Executive Director
Green Sports Alliance
louisville, Kentucky
Roger McClendon is the Executive Director of the Green Sports Alliance. He leads international sports and stadium executives, as well as sustainability experts, to use sports to promote healthy, sustainability communities globally.
Roger was the first-ever Chief Sustainability Officer for Yum! Brands: Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC restaurants. He also led the development of Blueline, a sustainable design guide for restaurants built on the LEED certification program. Blueline was a global standard implemented in approximately 5,000 Yum! Brand restaurants globally. Yum! recognized by Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2017, 2018 & the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine.
Roger was a McDonald’s All-American in 1984, one of the top 25 high school basketball players in the nation and closed his University of Cincinnati men’s basketball career as the No. 2 scorer, second to Oscar Robertson. Roger holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from University of Cincinnati.
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(B08) Game Changers from Coast-to-Coast: Journey to Zero Carbon and Waste
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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