Joanne Sonenshine Partnership & collaboration facilitator

Joanne and I worked together at Conservation International for several years where we were in different divisions but saw our work overlap. I was continually impressed with her proactive, optimistic and high-energy approach to advising food and commodity companies about science-based sustainability practices for triple bottom line benefits, as well as her innate understanding of the importance of actively promoting projects. She's a strong writer and storyteller, a clear verbal communicator, and a strategic visionary whose can-do approach will surely serve her and her clients well. Recommend!

Joanne is a strategic thinker who also knows how to accomplish desirable outcomes on concrete tasks and projects. We worked together across teams when she was Director of Climate Strategy at Conservation International. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, she has an exceptional ability to see an issue from multiple perspectives and angles in order to devise and carry out the most-fitting solution, while building lasting partnerships. I enthusiastically recommend her and her work.

Joanne is a confident, passionate, mission-driven problem-solver who gets up every morning excited to discover new avenues to affect lasting change in the world. She quickly identifies systemic risks and strategic challenges companies face and brings together a range of stakeholders to devise solutions and implement them. She is an excellent project manager who communicates clearly with project teams in support of everyone's success. I have had the good fortune to call hear a teammate for the past two years and have enjoyed working with her tremendously.

Having worked closely with Joanne for the last few years, I am continually impressed with how responsive and proactive she is around communication outreach efforts relating to her work on sustainable food and agriculture. This includes writing blogs, strategizing around conferences and contributing quotes and information to press releases. She is a capable and knowledgeable expert – who inspires complete confidence when going before media or representing Conservation International in other external facing situations. Joanne is a consummate professional and a real pleasure to work with.

I had the pleasure of working with Joanne on CEA's "Green Team" and our Technology & Emerging Countries planning group. I was immediately struck by her enthusiasm, energy, creativity and drive. Joanne was extremely knowledgeable in the field of sustainability issues and brought an insightful professionalism to our initiatives. Moreover, her leadership, organization and pro-active approach were invaluable in all of our efforts.

Joanne's wealth of knowledge about environmental and international trade issues is surpassed only by her passion for her work, overall enthusiam, and eagerness to learn more. She is extremely detail-oriented, always pleasant, and has motivated her team at CEA toward building a successful environmental program from the ground up.

Creative, motivated, thoughtful and dedicated, Joanne knows how to apply non-traditional thinking to solve complex problems... with a smile!