Chief Sustainability Officer for Galway Sustainable Capital; Lecturer, Master of Environmental Studies
Sarene Marshall is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC), where she is responsible for evaluating environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) risks and impacts of Galway investments as well as measuring, reporting on, and improving sustainability performance of Galway’s portfolio. Before Galway, her career involved roles at the Inter-American Development Bank, Urban Land Institute, the Nature Conservancy, Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), and World Wildlife Fund. Her focus has included climate change mitigation and resilience, corporate sustainability through emissions reductions and zero-waste initiatives, strategic planning, change management, and globalization. Since 2020, she has been an adjunct professor in the Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability at Northwestern University. Ms. Marshall holds an MBA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Lauder Institute and a BA in international affairs from George Washington University. Having lived and worked extensively in Latin America, she is a fluent Spanish speaker.