Alec Appelbaum

Alec Appelbaum writes and teaches to help all stakeholders act on climate challenges. He's written journalism and research for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Bloomberg CityLab, the Urban Land Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation, and many others. He's taught about writing or climate or both at New York City high schools, Pratt Institute, NYU Stern School of Business, and in enrichment training for teachers in the New York City Department of Education.

At CBEY, he coaches and edits students who write stories for the Clean Energy Finance Forum and Conservation Finance Network websites, and helps edit and write publications across the Center. He lives in Lower Manhattan, works in Brooklyn, and gets misty over New Haven.

Companies

• News Editor Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) (2020)
• Curriculum Designer and Teacher AllBeforeUs (2013)
• Writer AllBeforeUs (2011)
• Freelance Journalist The New York Times, CityLab, others (2008)
• Adjunct Professor NYU Tandon School of Engineering (2019 — 2020)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor NYU Stern School of Business (2017 — 2018)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Pratt Institute (2010 — 2017)
• Director of Public Information New Yorkers for Parks (2014 — 2015)
• Curriculum Consultant Riverdale Country School, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, others (2012 — 2014)

Education

• MBA Yale University - Yale School of Management (1996 — 1998)
• BA cum laude with Distinction in the Major Yale University (1989 — 1993)