Meet Our Team
Stephen Ashkin - President
Steve is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and a leader of the Green Cleaning Movement where he is often thought of as the “Father of Green Cleaning.”
Currently he serves as President of The Ashkin Group, Executive Director of the Green Cleaning Network, co-founder of Green Cleaning University and CEO of Sustainability Dashboard Tools, LLC – all of which play important roles in his efforts to move the global cleaning industry from green to sustainable.
Steve has been working in the cleaning industry since 1981 where he has held key technical and management positions for leading commercial and consumer products companies, and has worked on the issue of “green” cleaning since 1990. He has extensive experience working throughout the entire supply chain from leading product manufactures to product distributors to service providers to building owners and facility managers. In addition, Steve also works extensively with market influencers such as environmental and health advocates, labor unions, media, governments, policy-makers, standard setters and others which have given him deep insights into how the marketplace can be used to drive health and environmental improvements.
Among Steve’s many awards include recognition from the National Performance Review for his help launching the President’s Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program, an Excellence Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency for his work to protect children from environmental threats, and the Green Building Advocate of the Year from the Leonardo Academy for bringing Green Cleaning to LEED-EB.
Brian Johnson - Director of Sustainability Practices
Brian Johnson is a 30-year veteran of the Green and sustainability movements. He began his career leading the City of Santa Monica’s Green procurement and Green Cleaning efforts; was a lecturing professor at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, Calif., teaching Environmental Science courses for undergraduates; and recently was Deputy Director at the California Environmental Protection Agency.
During his accomplished career, Johnson has worked with custodial workers, business executives, and elected officials regarding a host of Green and sustainability projects.
Brian is an enthusiastic outdoorsman, and perennial Californian. He often can be found working on projects to preserve public lands, when he is not at the beach surfing with his family.
Katrina Saucier - Program Manager for Green2Sustainable, LLC
Joining the Sustainability Dashboard team in 2011, Katrina Saucier manages the product and service development team. Saucier has a diverse professional background including being an account manager for the specialty chemical manufacturer and agro-forestry Peace Corps volunteer in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has worked as an optimization engineer in manufacturing and a fellow at a planning department for county municipality.
She is a graduate of Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs with a master’s degree in environmental sciences and also earned her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Maine.
Alexander Ashkin - Director of New Media & Marketing
Data Specialist - LEED Projects & Sports Facilities, Green2Sustainable, LLC
Alexander Ashkin has worked in the background of The Ashkin Group since its founding in 2002, as he assisted with emailing lists, product testing, and administrative work fas a part of the family business.
Alexander (Alex), officially joined ‘The Ashkin Group family’ of companies in spring 2016, as a Data Specialist at Green2Sustainable, and has since gone on to earn his LEED Green Associate’s designation, while developing the data role for LEED-EB O+M & Sporting Facility projects.
Alex graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in Winter of 2014, earning his Bachelors of Arts in American Studies, with a focus on regional food systems and labor issues along with a minor in Economics. He also received a management certificate from the IU Kelley School’s Liberal Arts & Management Program (LAMP).
