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 her company’s social mission.

Gia is the President and CEO of EcoPlum, Where it Pays to Buy Green™. EcoPlum provides incentives and information for shopping green and living green. Earn EcoChipz rewards to be used towards green product purchases or donated to environmental causes. EcoPlum also runs educational programs to foster environmental stewardship through the collective actions of individuals’ every day choices and habits.

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., 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 programs to empower and mentor young women who want to start their own businesses. She is on the Columbia Business School Alumni Club’s Sustainable Business Committee and co-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 Auction, Technology and School Photo committees at PS 166 in Manhattan, and served on the board of the Parents Association at the JCC in Manhattan.

She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband Corey and her two children Noah and Talia.