Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Judges

Judges select a winner after reviewing finalist video interviews, faculty scores and supplemental materials.

Anousheh Ansari

CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation

kevin de león — Kevin de León

Councilmember-elect, Los Angeles City Council and Former President Pro Tempore, CA Senate

lori garver — Lori Garver

CEO of Earthrise Alliance and Former Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

kara hurst — 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 — Lylianna Allala

Climate Justice Director at the City of Seattle’s Office

susan alzner — Susan Alzner

Co-founder and Chief of Strategy & Ops at shift7

david biello — David Biello

Science Curator for TED

jaime carlson — Jaime Carlson

Strategy & Investment, Softbank Energy

cassie crockett — Cassie Crockett

Director and Head of Strategy at Schmidt Futures

carlos gutierrez — Carlos Gutierrez

Chief Strategy Officer at Larta Institute

amy hunter — Amy Hunter

Global Head of Sustainability at BlackRock

andy karsner — Andy Karsner

Managing Partner of Emerson Collective

katherine keating — Katherine Keating

Chief Sustainability & Strategy Officer of Maverick

bob lalasz — Bob Lalasz

CEO of Science+Story

tina may — Tina May

Senior Director of Sustainability, Land O'Lakes, Inc.

steve mccormick — 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 — Ted Richane

Senior Director, Strategy, Engagement & Impact at Vulcan Productions

Jeff Rosenthal

Co-Founder of Summit

mary ruckelshaus — Mary Ruckelshaus

Director of Natural Capital Project

m. sanjayan — M. Sanjayan

Chief Executive Officer at Conservation International

ami vitale — Ami Vitale

Writer, Photographer and Filmmaker for National Geographic

stephanie wear — Stephanie Wear

Marine Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy

steve westly — 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 — William Boyd

Professor of Environmental and Energy Law

kyle cavanaugh — Kyle Cavanaugh

Assistant Professor of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

charles corbett — Charles Corbett

Professor of Operations Management and Sustainability

kian goh — Kian Goh

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning

nurit katz — Nurit Katz

Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA

miriam marlier — Miriam Marlier

Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Change and Public Health

sean metzger — Sean Metzger

Interim Director at UCLA Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment

stephanie pincetl, phd — Stephanie Pincetl, PhD

Founding Director, California Center for Sustainable Communities

deepak rajagopal — Deepak Rajagopal

Associate Professor of Energy Economics and Policy

casandra rauser — Casandra Rauser

Director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

amy rowat — Amy Rowat

Associate Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology

jennifer walske — Jennifer Walske

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations