Bob Perkowitz

Founder and Chairman

Bob Perkowitz is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, writer, investor and distance cyclist. Over the past 25 years Bob has been President of direct marketing and manufacturing organizations with revenues reaching $600 million, including Cornerstone Brands, Smith+Noble and Joanna Western Mills. Bob currently is Managing Partner of VivaTerra LLC and ecoSalon LLC and a partner in Arqua Equity Partners, LLC. In the non-profit sector, in addition to his work with ecoAmerica, Bob is on the boards of the Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Defense Fund of North Carolina and World Bicycle Relief. He also served a Trustee of the Sierra Club Foundation from 2001-2007. Bob received a B.S. in Social Thought from Lake Forest College and an M.B.A. from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He resides in Washington, DC and San Francisco with his wife Lisa Renstrom. Bob has ridden his bike across North and South America, Australia, Europe and part of Asia, and is currently trying to figure out how to complete the Asia ride and pedal across Africa.