Paul Linzmeyer: General Partner

"There are political activists, environmental activists, social activists and now for the first time ever, a ..........BUSINESS ACTIVIST!   Paul Linzmeyer offers proven business acumen combined with a deep and abiding belief that business can benefit from the application of triple bottom line thinking."

Prior to returning to his native state, Paul Linzmeyer has been leading companies in San Francisco, Chicago and Denver .  Returning in 1994, he assumed the role of President of Green Bay based company.  After spending initial efforts focusing on the company’s business and marketing position, he founded (1999) the Employers Workforce Development Network, a private sector-led organization whose mission is to share resources and develop partnerships for creating world-class workplaces.  This private/public collaboration was one of the partners in the initial developments of a regional coalition to create an eighteen county North East Wisconsin economic community, now referred to as NEW North.  He was also the past Chair of the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce and the Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment.  He currently Chairs the Bay Area Workforce Development Board and the Industry committee of the Wisconsin Global Warming Task Force. 
 
     Along with Dr. Steven Dunn, he has implemented the Triple Bottom line high performance strategies of Innovative Sustainability for Business (ISO), Inc. at his company and seen considerable success from this process as a result.  Environmental Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Wellness, Safety, and Investing in People strategies have led his company to appreciate record financial results and stakeholder (especially customer, team member, and community) loyalty.  Effective January 21, 2008, he assumed the role of General Partner of ISO.

On April 7, 2008. Paul, appointed by the US Department of Commerce to represent our country in Paris in April for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development policy meeting.  He will be one of three TBL experts appointed by the US Department of Commerce.  He was picked precisely because of his expertise in TBL strategies and also for his role in developing regional economies.

Steven C. Dunn, Ph.D. CPIM: General Partner

A leader in the field of sustainability management, Steve is the co-founder of ISO, Inc. (Innovative Strategies for Operations), a consulting firm specializing in the ‘triple bottom line.’  He is also a co-founder of Ecolution, a not-for-profit that provides education and coursework in sustainability principles. His partner in both ventures is Paul Linzmeyer. 

Steve received his Ph.D. in business from The Pennsylvania State University.  He has an MBA from Boise State University and a BS in Zoology from California State University Long Beach.  Dunn has worked overseas with the US Agency for International Development, where he developed a series on ‘Greening the Supply Chain’, and the World Resources Institute, where he participated in their Business Environment Learning and Leadership program.  He held various mangerial positions at Labatt and HJ Heinz including plant manager.  His consulting clients have included Con Agra, Hunt Wesson, Lever, Nabisco, Ecolab, Aramark, G&K, Kraft Foods, Compaq, Golden State Foods, Heinz, Boise Cascade, Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Bajaj Automotive, Greenheck and Bay Towel.  In other words, his work on sustainability combines a rigorous, academic knowledge of  business trends with a nuts and bolts understanding of how a company can best put them into practice. 

His latest book, The Green Baron, tells the story of a CEO who thinks of himself as a "Captain of Industry.”  Eventually he transforms his thinking about the natural environment and works to change his organization, increasing profitability in the process.

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