Cleveland Justis is a UC Davis PhD student in economic geography. Cleveland’s research interests include social entrepreneurship, sustainability metrics, and public-private partnerships. Cleveland received his MBA in strategic management from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management (GSM) and his undergraduate from UC Berkeley in environmental sciences. Cleve currently teaches a popular course on Social Entrepreneurship at the GSM.

Outside of the University, Cleveland has served in executive leadership positions in leading environmental organizations and has maintained an active management consulting practice. He’s active in the community and currently serves on numerous boards and advisory councils including the Marin Community Foundation, of the largest community foundations in the nation with over $1.5 billion under management.