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Linda Brewer

Linda is an executive advisor with over 25 years of experience in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), safety culture, operational efficiency, and supply chain optimization.  She has expertise in sustainability, non-technical risk, and driving organizational change.

Background

Linda has served as a board advisor, executive advisor, and management advisor specializing in translating strategies into implemented realities. She has worked extensively with clients to develop their responses to economic, social, and environmental forces such as managing community impacts and climate resilience. She focuses on removing the barriers that prevent decision-making and that negatively impact efficient design of major operational and support functions. 

Linda has significant experience with global Fortune 500 companies in a set of related industries including Power, Energy, Mining, Chemicals, Construction, Government, Communication, and Technology. She has held leadership positions with organizations such as KPMG, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), CSC Index, Oliver Wyman, and Korn Ferry. She has also served in interim roles as practice lead, managing director, and COO. Linda is particularly interested in the use of new energies and technologies for sustainability and to serve as a strong contributor to the low carbon strategies of organizations.

Expertise

  • Strategy development and execution

  • Sustainability

  • Non-technical and reputational risk strategy and mitigation

  • Climate resilience

  • Leadership and culture change

  • Safety leadership strategy

Perspectives

Brewer, Linda Y., “Pandemic Lessons for Business Resilience and Regeneration,” Emergence – The Journal of Business Agility, Qlevio, New York, Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2022.

Brewer, Linda, and Strycker, Rick, “Resilience and Regeneration in a Time of Pandemic,” T-3 Strategies Research Study, September 2021.

Battalora, L., Brewer, L., Ahmad, F., and Chen, J., “Hydrocarbon Development and the Sustainability Lifecycle: What is the Role of the Citizen Engineer?,” Engineering Solutions for Sustainability Conference, Future Visions for Circular Economy, Colorado School of Mines, 2017.

Brewer, Linda, and Martin, Clory, “Listening Studies: How Investing Time in Deeply Understanding Community Contributes to Operational Excellence,” Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2016.

Whitfield, Stephen, “Managing NONTECHNICAL RISK in Offshore Projects,” (experts quoted, Linda Y. Brewer and Scott Nadler), Gas Facilities, 2015.

Brewer, L., Haddon, M., Spence, B., and Hall, T., “A License to Grow: Three Strategies to Meet the Challenge of Non-Technical Risk in Capital Project Portfolios,”  Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2013.

Brewer, Linda, and McKeeman, Ryan, “An Emerging Strategic Imperative in Oil & Gas: The Social License to Operate,” USMCOC Alliance Magazine, 2012.

Brewer, Linda, and McKeeman, Ryan, “Non-Technical Risk Leadership – Integration and Execution,” Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2012.

Brewer, Linda, and McKeeman, Ryan, “Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Development in a Post-Macondo World,” Offshore Technology Conference, 2011.

Board Appointments

Integral Leadership in Action

North Slope Sciences Initiative Science Advisory Panel, U.S. Department of the Interior

Member, North Slope Science Initiative’s Science Technology Advisory Panel in the US Department of Interior (Present)

Member, Selections Committee, Social Venture Partners (Past)

Degrees

Harvard University, BA Anthropology