Cross Campus Collaborations in Sustainability

George Coelho

George Coelho manages Venture Capital activities for Good Energies, a leading international investor in renewable energy technologies. He joined Good Energies from Balderton Capital, formerly known as Benchmark Capital Europe, which he co-founded in 2000. George previously led Intel Corporation's strategic venture capital investment group outside the U.S. and prior to that, ran Intel's M&A Group as Assistant Treasurer where he was a founder of the group that evolved to become Intel Capital. Before Intel he served in a number of senior positions in corporate finance, financing airlines and aerospace, technology and power generation. George holds a B.S. from The American University and an MBA from The George Washington University where he is a member of the Board of Trustees, chairs the Sustainability Committee of the Board and is an Advisor to the School of Business. He is a former President of the UK chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) and is a lifetime Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

The Future of Business: From "less bad" to "good"

Jeffrey Hollender

Jeffrey Hollender is the leading authority on corporate responsibility, sustainability and social equity. More than 20 years ago, he co-founded Seventh Generation and went on to build the fledgling company into a leading natural product brand known for its authenticity, transparency, and progressive business practices.

Today, as an author, speaker, consultant, and activist, Hollender's mission is to inspire and provoke business leaders to think differently about the role they and their companies play in society. Along the way, he's working to drive systemic change that makes it easier for businesses to become radically more sustainable, transparent and responsible. Hollender is the author of six books, including the bestselling title, How to Make the World a Better Place, a Beginner's Guide.

He is on the boards of Greenpeace U.S., the Environmental Health Fund, and Verité, a leading workers' rights organization. Hollender is co-founder of the American Sustainable Business Council, a coalition of business leaders committed to changing the rules of business.

Developing Responsible Leaders

Richard Lyons

Richard Lyons is the Dean of the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley. He has been on the faculty at Berkeley since 1993. He served as Acting Dean of the Haas School from 2004 to 2005 and as Executive Associate Dean and Sylvan Coleman Professor of Finance from 2005 to 2006. He received his BS with highest honors from U.C. Berkeley (finance) and his PhD from MIT (economics). From 1987-93, Professor Lyons was on the faculty at Columbia Business School. His teaching expertise is in international finance. In 1998 Professor Lyons received U.C. Berkeley's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award. From 2006-08, Professor Lyons was on leave from Berkeley serving as the Chief Learning Officer at Goldman Sachs in New York. In that role he was responsible for leadership development among the firm's managing directors. He currently serves as a Trustee for Matthews Asia Funds. Professor Lyons' early research focuses on currency markets, a focus reflected in his book, "The Microstructure Approach to Exchange Rates" (MIT Press). His recent research explores the links in enterprises between leadership and innovation. These links are of strategic importance to the Haas School. Lyons' most recent work focuses on "path-bending leadership" — the idea that the world needs more leaders who can redirect unstable paths — and how business schools and their curricula can help produce more of them.

Fostering the Social Impact of B-Schools

Nancy McGaw

Nancy McGaw is Deputy Director of the Business and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the Director of Aspen's Center for Business Education. She leads research initiatives to uncover trends in corporate leadership and management education and oversees programs focused on business education including: Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a global database and alternative ranking of MBA programs; CasePlace.org, an online faculty resource; and Aspen's Faculty Pioneer awards program.

She founded and directs the Aspen First Movers Fellowship program, an innovation lab for exceptional business professionals who have demonstrated an ability and passion for imagining new products, services, and business models that achieve profitable business growth and lasting, positive social impacts.

Ms. McGaw joined the Aspen Institute in 2000 from a career in corporate banking and international development.