Presidian Blog

We recently caught up with Peter Glenn (MBA, 2011), who co-founded EV Life, a new startup dedicated to building a safer, more sustainable world. The company’s first audacious goal: helping to make it easier and cheaper to find and finance an electric car than a gas vehicle. (Full disclosure: Peter and I worked together for …

Presidio Graduate School has long equipped leaders to meet the increasing social justice and sustainability expectations placed on organizations. After graduating in 2019 with an MBA in Sustainable Systems from PGS, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely alongside consultants from PGS Consults to empower businesses in implementing sustainable solutions, whether our clients are seasoned …

As an institution integrally focused on sustainable business and management practices, Presidio Graduate School (PGS) has long recognized that the delivery model of its programs creates a paradox for the school’s carbon-conscious community. Reducing carbon emissions and virtual education Employing a hybrid delivery model designed to increase accessibility, classes meet in-person in San Francisco just …

Collecting at The Collective PGS gathered together on November 14 for the Bring Your Values to Work, in a stunning space generously provided The Collective, a shared working space co-founded by Alum Alex Mondau. The Collective exists because of Alex’s vision. He noticed that Seattle lacked gathering spaces, places to share ideas and to collaborate. …

These renewable energy stories are as frustrating as they are typical: At last, the company’s executives are on board for installing solar panels on location, but the company leases its facilities from a landlord who has little interest in the project. The commercial real estate company’s sustainability champion offers tenants clean energy choices, yet few …

“Whatever you believe and whatever god you pray to, a place where clean water rises from the earth is in some way sacred.”  – Charles Frazier, Thirteen Moons Preserving water resources is the mission of current MBA student and entrepreneur Pam Neronha. She is the Founder/CEO of Pluvion, a California Benefit Corporation with plans to disrupt …

Change the world.  Make a difference. Live with purpose.  These are the kinds of general terms shared broadly everywhere from mission statements to self-help books to graduation speeches. But how to get there?  What are the skills, competencies, and knowledge you really need to make the most enduring impact? There’s a lot of buzz these …

C5 alumnus Steven Tiell is the 2019 recipient of the PGS Alumni Enterprise Vanguard Award (EVA). We had the opportunity to connect with him and learn about his career trajectory since graduating. PGS: To what do you attribute to receiving The Enterprise Vanguard Award?  Steven: First, I need to recognize my thoughtful wife (we met …

We’re happy to have Cecily Joseph join our community as an Expert in Residence (EIR) for the spring 2020 semester. She will offer her expertise to PGS students on the latest sustainability thinking, based on her vast experience. For over 20 years, Cecily has developed and managed programs and teams in environmental sustainability and has …

Our fall 2019 Expert in Residence, Bill Weihl, will bring his expertise as a sustainability consultant and his passion to “create new ideas to accelerate climate action” to the community.   As the Director of Sustainability at Facebook, Bill’s team worked on sustainability and energy efficiency across the company, driving projects to track and reduce …