2009 SCHOLARS

The Aspen Ideas Festival Welcomes The 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholars

 

 

The Aspen Ideas Festival is pleased to announce the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholars, a diverse group of action-oriented leaders from all over the United States and around the world, selected for their work and accomplishments - and for their ability to transform ideas into action. These Scholars were nominated by trustees, senior members of the Institute's staff, Ideas Festival track advisors, and past Scholars, and their presence at the Ideas Festival has been made possible by a group of Festival Patrons, whose purchase of special Patron Passes fund this program. The Institute is proud to host these distinguished Scholars and grateful to the Patron Pass donors for their support.


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Erin Carlson

Erin Carlson

Erin Carlson is director of Yahoo! for Good, the company’s Social Responsibility department. Erin is responsible for leading Yahoo!’s environmental strategy and CSR programs. Her primary focus is inspiring Yahoo!’s audience of over 500 million people to be more “green” in their daily lives through use of Yahoo! products. She is the general manager of Yahoo! Green and has driven the creation of Yahoo! Earth Day sites since 2005. She also rallied grassroots efforts by launching a Green Team of hundreds of employees across the globe. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Erin worked at Nike in Apparel Sustainability, at Business for Social Responsibility, and at the environmental engineering firm Tetra Tech EMI. She is a Catto fellow at the Aspen Institute.