Prof. Robert Girling, Ph.D.

Sustainable Enterprise 2010 - Program Director

Sonoma State University, School of Business and Economics

Robert Henriques Girling is a Professor in the School of Business at Sonoma State University. He received his Ph. D. from Stanford University and has taught and consulted in 20 different countries. Recently he has served as a consultant to the Caribbean Development Bank on sustainable development strategies for the island of Dominica and as a founder and organizer of the Sustainable Enterprise Conferences on Tools for Sustainable Businesses and Communities series.

His previous professional experience includes teaching at the Federal University of Bahia where he was co-founder of the LIDERE Project for School Improvement and International Project Director, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, the University of the West Indies and American University in Washington D.C. He has consulted with the World Bank, USAID, the United Nations, and the International Center for Research on Women. He has served as Director of Regional Development for the Government of Jamaica, president of the CFA faculty union, as co-chair of the University Academic Planning Committee, as a member of the California State University Senate, and on the boards of non-profit organizations.

Prof. Girling is the author of over 50 articles and books including Structures of Dependency (1973); Multinational Institutions and the Third World (1985);Education; Management and Participation(1990) and A Escola Participativa [in Portuguese] (5th ed. 2006). He is currently writing a book “Good Companies”. He is a member of Phi Beta Delta [The Honor Society for International Scholars] and has received awards for his teaching and research. He is currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar for the period 2005-2010.