KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz is a Founder/Chief Catalyst & Community Builder at Sustainable Life Media, Inc. based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States, North America. 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, has served 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. Prior to 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. Prior to that, she worked in business to business media for a high growth business which is now owned by Informa, where she served in positions of increasing responsibility, launching and growing media properties including magazines, conferences, trade shows, web properties and more for a wide range of markets, starting with natural resources (timber, paper, and mining,) and ending with a variety of emerging technology sectors including software and web design and development, digital video, computer game development and beyond. During her tenure she garnered extensive experience launching and growing countless product brands, as well as driving a corporate brand effort and integrating it with a global product brand portfolio spanning many market sectors. She completed her tenure there as Senior Vice President of a multinational division of United Business Media, launching and overseeing what became a $50 million division and a 150 person team.
Current Position: Founder/Chief Catalyst & Community Builder
Company: Sustainable Life Media, Inc.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States, North America
Social: Professional profiles available
Network: Extensive professional connections
