Shivanee Shah

Shivanee Shah

Before Erb, I worked in consulting, product management, and corporate strategy at IBM in the NY metro area. While I enjoyed building products and offerings for consulting and tech, I wanted to work on a consumer brand and improve its societal impact. I decided to...
Jaya Uppal

Jaya Uppal

I have a background in climate tech and politics. I come to Michigan from Seattle, where I worked in Business Development at LevelTen Energy, a clean energy startup that provides transaction infrastructure for renewable energy buyers and sellers. I’m passionate about...
Devon Thompson

Devon Thompson

Prior to joining Erb, Devon spent four years in management consulting with a focus on social impact and sustainability casework spanning climate target setting and roadmapping, clean tech investment, wildfire risk assessment, and global heath and development. Devon is...
Radhika Handa

Radhika Handa

Radhika is passionate about the use of finance to help drive climate and social impact in equitable and just ways. Prior to Erb, she worked at PwC in the Financial Markets & Real Estate practice for over 5 years on a variety of structured finance deals and...
Hillary McKenzie

Hillary McKenzie

I am passionate about driving climate action through strategic investment in carbon-free energy and heavy industry. Through the Erb Institute, I’m developing the expertise to propel early-stage climate tech ventures toward scalable solutions that can achieve...
Annie Kartheiser

Annie Kartheiser

Annie is passionate about curbing carbon emissions and supporting the energy transition. Prior to joining the Erb Institute, Annie gained 5-years experience in managing complex projects and partnerships. Annie spent two years as a management consultant at IBM and...
Valerie Crum

Valerie Crum

Valerie is passionate about building the next generation of cities that are environmentally and socially resilient. She connects emerging technologies and social entrepreneurs with the capital and strategy they need to scale. Before joining the Erb Institute, Valerie...
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...
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 was...
Praveen Mahendran

Praveen Mahendran

Praveen is coming to Michigan to pivot his career to carbon capture with a particular interest in the power of nature-based solutions. Prior to Erb he spent 2 years working in sales analytics within the demand response space, after which he spent 6 years in marketing...