Business of Energy Transition Initiative

• Shon R. Hiatt

  • Director, Business of Energy Transition Initiative
  • Associate Professor of Management and Organization

  Shon Hiatt is an associate professor of business administration, director of the Business of Energy Transition initiative, and faculty affiliate of the Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He researches entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation and sustainability in the global energy and agribusiness sectors. His work has been published in leading academic journals and featured in popular media outlets.
  

• Karen Green

  • Program Manager, Business of Energy Transition Initiative

  Karen Green joined the Business of Energy Transition Initiative as Program Manager. She specializes in program planning, relationship management, and development of student experiences. She is excited to apply her skills to advance the strategic goals of the Business of Energy Transition Initiative by fostering relationships with key industry partners and orchestrating energy industry related experiences for students.
  

• Ligia Azevedo Rezende

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

  Ligia Azevedo-Rezende is a postdoctoral researcher at the Business of Energy Transition Initiative. She holds a PhD in Strategy from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/EAESP) and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil.
  

• Liz Hood

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

  Liz Hood is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Business of Energy Transition Initiative. She holds a Ph.D. in Organization Studies from Boston College, a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Marketing Analytics from Bentley University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University.

  Her research engages with socio-cognitive perspectives of technology to understand how perceptions and applications of technology impact important outcomes, such as the impact of technologies on the environment. As an ethnographer and field researcher, she uses qualitative data (archival documents, interviews, participant-observation) to investigate an array of technologies including marine energy devices, snow guns for snowmaking at ski areas, funeral innovations, e-cigarettes, and police body cameras.

Faculty Affiliates

• Michael Mische

  • Lecturer of Management and Organization

  Professor Michael A. Mische is widely sought for his independent and objective perspective, exceptional consulting acumen, boardroom skills and direct, Socratic, data driven and client centric style of addressing highly complex and critical strategic, organizational, operational and positioning issues.
  
  A member of the USC faculty since 1997, Mische is responsible for teaching and coordinating USC’s Marshall management consulting undergraduate and graduate curricula and programs.
  
  Mische brings over 43 years of global management consulting experience in strategic planning, mergers, turnarounds and strategic innovation to both the classroom and clients.

• Bell Nareuporn Piyasinchai

  • Assistant Professor of Social Transitions and Behavioral Change, Tilburg University

  Bell Piyasinchai is a research associate with USC Marshall's Business of Energy Initiative. Her research focuses on corporate sustainability, ESG social evaluations, and social impact. FULL BIO

• David Livingston

  • Innovation & Sustainability Practitioner in Residence at USC

  David Livingston currently serves as the inaugural Innovation & Sustainability Practitioner in Residence at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. He also serves in an advisory capacity to several leading organizations, including on the Sustainability Advisory Council of Novo Nordisk, Europe's largest publicly listed company.