Maki Tazawa
Nature Based Solutions | Intersectional Environmentalist | Climate Innovation and Funding
- Role
- Climate Program Director at Alta Futures
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Maki Tazawa
Maki Tazawa is an innovation professional and writer with 10+ years of experience working in the environment and climate space. She is currently the Program Officer for the Grantham Foundation and Trust where she manages the philanthropic portfolios. Previously, she covered natural capital and circular economy investing at the CREO Syndicate and Techstars. She began her career managing international sustainable development programs with the National Audubon Society across Latin America and the Caribbean. Maki completed a graduate program at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies focused on sustainable food systems and social innovation where she led multiple corporate innovation projects; and an undergraduate degree from The George Washington University in International Affairs and Environmental Studies.Maki also holds strategy, advising and communications roles with ClimateRaise (co-founder), the DC Environmental Film Festival, and other environment organisations. Her writing has appeared in Greenbiz, Science Daily, the Conservation Finance Network, and the Clean Energy Finance Forum. For more on her writing, research, and projects, please visit:
Experience
Climate Program Director
Jan 2026 — Present
Education
University of Oxford
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
2012 — 2012
The School for Field Studies
Tropical Rain Forest Studies
2013 — 2013
The George Washington University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), International Relations and Affairs, Environmental Studies, Sustainability
2010 — 2014
Yale University
Master of Environmental Management, Business and Environment, Sustainable Food Systems, Social Innovation
2017 — 2019
Skills
- Environmental Awareness
- Time Management
- Microsoft Office
- Spanish
- Java
- Customer Service
- Policy Analysis
- Ecology
- Windows
- Field Work
- Policy Research
- Editing
- English
- Event Planning
- Teamwork
- Community Outreach
- Sustainability
- Html
- Press Releases
- Volunteer Management
- Photoshop
- Policy
- Research
- Gis
- Conservation Issues
- Government
- Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
- Environmental Policy
- Social Media
- Environmental Science
- Public Speaking
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