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Stuart L. Hart STUART L. HART 1609 Shadford Road Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Phone: (607) 342-4082; e-mail:[email protected]; website: www.stuartlhart.com Education Ph.D. 1983 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Planning and Strategy) Dissertation: Strategic Problem Solving in Turbulent Environments M.F.S. 1976 Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT (Environmental Management) B.A. 1974 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (General Science) Academic Appointments University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2014-) 2015- Co-Director, Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA Program, Vermont Business School 2014- Steven Grossman Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business, Vermont Business School 2014- Professor of Management, Vermont Business School Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2003-2013) 2013- S. C. Johnson Professor Emeritus, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University 2003-13 S.C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise, Johnson School 2003-13 Professor of Management, Johnson School 2003-13 Founding Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise 2003-13 Co-Director, Base of the Pyramid Protocol Project 2008-09 Founder and Co-Organizer, Cornell Global Forum on Sustainable Enterprise 2008-13 Founding Director, Green Leap Global Initiative University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1997-2003) 2002-03 Hans Zulliger Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Kenan-Flagler Business School 2000-03 Professor of Strategic Management, Kenan-Flagler Business School 2000-03 Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar, Kenan-Flagler Business School 2000-03 Founding Director, Base of the Pyramid Learning Laboratory 1998-03 Founding Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise (CSE) 1998-03 Fellow, Carolina Environmental Program (CEP) 1997-00 Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Kenan-Flagler Business School. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1979-1997) 1994-97 Adjunct Associate Professor, Corporate Strategy, U-M Business School. 1994-97 Adjunct Associate Professor, U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment. 1992-97 Founding Director, Erb Institute Dual Masters Program (originally CEMP) 1987-94 Assistant Professor, Corporate Strategy, U-M Business School. 1985-86 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering 1984-85 Lecturer, Department of Psychology (Organizational Psychology) 1983-97 Faculty Associate, Ph.D. Program in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning 1983-87 Assistant Research Scientist and Project Director, Institute for Social Research 1982-83 Senior Research Associate, Institute for Social Research 1979-81 Teaching Assistant, School of Natural Resources Institute on Man and Science, Rensselaerville, NY (1976-1979) 1976-79 Research Associate, Economic and Environmental Studies Center Professional Appointments 2011- Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Emergent Institute, Bangalore, India 2007- Founding Director, Base of the Pyramid Global Network, Ann Arbor, MI 2007- Principal, The Water Initiative, New York City, NY 2005- Founder and President, Enterprise for a Sustainable World, Ann Arbor, MI Honarary Appointments Fellow, International Academy of Management (2013-) Honorary Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China (2012-) Guest Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2010-2013) Co-Chair, Tsinghua University Center for Green Leap Research, Beijing, China (2010-) Topic Expert/Track Leader (2009), Clinton Global Initiative (Harnessing Innovation for Development) Fellow (2008-13), Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University Distinguished Fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan (2007-2014) Senior Research Fellow (2007-08), Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enteprise, University of Michigan Visiting Scholar (2007-08), Tilburg University, Department of Organization Studies, The Netherlands Professor Extraordinary (2006-08), Graduate School of Business, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Suncor Visiting Scholar in Sustainable Development (2004-2005), Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada. Awards Distinguished Scholar Award (2014), Academy of Management, Organizations and the Natural Environment Division. A-List of Management Academics (2011), Business Educator’s Top 30 Business School Professors Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula (2010), Sustainable Global Enterprise Immersion Curriculum, Johnson School of Management (with Mark Milstein and Glen Dowell) Cambridge University Top 50 Sustainabilty Book List (2009), Capitalism at the Crossroads (Wharton School Publishing, 2005) Best Business Book List (2005), Strategy+Business, Capitalism