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Who is behind Catalog Choice?
Catalog Choice is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter, while helping save natural resources.
The organizations
Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center. It is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and funded by the Overbrook Foundation, the Merck Family Fund, the Kendeda Fund, the Weeden Foundation and the Mead Foundation.
Our mission
The mission of Catalog Choice is to reduce the number of repeat and unwanted catalog mailings, and to promote the adoption of sustainable industry best practices. We aim to accomplish this by freely providing the Catalog Choice Mail Preference Service to both consumers and businesses. Consumers can indicate their mail preference for catalogs, and sign up for Email news, and businesses can receive the lists in a secure manner so that they can efficiently honor the requests.
The team
Chuck Teller
Starting in 2006, Chuck developed the plans for Catalog Choice in association with his funding partners. Under Chuck's guidance, Catalog Choice has grown from an idea to its current state with over one million consumer members and hundreds of merchant members. Chuck works closely with his team to steadily improve the service for both consumers and companies. In addition to all the day-to-day stuff, Chuck focuses on developing new ways to use technology to encourage more sustainable business practices.
Chuck's background is in business software, economics and entrepreneurship. From 1997 to 2000, he ran the analytic software company, Advance Planning Solutions. From 2000 to 2004, he ran the analytics product line at PeopleSoft, a leading business software company. Prior to his software career, Chuck spent 10 years as a real estate economist helping public and private clients develop livable urban environments. Chuck also runs Realius.com, a prediction market service designed for real estate and Wordcountjournal.com, an online journal writing service. Chuck holds a B.S. from University of California and a Master's degree in Urban Planning from University of North Carolina.
April Smith
April joined the Catalog Choice team prior to the service's public launch in 2007. April's primary focus is developing a strong working relationship with the catalog merchant community to ensure widespread adoption and improvement of the service. April also works closely with the trade and consumer press to inform the public and merchants alike about Catalog Choice and its benefits.
April has more than twenty years experience with project management, strategic planning, communications, and nonprofit organizational development. Prior to joining Catalog Choice, April worked for the National Wildlife Federation and as a project manager for ICF International, a management-consulting firm based in Washington, DC. Over the years, April has provided services for a diversity of projects, including corporate environmental stewardship, green building, climate change education, renewable energy, and natural resources conservation. She holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont and a Master's degree in Urban Planning and Environmental Policy from UCLA. April is known as one of the founders of the campus greening movement and is the author of the book Campus Ecology: A Guide to Assessing Environmental Quality and Creating Strategies for Change.
Jill McCleary
Jill joined Catalog Choice after being an avid consumer member. She works with the team on product development, design and customer service.
While she once planned to be an archaeologist, her actual experience includes working as a Product Manager at Morningstar, Inc. where she managed software products for financial professionals and running her own freelance illustration business. Jill holds a B.A. in Art History and French from University of Pennsylvania.
Jen Fortier
Jen Fortier joined the Catalog Choice in 2008. She runs our customer service outreach. She helps our merchant members use the service to reduce unwanted mail. She also helps our consumer members understand and best utilize the service. If you Contact Us from the site, Jen is often the one who will answer your questions.
Jen resides in Vermont with her two daughters. She came to Catalog Choice with 20 years of service and management experience in the restaurant industry and two years of volunteering in the local school's Environmental Learning Program for the Future. Jen's love of nature, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, running, gardening and the belief that we can all take steps to help save natural resources keeps her motivated to work hard for the success of Catalog Choice.
Tim Murphy
Tim has a basket in which his wife dumps all of his mail. It fills up quickly. He hopes to one day permanently empty the basket and truly go paperless. To promote a paperless future for his kids, he directs the design and development of Catalog Choice with a bunch of talented people.
Along with Chuck, Tim also runs www.realius.com, the real estate prediction market. Prior to these entrepreneurial adventures, Tim held senior product and service design positions for enterprise software companies SAP and PeopleSoft.
Help spread the word
The collective positive impact that the Catalog Choice community has on the environment is directly related to the number of people using the service. You can help spread the word, by displaying one of our linked badges on your own website or blog. Just click the color you like best and use the HTML clipping:
Catalog Choice Endorsements
The following nonprofit groups, businesses, government agencies, and consumer and environmental leaders are showing their support for Catalog Choice and our mission to promote sustainable industry best practices.
- Pulse Integration - No Bullies Allowed
- 2morrow Studio Build Inc.
- 2nd R/C Flight School
- A&P International
- Abbeville Family Partnership
- AcupunctureWorks
- Affordable Words, Inc.
- African Library Project
- AJE Associates, PC
- Albrizzi Design Inc.
- All Saints' Church Frederick MD
- Alpha Sirius Inc.
