Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Judges

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

nicolas berggruen — Nicolas Berggruen

Chairman of Berggruen Holdings

Shawn Escoffery — Shawn Escoffery

Executive Director of The Roy & Patricia Disney Foundation

geof rochester — Geof Rochester

Founder of GRC Advising

wendy schmidt — Wendy Schmidt

President of The Schmidt Family Foundation

kathryn sullivan — Kathryn Sullivan

Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere

Nominators

Twenty nominators from around the world, selected for their own creativity and contributions in the environmental arena, each submit one candidate for the award.

david biello — David Biello

Science Curator for TED

jaime carlson — Jaime Carlson

Executive Vice President of Operations of Cypress Creek Renewables

hilary cherner — Hilary Cherner

Managing Director at Arabella

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

emma marris — Emma Marris

Science Writer for National Geographic and New York Times

tina may — Tina May

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

steve mccormick — Steve McCormick

Co-founder and CEO of The Earth Genome

kathryn mengerink — Kathryn Mengerink

Executive Director at the Waitt Institute

kelly chapman meyer — Kelly Chapman Meyer

Trustee of the National Resources Defense Council

adán ortega — Adán Ortega

Principal of Ortega Strategies Group

ted richane — Ted Richane

Director of Engagement and Impact at Vulcan Productions

mary ruckelshaus — Mary Ruckelshaus

Director of Natural Capital Project

david skelly — David Skelly

Director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

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 12 UCLA faculty representing a wide range of disciplines and fields evaluate each candidate.

alan barreca — Alan Barreca

Associate Professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

william boyd — William Boyd

Professor of Law

holly buck — Holly Buck

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

charles corbett — Charles Corbett

Professor at Anderson School of Management

kian goh — Kian Goh

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning

nurit katz — Nurit Katz

Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA

liz koslov — Liz Koslov

Assistant Professor at Urban Planning & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

karen aline mckinnon — Karen Aline McKinnon

Assistant Professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

rebeca méndez — Rebeca Méndez

Professor at Design & Media Arts

kevin njabo — Kevin Njabo

Africa Director and Assistant for Center for Tropical Research

v. kelly turner — V. Kelly Turner

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning

yifang zhu — Yifang Zhu

Associate Director of Center for Clean Air