Christopher Bennett

I'm a Stanford student trained in interdisciplinary environmental studies. My classes and work have focused on sustainable development and social entrepreneurship.

My professional goal is to help spark progress towards a more just, sustainable, and equitable planet through the power of technology and community creation.

Employer:	Stanford Graduate School of Business, Center for Social Innovation
Position:	Web Manager/Intern
Time period:	September 2009 - Present
Description:	Create media and research content

Employer:	Energy Crossroads, Stanford, CA
Position:	International Officer
Time period:	April 2008 - Present
Description:	Advocacy and international organization development in India in Summer 2008 and in Copenhagen in December 2009

Employer:	Ashoka
Position:	Summer Associate
Time period:	June 2009 - August 2009
Description:	Work in the Changemaker Campus Program

Employer:	Solar Electric Light Fund
Position:	Social Media/Marketing Manager
Time period:	May 2009 - August 2009
Description:	Create and run media and marketing campaigns

Employer:	Millennium Challenge Corporation, Department of Compact Implementation, Washington, DC
Position:	Intern
Time period:	December 2008 - February 2009
Description:	• Involved in systematizing climate change and sustainable development issues into MCC project design and assessment • Work on carbon finance and renewable energy leads

Employer:	Stanford School of Earth Sciences, Stanford, CA, and India
Position:	Research Fellow
Time period:	March 2008 - July 2008
Description:	• Researched climate change in India in the context of the energy sector, examining co-benefit policies for carbon mitigation and development • Four weeks of fieldwork in India. Conducted 170 household interviews in Mumbai on electricity reliability and traveled to Calcutta and New Delhi to industry and government field sites to examine energy alternatives

Employer:	Southeastern European Village Project, Learning Enterprises
Position:	English Teacher
Time period:	May 2007 - July 2007
Description:	First hand experience developing curriculum and teaching English in rural Romania

University:	Stanford University
Time period:	2010
Degree:	Earth Systems, Anthrosphere Track, BSc

Hobbies:	I enjoy jazz music, scuba diving, travel photography, and great American fiction.
Clubs:	Stanford Dance Marathon, Stanford in Government, Roosevelt Institution,
Awards:	December 2009: Selected as a Stanford Delegate to the 15th Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen 2009-2010: California Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Education Scholarship Summer 2009: Recipient of the Peter and Helen Bing Scholarship at Stanford in Washington May 2009: One of 17 students selected globally as an Acumen Fund Student Leader Goldman Interschool Honors Program, 2009-2010 Udall Scholarship, Honorable Mention, 2009