Geographical: Australia, Africa, Global

Paula is the founder of The CSR Group (www.thecsrgroup.com) –a leading consulting firm specializing in CSR strategy and communications. Her work at The CSR Group includes working with Fortune 500 companies on CSR Strategy, Ethics, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability Reporting, and CSR Communications. Clients have included Dell, Brown Forman, The Coca Cola Africa Foundation, Devon Energy, The McGraw Hill Companies, AMD, Whole Foods, and others. Prior to founding The CSR Group, Paula was the Director of Corporate Ethics with Compaq Computer Corporation, and has held many other senior management positions in her career.

Paula is a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches a course in the McCombs School of Business on Global Issues in CSR and Sustainability, and a course on Sustainability Issues in Marketing. She was an official delegate to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) - the World Summit on Sustainable Development -in Johannesburg, South Africa, August-September 2002. She is a frequent speaker and consulted expert on CSR, Sustainability and Ethics.

Paula's professional associations have included:

·         Founder Advisory Board, World Congress on Information Technology 2006

·         Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Business Ethics Roundtable, 1999 to 2000

·         She currently serves on the BOD/ Selection Committee of the Austin Ethics in Business Awards 

·         Business for Social Responsibility

·         Ethics Officers Association

·         Alumni Advisor to Net Impact at Thunderbird, and at UT

Additional Professional Experience: Paula's experience includes working as the U.S. marketing consultant to the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2002, held in Adelaide Australia. She was also the Director of Marketing at numerous companies and taught a course on Entrepreneurship for Women for four years Paula worked with the National Women's Political Caucus in Washington, D.C., planning the first Women's Inaugural Ball honoring women in politics. She served on the Host Committee for the Asian Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Seattle. She worked for Tenneco Inc. in International Development. She worked as a geologist in the oil and gas and mining industries in the Australian Outback for three years.

Education: Paula holds a Master's degree in International Business (MBA) from Thunderbird (The American Graduate School of International Management) and a Bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed a Managing Ethics in Organizations course at Bentley College. She is a graduate of the 1997 class of Leadership Texas. Paula is proficient in Spanish and French, and has US and Australian residency.

For a full list of Paula's speaking engagements and media interviews, click here.

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