ASBC Team
David Levine, Executive Director
Richard Eidlin, Director of Public Policy and Business
Engagement
David Brodwin, Communications
Elliot Jackson, Chief Financial Officer
Marc Thibault, West Coast Engagement
Sean Griffin, Staff Associate
Bryan McGannon, Campaigns Coordinator
Robyn Schwartz, Website
David Levine
Co-founder and executive director of
the American Sustainable Business Council
David has
helped build ASBC into a growing coalition of business
networks from its creation in 2009 to the present. David has directed Sustainable Economies at the Environmental Health Fund,
where his work catalyzes interest in green chemistry and the
development of innovative sustainable materials, products, processes,
and businesses. He is a founding partner of Green Harvest Technologies,
a business working on producing sustainable biobased consumer products. David has worked as a social entrepreneur for over 30 years, focusing on
the development of whole systems solutions for a more sustainable
society through the building of strategic partnerships and broad
stakeholder initiatives.
Richard Eidlin
Richard has worked on business and policy issues for over twenty-five years. He is the President of The Progress Group, which works on clean energy, social entrepreneurship, and sustainability issues.
He’s been involved with corporate social responsibility since the mid-1980s and served as an adjunct faculty member with Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship. Richard served as a Board Member with New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility (BSR) and helped found the Brooklyn-based Community Capital Bank. He is a board member of CORE, a Colorado business sustainability association and served as National Business Outreach Director for the Apollo Alliance from 2005 to 2009.
Richard has worked in the renewable energy industry and consulted to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on sustainable development programs. Richard co-directed the Colorado chapter of the Clean Tech for Obama campaign and advised candidate (and now Colorado Governor) Bill Ritter on renewable energy issues. Richard earned a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Wisconsin.
David Brodwin
David brings extensive private sector
business experience in the consulting and technology industries,
combined with executive experience in public sector advocacy and policy
work. Currently, through Brodwin & Associates, he advises nonprofits
and sustainable businesses on strategy and messaging issues.
Earlier, in the private sector he was a partner at Accenture, the
leading global technology and management consulting firm; vice president
of marketing at Radius, a computer peripherals manufacturer; and a
director at Arthur D. Little, Inc., a global management consulting firm.
In the nonprofit sector, he served as president of New Voice of
Business and executive director at Rockridge Institute, a think tank
focusing on political language and communications. David holds an MBA
from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. from Harvard.
Elliot Jackson
Elliot Jackson has worked extensively with a range of leading consulting firms involved in both sustainable development and communications. From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s he was Commercial Finance Director of a leading European communications consultancy. He also has experience working as an accountant in both the retail fashion trade and property development. He was a founding member of the UK PRCA’s finance director forum within the PR industry and became a member of the Consultancies Management Committee that provided a wide range of advice to agencies of all sizes.
Marc Thibault
Marc has over ten years of sustainable business experience, encompassing green products and comprehensive approaches developed to address current health and environmental challenges. His work resulted in bringing to market CleanWell, the first all-natural antimicrobial technology ever developed, and in founding Green Age 360, a catalyst for green solutions to fully achieve their sustainable potential and a convener for transformational sustainability initiatives. Troubled by the inadequacy of policies and practices failing to protect our communities and our environment, Marc joined the American Sustainable Business Council in February 2010 in which he engages businesses in participating in the policy debate. Prior to embracing the responsible revolution, Marc pioneered forecasting and behavioral models and internet CRMs.
Bryan McGannon
Bryan brings a broad background in issue advocacy and political campaigns to the ASBC team. Most recently he served as State Director in Ohio for the Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America campaign, former Vice President Al Gore's initiative to pass comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation, where he developed a cross-constituency outreach campaign and lead a team of 13 to implement the program. Bryan's political campaign experience ranges from Presidential (2000 and 2008) and congressional races to local ballot initiatives. In addition to working in the field, Bryan has nearly a decade of experience in Washington, D.C. in various advocacy roles. Bryan holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego and lives in Maryland with his family.
Sean Griffin
Photo coming soon
Sean brings almost a decade of experience in market research, outreach, and client communications, as well as project management. He has extensive experience in consumer-based and business-to-business market research and has created and developed new advertising, branding, and marketing concepts for several national companies. He brings high energy and a positive attitude to all his work. Sean holds a BS in Marketing from the State University of New York at New Paltz and currently lives in Washington, DC.
Robyn Schwartz
Robyn brings to ASBC varied experience in the publishing and nonprofit sectors. She most recently served as Special Assistant to the President/CEO at Homes for the Homeless, Inc. (HFH), a New York City-based social services agency, where she held crosscutting administrative responsibilities, including maintaining oversight of the technology team and databases. Robyn continues to consult for HFH as well as several other media and nonprofit entities. She holds a BA from Columbia University and an MPA with a specialization in Nonprofit Administration from the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College.
