Denise earned a Bachelors’ degree in Environmental Technology with a minor in Environmental Toxicology from North Carolina State University and a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) from Duke University. Denise is a sustainability professional with 15 years of experience providing advisory services for environmental, climate and sustainability programs. She has extensive experience in project management, climate strategy, ESG disclosures and is an expert in conducting Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emission inventories.

Denise supports strategic planning at the programmatic and project level as it relates to corporate sustainability and climate strategy. Her experience ranges from establishing processes for corporate programs that involves collaboration across cross-functional client teams, assessing mitigation options to reduce impacts, and strategy around advocacy and stakeholder engagement on ESG related topics. Denise also has experience with designing and implementing holistic environmental data collection and reporting systems, third-party validation efforts for environmental data, marginal abatement cost curves, forecasting emissions and tracking key performance indicators against a baseline, benchmarking studies, supporting materiality assessments, and submitting compliance reports. She is most satisfied when she helps clients improve their ESG rating/ranking scores, develop solutions along the company’s path to net zero and evaluate options that will decarbonize supply chains.