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Alumni Biographies (2001- 2002)
Class of 2002
Dov
Brachfeld
Senior Consultant
Enact Sustainable Strategies |
 Dov Brachfeld brings a balance of financial sector and environmental management practice to Enact. With training and experience as both a business manager and consultant, his work has focused on working with management teams to develop corporate responsibility goals and action plans that complement existing business strategies.
Having previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Financial Institutions Group for Citibank, France and as a Researcher at Harvard Business School,
he has more recently been involved in the development of sustainability performance measurement and reporting tools, greenhouse gas inventory development and implementation, as well as analysis and training on the market forces and drivers in corporate responsibility.
A graduate of Columbia University, Dov also holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan. |
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Meghan
Chapple-Brown
Director, Office of Sustainability
George Washington University |
 Before joining George Washington University, Meghan was Director of Client Services at SustainAbility, a think tank/consultancy group, working to advise on corporate responsibility and sustainable development as it relates to market risks and opportunities. Previously, at the World Resources Institute, she managed the Beyond Grey Pinstripes report as well as other projects within the business education portfolio. She has experience in corporate social responsibility from her work with The Albright Group, Ford Motor Company, and Dow on climate change, human rights, and emerging markets, respectively. She also has expertise in community development and environmental education.
While at the University of Michigan, she worked on various start-up projects including a social enterprise for the Crow Indians, a green marketing plan for a Bolivian company that is a WRI New Ventures client, and a greenhouse gas emissions registry. She also conducted a new business opportunity analysis in Brazil and Argentina for Dow Chemical through the William Davidson Institute. Her interest in the social issues of sustainability led to her work on Ford Motor Company's social performance strategy in the summer of 2001.
Before enrolling at Michigan, Meghan applied her Environmental Science degree from Northwestern with Public Allies in Chicago to implement economic development programs with low-income communities. She has also worked with the Illinois Chapter of The Nature Conservancy as a community outreach coordinator and a writer for public relations and fundraising efforts. In addition, she initiated a teen community environmental program for the Southeast Chicago Development Commission.
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Megan DeYoung
Senior Consultant
Corporate Citizenship Inc. |
Megan DeYoung is a Senior Consultant at Corporate Citizenship Inc. She manages the US operations, working with clients on their environmental, corporate social responsibility, and reporting activities. She has 10 years of corporate responsibility experience with both the private and nonprofit sectors. Prior to joining CC, Megan worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers where she assisted clients on sustainability, risk management, and ethics projects with clients in the consumer products, food and beverage, financial services, and energy sectors. Megan also worked for Population Services International (PSI), where she developed a program for companies interested in providing HIV education to their employees and worked with PSI’s African offices to provide health products and services to underserved markets. Her other international work includes working with an ecotourism company in Peru to develop a marketing strategy and with local government in Croatia to analyze the opportunities to develop the golf industry. Megan has a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan as well as a Bachelor of Art, with High Honors, in Sociology from Emory University. Her master thesis analyzed the effectiveness of drug access programs in developing countries. She co-authored “Insights into the Food, Beverage, and Consumer Products Industry: GMA/FPA Overview of Industry Financial Performance and Trends.” |
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Tad Dritz
Independent Consultant |
 Tad's
goal is to
minimize
society's
adverse
environmental
effects by
modeling
business and
industrial
processes
after
natural
systems.
Other
interests
include the
management
challenges
associated
with
sustainable
development
initiatives,
strategic
opportunities
for
environmental
management
and
alternative
energy
technologies.
Tad earned a
B.S. in
Chemical
Engineering
from Ohio
University
in 1993.
After
graduation
he was hired
by EDG, a
New Orleans
area oil and
gas
consulting
firm, to
design
offshore oil
platforms.
In 1996, Tad
was selected
to serve with a team
of engineers
to design
and
supervise
the
construction
of
modifications
to the
Tengiz
petroleum
plant in the
former
Soviet
Republic of
Kazakhstan.
After two
years in
Tengiz, Tad
accepted a
project
engineering
position
with
Bechtel, an
international
leader in
engineering
and
construction,
to
participate
on a
multi-billion
dollar
upgrade of
Mexico's
largest
offshore oil
field.
