Duncan brings 20 years of systemic thinking and practical experience to bear as an expert in the design manufacturing and marketing of sustainable products. As founder and President of several large scale textile companies, Duncan pioneered the design and production of high volume, sustainable home and apparel products. He has created field to shelf "supply chain communities" in the Americas, the Indian Sub-Continent, the Far East and Africa. He has also spent much of his career value engineering "green" products so that they can be made available to everyday Americans.

His "creating business value" strategy is simple: Design beautiful and functional product, identify the social and environmental value in how they are produced, verify their authenticity and then tell the story clearly to the customer. This has proven to be an effective combination in growing market share and margins with today's "values" sensitive female consumer.

His professional career has been focused on the retail environment and brands: Wal-Mart, Target, Penneys, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Gaiam, Roots, Disney, Warner Brothers.

Duncan has a degree in design from the Evergreen University and is very active in the land conservation community on the west coast.