Summary
Britta Teller is Chief Sustainability Officer and co-founder of Steller Floors, where she applies 11 years of scientific and industry experience to reinvent hardwood flooring as a high-impact climate solution. Trained as an ecologist with a PhD from Penn State and a background in environmental studies, she pivoted from academia in 2019 to build a manufacturing approach that prioritizes regional sourcing, waste-minimizing milling, and 100% wind and solar power. Her patented assembly system makes floors easy to repair, replace, and reuse, extending product lifecycles and unlocking substantial carbon storage benefits by volume. Britta blends rigorous data-driven thinking with hands-on product innovation to drive measurable sustainability outcomes in building materials. Based in Tyrone, PA, she champions circularity in an industry long resistant to change and has made reuse and reparability core competitive differentiators for her company. Her uncommon combination of ecological research training and manufacturing leadership helps Steller Floors translate complex carbon and lifecycle science into practical, scalable products.
11 years of coding experience
PhD, Ecology, PhD, Ecology at Penn State University
BA, Envrionmental Studies: Biology and Ecology, BA, Envrionmental Studies: Biology and Ecology at Washington University in St. Louis
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
French, English