Holly is about connections. She connects well with people, she builds bridges between them, she sees linkages
among issues, and she is a great communicator who can translate issues from one audience to another. These proclivities
and talents, combined with her extraordinary enthusiasm, organizational skills, and extensive knowledge of climate and
sustainability issues, enable her to be highly effective on whatever initiative she undertakes.
Holly
gave the best lecture on climate change I've ever heard, and I've heard Al Gore.
~Dr. Jerold Lowenstein, Fellow, California Academy
of Sciences, Recipient of the Fellow Medal, the Academy's Highest Honor
We hired EES five times. It's typical for a major company like Proctor & Gamble to go with
a big, name-brand consulting firm, but Holly and EES do superb research and analysis and pinpoint the strategic issues. Holly
has an extraordinary network of contacts that is a highly valuable resource to anyone looking to develop partnerships.
They did excellent work for us.
~George Carpenter,
Vice President, Corporate Sustainable Development, Proctor & Gamble
Holly and her colleagues
brought to our project a wealth of connections and a very high level of professionalism and energy, which made a real difference
and helped us succeed in a new area for the company.
~Pierre Delforge,
Environmental Sustainability Programs, Hewlett Packard
Holly's paper and presentation
were a tour de force, outstanding. The leaders were stunned by her information which motivated them to pass a resolution requiring
all future meetings to be plastic-free and to continue using their influence to help solve the plastics crisis.
~Thomas Axworthy, Secretary General of the InterAction Council, and former Principal Secretary and Chief Speechwriter for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
It was a great experience working with Holly Kaufman and her team. We are quite happy! She did an extremely
thorough job, gave us so much more in both quantity of information and quality of assessment than I ever expected,
they over-performed. She used her personal contacts to discover obscure but very valuable information. She made
us think about questions and resources we never would have come upon and the final product will help us make critical
decisions to move forward with our work. The next time we have a need, we would definitley hire her again.
~Doug Boucher, Ph.D, Director, Tropical Forest & Climate Initiative, Union
of Concerned Scientists
Holly has the unusual ability to both see the "big picture"
and be attentive to details. That makes her an excellent manager.
~Ivonne
A-Baki, Ecuadorian Ambassador to the U.S. and Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Trade, Industry & Fisheries
Holly and her team were absolutely wonderful to work with. She provided detailed
and thorough research and analysis for C40 and we couldn't thank her enough for her hard work and passion!
~Laura Jay, Regional Director for North America at C40 Cities
| Holly and
her team were much more than the usual consultants - they really put their heart into this project. That is what
motivated our members to get engaged and bring a new energy and cohesion to our organization. ~Dr.
Joh Henschel, International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER), Namibia EES led a dynamic, participatory strategic planning process which energized our international membership and got them
involved in planning the future of their organization... ILTER is continuing to strengthen and grow, and for that we
owe Holly a big thank you. ~Dr. Steve Hamburg,
Science Director, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF); Co-Chair, US-ILTER International Committee; Lead Author, Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change I've worked with Holly for over fifteen
years. Whenever I need something done right, done quickly and thoroughly, I turn to Holly. ~Ray Clark, Associate Director, White House Council on Environmental Quality What was particularly effective, in addition to the fine job you did identifying
our target audiences and bringing the coalition together on a strategic outreach plan, was the emphasis you put on the
follow-up steps we needed to take to ensure that we implemented it. Your insistence on follow through worked, and
the plan became the roadmap to a successful outcome. ~Karen
Garrison, Co-director, Ocean Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Holly has provided tremendous value by introducing us to and garnering the support of influential business leaders who
want to amplify their business opportunities and improve the US economy by being at the forefront of environmental stewardship. ~Kathryn Phillips, former Manager, Clean
Air Campaign, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF); Director, Sierra Club California Holly has become a trusted source of sound advice and wise guidance. Holly's range of experience, diplomatic skill
and deep understanding of sustainability issues make her an invaluable resource! ~Margaret Bruce, Director, Center for Climate Action |
