On this episode…
Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks continues to raise the bar and leads by example of how a company that produces green cleaning products as well as runs sustainable manufacturing can expand without compromise with the help of innovation, vision, and know-how. Kelly is someone I admire and ECOS is living proof that you can choose to care about people, the planet and still profit.
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About our Kelly…
As President and CEO, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks leads the strategy and production of environmentally friendly cleaning products at ECOS. She has been widely recognized for her influential voice in the green movement, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable manufacturing.
Under her leadership, ECOS has become a model for green businesses in the U.S. and has won many awards for its innovations in safer green chemistry, including the U.S. EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year five times.
As a woman of Greek and African American descent, Vlahakis-Hanks has made environmental and social justice a cornerstone of ECOS’s mission.
She has been featured on CNN, CBS, ABC, FOX, NBC, Bloomberg and MarketWatch and in publications such as Fortune, Entrepreneur and the Los Angeles Times. She has received many awards for her sustainable leadership, including Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Powerful Women in 2020 and Conscious Company’s World-Changing Women in Conscious Business Award.
Vlahakis-Hanks is an active member of several boards of directors, including the XPRIZE Foundation and the Environmental Media Association, and she is active in industry councils and public policy advocacy, working to promote higher standards for consumer products to protect human health and the environment.