- Alternative Resolutions
- ALZETA Corporation
- AMAN Consultant
- Animal News Network
- Ann Arbor eCycle
- Anna's Falls
- Annabelle Says...
- AquaSuperstore
- Arctic Treks
- ARK Systems
- Atlantis Electric Inc.
- Avalon at Chestnut Hill
- B97.5
- Bare Bones Software, Inc.
- Bayside Log Homes, LLC
- Beacon Bay Consulting
- BeGreen
- Believers' Christian Fellowship
- Bentley's Display
- Best Little Computer Store
- BestWeddingNJ LLC
- Bethlehem United Methodist Church Greenwood SC
- Big Room Inc
- Bill Reichle Associates, LLC
- Blinkdecor.com
- Blue Rose Interiors
- BrainTrust Inc
- Brooklyn Heights Real Estate, Inc
- BROWN BAG PARTY Inc.
- Brylane Home Kitchen
- Buzzworm Studios
- C Stewart Industries
- Camp Street Community ministry
- Carbonfund.org
- Carmel High School ASB
- Castilleja School
- Catherine Marie Charlton, Pianist
- Celandine
- Chain Reaction Jewelry
- Children's Chinese Book Garden
- Choice Financial Strategies, LLC
- City Life Organics
- Clark Bullard Associates
- Club 50 Fitness
- Co-op America
- CoachJim.com
- Compassionate Healing Instruction LLC
- Connecticut Youth Activist Network
- Conscious Consuming
- ConservationStrategy LLC
- Consortium Strategies LLC
- Cool Green
- criminale.com
- Culinate
- Cynthia Ferranto Landscape Design, LLC
- DataLode, Inc
- Dave Naffziger
- DaVinci Digital LLC
- Davis Company, Real Estate
- dePIXion studios
- Design Scouting
- Design To Market LLC
- Digitallighting.com
- Dirt Doctor
- Dirxion - Digital Catalogs ONline
- Dogwood Alliance
- Douglas Page, Science/Medical Writer
- Dr. Charlene Kannankeril
- Dump & Run
- Earth Ministry
- East Surry High School
- Eastminster Child's Play and Learning Center
- EasyCall Communications
- EDReferral.com Eating Disorder Referral Service
- Educational Foundation of America
- eeBoo
- Eisner Safety Consultants
- Elder Ease Senior Home Services
- EnviroJustice
- EnviroMom.com
- Environmental Safety Squad
- Envisa
- Epoch Films
- Evolving Editions
- Faces of the World
- Fahrney's Pens
- Fearrington Green Scene
- Feeny Chrysler Jeep Dodge
- Felinerina
- Finding Your Spiritual Life
- Fitness Organica
- Flue Tech, Inc.
- Foley & Cox Interiors
- Food For the City, Urban Organic Permaculture Farm
- freeIDENTITYprotect.com
- Freshtopia.net
- Froshay Fine Art
- Gaiam
- Garfield Foundaton
- Gateley Realty
- Georgia ForestWatch
- Global Green USA
- Global Precision Ball & Roller, Inc.
- GlobalGIving
- Grace Flying Service, Inc.
- Graphic Manifesto
- Green Chic
- Green Luvin'
- Green Mountain Technologies
- Green School Network
- Green Spaces Real Estate.com
- Greening Homas America
- Greystone Associates LLC
- GrowthWorks Counseling, LLC
- Hanson Mortgage Corp.
- Harbor Music Studio
- Harman Research Inc
- HARMONY: Atlanta's International Youth Chorus
- Harry Simpson Photography
- Hatch
- Healthanalysis
- Healthy Goods Natural Health Store
- Hillbrook School
- Hingham Gift Company
- HKH Foundation
- Hobby-Lobby International
- Home Solar USA
- How to Stop Shopping Blog
- Hutchison Farm Elementary School
- Internal Fitness Systems
- Ironwood Appraisals
- Jack Stack Barbecue
- James Ray International
- Jenson Fasteners, Inc.
- Jerico Construction Inc.
- Jessica Damiano, Garden Columnist
- Jills Consultant List
- Johnson & Walker Real Estate
- Jordan Group Partners, LLC
- Jotkoff FInancial Group
- Kalologie Skincare
- Kappa Sigma Xi-Lambda
- Kate Hunter's Kitchen
- Kelvy Bird
- Kennbec Valley Art Association
- Kiki Dennis Interiors
- Kingsport Theatre Guild
- League of Conservation Voters
- Leave It 2 Lori
- Lemmon Foundation
- Leslie Camp, Realtor
- Leverage Software
- Leverage Software
- Little River Oriental Rugs
- Love Yoga
- Magnolia Charitable Trust
- Make It Great! Institute LLC
- Maltz Family Foundation
- MapMyHealthFood.com
- MBaird Graphic Design
- MCM Group
- Meridian BioGroup LLC
- Merry,DDS,PA
- Michael Smith - Chapman Hall, REALTORS
- MikWright, Ltd.
- Millhopper Montessori School
- MINDFIRE PRESS LLC
- Mindshare Studios
- Miss Virginia Pageant, Inc. Scholarship Fund
- Mobile Mac Training
- Model Locate
- Modesto Gift and Catalog Company
- Moonglow Soaps
- Morristown Peace Vigil
- Mountview realty Inc.
- Murray & Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers
- Napa Recycling & Waste Services
- Natural Awakenings Magazine, Grand Strand Edition
- Natural Capital Group, LLC
- Natural Living for Women
- Neighborhood-Kids.com
- New England Biolabs Foundation
- New Leaf Paper
- NEWH Sustainable Hospitality
- Nomad Industries
- Norah Silva Photography
- North Country Maturing Gardener
- OccuNomix International, LLC
- Off The List
- Old Guard Mortgage and Financial Services
- oneighturbo.com
- Optimum Choices, LLC
- Orderly Conduct
- Organize It
- Organize to Excel
- Organize with Ori - Tucson, AZ
- Organized by Knight
- Outside the Box Organizing
- Owens & Owens, PC
- Pacific Rim Voices
- Panta Rhea Foundation
- Parent Hacks
- Paula Johnson Kelly, Esq.
- PaulStamatiou.com
- Pet Art by Marcia Day
- Pet Lover Professiona Pet Sitting
- Pike County Arts & Crafts
- Plant It Nursery
- Pro-Cleen Services LLC
- Productivity Cafe
- Provision Theater Company
- PSVillage
- Puget Sound Midwives and Birth Center
- Puzzles with a Purpose
- Rachel's Gardens
- Rainforest Action Network
- Rainforest Alliance
- Rancho Buena Vista Real Estate
- Reach Yoga
- Recess
- ReunionTeam
- Rising Sun Energy Center
- Rod's Western Palace
- Rod's Western Palace
- Ross & Ross Nursery Inc.
- Roxanne Lauridsen, M.S
- San Francisco Department of the Environment
- Sequoia Publications
- Sew Mama Sew
- Shannon Nelson Appraisal Services
- Sheehan Realty Corporation
- Shoot the Moon Photography
- Shrimp Daddy
- Shrink Paper Reduction Campaign
- Silver Hollow Audio
- Simple Family Living LLC
- Simply Organized
- SkinCareBaby LLC
- Slow Burn, Inc
- Smattworks Incorporated
- Smith & Vandiver Corp
- Software Express
- Solstone Consulting
- Sonic.net
- Sonora Graphics
- Soroptimist International of Chico
- Sportsreviewmagazine.com
- St. Lawrence Univeristy
- Stanley Reid Consulting
- StayClassy.org
- Stephen Voss Photography
- Steve's Organizing LLC
- Steven K. Freel, CLu, ChFC
- Sugarbush Resort
- Sunquest.Org
- Sunset Travel Inc.
- Sustainable Schools, LLC
- Suzanne R. Dumont, L.C.S.W.
- Swift Transportation
- Swirling Dreams
- Sypher Technology, Inc.
- Tents And Backpacks.com
- termite terrace studios
- The Bicycle Escape
- The Blue Goose Inn
- The Capitol School Foundation
- The Confluence Group
- The Earth is not a Trash Can
- The Environmental Futurists
- The Great Land Conservation Trust
- The Green Design
- The Green Fooder, LLC
- The Henderson Brothers
- The Iconfactory
- The JobTracker
- The Law Office of Arthur Schneider,PC
- The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
- The Playstore
- The Reading Tub
- The Tack Stop
- The TeamWork Group, Inc.
- The Y Catalog
- ThinkHolistic.com
- TidBITS Publishing Inc.
- Title Wave Books- Alaska
- treasureourplanet.org
- Trout Design Studio
- TURF Advertising of New York
- Two Hats - Architecture & Interiors
- Unplug Your Kids
- UserFit Usability Consulting
- UserScape
- Verilux - the Healthy Lighting Company
- Veterinary Alternatives, KCMO
- VideoJug.com
- Vive Creative
- VKK SIGNS
- Vmags Media Solutions
- VRiD llc
- W. M. Hewitt Pottery
- Ward T. Bell & Associates, Inc.
- Washtenaw Medical Supplies
- WeaKnees TiVo Superstore
- Well Words: content + consulting
- What can I do right now?
- Whidbey Children's Theater
- Wild South
- Wildseed Farms
- Will o' the Wisp Lampwork and Jewelry
- Willow Health Care
- Wind and Water Feng Shui Consulting
- Windchime Design Websites
- Woodwork Career Alliance
- www.luvtheweb.com
- Yoga Yoga NYC
- YourHealthChoice



