Sustainable Career Pathways

Resources for the next step in your sustainability career

Interviews by Subject Area

Energy, Utilities, and Generation (including renewables)

Lloyd Kass, Senior Vice President, Utility Strategy, Lime Energy

Joshua Kaplan, Program Officer, Renewable Energy and Climate, World Wildlife Fund

Michael Bogdan, Vice President, Lockton Global Energy

Jake Berlin, Principal, Distributed Energy Resources at ICF

John Ku, Energy & Utilities Consultant

Sean Peterson, Technology Strategy & Planning, Energy & Utilities (California)

Energy Efficiency and Demand Response

Lloyd Kass, Senior Vice President, Utility Strategy, Lime Energy

Michael Hower, Manager, Corporate & Marketing Communications, Carbon Lighthouse

Ed Carley, Ed’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs List & Buildings Program Manager, NASEO

Lillian Mirviss, Project Manager, OhmConnect

Colleen Woodson, Chief of Staff, Bright Power

Government/Cities/States/Regional Sustainability

Katie Walsh, Senior Manager, Cities, States and Regions, CDP North America

Lia Cairone, Senior Policy Advisor, New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability

Keith Kerman, Chief Fleet Officer & Deputy Commissioner, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), City of New York

Sustainability Officers

Joe McMahan, Vice President Sustainability Initiatives, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp, Sustainability Specialist, Jackson Family Wines

Alistair Hall, Sustainability Coordinator, Vassar College

Jennifer Gootman, Vice President, Social Consciousness & Innovation, West Elm

Scott Breen, Associate Manager, Sustainability and Circular Economy Program, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation & Co-host of the Sustainability Defined Podcast

Dara Ward, Energy & Sustainability Manager, St. Vrain Valley School District, Boulder County, CO

Transportation, Logistics, and Mobility

Keith Kerman, Chief Fleet Officer & Deputy Commissioner, Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), City of New York

Adam Gromis, Public Policy Manager, Sustainability & Environment, Uber

Jessica Balsam, Sustainability Director, APL Logistics

Waste, Recycling, Plastics, and Circular Economy

Stacy Savage, Founder/President, Zero Waste Strategies, LLC

Emily Tipaldo, Director, Packaging and Consumer Products, Plastics Division, American Chemistry Council

Sarah Bloomquist, Co-Founder, Circular Economy Network (CEN)

Allison Lin, Global Director, Closures and Labels, Global Sustainable Procurement, The Coca-Cola Company

Impact Investing/Finance

Judy Li, Investment Associate at Energy Foundry

Will Allen, Managing Partner, Nascent Group Holdings & Founder, Will Allen Foundation & Former Co-Captain of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Water

Christina Copeland, Senior Manager, Water Security, CDP North America

Specialists  

Molly Meyer, Founder & CEO, Omni Ecosystems (green infrastructure)

Dr. Julie Sinistore, Project Director, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA (life cycle analysis)

Jennifer Cole, Environmental Psychology PhD Student, University of Colorado Boulder