History
Mango Networks was founded in 2006 by Lisa Lillelund in 2006 as a Clean Energy and Environmental Communications Company. Addressing the current and future global issues of water shortages, excess waste, use of toxic substances, and pollution from using fossil fuels for energy, Mango Networks advocates for new and better ways to live and work in more environmentally sustainable ways.
It seems fitting the term sustainability or Nachhaltigkeit as it is known in Germany was first used in the forest industry in Germany. While there are various ways to define sustainability, here are a few of our favorites:
The much quoted United Nations Bruntland Commission definition seems to capture the idea of what we should be trying to do but misses the essence of engagement and "Flourishing" as Dr. John Ehrenfeld likes to define it. UN definition: "Sustainable development is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
The French call sustainability Developpement Durable
"In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." From the Great Law of the Iroquis Confederacy.
Some like to say that A sustainable enterprise is characterized by financial health and environmental responsibility.
Lisa Lillelund, Founder and President
During the past twenty five years, Lisa has worked in the fields of environmental advocacy, clean technology, sustainability, medical testing, sports rehabilitation, healthy aging, international logistics, and automotive parts. Lisa has lived and worked in Europe for ten years with senior management positions based in the United States, Germany and Belgium.
As a Sustainability and Clean Tech Advisor, Lisa areas of expertise include strategic planning, business development, sales, marketing, employee engagement, and on-time/on-budget project management.
Lisa is a natural People Connector and enjoys bringing people together to collaborate for the greater good. Creating strategic alliances between businesses and non-profits/NGOS to increase impact is an area where Lisa excels.
In addition to her consulting projects, Lisa promotes sustainable business practices and living through her articles, presentaions and events. Lisa has authored over 60 published articles and produced several events. In 2009 she created and hosted the 2009 Solar Fest and in 2008 the Eco Film Festival of Massachusetts.
Prior to her focus on sustainability, Lisa co-founded a data networking start-up which manufactured products in China. From 1988-2001 Lisa worked in the field of sports medicine and healthy aging. As Managing Direcotr of Europe for Cybex, a manufactuere of medical testing and training equipment, Lisa opened the European headquarters in Bruxelles, Belgium where she lived from 1991-1996. Lisa also opened the first subsidiary overseas with a direct sales and service office n Hamburg, Germany where she was named Geschaftsfuhrerin (President).
During the year between receiving her BA degree from the University of Michigan and her International MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Lisa lived and worked in Germany, Austria, France and California. As a young college graduate, Lisa moved to Dusseldorf, Germany where she landed a jobe with Hitachi Metals and become one of the first female sales representatives in the European auto industry. In June 2010, Lisa graduated from the Executive Program in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Grdate School in San Francisco.
Lisa enjoys travel, foreign cultures, skiing, tennis and film. Lisa is fluent in German with dual German/American citizenship and is highly proficient in French. Lisa serves on the boards of Solar Now, Inc., the Beverly Education Foundation and on the committee of the Clean Tech InnoVenture Center of Massachusetts.
Beth Zonis, Eco Marketing
Beth is an active mentor in the Clean Teach Open Competition (formerly Ignite Clean Energy) since 2009; member of Lexington Energy Conservation Committee; member of Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition; member of Massachusetts Audubon Society; and founding member of Green Trade Association. Her clients include Bluesocket Technologies, Boston GreenFest, Enterprise Solar, Greene Lyon and Wellesley College.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Wellesley College; a Certificat de Sciences Politiques from l’Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris; a Master of Business Administration from Boston University; and a Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Southern Maine. She is fluent in French and Spanish, with some knowledge of German and Mandarin.
Sue Jennings Douglas
Sue Jennings Douglas is a graduate of Brown University, Class of 1984, with a major in Media and Modern Communications. Sue specializes in strategic public and private partnerships to advocate for educational, environmental and social causes through building effective individual, foundation and corporate relationships.
Sue joined Mango Networks, Inc. in 2008 as Strategic Marketing Manager. She is responsible for the Sponsorship and Underwriting programs for educational events and awareness campaigns for promoting Clean Energy. Sue is dedicated to advancing Clean Energy and is currently promoting the award-winning environmental film Burning the Future (www.burningthefuture.com) and organizing the 2009 Solar Field Day in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Prior to her focus on environmental issues, Sue launched her career in advertising in San Francisco for Saatchi & Saatchi/DFS and then Foote, Cone & Belding Worldwide focusing on consumer research, account planning and creative development for the following blue chip clients: Levi’s, Pillsbury, SC Johnson, Clorox and Hewlett Packard. Always seeking new challenges and driven by a commitment to serve the public good, Sue moved to Washington, DC, to pursue her passion to work in public television and radio. She joined WETA in Corporate Marketing and Foundation Development raising over $ 1 million annually to fund such premier television programs as: The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Washington Week in Review, NOVA, Frontline, and top NPR radio programs including: All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Marketplace and Car Talk. Sue worked with a full range of clients from the arts and cultural institutions such as, The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institute, The Washington Performing Arts Foundation as well as leading corporations, foundations and government funders including Boeing and Fidelity Investments.
After WETA, Sue started her own consulting business working for international foundations on children’s health issues and educational and cultural programs for The Kellogg Foundation and The Patton Stiftung Foundation.
In 2000, Sue returned to the Boston area where she grew up and is raising her family, including a happy Newfoundland and continuing to support local and national educational and environmental causes.
