For Release on February 10, 2015:
Boise State University’s Responsible Business Initiative Announces its Stakeholder Advisors
The Responsible Business Initiative (RBI) at Boise State University is pleased to announce that 21 business and community leaders are serving as Stakeholder Advisors. Representing key stakeholder groups for the College of Business and Economics (COBE), each leader embraces and role models the principles that the Responsible Business Initiative is built upon. The Responsible Business Initiative was launched by the College in May 2014, with support from its lead partner, Wells Fargo.
Stakeholder Advisors support the Responsible Business Initiative in delivering on its mission to catalyze leaders to create sustainable value for business and society. They accomplish this mandate through the provision of: 1) strategic guidance, including input on the implementation of its strategic plan and goals, with particular emphasis on community engagement; 2) resource cultivation, with a particular emphasis on identifying business and community experts to collaborate in teaching, research, student projects, community events, and other RBI initiatives and deliverables; and 3) external accountability to ensure progress against strategic plan and goals, and to reflect on RBI performance against the principles and values that define it.
RBI’s Director and Faculty Council leverage Advisor guidance and feedback to build a credible platform for long term responsible business leadership by the College of Business and Economics (COBE). This year, the Advisors have been central to defining RBI’s mission and strategy and the decision to support social innovation and the growing B Corporation community in Boise. The Stakeholder Advisors are also playing a central role in ensuring transparent reporting on impact through the publication of the College’s first sustainability report and shaping its first Impact Summit, both planned for this spring.
RBI’s Stakeholder Advisors for the 2014-2015 academic year include:
Virginia Aulin, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs Strategist
John Bernardo, Sustainability Strategist, Idaho Power
Dale Dixon, President and CEO, Better Business Bureau
Janice Fulkerson, Executive Director, Idaho Nonprofit Center Cecelia Gassner, Counsel, Perkins Coie
Britt Ide, Founder and CEO, Ide Law and Strategy
Jefferson Jewell, Vice President, The CAPROCK Group
Molly Lenty, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Wells Fargo Lisa Cooper, Founder and Consultant, Global Talent Idaho
Net Impact MBA Student Leader (COBE Student Representative)
Nic Miller, Economic Development Director, Office of the Mayor, City of Boise
Ben Quintana, Organizational Development Program Manager, St. Luke’s Health System and Boise City Council Member
Rich Raimondi, President, Bishop Kelly High School and Chair, Treasure Valley Education Partnership
Decker Rolph, Angel and Impact Investor and Executive Producer, Treefort Music Fest
Jeff Russell, Founder and CEO, Jitasa
Elizabeth Sendelbach Langley, BSU Center for Entrepreneurship (COBE Staff Representative) Katie Sewell, State Director, Idaho Small Business Development Center
Jeremiah Shinn, Assistant Vice President for Student Life, Boise State University
Russ Stoddard, Founder and CEO, Oliver Russell
Pamela Thomas, Vice President, Mission Integration, Saint Alphonsus Health System
Shelley Zimmer, Environmental Leadership Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Boise State University’s Responsible Business Initiative:
The mission of the Responsible Business Initiative is to catalyze leaders to create sustainable value for business and society. Through its five pillars of responsible business, RBI supports education, research and community collaboration to create an inclusive and sustainable local and global economy that accounts for economic, social and environmental impact. The initiative is sponsored by the College of Business and Economics and its lead partner, Wells Fargo.
The pillars of responsible business include:
- Individual responsibility (including business ethics and ethical decision making);
- Social responsibility (including corporate responsibility and organizational sustainability);
- Leadership responsibility (including corporate governance);
- Environmental responsibility (including environmental sustainability and resource mgmt.); &
- Cultural responsibility (including diversity of representation and thought).
To learn more about the Responsible Business Initiative, visit https://cobe.boisestate.edu/RBI or contact RBI Director Angeli Weller at angeliweller@boisestate.edu