Contact: jisungpark(at)gmail.com

Jisung is the Founder and Director of Sense and Sustainability. He is currently a PhD Student in the Economics Department at Harvard University where he is an NSF Fellow (GRFP) and a Harvard Environmental Economics Fellow (HEEP). His research to date focuses on the economics of climate policy design, and the linkages between environmental factors and long-term economic development. Before coming to Harvard, Jisung spent two years at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, receiving Master’s degrees in Economics for Development (’11) and Environmental Change and Management (’10). Jisung’s undergraduate education was in Economics and Political science at Columbia University, where he was also an editor for Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, hiking and camping, and singing jazz a cappella.

Contact: lucas.merrill.brown(at)gmail.com

Lucas is currently completing a doctorate in Economics with Oxford University, where he is a Rhodes Scholar. His research focuses on how consumers learn about and adopt new clean energy technologies. Lucas is passionate about finding profitable and market-friendly ways to achieve environmental goals. From Loudoun County, Virginia, he has worked as Regional Field Director for Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello, as a budget aide for D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, as an economic analyst of domestic climate change legislation for Environmental Defense Fund, and as a programmer for ILoveMountains.org. While a student at Oberlin College, Lucas helped establish a sustainable living space and outreach program whose quirky methods for reducing carbon emissions were featured on the front page of The New York Times. He also founded Oberlin’s $300,000 revolving loan fund that invests in on-campus energy efficiency projects and earns a substantial rate of return.

Contact: sbkleinman(at)gmail.com

Sarah Kleinman is in her third year as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, pursuing a DPhil in International Relations. In 2007, she earned a B.A. in History at Stanford University, and in 2008, she earned an M.A. from Stanford in Sociology (concentration: Social Movements, Comparative Politics and Social Change). Sarah has worked for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (2006); Partners In Health’s Institute for Health and Social Justice (2007); Support for International Change (teaching about HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, 2007); Harvard Business and Medical Schools’ Global Health Delivery Initiative (as a Case Writer, 2008); Global Policy Forum (2010); The Carter Center (as an international consultant for their referendum work in Sudan, 2010-11); and The International Center for Transitional Justice (2011). Throughout her time at Stanford, Sarah worked for a student-run global health non-profit organization called FACE AIDS, and after graduating in 2008, she became the group’s Executive Director. During her time at Oxford, Sarah has completed the MPhil in International Relations (Distinction, 2011), acted as the Chair of the local chapter of Democrats Abroad, and as the Secretary of the Rhodes Scholars Southern Africa Forum. Sarah’s dissertation research concerns the power and performance of international NGOs in global affairs.

Contact: caroline.huang(at)merton.ox.ac.uk

Caroline is a doctoral student in Oxford University’s Ethox Centre, where she is a Rhodes Scholar. Her thesis examines the ethical, psychosocial and policy implications of two common breast cancer gene mutations, through a stakeholders’ view of the British and American clinical genetics systems and associated services. Other projects focus on ethics and communication in health care, including topics such as direct-to-consumer genetic testing, informed consent, chronic pain and concussions in sport. She has conducted neuroimaging research on reading and dyslexia with the Gabrieli Lab @ MIT; interned for Senators Edward Kennedy and Paul Kirk, the Rhodes Trust, and Camp Kesem National; served on the steering committee for the Rhodes Women current Scholars’ group; and co-founded the Rhodes Social Impact Group and the MIT chapter of Camp Kesem.

Contact: jameshacker1(at)googlemail.com

James is an energy & sustainability consultant based in Washington DC. He is a 2009 graduate of the George Washington University, where he studied economics and international affairs and was a Presidential Academic Scholar. He has been involved with Sense and Sustainability since 2010, and his work has appeared on Bloomberg.com, S&S, and EnvironmentalLeader.com.

Contact: jacobageller(at)gmail.com

Jacob is an M.A. candidate in Economics at Boston University, where his research interests include development economics and public policy. He is also a senior consultant at the Boston University Urban Business Accelerator (BUBA), a program providing free consulting for small business owners and experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate business students. After receiving his Bachelor’s in Economics and International Relations from Boston University in 2011, he served for a year as Managing Director of the Millennium Campus Network (MCN).

Contact: andrew.nobrega(at)gmail.com

Andrew is the Director of Sustainable Development at Ecovert Sustainablity Consultants in Toronto, Canada. He graduated with an MSc. in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford Univertsity in 2010 where he focussed on payments for ecosystem services and biodiversity. Through his academic and professional career, Andrew has undertaken work in Canada, Sierra Leone, China, Ecuador, Guyana and in countries across Europe. Over the past 5 years, Andrew has worked with both the public and private sector at the highest levels to drive investment based global biodiversity conservation.

Contact: nico.barawid(at)gmail.com

Nico is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is also currently associated with the Environmental Investment Organization where he works on the firm’s business strategy and communication teams. As a former delegate for the Philippines at the international climate negotiations and an intern at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Nico’s prior work has focused on financial and legal mechanisms for ensuring a low carbon future through private-public partnerships. Nico graduated with honors and distinction in economics from Yale University.

Juan is a sophomore studying Government at Harvard College. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, he is the Co-Director of the Harvard Program for International Education, a service organization that sends tutors to Boston-area high schools with the goal of introducing high school students to the study of International Relations. As a Research Assistant in the Department of Government, he is working on a project that analyzes the initial stages of rebellion. Additional credits include: recipient of the Herb Alpert Scholarship for Emerging Young Artists (2010), Journal Editor for the Harvard College Education Society, Seminar Leader (International Negotiation & Diplomacy) for the Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China (Beijing, 2012), and dancer with the Harvard Ballet Company.

Ratna is a freshman from Vienna, VA, studying Classics and Organismic & Evolutionary Biology at Harvard College. Before coming to Harvard, Ratna took a gap year traveling the world — writing for the Environmental Protection Agency and counseling homeless youth in Washington, D.C., exploring resettlement issues in Rio de Janeiro, teaching in her hometown, touring infrastructure projects in Mumbai, and working for the Nature Conservancy in Bogotá. In high school, she participated in a competitive Latin tournament called Certamen, sang with the Fairfax Choral Society, and started an NGO providing supplementary education to underprivileged students in Ludhiana, India. In her free time on campus, she enjoys singing with the Harvard Opportunes and eating lots of Indian food at the Science Center.