Jeff Hohensee:

Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.)

Jeff Hohensee is a change management expert who has been working in business, education and sustainability for over twenty-five years. He started his career in corporate finance working for Barclays American Business Credit and Fuji Bank subsidiary Heller Financial. He specialized in time and motion studies, department reorganizations, cash management, financial analysis and negotiations. Jeff left the private sector to teach. He worked as a public school teacher and as an adjunct faculty at Citrus College. He served as a consultant, advisor and program developer for numerous organizations including: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Education, CalEPA, California Integrated Waste Management Board, California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, California Department of Forestry, California Water Resources Control Board, Los Angeles County Board of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, City of Los Angeles Watershed Protection Division, Council of Environmental Educators, Youth Service California, the YMCA and the national, regional and local Boy Scouts of America. Jeff then worked as the Program Director and Education Director at TreePeople where he pioneered work on education, community building and social marketing that touched the lives of millions of people. Jeff frequently advises on environmental sustainability, community building and business development and has extensive experience in curriculum development, program evaluation, civic engagement, project management, business planning, strategic planning, focus groups, organizational development and change management.

Jeff has facilitated change management in academic institutions, business, nonprofits and government agencies to internally evaluate effectiveness, bring on board new initiatives, undertake and implement strategic planning and organizational development, instigate strategic partnership development and overcome barriers to innovation.

He is an inspiring speaker whose interviews and presentations include print media, television, DVD movie featurette, universities, professional associations, business, government agencies and community groups. He has keynoted such conferences as California Youth Service, Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Consortium annual meeting and the U.S. EPA Community Leadership Conference.

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