Presidio Greenbuild tours Net Zero Office Presidio GreenBuild took a recent field trip to get away from finals and visit San Francisco’s first ever Net Zero office building. Olga Budu (C21), Bo Han (C21) and Darin Bernstein (C21) joined fellow PGS alum …
Golf Industry Show 2015 By Aubrey McCormick (C21) Golf courses and their facilities occupy 2,224,512 acres of land, which is equal to 3,507 sq miles. According to the National Golf Foundation, 150 golf courses closed their doors in 2013, while player participation …
Power Play: Is smart energy possible in Afghanistan? By Michael Hsu, Staff Writer In her grandfather’s hometown of Qarabagh, a farming community flanked by dusty deserts on one side and the Koh-e-Baba mountains of central Afghanistan on the other, Aseya Kakar (C21) …
High-Impact Interns By Michael Hsu, Staff Writer Summer internships can be slow and easy, like a meandering inner-tube trip down a river. Or they can be sudden and intense, like a cannonball plunge into unknown waters. For daredevil Presidio Graduate School students, …
Chamas in Kenya – A Polychromatic Landscape By Sam Ruben (C17/PA4) Today was a lesson in the different types of women’s groups that are interested in working with Zawadisha and how their needs can vary greatly. After a morning spent conducting more …
Maggie Kaplan Invokes the Pause By Maria Oldiges, Executive Assistant & Development Associate Speaking with Maggie Kaplan, you cannot help feeling inspired. She has the drive of a CEO, the humble wisdom of a teacher, and the expressive vision of an artist. …
Meet the Board Chair: Suzanne Farver By Maria Oldiges, Executive Assistant & Development Associate It would be impossible to talk about the Women of PGS without talking about the current governing leadership at Presidio Graduate School. PGS has embraced women’s leadership since …
Team Chui works on new Trainings for Saving, Negotiating and Investing By Christina Johnson (C21) With the stunning backdrop of the Maasai Mara behind us, zebras, wildebeest and warthogs included, our group of nine Presidians broke into two teams. One team was …
Q&A with Expert-in-Residence Pamela J. Gordon By Tina Bayliss (C15) Pamela J. Gordon is president and founder of Technology Forecasters Inc., a Bay-Area based strategic sustainability consulting firm. After interning for her this fall MBA candidate Tina Baylis took the opportunity to …
Presidio ISC: Nairobi to Maungu By Charles Knowlton (C20) We awoke to a beautiful sunrise and went for a refreshing walk/run from the Amali “team house” in Limuru (suburb of Nairobi). We passed children walking to school in their uniforms and exchanged enthusiastic …
Creating Sustainability at SolarCity By Monica Tanza (C17) If you had Nils Moe (C3) and Carl Schneebeck (C7) for EMCA, you remember the starfish power pose. Imagine standing like you are about to start a jumping jack—arms and legs out in a …
PGS Alumna Basak Altan speaks at Art Institute in Santa Clara Commencement By Basak Altan (C9) I was honored to be the commencement speaker at the Art Institute in Santa Clara this past week. Sharing my speech from the commencement with you …