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Climate resilience and agricultural prosperity

Climate resilience and agricultural prosperity

Before joining the Erb ranks, I worked as managing partner for my family’s cherry and apple farm in Traverse City, Mich. Farmers love to tell stories, especially stories about dramatic, devastating weather events. As the sixth generation to lead our business, I grew...

Diving deep into human rights in Barcelona

Diving deep into human rights in Barcelona

Doing Good Doing Well is a conference run by students at IESE Business School in Spain. As Erb students, we were excited to be invited to present a workshop at the conference in February. Doing Good Doing Well is the largest student-run conference in Europe. It brings...

Closing the Loop: Helping the Private Sector Turn Waste Into Profit

Closing the Loop: Helping the Private Sector Turn Waste Into Profit

This past summer I completed an internship at Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. (RRS). RRS is an environmental consulting firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich., that specializes in corporate sustainability, waste recovery solutions and organics management. It serves a variety...

Erb Student and Ross Team Win Accenture Innovation Challenge

Erb Student and Ross Team Win Accenture Innovation Challenge

For the second year in a row, a team from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business has won Accenture’s Innovation Challenge, which brings in MBA students to tackle a challenge that one of its nonprofit partners faces. This year, the partner was USA for...

Ryan Whisnant

Ryan Whisnant

While at the Erb Institute, Ryan focused on sustainability strategy and organization development. Following Erb, he established the sustainability office as Director of Sustainability for a $4.5 billion technology services company, including energy, waste reduction,...

Alan Phipps

Alan Phipps

MBA/MS, Class of 2001 Alan is currently a Sustainability Consultant at Pure Strategies. Prior to Pure Strategies, Alan was the President of Phipps Associates, Inc., an environmental strategy and performance consulting firm based in Massachusetts. Before founding...