigns and products. Prior to founding Marketing Partners, Inc., she served as the associate dean at the Vermont Law School. She is a founder and first president of Vermont Businesses for
Susan Inglis
CEO, Sustainable Furnishings Council
Susan served as founding Executive Director of Sustainable Furnishing Council (SFC) and continues to support the organization. She has worked alongside furniture industry leaders to establish a set of standards for the sustainability of furniture products and manufacturing practices. Susan developed programs to promote and educate the industry and attracted hundreds of companies to join the organization.
Sandra McCardell
President, Current-C Energy Systems, Inc.
Sandra joins the ASBC Board of Directors with more than 22 years of promoting energy efficiency and sustainability. She founded Current-C Energy in 1996, an energy efficiency consulting firms to businesses, nonprofits, government, and educational institutions. Her passion for the responsible use of water and energy generation drives her consulting
Wiley Rhodes
CEO, One Step In Foundation and Newpoint Gas, LLC.
CEO & Founder of the Newpoint companies including Newpoint Gas, LLC, a net zero emissions at source energy engineering company specializing in designing efficient gas processing facilities including a full range of modular gas processing and treating units. Previous experience with cryogenic gas processing facilities and technologies.
Steven P. Salsberg
Chairman, Global Access Group
Steven is the Chairman of Global Access Advisors and serves on the Board of GROWNYC (formerly the Council on the Environment of New York City), where he was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Steven is also an active member of numerous other boards including the Board of Visitors of the CUNY School of Law, The Friends of Hudson River
Juan Verde
President, Advanced Leadership Foundation (ALF)
Juan is an International expert on strategy, innovation, and sustainability and former co international director of the 2012 Obama campaign. Currently, President of the Advanced
Leadership Foundation, a Washington DC based 501(c)(3) organization devoted to identifying and developing the next generation of social, business, and political leaders.