Partnerships Director of Brands for Better Foundation.
Monika currently inspires and guides business to become a force for good, uncovering and maximizing their potential for positive environmental and social impact.
Her corporate career began in Europe with high tech giants, until she transitioned to Vancouver BC, where she focused on Digital Media. Always an innovator, in 1994 she founded a production company that focused on interactive corporate communications that created online communications strategies and websites for clients such as the BC Yellow Pages and ICBC. Monika realized that her work needed to better reflect her values in environmental and social sustainability, so she brought her experience in business and of best business practices within a sustainable framework together to found Greenworx Inc., specializing in the development of sustainability strategy and action plans. She is also the co-Founder and was Executive Director of the Board of Change, a Vancouver business network with the mission to foster an economic model that values the pursuit of social and environmental sustainability equally with the pursuit of profit – a network close to 1,000 businesses strong. Born in Vienna, Austria, Monika is fluent in French, German and English, is learning a few more, holds a degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, is a certified Yoga instructor and avid world traveller.
