The Sustainable Event Alliance exists through collaboration and contribution by interested individuals working in the field of events and sustainability.
We range from interns through to sector specialists, including consultants, practitioners, educators and producers.
SEA Board
The SEA is managed by a board of directors consisting of:
- Meegan Jones – Australia (president, public officer, founding)
- Carly Cosmo – Australia (committee member, joined June 2012)
- Liam O’Keefe – Australia (secretary, committee member, founding)
- Magdalina Yarichkova – Bulgaria (committee member, joined June 2011)
- Alexandra Idri – Italy (committee member, joined June 2011)
Management Sub-Committee & Country Co-ordinators
Each country that has SEA activity has a co-ordinator for that country or region. Each co-ordinator is on the SEA management sub-committee and together make decisions on the day-to-day operations of the organisation. Visit the contact page for details on each country co-ordinator.
Advisory Group
The advisory group consists of representatives of event industry stakeholder groups and experts in events sustainability from many of our representative countries. Our advisory group to date consists of:
Events Sustainability:
- Kristin Cushman (USA)
- Fiona Pelham (UK)
- Ann Duffy (Canada)
- Emma Wellman (UK)
- Ginny Stratton (Canada)
Solar Power: Andy Mead (UK)
Carbon Offsetting: Dr Adam Bumpus (UK)
Food Serviceware: Wayne Lever (Australia)
Biofuels: Paul Martin (Australia)
Current Team
Meet the team of SEA coordinators and Interns here. From all over the world we have people committed to sustainability in event management helping to build the resources contained in this website.
- Ruben Beltran Palafox – Intern Mexico
- Da Quan Mitchell – Intern USA
- Patrycja Graczyk – Intern Europe
- Prerana Kumar – India Intern
- Lucia Loposova – Intern Spain
- Andrea Durighello – Intern France
- Anton Valkov – Co-ordinator Bulgaria
- Irina Pleva – Intern Norway
- Eric Giambrone – Rep USA West Coast
- Ľubica Straková – Intern Czech Republic
- Toby Feldman – Rep VIC Australia
- Helen Ashdown – Rep Sweden
- Ginny Stratton – Advisory Group (Canada)
- Ann-Karin Både – Norway Country Rep
- Alexandra Idri – Rep Italy (Board Member)
- Magdalina Yarichkova – Rep Europe (Board Member)
- Meegan Jones – SEA President Australia
Previous Team
The following people have been involved in the Sustainable Event Alliance as interns or coordinators, and have offered a great contribution to building the resources and information on this website.
- Ana Cabral
- SHARON W. MWAURA
- Nikolaos Alexiadis – Intern Greece
- Pru Chapman – Hunter NSW Australia
- Stephenie Ferguson – USA Intern
- Samar Abdourahman – Intern Canada
- Maja Labus – Intern Slovenia
- Inês Machado Aires – Portugal Intern
- Emily Wilson – Intern Australia
- Mamie Wooden – Intern Mexico
- Franklin Kofi Fiati (Intern Ghana)
- Mason Roberts – Coordinator USA (Kentucky)
- Kristin Cushman – Coordinator USA
- Bruno Oliva Peroni – Intern Brazil
- Nikki Robb – Intern USA
- Mitchell Hunter – Intern Australia
- Angela Morrison – Rep UK
- Martin Chorley – Intern UK
- Eliška Smaržíková – Intern Slovakia
- Allen Ottaro – Intern Kenya












