Climate Pledge Arena Tour

The IFMA team is excited to host you for a special private tour of Climate Pledge Arena on May 13th. You'll get to see some "behind the scenes" areas and hear what made this historic project a success. We will be joined by Brianna Treat, Director of Sustainability and Kevin Melsby, VP of Arena Events & Operations, as well as Michael Dunford and the Catalyst Workplace Activation team to help guide us through the arena. Space is very limited so sign up soon!

Presenters:

Brianna Treat

Director of Sustainability for both the Seattle Kraken + Climate Pledge Arena 

Brianna Teat is a life-long sustainability advocate with a decades spanning career focusing on large scale waste reduction projects, corporate ESG reporting (Environmental, Social, Governance), green building certifications/implementations and carbon accounting.

Upon graduating with a degree in Sustainability from the University of Oklahoma, Brianna started her career in Baltimore, MD where she got her hands dirty as a waste reduction specialist (or as she likes to joke: ‘professional trash talker’) for large hospital branches/commercial buildings as well as a few notable sports venues in the area. 

After a few years of her direct impact work with trash and waste management in Baltimore, Brianna found a new challenge as the lead Sustainability Consultant for several global commercial real estate firms. Here she developed key sustainability/Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting skills that assisted in providing these clients with their annual GRI reporting and GRESB submissions.

Through this, and through championing sustainability reporting on a building level, Brianna became interested in Green Building Certifications such as LEED, WELL, and TRUE. She took another leap to work for a tight-knit consulting firm out of Atlanta that was at the forefront of green building certifications, and it was here that her love for sustainability and sports aligned. Brianna was one of the lead consultants who worked to certify not only the first zero waste NBA game in the world but certifying the first Arena in the world as a zero-waste facility. This achievement brought her previous work full circle to her waste management roots, and began to highlight the concept that sports and venues are pillars of strength and change in communities; a concept that Brianna wanted to keep pursuing. 

It was through all her past experiences that have now led her to her dream job at the Climate Pledge Arena and with the Seattle Kraken. As Director of Sustainability for the Climate Pledge Arena & the Seattle Kraken, Brianna Treat has embedded environmental sustainability across both organizations. She has developed and implemented a multitude of sustainability initiatives onsite, tracking all operational carbon and utility data at the Arena and assisting in achieving the Arenas 95% waste diversion goal, leading the charge on banning single use plastics in the building by 2024, and working across all departments to ensure that sustainability is integrated into the backbone of both organizations. Each piece of her past has built her skillset to now ensure that the Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken maintain their commitments to the Climate Pledge. 

Michael Dunford

Strategic Market Manager, Catalyst Workplace Activation

As the Strategic Market Manager at Catalyst Workplace Activation, Michael is tasked with understanding key trends in workplace strategy, collaborating closely with clients to tackle their challenges, and convey Catalyst's value proposition to the market. Through compelling customer stories, he champions workplace transformation, showcasing the tangible impact that space can have on an organization’s success.

With nearly two decades of experience in the furniture and design industry, and a Design Thinking certification from IDEO, Michael infuses a human-centered approach into every facet of his work, passionately helping organizations shape exceptional spaces and navigate complexities.