President at Sustainability Associates
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- President at Sustainability Associates
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- Director, Ecological Affairs and Sustainability at Aveda Corporation
- Co-Founder and Executive Director at Alliance for Sustainability (formerly International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture)
- Grain Merchant and Assistant to the Chief Economist at Cargill Corporation
- Co-Founder and Co-Director at Sacramento Community Garden Program of the Cooperative Extension Service
- Education
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- Natural Step Instructors Program
- Yale University - Yale School of Management
- University of California, Davis
- Claremont McKenna College
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Terry Gips’s Summary
Terry Gips is a widely published ecologist, agricultural economist, sustainability business consultant, Adjunct Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, independent Natural Step Framework (NSF) instructor and speaker with more than 30 years experience in global environmental leadership, policy, sustainable development, business management and consulting.
He is the President of Sustainability Associates, which works with business, government, communities, hospitals, architects, educational and religious institutions and nonprofits to reduce costs, improve performance and strategic position, and achieve ecological soundness and social responsibility through leading edge sustainability thinking, NSF training, auditing, technical consulting, public policy, strategic marketing, and capital formation.
Previously, he served as Aveda Corporation Director of Ecological Affairs and Sustainability, where he was responsible for assuring the soundness of all aspects of Aveda operations. Earlier, Gips was co-founder and President of the International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (now the Alliance for Sustainability, www.afors.org) in Minneapolis. Gips wrote the widely-acclaimed Breaking the Pesticide Habit, co-authored The Humane Consumer and Producer Guide, served as technical editor of Reviving the Land, edited Manna, and wrote numerous articles based on his work in more than 45 countries.
He was White House aide to President Carter, Congressional Legislative Assistant to US Representative John Krebs, Cargill economic analyst and grain merchant, and co-founder and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service’s Sacramento Community Garden Program. He also has worked as a brokerage assistant with the Wall Street investment firm Neuberger and Berman and as an aide to US Representative Abner Mikva.
Terry Gips’s Specialties:
Work with private, public and nonprofit sectors to save money, improve performance, become environmentally and socially responsible & have more fun thru cutting-edge sustainability thinking, design, visioning, coaching & assessments, Natural Step Framework and Personal Sustainability training, keynotes, organizational and policy development, marketing & capital formation.
Terry Gips’s Experience
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President
Sustainability Associates
(Environmental Services industry)
Currently holds this position
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Director, Ecological Affairs and Sustainability
Aveda Corporation
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
I served as Aveda Corporation Director of Ecological Affairs and Sustainability, where I was responsible for assuring the soundness of all aspects of Aveda operations. I played a leading role with Aveda’s first internal eco-audit, its landmark ECO-Salon Program, major packaging redesign and life cycle analysis, extensive organic program, corporate philanthropy, and worldwide speaking and eco-education.
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Co-Founder and Executive Director
Alliance for Sustainability (formerly International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Food Production industry)
1983 — 1994 (11 years)
For more than a decade he helped develop the concept of sustainability and worked to have it become widely accepted around the world through publications, speaking and policy efforts, from Minnesota’s cutting edge organic certification program and pesticide legislation to the United Nation’s Earth Summit Agenda 21 sustainable agriculture provisions.
Gips wrote the widely-acclaimed Breaking the Pesticide Habit, co-authored The Humane Consumer and Producer Guide, served as technical editor of Reviving the Land, edited Manna, and wrote numerous articles based on his work in more than 45 countries. He was selected to serve on the MN Pollution Control Agency’s Waste Pesticide Task Force, the MN Department of Agriculture’s Organic Advisory Committee, Minneapolis Public Library Blue Ribbon Task Force, and the MN Environmental Quality Board’s Ground Water Advisory Committee, which help develop and pass Minnesota’s landmark ground water legislation. -
Grain Merchant and Assistant to the Chief Economist
Cargill Corporation
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)
1981 — 1982 (1 year)
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Co-Founder and Co-Director
Sacramento Community Garden Program of the Cooperative Extension Service
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Food Production industry)
1974 — 1976 (2 years)
Began 20 community gardens involving more than 4,000 people in some of the worst housing projects of Sacramento, CA
Terry Gips’s Education
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Natural Step Instructors Program
Instructor, Sustainability, 1996 — 1996
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Yale University - Yale School of Management
MBA, Public and Private Management, 1978 — 1980
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University of California, Davis
MS, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1974 — 1976
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Claremont McKenna College
1969 — 1973
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Terry Gips’s Interests:
Sustainability, health, wellness, creativity, organics, politics, social responsibility, environment, sports, training
Terry Gips’s Groups:
He volunteers as President of the Alliance for Sustainability (www.afors.org) and Board member of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, Congregations Caring for Creation and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. He is a member of the Social Venture Network and was Co-Chair of Business for Social Responsibility--Upper Midwest, President of the Wedge Coop and Board member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, Organic Growers and Buyers Association, National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network, University of Minnesota Hillel Foundation, Skiers Ending Hunger, Rancho La Puerta Spa and Resort, and the Dakotas, and CERES (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies), where he helped develop the CERES Principles for corporate environmental responsibility.
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Sustainability Working Group
Terry Gips’s Honors:
Giraffe Award for risks taken to protect the environment
Terry Gips’s Contact Settings
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