Erika (she/her) works with UVA’s 12 Schools, major operating units and UVA Health to develop their sustainability visions and strategic plans in alignment with the University’s 2020-2030 Sustainability Plan and the 2030 Great and Good University Plan. She also directs the annual UVA Sustainability Leadership Awards. Erika was formerly Director of Research and Intellectual Capital at the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the UVA Darden School of Business, where she co-led Darden’s Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative and co-chaired ClimateCAP 2020: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital and Business. Erika has served as the Associate Director of Sustainability Programs at Darden, Managing Director of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, and Sustainability Manager for UTC Power (now Raytheon). She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College and a Master of Business Administration from Darden. She also is a graduate of Charlottesville’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence Board Development Academy and serves on the Market Leadership Advisory Board for the U.S. Green Building Council Virginia chapter.