Anousheh Ansari
CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation
Judges
Judges select a winner after reviewing finalist video interviews, faculty scores and supplemental materials.
Kevin de León
Councilmember, Los Angeles City Council and Former President Pro Tempore, CA Senate
Lori Garver
CEO of Earthrise Alliance and Former Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kara Hurst
Head of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon
Nominators
Nominators from around the world, selected for their own creativity and contributions in the environmental arena, each submit one candidate for the award.
Lylianna Allala
Climate Justice Director at the City of Seattle’s Office
Susan Alzner
Co-founder and Chief of Strategy & Ops at shift7
David Biello
Science Curator for TED
Jaime Carlson
Strategy & Investment, Softbank Energy
Cassie Crockett
Director and Head of Strategy at Schmidt Futures
Carlos Gutierrez
Chief Strategy Officer at Larta Institute
Amy Hunter
Global Head of Sustainability at BlackRock
Andy Karsner
Managing Partner of Emerson Collective
Katherine Keating
Chief Sustainability & Strategy Officer of Maverick
Bob Lalasz
CEO of Science+Story
Tina May
Senior Director of Sustainability, Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Steve McCormick
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Kathryn Mengerink
Executive Director at the Waitt Institute
Johanna Partin
Director of Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance
Ted Richane
Senior Director, Strategy, Engagement & Impact at Vulcan Productions
Jeff Rosenthal
Co-Founder of Summit
Mary Ruckelshaus
Director of Natural Capital Project
M. Sanjayan
Chief Executive Officer at Conservation International
Ami Vitale
Writer, Photographer and Filmmaker for National Geographic
Stephanie Wear
Marine Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy
Steve Westly
Founder and Managing Partner of The Westly Group
Faculty Committee
A committee of UCLA faculty representing a wide range of disciplines and fields evaluate each candidate.
William Boyd
Professor of Environmental and Energy Law
Kyle Cavanaugh
Assistant Professor of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
Charles Corbett
Professor of Operations Management and Sustainability
Kian Goh
Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
Nurit Katz
Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA
Miriam Marlier
Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Change and Public Health
Sean Metzger
Associate Professor for UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Stephanie Pincetl, PhD
Founding Director, California Center for Sustainable Communities
Deepak Rajagopal
Associate Professor of Energy Economics and Policy
Casandra Rauser
Director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge
Amy Rowat
Associate Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Jennifer Walske
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations