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Portland, Oregon, US

• I lead Columbia Sportswear's (CSC) sustainability programs across the CSC portfolio of brands, including prAna, SOREL and Mountain Hardwear. This includes 1) climate target work, 2) environmental regulatory affairs, 3).
• Leading Climate/ Science Based Targets work at CSC which includes target structure recommendation in accordance with SBTi guidance, reduction roadmaps and resource identification for decarbonization work in areas like.
• Co-leading CSC ESG Executive Committee focused on corporate governance of ESG matters.
• Overseing team that monitors relevant environmental regulations like CSRD, CSDD, French AGEC Law, potential SEC Climate Legislation, recently passed CA climate disclosure laws, etc and preparing CSC for compliance.
• Overseeing annual green house gas inventory measurement for Scope 3, including partnering with financial compliance team in development of controls to support future assurance requirements.
• Oversee and participate in a variety of ESG related reports and related capability building including annual Impact Report, SASB disclosure, Conflict Minerals Report, UNSDG mapping, TCFD preliminary work, Double.

Richmond, California, US

Mountain Hardwear is owned by Columbia Sportswear Company and this role incorporated both a corporate function as well as a brand function.Brand function: Pioneered Mountain Hardwear’s sustainability program, which included developing a brand point of view on sustainability and putting in place initial systems for evaluating sustainability.

Portland, Oregon, US

My focus in this role was on environmental management for Columbia’s owned and operated facilities. I developed Green Office and Real Estate Guidelines for Columbia in partnership with the Global Real Estate and Facilities Management Teams and assessed facility environmental performance based on these guidelines. I also executed Columbia’s first global.

Eugene, OR, US

Graduate Teacher Fellowship focused on advising undergraduate business students on career development and preparation.

London, England, GB

Summer position where I coordinated oil and lubricant deliveries to Scandinavian maritime customers worldwide.

Mba, Sustainable Business

Journalism And Communications

International Relations Study Abroad Exchange