Biography & CV

Andy Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan; a position that holds joint appointments at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources & Environment.  Within this role, Andy also serves as Associate Director of the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. Andy has published seven books and over seventy articles/book chapters on environmental and social issues as they relate to business. He was awarded the 2003 Faculty Pioneer/Rising Star award from the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute. His book, From Heresy to Dogma, was awarded the 2001 Rachel Carson Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science. Prior to academics, Andy worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency (Region 1), Metcalf & Eddy Environmental Consultants, T&T Construction & Design and the Amoco Corporation. Andy serves on advisory boards of the Oakwood Healthcare System, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Earth Portal, Center for Environmental Innovation, and Canopy Partnership, as well as the editorial board of Organization & Environment.

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Degrees

• Ph.D., Management and Civil & Environmental Engineering (joint degree)
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995)
• S.M., Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991)
• B.S., Chemical Engineering
  University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1983)

Honors & Awards

• 3rd prize in the 2008 Oikos International Case Competition for Livinghomes, case study # 07-01 (with Rebecca Henn, Ann Arbor, MI: Erb Institute, University of Michigan) (June 2008)
• Faculty Pioneer-Rising Star Award, World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute (October 2003)
• Best Paper of the Year finalist for Academy of Management Review (August 2003)
• Broderick Prize for Service to the Graduate Programs, Boston University School of Management (May 2003)
• Rachel Carson Prize awarded for From Heresy to Dogma: An Institutional History of Corporate Environmentalism. The award is given for "work of social or political relevance" by the Society for Social Studies of Science (November 2001)
• Broderick Prize for Excellence in Research, Boston University School of Management (May 1998)
• Klegerman Award for Environmental Excellence, MIT (June 1995)

Advisory Boards and Councils

• International Advisory Board, The Encyclopedia of Earth 
• Friends Board, University of Michigan Museum of Art 
• Board of Trustees, Oakwood Healthcare System
• Board Member, Center for Environmental Innovation
• Principal Consultant, Canopy
• Editorial Review Board, Organization & Environment, J. Jermier (ed.), Sage Publications