People
Accelerator team
The Stanford Sustainability Accelerator is co-led by a faculty director and an executive director. Our core team of professional staff manages operations, runs our competitive project selection process, and provides resources and support to faculty and research teams.
Yi Cui
Faculty Director
Charlotte Pera
Executive Director
Yolanda Banks
Grant and Finance Analyst
Timothy Bouley
Managing Director for Biological Sciences, Food and Agriculture
Jeffrey Brown
Managing Director for Greenhouse Gas Removal and Water
Trevor Cambron
Sustainability Technology and Business Analyst
Albert Chan
Managing Director for Electricity and Grid Systems and Industry
Gemma Guilera Ferre
Managing Director for Climate Adaptation and Planetary Intelligence
Mana Iwata
Sustainability Technology and Business Analyst
Katie Jewett
Associate Director for Communications - Sustainability Accelerator & Center for Ocean Solutions
Chubing Li
Sustainability Technology and Business Analyst
Katherine Li
Sustainability Technology and Business Analyst
Gabby Magana
Administrative Associate
Brenda Maldonado
Program Coordinator
Michael Mastrandrea
Director of Policy
Jennifer Milne
Director for Advanced Research Projects
Adam Nazaroff
Director of Finance and Operations
Kristin O'Brien
Program Coordinator
Ann Patterson
Policy Scholar at the Accelerator and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Michael Wara
Senior Director of Policy