18 Facts About Jay Golden

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Jay Golden received his doctorate in engineering from the University of Cambridge and his MPhil in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development as part of the Cambridge-MIT Institute, a joint program of the University of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Jay Golden is an alumnus of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge.

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Jay Golden was named the inaugural Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability and Finance in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in August of 2021.

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Jay Golden teaches at the main campus as well as at Syracuse in Washington DC and Syracuse in London.

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Jay Golden was an associate professor of the Practice for Sustainable Systems Analysis at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.

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At Duke University Jay Golden's teaching and research focused on "examining organizational and technology intervention strategies in regards to regional and global social and environmental impacts from population and consumptive patterns".

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Jay Golden held a joint appointment with the School of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering.

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In 2019, Jay Golden was selected by the Kansas Board of Regents to become the 14th president of Wichita State University.

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In 2017, Jay Golden became the vice chancellor for research at East Carolina University and a tenured full professor of Engineering while holding a secondary appointment in Supply Chain.

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Jay Golden oversaw research, economic development and engagement at ECU which, is the only university in North Carolina with a medical school, dental school and a college of engineering.

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In September 2009, Jay Golden received the Faculty Pioneer Award from the Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute.

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Jay Golden was recognized as a "Rising Star" for his commitment to "developing curriculum that fosters multidisciplinary approaches to solving pressing sustainability imperatives for business and society" and his roles as director of ASU's Certificate of Sustainable Technologies and Management program and founder and co-director of the summer Sustainable Energy Fellowship program with colleagues from MIT, Cornell, Duke and the University of Michigan.

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In December 2009, Jay Golden was designated Number 23 of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere Magazine for his work with Wal-Mart on their sustainability index initiative.

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Jay Golden was appointed to the US EPA Board of Scientific Counselors in 2017 and re-appointed in 2022 to the Executive Committee.

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15.

Jay Golden emphasized the "transparency" of the research being done by the Consortium, with information on product lifecycle and consumer research available to all companies regardless of their membership status.

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In 2004, during his time at Arizona State University, Jay Golden created the university's Certificate of Sustainable Technologies and Management program.

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Jay Golden founded and co-directed the Sustainable Energy Fellowship, a summer program in partnership with MIT, Cornell, Univ.

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Jay Golden was the founder and director of the EPA-designated National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations at ASU.

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