Following
his first
year of the
MBA/MS
Program,
Tad worked
with Holnam,
the leading
U.S. cement
producer, in
their
corporate
environmental
affairs department.
Projects at
Holnam
included an
investigation
of
sustainable
development
opportunities
and
evaluation
of the
prospects
for air
emission
trading. Tad
split his
second
summer
between
Battelle
Memorial
Institute
and
SustainAbility
Ltd, in
London. At
Battelle, he
worked with
the Chemical
Market
Sector Group
to evaluated
the market
potential of
inventions
and determine
the best
commercialization
path for
revolutionary
chemical
industry
technologies.
At
SustainAbility,
a highly
respected
firm
specializing
in
sustainable
development
initiatives, Tad
investigated
the
correllation
between
organizational
learning and
sustainable
development.
Work on this
subject is
ongoing with
funding from
the Erb
Institute.
In his years
at Michigan,
Tad received
numerous
awards and
scholarships
including:
Texaco
Scholar
scholarship,
3M
Industrial
Ecology
Award and
the Hermalin
Fellowship
to study
abroad in
Norway.
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Shinsuke
Kodama
Project Manager
Ask.com |
 Before joining Ask.com , Shinsuke worked as a Senior Associate at AskJeeves. He
has more
than ten
years IT
industry
experience
and his
enthusiasm
for creating
more
sustainable
society with
the leverage
of business
sectors. He
is
interested
in strategic
uses of
environmental
and
corporate
information.
Last summer,
he worked
for Ecos
Technologies
in NYC and
conducted
business
analyses and
designed a
web based
environmental
knowledge
management
service. He
also led a
social
enterprise
database
project
which
monitors
performance
of a
company's
social
enterprise
program. In
summer 2000,
he conducted
Life Cycle
Assessment
of a yogurt product
delivery
system at
the Center
for
Sustainable
Systems at
the
University
of Michigan.
Shinsuke was
a Senior
Consultant
for AVT
Corporation
based in
Tokyo and
San
Francisco.
He was a
Project
Leader of
Product
Design,
Technology
Research and
Business
Alliance for
Recruit Co.,
LTD. in
Tokyo. Prior
that, he has
five years
experience
in system
development
and
management
of a
non-stop
telecommunication
system which
processed 2
million
transactions
per day. He
has been a
Fellow of
The Center
for Advanced
Engineering
Study with
Computer
Science concentration
at MIT.
Shinsuke
holds a
Bachelor of
Engineering
in
Mechanical
Engineering
from the
Keio
University
in Tokyo. He
is active in
introducing
his
experiences
in the
MBA/MS
Program in
Japanese
media. Shinsuke
published
several
articles in Japanese
publications.
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Matt Roman
Environmental
Affairs
Manager
Visteon
Corporation |
 Matt
received his
B.S. in
Mechanical
Engineering
from
Michigan
State
University
and joined
Ford Motor
Company's
Climate
Control
Division
after
graduation.
In his five
years with
the company,
he spent
time in
every phase
of a
product's
development
life from
design to
manufacture.
During that
time Matt
has tried to
initiate
awareness of
sustainability
and resource
consciousness
including
developing a
recycling
program at a
manufacturing
plant which
now recycles
over a half
ton of waste
product per
month it
used to
throw away.
In the
future he
hopes to
initiate
change in the
corporate
mind set to
include
sustainable
growth and
natural
resource
preservation
as part of
the end
decision
instead of
an element
to consider.
