Beth Jensen is Director of Sustainable Materials and Products at VF Corporation, a Fortune 500 company with a portfolio of iconic brands including Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Dickies. In this role, she oversees sustainability impact reduction goals and programs across VF and its brands, including responsibility for related public commitments within the Scale for Good pillar of the VF Made for Change strategy. She is also responsible for VF’s climate change efforts related to materials and packaging impacts.
Prior to VF Corporation, Beth spent nearly nine years in sustainability leadership at Outdoor Industry Association, the leading trade association for the outdoor industry, with 1,300 member companies globally. During this time, she built and oversaw the OIA sustainability program and department, driving collaborative, scaled environmental and social responsibility initiatives within the outdoor products industry via the Outdoor Industry Association Sustainability Working Group (OIA SWG.)
A Wisconsin native, Beth has lived in the Boulder, Colorado area since 2004. She likes mountains; tacos; Malbec; the Green Bay Packers; Camp 4 Coffee from Crested Butte, Colorado; and self-imposed athletic physical suffering activities in the outdoors. Beth holds a B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business.