Lynn Schenk

Lynn Schenk is the Director of the Business and Environment Initiative at Harvard Business School. In this role, Lynn applies her broad understanding of the intersection of business and climate change. She is a strategic thinker and leads efforts to connect faculty research and case development to practice, integrate climate in the core of the management curriculum, and drive new course development on a range of topics from climate finance to adaptation and resilience, to accelerating climate solutions. She leads an awesome team that convenes and supports students, alumni, faculty and multiple HBS departments and that collaborates across Harvard University to drive climate learning, career path mentorship, and action.

Previously Lynn was a VP in the Infrastructure and Energy group at Citigroup and a Director at the William J. Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Climate Initiative. Lynn has led several successful finance projects that brought together the private and public sectors, large financial institutions, and multilateral organizations. In previous roles at HBS she wrote case studies on impact investing and contributed to the Problem Solving book. She holds a BA from Cornell University and a MALD from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is an avid hiker, cross-country and downhill skier, still plays lacrosse even though she shouldn’t, and enjoys coaching her kids’ sports.