Month: February 2025

February 4, 2025 /3BL/ – One of the highlights of the GreenBiz 25 conference for sustainable business leaders, the Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA Awards) will be presented at the 11th annual WSLA Awards ceremony Feb. 11, 2025, 6 pm – 8:30 pm MST at the Meritage Terrace of JW Marriott in Phoenix, AZ. 

The WSLA Awards will be hosted by the WSLA Alumnae Group, comprised of past WSLA Awards winners. This year’s 11 honorees will join these other powerful women at the forefront of sustainability who are making a difference in the world by initiating lasting change. No other organization recognizes highly accomplished women in sustainability from such diverse, global, and multi-professional segments. 

And the WSLA Class of 2025 winners are…. 

Irissol Arce – Senior Director, Sustainability at Northwestern Mutual 
Taryn Fuentes – Co-Founder of Carbon Real 
Irene Galindo – Second Councilor of Los Cabos 
Catherin Greener – Founder, Greener Solutions Inc. 
Connie Hensler – Global Director of Environmental Management and Product Stewardship at Interface. 
Chris Hagler – Co-Founder and CEO of Impact Pathways 
Annie Lappé – Vice President, Strategy & Impact at Pivot Energy. 
Shea Jameel– Senior Director, Head of Sustainability for Marsh McLennan. 
Christina Vernon Sanborn – Associate Principal, Sustainability Practice Leader at Mazzetti 
Dr. Cassandra Thiel – Assistant Professor at New York University; President and CEO of Clinically Sustainable Consulting LLC 
Aurora Winslade – Director of Sustainability at Edison International. 

Said Rochelle Routman, WSLA Alumnae Group President and Chairperson of the Board, “We look forward to welcoming these women leaders into the heart and soul of WSLA, which is an organization dedicated to recognizing women sustainability leaders that have a track record of selfless determination, persistence, and achievement. This award elevates these high achieving women, providing them with even greater influence to solve more complex challenges, which benefits all of us. 

Noted WSLA Alumnae Group Vice President and Board Member Lisa Colicchio, “Congratulations to the WSLA winners of 2025! These women are champions of climate change leading the charge towards a sustainable future for all.” 

The Feb. 11 WSLA Awards ceremony will feature opening words from GreenBiz Editor and WSLA Alumnae Group Board Member Heather Clancy, who will moderate a fireside chat in conversation with Laura Bishop, a WSLA Class of 2024 alumnae. Together they will explore the most pressing issues affecting life on earth. 

Tickets are $75. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a20f99cd-5334-40a8-a6af-f41433ca6866 
Join an esteemed group of sponsors and enjoy great exposure with a prestigious audience before, during and after the event. To sponsor, see https://www.wsla.global/sponsors 

About WSLA 
The WSLA Alumnae Group, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is a community of past Women in Sustainability Leadership Award winners: over 125 of the most influential women* trailblazers who have become a powerful force in the profession of creating a more sustainable world. The group’s annual awards program, summits, service activities and mentorship opportunities continue to pave the way in sustainability and for future leaders in the field. For more information, visit https://www.wsla.global 

*WSLA welcomes a diversity of women to unite as a strong collective of unique lived experiences and perspectives committed to sustainability and impactful environmental stewardship. WSLA is a strong proponent, advocate, and practitioner of equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice and as such is an organization open to all women. Our definition of women is expansive and includes those who may identify as non-binary, genderqueer, gender-expansive, two-spirit, and otherwise do not exist within a gender binary. 
 

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PRESS CONTACT: 
Susan Bang 
HMTX Industries 

AT WSLA ALUMNAE GROUP: 
Rochelle Routman 
HMTX Industries

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