Our Team

Jennifer Kaplan MBA, has more than 20 years of marketing experience with companies such as Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, Conde Nast Publications and Simon & Schuster Publishing. An Adjunct Faculty in Marketing at Marymount University, Jennifer has conducted in-depth research into consumer attitudes about how small businesses can most effectively go green. Jennifer is also a former small business owner and community activist. She brings her experience working with small businesses and her firsthand knowledge of consumer responses to going green to business owners everywhere. She is an alumnae of Barnard College and the New York University Stern School of Business.

Lise Gladstone is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator and an alumnae of the Rhode Island School of Design. Lise has more than 30 years experience designing and producing books, brochures, posters, websites, and other collateral materials for clients such as The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Washington Post, The Union of Concerned Scientists, and many small and medium size businesses. She has spent the majority of her life as a small business owner.

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Did You Know

Recovering just 5 percent of U.S. food waste represents one day's worth of food for four million people.

Recycling 35% of U.S. trash saves enough energy to fuel six million homes annually, generates $5.2 billion in raw materials each year, and reduces global warming emissions equivalent to taking 36 million cars off the road.

Americans throw away 22% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's than any other time of year.