About Gia

Gia is a successful entrepreneur with a track record of building strong teams and lasting companies. She has 20 years of consulting/training experience and a deep commitment to helping combat environmental issues through social enterprise.

Gia is the President and CEO of EcoPlum, Where it Pays to Buy Green^®.  EcoPlum is the green shopping rewards site with eco friendly products and green living ideas that makes it fun, easy and rewarding to go green. Under its loyalty program, buying green at EcoPlum online earns EcoChipz rewards points, good for coupons in its shop or donations to environmental causes.  Stylish and unique green products are carefully selected from vendors who earn third party sustainability certification, carry notable eco-labels, or make products primarily from recycled materials.  EcoPlum’s mission is to foster environmental stewardship by informing, empowering and inspiring a community of people to be conscious of their daily habits, purchases, and impact on the world’s limited resources.  A trusted source for information on how to be green, EcoPlum has a wide array of original content and a strong social media presence.

Prior to founding EcoPlum, Gia was President and Principal of MMC 20/20 Systems, Inc. MMC 20/20 is the leading provider of software and consulting services to the Medicare managed care industry.

In 1998, Gia co-founded Plan Data Management, Inc. (PDM), and grew it into a thriving software and data services provider servicing Fortune 500 companies. PDM was acquired by a public company in 2006.

Gia’s professional experience also includes the Machlin Consulting Group, management consulting with Deloitte & Touche, systems consulting with AT&T and sales and marketing with Unisys.

Gia received her M.B.A. with honors from the Columbia Business School and she received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research with honors from the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Gia is an active member of the Women Presidents’ Organization and participates in several mentoring programs including the Non-Profit Board Leadership Program at Columbia Business School. She is on the Columbia Business School Alumni Club’s Sustainable Business Committee and chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility sub-committee.

Gia serves as Chairman of the Board of the Blue Card, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides cash assistance to needy Holocaust survivors. She chairs the Technology committee and has chaired the Auction and School Photo committees at PS 166 in Manhattan. She served on the board of the Parents Association at the JCC in Manhattan. She is trying to find time to volunteer at her son’s new middle school, Columbia Secondary School for Science, Math and Engineering.

She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband Corey and her two children Noah and Talia.  Her mother and father, now in their late 80s, continue to be her inspiration.