Peter Locke, MBA, LEED AP, GHG IQ, RESNET Certified Energy Rater
Peter is a Co-founder and Managing Director of TerraLocke Sustainability Consultants. In addition to his work on various business, non-profit, and public sector sustainability focused projects, Peter is on the Board of Directors of Local First Chicago, he Chairs the Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance's (CSBA) Public Policy Group and acts at the CSBA's Public Policy liaison to the City of Chicago. In this role he participates on three City of Chicago task forces focused on setting standards for and incenting Green Businesses and retrofiting commercial properties. Peter also chairs the Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project's Green School's committee and is a member of the Chicago Public School's Environmental Action Plan task force, and participates in two local Chicago Public School green teams. Peter regularly speaks on a range of sustainability topics including presentations for the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Chicago Center for Green Technology, Loyola University's Continuum, Green Festival, and Columbia College.

Prior to founding TerraLocke, Peter spent 15 years in the private sector primarily as a business consultant. He spent 7.5 years working with companies to implement organization-wide programs with a focus on information systems. His engagements during this period covered organization transformation; inter-departmental decision making and coordination; process and procedure definition and implementation; 3rd party negotiation and coordination; and education and communication. Peter holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Rochester in Rochester NY and a BA in Economics from Clark University in Worcester MA.

D. John Mascarenhas, MBA, GHG IQ
John guides established businesses and entrepreneurs as a sustainability and business growth consultant. In addition to consulting to corporations and ventures, he had operating roles on the founding teams of three successful start-up ventures. John works closely with clients to create and define sustainable business strategy, prioritize goals and initiatives, and develop clear implementation plans.

John has worked exclusively in the evolving field of Sustainable Business since April 2007, including being the second Director of the non-profit Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance. There, he supported “green and greening” members, and developed programs to meet the needs of mid-size and larger Chicago businesses. John is currently an independent consultant, working with Ambassador Organics and several other sustainable ventures.

In June 2009, he completed a Certificate in Sustainable Management from the Presidio School of Management. At Presidio, John learned how to make the conceptual and quantitative business case for sustainability, and how to apply leading frameworks to plan and implement profitable sustainable practices.

John’s consulting experience includes managing a post-merger strategy and execution project for a $1.5 billion mobile telecom infrastructure company. John’s prior operating roles include strategy, partnership development, business development, and marketing strategy with FullAudio (digital music service, later sold to AOL), Second Cycle (web-based process improvement software) and Digital Senseworks (design and integration of smart home systems). Previous to that, he had eight years of increasing responsibilities in commercial real estate finance.

John earned an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School, and a BA in Economics from Bucknell University. He is becoming certified in GHG inventory quantification and LEED. He is a member of ISSP, the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, Net Impact, and the Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance.

Rachel Locke, PhD
Rachel has a long history of involvement in local and statewide environmental initiatives. She served on the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission; the "IMPAC' task force, charged with devising new statewide regulations for auto emissions inspection and maintenance in Missouri; and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Board of Directors. She has worked for the Sierra Club of Missouri, volunteered for the St. Louis Rainforest Alliance and been involved in the planning of countless Earth Day celebrations. Rachel has a PhD in Neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis and a BA in Economics from Swarthmore College. In addition to her TerraLocke role, Rachel also works in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, writing grants, developing graduate curricula and editing a textbook in neurobiology of disease, and designing the structure the University will use to present its neuroscience graduate courses on the web.

Reed Evans, GHG IQ, MAT
Reed has over a decade of experience as a Sustainability, Marketing Communications, and Media Project Consultant. She currently serves as a Quality Control Consultant for the Global Reporting Initiative Certified Training Program in the U.S. In 2009, she worked on several projects for the Andersonville Development Corporation on the cutting-edge eco-Andersonville Sustainable Business Certification Program and Green Business Incentive Program and continues to serve on eco-Andersonville’s Advisory Committee. In 2007 - 2008, Reed provided market research, marketing, and business development services for the German renewable energy company Vaillant GmbH ($3B sales, 2007) on its entry into the U.S. market with the subsidiary company Vaillant Solar Systems. Other recent projects include development of Marketing strategy for the Delta Institute Green Purchasing Consortium (Net Impact team lead) and creation of a sustainable mining program proposal for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Quito, Ecuador with Bob Pojasek and Associates.

As Principal of Reed Evans Productions, she provided international and domestic marketing communications and training project management for clients including Hewlett-Packard, Sybase, Adobe, and the Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education. Reed is a member of the Chicago Green Business Alliance, Net Impact, Illinois Solar Energy Association, and USGBC. She has published two articles about sustainability in Heliographs. Before moving to Chicago, she served on the Steering Committee of the Women In Business Roundtable in Oakland, CA and was a contributing editor for the WIBR section of the Oakland Business Review.

Reed’s degrees and continuing education includes a M.A.T. from National-Louis University, a B.A. in Rhetoric from U.C. Berkeley, , Green Tech U. Certificate from the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the graduate course Strategies for Environmental Mgmt. at Harvard University’s Environmental Management Extension School, and Greenhouse Gas Inventory Quantifier Certification.

Ronda Locke
Ronda has 17 years of product and brand management experience and has managed lines exceeding $120 million in sales. She has developed and launched numerous new product lines using integrated campaigns, including print, television, public relations, promotions and grass-roots programs. In addition she has experience pulling together businesses, politicians, local governments, and non-governmental organizations for a single community cause. Recently she chaired a committee for a local playground renovation, raising the necessary $550,000 from grants, local and state politicians, the City of Chicago's Park District, and numerous community fundraisers. Ronda continues to be a community activist volunteering for the Chicago Park District in numerous roles, formerly a board member of the East Village Association and participating in the Chicago Police Departments Peer Jury program. Ronda holds a BA from Bowling Green State University and attended Baldwin Wallace's MBA program.

Ingo Soeding, MBA
Ingo is an independent partner at TerraLocke Sustainability Consultants. He brings 15 years of strategic planning, research & analysis, product innovation, marketing, learning and change management experience working at leading global companies in the technology and automotive industries. His personal and professional expertise in connecting people and ideas from diverse backgrounds, cultures and disciplines is helping him to create new insights and strategies for sustainability transformation.

Ingo is currently engaged in several community education and startup initiatives, including working to develop and implement TheEcoExchange learning and collaboration platform and supporting the transportation component of the Edgewater Community Council Environmental Plan 2020. As part of these projects and others, he is developing a strategic framework to help accelerate broad understanding and adoption of sustainability policies, practices and technologies and the growth of new communities and markets. He also serves as Vice President of Professional Development for Chicagos Professional Chapter of Net Impact, an international organization dedicated to using business to create positive change in the world.

Ingo holds an MBA in Marketing and International Business from the University of Michigan: Ross School of Business and a BA in Organizational Communication from Loyola University Chicago. He lives in the Margate Park (Uptown) neighborhood of Chicago with his wife Mary and their son, Finn.