An Executive Director and additional Board Members will be listed soon

Paul Linzmeyer: Board Member   

"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 notheast Wisconsin economic community, now referred to as the 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.

 

Recently, Paul was appointed by the US Department of Commerce to represent our country in Paris at 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: Board Member

Steve Dunn is Chair of the Supply Chain and Operations Management department at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.  Dr. Dunn received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in 1992, with an emphasis in Logistics and Operations Management.  He has taught courses in supply chain management, project management, business consulting, entrepreneurship, ethics, and strategy. 

In addition, Steve is on the faculty of Environmental Studies and teaches environmental management at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.  He is the founder and director of the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Processes and Environmental Research (CASPER) at UWO.  Dr. Dunn has worked on environmental projects with The World Resources Institute, the US Agency for International Development and taught in the graduate environmental program at Lund University in Sweden.  He is a member of the United Nations Global Business Forum on the Environment.  Prior to his UWO experience, he was Associate Professor of Management and founder/director of the Institute for Business and the Environment at Idaho State University.

He is the author of numerous articles and has co-authored two books.  His articles have appeared in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, the International Journal of Production and Operations Management, the Journal of Business Logistics, the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Industrial Management, Transportation Journal, and the International Journal of Logistics Management.  He has spoken at numerous international conferences and events. 

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Dunn spent over ten years with HJ Heinz, Inc. and John Labatt Ltd. in various managerial positions including project manager for corporate MRP II implementation and plant operations manager.   He is a partner with The Sage Group, a strategic management consulting firm whose clients have included Nabisco, Con-Agra, Lockheed-Martin, Farm Bureau Insurance and Kraft Foods.  His consulting and teaching assignments have taken him to Europe, Asia and South America.  Dr. Dunn is certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the Educational Resource Society and is a member of the Academy of Management, the Association of Applied Sports Psychology and the Canadian Association of Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Dr. Dunn’s current research focuses on the application of environmental management in the supply chain.  His most recent book, The Green Baron: A Business Parable on Ecolution was published in June. 

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Jim Armstrong : Board Member   

   Jim is Founder and Creative Director of Good For Business. Good For Business is communications company dedicated to helping clients unearth, capture and communicate their ‘cause’. Jim believes a businesses and organizations aren’t just brands to be built, but causes to be believed in. The noble ‘cause’ of a business can truthfully and authentically move hearts, minds and markets. Jim’s commitment to this value proposition results in creating, purpose-led communications everyone can profit from.

Good for Business evolved out Jim’s twenty-five years in marketing, advertising a design– a career where he always noticed his passion and creativity climb a notch or two whenever he was involved in ‘meaningful’ and ‘compassionate’ communications.

He’s helped market everything from safe sex and safe deposit boxes to light pizza and lighting for Broadway to banking in your pajamas and investing in third world countries. He’s developed campaigns for everything from AIDS Awareness (on display in the Smithsonian), Crack (rolled out nationally at a grassroots level) Illiteracy and At-Risk-Youth to World Hunger, Domestic Violence, Teen Pregnancy, Global Tolerance and International Cooperation. He’s partnered with Nobel-Prize winning organizations and groups who couldn't afford to pay their heating bill. He’s helped businesses ranging from power bars and silicon chips to hotels and hospitals build their core-values and beliefs into enduring value propositions. Jim has created socially-responsible messaging in sectors ranging from the environment and energy to education and economic development. He has developed numerous communications briefs based on the ‘inside-out’ Mission in a Message methodology for clients around the world – from Leadership Institutes in New Zealand to Corporations in the United Kingdom to University’s in New York.

Prior to founding Good For Business, Jim served as Partner and Creative Director the nation’s leading integrated brand development firm and President and Creative Director of Armstrong Creative for twelve years. The recipient of over 500 awards for creativity (he stopped entering over a decade ago when he discovered gold statuettes were just that), Jim ‘s work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club of New York, Communication Arts, Print and other international peer organizations. His approach to ‘branding’ was recently published in book form: BEYOND THE MISSION STATMENT: Why Cause-Based Communications Lead to True Success (Paramount Books).


Jim graduated Phi Beta Kappa and has an M.A. in Poetry and has taught creative writing and creative thinking at the University level. Through his ‘CorPoet Wordshops’, Jim has also taught organizations how explore, find and validate their core values and beliefs through artistic, poetic expression.

He is married to Kathy, a fine artist and designer. They have three children, Emily , Megan , and Michael.
 

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