Meet the Team
Adrienne Hewitt
A first year Master’s student, Adrienne graduated with a degree in Environmental Science from Duke University. At Bren she is specializing in Corporate Environmental Management, with a focus on strategic environmental communication and media. She believes that, through effective actions and communication, companies may contribute greatly to the drive toward a more sustainable society. Her career interests include environmental communication and sustainable supply chain management and sourcing--after graduating, she hopes to work with businesses to improve sustainability within their operations and become beneficial actors in the sustainability movement.
Eamon Devlin
Eamon Devlin graduated from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School (2018) with an MBA, and from Michigan State University (2017) with a BS in Environmental Studies and Sustainability, and minors in Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy. During his education Eamon worked: as an environmental journalist, writing for the online journal Great Lakes Echo, and as an operational and strategy consultant with the University of Oxford. Currently, he is pursuing a Master's in Environmental Science & Management at the Bren School of UCSB while specializing in Corporate Environmental Management and a focus in Strategic Environmental Communication and Media
Geoff Cook
Geoffrey Cook is a first-year master’s student and graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2011 with a degree in Media Studies. Geoffrey grew up hiking in the Adirondack State Park of New York, fly-fishing in the Catskill Mountains, and sought to motivate others towards greater stewardship of natural resources through the persuasive power of film. As a Technical Administrator for Apple, he witnessed many opportunities to improve supply chain management practices and relationships. Specializing in Corporate Environmental Management at the Bren School, Geoffrey hopes to become a Sustainability Officer and help reduce resource-intensive consumable waste by challenging cost incentives and innovating transitions towards renewable alternatives.
Madeline Berger
Maddie graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Environmental Systems. After working in the private sector, she became a research intern at the Natural Capital Project where she worked on projects examining resilience in the food system and soil carbon storage. At Bren, she continues to explore her interests in the intersections between people and ecosystems, specializing in Conservation Planning. She is particularly interested in exploring the impacts of innovative solutions helping to change established human systems, such as agriculture, in order to help conserve habitat and ecosystems.
Ted Jiang
Ted (Yingfei) Jiang, a first year master’s student, graduated from Nankai University, China in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature. After college, he went to the University of Pennsylvania and received a Master of Science in Material Science and Engineering in 2018. At the Bren School, Ted specializes in both Economics and Politics of the Environment as well as Energy and Climate, hoping to conduct research on utilizing tools like data analysis and life cycle assessment to reveal the interface of global economics and the environment. After graduation, Ted aspires to pursue a Ph.D degree in industrial analysis.
Our Advisors
Dr. Kelsey Jack
Kelsey Jack's research is at the intersection of environmental and development economics, with a focus on how individuals, households, and communities decide to use natural resources and provide public goods. She uses field experiments to test theory and new policy innovations. She has done research in numerous countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and have ongoing work in South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Niger. Dr. Jack also co-chair's the Environment and Energy sector at J-PAL and directs the Poverty Alleviation group at emLab.
She joined the Bren School after seven years as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Tufts University and a postdoc position at MIT, with the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) at J-PAL. She has a bachelors degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University. Before graduate school, she spent two years in Lao PDR working for IUCN
Jason Maier
The understanding of individual and household consumption patterns is a vital component in designing a sustainable future. While historically sustainability science has focused on eco-efficiency, it is becoming ever more clear that a decrease in consumption of highly impactful goods must accompany efficiency gains in order for significant environmental benefit to be realized. Jason uses life-cycle assessment, microeconomic theory and behavioral economics as a lens to better understand current consumption patterns, the impacts of potential shifts in consumption, and the behavioral motivations for shifts in preference.
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