Nicolas Abstoss

Nicolas Abstoss

MBA/MS, Class of 2011 Nick has a passion to bring new clean and renewable technology to market. Nick is also a Tauber Institute for Global Operations Fellow, and firmly believes that integrating green operations and lean manufacturing principles to new technology...
Takahiro Isshiki

Takahiro Isshiki

MBA/MS, Class of 2011 Taka is specializing in renewable energy power generation, policy, and business development. He has extensive experience in the solar cell industry working as a material science engineer, researcher, and market strategist. Since joining the Erb...
Eva Owens

Eva Owens

MBA/MS, Class of 2011 Eva joined the Erb dual program to pursue her interest in the intersection of public policy, social innovation and business. Eva’s prior experience is in non-profit advocacy and management in Austin, Texas where she worked primarily in...
Imogen Taylor

Imogen Taylor

MBA/MS, Class of 2010 Imogen is interested in renewable and distributed energy (particularly photovoltaics), and energy efficiency technologies and building techniques. She currently works as an Analyst for Obsidian Renewables. Imogen previously worked for Solar...
Caitlin Harren

Caitlin Harren

MBA/MS, Class of 2013 Caitlin is now the Director of Sustainability and Social Responsibility at Amazon, following her role as the global Head of Restricted Products. This role follows 4 years of leadership on Amazon’s Sustainability and Social Responsibility...
Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor

Becky has held multiple roles in Strategy and Finance at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She works across the foundation’s domestic and international programs to help foundation leaders develop thoughtful, strategic approaches to achieve global change. Her...
Matthew Welch

Matthew Welch

MBA/MS, Class of 2009 Matthew focuses primarily on strategy and marketing, especially in the area of sustainable food systems and sustainable development. He brings to his studies over ten years of experience managing his family-run specialty food retail business and...
Emily Plews

Emily Plews

MBA/MS, Class of 2010 Upon graduation from U of M, Emily hopes to spend her days meaningfully integrating sustainability into corporate culture and strategy, managing partnerships between business, non-profits, and government, and providing technical analysis of and...
Bharathwajan Iyengar

Bharathwajan Iyengar

MBA/MS, Class of 2011 Bharath is a research associate in JMP Securities, with experience in the Real Estate, Clean Tech and High Technology verticals. Within capital markets, Bharath is passionate about and deeply interested in sustainable investing, particularly in...