Colton comes to the Erb Institute with a background in Supply Chain, Project Management, and ESG reporting. He is passionate about improving sustainability in the supply chain of food and agriculture. He is also interested in addressing climate change and...
MBA/MS, Class of 2001 David directs the Michigan Environmental Council’s energy program. He advocates in multiple policy arenas for cleaner, more efficient energy systems, focusing on both stationary and mobile sources. One objective is to highlight the burdens...
Christina brings an analytical background and an integrative approach to her work in corporate sustainability. At Keurig Green Mountain she oversees carbon and water strategies as well as product sustainability. She established a Design for Sustainability program at...
Raelyn currently works as an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company. Classically trained as a French chef, Raelyn enjoys anything that has to do with growing, sourcing, eating, or preparing food. She has always been drawn to sustainable enterprise and the...
I finished at Michigan in May 2018, where I was enthusiastically involved in the Social Venture Fund and Erb’s Peer Coaching program, among other things. Since then, I’ve started an independent consulting practice. I do innovation consulting for larger firms...
I worked with two organizations at Eastern Market in Detroit last summer: Farm Stand and Grow Eastern Market. My experience gave me insight on the food system and some of the challenges that exist in supplying fresh produce. It also reinforced my interest in working...
Since September 2015, students from the Ross School of Business and Erb Institute have worked on consulting projects for Shared-X, an agricultural social-venture startup supporting increased prosperity for smallholder farmers. As part of this action-based education,...
From trying to hold multiple crates of fruit to discussing the feasibility of market solutions, balance became an idea that I repeatedly thought about during my 2015 summer internship with the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture’s mobile market....
Food hubs are entities that connect farmers and food producers with larger markets for their products. Through funding from Erb Cool Projects, I attended the National Food Hub Conference in Atlanta, which was sponsored by the National Good Food Network. The biannual...
In February, I spent several days on EARTH University’s campus in the Guacimo region of Costa Rica, not far from Limon. I was there to visit family working with the university, and I had heard EARTH was a significant supplier of bananas to Whole Foods Market in the...