Jenny Wein is an IT and finance leader with over 20 years of expertise in business transformation and technology implementation, maximizing capabilities and the return on investment for large organizations focused on environmental sustainability. In Ms. Wein’s role at...
MBA/MS, Class of 2013 Devin currently works as a Principal at Piloting Purpose. Devin McIntire has advised, founded and run social ventures in India, Tanzania and the US. He joined the Erb Institute to improve his entrepreneurial acumen and develop a toolkit for...
Panikos Georgallis is an Associate Professor of Strategy at the Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam (UvA). Prior to this appointment at UvA, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan and a Lecturer of Sustainable Enterprise at...
Rachel Fineberg Sylvan is a driven, experienced, and collaborative sustainability leader with 15 years of experience bridging business and environmental interests. She specializes in integrating sustainability into core business culture and functions across complex...
MBA/MS, Class of 2005 Rashila is a sustainability expert with deep understanding of how material issues affect business value drivers, evaluating ESG performance, and identifying attractive investment ideas. Expertise in monetizing impacts, air, waste, water,...
Thomas F. Catania, Jr., EAB member and former Erb Executive in Residence, is the retired Vice President of Government Relations at Whirlpool Corporation. He currently serves on the Analysis Technical Review Panel for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and is a...
MBA/MS, Class of 2017 State Rep. Joe Tate is serving his second term representing Michigan’s 2nd House District, a diverse community that covers part of Detroit’s Lower East Side, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe City, and Grosse Pointe Farms. Tate decided to run for...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai and Managing Director, Terry Nelidov, were recently invited to Cuba to explore ways in which the Erb Institute might be a factor in helping to manage Cuba’s transition to a sustainable market economy. I’d never been to Cuba before this...
I lived in China for several years, and by the time I left in 2014, I had witnessed astounding economic growth. As a student at the Erb Institute, I was eager to understand the impact of China’s rapid expansion and consequent search for natural resources from the...
Prior to my 2015 internship at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), I had preconceived thoughts on the activities and effectiveness of think tanks. Perhaps more than I should admit, I had the image of a group of smart people contemplating some of the most daunting problems...