Andy Keller

Andy Keller

Founder and President, ChicoBag™

Business Administration (1997)

A leading advocate for plastic ban legislation.
ChicoBag™ was founded in 2005 and is an industry leader in the compact reusable bag movement.
In 2009, the 30-person company had over $5.3 million in sales.
ChicoBag™ are sold at more than 3,500 retailers, including Whole Foods, REI, Raley’s and GreenFeet.
ChicoBag™ have been featured in more than 60 publications, including Real Simple, Sunset, Fortune and InStyle.
ChicoBag™ also specializes in fundraising, activism/educational resources, and creating custom printed bags.
The BagMonster™ costume is comprised of more than 500 plastic bags (what the average American used in one year) and the BagMonster™ blog chronicles the reusable bag movement.

Notable CSU Alumni in sustainability

Business Consultant and Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Business Practice, Pepperdine University

Forestry (1986), MBA (1989)

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
FirstElement Fuel, Inc.

BS, Marketing (1984)

Chief Marketing Officer, Parsons Corporation

B.S. Civil Engineering (1986)

Associate Environmental Scientist/GIS Manager, Denise Duffy and Associates, Inc.

B.S. Earth Systems Science and Policy (2001)

Jeff Cresswell

Co-Owner & Former President, Klean Kanteen

Michelle Kalberer

Co-Owner & CFO, Klean Kanteen

B.S. Fisheries Biology (1999)

B.S. Business Administration/Accounting (1996)

Chief Executive Officer, Sonoma Clean Power

B.S. Physics and Astronomy (1993)