WHO WE ARE
Todd Pooser
Todd Pooser is the founder and CEO of the Virtual Commonwealth. Todd’s book, A Systems Approach to Public Administration and Social Equity, uses cross-disciplinary science to formulate “The Plan” – a series of social policies that if enacted, will enable humanity to live in the best possible world given the conditions of our existence.
The Virtual Commonwealth is the commercial application of the concepts advanced in the book, which has been published by Information Age Publishing as part of a series on sustainability and social equity. As COO of an Ad Tech startup, Todd has raised $9M from both public companies and high net worth individuals.
Todd speaks about sustainability, social equity and the social impact of artificial intelligence. To book a speaking engagement, please reach out directly through this site.
Jeffrey Hollender
Jeffrey Hollender (Advisor) is co-founder and former CEO of Seventh Generation, which he built into a leading natural product brand known for its authenticity, transparency, and progressive business practices. Seventh Generation was sold to Unilever in 2016, Hollender remains on the Board of Directors. Hollender is also the founder and former CEO of Sustain Natural, that develops and markets sustainable feminine care products for women. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of sustainability and social entrepreneurship at the Stern Business School, New York University.
Hollender is also strategic advisor and former Board Chair of Greenpeace US; and the co-founder and former CEO and Board Chair of the American Sustainable Business Network, a coalition of 200,000 business leaders committed to progressive public policy. He is also the author of his seven books, including most recently, The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win and Planet Home.
Bob Gatewood
Bob Gatewood (Advisor) is the Founding CTO of athenahealth, a provider of network-enabled services for healthcare and point-of-care mobile apps, and specializes in disruptive technologies that have a positive impact on the world. He’s been the CTO/VP for several different companies in the health care, energy, and workplace solutions verticals.
Chris Perine
Chris Perine is an environmental management and climate resilience expert with over 30 years of experience advising governments, private sector firms and community groups on how to advance economic growth and social development objectives while safeguarding the natural environment and responding to the climate crisis. After spending decades working in the Global South, Chris is currently providing environmental sustainability and climate resilience advisory services to governments, corporations and foundations to improve the effectiveness and durability of their services to customers and communities, helping commercial and not-for-profit organizations with business development strategy and implementation, matchmaking developers with funders and providing customized technical assistance to not-for-profit and for-profit organizations to navigate an evolving funding landscape.