Russ Gaskin is a managing member at CoCreative, where he has supported more than 55 multi-stakeholder collaborations in complex challenges in areas from health and education to climate change and sustainable agriculture. He also builds the capacities of others to lead effective collaboration by speaking and teaching around the world about changing complex systems, human-centered design, and leveraging conflict and diversity as sources of strategic innovation. Prior to launching CoCreative, he served as the chief business officer of Green America, a global leader in developing economic strategies to advance social equity and environmental sustainability; served as managing director of US SIF, a pioneering membership organization for financial firms and institutional investors doing impact investing; and founded the Green Business Network, the first network of triple-bottom-line businesses in the United States.