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Holly Kaufman


Holly Kaufman is founder and president of Environment & Enterprise Strategies, a consultancy that specializes in the design and management of projects that integrate business, human and environmental needs. Representative clients include Procter & Gamble and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, where she developed the President’s twenty-fifth anniversary report to Congress on environmental trends.

Ms. Kaufman was a Presidential appointee, representing the United States at United Nations’ climate change treaty negotiations for the Departments of State and Defense. She developed and executed diplomatic strategy as Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for environment and the U.S. Ambassador for sustainable development. She also managed the climate change and national security portfolio for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and served as the Defense Department’s liaison to the President’s Council on Sustainable Development.

Ms. Kaufman previously managed the environmental planning and community outreach for multi-million dollar commercial and maritime projects at the Port of Oakland and the fourth largest waste management company in the U.S. She taught ecological land management and sustainable agriculture at the University of California at Berkeley and the California Academy of Sciences. She has led community development projects or conducted research in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ms. Kaufman was awarded a Leadership Fellowship at Harvard for her Master’s studies in the integration of economic, social and environmental interests. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Conservation of Natural Resources, with Highest Honors, from the University of California at Berkeley. She speaks fluent French and conversational Spanish.
Holly Kaufman is no longer affiliated with IISD.