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In this episode of the Bend Don’t Break podcast Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer visits with Serena Bishop Gordon,
Sustainability Director for Visit Bend who also has a background in
conservation giving and the outdoor industry.

In her current role, she manages
the Bend Sustainability Fund, the Strategic Investments & Partnerships
Program and strives to weave Visit Bend’s model of sustainability into every
aspect of the organization, seeking to find balance between economy, people and
place. When not working for Visit Bend, she spends her time on a bike, on
skis, or walking her pup, Piper, with a good cup of coffee in hand.

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This article appears in Source Weekly September 28, 2023.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Serena Bishop Gordon, Sustainability Director, Visit Bend 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 5, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Serena Bishop Gordon, Sustainability Director, Visit Bend 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 5, 2023</p> <p><p class="MsoNormal"> In this episode of the Bend Don't Break podcast <i>Source Weekly</i> publisher Aaron Switzer visits with Serena Bishop Gordon,<br /> Sustainability Director for Visit Bend who also has a background in<br /> conservation giving and the outdoor industry.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bend_don_t_break_100523.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bend_don_t_break_100523.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-51428" /></a></figure> <p> In her current role, she manages<br /> the Bend Sustainability Fund, the Strategic Investments &amp; Partnerships<br /> Program and strives to weave Visit Bend’s model of sustainability into every<br /> aspect of the organization, seeking to find balance between economy, people and<br /> place. When not working for Visit Bend, she spends her time on a bike, on<br /> skis, or walking her pup, Piper, with a good cup of coffee in hand. </p> <p> <b>Listen now:</p> <p></b> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-serena-bishop-gordon-sustainability-director-visit-bend" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Serena Bishop Gordon, Sustainability Director, Visit Bend" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Serena Bishop Gordon, Sustainability Director, Visit Bend</a></div> </p></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-serena-bishop-gordon-sustainability-director-visit-bend-19943100/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=51422&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-serena-bishop-gordon-sustainability-director-visit-bend-19943100/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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