… thee Gates Foundation, and the Swedish Government to ultimately design and build more sustainable and equitable value chains and market systems. Her accumulated experiences, passion forsustainable and delicious food, and deepening sense of responsibility to tackle complex … fundraising series. Ariana grew up in Hong Kong before she moved to the United States to attend Syracuse University, where she triple-majored in Advertising Communications, …
… of the Environment. Prior to graduate school, Grace worked as a Program Coordinator at Forest Trends, a conservation finance nonprofit. There, she researched innovative … Service mitigate wildfire risk in priority regions across the West. She also researched potential creative partners (i.e. insurance & recreation industries) to create cross sector … free time, you can find her hiking, biking, reading, or baking. Corporate Sustainability Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Grace Ferguson …
… has 30+ years of investment and management experience, is a recognized thought leader in sustainable finance and has a proven track record working both with asset management firms … investment and asset management firms and funds, private operating companies, and mission-forward institutions who want to build, realign and scale institutional-quality sustainable … sits on several Boards including Impax Asset Management Group, Pax World Funds, Onward Energy and the Seven Islands Land Company. Lindsey is the Co-Chair of the Advisory Board …
… Meaghan is the VP of Product Development at Local Bounti where she works on commercializing new products and business models. Since her time at Yale, Meaghan has worked for companies advancing innovative business models to scale more sustainable food production including Plenty and Agriculture Capital. Across her roles, …
… Appelbaum writes and teaches to help all stakeholders act on climate challenges. He's written journalism and research for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Bloomberg CityLab, the Urban Land Institute, the … He was recently CBEY's News Editor, where he coached students writing stories for the Clean Energy Finance Forum and Conservation Finance Network websites. He lives in Lower Manhattan, …
… Uganda. Prior to that he worked in One Acre Fund's strategy team, developing joint ventures for seed production in Rwanda and identifying opportunities for smallholder farmers to access global crop markets, among other projects. Colin came to … hiking in Connecticut's many state parks, or working on DYI projects around his house. Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Colin Custer … …
… Brooks Lamb is the author of Love for the Land : Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place (Yale Univ. Press, 2023), a book … than ever.” Brooks is also the author of Overton Park: A People’s History (Univ. of Tennessee Press, 2019), and he has published many essays, articles, reports, poems, and … Specialist at American Farmland Trust. In this role, he leads local, state, and national efforts to advance farmland protection, enhance access to land for new, beginning, and …
… the Environment studying collaborative solutions to protecting wildlife on working lands. Before coming to YSE, she worked for an environmental nonprofit, focusing on water and nutrient management on the Central Coast of California and stopping the sale of … and Environmental Economics & Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Christina …
… Global. During her internship, she helped build innovation ecosystems in emerging markets for the TECA climate venture launcher and built a gallery of climate-smart financial products to accelerate further investment and development. Monica graduated from Rice University with a degree in Environmental Science and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Monica Niiko …
… (MBA) Candidate at the Yale School of Management studying strategy and financing for economic development and natural capital solutions, with a particular interest in the agriculture … in Global Health from Duke University. She is also an avid gardener. Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Ritika Jain … …