Melinda Pruett-Jones,
Executive Director, Chicago Wilderness
Christine Esposito's passion for communicating about the environment dates back to the first Earth Day, when she and other students in her junior high school's ecology club held an environmental "teach-in" for local elementary school children. She was hooked.
Much later, she obtained a Master of Landscape Architecture degree, planning to merge her interests in environment and design. Writing her thesis, she instead found that her greatest talents lie in communicating about landscape.
Publishing
She went on to forge a career in environmental communications. Editorial positions at Encyclopaedia Britannica and American Nurseryman, a horticultural trade magazine, honed her writing and editing skills. While at American Nurseryman, she successfully advocated and managed expansion of the magazine's editorial content to cover more landscape topics.
Mission-Driven PR
Christine's publishing work, subsequent experience in marketing consulting and environmental commitment merged at Chicago's Openlands. As director of PR and communications, she helped influence policy and save open space throughout the region.
That inspired her to form Terracom Public Relations -- to effect positive change by using PR to help green organizations grow in size and impact.
Professional Involvement
Christine serves on the board of the Foresight Design Initiative, which fosters action and dialog on sustainable innovation in Chicago, and on the editorial board of the Chicago Wilderness Journal.
She recently earned a Certificate of Integrated Marketing from the University of Chicago.