Faculty & Staff
 Jon Johnson, PhDExecutive Director Applied Sustainability Center Sam M. Walton College of Business University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas PH: (479) 575-6227 jonjohn@walton.uark.edu Jonathan Johnson has served the Walton College as Professor of Management since 1996. His research—which has appeared in numerous journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, where he serves on the review board, and the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Personnel Psychology—focuses on corporate governance and social networks within and between firms. Dr. Johnson has twice been named the “All-Around Outstanding Faculty Member” in the Walton College. Jon efforts led to the University of Arkansas’s recent sustainability initiatives, including establishing The Applied Sustainability Center in July, 2007, which seeks practical solutions for improving the sustainability of corporate business practices. |
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 Vivian HillProject/Program Specialist Applied Sustainability Center Sam M. Walton College of Business University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas PH: (479) 575-4710 vhill@walton.uark.edu Ms. Hill accrued her broad-based administrative background in electronics manufacturing and distribution, magazine subscription management, and human resources management. Vivian attended the University of Arkansas from 1976-1979 and earned the Bachelor of Arts in 1993 from the University of Texas at Dallas. She served as Administrative Assistant in the Finance Department of the Walton College from 2002-2004, and is glad to be back as a member of The Applied Sustainability Center team. Greg Norris, PhD Greg Norris founded and directs Sylvatica, an international life cycle assessment (LCA) institute which consults on LCA to the United Nations, governments in the US and abroad, a variety of Fortune 500 companies, industrial associations and smaller companies, and the non-profit sector. Norris manages the LCA-Into-LEED process for the US Green Building Council. He is Senior Fellow with GreenBlue, providing LCA guidance to their Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and through the SPC to Wal-Mart and the US Environmental Protection Agency. He is a Visiting Research Professor with the Walton College Applied Sustainability Center; in this role he helps the ASC advance the availability of valid and transparent life cycle inventory data. Norris founded Earthster (www.earthster.org) , an open source sustainable information platform, and New Earth, a global fund for community-driven sustainable development (www.newearth.info). Norris teaches LCA at Harvard, and is Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is an editor for the International Journal of LCA and the Journal of Industrial Ecology
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From January 2006 to July 2007, Ms. Halsell served as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs. During her tenure at the Graduate School of Business, she guided the successful launch or re-launch of four masters degree programs. In July 2007, she was asked to take a leadership position in the newly created Applied Sustainability Center. |
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Mike brought 15+ years of project management experience in the value-added food and agriculture industry to the Applied Sustainability Center where he enjoys facilitating innovative approaches to make consumer goods more sustainable across the value chain. Mike holds a B.S. and M.S. in Agriculture from the University of Arkansas. In his spare time he can be found fishing, hiking and mountain biking in the Ozark Mountains.
Program Manager Applied Sustainability Center Sam M. Walton College of Business University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas PH: (479) 575-4638 jrice@walton.uark.edu Jeff brings a diverse background in information technology, project management and corporate greenhouse gas reporting roles to the Applied Sustainability Center. At the ASC, Jeff enjoys working collaboratively with diverse organizations on innovative ways to leverage technology to drive sustainability into the consumer goods economy. Jeff holds a B.S. in Physics from Southwest Missouri State (Missouri State) and an MBA from the University of Arkansas. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife and two young boys, reading and running. Jennifer Quinton |
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