Pac-12 Sustainability Conference

Jamie Breslin | Senior Associate Athletics Director, Facilities, Operations and Events, Stanford
Jamie Breslin joined Stanford Athletics in June 2013 and was named Senior Associate Athletics Director for Facilities, Operations and Events in September 2016. Breslin oversees the department’s facilities and operations department, including housing, fields, special projects, scheduling, camps, technical operations, security, internal and external events, sustainability and guest services. In addition, Breslin serves as the primary sport administrator for baseball, wrestling and beach volleyball.

Suki H. Hoagland, PhD | Lecturer, Earth Systems Program, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Sara (Suki) Hoagland is a Lecturer in the Earth Systems Program of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. She completed her PhD in International Relations with a focus on sustainable development, researching food and energy insecurity with rural women in East Africa. Currently, she directs the internship program, mentors the undergraduate Capstone Project and teaches the Master's Seminar for the Earth Systems MA and MS co-terms. In 2021 she launched the Sustainability in Athletics course with a team of scholar athletes. It was the first time Dr. Hoagland had combined her academic focus on sustainability with her athletic past. Dr. Hoagland was a Champion Pairs Figure Skater, National Silver Medalist in 1972—the year Title IX became law. She went on to compete in 12 straight seasons of varsity athletics at Wesleyan University, which had just admitted women. She played field hockey, was a spring board diver and founder and co-captain of the women’s swimming and diving team after diving for the men’s team for two years and founded and was co-captain of the women’s lacrosse team—having played on the boys team senior year of high school. The Suki Hoagland Award is presented annually for outstanding contribution to women’s athletics.

Dave Newport | Director, Environmental Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder  
Dave launched the first US college sports sustainability activation with corporate partnership for the Florida Gators when he was UF's Director of Sustainability in 2002. Later he became Director of the University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Center and founded the nation's first comprehensive NCAA Division 1 sports sustainability program, Ralphie's Green Stampede. He has helped develop fan engagement partnerships with BASF, Pepsi, Wells Fargo, WhiteWave Foods, The Pantry, Eco-Products, and UPS etc aimed at influencing fans' behavior toward sustainability at home, work and play. Dave is also Secretary of the Green Sports Alliance Board of Directors, former Board Secretary of the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, an award winning publisher and editor, and a former elected county commission board chairman.

Jordan Spradlin | President, Beaver Athlete Sustainability Team, Oregon State University
Jordan Spradlin is the current president of the Beaver Athlete Sustainability Team at Oregon State University. She completed her Master’s internship with the Green Sports Alliance this past summer where she was a member of the ESPN Green team at the ESPYS and helped the GSA green their annual sustainability summit. Jordan believes that the intersection of sports and sustainability is the perfect opportunity to provide environmental education to fans and to improve the environmental footprint of the communities around us. Currently, she is working toward her Master’s of Public Health in Environmental Health and running the sustainability program at Oregon State and is slated to graduate in June of 2023.

Heather Vaughan | Senior Vice President, Marketing, Pac-12 Conference  
Heather Vaughan is Vice President of Marketing for the Pac-12 Conference and Pac-12 Networks. In this capacity, Heather is responsible for oversight of the marketing, promotions and creative services teams. She also leads campaign strategies for all Pac-12 programming, both on and off channel and is at the helm of the overall look and feel of the Pac-12 Networks brand. A veteran marketer, Heather has worked for the Sacramento Kings, several advertising agencies and was also an instructor at the Art Institute. Heather has a B.A. in Communication Design from California State University, Chico and an M.A. in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. She is a member of the NSMN, WICT, WISE, and the ADL.

Cheryl Wong | Associate Commissioner, Sport Management and Championships, Pac-12 Conference  
Wong, starting her tenth year at the Pac-12 Conference, serves as the Associate Commissioner for Sport Management and Championships, with oversight of a variety of sports and championships for the Conference. She also leads the Pac-12 Team Green Working Group as well as directs the Zero Waste Challenge each year. With almost 20 years of experience in collegiate and professional athletics, Wong has held a variety of positions, starting as an athletic trainer at UCLA, with stops in marketing and corporate sponsorship, and stints with 4 professional teams in the NFL and NBA. Prior to joining the Pac-12 Conference office, Wong oversaw the travel operations for the athletic department at the University of California, Berkeley. Wong continues her development with participation in various NCAA leadership conferences and programming as well as serving on the National Board for MOAA (Minority Opportunities Athletics Association). Wong completed her undergraduate degree at UCLA and also holds a Masters degree from the University of Miami.

Moira Zbella | Scope 3 Emissions Program Manager, Stanford University  
Moira serves as the Manager of the Building Sustainability Performance Program in the Department of Sustainability & Energy Management at Stanford University. Her work includes addressing energy, water, and waste issues in Stanford's buildings to improve overall sustainability performance. Among other projects, Moira manages Stanford's Cardinal Green Athletics program and has has also served on the Assessments team in the Office of Sustainability, where she was responsible for compilation, analysis and reporting of key sustainability metrics for the campus as a whole. Before joining Stanford, Moira served as the Program Manager for a residential energy efficiency program at Acterra, an environmental non-profit organization based in Palo Alto. Moira graduated from Stanford with a B.A. in Human Biology and a concentration in International Environmental Policy.