Future trends and strategy
Sustainable Fashion
Communication
Sasha Rabin Wallinger
Founder
Haute Verte Couture
Strategic Global Sustainability, CSR, Innovation and Communications
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Skills
Interests
Intersections between art, culture, fashion, the environment and social entrepreneurship through innvoation, technology and communications.
Shift Advantage
Consultant
February 2013 — Present
Environmental Leadership Program
2013 National Fellow
International Society of Ethnobiology
Communications and Outreach Consultant
ISE is committed to understanding the complex relationships between human societies and their environments and recognizes that traditional knowledge holders are vital to our success. Ethnobiologists acknowledge that Indigenous peoples, traditional societies, and local communities are critical to the conservation of biocultural diversity.
Career
Haute Verte Couture, LLC
Founder and Principal
Deliver ethical and environmentally responsible project management and communications services to global clients with a focus on the apparel industry. Projects include sustainability & CSR program strategy, development, analysis and evaluation in cooperation with internal and external teams. Help high-level decision makers to bring creativity to data heavy presentations, develop best-practices for people, planet and profits in the technology, health, wellness, consumer goods and retail industries.
Specialties: sustainable technology, communication, transparent product development and materials innovations.
Career
MIPO
Communications Chair for the SBIR/STTR National Conference
*Managed all social media, communications, marketing and public relations and advise on sustainable practices for the Micro-enterprise Inventors Program of Oregon (MIPO) as they hosted this national Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) conference
*Provided information to entrepreneurs, businesses, government agencies, innovators, universities, and community partners competing for $2.5 billion in annual funding for the SBIR/STTR grants and contracts with a focus on women-owned and minority-owned organizations
Career
Eco Fashion World
US Correspondent
*Compiled research, constructed reports and created relationships with brand managers, designers and social media innovators within the sustainability and corporate social responsibility sector of the fashion industry
*Developed partnerships with the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), outdoor apparel and fashion industry and lectured and published internationally on innovations in the field
Career
Reed College
Sustainability Coordinator
*Responsible for qualitative and quantitative analysis of sustainability practices
*Performed assessment of budgets and worked with vendors to establish campus-wide sustainability standards
*Conducted extensive research to create best practices proposals and reports and worked with stakeholders across disciplines to create organizational change
*Partnered with stakeholders across disciplines, including board members, faculty, staff and students to spearhead the successful ‘selling in’ of this work on and off-campus
Career
Vertis Communications
Program Manager/ Client Liason to Nike
*Created sustainable supply-chain management and logistics program
*Developed marketing performance plans, multi-level rollouts and brand management
*Utilized statistical analysis to spearhead product development for corporate social responsibility programs
*Implemented international product launches, managed brand presence at high profile international events, and created award-winning product branding strategies
Career
Euro RSCG (HAVAS DIGITAL)
Project Manager, CSR
*Point person on Visa’s IPO to market launch
*Constructed budgets, long range planning,SOWs & evaluation of digtial strategy projects
*Managed creative & web development teams
*Supported clients including Samsung, Adobe, The Allstate Foundation and Barclays
*Developed innovative QC &QA practices to produce well-researched integrated global marketing products
Career
H&M
Communications, Conscious* Actions
H&M is a global retailer who is committed to transparent reporting on its sustainability performance. Planned and orchestrated seasonal campaign launches in partnership with global brand teams and external vendors. Developed successful mentorship program with high rates of promotion for participants
Career
ACCI Gallery
Executive Director
*Increased sales & membership by 50% in first quarter
*Created original marketing & communications content
*Developed business development opportunities
*Responsible for long-range planning, budget creation and program evaluation
*Managed community outreach and arts education programs
Career
Action For Nature
Board Member
Served as a judge and Board member for Action For Nature, Inc., an international non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, that encourages young people to take personal action to better their environments and to foster love and respect for nature.
Career
River of Words
International Communications Manager
*Public relations & communications specialist
*Designed, developed & evaluated global curriculum to explore ecological literacy
*Worked in partnership with the Library of Congress Center for the Book & U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) Agency
Career
Mendocino Arts Center
Sustainable Textiles Instructor
August 2001 — December 2002
UC Davis
Sustainable Communications Coordinator
January 1999 — June 2001
Reed College
Masters, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
2011
University of California, Davis
BS, Nature and Culture
2001
Savannah College of Art and Design
1999
Bard College
Preliminary Undergraduate Study
1998
Wellesley High School
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