Baltimore Team
Glenn Page
Role: President/CEO
Talents: Builds innovation wherever he goes. Glenn has made a career out of understanding what organizations need and building programs through a dynamic network of collaboration, investment and reward. Glenn has the uncanny ability to network across sectors, partnering with large scale research universities, major philanthropies, and international government agencies to grass-roots small-scale organizations helping all to improve program effectiveness.
Personal Mission: I want to harness the amazing power of people to the change the world. We have already proved we can change the nitrogen & carbon cycles, cause massive species extinctions, and transform the global sediment budget! We now need to prove we can find ways to harness our collective muscle and work with the grain of nature – not against it. We now know the solutions are not easy but are found in collaboration, listening, empathy, action and reflection. As we transform a world based on exploitation to a world based on stewardship, we will realize the fruits of our labor.
Inspiration: I am inspired by this time that we live in – it is very much like the world of Copernicus, realizing that the earth orbits the sun and we are not at the center. Our fundamental view of growth at all cost as the ultimate economic paradigm is changing as well. We are entering a time that will mark another great conflict, and inspiration is all around us, from small actions to bold and brave response to status quo.
David Nemerson
Role: Chief Science Officer
Talents: With a PhD in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University and a Masters in Environmental Studies from Yale, David brings over twenty years of experience seeking to understand complex natural systems and working to find solutions to diverse applied environmental problems.
Personal Mission: Creating a transition from a global model fixated on growth to one focused on value, quality and sustainability is the central task of the coming decades. At SustainaMetrix, I am part of a team helping wide-ranging partners work effectively toward this goal.
Inspiration: I never stopped being inspired by the beauty, resilience and bounty that remains in the world, and by faith in the rewards that finding a more enlightened way of living can bring to all of us.
SJ (Seung Jun) Oh
Role: Business Development Intern
Talents: Research, Business Planning
Personal Mission: To bridge the gap between visionaries and the business world.
Inspiration: Almond Blossom by Van Gogh
Sarah Knapp
Role: Director of Research and Development
Talents: Experience working in landscaping, restoration, and construction, Background in Anthropology and Linguistics, Fluent in Spanish and speaks some Portuguese
Personal Mission: To communicate the importance of social responsibility and environmental sustainability across contexts and cultures, and to turn these concepts into practice.
Inspiration: Latin music, the changing seasons, and the beautiful landscapes of rural Maryland
Lisa Pupa
Role: Graphic Designer
Talents: Lisa brings creative thinking and a comprehensive visual arts background to SustainaMetrix. She studied art and philosophy at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, earned her masters degree from The University of Baltimore, and worked as a graphic designer for more than 15 years at The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Personal Mission: I enjoy working with SustainaMetrix because their mission promotes a global understanding of our shared resources and tirelessly advocates for a richer quality of life.
Inspiration: I am grateful for my life and family. I am in awe of the earth’s bounty and hope its treasures will be passed down to generations to come.
Fellows
Kyle King
Kyle is a growing and developing part of the Coral Team. He is studying bioengineering at the Univeristy of Maryland College Park. At University of Maryland he is in the Gemstone Honors College, a four year research-focused program, where he hopes to develop a better bio-battery to fulfill the human needs of transportation with being a better steward of the environment.
Taylor Maddalene
Taylor received her BA in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia, focusing in marine ecology, and has experience in coral reef restoration and conservation and environmental education. She has a passion for traveling and exploring the world, both above and below the water, and has spent time living and studying abroad predominantly in Europe and Australia. Her mission is to connect people with their resources and the natural world around them in order to foster environmental stewardship, particularly in marine and specifically coral reef dependent communities, in the face of globalization and global change.
Muxin Yu
Muxin graduated from Cornell in 2012 with a degree in economics and psychology. She developed an interest in environmentally sustainable economic development after exploring farmers' markets in Ithaca and volunteering with organic coffee farmers in Guatemala. She is interested in researching the effects of economic development on society and the environment.
