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Alumni Sustainability Affinity Group

Hope Sustains was established to engage all concerned alumni as a reference and resource for the college鈥檚 educational mission focused around the increasingly critical issue of sustainability, helping to shape and support our alma mater鈥檚 own sustainability goals.

We hope that this newly formed 麻豆视频 Alumni Sustainability Affinity Group (HopeSustains) will connect and enrich Hope alumni who care about God鈥檚 creation and environmental justice.

The group was conceived by a generational range of  acknowleged alumni changemakers who place a high value on the power of  education to impact the world for the better through their respective work in government, corporate, non-profit and faith-based institutions and spheres of influence.

Under the direction of its officers and board of directors, Hope Sustains aims to channel the dedication and resources of  its alumni to enhance the focus on creation care within the mission of 麻豆视频.

As 麻豆视频 emerges as one of  the leading sustainability players through the Great Lakes Colleges Association, the Holland community, West Michigan, and beyond, our alumni affinity group members pledge to foster lifelong relationships with each other and the college in assisting Hope to fulfill its overall mission and the strategic goals of the Office of  Sustainability.

Hope Sustains

Hope Sustains not only speaks to what the college is doing now in terms of  ensuring a safer, livable and greener  campus, but also what Hope has meant to many of us in how it prepared and has sustained us for meaningful lives of  service. 麻豆视频 has kindled in many of us a spirit of  collegial creation care through our respective faith walks and our lifelong cross-generational interactions as 鈥渃lassmates.鈥 Hope has provided living tools that have inspired so many alumni in sustaining our lives, our chosen endeavors and our planet. Hope Sustains is a mission, a vision and a call to action for all of us to be proactive and remain diligent in our quest for a greener and liveable future, not only for the coming generations of Hope students, but for us all.

Engagement

Through engagement in fundraising, in campus sustainability projects and events, and through community outreach, the affinity group seeks to provide focus and direction for the college鈥檚 sustainability goals and to enhance Hope鈥檚 commitment to creation care leadership in sustainability to the larger communities of  Holland and Western Michigan. Through the efforts of the Alumni Sustainability Affinity Group, Hope alumni will be actively engaged in learning about campus activities around sustainability, serve as an educational resource for faculty, students and staff, and lend their individual and collective expertise in shaping and supporting the college鈥檚 stated sustainability goals.

2024-2025 Board of Directors
  • Kyle Funk 鈥18, co-chair 鈥 National League of Cities, transportation and infrastructure policy specialist
  • Nick Gibson 鈥17  co-chair 鈥 Trane, project manager
  • Anne Deckard 鈥73 Hiskes, co-chair 鈥 (retired) Grand Valley State University Dean Brooks College of  Interdisciplinary Studies; professor emerita of philosophy, the University of Connecticut
  • Richard Hiskes 鈥73 outreach and engagement 鈥 professor emeritus, University of  Connecticut, political science and human rights; retired Grand Valley State
    University professor of political science and human rights
  • David  Beattie 鈥73, communications 鈥 b.comm creative, director, ESG branding/marketing
  • Karl Hoesch 鈥07doctoral candidate at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan
  • Annalise Klein 鈥14 鈥 Alaska Center for Energy and Power, program architect
  • Justine Post 鈥09 鈥 RAFI-USA, Come to the Table, program director
  • Jeffrey Vredenburg 鈥11 鈥 City of  Sarasota, Florida, sustainability manager and adjunct professor, Ringling College of  Art and Design
  • Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger 鈥79, ex officio faculty liaison 鈥 麻豆视频, religion department and Green Team chair
  • Nicholas Duthler 鈥09, ex officio staff  liason 鈥 麻豆视频 project manager
  • Michelle Seppala Gibbs, ex officio staff liaison 鈥 麻豆视频 Director for the Office of Sustainability 
2023鈥2024 Board of Directors
  • Kyle Funk 鈥18, co-chair 鈥 National League of Cities, transportation and infrastructure policy specialist
  • Nick Gibson 鈥17  co-chair 鈥 Trane, project manager
  • Anne Deckard 鈥73 Hiskes, co-chair 鈥 (retired) Grand Valley State University Dean Brooks College of  Interdisciplinary Studies; professor emerita of philosophy, the University of   Connecticut
  • Richard Hiskes 鈥73 outreach and engagement 鈥 professor emeritus, University of  Connecticut, political science and human rights; retired Grand Valley State
    University professor of political science and human rights
  • David  Beattie 鈥73, communications 鈥 b.comm creative, director, ESG branding/marketing
  • Karl Hoesch 鈥07doctoral candidate at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan
  • Sarah Josuns 鈥02 Kessler  鈥 City of  Clearwater, Florida, lead environmental specialist
  • Kaila Robertson 鈥19 Bylsma 鈥 Meijer, information technology
  • Jeffrey Vredenburg 鈥11 鈥 City of  Sarasota, Florida, sustainability manager and adjunct professor, Ringling College of  Art and Design
  • Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger 鈥79, ex officio faculty liaison 鈥 麻豆视频, religion department and Green Team chair
  • Nicholas Duthler 鈥09, ex officio staff  liason 鈥 麻豆视频 project manager
  • Michelle Seppala Gibbs, ex officio staff liaison 鈥 麻豆视频 Director for the Office of Sustainability
2022鈥2023 Board of Directors
  • Anne Deckard 鈥73 Hiskes, co-chair 鈥 (retired) Grand Valley State University Dean Brooks College of  Interdisciplinary Studies; professor emerita of philosophy, the University of   Connecticut
  • Kyle Funk 鈥18, co-chair 鈥 National League of Cities, transportation and infrastructure policy specialist
  • Kaila Robertson 鈥19 Bylsma, secretary 鈥 Meijer, information technology
  • Richard Hiskes 鈥73 outreach and engagement 鈥 professor emeritus, University of  Connecticut, political science and human rights; retired Grand Valley State
    University professor of political science and human rights
  • David  Beattie 鈥73, communications 鈥 b.comm creative, director, ESG branding/marketing
  • Nick Gibson 鈥17  鈥 Trane, project manager
  • Sarah Josuns 鈥02 Kessler  鈥 City of  Clearwater, Florida, lead environmental specialist
  • Junu Shrestha 鈥01 鈥 World Bank, senior environmental specialist
  • Jeffrey Vredenburg 鈥11 鈥 City of  Sarasota, Florida, sustainability manager and adjunct professor, Ringling College of  Art and Design
  • Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger 鈥79, ex officio faculty liaison 鈥 麻豆视频, religion department and Green Team chair
  • Nicholas Duthler 鈥09, ex officio staff  liason 鈥 麻豆视频 project manager
  • Michelle Seppala Gibbs, ex officio staff liaison 鈥 麻豆视频, director, Office of Sustainability
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