Emma Stewart, Ph.D.

Emma Stewart, Ph.D.

San Francisco, California, United States
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I'm happiest at work when both sides of my brain are tapped: the analytical and the…

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    Netflix

    SF Bay Area

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    United States

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    Americas

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    Global

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business

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    Palo Alto, CA

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Limited Partner

    Powerhouse

    - Present 3 years 4 months

    Environment

    Powerhouse is an innovation firm that works with leading corporations and investors to help them find, partner with, invest in, and acquire the most innovative startups in clean energy, mobility, and climate.

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    Board Member

    ecomedes

    - 1 year 10 months

    Environment

    Ecomedes increases the profitability of buildings by reducing their environmental and human health impact. Today it's painful and manual to select and buy optimal products from electronics to furnishing, every item influences the cost, health, and impact of the building. We help your buildings improve through optimized purchasing.

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    Board Member

    U.S. Green Building Council

    - 2 years 1 month

    USGBC is the world’s leading green building standards bearer (LEED, LEED for Cities, WELL, PEER, EDGE, Sustainable Sites, etc.). I was elected by U.S. GBC’s membership to the Advisory Council, and then elected by the Advisory Council to the Board, so have since had the honor of providing industry and technical expertise to the Board and Executive Management team.

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    Board Member

    SPUR

    - 2 years 8 months

    Founded in 1910, SPUR brings people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the major challenges faced by cities. With offices in multiple cities, it is recognized as a leading civic planning organization, respected for its independent, research-based, and holistic approach to urban issues.

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    Advisor

    The Science Based Targets initiative

    - 2 years 8 months

    Contributed counsel based upon my experience architecting one of the first science-based targets, open-sourcing it, and supporting other companies through their use of the tool. Spoke at numerous WRI, CDP, and UN events to urge other companies to adopt the practice, which 300+ companies now have.

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    Advisor

    SASB – Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

    - 1 year 11 months

    SASB is a standards organization serving publicly traded US corporations, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the investment community. As a member of the Advisory Council, Emma advises and raises awareness of SASB, enabling capital markets to recognize the environmental and social capital sustainability depends upon. Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg chairs the board and former SEC Chairperson Mary Shapiro is the vice chair.

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Honors & Awards

  • Judge of Ashden Awards (the "green Oscar")

    Ashden

    Established in 2001, the Ashden Awards are known as the "green Oscar" and have been presented to over 200 organizations in Europe and across the developing world to reward unique and scalable ways to green buildings and other carbon-intensive industries.

  • FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women under 45

    FORTUNE

    FORTUNE selects ~200 women executives, entrepreneurs and innovators in business, along with leaders in government, philanthropy, education and the arts who are under 45 years of age and have been nominated by a colleague.

    Nominations at: http://www.fortuneconferences.com/mpw-next-gen-2015/mpw-next-gen-2014-nomination/

  • Aspen Institute "First Mover" Fellow

    The Aspen Institute

    Mid-career business professionals recognized as high potential talent in their companies. Successful candidates will have demonstrated passion and capacity for working at the intersection of business growth and positive social and environmental change. Most will work in core business functions within their companies: finance, marketing, design, leadership and organizational development, etc. They should, indeed, be FIRST MOVERS: extraordinary institutional entrepreneurs who have the vision…

    Mid-career business professionals recognized as high potential talent in their companies. Successful candidates will have demonstrated passion and capacity for working at the intersection of business growth and positive social and environmental change. Most will work in core business functions within their companies: finance, marketing, design, leadership and organizational development, etc. They should, indeed, be FIRST MOVERS: extraordinary institutional entrepreneurs who have the vision, tenacity, and courage to achieve remarkable changes in business practice and impact.

  • Cabinet Member, World Economic Forum Taskforce on Low Carbon Prosperity

    World Economic Forum

    A World Economic Forum task force presented world leaders with proposals to accelerate private sector investment and innovation in the fight against climate change. Eighty business leaders and over 40 environmental and scientific experts outlined a plan for stimulating a "clean revolution" in the private sector within the next few years even as governments continue negotiations on a climate policy framework in the United…

    A World Economic Forum task force presented world leaders with proposals to accelerate private sector investment and innovation in the fight against climate change. Eighty business leaders and over 40 environmental and scientific experts outlined a plan for stimulating a "clean revolution" in the private sector within the next few years even as governments continue negotiations on a climate policy framework in the United Nations.

    https://members.weforum.org/pdf/climate/SummaryRecommendations_TFLowCarbonProsperity.pdf

  • Next Generation Fellow

    Columbia University

    The Next Generation Project is premised on the belief that new voices and fresh ideas will strengthen the nation’s discussion of U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions. As part of the project, The Assembly will identify emerging leaders from professional and demographic sectors that have traditionally been underrepresented in foreign policy discussions, and bring them together at meetings across the country that will combine The Assembly's time-tested process with…

    The Next Generation Project is premised on the belief that new voices and fresh ideas will strengthen the nation’s discussion of U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions. As part of the project, The Assembly will identify emerging leaders from professional and demographic sectors that have traditionally been underrepresented in foreign policy discussions, and bring them together at meetings across the country that will combine The Assembly's time-tested process with innovative approaches to generate new ideas about U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions; influence discussions about the future of America’s role in the world; and cultivate new policy networks.

  • O’Bie Shultz Fellowship in International Studies

    Stanford University

  • Top Ten Honours Thesis

    Oxford University

Languages

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

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