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Samantha
Sturhahn
Social Responsibility Consultant |
 Samantha Sturhahnwas formerly an independent corporate social responsibility consultant working for Chipotle Mexican Grill, a quick-service restaurant
offering naturally-raised pork, chicken and beef and pursuing other socially responsible programs with suppliers and in its restaurants. Previously,
Samantha was a Senior Manager within the Social Responsibility Department at McDonald’s Corporation. In this position, she coauthored the
company’s second social responsibility report, drafted McDonald’s global antibiotics policy, and helped to lead the Socially Responsible Food
Supply Initiative, a pilot project to measure progress toward environmental goals among key suppliers. Samantha spent the summer of 2001 as
an Associate with Deloitte Consulting working on a strategic planning project in the Financial Services sector. During summer 2000, Samantha
performed market and financial analyses to support the commercial licensing activities of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, and contributed to the design of a network of business incubators assisting clean energy companies. Samantha graduated from Yale
University in 1995 with a B.A. in Political Science and a focus on global conservation issues. During 1996, she worked with Conservation
International in Madagascar, helping to launch local community development and ecotourism activities tied to the conservation of a complex of
protected areas. Upon return to the U.S., Samantha became the Program Coordinator for Conservation International's projects in Ghana and
Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, managing two multilateral-funded conservation and enterprise development projects, serving as the liaison between
the field, U.S. headquarters, and public and private sector stakeholders, and helping to develop corporate partnerships and in-kind support. |
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Jed Van Dyke
Chief
Financial
Officer
The
Van Dyke
Technology
Group |
 Jed Van Dyke
is currently
the CFO of a
small
information
technology
consulting
firm. Jed is
interested
in
integrating
sustainability
into
corporate
strategic
thinking and
planning. He
intends to
focus on the
development
of
mechanisms
that shift
sustainable
business
practice
from a
perceived
burden of
responsibility
to an
economically
viable and
attractive
business
solution.
Jed spent
this past
summer with
Deloitte
Consulting
in Chicago,
Illinois.
His primary
projects
were
development
of a
five-year
strategic
plan for a
local
Chicago
non-profit
organization seeking to
limit the
number of
killings in
Chicago and
development
of a
consolidated
cost
allocations
system
design for
two merging
insurance
providers.
Jed spent
the summer
of 2000 with
the Calvert
Group, a
socially
responsible
investment
firm located
in Bethesda,
Maryland.
For Calvert,
Jed
performed an
analysis of
the social,
environmental,
and
financial
performance
of and
trends
within the
biotechnology
industry as
part of the
development
and launch
of a new
technology
fund. Prior
to the
MBA/MS
Program, Jed
earned a
Bachelor of
General
Studies from
the University
of Michigan
with a focus
in
Anthropology.
Upon
graduation,
Jed worked
at the World
Foundation
for
Environment
and
Development
(WFED), a
non-profit
environmental
conflict
resolution
and
consulting
firm based
in
Washington,
DC. At WFED
Jed worked
on the
development
and
implementation
of
benefits-sharing
contracts
between
private
sector research
groups and
the U.S.
Department
of Interior
(primarily
for
Yellowstone
National
Park). Work
with
Yellowstone
included a
fourteen-month
on-site
project
during which
Jed managed
the
day-to-day operations
of the
Yellowstone
National
Park
research
program and
integrated
the
benefits-sharing
model with
the current
research system.
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Jay West
Director of Health, Products, & Science
American Chemistry Council |
 Jay is
working as a
mediator for
Meridian
Institute, a
non-profit
that
specializes
in mediation
and conflict
resolution
around a
variety of
sustainable
development
topics.
Jay's
interests
lie in the
connection
between
agriculture
and
specialty
consumer
goods,
especially
in the food,
beverage,
and timber
industries.
He is also
interested
in how
globalization
will affect
agricultural
policies and
rural
communities
in the
developing
world. Jay
has worked
as an ozone
depletion
consultant
for the
World Bank
and was an
aquatic
biologist
for the
Izaak Walton
League of America. As
a MBA/MS
Program
student he
developed an
organic
hErbal
medicine
farm for the
Crow
Indians.
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Melissa
Vernon
Director of Sustainable Strategy
InterfaceFLOR Commercial |
 Melissa
joined
Interface,
Inc. in
their
Sustainable
Operations
group in
October
2002.
Interface is
well known
for it's
founder and
Chairman,
Ray
Anderson,
and his path
in
discovering
sustainability.
Melissa is
working on
environmental
issues such
as measuring
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
sourcing
renewable
energy and
carbon
dioxide
offsets,
greening our
transportation,
developing
an action
plan to
achieve our
2020 goals,
and
developing
'climate
neutral'
products.
