Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award

Judges

Four judges select a winner after reviewing finalist video interviews, faculty scores and supplemental materials from nominators.

Nicolas Berggruen

Chairman of Berggruen Holdings
Van Jones

Political Contributor at CNN
Wendy Schmidt

President of The Schmidt Family Foundation
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

Science Curator for TED
Karl Burkart

Director of Innovation, Media & Technology at The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Alejandra Campoverdi

First 5 CA commissioner

Jaime Carlson

Executive Vice President of Operations of Cypress Creek Renewables
Crystal Hayling

Managing Director of Aspen Environment Leadership Program
Amy Hunter

Global Head of Sustainability at BlackRock
Andy Karsner

Managing Partner of Emerson Collective
Shlomy Kattan

Executive Director at XPRIZE Foundation
Katherine Keating

Publisher of VICE Impact
Emma Marris

Science Writer for National Geographic and New York Times

Kelly Chapman Meyer

Trustee of the National Resources Defense Council
Adán Ortega

Principal of Ortega Strategies
Ted Richane

Director of Engagement and Impact at Vulcan Productions
Mary Ruckelshaus

Director of Natural Capital Project
D'Artagnan Scorza

Founder and Executive Director of Social Justice Learning Institute
David Skelly

Director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
Tom Unterman

Chairman of California Community Foundation
Ami Vitale

Writer, Photographer and Filmmaker for National Geographic
Steve Westly

Founder and Managing Partner of The Westly Group
Hazel Wong

Director of Global Conservation Campains at The Nature Conservancy
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
Charles Corbett

Professor at Anderson School of Management
Magali Delmas
Magali Delmas

Professor of Management at Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
J.R. DeShazo
J.R. DeShazo

Director of Luskin Center for Innovation
Ursula K. Heise

Co-founder of Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies
Nurit Katz

Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA
Jamie Lloyd-Smith

Professor at Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Rebeca Méndez

Professor at Design & Media Arts

Kevin Njabo
Kevin Njabo

Africa Director and Assistant for Center for Tropical Research
Stephanie Pincetl, PhD

Founding Director of California Center for Sustainable Communities

H. Bradley Shaffer

Director of La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
Yifang Zhu

Associate Director of Center for Clean Air