Aurora Dawn Benton
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Aurora Dawn Benton

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Dr. Aurora Dawn Benton is Founder and Chief Change Agent of Astrapto LLC, which exists to advance positive impact in the workplace. Her passion is to make sustainability practical and approachable for people whose main job is not sustainability, but who have a passion to improve social and environmental performance in their operations and supply chains. Aurora loves helping people realize their potential while discovering a greater purpose for good in business. Aurora’s methodology is to help organizations gain traction in social and environmental initiatives through her PEACE Framework. Aurora makes sustainability Practical, Economical, Approachable, Celebrated and Enjoyable. Through this methodology, Astrapto has helped more than 130 young professionals launch green teams in their place of work, trained more than 1000 professionals globally on sustainable procurement and supplier diversity, and delivered workshops on food waste prevention to thousands of hospitality and events professionals. Astrapto’s clients include World Wildlife Fund, McCormick Place, Sodexo Live, McCormick Place, Direct Travel, Hard Rock International, Accor (Fairmont Hotels), Hilton, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Baltimore Convention Center, and events teams for a wide range of corporations and associations. Aurora has been a thought leader in establishing hospitality and event industry standards and education programs for sustainability with industry associations such as the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and initiatives such as the Event Industry Council’s (EIC) Sustainable Events Standards. She was the curriculum designer for the EIC Sustainable Event Professional Certificate online course. Aurora has a Doctorate in Business Administration in Social Impact Management and was named a 2021 Top 30 Sustainability Champions by the International Hospitality Institute. In August 2024, she published her first book, Exponential Impact: Harnessing Human Potential to Drive Sustainability in Organizations.
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