Patti Prairie
Chief Executive Officer. Patti has successfully started and transformed dozens of businesses in established companies over the past three decades. With her dual pedigree of technology and business, she is now applying her ingenuity to the climate crisis. She joined the Brighter Planet team in the fall of 2006 to lead the development of an innovative company with a socially responsible mission: to help people take smarter steps for a healthy environment. With practical, carbon emission reducing solutions for consumers and businesses, Brighter Planet is committed to demonstrating that small, day-to-day actions can make a huge difference for the environment.
Prior to joining Brighter Planet, Patti held Senior Executive positions at IBM, American Express, Beneficial Management, and BankBoston. As an entrepreneur in established companies, her diverse professional career includes developing new businesses, reengineering businesses for growth and performance, and forging strategic alliances.
Patti has been active in non-profit board service, a limited partner in an investment fund, provided due diligence for venture capital groups, done strategic consulting and taught management and marketing courses. She published articles in trade journals, co-authored books, and is a sought after keynote speaker for seminars and customer forums. Her academic grounding is a double major in mathematics and economics from the University of Minnesota as well as a double major in electrical engineering and computer science.
A long-time practitioner of conservation and efficiency, Patti and her husband Alan began recycling in earnest fifteen years ago, reduced their energy consumption over the past five years living full-time in Vermont, and traded in for lower emission vehicles. Now, she is helping to invest in renewable energy projects through her team’s Brighter Planet projects.
