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Terry Gips

IndividualAlliance for Sustainability

Biography

He has been a sustainability leader in the public, private and nonprofit sectors for 50 years as a director, legislative assistant, consultant, agricultural economist, Natural Step Instructor, speaker and author of Breaking the Pesticide Habit and The Humane Consumer and Producer Guide.

Terry volunteers as President of the Alliance for Sustainability, which he co-founded in 1983 following sustainable agriculture in 45 countries. As CEO of Sustainability Associates, he works with business and institutions to save money, improve performance and become sustainability leaders.

He has been a White House and Congressional aide, Aveda Director of Ecological Affairs and Sustainability, Cargill economist, International Alliance for Sustainable Executive Director, Wall Street brokerage assistant, Minneapolis College of Art & Design adjunct faculty and Sacramento Community Garden Program Co-Founder. He completed his MS in Agricultural and Applied Economics at UC Davis and MBA at Yale.