Between her manufacturing experience as a Global Head of Sustainability, co-leading and supporting the creation of third-party certification schemas for products and projects, and leading a non-profit and Parallel, it might be more helpful to list what Annie doesn’t do. As a former D1 soccer player, she believes deeply in the power of the team and isn’t afraid of a little friendly competition.

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Loves: USWNT, Coolest Aunting
Doesn’t Love: Black Pepper

With a background in physics, sustainable engineering, and third-party auditing, Rebecca has a wide range of expertise to offer when it comes to sustainability. Largely focused on the technical side of things—Rebecca says she would rather calculate operational carbon than do anything “creative” (but ironically she tends to have amazing creative ideas). She is driven by setting and seeing tangible change.

Loves: Running, dogs

Doesn’t Love: Grilled Cheese

Victoria is a sustainability strategist combining her expertise in sustainable design and engineering with experience scaling hypergrowth startups to help organizations embed sustainability into decision-making and operations. She’s passionate about helping business leaders connect their sustainability actions to strategic value, making positive-impact choices a no-brainer for business.

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Loves: Travel

Doesn't Love: Lost Luggage

Ken is the financial maestro orchestrating Parallel Sustainability's fiscal symphony. As CFO, he ensures our green initiatives are backed by solid financial strategies, balancing technical accounting with timely performance analytics and back-office administration. With Ken’s stewardship, success in offering best-in-class sustainability services is not just a vision—it's a perpetually realized and financially supported achievement that we never take for granted.

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Loves: Family, Friends, Golf, Skiing
Doesn’t Love: Bureaucracy

Colleen is the organizational powerhouse who keeps Parallel Sustainability running like a well-oiled, eco-friendly machine. As COO, she blends strategic vision with operational excellence to ensure our green goals are met with precision and flair. With her at the helm, sustainability isn't just a mission — it's a well-executed plan.

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Loves: Hiking desert trails, vintage cookbooks
Doesn’t Love: Single-use plastics

George leads growth and partnership efforts across SMS Collaborative, working with manufacturers and partners to connect sustainability strategy with real business outcomes. With over a decade of experience in the AEC industry, he brings a strong understanding of how projects move from concept to completion—and where sustainability can create meaningful value. He’s especially focused on building relationships and shaping go-to-market strategies that help organizations move from intention to action.

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Loves: Soccer, traveling
Doesn’t Love: Losing on penalties

Taylor is a multidisciplinary creative leader and strategist who brings a sharp eye for design, a deep commitment to sustainability, and a talent for translating complex ideas into powerful brand stories. As Director of Marketing and Creative Strategy across SMS Collaborative and its affiliated brands, Taylor supports all facets of brand identity, content development, and strategic communications for a suite of companies advancing sustainable transformation across industries.

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Loves: Cats, Popcorn
Doesn’t Love: Cilantro

Meet Luke, once a diligent manufacturing waste auditor, now he gets to bring his dynamic approach towards transforming the world of unseen building materials – an area often overlooked, yet pivotal for environmental change. He specializes in sustainability program development, training and education, market communication, and any hobby you can think of. 

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Loves: Tinkering + Motorcycles 

Doesn't Love: Sour Beer 

Dylan is one of our amazing scientists with a focus in sustainability. His background entails bio-pharma research and development, manufacturing, and sustainable management. He loves being able to bringing high level concepts into an easy, digestible strategy. 

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Loves: Skyline Chili 

Doesn’t Love: Celery  

Sofía supports client projects across Parallel through organization, coordination, and data management — helping turn complex sustainability frameworks into clear, actionable insights. With a background in campus sustainability and a knack for Excel, she loves finding the story behind the numbers and helping manufacturers visualize their path to impact.

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Loves: Trying new foods
Doesn’t Love: Being cold

Jen is a wordsmith wizard, message wrangler, and strategy sleuth — aka the content strategist who can take your sustainability vision and turn it into powerful, plainspoken magic. If you’ve got a story to tell, she’s already drafting it in her head.

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Loves: Golden retrievers, needlepoint
Doesn’t Love: Loud chewing

Michelle values collaboration and clarity in the verification process and is committed to helping organizations accurately and transparently communicate their sustainability achievements while upholding the integrity and independence that third-party verification depends on.