Rachel is passionate about sustainable food systems and agriculture supply chains. Most recently, Rachel interned with Environmental Defense Fund in their Walmart Corporate Partnership Program. There she worked on consumer product sustainability projects to advance...
Nikole joined the Erb Institute to pursue ways to improve the sustainability of the products we use every day. She comes to the University of Michigan after a decade-long career in communications, working in media and managing internal and external communications for...
For nearly 20 years, Michael Sadowski has worked with companies to create business value through a strategic approach to sustainability issues. Michael has been a trusted advisor to senior executives, driven change from within companies, led research and authored...
Trip O’Shea is a Vice President with Encourage Capital, focused on sustainable fisheries finance and other environmental investment opportunities. Prior to joining Encourage (formerly EKO Asset Management) in 2013, Trip was an investment banker in the Global Power...
John Denniston is Chairman of the Board of Shared-X, an agricultural impact company aiming to both generate profits and lift large numbers of smallholder farmers out of poverty. In short, Shared-X’s business plan is to collapse the agricultural Yield Gap – the...
Christine is currently an Associate Brand Manager, at Kimberly-Clark, for Kleenex. Christine spent over seven years honing her marketing and leadership skills in a variety of industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, nonprofit and higher education. She...
MBA/MS, Class of 2003 Jake Swenson is the Director of Sustainability for Staples, where he leads all sustainability-related programs for the company. Important areas of focus for Jake are ensuring customers can easily find and shop for more sustainable products,...
Sarah is focusing her studies on corporate environmental strategy and finance with a particular focus on climate change adaptation. She spent a summer working for Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Operations practice where she returned after graduation. Sarah...
Montana joined the Erb Institute after four years working in international development on microfinance and health projects in sub-Saharan Africa. She provided project management and communications support to an international health project funded by the U.S....
Luke joined the Erb community as a mid-year admit from Ross in 2016. He hails from Boston, where he spent four years as a project manager for a managed care organizing specializing in behavioral health and substance abuse. At Michigan, he is looking to pivot his...