Business & Finance

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Reed Schuler

2012 Fellow
Reed Schuler is the Managing Director for Implementation and Ambition and Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry, directing efforts to accelerate decarbonization by major economies and managing bilateral engagement...
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Ryan Shaening Pokrasso

2011 Fellow
Ryan Shaening Pokrasso is the Founder of SPZ Legal, P.C. SPZ is a Bay Area based firm that provides legal and strategic consulting to entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on helping those with a social or environmental mission. Prior to...
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Kristy Deiner

2010 Fellow
Kristy Deiner is fascinated and humbled by biodiversity and has spent hours, likely years, immersed in lakes and rivers from mountain tops to tropical islands unwinding the tangled banks of life to understand their inter-workings and connections. Discovery, exploration and learning are her key motivators. She has worked across a spectrum of institutions from museums to universities to non-profits and for profits across the US and Europe as a scientist, professor founder and CEO, but always a student.
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Stacy Jackson

2010 Fellow
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Sarah Kapnick

2010 Fellow
Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., was previously chief scientist for NOAA. In this role, Dr. Kapnick was responsible for advancing policy and program direction for NOAA’s science and technology priorities. Dr. Kapnick has extensive experience at the...
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Max Parness

2009 Fellow
In his role at Toyota, Max leads Toyota North America's vehicle-grid integration strategy, including the development of the company's go-to-market approach and partnerships with utilities and other key stakeholders. As part of this work, he...
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Karen Shapiro

1988 Fellow
Karen is Senior Associate of Policy and Programs at the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), a non-profit located in Boston. PSI works with state and local governments and partners with manufacturers, retailers, environmental groups...
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Jo Anne Shatkin

1991 Fellow
Jo Anne Shatkin, Ph.D. is President of Vireo Advisors, LLC, and is focused on sustainability strategies for new and nano-technology development and innovation. She has extensive experience in working with entrepreneurs to guide responsible...
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Greg Norris

1991 Fellow
Greg Norris is Co-Director of SHINE (the Sustainability and Health Initiative for Net-positive Enterprise), an initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health's Center for Health and the Global Environment. He also conducts research...
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Carlos Plazola

1994 Fellow
Carlos Plazola, 1994 Switzer Fellow, began as an environmental justice organizer in 1994. Since then, he has studied and participated in models of enabling social innovation, power redistribution, and grassroots activation through his roles...