Goshen College Environmental Science
Engaging academia with local and global issues of sustainability
We seek to make ourselves aware of our connections to global issues of peace, justice, and environmental stewardship while seeking local solutions in which we can actively be agents of change.
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Created: Jan 08, 2009
Updated: Nov 05, 2009
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Sophie Lapaire
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Areas of Focus
Sustainable Agriculture
(4008 people) | Permaculture
(3253 people) | Animal Welfare and Rights
(1381 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(3175 people) | Business Firm and Organization Sustainability
(3021 people) | Environmental Accounting
(866 people) | Microcredit
(1288 people) | Youth-led Organizations
(1275 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(3664 people) | Conservation and the Commons
(888 people) | Land Restoration
(1334 people) | Mycology
(425 people) | Malnutrition, Diet, Disease, and Education
(1161 people) | Energy Efficiency and Conservation
(2436 people) | Climate Change
(4722 people) | Film
(1537 people) | Television
(819 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2709 people) | Sustainability, Religious and Spiritual Issues
(2669 people) | EcoVillages
(2795 people) | Sustainable Communities
(4067 people) | Urban Ecology
(1648 people) | Biomimicry
(1613 people) | Appropriate Technology
(1550 people)
About
into our daily lives.
Sophie Lapaire guides her clients toward specific planned deliverables and success metrics. She has spent more than twenty years consulting software companies in all aspects of global product management, including customer profile analysis, industry and market segment analysis, software program management, software localization planning and organizational leadership modeling. Her clients have included Sun Microsystems, Microsoft Corporation, NASA Ames Space center, Lotus Corporation and Electronics for Imaging, among others.
Sophie also has her Masters degree in Conference Interpreting and has interpreted for such personalities as Pope John Paul II, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Supreme Master Ching Hai, and Michel Courvoisier, just to mention a few.
She was also staff translator for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English.
Sophie has a keen eye for optimizing organizational efficiency within business planning systems. She has a talent in unifying processes across multiple divisions and organizations, standardizing workflow, eliminating redundancy in process, and specifying exact timelines and deliverables. She has worked very actively with product teams to increase time to market while keeping an eagle eye on quality metrics. She has vast experience in architecting repeatable and efficient workflow systems and guiding her customers toward desired success metrics. An experienced diplomat, Sophie is a skilled business negotiator, successfully mediating cross-cultural and cross-divisional priorities. She is also versed at financial planning, budget tracking systems and financial reporting.
In her private life, Sophie is an avid golfer, having played for years on the French National Golf team as well as competitively representing UCLA on a Fullbright scholarship throughout her college years before joining the mini-tour as a touring and teaching professional.
She has a personal passion for animals, urban gardening, permaculture and bringing back wholistic systems based on the natural world into our daily lives.
She has also been actively supporting numerous humanitarian causes since her early adulthood. She lived and worked in the Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, assisting the “boat people” with social and job skills and offering a source of moral support for their plight. She has also served as liaison and communications manager for numerous flood relief efforts in conjunction with the International Red Cross and has spoken before international audiences on the needs of refugees and the disenfranchised.
She co-authored a book of Buddhist spiritual teachings which is now selling in 23 languages worldwide. She is also a field reporter for a unique global satellite television station broadcasting only positive and inspirational programming around the world
Sophie is now president of Bridgemakers Consulting, a group of like-minded consultants and business coaches who offer a range of services including business planning, go to market strategies, and sustainable business modeling.
Sophie Lapaire guides her clients toward specific planned deliverables and success metrics. She has spent more than twenty years consulting software companies in all aspects of global product management, including customer profile analysis, industry and market segment analysis, software program management, software localization planning and organizational leadership modeling. Her clients have included Sun Microsystems, Microsoft Corporation, NASA Ames Space center, Lotus Corporation and Electronics for Imaging, among others.
Sophie also has her Masters degree in Conference Interpreting and has interpreted for such personalities as Pope John Paul II, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Supreme Master Ching Hai, and Michel Courvoisier, just to mention a few.
She was also staff translator for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English.
Sophie has a keen eye for optimizing organizational efficiency within business planning systems. She has a talent in unifying processes across multiple divisions and organizations, standardizing workflow, eliminating redundancy in process, and specifying exact timelines and deliverables. She has worked very actively with product teams to increase time to market while keeping an eagle eye on quality metrics. She has vast experience in architecting repeatable and efficient workflow systems and guiding her customers toward desired success metrics. An experienced diplomat, Sophie is a skilled business negotiator, successfully mediating cross-cultural and cross-divisional priorities. She is also versed at financial planning, budget tracking systems and financial reporting.
In her private life, Sophie is an avid golfer, having played for years on the French National Golf team as well as competitively representing UCLA on a Fullbright scholarship throughout her college years before joining the mini-tour as a touring and teaching professional.
She has a personal passion for animals, urban gardening, permaculture and bringing back wholistic systems based on the natural world into our daily lives.
She has also been actively supporting numerous humanitarian causes since her early adulthood. She lived and worked in the Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, assisting the “boat people” with social and job skills and offering a source of moral support for their plight. She has also served as liaison and communications manager for numerous flood relief efforts in conjunction with the International Red Cross and has spoken before international audiences on the needs of refugees and the disenfranchised.
She co-authored a book of Buddhist spiritual teachings which is now selling in 23 languages worldwide. She is also a field reporter for a unique global satellite television station broadcasting only positive and inspirational programming around the world
Sophie is now president of Bridgemakers Consulting, a group of like-minded consultants and business coaches who offer a range of services including business planning, go to market strategies, and sustainable business modeling.