SESSION TITLE: The 3 Pillars to Social Entrepreneurship
DESCRIPTION: With the rising impacts of climate change, the demand for social entrepreneurship continues to increase. Learning how to run a profitable business that gives back can seem challenging. With climate change ultimately impacting our economies, our business models will need to adapt and shift towards sustainable and circular methods.
SPEAKER: Michelle Salas, President - Lady Green Recycling Co.
Bio: "Michelle founded Lady Green Miami Recycling with a mission to serve our communities by reducing and reusing waste as well as giving back through educational and philanthropic programs.
Michelle brings over a decade of management experience, including 11 years of executive management working with top business leaders. Prior to founding Lady Green, Michelle was part of a successful start-up company that is now a leader in the U.S. for deploying greenhouse gas reduction projects and renewable energy projects. Michelle received a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from Jones College in 2007 and later pursued her Master’s in Environmental Studies at Florida International University. During her first year in graduate school, Michelle found much inspiration from her professors, peers and education, that she felt it was time to launch her recycling dream. She decided to fully invest her time and resources into creating her vision. Understanding the real value in education, Michelle continued to ‘sit’ in classes to learn the material without having to pay the cost of tuition.
In her free time, Michelle enjoys spending time with her family, friends and pets as well as training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu on a regular basis. You can catch her training BJJ or teaching self-defense classes at Gracie Barra Doral."
