March 2, 2011

Andy Hoffman, the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at SNRE, was one of 20 environmental researchers from across North America recently awarded Leopold Leadership Fellowships for 2011. Based at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment, the Leopold Leadership Program was founded in 1998 to help academic scientists make their knowledge accessible to decision makers.

Each year the program selects up to 20 mid-career academic environmental researchers as fellows. Hoffman, who has a dual appointment with the Ross School of Business, and the other Fellows will receive intensive leadership and communications training to help them engage effectively with policymakers, journalists, business leaders and communities confronting complex decisions about sustainability and the environment.

"These twenty outstanding researchers are change agents engaged in cutting-edge research," said Pam Sturner, the executive director of the Leopold Leadership Program. "Through our program, they will gain new skills and connections to help them translate their knowledge into action at the regional, national, and international level."

SNRE Associate Professor Tom Princen was a Fellow in 2004.

Read the full release: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/su-2rs022811.php

More about the Leopold Leadership Program: http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu/