Business & Finance

Fellow

Xantha Bruso

2006 Fellow
Xantha works to advance cross-sector decarbonization through transportation and building electrification as a consultant at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.
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Linda Walker

2005 Fellow
As manager of WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network - North America program, Linda works with North American companies that are committed to more responsible sourcing of forest products. Linda has also worked as a Forest Stewardship Council...
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Jeremy Hays

2001 Fellow
Jeremy is a Strategic Partner at Kapwa Consulting, Principal at Upright Consulting Services, and the former executive director of Green For All, a national nonprofit he helped found in 2008. His consulting work draws on years of experience...
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Eric Sievers

1997 Fellow
Eric is a former international banker and attorney now working to commercialise new climate saving technologies in Hungary.
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Mary Brown

2005 Fellow
Mary worked as a preservation planner for the San Francisco Planning Department for seven years. Before that she earned a Master’s degree in Geography at San Francisco State University. Her research focused on strategies to increase the...
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Rita Hudetz

2007 Fellow
Rita M. Hudetz is a 2007 Switzer Fellow. She recently joined natural food company Hu Kitchen as Chief Commercial Officer of Hu Products, to drive expansion of their retail product line. Prior to joining Hu, Rita was Director of Strategy for...
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Peter Melhus

2002 Fellow
Peter Melhus is an emeritus Associate Professor of Management and Sustainable Business at San Francisco State University. He served as executive director of the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities, a multi-stakeholder...
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Bruce Paton

1997 Fellow
Bruce Paton is Professor emeritus of Management and Innovation. He currently serves as Chair of the Santa Clara County Sustainability Commission, Board President for Leadership Sunnyvale, and Co-Chair of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
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Chris Larson

2008 Fellow
Chris Larson is completing a Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Yale School of Management (SOM). At SOM, and through coursework at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, he is developing approaches to engage...
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Sasha Gennet

2006 Fellow
Sasha is the Ecoregional Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy for the Central coast of California, a region stretching from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, and from the ocean to the Central Valley. Sasha obtained her doctorate from the...