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Green Sports Alliance's Hershkowitz Resigns As President, Looks To Grow Group Internationally

Green Sports Alliance co-Founder ALLEN HERSHKOWITZ has resigned as the group’s president to focus on expanding its mission internationally. His departure becomes official June 30, the final day of the Green Sports Summit, the group’s annual conference, which is in Houston this year. Hershkowitz, an environmental scientist who spent 26 years at the Natural Resources Defense Council before forming the alliance in '10, will continue to advise leagues and teams in the U.S. He’s also interim president for an organization forming in Europe focusing on green practices in sports. Members of the European group include the IOC, multiple governing bodies in soccer and rugby, and facilities such as Roland Garros, home of the French Open. Domestically, the nonprofit alliance, whose mission is to push for greener stadiums and arenas, has grown from an initial group of five teams in the Pacific Northwest to 375 teams and venues across 20 leagues, and extends to architecture firms, concessionaires and corporations. JUSTIN ZEULNER, a founding board member who was then with the Trail Blazers, now serves as the Green Sports Alliance’s Exec Dir, and he will remain in charge of the group after Hershkowitz leaves the organization.

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