Sustainability

Field Work: Channeling a Passion for Food into a Career in Sustainability

Jason Warburg — 2025-05-09T10:03:22-0700

Environmental Policy and Management student Leilani Leszkay has put her passion for food into action by helping the campus café craft a healthier menu.

Field Work: Students Help the Public Learn to Love Sharks

Mark C. Anderson — 2025-01-22T13:54:14-0800

Through a partnership with several world-class marine labs, environmental policy and management faculty and students are working to enlighten the public on the importance and elegance of apex predators.

How I Got Hired: Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

Flynn Pollard — 2024-12-12T10:08:00-0800

Alum Flynn Pollard shares how his education at the Middlebury Institute and diverse experiences prepared him for a dynamic career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State.

Field Work: Student Survey of Pajaro Flooding Victims Will Inform Future Emergency Response

Caitlin Fillmore — 2024-12-02T13:42:18-0800

Environmental policy students collaborated with nonprofits on research assessing the impact of 2023 floods on the Pajaro community and surfacing their unmet needs.

How I Got Hired: Senior Manager of Product, GoDaddy

David Feng MAIEP ’12 — 2024-10-18T09:15:29-0700

Alum David Feng shares how his MIIS education and WildAid experience helped him build a successful career in product management and entrepreneurship.

Field Work: Wildfires, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis Make for Interesting Emergency Planning

Caitlin Fillmore — 2024-06-26T13:40:27-0700

Environmental policy student Jack Anderson was fully immersed in the complexities of emergency response planning through his work at the City of Monterey, which has to plan for a wide range of risks.

How I Got Hired: Chief Sustainability Officer, Highland Pellets, LLC

Ellen Kincaid MAIEP ’13 — 2024-03-28T20:06:36-0700

Ellen Kincaid’s preparation for her current role in the sustainability field was aided by the diverse and varied courses she took at the Middlebury Institute.

How I Got Hired: Program Manager, Sustainable Agriculture and Supply Chain Equity at Clif Bar

Philippa Lockwood — 2024-02-04T21:25:07-0800

Philippa Lockwood explains how the MPA program, networking, and persistence helped her pivot into an exciting role at a company she loves.

How I Got Hired: Climate Ambition and Transparency Coordinator, United Nations Environment Programme

Billy Holness MAIEP ’17 — 2023-07-20T14:45:26-0700

Environmental Policy graduate William “Billy” Holness shares how an internship opportunity and networking helped him launch a career with the United Nations Environment Programme.

Field Work: Saving Polar Bears Is a Complex Geopolitical Puzzle

Stephen Diehl — 2023-06-20T14:31:57-0700

An internship with Polar Bears International helped environmental policy student Alex Shahbazi hone his skills as he sought common ground among Arctic nations.