John Delisa

John Delisa

John is currently an MBA/MS Candidate at the University of Michigan through The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise specializing in sustainable systems. He is passionate about exploring the intersection of sustainability and business as a means to mitigate...
Hillary McKenzie

Hillary McKenzie

Prior to joining the Erb Institute, Hillary’s career focused on corporate finance on the Treasury Capital Markets, primarily on foreign exchange risk management and capital raising in the debt markets. She is passionate about the triple bottom line and is excited to...
Eli Forrester

Eli Forrester

Eli joins the Erb Institute with seven years of experience in renewable energy, climate policy, and international project development. In 2015 he co-founded Volta, a clean energy company based in Oakland, CA and Accra, Ghana. Volta built more than 400 solar power...
Mariana Canepa

Mariana Canepa

I am passionate about finding strategies to adapt and mitigate climate change, evaluating Life Cycle Assessment tools, and creating benefits for vulnerable communities. Prior to Erb, I worked for the food and beverage industry in Mexico for 7 years, first in the...
Samantha Anders

Samantha Anders

Samantha comes to the Erb Institute from the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), a private equity trade association where she focused on ESG and DEI factors of alternative investments. She believes finance can be an incredible tool for change, and she’s...
Christopher Meyer

Christopher Meyer

Chris came to the Erb Institute with a background in financial services and climate organizing. He worked in wealth management running an investment strategy team for three years in Washington, D.C. Outside of the office, he organized with the Sunrise Movement,...
Jacob Kennedy

Jacob Kennedy

Jacob is deeply fascinated by the politics and socioeconomics of food systems. Prior to Erb, Jacob spent 6 years in non-profits and local government working on grassroots food and environmental justice. Now he seeks to work at the intersection of social and...
Aaron Friedman-Heiman

Aaron Friedman-Heiman

Aaron is passionate about how optimized design and logistics can be used to eliminate material and immaterial waste, particularly within food systems. Prior to Erb, he spent two years conducting applied research, focusing on technology promoting sustainable...
Sophie Geoghan

Sophie Geoghan

Sophie comes to the Erb Institute with a background in healthcare and data science. After graduating from MIT with a Bachelors in Neuroscience, she applied her statistics and coding knowledge to data analytics and machine learning at two healthcare companies. She is...