at the Crossroads (Wharton School Publishing, 2005) 2 Honorary Member (2005), Omega Rho (the Honor Society of INFORMS), founded in 1976 to recognize superior scholarship and encourage leadership in operations research, management science, and related disciplines Best Paper Prize, Honorable Mention (2003), Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, “Reconsidering Strategies for Emerging Economies” Gerald R. Barrett Faculty Award (2002), Kenan-Flagler Business School (Awarded to the faculty member who made the greatest contribution to the MBA Program that year through teaching and service) Moskowitz Prize (2001), Outstanding Research in the Field of Socially Responsible Investing (Dowell, Hart, and Yeung, 2000, see publications) Faculty Pioneer Award (1999), World Resources Institute (National Award for faculty leadership in integrating environmental and social concerns into business education) Best Paper Award (1998), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Organizations and the Natural Environment, “Corporate Global Environmental Standards: Altruism or Value-Added?” McKinsey Award (1997), Harvard Business Review (Best article in HBR for the year 1997: “Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World”) Consulting Clients ABN AMRO, Air Products, Arthur D. Little, Ascension Health, Abbott Laboratories, BASF, Battelle, Baxter, BP-Amoco, Casella Waste Management, Caterpillar, Cherokee Investment Partners, Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Coca Cola Brasil, Conoco, Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, Deutsche Bank, Dofasco, DSM, DuPont, Environmental Defense, Ford Motor Company, Friesland Food, General Electric, Herman Miller, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel, Inter-American Development Bank, Ingersoll- Rand, Interface, International Finance Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, 3M, MasterCard, Monsanto, Natura, Nature Conservancy, Nike, Novelis, Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Petrobras, Pepsico, Pew Charitable Trust, Philip Morris, Philips, Proctor & Gamble, S.C. Johnson & Sons, Shell, Solae, Steelcase, Tetrapak, UN Development Program, Unilever, US-Asia Environmental Partnership, US Environmental Protection Agency, US AID, Wal-Mart, Weyerhaeuser, World Resources Institute, Xerox. Professional Service Member, Advisory Board for the Future of the Institute for Social Research, Univ. Michigan (2012-) Member, Advisory Board, Clinton Global Initiative (2010-) Member, Advisory Board, Conscious Capitalism Institute (2010-) Member, Advisory Board, NextBillion.com (2009-) Series Editor, Business, Value Creation, and Sociey, Cambridge University Press (2007-12) Member, Advisory Board, Greenopolis, Washington, DC (2007-13) Member, Advisory Board, Sustainable Business Forum, San Francisco, CA (1997-13) 3 Member, Editorial Board; Strategic Management Journal (1990-2010), Academy of Management Review (1994-1996) Conference Host and Program Chair; Greening of Industry Network Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, 14-17 November 1999 Member, Advisory Board, Conservation International, Washington, DC (1999-2007) Member, Technical Advisory Board, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, New York (1998- 2005) Guest Editor, Special Issue of Business Strategy and the Environment, Greening of Industry Network Conference, Volume 6, Number 4, September 1997 Chair, Program Team, Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Interest Group, Academy of Management (1997-98) Member, Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C. (2002-) Member, Scientific Steering Committee, International Human Dimensions of Global Change—Industrial Transformation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2000-) Ad Hoc Reviewer; Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Journal of Management Inquiry, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Policy Studies Review, National Science Foundation, John Wiley, Free Press, Prentice-Hall, Sage, Jossey-Bass, Island Press. University Service University of Vermont Business School -Provost’s Task Force for a University Institute for the Environment (2015) -Stata Research Fellow Award Committee (2015) -Performance Metrics Committee (2014) -Faculty Advisor, Sustainable Investment Advisory Committee (2014) Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management -Iscol Award Committee (2005-) -University-wide Task Force on Sustainability in the Age of Global Development (2005-06) -Board Member, Engineers for a Sustainable World (2003-05) -Faculty Advisor, Net Impact (2003-) -Diversity Committee (2003-04) -Global Strategy Committee (2003-05) Kenan-Flagler Business School -Thought Leadership Committee (2002-03) -CIBER Operations Committee (2002-03) -Concentration Area Head, Sustainable Enterprise (1999-03) -Chair, External Advisory Board, Center for Sustainable Enterprise (1998-03)
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