Jacquelyn Ottman | |
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Born | 1955 New York City |
Nationality | United States |
Occupation |
Founder and Principal, J. Ottman Consulting |
Founder and Principal, J. Ottman Consulting
Sustainability Strategist
Jacquelyn A. Ottman (born 1955) is a New York City-based consultant specializing in sustainability strategy, green marketing, and eco-innovation. She is the author or co-author of four books on green marketing, including The New Rules of Green Marketing: Strategies, Tools, and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding and Berrett-Koehler Publishers, February 2011). She has advised Fortune 500 companies, including GE, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter & Gamble, along with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Label She blogs at GreenMarketing.com and at WeHateToWaste.com.
Ottman is a graduate of Smith College, a private, independent women's liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts. She has also been awarded an advanced certification from the Creative Education Foundation in facilitating the Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process.
Ottman worked for over ten years in New York advertising agencies before setting up her own company, J. Ottman Consulting, in 1989. Ottman was the founding co-chair of the Sustainable Brands Conference in 2007 and continued to co-chair in 2008 and 2009, giving the keynote address on sustainable branding ideas. The former co-chair of the NYC chapter of O2, the global network of green designers and marketers, for seven years she chaired the jury of the American Marketing Association's Special Edison Awards for Environmental Achievement. She is the founding co-chair of the Sustainable Business Committee of the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York and sits on the Advisory Boards of the Centre for Sustainable Design (UK), and the Center for Small Business and the Environment.