Our Team
Noah Oppenheim
BCCA National Policy Coordinator
National Policy Coordinator. Noah is a natural resource policy specialist working to support and lift up communities and their sustainable and equitable access to resources. He’s worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska, a staffer in the US Congress, and has led a commercial fisheries trade association.
Carolyn Pincus
VP of Strategy and Development
Carolyn is the VP of Strategy and Development at the American Sustainable Business Network. Previous to joining American Sustainable Business Network, Carolyn Pincus was a small business owner with fifteen years in the food and beverage industry. She holds an MBA in Sustainability with a focus on Circular Economy from Bard College.
Aoife Kate Pitts
Kate is a recent graduate of the University of Alabama, where she earned a B.A. in Anthropology and a B.S. in Conservation Ecology. She has five years of interdisciplinary research experience and is skilled in spatiotemporal analysis. Her research interests lie at the intersection of sustainable livelihoods and equitable, ethical conservation efforts. Kate is beginning a PhD in the ICON program at the University of Georgia in the Fall of 2022, where she will study indigenous land management and community-led conservation efforts.
Thulasi Sivalingam
Manager, Programming & Events
Thulasi Sivalingam is the Manager of Programming and Events at ASBN, where she works on webinars, conferences, summits, and more. Social impact has been the focus of her education and all of her work experience. Thulasi created a Corporate Social Responsibility major at New York University, minoring in Social Entrepreneurship.
Ali-Reza Vahabzadeh
Executive Vice President - Head of Membership, Chief of Staff & ESG Policy Co-Lead
Ali-Reza “A.R.” Vahabzadeh is Executive Vice President at The American Sustainable Business Network where he is Head of Membership, Chief of Staff & ESG Policy Co-Lead. He is a solutions-oriented and organizational development professional with a strong track-record in relationship management and marketing.
Martin H. Wolf
Advisor
Martin H. Wolf
Director, Sustainability & Authenticity
Seventh Generation, Inc.
Mr. Wolf is responsible for creating frameworks for the design of sustainable products at Seventh Generation, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of ecological household and personal care products. He is also responsible for creating frameworks for more sustainable systems of commerce, and for working with other businesses, industry associations, legislators and regulators to implement those frameworks.