Our Technical Advisory Committee

  • Ahmed K. Ali, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Architecture, A CSA Councilor for Texas A&M University, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University

  • Mel Bandler, Fair Trade USA

  • Endrya Beavis, Global Materials • Footwear

  • Patricia Borrometi, Illustration • Fabric Development • Design

  • Daniela Caine, Apparel Entrepreneur • Women’s Empowerment Coach • Designer

  • Liza Chiu, Senior Project Manager of Waste Management, Office of the VP Waste Mgmt & Pest Control, New York City Housing Authority

  • Myrian Solis Coronel, Director, Parks California

  • Hisako Esaki, Global Creative Consultant • Brand and Design Strategist • Storyteller

  • Sandra Farrell, Senior Digital Marketing Program Manager

  • Lauren B. Fay, Founder and Principal Consultant, BFG Lab

  • Kate Gaertner, Founder and CEO, TripleWin Advisory

  • Kayla Galgano, Director of Brand Strategy, dügood

  • Gaia Giladi, Chief Creative, Co-Founder, HILOS, Inc.

  • Camila Gomez Wills, Senior Researcher, Corporate Citizenship

  • Scott Hamlin, Founder and CEO, Looptworks

  • Lindsay Housman, Founder and CEO, Hettas

  • Del Hudson, VP of Marketing and Communications, Higg Co

  • Kelly Jewell, Sustainability Consultant

  • Jennifer Kaplan, Director of Sustainability, C16 Biosciences

  • Traci Kinden, Founder, REvolve Waste; CoFounder, TEXroad

  • Jenny Lai, Vice President, Development, Dress for Success Worldwide

  • Elizabeth LeMay, Studio317

  • Rachel Lincoln, Circularity • Social Impact • Change Agent

  • Doug Lynch, Co-Founder, Zenkai Sports

  • Regan Nelson, Clean & Green living Podcast

  • Danielle Nkojo, Sustainability Lead, Product and Circularity; RALPH LAUREN

  • Timothy Parent, Founder, Reforme U

  • Asheen Phansey, CEO and Co-Founder, Eleven Radius

  • Ellen Schmidt-Devlin, Executive Director of Lundquist College of Business Portland Programs, University of Oregon

  • Anne Schneider, Communications & Outreach Director, Pacific NW CSA Coalition

  • Dilek Sezen, Founder, DEZEN

  • Jane Tabachnick, Content Strategy • PR

  • Brianna Treat, Manager of Transportation and Sustainability, Seattle Kraken, Climate Pledge Arena

  • Joshua Van Patter, JOSHUA VP Filming and Editing LLC

  • Bill Werlin, HearHere

 Meet Our Board

  • Chair

    Founding Member & Board Officer, Oregon Sports Angels; Advisor, Looptworks; Retired Vice President Nike Inc.

    Sandy Pressley is an experienced global leader with a career built around developing and executing winning strategies that deliver brand strength, consumer demand and revenue growth. Her specific expertise lies in creating world-class retail environments for one of the world’s best-known consumer brands.

    A mission-driven leader and long-time athlete, she genuinely enjoys inspiring people to perform at their best, and is a big believer in the power of strong, engaged teams.

  • Owner at Retail Insights, Inc.

    Professional marketer and business development consultant for small to medium businesses and non-profits. Deep connections within the Northwest business community and 25+ years’ experience providing holistic approach to marketing and business development for clients.- Ample retail experience, owning retail and consulting for likeminded retailers, focused on diversifying in the market to increase profit and brand awareness. - Dedication to propelling fundraising efforts for non-profits through event promotion to ensure highest profitability, including Project Lemonade, Meals on Wheels, Trillium and Chess for Success and more.

  • Team Performance Optimizer, Insights Discover Partner, Marketing & Communications Strategist, Coach

    Experienced Global Brand strategist with a background in delivering deeply personalized and relevant storytelling to customers and consumers.
    A people-fueled builder and leader of diverse global teams, he is inspired by optimization of human potential.
    Human potential as individuals, as teams, and as communities.

    Strongly rooted in the community of sport, his professional experience includes leading programs and teams delivering Brand experiences to athletes at the highest levels of global competition.
    Closer to home, two teenage athletes - daughters Sophie and Amaya - are unsurpassable as his all-time favorite athletes.
    In his free time he can be found coaching soccer - the sport of his Surinamese youth - at the high school and club level.

    His superpower is Constant Curiosity.

  • Treasurer

    Corporate Sustainability Manager, Columbia Sportswear Company

    Lauren Smith is the Corporate Sustainability Manager for Columbia Sportswear Company’s growing product sustainability initiatives.

    Prior to joining Columbia, She was a program manager at General Motors where she developed sustainable materials management strategy and projects to advance zero waste aspirations.

    Prior to GM, She was an associate at ICF International in the company’s Climate Change and Sustainability Division in Washington D.C.

    She earned two masters degrees from the University of Michigan; a Master of Public Health in infectious disease and water quality, and a Master of Science in environmental policy. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental health, global climate change and issues in sustainability from the University of Michigan.

The Loopt Team

Scott Welch, Executive Director

A senior level team leader dedicated to evolving clothing and textiles into a force for good, Scott is currently the founding Executive Director of the Loopt Foundation, an organization working to become the leading and most creative force for global textile sustainability and circularity.

Previously, he built and directed the Global Corporate Relations Program for the Columbia Sportswear Company family of brands including Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, prAna, and Sorel (CSC) for over a decade. At Columbia, Welch directed dynamic campaigns with the National Park Foundation, Ocean Foundation, Planet Water, and others featured by The New York Times, CNN, National Geographic, National Public Radio and other local/regional media outlets and directed the donation of almost $50 million in cash and product. 

Welch has a BS in Political Science from Portland State University, was a founding member of the University of Oregon’s Sports Product Management External Advisory Board and current Pro Tem Instructor in the program, earned certifications in Business Strategy from McKinsey Academy and International Grantmaking from Tufts University, served as an Adjunct Instructor at the Portland State University School of Business, and is an Advisory Board Member for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Looptworks

At Looptworks, our long-term goal is to work towards closed-loop (Loopt) solutions in manufacturing, hence our name: "looped works.” With your support, we’ve upcycled thousands of pounds of textile waste over the past decade into limited edition products creating value from materials that were headed to the landfill or incinerator.

We’ve demonstrated it’s possible to create value out of existing textile waste as well as manufacture waste free products. Despite this success, the amount of global textile waste continues growing every year.

We founded and actively support the Loopt Foundation to scale our expertise into an industry revolution.

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