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PGS alum Josh Newman co-authors impact investment report

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Sonen Capital published a report this week detailing the financial performance of the KL Felicitas Foundation’s investment portfolio.  Josh Newman (PA2) was one of the co-authors. The report, titled Evolution of an Impact Portfolio: From Implementation to Results, demonstrates that impact investments can financially compete with, and at times outperform, traditional asset class strategies, while …

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MBA Alumnus Adam Feldman connects his career and values through solar energy finance

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The backyard of Adam Feldman (C10) is a food system in miniature. Seven chickens at his home high in the Oakland hills produce fresh eggs for his family. A worm box and food scraps provide feed for the chickens. What they don’t eat ends up as compost for the Feldman family’s vegetable garden. “This teaches …

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MPA Program offers chance to move from reflection to action

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“Action is at the heart of sustainability,” says one Presidio Graduate School student who has been moved from thinking about sustainability to acting on it. “It’s all good and well to talk about it, but doing something is more important,” Karin Meyer says. As Meyer prepares to finish her sixth semester and graduate from the …

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Climate Stabilization: Jumpstarting a Movement

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This weekend at Presidio Graduate School, fire was reinvented – the era of taking immediate and long-term action toward climate stabilization (CS) is well upon us. On a foggy Saturday in the Presidio, a multigenerational, multicultural, and multidisciplinary group of 17 students, practitioners, academics and activists discussed the current state of climate and reviewed different …

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Dual MBA MPA Degree Crosses Public-private Divide

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More professionals are recognizing that the future requires collaboration between the public and private sectors, and that’s why students are choosing the Dual MBA/MPA Degree program at Presidio Graduate School, says Arif Hasyim. “I have worked in corporations and NGOs in relation to climate change and clean development. I collaborated with government agencies. To create …

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Katie Kross Delivers Sound Career Advice to Presidians

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Sustainability careers consultant Katie Kross joined us at our HUB offices on March 7th and 8th for a series of sessions with Presidio students and alumni looking to further their understanding of how to find meaningful careers that employ their degrees.  An MBA graduate of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and author of Profession and Purpose: …

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