Anousheh Ansari
CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation
Judges
Judges select a winner after reviewing finalist video interviews, faculty scores and supplemental materials.
Chanell Fletcher
Deputy Executive Officer, Environmental Justice, CA Air Resources Board
Lori Garver
CEO of Earthrise Alliance
Kara Hurst
Head of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon
Kevin de León
Councilmember, Los Angeles City Council and Former President Pro Tempore, CA Senate
Nominators
Nominators from around the world, selected for their own creativity and contributions in the environmental arena, each submit one candidate for the award.
Susan Alzner
Co-founder and Chief of Strategy & Ops at shift7
Martha Dina Argüello
Executive Director for Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles
David Biello
Science Curator for TED
Jaime Carlson
Strategy & Investment, Softbank Energy
Cassie Crockett
Director and Head of Strategy at Schmidt Futures
Rudy Espinoza
Executive Director of Inclusive Action for the City
Debbie Franco
Managing Director of the Water Solutions Network
Carlos Gutierrez
Chief Strategy Officer at Larta Institute
Amy Hunter
Global Head of Sustainability at BlackRock
Andy Karsner
Managing Partner of Emerson Collective
Steve McCormick
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Kathryn Mengerink
Executive Director at the Waitt Institute
Johanna Partin
Deputy Director at the Building Decarbonization Coalition
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 and leaders representing a wide range of disciplines and fields evaluate each candidate.
Paul Brandano
Executive Director of UCLA's Master of Science in Business Analytics
Kyle Cavanaugh
Assistant Professor of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
Kristy Edmunds
Executive and Artistic Director of UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance
Noah Garrison
Environmental Science Practicum Director
Cara Horowitz
Co-Executive Director of UCLA Environmental Law Clinic
Nurit Katz
Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA
Yuzhang Li
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Carlos G. Morales-Guio
Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Stephanie Pincetl, PhD
Founding Director of UCLA's California Center for Sustainable Communities
Casandra Rauser
Director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge
Nicholas Shapiro
Assistant Professor of Society & Genetics
Aradhna Tripati
Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Director