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...
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...
Joshua Phan-Gruber

Joshua Phan-Gruber

Josh is passionate about food system sustainability, with a specific focus on alternative meats and proteins, land usage, and regenerative agriculture. Prior to joining the Erb institute, Josh worked in Finance and Operations roles at a variety of small and startup...
Robert Squiers

Robert Squiers

Robert is motivated by the global impact resulting from sustainable practices and infrastructure improvements as applied to the production of goods and renewable energies. As a member of the Erb Institute, he is interested in the cross-section of business and...
Carter Purcell

Carter Purcell

Carter is deeply committed to building a more resilient, just, and sustainable food and agriculture system through business. Prior to joining the Erb Institute, she spent six years in Washington, DC scaling strategic public-private sustainability initiatives in...
Rena Lahn

Rena Lahn

I am passionate about helping companies transition from a carbon-fueled economy to a greener economy by identifying their environmental risks, defining their sustainability strategy, and helping implement concrete, effective environmental policies. Prior to becoming a...
Allie Bull

Allie Bull

I am excited to use my time at Erb exploring ways to unlock and harness the power and influence of corporations to make a difference in the fight against climate change. More specifically, I hope to learn more about renewables and other emerging green-tech solutions....
Louise Draper

Louise Draper

Louise is passionate about leveraging her experience in the intersection of technology and sustainability to develop business-positive solutions to global issues. Prior to Erb, she worked for various startup technology companies. Most recently, she developed software...