Sustainability Leadership

Sustainability Leadership Council

GBTA’s Sustainability Leadership Council (SLC) is set up as an advisory body to the GBTA Foundation. It actively guides and shapes the Foundation’s efforts to build a greener future for business travel. Council members bring deep sustainability experience and are nominated by their company to serve a one-year calendar term. They help guide GBTA’s efforts, define priority areas for collaborative and global action, raise the bar for the business travel industry overall, and identify significant contributions the sector can make to climate action and corporate responsibility. 

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Lauren Riley
Chair
Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs
United Airlines

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Jean Garris Hand
Co-Vice-Chair 
Vice President, Global ESG
Hilton

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Nora Lovell Marchant
Co-Vice-Chair
Vice President, Global Sustainability
American Express
Global Business Travel

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Ryan Spies
 Managing Director, Sustainability
Alaska Airlines

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Sara Digiesi
Chief Executive Officer
BWH Hotels Italy & Malta

Timothy Jones

Timothy Jones
Director, Business Operations & Corporate Travel
Cvent

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Amelia DeLuca
Chief Sustainability Officer
Delta Air Lines

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Matt Kupcak
Senior EHS and Sustainability Leader
Enterprise Mobility

Andy Shafer

Andy Shafer
Chief Marketing, Customer, and Brand Officer
Gevo, Inc.

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Page Motes
VP Sustainability & Impact Initiatives
Hertz

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Townsend Bailey
Head of Corporate Responsibility, Americas
IHG

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Denise Naguib
Vice President, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity
Marriott International

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Jessica Matthias
Global Sustainability Director
Sabre Corporation

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Anne Shanks
Global Agreements Manager, Corporate Travel
Shell

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Helen Giles
MD Environmental Sustainability
Southwest Airlines

Liaison Roles on the Sustainability Leadership Council

To ensure alignment and coordination between the Sustainability Leadership Council and other GBTA Leadership Groups (i.e., the GBTA Foundation Board of Directors; GBTA Elected Board of Directors; and GBTA Sustainability Committee), representatives from these groups are invited to participate and contribute to discussions.

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Katharina Navarro
Board Member, GBTA Foundation
Global Director Travel & Mobility, Capgemini

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Mark Cuschieri
President, GBTA Board of Directors 
Head of Global Travel Management, UBS

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Robyn Grassanovits
Chair of GBTA Sustainability Committee

Corporate Advisory Board

GBTA’s Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) is composed of sustainability experts from large multinationals actively involved in reducing their emissions from scope 3 category 6 (business travel). CAB members convene regularly to help the Foundation deepen its understanding of the sustainability trends for companies relying on business travel to conduct their business; and outline concrete ideas for impactful collaboration between corporates users and suppliers of business travel.

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Mike Nicholus 
Global Environment Director 
Accenture

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Stuart West
UK World Climate Net Zero Lead 
Deloitte

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Devon Lake
Head of Net Zero Strategy
Meta

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Maarten Dansen
Senior Manager, Corporate Sustainability
PwC Netherlands

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Jamila Yamani
Senior Manager, Climate & Nature Research
Salesforce

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Scott Tew
Vice-President, Sustainability & Managing Director
Trane Technologies

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Stuart Harper
Group Corporate Services Lead
UBS

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Alexandru Dinca
Global Sustainability Lead
Unilever

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Sarah Lane Mulholland
Corporate Responsibility Lead
Willis Towers Watson

Climate Leaders

Every company supporting the GBTA Foundation’s Sustainability Initiative can appoint a ‘Climate Leader’ (senior leader with deep sustainability management expertise in their organization) who can contribute expertise to GBTA Foundation’s sustainability initiatives. GBTA Climate Leaders from companies with the highest level of contribution and commitment to the Foundation are eligible for a seat on GBTA’s Sustainability Leadership Council (SLC Members). 

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Xavier Guillemin
VP Global Sales Sustainability
Accor

Ryan Spies

Ryan Spies
Managing Director, Sustainability
Alaska Airlines
SLC Member

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Nora Lovell Marchant
Vice President, Global Sustainability
American Express
Global Business Travel

SLC Member

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Adolfo Kurczyn
Global ESG Director
Avis Budget Group

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Olivia Ruggles-Brise
VP Sustainability
BCD Travel

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Sara Digiesi
Chief Executive Officer
BWH Hotel Group Italia
SLC Member

Timothy Jones

Timothy Jones
Director, Business Operations & Corporate Travel
Cvent
SLC Member

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Amelia DeLuca
Chief Sustainability Officer
Delta Air Lines
SLC Member

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Matt Kupcak
Senior EHS and Sustainability Leader
Enterprise Holdings
SLC Member

Andy Shafer

Andy Shafer
Chief Marketing, Customer, and Brand Officer
Gevo, Inc.
SLC Member

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Page Motes
VP Sustainability & Impact Initiatives
Hertz
SLC Member

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Jean Garris Hand
Vice President, Global ESG
Hilton
SLC Member

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Townsend Bailey
Head of Corporate Responsibility, Americas
IHG
SLC Member

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Denise Naguib
Vice President, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity
Marriott International
SLC Member

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Anne Shanks
Global Agreements Manager, Corporate Travel
Shell
SLC Member

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Helen Giles
MD Environmental Sustainability
Southwest Airlines
SLC Member

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Jessica Matthias
Global Sustainability Director
Sabre Corporation
SLC Member

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Lauren Riley
Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs
United Airlines
SLC Member