Business & Finance

Combining her drive for sustainability, innovation, and diversity, Janelle Heslop leads a $1B project to drive impact in operations. “I don't dream about jobs. I dream about impact,” Heslop says. “I want to manage, run, lead projects that are having a meaningful impact in the world, making it prepared for future challenges like climate change, leveraging emerging ideas and innovation to create a healthier, more equitable society.”

In his new role, Michael Wironen leads TNC's engagement with the private sector in food, agriculture, freshwater, and fisheries globally.

As part of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero team, Zineb will be using data to drive the global financial sector’s work to ensure financing and capital allocation decisions enable the world to reach net zero by 2050 and combat the worst effects of global climate change.

For her Smith Fellowship research, Melissa Cronin will complete a project titled, “Conservation and Food Security Implications of Large- and Small-Scale Fisheries Interactions”. The Smith Fellowship seeks to identify and support early-career scientists who will shape the growth of applied conservation science.

To continue to lift its population out of poverty, India should give its energy ministries a new mandate—moving the country away from coal and toward a more sustainable economy.

In this new role, Demi will support The Erol Foundation's climate action and climate solution philanthropic portfolios.

Paloma Henriques explains the program design, research plans, and significance of the Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot (BIG: LEAP), which began providing $1,000 per month to 3,200 residents of LA for one year, starting January 2022.