Ali Kenney Email Address

Senior Director Global Supply Chain and Sustainability

Burton and its team of pro riders develop products for snowboarding and the snowboard lifestyle, including snowboards, boots, bindings, outerwear and layering as well as year-round apparel, packs, bags, luggage, and accessories.

Ali proposed and built Burton’s Global Sustainability Department from scratch and has reported directly to Burton's co-owner and CEO for the last four years. Ali also now heads up the Global Supply Chain teams at Burton, which include Global Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Planning and Purchasing, Global Quality, Vendor Assessment and Scoring, Product Service, Warranty and Asia Operations. In Sustainability, Ali drives the global sustainability strategy and platform for Burton's portfolio of brands - covering social responsibility and human rights in the supply chain, sustainable sourcing, country risk assessment, sustainable product and packaging strategy, carbon footprint strategy, sustainable chemicals management, and all key areas that improve Burton’s overall impact on the environment and community. Ali is a change-maker and passionate leader. She spearheads many cross-functional business innovation, strategy, and growth opportunity projects for Burton with outside groups, including exploratory projects with students from Tuck and the UVM MBA program. She has 10 years of experience at Burton in numerous positions, including as an Analyst in Finance, and as Product Manager of Snowboards. Ali has extensive international experience and has traveled and/or worked in over 45 countries, mostly in Asia and Europe. Prior to Burton, Ali played semi-professional ice hockey for two years in Denmark and Canada and then coached college hockey at Bowdoin and Brown. Ali received a BA in International Relations - Political Economy of Development from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Vermont. Outside of work, Ali has been a landlord for 12 years, owning, managing and maintaining four residential rental units, but she also plays whenever she can Specialties: Cross-functional Leadership, Process Improvement, Strategy Building, Sustainability, Product Management, Sourcing, CSR, Product Development, Marketing, Competitor Research, Communication