Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director –
Rosalinda began her environmental career with the American Wind Energy Association in Washington, DC, in research and communications. She has written on the construction industry for Builder/Architect and on the environment, sustainability and marketing for The Guardian, CSRWire, Kosmos and various outlets. She has taught environmental policy and team-taught field classes combining ecology and policy in Florida and Belize. As a program manager for the North Florida Land Trust she focused on protecting environmentally significant places through B2B, educational and private/public easements.
Rosalinda formerly served as treasurer for the Northeast Florida Green Chamber and at that time advised Collins Capital Management where she was instrumental in developing the first SRI portfolio specific to northeast Florida. She now is an advisor for Synergy Asset Strategies, Inc., and 3 Sisters Asset Management. She is the managing director of and serves on the judges panel of the EthicMark® Awards for advertising that uplifts the human spirit and society. She continues as a speaker on environmental issues and is thrilled to work with Ethical Markets Media to promote socially and environmentally responsible behavior from finance and economy perspectives.
Most recently, she has joined the Board of Directors for ISSP, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, chairing the Policy and Partners committee.
Rosalinda’s childhood years hiking through Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest informed her belief that we must engage in sustainable behaviors to preserve the magnificent world we inhabit. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Troy University. After receiving awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Hispanic Foundation, she earned a masters in Environmental and Resource Policy as a George Washington Fellow at George Washington University in D.C.