{"id":25104,"date":"2018-10-17T01:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T01:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfiprogram.org\/?p=25104"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:34:36","slug":"jay-jensen-wins-the-dr-sharon-haines-memorial-award-for-innovation-and-leadership-in-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/jay-jensen-wins-the-dr-sharon-haines-memorial-award-for-innovation-and-leadership-in-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Jensen Wins The Dr. Sharon Haines Memorial Award For Innovation And Leadership In Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Westminster, CO<\/strong> \u2014 The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) announced the 2018 SFI Dr. Sharon Haines Memorial Award For Innovation and Leadership in Sustainability at the SFI Annual Conference today. Jay Jensen, Director of the Southern Regional Office at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is this year\u2019s winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a true surprise and its extremely gratifying. SFI sets such a strong sustainable forestry exampleto follow and to be recognized by such a body is truly a humbling experience. My thanks to the peopleand the teams and the collaborators I\u2019ve worked with over the years who helped make this possible.\u201dJensen said.<\/p>\n

The award, created by SFI and sustainability leader International Paper, celebrates Dr. Sharon Haines,who was International Paper\u2019s Director of the Office of Sustainability before her sudden passing in 2007. The award pays tribute to Sharon\u2019s legacy by recognizing individuals or teams who have demonstrated a forward-thinking approach to sustainability and fostering collaboration.<\/p>\n

\u201cJay Jensen embodies the collaborative and innovative spirit that Sharon brought to her life\u2019s work.Throughout his career, Jay has been known for working in close cooperation with outside stakeholders to foster relationships built to achieve sustainability goals,\u201d said Paul Trianosky, Chief Conservation Officer at SFI. \u201cJay is also a thought leader when it comes to developing long-term, science-based conservation programs with measurable outcomes that \u2018move the needle\u2019 for key species and issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Jensen runs NFWF\u2019s Southern Regional Office, which addresses conservation priorities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. NFWF\u2019s work on standardized metrics echoes SFI\u2019s own work to clarify the contribution of working forests to measure landscape-level conservation outcomes. NFWF\u2019s work to restore and conserve southern forests has also been particularly noteworthy and intersects well with the spirit of collaboration represented by the Sharon Haines Award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJay\u2019s leadership and collaborative spirit have been most evident through Forestland Stewards, International Paper\u2019s partnership with NFWF,\u201d said Tom Cleves, International Paper\u2019s Vice President of Global Citizenship. \u201cHis expertise has guided our progress toward<\/p>\n

Another signature effort benefitting from Jensen\u2019s guidance is the Longleaf Stewardship Fund. This longstanding NFWF program expands, enhances and accelerates longleaf pine ecosystem restorationacross longleaf pine\u2019s historical range. This precedent setting public-private partnership includes support from the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and private funding from Southern Company, InternationalPaper\u2019s Forestland Stewards partnership and Altria Group, as well as the American Forest Foundation and the Orton Foundation.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining NFWF in 2015, Jensen served as the Associate Director for Land and Water for the White House Council on Environmental Quality and also as the Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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