The Team
Climate Systems Solutions (CSS) was founded to support the imperative for action-oriented strategies to revolutionize the widespread use of industrial biotechnology in agriculture through sustainable practices. CSS gives members access to an ecosystem led by people with decades of experience commercializing biotechnology, agriculture and climate smart technologies.
The interconnectedness of soil health via restoration of the microbiome is at the core of CSS' mission with the understanding of the intricately linked ecological and hydrological processes within terrestrial ecosystems--including processes that capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere into soil organic matter (SOM), thereby curbing atmospheric CO2 levels and improving farm economics. The fundamental symbiotic relationship between carbon sequestration and the small water cycle further underscores the integrated nature of ecosystemic processes that are critical to sustainable Agriculture.
Joel Stone, President and Executive Director
Joel Stone is an experienced executive who has served in leadership positions at many successful startup companies in food ingredients, biofuels, renewable chemicals, and industrial biotechnology with a focus on low carbon solutions. His leadership in strategic planning, operations management, and team building have been highlights in his career. He is presently President of ConVergInce Advisers, a consulting company focused on industrial biotechnology and food ingredients. Joel’s engagement with Climate Systems Solutions (CSS) is driven by his long-term commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability, and the importance of human health and nutrition:
“The CSS platform has a focus on using agriculture and biotechnology to produce low carbon intensity materials for use in the food supply as well as replacing fossil based raw materials in the industrial and consumer products sectors. We encourage and advise all industries and governments to engage interactively to identify a unified pathway creating a low or negative carbon emissions environment that our children and grandchildren can feel safe in for generations to come.”
Joel understands the ecosystem led by people with decades of experience commercializing biotechnology, agriculture and climate smart technologies. He has a sound understanding and experience in creating partnerships that are successful. LinkedIn
Sarah Macgregor, Director of Communications
For over two decades Sarah has been researching and tracking emerging impacts and outcomes involving liability and loss, environmental health management, related policies and law, and directives of business operations concerning sustainable practices. She has over three decades of experience in communications: developing and producing training programs and collateral for the technology and publishing industries, working as a researcher in academia, and serving as a middle school teacher. She was an English major and received an M.Ed. LinkedIn