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Jacquelyn A. Ottman is a New York City

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-based consultant specializing in 'Green Marketing'. She is the author of "The New Rules of Green Marketing: Strategies, Tools, and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding" (Greenleaf Publishing and Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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, February 2011). She has advised Fortune 500

Fortune 500

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companies, including GE

Gê

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, Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson

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, and Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble

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, along with the United States Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Energy Star Label

Energy Star

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Ottman is a graduate of Smith College

Smith College

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, a private

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, independent

Independent school

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women's

Women's colleges in the United States

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liberal arts college

Liberal arts colleges in the United States

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in Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton, Massachusetts

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. She has also been awarded a certification from the Creative Education Foundation

Creative Education Foundation

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in facilitating the Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process

Creative Problem Solving Process

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Ottman worked for over ten years in New York advertising agencies before setting up her own company, J.