迈克尔·马丁1982年

2023 Distinguished 校友 Award for Professional Achievement: School of Business

Described by Billboard magazine as the “Guru of live event greening,” 迈克尔·马丁1982年 is an innovator in business-based tech and social change campaigns leveraging culture for impact. He is the founder and CEO of Effect Partners and r.杯, two purpose-driven organizations committed to creating global awareness of and meaningful change in environmental sustainability.

Effect Partners creates concepts or companies that become campaigns and then movements. 30多年来, Martin has helped develop innovative sustainability strategies and campaigns for leading entities including Toyota, 居住的国家, 联合包裹, 目标, AEG, 克利夫酒吧, U2和苹果. 除了, he led the sustainability movement in the event and entertainment industries and is known for introducing many of the greening practices used today.

Martin contributed to Earth Day becoming the world’s largest secular event. He also developed the first-ever national global warming campaign with Ben & Jerry’s and 戴夫·马修斯乐队, creating a Ben & Jerry’s flavor (戴夫·马修斯乐队 One Sweet Whirled), uniting the nation’s top 20 environmental groups, and putting the concept of climate change on the map.

Founded in 2017, Martin started r.杯 to launch the concept of reuse in North America, with the support of globally recognized artists and festivals, 包括U2乐队, 戴夫·马修斯乐队, 罗德·斯图尔特, 杰克·约翰逊, 玛吉·罗杰斯, 滚石乐队, Flog Gnaw营地, 海.听到.Now, and Vans Warped Tour. As the nation’s leading reuse platform, r.杯 has set the standards for integrity, 信誉, impact and operational ease to accelerate reuse at scale. r.杯’s mission is to build the infrastructure for the reuse economy.

2021年，r.杯 became a founding business partner of Reuse 海ttle, a public-private partnership launched by the city of 海ttle, to build the infrastructure and services needed to deliver on widespread reuse while creating a blueprint for other cities and municipalities. 一个关键组件:r.杯’s innovative full-scale industrial “Wash Hub” facility. Designed in partnership with Ecolab - a world leader in water and planet-friendly sanitization - r.杯’s proprietary washing and logistics facilities provide continuous reuse services to a wide variety of clients throughout 海ttle. r.杯 also has Wash Hub facilities operating in Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco, 并继续增长.

最近, Martin helped form the Music 可持续性 Association, a hyper inclusive member-driven association that facilitates systemic solutions to help the music industry integrate sustainability into its operations.

Martin currently sits on the Boards of MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative and Peoples Organic Cafe. He is a 30-year member of Social Venture Network (now American Sustainable Business Network).

Martin received his Bachelor of Science from 威尼斯游戏大厅 and his Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. During his tenure as an investment banker on Wall Street for Citibank & 美国运通, he realized the power of capitalism could be leveraged to create a huge impact for good and started driving purpose-led projects in 1989. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife Gwen and children.