Omar Mitchell

Omar Mitchell

Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, National Hockey League (NHL)

As the Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, National Hockey League (NHL), Omar Mitchell oversees NHL Green, the environmental sustainability initiative of the NHL; the NHL Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the League; and management of the Stanley Cup, the most celebrated trophy in professional sports.

Mitchell joined the NHL in 2012 as the League's first sustainability director. In that role, he focused on the comprehensive, award-winning sustainability initiative of the League that seeks to lessen the environmental impact of the sport by promoting sustainable business operations and environmental awareness among Member Clubs, fans and partners.

In 2014, the NHL was the first and only professional sports league in North America to produce a sustainability report, which cataloged environmental initiatives and detailed the carbon footprint of the NHL over two seasons. The report led to a marketing partnership between the League and Constellation, the Official Energy Services Provider of the NHL. As part of the partnership, Constellation counterbalanced the League’s entire carbon footprint for the 2014-15 NHL season.

Mitchell holds an M.B.A. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University in the City of New York and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.