KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz
Founder, CEO
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KoAnn is a seasoned business-to-business media executive whose involvement with the intersection of business and the environment dates back to the mid-1980s when she launched international conferences on improving log utilization, reducing Waste Paper, and eliminating ozone-layer destroying chemicals (CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons). Since 2003, she has devoted her full attention to the emerging field of sustainability, launching Sustainable Life Media in 2004. She has helped various media entrepreneurs and NGO's such as Sierra Club and Greenbiz.com establish their own paths to effectiveness and economic sustainability. In 2005, she produced the First International Conference on Cradle to Cradle Design in Practice with Bill McDonough, Michael Braungart, Peter Senge and others, and in 2007 launched the widely respected Sustainable Brands Conference.

Prior to founding Sustainable Life Media, KoAnn founded Organizations That Work , a management consultancy focused on her passion for helping companies deliver breakthrough financial performance through purpose-driven leadership and improved organizational alignment and learning. Prior to that she served as Sr. Vice President of Miller/CMP Media, a multinational B2B media company, where she built a division focused on serving various emerging technology markets including the Computer Game Development market and others. Through SLM, she and her team hope to provide an open space for many to benefit by innovating for sustainability. KoAnn lives with her husband, Steve and their two sons, Josh and Jake on the San Francisco Peninsula.

Jan Ballerini
Account Director
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Jan Ballerini is seasoned media sales and marketing professional with 20+ years of successful experience in developing new business in both domestic and international markets.

Prior to joining Sustainable Life Media, Jan served as an Internet Marketing Consultant for several search and online directories including ReachLocal, KellySearch (A division of Reed Business Information) and GlobalSpec. She also held other Sales Manager and Representative positions leading sales teams and establishing relationships with Fortune 1000 companies at a number of publishing companies and print publications including the IDG's Industry Standard and Publish Magazines She began her career at Miller Freeman Inc. (Now CMP Media). During her 14 year tenure she held various Trade show and Sales Manager positions and ultimately was responsible for leading a trade show group which included the Wood Technology Clinic & Show and the Northwest Manufacturing Automation Expo.

Jan lives with her husband Donald and two Cavalier Spaniels, Dillon and Archie. The Ballerinis enjoy cooking and entertaining in their Livermore wine valley home and recently started a commercial wine venture Ballerini Vineyards.

Jonathan Campbell
VP Partner Development
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Jonathan is dedicated to helping SLM partners pursue both purpose as well as profit. Prior to joining Sustainable Life Media in 2008, Jonathan was Vice President Membership Development with Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO). Jonathan previously served sales, marketing and business development leadership roles in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America with Cendant Travel Distribution, Jet Aviation, and the Australian Tourist Commission.

Jonathan is a native of Sydney, Australia and now lives in the New York metropolitan area with his wife, Lori. He also enjoys cooking and entertaining.

Marianne Condrup
Sustainable Brands Project Manager
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After studying traditional business for several years, Marianne decided to follow her passion for environmental and sustainability issues and moved to California to pursue a degree with a special focus on Sustainability in Business. After finishing up her education with a semester at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica, she joined our team to manage the Sustainable Brands Conference and other SB events.

Marianne enjoys the great outdoors of northern California, and really appreciates having both the ocean and mountains in close proximity. She loves getting out of town on weekends, preferably with a bicycle or hiking shoes in hand.

Prior to joining Sustainable Life Media, Marianne worked as an Office Manager for Space Group AS; an innovative architect’s firm in Norway and did a Business Consulting project on Ecotourism for Ecomentum LLC in Marina, CA. She graduated with an M.B.A. from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 2009 and got her BS in Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Management in 2007.

Jonathan Lydon
Sales and Sponsorship Ops Coordinator
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Jonathan is a Bay Area native, graduate of Urban High School and a 2009 graduate of Denison University in Columbus, OH where he majored in English and Philosophy. His passion for environmentalism, sustainable business and ethics led him to attend the Sustainable Brands Conference in 2009 where he met the founders of Sustainable Life Media. Prior to his position at SLM, Jonathan worked in the admissions office at Denison University where he supported the Director of Admissions. He held a Public Relations internship with the Trust for Public Land in New York City where he evaluated public playground and park sites to be selected for improvement and green initiatives. He is also experienced in the hospitality industry.

Jonathan currently lives in San Francisco, is an avid singer, loves public transportation and is addicted to discovering new restaurants/cafes/diners around the Bay Area.

Thomas Miner
Executive Producer - SLM Digital
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An accomplished operations professional dedicated to developing competitive advantage through sustainable business strategies, Thomas’ specialties lie in driving operational efficiencies and project management. His experience ranges through a variety of industries including agriculture, renewable energies and online media. Professionally, his passions lies in aligning sustainable business strategies with executable business KPI’s.

Prior to joining the Sustainable Life Media Team, Thomas was the Operations Manager for WorldCentric, one of the country’s leading distributors of bio-compostable food service products, where he focused on inventory, logistics, and supplier relations.

Thomas graduated from the Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Fisher School in 2007 with an M.B.A. focused in sustainable business strategies. He earned his B.S. degree from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA. He currently lives in Oakland, CA with his wife Esther and Boxer, Zorra.

