Dedicated, mindful, fun to have a beer with. Meet the team. 

Hugh Hough is the President and Founder of Green Team Global, a New York-based strategy and communications agency that specializes in travel and sustainability. Hugh comfortably straddles the worlds of destination marketing, multinational corporations, international Non-Government Organization (NGOs), and all aspects of the sustainability movement. He has helped develop campaigns for clients that include LATAM Airlines, Estée Lauder Company, Peru, Guyana, Georgia (the country), Victoria Falls, Rainforest Alliance and International Rhino Foundation. Hugh is a sought-after speaker on the topics of sustainable tourism, “green” marketing, corporate social responsibility and global consumer trends.

Over the course of three decades, Hank has built a career as award-winning copywriter, creative director and brand strategist at numerous New York ad agencies. His client experience includes: Coca-Cola, Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, Conservation International, National Geographic, WWF and more.

Before coming to Green Team, Nubia was one of the top financial officers at American Express, where she worked for ten years. Thing is, that was in Caracas, Venezuela, and when she and her young family moved to the US in 1993, she didn’t speak a word of English. Nubia spent the next few years raising her young children and learning the language. Now the kids are out of school, Nubia is fluent in English and we’ve got a financial heavy looking after us. When not crunching our numbers, Nubia likes to don her running shoes, play with her dogs and travel. She regularly indulges her love of books, movies, restaurants and music.

Alice is a global citizen who is passionate about traveling, sustainability, marketing and social media. Alice has lived in New York, Paris and Washington DC, working for brands such as Orange Telecommunications, Coca-Cola, Rainforest Alliance, The Ritz-Carlton and Georgetown Optician. Everywhere she has worked, Alice has quickly established herself as the go-to authority on any matters regarding social media.

Eileen is a sustainable tourism development specialist with over 18 years of experience managing tourism programs for USAID’s Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance and Conservation International. From strengthening visitor management in Ecuador’s national parks to developing community-owned safari lodges in Botswana or curating cultural heritage experiences in the country of Georgia, Eileen’s success lies in her creativity and ability to coordinate with a wide range of stakeholders on tourism planning and development.

Diego has strong experience in brand identity design, print layout and editorial design, packaging, product photography and art direction, primarily in social media and digital channels. After graduating from the University of Monterrey (UDEM). NL, México, Diego started his professional career in a graphic design studio in México, Anagrama (Anagrama.com). Afterward, Diego moved to Washington, DC to work for Design Army (DesignArmy.com) as a graphic designer, photographer and retouch artist.

It's only fitting that our representative in Georgia, the birthplace of wine, is deeply engaged in wine tourism. Ellie is a co-founder and chairwoman of the Wine Tourism Association, and is actively involved in the development of the wine tourism sector, one of the most prosperous and quickly developing industries in Georgia. Whenever we sit down at a restaurant table, we just hand her the wine list and get out of the way.

She’s of Korean ancestry, but Hyeona grew up in Malaysia (though she can’t speak a word of Malay). She joined Green Team Global in 2017, and balances her professional duties with academic ones, as she is presently studying Advertising and Design at New York’s School of Visual Arts. While Heyona is fully versed in the digital world, her true passion is decidedly more analogue—guerilla advertising. On many occasions, she has taken to the streets of New York to engage unsuspecting pedestrians in one of her social commentary, artistic or commercial campaigns. Most recently, she created campaigns centered around Halloween and the Women’s March. She is an avid lover of dogs and Netflix.

Jennifer has worked across the CARICOM Caribbean advising and supporting the efforts of regional agencies, national governments and the private sector in the area of policy, planning and strategy development. This includes efforts related to Climate Change and Risk Resilience Strategies; ClusterDevelopment and Planning; Institutional Strengthening and Change Management; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Investment Promotion and more.

Suzanne brings people, ideas, and inspiration together to help make the world a better place. She has led risk and crisis communications projects for some of the world’s foremost public health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.