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DESCRIPTION:Wisdom from alums working in sustainability\n\nLooking to learn
  more about careers in Sustainability? Please join us for a panel and Q&A f
 eaturing alums working in the industry. Discover more about them in the bio
 s below.\n\nThis event is co-presented by Stanford Alumni in Sustainability
 \, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability\, and Stanford Alumni Startups N
 ew York and co-sponsored by Stanford Young Alumni - Bay Area\, Stanford You
 ng Alumni - San Diego\, Stanford Alumni Association\, and Stanford Career E
 ducation.\n\nRobert Kabera\, '11 \nRefugee\, Engineer and Entrepreneur \nRo
 bert has worked on transformative breakthroughs\, from bringing credit scor
 ing to unbanked farmers to designing power systems to prepare humanity for 
 natural disasters. Since his time at Stanford\, Robert has focused his work
  on using artificial intelligence to predict risk across energy\, climate\,
  agriculture\, and financial services. Robert was named in the 2018 Forbes 
 Energy Sector 30 Under 30 list. Robert is a term member of the Council on F
 oreign Relations. Robert was honored with the Stanford Doerr School of Sust
 ainablity's  2022 Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award. \n\nInsiya Jafferjee\,
  '14 \nFounder of Shellworks \nInsiya Jafferjee is the CEO of Shellworks\, 
 a leading biotech startup building a world where sustainable products can b
 e created without compromise. Their first material\, Vivomer\, is made from
  microbes\, harnesses nature’s science\, and can degrade in any natural env
 ironment. Originally from Sri Lanka\, Insiya holds a BSc in Product Design 
 from Stanford University and an MA and MSc from Royal College of Art and Im
 perial College. She spent her early career working at the intersection of c
 utting-edge research\, design\, and engineering at corporations like Bose\,
  Ford Motor Company and Apple. She then moved to London to leverage her exp
 erience to make plastic waste a thing of the past.\n\n Lucyann Murray  ‘12\
 nClimate and Sustainability Principal\, Boston Consulting Group\nLucyann is
  a principal at Boston Consulting a group and a member of BCG’s Industrial 
 Goods and Climate and Sustainability practice areas. Her work focuses on co
 mpanies that interact closely with the land\, such as forest products\, min
 ing\, agriculture\, and manufacturing clients. Lucyann graduated from Stanf
 ord with BA in Human Biology\, and a focus on Nutrition and Sustainable Agr
 iculture (’12) and an MBA and Masters of Forestry from Yale (’17). Lucyann 
 has spent the last 5+ years in consulting\, first at Accenture with a focus
  on natural resource companies operations and digital transformations\, and
  now at BCG on purely climate and sustainability topics for many of the sam
 e industries. She is collaborating with clients on nature positive solution
 s – i.e. how they interact with water\, land\, and the broader ecosystem. H
 er recent projects include designing sustainable mine plans (ones that incl
 ude emissions\, water and nature impacts\, and stakeholder considerations) 
 for a global mining company\, a go-to-market strategy for corn-based plasti
 c\, and supporting global NGOs in advancing the nature positive agenda. Luc
 yann’s passion for climate and sustainability comes from her own love for n
 ature\, and lives in Colorado with her husband named Will\, large dog named
  Sierra\, and horse named Tinkerbell.\n\nRhiannon Tomtishen\, '18\nSecretar
 iat Lead\, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)\nRhiannon Tomtis
 hen is a Secretariat Lead at the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (G
 FANZ)\, the world’s largest coalition of financial institutions committed t
 o transitioning the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Rh
 iannon primarily supports GFANZ in its efforts to mobilize climate finance 
 to emerging markets & developing economies. Prior to joining GFANZ\, she wa
 s a member of the Sustainability & Corporate Transitions investment banking
  team at Citi. She began her career in corporate banking covering the consu
 mer and retail sectors. Rhiannon graduated from Stanford University in 2018
 \, majoring in International Relations and minoring in Chinese Studies. She
  is based in NYC where she enjoys walking Central Park and exploring new re
 staurants.\n\nmoderated by:\n\nAlexandra van Alebeek\, '17\, MA '19\nHead o
 f Business Operations\, Full Cycle\n\nA knack for making visions into reali
 ty\, Alexandra (Xandra)\, loves infusing operational excellence into climat
 e-focussed companies. She currently serves as the Head of Business Operatio
 ns for Full Cycle Bioplastics\, an innovative technology company converting
  organic waste into compostable and biodegradable bioplastic solution. This
  bioplastic can act as a replacement to petroleum plastics. She holds her M
 aster’s and Bachelor’s from Stanford University in Earth Systems with a con
 centration in sustainable food systems. She also has a culinary degree from
  Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland and has spent time working as a profe
 ssional chef.
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SUMMARY:Career Pathways in Sustainability
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