Mary Nattrass
Mary Altomare has been instrumental in helping to define the strategic vision for dozens of organizations throughout North America, Central America and Europe, and coaching them through successful change initiatives. She has held senior administrative positions at Yale and Duke universities. As the first director of Duke University’s Center for International Development Research, Mary had chief executive responsibility for planning, implementing, and financing innovative programs. She has consulted to the World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development, the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina, and numerous environmental, scientific and research organizations. Prior to forming Sustainability Partners, Mary and Brian Nattrass led the consulting practice of The Natural Step in the US and Canada. In 2004, Mary was awarded a Batten Fellowship at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, to pursue research and writing on sustainable business practices and sustainable innovation.
Mary is the coauthor of three books with Brian Nattrass (see above) on sustainability and corporate responsibility. Their most recent book, DANCING WITH THE TIGER: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step (2002), focuses on the dynamics of innovation, organizational transformation, and the integration of more sustainable business practices. It features detailed case studies providing some of the latest learning from their clients such as Starbucks, Nike, the US Marines, the City of Seattle, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, and the global engineering firm of CH2M HILL. A previous book, THE NATURAL STEP FOR BUSINESS: Wealth, Ecology and the Evolutionary Corporation (1999), has become an international sustainability bestseller, and is used by businesses, universities, and government agencies around the world.
Contact: maltomare@sustainabilitypartners.com
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