ABOUT US

CBS Green Business Club

About – CBS Green Business Club

Our Mission

The Green Business Club (GBC) engages CBS students, faculty, the greater Columbia community, and business leaders across industries on the intersection of business and climate/sustainability.

The climate crisis is one of the most important challenges and opportunities that we will face in our lifetime. We believe that business organizations will play a vital role in addressing this. The GBC aims to educate our members on emerging triple-bottom-line business issues and prepare them for careers related to climate change and sustainability by connecting them with employers, career resources, and industry/alumni contacts. At the same time, we advocate and model sustainable practices in our own CBS community.

For an overview of activities, please explore our 2023-2024 Year in Review!

Our History

The Green Business Club was founded in March 2008 by three members of the Columbia Business School class of 2009: Kate Grossman, Chris Baker, and Joe Chmielewski. Their intent was to facilitate students’ career aspirations and create awareness around sustainability issues in the Columbia Business School community. Since its inception, the Club has grown in scope and in scale, with a membership of over 200 students and a steady stream of events and career resources.

2024-2025 Executive Board

Co-Presidents: Abby Trusler, Drew DiPrinzio



VP Industry Partnerships:
Chhavi Maggu, Marc Weisglass, Lucy Hanaway
VP Education and Curriculum:
Josh Thomas, Madeleine Futterman



VP Industry Mentorship: Sam Praveen
VP Careers & Alumni: Monica Yun
VP Finance: Briana Tully



VP Content & Engagement: Shivani Pandya, Jin Fan
VP Treks & Socials: Kristine Liao, Amit Pasupathy, Pim van der Voet



VP Partnerships & Events – Cross Columbia: JJ Kaufman
VP Partnerships & Events – NYC: Derek Cohen, Ellis Palmieri




Previous Club Presidents

2023 – 2024: Chris Scanzoni & Claudia Richardson

2022 – 2023: Andrew Feierman & Thomas Sadik-Khan

2021 – 2022: Travis Leiter & Celena Peng

2020 – 2021: George Liu & Sam Cui

2019 – 2020: Sam Malin & Matt Guevara

2018 – 2019: Colette Soloff & Vincent Su

2017 – 2018: Eric Guo & Laurene Aigrain

2016 – 2017: Grant van Wyngaarden & Edie Constable

2015 – 2016: Lindsay Delevingne & Jill Bunting

2014 – 2015: Devraj Banerjee & Olga Pishchevs

2013 – 2014: Natasha Bray & Hooman Mehranvar