Principals/Owners/Key Leadership Team

Liz is trained as an energy rater, water policy analyst, LEED Green Associate, and facilitator. After graduating with honors and distinction at Carleton College, Elizabeth was hired by her college as an Environmental Studies Associate to serve as the school’s sustainability coordinator, where she also built connections to the city of New Orleans. Originally from the Gulf Coast, Elizabeth moved to Louisiana to teach Earth Science and worked in the environmental non-profit field for nearly 3 years. Daughter of two independent business owners and as a previous steering committee member of Social Entrepreneurs for New Orleans (now Propeller), Elizabeth is passionate about making business sustainable. She leads the Green Chamber of Commerce Green Committee and serves on event committees for greening the Superbowl, NCAA events, and other special conferences like the USGBC Green Build Conference.Recently, Elizabeth was chosen as one of the top 50 Business Women of the Year by CityBuisness, a local New Orleans newspaper.

Batoul is a green chemist, environmentalist and researcher. She is interested in designing and manufacturing green products and processes that reduce the generation and use of hazardous substances through the use of sustainable, resource-efficient and innovative design molecules, materials and processes; and has conceived and recently founded SAVVY ELEMENT, a green-lab concept that provides environmentally friendly chemical solutions, to lessen the use of toxic chemicals both from the products & their production process; as well as workshops aiming at creating a medium to raise environmental awareness.

Previously, Batoul has worked on several green research projects that focus on waste-to-energy processes, biomass and biogas, as well as green solvents. She is a Greenpeace volunteer, an advocate of sustainability and eco-development, and is fond of horseback riding, painting and writing.