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Fiona Pelham          

Founder of "Sustainable Events" & "Positive Impact", Voluntary Chair of ISO 20121, International Board Chair for MPI (2016)

For grassroots efforts to get a foothold in an industry, concerned people need to step up to the plate and make themselves heard. Fiona Pelham, whose expertise in sustainable meetings has propelled her onto the meetings industry's main stages, has done that and more. In 2005, she launched the nonprofit Positive Impact to provide education to support an earth-friendly events industry; she also serves as managing director of Manchester, U.K.-based Sustainable Events Ltd.

"For years I was a Girl Scout leader, and I saw how community events make a difference," says Pelham. "So for me, it makes sense that every event should have a positive impact on the local communities and environment."

Pelham is the voluntary chair of ISO 20121, an international standard that provides a management system for event sustainability, inspired by the practices used at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In January 2016, Pelham will become the international board chair for MPI.

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