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SARAH SEVERN

After 21 years working for Nike Sarah chose to move up to San Juan island in the state of Washington. She had felt drawn to this place ever since first moving from the Netherlands to Portland, Oregon. There is something about island life and the proximity to the water that brings her back full circle to her British roots. It's a place of incredible beauty that she wants to share with business leaders seeking everything from a quick restorative break, to a transformation in how they sustain themselves, and ultimately how they lead.

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 Following over a decade in the advertising industry Sarah moved from the UK to join Nike brand marketing team in Europe to establish their consumer insights department. she advocated strongly for Nike to pay attention to environmental issues and this led to her being relocated to Nike World Headquarters in Oregon as Global Director of the Environmental Action Team. From 1995 to 2004 she catalyzed the introduction of sustainability into Nike's operations, product design process and manufacturing supply chain. Following that she held a number of senior sustainability roles that focused on stakeholder engagement, futures, trends and scenario planning and systems level collaborative change. 
Sarah led the development of Nike’s climate change advocacy strategy and initiated the BICEP coalition (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy),a project of CERES and the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) business coalition.
Sarah built an extensive network of sustainability experts and advisors during her tenure at Nike and remains committed to the power of networks as a way to transform our future. Sarah has also held numerous non profit board and advisory board roles, and served for many years on the faculty of the Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership.

Since 2014 Sarah has continued corporate sustainability consulting, worked extensively on outreach and strategic planning with the Washington Business for Climate Action network,. and is currently focused on bringing business leaders to advocate for effective carbon policy through the Low Carbon Prosperity Institute.
Her non profit roles are increasingly directed to entities working on regenerative agriculture and system change. She serves on the US advisory board of Forum for the Future, the board of the Madrona Institute on San Juan island, and the steering committee of Transition SJI.



 

 

 

 

 

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