Susan Svoboda

Susan Svoboda is President of the Realia Group, which she founded in 1995.  She develops and delivers executive education and strategic change programs focused on integrating sustainability into business strategy.  Susan is the co-developer (with Stuart Hart) of the Sustainable Value Lab, a business and environment strategy simulation exercise, which has been run for approximately 5,000 people on 4 continents. 

 

She has led lab sessions and workshops for managers and executives from companies such as General Electric, Philips, Office Depot, Agilent Technologies, & Daimler Chrysler Services and at universities such as Stockholm School of Economics, University of Michigan, Cornell, Bainbridge Graduate Institute and for NGOs such as USBCSD, WWF and SustainAbility.

 

She was also an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, in the Science, Technology and International Affairs department for nine years.  Susan served as the Managing Director of the Corporate Environmental Management Program at the University of Michigan (now the Erb Institute) from 1992-1995.

 

She holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.