We wish to express our gratitude for the support of each of our Sponsoring Members. Below are brief descriptions and links to their websites to highlight the great work they do!
KING AEROSPACE
The KING AEROSPACE Companies are privately owned and were created based upon values and principles, such as trust and honesty, which will survive the test of time. For over 20 years, KING AEROSPACE has been providing outstanding aviation services on a global basis to operators of V VIP, corporate and government aircraft.
The KING AEROSPACE Companies culture is based upon giving back more than they take, building value in all that they do, and maintaining a culture where everyone is aware that great success is not achieved alone. All employees share in these principles and values, focused together on making a positive difference in the lives of those they serve and employ.
To learn more, visit the KING AEROSPACE website.
Alverno College
Alverno College is an institution of higher education sponsored by the School Sisters of Saint Francis and dedicated to the undergraduate education of women. The student – her learning and her personal and professional development – is the central focus of everyone associated with Alverno. Alverno extends its mission of service and strengthens its ties to the community by offering graduate programs to both men and women. Agreement regarding this mission is evident throughout the college in its publications and operating philosophy.
Alverno’s success is not measured in awards and recognitions. It’s measured by changing the world, one student at a time.
To learn more, visit the Alverno College website.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi is recognized as the premier developer of principled business leaders. In 1904, Alpha Kappa Psi was founded on the principles of educating its members and the public to appreciate and demand higher ideals in business and to further the individual welfare of members during college and beyond.
College men and women everywhere are discovering that Alpha Kappa Psi is much more than just another organization or club—it is a unique, prestigious association of students, professors, graduates and professionals with common interests and goals. They join Alpha Kappa Psi to take advantage of valuable educational, friendship and networking opportunities.
To learn more, visit the Alpha Kappa Psi website.
Conscious Capitalism
Conscious Capitalism, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating the theory and practice of Conscious Capitalism through events, presentations, publications and social media. It also supports an emerging network of Conscious Capitalism Chapters, which serve as communities of inquiry for business leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants and others.
Conscious Capitalism builds on the foundations of Capitalism – voluntary exchange, entrepreneurship, competition, freedom to trade and the rule of law. These are essential to a healthy functioning economy, as are other elements of Conscious Capitalism including trust, compassion, collaboration and value creation. Conscious Capitalism comes to life as it is applied to business. Conscious Capitalism has four pillars guiding and underlying a business that practices Conscious Capitalism: higher purpose; stakeholder orientation; conscious leadership; and conscious culture.
Learn more about Conscious Capitalism.
Georgia Tech Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship
The Georgia Tech Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ILE) is an interdisciplinary institute that encourages values-based leadership and socially responsible entrepreneurship. The ILE’s mission is to enhance leadership and entrepreneurship for socially responsible and sustainable value creation. Through workshops, coursework, grants, and IMPACT lectures, the ILE empowers members of our community to take the economical, social and environmental impacts of their actions into consideration when making everyday business decisions. Bringing together students, researchers, business leaders, social proprietors, and other members of the global community, ILE’s activities generate a unique and powerful synergy that stimulates change at the core-level.
To learn more, visit the ILE website.
Kiwanis Key Leader
A program of Kiwanis International, Key Leader is a weekend experiential leadership program for today’s young leaders. This life-changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership-development experience. A Key Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.
Participants begin by attending a Key Leader conference, which is a weekend retreat. Large and small group workshops, discussions and team-building activities take place over the course of the weekend. Students have opportunities to learn leadership skills that will help them to change their schools, communities, and world for the better. While exploring leadership in a whole new way, participants will make amazing new friends and have experiences they will never forget. Positive, ongoing interaction with other Key Leader graduates offers continuing reinforcement, encouragement and growth of leadership skills.
To learn more, visit the Key Leader website.
New Seasons Market
Founded in 2000, New Seasons Market is an innovator in the grocery industry and the first grocer in the world to become a certified B Corporation, which recognizes organizations that place as much value on taking care of their staff, the community and the environment as they do on growing and operating their business. New Seasons is also certified Zero Waste, diverting 92% of its waste away from the landfill. The independently owned grocery currently operates 13 stores in the Portland-Vancouver area.
In November of 2013, New Seasons Market welcomed Santa Cruz, Calif.-based New Leaf Community Markets as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Also a certified B Corporation, eight-location New Leaf has served its customers and community for the last 28 years. Both progressively minded companies are committed to giving 10% of after-tax profits to local nonprofit organizations that support the communities they serve, and are dedicated to sustainable growth that supports the local food economy and the community.
Learn more about New Seasons Market and New Leaf.
For Members
If you are a current Sponsoring member of the Greenleaf Center, please send a short 100-word profile of you/your organization along with your logo and a link to your website to lyoder@greenleaf.org with the subject “Sponsoring Member Profile.”
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