About
Elena Loke is a Program Manager on the Platform team at Evergreen Climate Innovations, where she connects the firm's ecosystem-building efforts with its investment program by building partnerships to strengthen the deal pipeline and running the founder support program for climate tech startups. Trained as a plant biologist, she previously worked as a field botanist conducting native plant surveys and habitat restoration at a Superfund site in California. She holds a Master's in Plant Biology and Conservation from Northwestern University and a B.A. in Biology from Oberlin College.
Invests in
CleantechClimate Tech
Experience
- Evergreen Climate InnovationsProgram Managercurrent2024 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- CourseraLearner - Google Project Management2023 — 2024
- OnePointFive (opf.degree)Fellow - Sustainability Consulting Accelerator2023
- Terra.doFellow - Terra.do Learning for Action2023
- Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- The Graduate School at Northwestern UniversityMS Graduate Student2019 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Burleson Consulting, Inc.Biologist2017 — 2019Monterey, California, United States
- ENGEOEngineering Aide2016 — 2017San Ramon, California
- Oberlin CollegeGreenhouse and garden manager2014 — 2016Oberlin College Biology Department
- Moffatt & NicholEnvironmental restoration intern2015Walnut Creek, CA
- Save Mount DiabloProject Management Intern2015Walnut Creek, CA
- University and Jepson HerbariaHerbarium intern2014Berkeley, CA
Education
- Northwestern UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Plant Biology and Conservation2019 — 2022
- Oberlin CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Botany/Plant Biology2012 — 2016
- Oberlin College - Danenberg Oberlin-in-London ProgramBiology, History2014
Skills & more
Project DocumentationSustainabilityAgile Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementGreenhouse Gas (GHG) ProtocolLife Cycle AssessmentNet ZeroInterdisciplinary CollaborationSystems ThinkingAnalytical ReasoningInterpersonal CommunicationScientific Communications
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Project ManagementEndangered Species SurveysEnvironmental ComplianceEnvironmental Impact AssessmentField StudiesWritten CommunicationTechnical WritingEndangered SpeciesOral CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsGroup WorkProblem SolvingLanguages English · Spanish
- Google Project Management: Specialization — Google
- OnePointFive Academy, a 6-week Sustainability Consulting Accelerator — OnePointFive (opf.degree)
- Terra.do Learning for Action Fellow — Terra.do
From Elena's professional profile.
Colleagues at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Dylan O'Reilly
Program Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Dylan O’Reilly
Program Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Estelle Richards
Director, Operations at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Ian Adams
Managing Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Marc Altman
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Growth at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Michelle Carr
Chief Executive Officer at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Paul Seidler
Managing Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Rachel Sebald
Director, Marketing and Communications at Evergreen Climate Innovations
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Elena Loke work?
- Elena Loke is Program Manager at Evergreen Climate Innovations.
- What does Elena Loke invest in?
- Elena Loke invests in Cleantech, Climate Tech.
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