Anca Novacovici is the founder and president of Eco-Coach, Inc., a consulting company that provides services for businesses and individuals to become more environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and healthy. Clients include Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller businesses and individuals. Ms. Novacovici is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional and is on the Board of the Green Building Instiute.

Eco-Coach business projects range from green business and operations assessments for smaller businesses to assessments of buildings to determine LEED qualification for a large developer. Other work includes supporting businesses with ‘green’ procurement decisions (whether for product-related materials or office supplies), reviewing and revising business processes to make them more environmentally friendly, training and educational workshops for staff and individuals about green practices, and general support with decisions related to ‘greening’ lifestyles or businesses.

Prior to Eco-Coach, Inc, Ms. Novacovici was a management consultant, first with Davies Consulting Inc., and then with her own company, Axis Business Consulting Inc. She has over eight years’ experience with strategic planning, change management, business process redesign, benchmarking, training and communications. She has worked with companies in the energy, health care, utility, and telecommunications sectors, and with international lending institutions. Her passion for, and involvement with, environmental issues outside of work led her to start Eco-Coach, which combines her management consulting expertise with her interest in green, healthy businesses and buildings.

Ms. Novacovici obtained her Masters of Business Administration in International Management from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.