These are some projects I've worked on as a professional or a student that I'm proud to showcase. If you'd rather see my CV, please email me!


Climate Knowledge Initiative Decarbonization Content

At Columbia Business School’s Climate Knowledge Initiative, first as a Fellow and now as a Staff Associate, I help produce sector-by-sector deep dives on how to decarbonize the economy's most emitting industries:

  1. Scaling Solar (Last Updated: 14 Aug 2025)
  2. Sustainable Proteins (Last Updated: 23 May 2025)
  3. Decarbonizing Cement (Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024)

 

More recently, I've also started to co-write articles to go along with our data-driven slides:

  1. China’s Phase-Out of Solar Feed-in Tariffs Is a Sign of a Mature Sector, Not a Waning One (14 Aug 2025)
  2. America's Clean Energy Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (16 Jul 2025)
  3. Decarbonizing Protein: 3 Levers That Could Transform the Industry (23 May 2025)
  4. How States Like Texas Are Driving the Clean Energy Boom in the Trump Era (24 Mar 2025)

 

   

Vita Coco Foundation 10 Million Seedlings Initiative

As a graduate consultant, I worked on a feasibility study for Vita Coco Foundation's flagship project, including doing climate risk and environmental impact analysis and designing a distribution plan to deliver 10 million coconut seedlings to smallholder farmers around the world.

 

Wellious GRI Sustainability Report

"It was such a pleasure to work with Isabel and the entire team from Columbia's Masters program to review and enhance our sustainability efforts via their Sustainability Report. The team was professional, thorough, and ultimately allowed us to both maximize our future efforts and show off all the programs that separate us from other brands in the industry."
 
-Sean Hall (Founder and CEO of Wellious)

 

Women & Sustainability Uplift Summit

As board member of Columbia Women & Sustainability, I served as Co-Chair for the 5th Annual Uplift Summit, a professional development event designed by and for women in the sustainability field. The best part: getting to moderate a panel on the intersection of impact investing and personal finances.

 

Stone Barns Center Chef in Residence Programming

As Education Coordinator at Stone Barns Center, I got to collaborate with chefs, farmers, artists, and scientists to design and facilitate the educational programming for the Chef in Residence partnership with Blue Hill. The initiative centered 9 chefs, regenerative agriculture, and the Hudson Valley bounty.