Profile
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The New School for Social Research
I am an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at The New School in New York City, where I have taught since 2006. Since July 2025 I have taught in the Public and Urban Policy Program at the New School for Social Research (NSSR). Prior to this I taught in the Milano School of Policy, Management and Environment at The New School.
My curriculum focuses on finance, accounting and financial management, entrepreneurship, impact investing, sustainability, urban policy analysis and management, leadership and infrastructure.
Academic Focus
My rsearch and teaching interests include business administration, finance, management, entrepreneurship, strategy, and leadership development. I enthusiatically support initiatives exploring the integretion of Genertive AI in higher education pedagogy and its implications for the future of work.
Professional Background
With over 20 year of experience, spannig investment banking, risk evaluation, direct private market investing, and foundation investing, I bring pratical experience to various theoretical frameworks - the intersection of theory and profesional practice. My specialized work includes:
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Impact investing and sustainability finance
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State and local economic development initiatives
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Renewable energy project development (biodiesel, wind and solar)
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Distributed electriity generation solutions for housing
Global Experiece
My committment to sustainable development lead me to Johannesburg, South Africa, where I spendfive years supporting the post-aparteid transition through work with a pan-African investment management company and a middle-market private equity fund.
Previous Positions
My professional journey includes rols at:
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JP Morgan & Co.
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Merrill Lynch & Co.
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James D. Wolfensohn Inc.
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Barclays Bank
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The F.B. Heron Foundation
External Academic Appoitment
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Visiting Senior Lecturer, The Johnson School of Management at Cornell University
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Fellows Program Mentor, Global Entrepreneurship Program, MIT
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Executive Energy Leadership Program Participant, U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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Civilian Participant, National Security Seminar on Strategy and Leadership, U.S. Army War College
Education
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MBA, Harvard Business School (Finance, General Management, and Entrepreneurship)
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AB, Dartmouth College (Geography with focus on Agricultural Land Use and Agribusiness; Minor concentration in Environmental Studies)
Service and Leadership
I currently serve as:
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Admission Team Member (Interviewing and Observing), Harvard Business School
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Appointed Member, Dartmouth College Fund Committee
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President, Dartmouth Club of New York (8,000+ member alumni organization).
Previous service includes directorship of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, membership on the Alumni Council at Dartmouth College, co-chair of the New School Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR), which reported to the Investment Committee of the New School's Board of Trustees, and elected member and co-chair of the University Faculty Senate.
Updated: July 2025
Degrees Held
M.B.A., Harvard Business School, Finance, General Management, and Entrepreneurship
A.B., Geography (Agricultural Land Use and Agribusiness) and a minor/concentration in Environmental Studies
Professional Affiliation
Academy of Management
Dartmouth College Fund Committee advising senior alumni fund leadership supporting Dartmouth's approximate $8 billion endowment (2024)
U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Executive Energy Leadership Program
U.S. Army War College Foundation
Performances and Appearances
Invited by Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) to speak on Graduate Business Education (2025)
Invited by the Museum of the City of New York to speak at Greening the Grid: New York's Energy Forum - a panel discussion with leadners in the field who are on the forefront of revolutioning the CIty's energy in the face of changing demand, the rise of renewables, and the advent of community-based generation and distribution (2017).
Invited by the Harvard Foundation of Mexico to speak in Mexico CIty and Monterrey, Mexico on the topic of Graduate Business Education in the U.S. (2017).
Invited to participate in the 2016 White House Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2016) at Stanford University.
Invited by the U.S. State Department, The U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Central Bank and Unibank to speak on what Azerbainjan Banking System Could Learn from the 2008 Financial Crisis in U.S. Banking (2015).
Invited to attend the 7th Annual White House Tribal Nations Conference (2015).
Selected to participate in the 2012 Executive Energy Leadership Program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - earned a certificate in Renewable Energy Leadership.
Selected to participate in the 2013 National Security Seminar at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA. - earned a certificate in National Security Leadership.
Research Interests
For-profit and Not-for-profit Entrepreneurship, Community and Economic Development, U.S. Energy Independence, Sustainability and Climate Change, Food Policy and Food Security, General Management, Immigration Reform, Large-scale Environmental and Energy Infrastructure Development, National Security, Strategic Change, and most recently harnessing the power Generative AI as it relates to the Future of Work.