Rising Environmental Leaders Network
Rising Environmental Leaders Network
The Rising Environmental Leaders Network was a yearlong leadership program for graduate students and postdocs piloted by the Woods Institute in 2010. The 19 participants were selected from Stanford University research groups by the directors of Woods Institute initiatives and Stanford faculty who have participated in the Leopold Leadership Program.
Throughout the year, the participants explored several central issues and questions, including:
- What does it mean to be an environmental leaders as we face the challenges of sustainability?
- How will I contribute to the system and cultural changes where I live and work?
- What are the key competencies needed for leading change?
- How do I work to best utilize the collective knowledge of multiple disciplines and perspectives?
The program was organized around a series of workshops and events on leadership, communications, and problem-solving held approximately once a month during the academic year. The program activities included:
- Science writing workshop offered by Josh Schimel, Faculty, U. of Santa Barbara and author of Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded
- Defining and building a communications repertoire: creating an individual plan with the Environmental Leadership Program
- Interviewing for information session led by journalists from Stanford's Knight Journalism Fellowship
- An interdisciplinary problem-solving summer institute: Collaboratory on Mountain lions at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
The members of the cohort were:
*Marion Adeney, Environmental Anthropology, research group of Lisa Curran
Bill Anderegg, Carnegie Institution, Department of Global Ecology, lab of Chris Field
*Matt Armsby, Center for Ocean Solutions
Kim Carlson, Environmental Anthropology, research group of Lisa Curran
*Marc Conte, Natural Capital Project
Danny Cullenwald, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (advisor: Steve Schneider) & Stanford Law School
*Kye Epps (deceased), Biology, lab of Peter Vitousek
Jamie Fleischfresser Dunckley, Fluid Mechanics (advisor: Jeff Koseff), Civil Engineering
Sarah Giddings, Fluid Mechanics (advisor: Steve Monismith); Civil Engineering
Dane Klinger, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (advisor: Roz Naylor)
Kristy Kroeker, Hopkins Marine Station, lab of Fio Michelli
*Steven Litvin, Hopkins Marine Station, lab of Fio Michelli
*Scott Loarie, Carnegie Institution, Department of Global Ecology, lab of Chris Field
*Matt Mills, Earth, Energy, and Environmental Systems, lab of Kevin Arrigo
Kimi Narita, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources & Stanford Law School
Molly Palmer, Earth, Energy, and Environmental Systems, lab of Kevin Arrigo
*Michael Papenfus, Natural Capital Project
Lena Perkins, Mechanical Engineering, Department of Energy Resources Engineering
Carolyn Snyder, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (advisor: Steve Schneider)
*Postdoctoral Scholar/Early Career Fellow