Nikos Sarilakis
Online Marketing Research Analyst
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Nikos is an Online Marketing and Social Media Specialist with many years of experience in web marketing and strategy to bring to the Sustainable Life Media team. As the Online Marketing Director for Interwater Ltd in Greece, Nikos managed online advertising, affiliate marketing and e-communication campaigns. His passion for utilizing the web for communication brought him to California, where he completed his MS in Integrated Marketing Communications at Golden Gate University in 2009.

As the recipient of multiple awards and honors, including Excellence in Marketing Award 2008 from American Marketing Association, Nikos takes pride in his work and continues to deliver innovative online marketing strategies on a daily basis, both professionally and personally through his many online engagements.

Chip Wood
Director of Marketing
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Chip has worked in marketing and product development roles for more than 16 years. Prior to joining Sustainable Life Media, he co-founded a marketing consultancy for publishers called Next Steps Marketing, where he worked with to launch new businesses/publications and build growth in existing ones, in the publishing, Internet, consumer goods, software, and events sectors.

Previously, he worked in marketing and business development roles at CMP Media, Sybex Computer Books, Current Science/Medicine, Philadelphia Magazine and J.B. Lippincott Co. He has launched many web sites, hired and managed ad sales teams, and created advertising, sales collateral, market research and business plans.

Chip graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 with a B.A. in Communications.

Andrew Winston
Editor at Large
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Andrew Winston is author of the recently released and widely acclaimed book Green to Gold, in which he chronicles three years of research on how environmental innovators such as 3M, GE, Walmart, Johnson and Johnson, and many others are establishing new value and competitive advantage through smart eco-strategy. Andrew is a nationally recognized expert on green business, and has written for or appeared in Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Forbes, ABC News, National Public Radio, and CNBC's Power Lunch. Among other hands-on projects, Andrew has developed strategy for the environmental, quality and social stewardship functions at one of the worlds largest consumer brands and helped a large office products retailer understand its customers environmental needs. He serves on the Sustainability Advisory Council for a $7 billion division of Koch Industries.

Prior to focusing his efforts on business and sustainability, he served in senior marketing, strategy, and business development roles for an internet incubator and for media giants Viacom, Inc., and Time, Inc. and developed innovative strategies for Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, health care, telecom and education markets with the Boston Consulting Group. Andrew received his B.A., Economics, cum laude from Princeton University, his MBA from Columbias Graduate School of Business, and his Masters of Environmental Science from Yales School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. In addition to his role at SLM, Andrew is founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, a consultancy that works with organizations to help them build strategies for creating value and competitive advantage through sustainable innovation. Andrew lives with his wife and their two sons, Joshua and Jacob in lovely rural Connecticut.

Mario Vellandi
Community Engagement Manager
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A passionate design thinker and social media maven, Mario heads up community engagement and digital PR for SLM through social networks, twitter, and content sharing sites. Additionally, he writes articles and conducts interviews with leaders in the sustainable business and design landscape.

Mario's career began in sales, marketing, and product development for two consumer packaged goods firms before transitioning to digital marketing including copy writing, web design, and multimedia in 2006. Extracurricular activities include writing on branding, social media, and innovation at MelodiesInMarketing.com, biking, reading, and co-hosting a monthly green business networking event in Los Angeles.

Scott R. Broomfield
Co-founder, CFO, Secretary and Director

SLM co-founders KoAnn and Scott have known each other for well over half their lifetimes. While each has pursued different paths and logged individual successes, their shared passion for life and for learning about how the world works has always kept them in touch. Sustainable Life Media offers them the wonderful opportunity to apply complimentary skills and experience to an interest they both share: successfully catalyzing the opportunity for companies to achieve bottom-line success through sustainable innovation.

In addition to his role at Sustainable Life Media, Scott is a managing member of the board of directors and EVP of Corporate Development at Sand Hill IT Security Acquisition Corp. where he oversees the development of business strategies, including leading company partnerships and strategic alliances. Prior to that he has held several CEO roles of both start up companies which he successfully sold and large public companies who's market caps he has driven to triple digit growth. In his early career, he served as Managing Partner of Hicky & Hill, a turn around consultancy where he was responsible for overseeing acquisitions, equity recapitalizations and divestitures for various companies. Scott holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and is a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), where he was the co-chair of BENS cyber security task force and Y2K initiatives. He lives with his beautiful wife Gwen and two lovely girls, Sarah and Alyssa, on the San Francisco Peninsula.

Jason Kuhns, Esq.
General Corporate Counsel

Jason's independent practice focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies, counseling them throughout their lifecycles on strategic business transactions such as formation, debt, and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and others. Jason also represents venture capital investors in private convertible debt and equity financings. Jason was a partner at Baker and McKenzie LLP in San Francisco from 2003 to 2005 and a senior associate at Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison LLP from 2000-2002, where he represented a number of technology-oriented companies in various M&A transactions, including Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Motorola, Inc., myCFO, Inc., Securant Technologies, Inc., Topica Inc., WebGain, Inc., and McKesson Corporation. During this time, Jason also advised either the issuer or investors in more than 30 venture capital financings. Jason received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1991, his J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1995, and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1996.