Ms. Phillips

Molly Phillips

Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility

Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle

Molly Phillips began her career in hospitality as Concierge for Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. She was a founding member of the “Green Team” for the hotel and achieved many successes in this area for the hotel; starting a hotel-wide recycling and composting program and working with Engineering Dept. on energy saving initiatives. In 2006, the hotel was awarded “Recycler of the Year” by the Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council.

Ms. Phillips moved to Seattle and began working for Kimpton Hotel Group in 2007. After completing a degree in Sustainable Business, she was named Manager of Sustainable Partnerships for all three Seattle Kimpton hotels. She created a pilot program to set companywide standards and metrics for monitoring the hotel’s environmental footprint and represented the company on panels, roundtable discussions and press interviews. The pilot program was then adopted company-wide to provide footprint analysis for guest rooms and meetings.

Ms. Phillips joined Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle in 2010 as Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility. She created and is evolving the PanEarth Program to explore and improve upon all aspects of their environmental and social sustainability.

Ms. Phillips was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated with a B.A. in Communications / Media from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, she graduated from Bainbridge Graduate Institute with a degree in Sustainable Business.

Ms. Phillips can be contacted at 206-323-3733 or molly.phillips@panpacific.com

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