ABOUT BETH

Beth Sauerhaft is a Sustainability Strategist with a PhD in arid land agroforestry who has worked in both the public and private sectors. Beth worked as the Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability at PepsiCo where she introduced sustainability to the processes in Corporate R&D and developed pilots/programs targeting enhanced social or environmental sustainability.

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Before joining PepsiCo in 2007, BETH worked for the US EPA as the Deputy to the Agricultural Counselor. Prior to working at EPA, Beth worked at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service whereshe held national leadership responsibility for Atmospheric Resource Quality Management issues.

Beth was on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation from 2011-
2015 and chaired her town’s Sustainability Advisory Board from 2010-2013.

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Beth earned her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University; has a Masters of Environmental Management from Duke University in Natural Resource Ecology; and, a BA degree in American Studies from Grinnell College.