Antonio Bernardo
Dean and John E. Anderson Chair in Management, UCLA
Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
Judges
Judges select a winner after reviewing finalist video interviews, comments from the review committee and supplemental materials.
Jeanne Holm
Deputy Mayor, Finance and Innovation of the City of Los Angeles
Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park
Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Abel Valenzuela Jr.
Dean of UCLA Social Sciences
Nominators
Nominators from around the world, selected for their own creativity and contributions in the environmental arena, each submit one candidate for the award.
Shawn Escoffery
Executive Director, The Roy & Patricia Disney Foundation
Farwiza Farhan
Founder, HAkA
Nathalie Flores
Vice Chair, UN Climate Change Science & Technology Body
Mark Gold
Director of Water Scarcity Solutions, People & Communities Program for NRDC
Carlos Gutierrez
Chief Development Officer, Larta Institute
Erik Hoffner
Environmental Journalist and Photographer, Mongabay
Lindsey P. Horvath
Chair, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Letise LaFeir
Chief of Conservation and Stewardship, New England Aquarium
Rascha Nuijten
Director, Future For Nature Foundation
James Ricci
Director, Schmidt Sciences
André Sanchez
Advisory Board Member & Volunteer Leader — Latino Outdoors | Community Engagement & Conservation Policy Manager — CalWild
Marta Segura
Chief Heat Officer, City of Los Angeles
Ali Swanson
Director of Technology Initiatives, Conservation International
Randall Winston
LA Deputy Mayor, Public Works
Review Committee
A diverse blend of UCLA faculty and leaders operating outside of UCLA evaluate the candidates and determine the three finalists.
Justin D’Angona
Senior Manager, Partnerships & Impact, XPRIZE
Noah Garrison
UCLA Practicum Director, Environmental Science
Nurit Katz
UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer
Cully Nordby
UCLA Associate Director, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability
Jack Pan
Founder and CEO, Ocean Motion Technologies
Kelly Trott
Vice President of Deployment & Impact, Imagine H2O
Saba Waheed
Director, UCLA Labor Center
Virginia Zaunbrecher
UCLA Associate Director, Center for Tropical Research