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Lance Pierce
Director, Climate and Energy ProgramProfile
Lance Pierce is directof or the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). UCS's Climate and Energy Program is the largest of its programs, pursuing national and international policy solutions and advocacy based upon sound climate science and economics. Mr. Pierce previously worked at Harvard Business School as Project Director in the launch of the Advanced Leadership Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaborative of Harvard's graduate professional schools focused on developing case-based knowledge about cross-sectoral solutions to pressing global issues.
Mr. Pierce has worked in the private, public, and non-profit sectors with much of his professional background focusing on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR). In CSR he has worked with AFP, the world's third largest news agency, the World Bank, and served as Director, Corporate Issues Management for Fortune 20 food and consumer goods holding company, Altria Group. As a corporate consultant prior, he worked with some of the world's leading companies in investment banking, real estate, media, and US Government agencies. Mr. Pierce began his career in sustainable development, having been principal of a consultancy working with United Nations agencies and leading development NGOs, and serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines.
Mr. Pierce currently sits on the board of CERES, a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to integrate sustainability into capital markets. He also sits on the board of The Nyanya Project, an organization founded to provide entrepreneurship training and support for grandmothers in Africa who have become primary caregivers in the wake of the AIDS epidemic. His credits include United Nations publications and reports, and co-authorship of Harvard Business School cases with leading HBS faculty on corporate sustainability and leadership transition, as well as producing documentaries for U.S. Public Television. He holds degrees from the University of Kentucky, New York University, and Harvard University.
