Tuesday, 9 April 2024 | 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Clarke Building (CB) 510/511
The Sustainability Summit at Utah Valley University (UVU) is organized to bring together diverse stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, community members, and industry leaders, to discuss and promote sustainable practices that address environmental, economic, and social challenges. It also provides educational opportunities for participants to learn about best practices, emerging trends, and innovative solutions in sustainability.
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Check-in and Light Refreshments - Room CB 510
8:30-8:40 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction to Sustainability Summit 2024 - Room CB 511
8:40-9:45 a.m.
Government & Sustainability Panel
Michelle Carroll - Executive Director, Mountainland Association of Governments
Kim Frost - Outgoing Executive Director, UCAIR
Tom Westmoreland - Mayor, Eagle Mountain
Moderator: Carolyn Lundberg - Mayor, Lindon City & Vice Chair, Utah Lake Authority
9:45-10:00 a.m.
Networking Break
10:00-11:05 a.m.
Great Salt Lake Panel
Ben Abbott - Executive Director, Grow the Flow & Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
Tim Davis - Vice Commissioner, Great Salt Lake Commission
Lynn de Freitas - Executive Director, FRIENDS of the Great Salt Lake
Nathan Moses - Assistant State Engineer, Utah Division of Water Rights
Moderator: Daren Nelson - Associate Professor, Utah Valley University
11:05-11:40 a.m.
Networking Break and Lunch - CB 510
11:40-12:45 p.m.
Worldview/Interfaith & Sustainability Panel
Tayler Fearn - Student, Utah Valley University
Ruhul Kuddus - President, Utah Valley Islamic Center & Professor, Utah Valley University
Darren Parry - Former Chair, Northwestern Band of Shoshone & Practitioner-in-Residence, University of Utah
Jenica Sedgwick - Sustainability Manager, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Weihong Wang - Professor & Earth Science Department Chair, Utah Valley University
Moderator: Thomas Bretz - Associate Professor & Environmental Ethics Fellow, Utah Valley University
12:45-1:00 p.m.
Networking Break
1:00-2:05 p.m.
Business & Sustainability Panel
Glen Garrick - Systems Sustainability Director, Intermountain Health Care
Shaun Hill - Chief Revenue Officer, Hypercraft
Rita Reed - Principal Advisor of Sustainability, Rio Tinto Kennecott
Jonathan Westover - Professor & Organizational Leadership Department Chair, Utah Valley University
Moderator: Alyssa Sheehan - Founding Board Member, Utah Sustainable Business Coalition
2:05-2:20 p.m.
Networking Break
2:20-3:30 p.m.
Campus Sustainability Tour
Transportation/Air Quality, Campus Garden, CARE Hub, Outdoor Adventure Center, Recycling, Campus Irrigation, Campus Geothermal Plant
Sarah Bateman - Sustainability Outreach Program Manager
Iris Cepeda - Student, GRIT Garden
Isabel Lykken - Student, GRIT Garden
Kinsey Oldroyd - Food Access Program Manager, CARE Hub
Kim Reynolds - Program Director, Outdoor Adventure Center
Isaac Reaveley - Assistant Director, Facilities Services
Dylan Genes - Coordinator, Recycling
John Hansen - Director, Grounds
Kyle Pope - Manager, Irrigation and Landscaping
Scott Draper - Assistant Director, Central Plant
Thank you to UVU Facilities and Planning for sponsoring this event.
Thank you to the Sustainability Summit Planning Committee:
Carlos Alarco - Office for Global Engagement;Thomas Bretz - College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Kristina Davis - College of Science; Chris Gonzalez - University Marketing and College of Science; Justin Jones - Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy; Tom MacDonald - Woodbury School of Business; Daren Nelson - College of Science; Mark Seastrand - Woodbury School of Business; Weihong Wang - College of Science
Thank you to the UVU Sustainability Committee.
