Experienced players in sports sustainability
Dave Newport, LEED AP
Dave Newport, LEED AP
Dave Newport, LEED AP
CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer
Twenty years ago, Dave became the Florida Gators’ first Sustainability Director, piloted greensports efforts in The Swamp and sold the nation’s first corporate sponsorship of an in-game sustainability activation. After becoming Director of the University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Center in 2006,
CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer
Twenty years ago, Dave became the Florida Gators’ first Sustainability Director, piloted greensports efforts in The Swamp and sold the nation’s first corporate sponsorship of an in-game sustainability activation. After becoming Director of the University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Center in 2006, the Buffalos became the nation’s first NCAA Div.1 athletics program with a comprehensive sustainability program and sustainability sales category. Dave has led sports sustainability partnership sales with brands such as BASF, Pepsi, Wells Fargo, WhiteWave Foods, Eco-Products, Solaroo, Google, The Pantry, UPS, Ball Corporation and Unifi, among others. He is an emeritus member of the Green Sports Alliance Board of Directors Executive Committee.
Kevin Dorsey
Dave Newport, LEED AP
Dave Newport, LEED AP
President & Chief Revenue Officer
An accomplished media and digital senior executive with over 20 years of experience developing and executing revenue strategies, strategic analysis, integrating acquired assets, and driving operational improvements to organizations while delivering substantial revenue growth, consistent annual profitabi
President & Chief Revenue Officer
An accomplished media and digital senior executive with over 20 years of experience developing and executing revenue strategies, strategic analysis, integrating acquired assets, and driving operational improvements to organizations while delivering substantial revenue growth, consistent annual profitability and record margins.
Previous roles include President of National Media Groups at iHeart Media running Katz Media (Katz TV, Katz Radio and Katz Digital), Total Traffic + Weather Network and Premiere Radio affiliation relations with a combined gross revenue of $3B and oversight of over 2,000 employees. Prior to iHeart, spent 10 years at CBS as SVP and other senior executive sales roles in the television and radio O&O division.
Monica Rowand
Dave Newport, LEED AP
Monica Rowand
Chief Operations Officer
In 2010, Monica started Greening the MLB, a digital platform reviewing the sustainability leadership of Major League Baseball and other sports entities. At the University of Colorado Boulder, she led the Sports Sustainability and Fan Engagement Team where she designed and implemented fan engagement strategies incl
Chief Operations Officer
In 2010, Monica started Greening the MLB, a digital platform reviewing the sustainability leadership of Major League Baseball and other sports entities. At the University of Colorado Boulder, she led the Sports Sustainability and Fan Engagement Team where she designed and implemented fan engagement strategies including in-game activations, out-of-game communications and digital media. Monica led the development and authoring of the “Fan Engagement for Sustainability Playbook” published by the Green Sports Alliance (2018). She is currently the Sustainability Coordinator for the University of Louisiana Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns. She completed her MBA in Sustainability & Strategy at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and is a LEED Green Associate.