Mary Ellen Mika
Director, Global Compliance and Sustainability, Steelcase
Mary Ellen Mika is Director of Global Compliance & Sustainability for Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry. She leads a team responsible for the company’s energy, renewable energy, and climate change response strategies including the development of science-based targets for greenhouse gas emissions; managing compliance with environmental regulatory requirements for products, facilities, and operations including implementation of the company’s ISO 14001 environmental management system and addressing environmental due diligence for potential acquisitions; pursuing product certifications for sustainability and indoor air quality; tracking and reporting waste, water, energy, recycling and composting efforts and setting goals for continuous improvement.
Mary Ellen is a LEED-accredited professional and recently served on the Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group for U.S. Green Building Council. She has a B.S. in Biochemistry, an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and over thirty years of experience in environmental consulting and industry.
My Sessions
Fahmida Ahmed Bangert
Sravan Chalasani
Sue Chiang
Sarah Church
Karen Cook
Denise Curtis
Mikhail Davis
Patricia Dillon
Tim Dombeck
Chris Erickson
Jeff Frost
Claire Kells
Kealy Herman
George Hodge
Rebecca Holliday
Alison Kinn Bennett
Billy Linstead Goldsmith
Michael Jones-Bey
Mary Ellen Mika
Molly Morabito
Josh Nothwang
Anastasia O’Rourke
Sarah O’Brien
Douglas Pilgrim
Joan Prummel
Jonathan Rivin
Gerald Robinson
Andrew Savini
Stephen Schulman
Toby Simpson
Parker Townley
Trisha Taneja
Cuno Van Geet
Liyang Wang
Chip Wood
This session is for innovative projects that are ready to be LAUNCHED, JOINED, EXPANDED, or REPLICATED! Presenters give an overview of new and innovative projects that advance sustainable purchasing. Attendees claim a seat at a roundtable with a topic of interest to them. Topics are repeated three times. Read more here about what to expect … read more >>