L. Hunter Lovins is President and Founder of Natural Capitalism. For 20 years the founding CEO of strategy for Rocky Mountain Institute, she has served on numerous government and private-sector boards, taught at universities in the US and Europe, and is in high demand as a business speaker. A member of the California Bar; she has authored dozens of papers and nine books, including Natural Capitalism. She has consulted for governments and the private sector, briefing senior management at the International Finance Corporation, DuPont, Xanterra, Interface Inc., Bank of America, Allstate, Royal Dutch/Shell and many other companies. She holds a J.D. from Loyola University and various honorary doctorates. In 2000 Hunter was named a “Hero of the Planet” by Time Magazine. She is a founding Professor of Business at Presidio World College School of Management.

Paul Sheldon specializes in organizational development, and staff training. He has consulted widely to businesses, governments, non-profit groups and philanthropists, as well as serving as an Underwriting Consultant to California's State Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund. His clients have included General Motors, Bank of America, Muzak, Suzuki Motors and a number of cities and local organizations. Paul also has extensive business experience in wholesale and retail travel, hospitality, real estate, personnel and insurance industries. He helped to organize the Los Angeles-based TreePeople, Friends of the Los Angeles River, and many other non-profit organizations. Paul holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Human Development and a lifetime college teaching credential in Business and Industrial Management. Since 2003, Paul has worked closely with Hunter Lovins, teaching “Principles of Sustainable Business Management,” “Implementing Sustainable Business Practices,” and “Effective Management, Communication and Action” at Presidio School of Management, the first fully accredited M.B.A. program in Sustainable Management. He lives in Mill Valley, California, with his wife and two friendly dogs.

Christopher Juniper has been an innovator in economic development practices and policies for eighteen years as a consultant, as Policy and Business Development Manager for the Portland Development Commission (Oregon), and as Executive Director of the SouthWestern Colorado Economic Development District (Durango). He served as Rocky Mountain Institute’s first Natural Capitalism Practice Director, and has developed tools for organizations to use Natural Capitalism including a complete Field Guide, EMS integration tool and Life-Cycle Analysis tool. His academic training at The Colorado College (B.A. Economics) and advanced studies at Colorado State University focused on environmental economics and land-use planning.

Jeff Hohensee 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.

Brianna Buntje As Research Director, Brianna Buntje manages all efforts on the Climate Protection Manual for Cities project. Her other recent accomplishments include lead researcher on aspects of consulting projects for USAID to Afghanistan and On The Frontier (OTF) Group as well as for Clif Bar.

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