Presidian Blog
The Game Changers
While we fantasize about a dream matchup in next year’s Super Bowl 50 at Santa Clara (Oakland Raiders vs. San Francisco 49ers, anyone?), there will at least be a dream team of Presidio Graduate School alums working to support the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee in their goal to make the Big Game as sustainable …
Governor Brown appoints Alum Deputy Secretary for Sustainability
Governor Brown appoints Matt Henigan California’s Deputy Secretary for Sustainability When Matt Henigan (C10) was a freshman at Pitzer College, a professor asked him the question that would end up shaping his academic and professional life. “What is the question you’re in school to answer?” As a child, Matt was the kid with the lemonade stand raising …
The Dough-Gooder
Raley’s Meg Burritt seeks to change the world, one grocery run at a time. Meg Burritt (C9) wanted to open a bakery. A bakery that was “local, sustainable, and quality.” A bakery that sourced every ingredient—down to the sugar and the flour—as locally as possible. A bakery that was meaningfully integrated into the fabric of the …
Presidio Graduate School’s First Graduating Class Turns 10
This spring marks the 10th anniversary of Presidio Graduate School‘s first graduating class—22 students who took a risk on a new way of approaching business that doesn’t look at financial gains as the sole determinant of success, but instead takes a systemic perspective, evaluating decisions within the context of how they impact people, profit, and …
Steward Of The Campfire
Leadership Professor Cynthia Scott brings people together. “Come to the campfire.” For many Presidians this phrase evokes the memory of Leadership for Sustainable Management with Professor Cynthia Scott. Cynthia uses the symbol of the campfire as a place for students to gather in reflection, storytelling, and collaboration. The campfire also serves as a reminder that leadership …
Thule & Tuvalu - A Portrait Of Two Places At The Brink of Climate Change
Students and staff at Presidio Graduate School attended the SF Green Film Festival last week to decompress and celebrate together the end of another powerful semester. We had the opportunity to watch the documentary “ThuleTuvalu,” a story about two places at opposite edges of the world but with one common threat: climate change. The film documents …
From Novice to Leader, Outdoors Club Backpacks Through Point Reyes!
When I signed up for the Outdoors Club Spring weekend camping trip in Pt. Reyes, I was making two gambles: 1) I had never been backpacking before and 2) I was entirely new to school — a fresh addition to Presidio’s C22. Spoiler alert: None of this mattered by the end of the trip. The …
Society's Monetary System Can't Create a Sustainable Economy
Let’s be honest: the deficit isn’t going away anytime soon. It is a problem, but it’s not the real problem. The real issue we need to be concerned with is that our money system cannot create a sustainable economy, at least not in today’s world. Money is issued by the same debt system used to …
Luni Libes Featured in CNBC Article on Entrepreneurship in Seattle
Pinchot entrepreneurship professor Luni Libes was recently featured in a CNBC article on Seattle’s new wave of entrepreneurs. Fledge, Libes’ startup accelerator, was inspired by Pinchot MBAs in need of a stepping stone between graduate and successful entrepreneur. The fruits of this work are companies you may have heard of: Stockbox Grocers, Community Sourced Capital, and Evrnu to …
NY Times recognizes PGS as #1 MBA if you want to ‘Change the World’
If you want to work in luxury goods, go to France’s HEC Paris. If you want to work for Procter and Gamble, go to Indiana’s Kelley School of Business. But if you want to change the world, go to Presidio Graduate School (PGS). That’s the idea in an article The New York Times released last …