Work
Andrew Hutson applies insights from supply chain management to drive environmental change with our corporate partners, advancing sustainable business practices throughout their operations. He helped establish EDF’s office in Bentonville, Arkansas, where he lived from 2007-2010, working with Walmart on its supply chain initiatives. His current projects continue to focus on the retail industry, Chinese manufacturers, and green finance opportunities.
Background
- Ph.D. in Policy Analysis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- M.E.M., Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
- B.A., James Madison College at Michigan State University
Before joining the Corporate Partnerships Program, Andrew was a strategic research consultant in the operations practice of the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, DC where he helped launch the Manufacturing Leadership Board, a program for senior-most manufacturing executives.
He has also served as a consultant to business and non-profit organizations in both developing and industrialized countries, including Oxfam America, Ford de México, and Industria Nacional de Autopartes (Mexican autoparts industry association). He was named a Graduate Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2006.
Prior to graduate school, he worked as a business process analyst for Accenture and served as a volunteer with the RARE Center for Tropical Conservation in Honduras.