Richard Eidlin, Director of Public Policy and Business
Engagement
David Brodwin, Communications
Elliot Jackson, Chief Financial Officer
Marc Thibault, West Coast Engagement
Sean Griffin, Staff Associate
Bryan McGannon, Campaigns Coordinator
Robyn Schwartz, Website
David Levine
Co-founder and executive director of
the American Sustainable Business Council
David has
helped build ASBC into a growing coalition of business
networks from its creation in 2009 to the present. David has directed Sustainable Economies at the Environmental Health Fund,
where his work catalyzes interest in green chemistry and the
development of innovative sustainable materials, products, processes,
and businesses. He is a founding partner of Green Harvest Technologies,
a business working on producing sustainable biobased consumer products. David has worked as a social entrepreneur for over 30 years, focusing on
the development of whole systems solutions for a more sustainable
society through the building of strategic partnerships and broad
stakeholder initiatives. Richard Eidlin
Richard has worked on business and policy issues for over twenty-five years. He is the President of The Progress Group, which works on clean energy, social entrepreneurship, and sustainability issues.
He’s been involved with corporate social responsibility since the mid-1980s and served as an adjunct faculty member with Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship. Richard served as a Board Member with New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility (BSR) and helped found the Brooklyn-based Community Capital Bank. He is a board member of CORE, a Colorado business sustainability association and served as National Business Outreach Director for the Apollo Alliance from 2005 to 2009.
Richard has worked in the renewable energy industry and consulted to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on sustainable development programs. Richard co-directed the Colorado chapter of the Clean Tech for Obama campaign and advised candidate (and now Colorado Governor) Bill Ritter on renewable energy issues. Richard earned a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Wisconsin.
David Brodwin
David brings extensive private sector
business experience in the consulting and technology industries,
combined with executive experience in public sector advocacy and policy
work. Currently, through Brodwin & Associates, he advises nonprofits
and sustainable businesses on strategy and messaging issues.
Earlier, in the private sector he was a partner at Accenture, the
leading global technology and management consulting firm; vice president
of marketing at Radius, a computer peripherals manufacturer; and a
director at Arthur D. Little, Inc., a global management consulting firm.
In the nonprofit sector, he served as president of New Voice of
Business and executive director at Rockridge Institute, a think tank
focusing on political language and communications. David holds an MBA
from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. from Harvard.
Elliot Jackson
Elliot Jackson has worked extensively with a range of leading consulting firms involved in both sustainable development and communications. From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s he was Commercial Finance Director of a leading European communications consultancy. He also has experience working as an accountant in both the retail fashion trade and property development. He was a founding member of the UK PRCA’s finance director forum within the PR industry and became a member of the Consultancies Management Committee that provided a wide range of advice to agencies of all sizes.Marc Thibault
Marc has over ten years of sustainable business experience, encompassing green products and comprehensive approaches developed to address current health and environmental challenges. His work resulted in bringing to market CleanWell, the first all-natural antimicrobial technology ever developed, and in founding Green Age 360, a catalyst for green solutions to fully achieve their sustainable potential and a convener for transformational sustainability initiatives. Troubled by the inadequacy of policies and practices failing to protect our communities and our environment, Marc joined the American Sustainable Business Council in February 2010 in which he engages businesses in participating in the policy debate. Prior to embracing the responsible revolution, Marc pioneered forecasting and behavioral models and internet CRMs.Bryan McGannon
Bryan brings a broad background in issue advocacy and political campaigns to the ASBC team. Most recently he served as State Director in Ohio for the Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America campaign, former Vice President Al Gore's initiative to pass comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation, where he developed a cross-constituency outreach campaign and lead a team of 13 to implement the program. Bryan's political campaign experience ranges from Presidential (2000 and 2008) and congressional races to local ballot initiatives. In addition to working in the field, Bryan has nearly a decade of experience in Washington, D.C. in various advocacy roles. Bryan holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego and lives in Maryland with his family.Sean Griffin
Photo coming soon
Sean brings almost a decade of experience in market research, outreach, and client communications, as well as project management. He has extensive experience in consumer-based and business-to-business market research and has created and developed new advertising, branding, and marketing concepts for several national companies. He brings high energy and a positive attitude to all his work. Sean holds a BS in Marketing from the State University of New York at New Paltz and currently lives in Washington, DC.
Robyn Schwartz
Robyn brings to ASBC varied experience in the publishing and nonprofit sectors. She most recently served as Special Assistant to the President/CEO at Homes for the Homeless, Inc. (HFH), a New York City-based social services agency, where she held crosscutting administrative responsibilities, including maintaining oversight of the technology team and databases. Robyn continues to consult for HFH as well as several other media and nonprofit entities. She holds a BA from Columbia University and an MPA with a specialization in Nonprofit Administration from the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College.