Articles about Leadership
Jay Lanier Receives 2023 Interface Sustainability and Sales Award; Directs a Grant to the Carbon Leadership Forum
Jay Lanier, regional sales director for Interface, and grandson of Ray C. Anderson, has been presented with the 2023 Interface Sustainability and Sales Award. As part of his award, Interface and the Foundation will donate $2500 each to the nonprofit of his choice. He chose the Carbon Leadership Forum.
Read MoreBrightening Our Corner - February 2024
Our Quarterly Newsletter
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has published its quarterly newsletter. February 2024.
Read MoreJohn Lanier is Named to Georgia Trend's 2023 Georgia 500
John A. Lanier has once again been named to Georgia Trend's Georgia 500
Read MoreBrightening our Corner Newsletter - February 2023
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation's quarterly newsletter features stories from our key funding initiatives: Drawdown Georgia, the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech, The Ray and the Biomimicry Institute. This edition also has highlights from our Return to RayDay.
Read MoreThe Hidden Carbon in our Buildings
Jay Lanier, Key Account Director with Interface, Inc. and a member of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation's NextGen Committee, wrote this article for The University of Kentucky's Office of Sustainability, explaining the huge impact that embodied carbon has on a building's ecological footprint.
Read MoreThe Champion of Textile Sustainability
Reprinted from AATCC Newsletter
Ray C. Anderson’s legacy as a champion of textile sustainability continues to have value today. Michael Quante interviews John A. Lanier, executive director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation about Ray's legacy today.
Read MoreDallas Klassen Wins 2021 Ray C. Anderson Sustainability and Sales Award
Presented by Interface and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation
Dallas Klassen, Regional Sales Director - Western Canada has received the 2021 Interface Sustainability and Sales Award, presented by Interface and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.
Read MoreJohn A. Lanier is Named to Georgia Trend's 40 Under 40 List
John A. Lanier has been named to Georgia Trend's annual 40 Under 40 List.
Read MoreJohn Lanier's TEDxAtlanta Talk: A Local Roadmap to Fight Climate Change
John Lanier presented a talk about Drawdown Georgia for TEDxAtlanta's "Begin at the Beginning" virtual event on April 16th
Read MoreRick Cook Remembers Ray C. Anderson on Person Place Thing PPT Podcast with Randy Cohen
Rick Cook, Founding Partner of COOKFOX was recently interviewed by Randy Cohen on the Person Place Thing PPT Podcast. He chose to highlight Ray C. Anderson as his "Person," and his interview illustrates and celebrates the wonderful legacy that Ray left for us all.
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