Stephanie is an MPP candidate at the Harris School of Public Policy (’25). Prior to Harris, she worked at an impact consultancy, Ecotone Analytics, where she led impact and social return on investment analyses with corporate responsibility, foundation, and ESG teams. She was an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow with the Hershey Company, where she supported Hershey’s climate supplier engagement strategy and helped inform Hershey’s strategy to achieve its scope 3 science-based GHG emissions reduction target. She is interested in driving environmental accountability, and she looks forward to exploring the bounds of voluntary, pre-financial disclosure and impact accounting while at COP29.

“In one of my favorite panels, Seeds of Change: Transforming Agriculture and Nutrition through Soil Health, a panelist mentioned a saying that they have: that the day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. It was an important reminder that it takes time to grow and achieve goals, but that patience and small actions can lead to transformational change.”