KoAnn is Founder, Chairwoman, former CEO and now Chief Catalyst & Community Builder at Sustainable Brands PBC, conveners of the internationally respected Sustainable Brands community. Through Sustainable Brands, she and her team lead the global conversation about how 21st century brands can, and are delivering new business value through innovation for environmental and social purpose. In addition to overseeing direction and strategy at SB, she writes and speaks around the world on the shift in consumer demand and the opportunity for brands to respond by changing the way they think of and deliver against their role in society. She has served on the external sustainability advisory council for both P&G and Target, as faculty for Harvard's Leadership for Sustainability Exec Ed program, and was awarded the Hutchens medal from ASQ, (American Society for Quality) which recognizes exceptional leaders in social responsibility and sustainability. 
Before launching Sustainable Life Media, now Sustainable Brands PBC in 2004, KoAnn founded and led a boutique management consultancy focused on helping enable breakthrough financial performance through purpose-driven leadership and improved organizational alignment.