Hawaii accelerator CEO makes short list for national environmental award

Elemental Excelerator co-founder and CEO Dawn Lippert has made the short list for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.

Lippert, who heads the Honolulu-based accelerator, is one of 20 nominees for the award, which is aimed at recognizing scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, activists or artists under the age of 40, “who stands poised to make a game-changing difference,” according to the award’s website.