Gabriel Scheer is a seasoned and successful advocate for sustainability through eco-efficient business practices. Globally experienced and knowledgeable, he is locally focused and effective.
Gabriel is an engaged entrepreneur, a go-to person who can get the job done. He has broad experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors, particularly in areas related to sustainability and the environment. He is a catalyst and a connector, endlessly seeking synergies between people, ideas, and entities. He has excellent written and presentation skills, as well as analytical skills. Gabriel excels at building, extending and utilizing networks, emphasizing social marketing, creating buzz, and bringing together diverse populations.
In 2003 he founded Seattle Greendrinks, a social organization for bringing together people working in, or interested in, environmental and sustainability issues. In five years, he has grown the organization from an initial mailing list of 20 people to one of over 3,000, has attracted over 50 sponsors, and in June 2008 he produced a celebration of the organization’s fifth year of existence that drew a crowd of over 1,000 people, making Seattle Greendrinks one of the largest such organizations of over 350 worldwide.
From 2005 to 2008, Gabriel worked for Zipcar (formerly Flexcar). He spent time as program manager of a program serving low-income populations, straddling a nexus of the private, public, and non-profit sectors. As program manager, responsible for management of a $4M budget, the program surpassed all recruitment and performance goals, an achievement that saw him promoted to Assistant General Manager of the Seattle market. In that position, Gabriel oversaw all operations for the market. His final role at Zipcar was as interim General Manager for Zipcar in the Los Angeles and San Diego market, a role in which he was solely responsible for the strategic direction and performance of the Southern California market.
Prior to Zipcar, Gabriel worked as a consultant with the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment, where he created policy recommendations for increasing and improving the development and implementation of sustainably designed streets in Seattle. He also worked as Field Coordinator for Initiative I-297, which aimed at limiting radioactive and chemically dangerous waste in Washington State, and served as an intern with King County’s Recycling & Environmental Services department, working on innovative food-waste composting and e-waste recycling programs.
Outside of work, Gabriel has served on the Board of Sustainable Seattle, and is cofounder and on the leadership team of Sustainable Capitol Hill, a neighborhood group created to serve as a platform for neighborhood empowerment, particularly around ideas of sustainability. He has volunteered for the Sustainable Style Foundation, Conservation Northwest and NARAL.
Gabriel has worked and studied overseas, including in New Zealand, Japan, England, and Brazil. He holds Masters Degrees in both International Studies and Public Administration, as well as an Environmental Management Certificate, all from the University of Washington.
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Gabriel has recently completed work with Front Seat, makers of the revolutionary Walk Score. This unique tool quantifies that oft-quoted, yet previously hard to measure, cliché, “location, location, location.” GS&A helped Walk Score focus their business model, a unique challenge in a socially, not financially, driven business. GS&A helped winnow the field of perspective business avenues, exploring myriad opportunities before concentrating efforts on the real estate sector. To that end, GS&A helped identify and develop relationships with key real estate industry companies, then successfully transitioned those relationships to Walk Score staff for ongoing business development.
Gabriel Scheer runs Seattle Greendrinks, the home of Seattle’s environmental community. One project of GS&A, Seattle Greendrinks is pleased to announce an exciting new series of events, beginning in January 2009.
GS&A is made up of people with a variety of skills, all with the core belief that helping people connect makes us all stronger.
At GS&A, we look at every business challenge as an opportunity to identify, nurture, and grow strategic partnerships for the benefit of all parties. We work to be connected to everything, acknowledging that nothing happens in a vacuum, and want to make sure you are, too. What do an environmental non-profit and a farm have in common? Or a developer and a musician? We’ll show you. We will use our network, and our ability to connect individuals and companies, to help you accomplish your objectives.
We offer services specifically tailored to each client, beginning with a thorough understanding of the client’s current situation.
Producers of Seattle Greendrinks, Seattle’s premiere environmental networking event, GS&A is happy to offer green event production services to organizations large and small. We are connected to the resources you will need to produce your event in an environmentally-responsible manner, and will ensure that you both 1) produce the event you want, in a way that fits your values, and aesthetics 2) that you are able to tell the story of the event, both to your audience and to the general public.
With a broad and diverse network, GS&A offers the ability to quickly develop key strategic relationships to create new opportunities or break down existing challenges. GS&A excels at determining key relationships, internally and externally, and building relationships to complement and strengthen business practices. GS&A can facilitate connections within public, private, and non-profit sectors, with a particular emphasis on opinion-leaders.
GS&A recognizes that a key challenge to pursuing corporate social responsibility is intelligently reporting efforts. To that end, GS&A is pleased to offer guidance on reporting, as well as report compilation.
Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, the need to go green…how can your company responsibly sift through the buzz and create meaningful strategy that is good for the bottom line, stakeholders, and the planet? How can you be sure your work, and your events, are in tune with your values? Gabriel Scheer & Associates can help.
Gabriel Scheer & Associates is a consultancy focused on green/environmentally-responsible event production, corporate social responsibility and eco-efficient business.
Gabriel Scheer & Associates seeks opportunities to help companies and non-profits grow, and celebrate, responsibly. GS&A has proven experience in event production, program and project management, communications, and organizational development.
GS&A is passionate about helping people hold events that fit with sustainability-minded values. We work hard to help companies reduce costs or increase revenue through the application of environmental and social improvements. With broad general knowledge in corporate social responsibility, we are eager to work on anything from one-off event production, to implementation of a recycling program, to carbon footprint evaluation, to implementation of a full corporate social responsibility program.