She supports
the
individual
business
units in
achieving
their
corporate energy
efficiency
and
renewable
energy goals
and in
reducing the
environmental
footprint of
Interface's
products.
The products
include
carpet
tiles,
broadloom
carpet,
interior
fabrics
(cubicle
fabrics,
chairs),
architectural
raised
flooring.
Interface is
very active
in the US
Green
Building
Council.
In the
summer of
2001,
Melissa
worked at
Ford Motor
Company in
the Global
Purchasing
Planning
Strategy
group where
she tackled
both
environmental
and social
issues as
part of
Ford's
corporate
citizenship
initiative.
Specifically,
she worked
on expanding
the ISO
14001
requirement
for
suppliers,
coordinated
a Supplier
Environmental
Forum, and
evaluated
potential
impacts of a
Human Rights
Code of
Conduct in
the supply
chain.
In the
summer of
1999,
Melissa
researched
and wrote
web pages
demonstrating
the
environmental
and economic
benefits of
green
building for
the West
Michigan
Sustainable
Business
Forum. In
the summer
of 2000,
Melissa
assisted the
Ann Arbor
Area Chamber
of Commerce
in the
initial
stages of
creating a
Sustainable
Business
Forum for
the Ann
Arbor area.
Melissa has
a B.S. in
marine
biology from
Duke
University.
Prior to
entering the
University
of Michigan,
she worked
at the John
G. Shedd
Aquarium in
Chicago, IL,
and, as an
AmeriCorps
volunteer
for the Illinois
Department
of Natural
Resources,
coordinating
a volunteer
stream-monitoring
program for
11 counties
in the
Chicagoland
area. |
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Class of 2001
Carmen
Baskette
Senior Manager, Corporate Development
EnerNOC, Inc. |
 Before going to EnerNOC, Inc. Carmen worked as a Regulatory and Policy Manager for Ecos Consulting. Ecos' San Francisco office not only supports the energy
efficiency program marketing and management that Ecos is known for, but the company is
also expanding their practice areas to include services related to
renewable energy and demand response resources as well as energy-environment
issues (e.g. carbon dioxide regulation).
Prior to Ecos Consulting Carmen was a
Consultant
at Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), a San Francisco-based consulting firm
specializing
in
engineering
and economic
solutions
for the
electric
industry. |
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Luis Bravo
Manager, Capital Markets Research
Interfip SAB |
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Rachel
Fineberg Sylvan
Sustainable Business Consultant |
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 organizations. Most recently she was the Director of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at U.S. Foodservice. At U.S. Foodservice, the second largest foodservice distributor in the country, she worked with leaders throughout the company and with external stakeholders in developing and implementing a broad strategy for improving environmental performance. She has also led corporate responsibility and sustainability projects for Volvo Car Corporation, for the petroleum shipping industry, and for an international development consulting firm. She currently lives in a certified green building in Silver Spring, MD. |
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David Gard
Energy
Program Director
Michigan
Environmental
Council |
 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 associated with fossil fuel dependence: human illness, damage to natural systems, lost economic opportunity, and geopolitical instability. While completing the MBA/MS Program, David earned a
Manufacturing Concentration through the Tauber Manufacturing Institute.
As a Research Associate with the Center for Sustainable Systems, he
wrote a Master's Thesis that was later published in the Journal of
Industrial Ecology. David holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
Northwestern University. Upon graduation, he served with the U.S. Navy
on a ship based in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Andrew
Horning
Managing
Director, Erb
Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University
of Michigan |
 Drew oversees all operational, financial and marketing matters for the Institute and has responsibility for strategic planning efforts and the successful execution of high-priority initiatives. He also regularly advises graduate students with regard to academics and career direction. Mr. Horning came to the Erb Institute in 2002, after serving as Market Development Manager with DTE Energy, where he focused on the commercialization of clean and renewable energy technologies, such as fuel cells, photovoltaics and wind power. He also worked for several years as a wealth manager in the financial services industry, spending most of that time with the Merrill Lynch Private Client Group. Drew received his MBA and MS degrees from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment. He also holds a B.S. in Business Economics from the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.
