1 0 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N C A M P U S ECOCOIN PROGRAM Buying a new Lehigh cap or sweatshirt at the university’s bookstore can now help support student organizations on campus, thanks to a partnership between the Office of Sustainability and the Lehigh Bookstore. The EcoCoin Program, which began in January, awards customers with an “EcoCoin” each time they decline a single-use plastic bag whenmaking a purchase at the bookstore. Customers then choose which student organization they’d like to support by depositing the coin in a corresponding collection bin. EcoCoins have monetary value and the funds raised will be donated to the selected organizations. Each year, two organizations will be selected and groups cannot be selected in consecutive years. The EcoRep Leadership Program and Outing Club were selected for the 2022 calendar year by members of the Undergraduate Student Senate and Lehigh Sustainability Council, after being nominated by the student body. The EcoCoin Program is tied to one of the goals in Lehigh’s Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030: to develop an incentive program at the bookstore to encourage customers to opt-out of single-use plastic bags by 2022 and eliminate single-use plastic bags at the bookstore by 2025. Vincent Forlenza ’75 Named New Board Chair He succeeds Kevin Clayton ’84 ’13P, whose term ends June 30 Lehigh Trustee Vincent Forlenza ’75 has been selected and approved by the Lehigh Board of Trustees to serve as the next Chair of the Board, commencing July 1 after the term of Kevin Clayton ’84 ’13P concludes on June 30. Selected as Vice-Chairs were Ann Lewnes ’83 ’22P, chief marketing officer and executive vice president, Corporate Strategy & Development of Adobe, and Jordan Hitch ’88 ’20P ’21P, formerly a managing director of Bain Capital. Maria Chrin ’87 ’10P and Philip Sheibley ’81 ’19P will conclude their terms as Vice-Chairs on June 30. “I’m honored to have served Lehigh and am looking forward to working together with my colleagues, as well as President Joe Helble and the Lehigh leadership, during this next stage of Lehigh’s future,” said Forlenza. “Lehigh is an inspiring, resilient community,” he said. “There are many successes to point to over the past decade that we will continue to build on; more recently, it’s indicative of the talent and drive of our students, faculty, staff, community and leadership that during the pandemic the university continued to not only make progress toward its goals in research and scholarship but also make contributions that will leave a lasting positive impact for years to come. The launch of a college dedicated to improving human health outcomes—during a pandemic, no less—is one such example. “I am particularly humbled to succeed my close colleague, Kevin Clayton, who helped ensure these advancements were fully realized through his clear-eyed and passionate leadership.” Clayton has been Chair of the Board since July 1, 2017. His dedicated service has included 22 years on the Board and Interim President in 2014-15. Forlenza recently retired as executive chairman of the board of directors of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a global medical technology company headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, after serving as its CEO. He led the transformation of the company from a manufacturer of medical supplies to a topfive medical device, diagnostic and life science company. A passionate supporter of Lehigh’s academic and research mission, Forlenza provided strategic insights that were instrumental in shaping the creation of the College of Health. He and his wife, Ellen, established the Ellen and Vincent Forlenza ’75 Chair in Health Innovation and Technology Endowed Fund in 2020 for the College of Health. Additionally, they established the Ellen and Vincent A. Forlenza ’75 Endowed Fund for research, faculty and programs within the health and healthcare initiative at the Rossin College. Forlenza earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh in 1975 and a master’s in business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. A U D R E Y M C S A I N
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