Our Team
WHO WE ARE
Leadership
ROY GREENGRASS
President
Roy is President of The ESG Group and is a CA licensed mechanical engineer. He also serves as the sustainability coach for the The FSO Institute, which provides proven industry executives and expert advisors to businesses.
His extensive industry experience Includes serving as the Director of Advanced Technology and Sustainability at a fast growing food tech startup, Impossible Foods. and numerous leadership roles in other food, CPG and manufacturing companies. Previously, he served on the executive board of PMMI’s OPX leadership network representing the CPG and Supplier Packaging Industry and authored their 2023 work product on "Journey to a successful ESG program".
DEB MCMANUS
VP of Marketing and Communications
Deb is a senior global marketing and public relations executive with extensive management experience with Fortune 500 companies. Over her career, she was responsible for elevating brands, transforming the customer experience, driving employee engagement, and growing market share of voice for B2B products in energy, high-tech, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. She has a proven record in problem-solving, program delivery, and managing high performing teams in both corporate and virtual environments.
Associations & Certifications
Harvard Business School Online - Sustainable Business Strategy
Climate Disclosures Standard Board - Certificate of Completion
ASHRAE full membership
California Go Green Project Developer
Licensed Mechanical Engineer M26696
Strategic Design Developer
Paul Baker
Paul has a keen understanding of packaging engineering and business development focused from concept to production. With a proven history of success building engineering and innovation teams including launching household-name products for JM Smucker & Mars and upcoming brands such Impossible Foods and Rodan + Fields. Core strengths include: ◊ Business Development ◊ Packaging Development ◊ Team Leadership ◊ Project Management ◊ Strategic Planning ◊ Performance Metrics ◊ Mechanical Engineering ◊ Business Partnering
Project and Packaging Management
Peter Jug
Peter offers extensive project management and packaging engineering experience with international food, high technology, aerospace and consumer products manufacturers. Led R & D initiatives to improved package quality, reduced packaging cost, and increased customer satisfaction. Sustainability champion that reduced landfill tonnage and recycle all packaging waste. Managed multiple product launches from start to store shelf. Includes product distribution testing and validation.ribe the team member .
Sustainability Expertise
Ruchi Shah
Ruchi has 8+ years of corporate sustainability experience across the public and private sectors (Technology and Built Environment) in developing climate programs, setting science-based targets, leading ESG reporting, and implementing decarbonization and net-zero strategies. She led Climate Strategy at Iron Ox, an AI-based indoor farming startup and prior to that, she worked at AVEVA - a global industrial software solutions company. She has led successful collaborations with cross-functional stakeholders on integrating sustainability across business areas.
Operations and Plant Design
Chris Santoriello
Chris specializes in applied engineering technology for packaging of frozen/refrigerated food products and high speed line operations. He has a demonstrated history of working in the food & beverages industry with strong information technology knowledge and skilled in Operations Management, Facility Management (FM), Continuous Improvement, Product Development, and Food Processing.