Ricky joined the Erb Institute to pursue a career that improves the sustainability of foods we eat every day. Before entering the University of Michigan, he worked at Amazon for 3.5 years in Seattle. There, he managed cross-functional relationships with packaged food...
Harrison is passionate about helping companies sustainably source their products to address brand and operational risks throughout their supply chains - specifically in the food and retail industries. Prior to the Erb Institute, he worked as a public sector consultant...
Chris is passionate about positive organizational scholarship and people strategy. He joins the Erb community after serving three years in Ecuador with the U.S. Peace Corps, first as a business consultant in the natural resource conservation program and then as a...
Rob Whittier manages Visa’s sustainability and corporate responsibility programs and partnerships, employee programs, formal reporting and communications, with a focus on environmental sustainability, renewable energy, greenhouse gas reduction, green building and data...
Jeff is currently Director of Project Origination at Clean Focus Renewables, a financier and developer of large-scale solar photovoltaic systems. Prior to joining Clean Focus, Jeff was Senior Director of Sales at SunShare where he led customer acquisition activities...
Allison is the Erb Institute’s Writer. Her career as a writer and editor spans various publications and nonprofit organizations, on topics ranging from the environment to education to the law. As a freelance writer, her work has been published by the Sierra Club, the...
Marian Chertow is a professor of industrial environmental management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her research and teaching focus on industrial ecology, business/environment issues, waste management, circular economy, and urban industrial...
John joined The Nature Conservancy in 2016 to accelerate the use of capital markets for conservation in California. Prior to this role, John worked five years at Hewlett Packard, incubating and building new energy analytics businesses for electric utility clients in...
MBA/MS, Class of 2000 Kathleen Judd leads the Buildings & Connected Systems Group at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The group conducts applied research to advance the energy and water efficiency and resilience of...
Aparna aims to finance the start-up, expansion, and growth of sustainable enterprises in the US and abroad. At Erb, she has pursued knowledge and skills in clean tech (solar PV, energy efficiency) and carbon finance, putting them to use in clean tech investment...