U14C:
Data Plenary: How Open Data Powers Sustainability Innovation - Kara Hurst


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Session ID#: 66294

Session Description:
Kara Hurst leads Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon. In that role, she is responsible for renewable energy and energy efficiency, Frustration Free Packaging programs and customer packaging experience, circular economy, social responsibility, sustainability science and innovation, and sustainable transportation. Prior to joining Amazon, Kara was CEO of The Sustainability Consortium, named one of Scientific American’s “Top Ten World Changing Ideas” of 2012. For eleven years before that, Hurst worked at BSR, serving in her last role as Vice President of BSR, building several global industry practices and leading BSR’s NY and DC offices, as well the global partnership practice with governments, multilaterals and foundations. Hurst co-founded the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (now the Responsible Business Alliance). Kara has also worked in Silicon Valley as Executive Director of the public-private venture OpenVoice and at the Children’s Health Council. In her early career, she held roles at the Urban Institute as a Research lead and worked for two elected officials – Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco and in New York for the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY). Kara holds a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University and an MPP from the University of California, Berkeley.

Immediately following Kara’s talk will be a panel discussion:

Moderator:

  • Brooks Hanson, Executive Vice President, AGU 

Panelists:

  • Kara Hurst, Head of Worldwide Sustainability, Amazon
  • Ed Kearns, Chief Data Officer, NOAA
  • Brian Killough, Head of CEOS Systems Engineering Office, NASA Langley Research Center
  • Doug VanDyke, Director of US Federal Civilian & Nonprofits, Amazon Web Services 
Primary Convener:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Presenters:  Edward Joseph Kearns, First Street, New York, United States, Doug VanDyke, Amazon Web Services, Washington, DC, United States, Brian Killough, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Kara Hurst, Amazon, Seattle, WA, United States
Chair:  Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Index Terms:

6699 General or miscellaneous [PUBLIC ISSUES]

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