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