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Leveraging college sports to advance campus sustainability, stakeholder engagement, and community inclusion

May 10, 2017 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

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By launching from collegiate sports’ high profile platform, sustainability efforts have the reach to more broadly engage stakeholders on and off campus and enhance sustainable behaviors among fans such as students, faculty/staff, alumni and community members. This webinar will discuss how campus sustainability professionals can work together with athletics departments to green their operations and then leverage that leadership to advance campus sustainability, stakeholder engagement, and community inclusion.

For instance, the University of Colorado Boulder athletics department is now the most sustainable unit on campus and has high visibility on and off campus. Lessons from using that visibility and influence to activate sustainability programs more broadly will be presented. Likewise, experiences from Arizona State University’s award-winning green sports program and from the 2017 NCAA Final Four men’s basketball tournament in Phoenix will also be highlighted. The webinar will also review results of an AASHE/Green Sports Alliance Collegiate Athletics Sustainability Survey and plans that are forming to showcase collegiate green sports during the forthcoming national Green Sports Day and the White House initiated call-to-action to use sport as a driver for climate action.

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	Dave Newport, Director, Environmental Center, University of Colorado Boulder Hired to launch the University of Florida’s sustainability effort in 1999, Dave became the Gators’ first Sustainability Director where he kicked off zero-waste pilots in football and Homecoming in “The Swamp” in the early 2000s. In 2008, he led the CU Buffaloes to become the nation’s first NCAA Division 1 athletics program to create a comprehensive sustainability program. Today, Dave helps the Buffs expand the power of sports sustainability beyond the stadium to influence fans to go green in their homes, work and play. These innovations have helped CU win sustainability sponsorships from BASF, Whitewave Foods, Pepsi Recycling, Wells Fargo, Ball Container, Levy Restaurants, Eco-Products and others. Dave is also a former AASHE board member, and presently the Secretary of the Green Sports Alliance (GSA) Board of Directors and works with the GSA to expand the reach of sustainability in college sports in the US and UK.
	Sara Hoversten, Director, Corporate Partnerships, Bonneville Environmental Fund Sara cultivates, maintains and expands partnerships that help advance the impact of BEF’s mission. Her role is focused on partnerships and stakeholder engagement around the Change the Course and Solar 4R Schools programs. Prior to joining BEF, Sara was the Director of Operations at the Green Sports Alliance. In this role, she maintained external and internal facing responsibilities ranging from business development, program strategy and project management to business operations and human resources, and produced the annual Green Sports Alliance Summit. Throughout her career, Sara has served in different capacities in community development, impact investing, sustainability and marketing strategy consulting. She received her M.B.A. in Sustainable Business Practices from the University of Oregon, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Marketing.
	Monica Rowand, Sports Sustainability Team Leader, Ralphies Green Stampede University of Colorado Boulder, uses fan engagement campaigns made possible by corporate partnerships to encourage behaviour change in the university’s fan base. Rowand has experience as a consultant for corporate sustainability strategy, reporting, and communications. Before joining the Green Stampede, she designed and ran outreach and education programs at the non-profit organization Global Green USA. She received her MBA in Sustainability from the University of Colorado Boulder.
	Rocky Harris, Chief Operating Officer for Arizona State University Sun Devil Athletics, directs overall strategic planning and facilitates key departmental priorities on behalf of Arizona State’s Athletics Director, while leading facility development, fundraising, communications, and outreach. With strong sustainability programs in place at Arizona State, Harris cultivated a collaborative dynamic between campus sustainability and athletics using athletics’ resources and spotlight to share the story of Arizona State’s industry-leading practices. As Senior Vice President of the MLS’ Houston Dynamos, Harris coordinated the team’s jersey naming rights with Greenstar Recycling (since purchased by Waste Management), which led to the development of comprehensive recycling and sustainability programs throughout the Houston area.