Alumni of the Week: Joanna Racho

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May 082012
 

Joanna Racho: Equity in Sustainability
Foresight Immersion 2011 Fellow

Currently: Energy Operations Associate at CNT Energy

Career Path: University of Wisconsin – Madison (B.S., Human Development and Family Studies) > AmeriCorps (Volunteer Coordinator/Team Leader) > The Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University, an anti- hunger organization (Program Coordinator) > Foresight Immersion 2011 Fellow >  CNT Energy, Center for Neighborhood Technology (Energy Operations Associate) 

Next Step: Right now, I’m focusing on learning as much as I can in my new position as an Energy Operations Associate and then eventually I’d like to work Continue reading »

Alumni of the Week: James Pierce

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Apr 162012
 

James Pierce: Intersecting Sustainability, Technology, and Design
Foresight Immersion 2007 Fellow

Currently: I work in the Living Environments Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, with a bunch of amazing people doing a range of projects related to sustainability, technology, and design. Currently I’m in the midst of a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction, a field concerned with studying and designing ways that people interact with technology.

Career Path: With the exception of a brief stint doing industry research and on-the-side design projects, Continue reading »

Alumni of the Week: Nathalie Razo

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Mar 132012
 

Nathalie Razo: Planning Tomorrow’s Communities
Foresight Immersion 2011 Fellow

Currently: Master’s Degree Candidate, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Certificate Candidate, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. Graduate Assistant at the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center with University of Hawaii (focus on resilient and holistic solutions).

Career Path: Yale University (B.A., Architecture)> Tourism and Hotel Management throughout Australia > Research on urban design with the Royal Institute of British Architects > Southwest Airlines Department of Facilities Intern > Northwestern University (Public Policy and Administration) > Foresight Immersion (Summer) > University of Hawaii, Urban and Regional Planning Continue reading »

Alumni of the Week: Ben Flanders

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Feb 222012
 

Ben Flanders

Ben Flanders: Making Industry More Resilient
Foresight Immersion 2010 Fellow

Currently: Safety Auditor at CEC Combustion Safety, a division of Eclipse, Inc.

Career Path: Commercial family farm > Northern Illinois University (B.S., Marketing) > Independent Executive Recruiter for ESCOs (Energy Service Companies) > Immersion Travel (Vancouver) > Immersion (Summer) > Lime Energy (Sales, Energy efficient building upgrades) > Eclipse, Inc.

Next Step: Currently, I am helping great industrial, manufacturing, and power generation companies keep their people safe from hazards associated with natural gas usage. Our company’s mission is to provide safe, reliable, efficient and clean heat to industry worldwide. Generally speaking, I want to do all I can to make sure we mean what we say. Continue reading »

Alumni of the Week: Carey Stansbury

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Jan 242012
 

Carey Stansbury: Fueling Innovation at Gravitytank
Foresight Immersion 2006 Fellow

Currently: Research associate at Gravitytank, a Chicago-based innovation consultancy

Career Path: I began college at Syracuse University thinking I was going to be a professional potter. Some greater exploration let me to the industrial design studios, which became my home for the next 4 years. I left Syracuse with a strong point of view on user-centered design and a curiosity for sustainability. During and after school, I completed several internships, including the Immersion program at Foresight. Foresight helped me think more critically about the type of career I wanted to have, and gave me my first real experiences working with business clients. I’m now a researcher at Gravitytank, where I collaborate with designers and strategists to develop meaningful Continue reading »

Alumni of the week: Leslie Blanchard

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Jan 112012
 

Leslie Blanchard

Leslie Blanchard: Infiltrating Portland with Chicago in Tow
Foresight Immersion 2011 Fellow

Currently: Full time grad student in Leadership for Sustainability Education at Portland State University, part time Waste Reduction Educator with Metro.

Career Path: Humboldt State (B.S., Environmental Science) > Environmental education volunteer in Armenia with US Peace Corps > Outdoor educator with YMCA of San Diego > Environmental educator with Chicago Academy of Science’s Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum > Chicago Conservation Corps Environmental Leadership > Foresight Immersion > Portland State and Metro.

Next Step: Continue current educational and professional path with eyes wide open. Consider all post graduate possibilities including Continue reading »

Foresight Alumni of the Week: Pamela Steiner

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Nov 222011
 

Education is a key strategy at Foresight for fostering sustainable transformation. We’ve tracked down some of our past educational program participants and interns to find out where they’ve gone, and what advice they have for others.

Pamela Steiner, Perkins & Will, Branded Environments
Foresight Immersion 2008 Fellow

Pamela already had a well-trained eye for design when she joined Foresight’s Immersion Program (called Urban Sustainability Design Studio) in the summer of 2008. She held a bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture from The School of the Art Institute, and had also attended the yearlong program at Archeworks, an alternative design school in Continue reading »

Foresight Alumni of the Week: Andrew DeCoriolis

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Sep 272011
 

Education is a key strategy at Foresight for fostering sustainable transformation. We’ve tracked down some of our past educational program participants and interns to find out where they’ve gone, and what advice they have for others.

Andrew DeCoriolis: Toward a More Lucid Career
Foresight Immersion 2007; Fellow 2007-8; Staff 2008-9

Andrew came to Foresight upon graduating from Oberlin College in 2007 with a BA/BS in Environmental Studies and Biology.  After participating that summer in the organization’s Urban Sustainable Design Studio (now called Foresight Immersion), he spent the next year as a Compton Foundation Fellow working on a self-designed project called “Bridge the Gap.”  The undertaking focused on developing in-depth knowledge of Chicago’s local food system and seeking creative ways to connect local farmers with consumers underserved by traditional food networks.  Foresight Executive Continue reading »

NEW! Foresight Alumni of the Week: Lyrica Hammann

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Aug 302011
 

Education is a key strategy at Foresight for fostering sustainable transformation. We’ve tracked down some of our past educational program participants and interns to find out where they’ve gone, and what advice they have for others.

Lyrica Hammann: From Foresight to Facebook
Foresight Immersion, January 2004

Before entering her last semester at Oberlin College, Lyrica spent her January term trudging across the snowy terrain of the windy city with and fellow Foresight Immersion students (called “Urban Sustainable Design” back then). She left the experience with fond Continue reading »