Drew presently serves on the Board of Advisors for Greenopolis.
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Matthew
Johnson
Director of Business Development
Gaia Power Technologies |
 Matt works as Director of Business Development for Gaia Power Technologies, an energy technology company located
in New York City. Gaia has developed a modular energy storage device which can provide demand reduction, backup
power and renewable integration for residential and commercial customers. Matt's work includes strategy development,
direct sales, development of strategic partnerships, and management of government R&D contracts. Prior to moving to
Gaia, Matt was Assistant Vice President for Electricity and Distributed Generation at Sentech, a clean energy consultancy
based in Washington, D.C.. As a MBA/MS Program student, Matt's projects included a valuation and market assessment
of cogeneration power plants in Romania, and development of an environmental marketing strategy for the Westvaco Corporation.
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Sangeeta
Labhsetwar Ranade
Business Development Manager
EnerNOC |
 Sangeeta is a business development manager at EnerNOC, an energy management solutions company that helps large organizations use energy more intelligently and pay less for it. Along with fellow Erber, Carmen Baskette Henrickson, she is working on an energy efficiency technology solution called Monitoring Based Commissioning which allows users to track their energy usage at the equipment level on a realtime basis. This allows users to make incremental operational changes as soon as problems arise resulting in cost savings and emission reductions. Prior to EnerNOC, Sangeeta was a director with RSe Consulting, a strategy consulting firm in London, England. After graduating from Michigan, Sangeeta worked with Starbucks Coffee Company as an environmental affairs specialist where she managed waste, energy, and water conservation initiatives across all North American stores. While in the Erb MBA/MS program, she interned with an organization in Cape Town, South Africa to develop a strategy to attract foreign investment and create South African jobs. During her second internship, she developed a corporate social responsibility strategy for Ford Motor Company of Australia. Sangeeta received a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University and worked as an Analyst for Mercer Management Consulting . She lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband and daughter, Selina. |
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Jeff
Manternach
Vice President, Finance
Pacific
Ethanol,
Inc. |
 Jeff joined PEI in June 2003 and is primarily focused on financing the company's capital projects. For his first year at PEI, Jeff served as CFO of the company, performing the complex accounting functions of the rapidly growing business. Prior to joining PEI, he was a financial consultant at Pacific Resources and focused on controllership projects. Jeff received his MBA with Distinction and an MS in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan. |
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Asako Nagai
CSR Manager, Corporate
Social and
Environmental
Affairs
Sony
Corporation |
 Asako is
responsible
for
producing
the annual
Environmental
Report for
Sony
Corporation.
She
challenges
environmental
and social
practices in
Sony through
the
stakeholder
relations
committee,
which is
cross-functional
group within
the
organization.
Asako
graduated
from Sophia
University
in 1992 with
a BA in
Management.
Before
enrolling in
the MBA/MS
Program, she
worked as a
Project
Manager with
IntErbrand
Japan, Inc.,
a marketing
consulting
firm. Her
work at
IntErbrand
included
marketing
and brand
strategy
development
for clients
in multiple
industries
and
cross-functional team
management
with client
companies.
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Alan Phipps
President
Phipps Associates, Inc. |
 Alan is
President of
Phipps
Associates,
Inc., an
environmental
strategy and
performance
consulting
firm based
in
Massachusetts.
Before
founding
Phipps
Associates,
Alan was a
Policy
Analyst at
the Product
Stewardship
Institute at
UMass, where
he focused
on product
stewardship
of
electronics.
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| New Search |
Elyse
Steiner
Clean Air Markets Division
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency |
 Elyse joined EPA’s Clean Air Markets Division in 2006. She works on
market-based cap-and-trade programs that reduce emissions from stationary sources—mainly in the power sector. She has also been involved with EPA’s voluntary climate change programs such as ENERGY STAR. Formerly, she was an energy analyst in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Washington, DC office supporting a variety of renewable energy modeling projects for the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Elyse has earned a BA, MBA, and MS from the University of Michigan. |
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