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A Climate of Change with Ethan Brown '08, founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat
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A Climate of Change: Stories from Climate Leaders on the Front Lines
Featuring Ethan Brown ’08, founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat
This event is part of a new flagship climate speaker series at Columbia Business School that brings leaders from the world of business, policy, NGO, and academia to share their perspectives on climate change and climate action.
Please join us for a dynamic conversation with Ethan Brown '08, Founder, President & CEO at Beyond Meat, to learn how Beyond Meat is creating a better way to feed our future. By shifting from animal to plant-based meat, we can positively affect the planet, the environment, the climate and even ourselves. After all, the positive choices we make every day – no matter how small – can have a great impact on our world. Producing a Beyond Burger uses significantly less water, land and energy – and it generates fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGE) than a beef burger.
This event is organized by Columbia Business School's ExBo and Green Business Club; and supported by the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise.
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Ethan Brown '08
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Beyond Meat
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-brown-b985a247/
Ethan Brown is the founder of Beyond Meat and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since our inception in 2009. He also serves as a manager of the Planet Partnership, LLC, our joint venture with PepsiCo, Inc., and served as our Secretary from our inception to September 2018. Mr. Brown began his career with a focus on clean energy and the environment, including serving as an energy analyst for the National Governors’ Center for Best Practices. He then joined Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP), a hydrogen fuel-cell company, being promoted from an entry-level manager to reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer before leaving to found Beyond Meat. Mr. Brown also created and opened a center for fuel reformation and has held several industry positions, including Vice Chairman of the Board at The National Hydrogen Association and Secretary of the United States Fuel Cell Council. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, was honored as part of Inc.’s Best Led Companies 2021, The Bloomberg 50 for 2019, Newsweek’s Top Innovators of 2019, and, along with Beyond Meat, is the recipient of the United Nation’s highest environmental accolade, Champion of the Earth (2018). Mr. Brown holds an MBA from Columbia University, an MPP with a focus on Environment from the University of Maryland and a BA in History and Government from Connecticut College.
Silvia Gelonch Fernandez '23
MBA Candidate, Class of 2023
Columbia Business School
This session will be moderated by Silvia Gelonch Fernandez '23.
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Co-hosted with: Green Business Club, Student Government Executive Board
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