About Kate Gaertner

I’m the founder and CEO of the sustainability consultancy, TripleWin Advisory, where we help businesses develop circular business models and walk their own path of positive environmental and social change. 

In my past professional lives, I’ve held digital marketing management positions at XM Satellite Radio, Ziff Davis Media, and Time Inc. I founded a sustainable women’s activewear lifestyle brand called OMALA. And, I was an Adjunct Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. 

I dabble in passion projects with other leaders I find inspiring, such as serving as a Technical Advisor to the Loopt Foundation, a global nonprofit progressing zero zero-waste goals within manufacturing   

I’m lucky to have regular opportunities to speak on corporate and personal sustainability topics. I’ve written opinion pieces for TIME, Real Leaders, Forbes, Fast Company, Industry Today, and GreenBiz, and I’m a frequent guest on John Tucker’s Bloomberg Radio Small Business Report.  

I’m the author of Planting a Seed, 3 simple steps to sustainable living, which earned the 2022 Silver Nautilus Book Award and was voted one of the top 12 Global Sustainability Books to read in 2022. I’m also the recipient of the Global 50 Women in Sustainability 2022 Award from SustainabilityX Magazine.

I hold a Masters of Science in Sustainable Management from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA. from the Wharton School, and an AB from Dartmouth College. I also happen to be married to a wonderful human being and enjoy life with two great kids, all of whom call Boston home.