Dr. John Camillus, Faculty Director, Center for Sustainable Business
John is the Faculty Director of CSB and is the Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management at the Katz Graduate School of Business. He has served for over a decade as the Associate Dean and Executive Associate Dean of Pitt Business. His awards include the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award, and the Katz Diversity and Global Leadership Award at Pitt; and the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Best Teacher Award from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. John has served as consultant on strategic management to over 120 organizations on four continents. He has served on several boards and as Trustee of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; was a gold medalist in the MBA program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; and earned his Doctor of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.
Chris Gassman, MBA, JD, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Business
Chris is the Staff lead at the CSB and a seasoned innovator with a decade of experience in sustainable company development. Chris has a proven track record of delivering both bottom-line and top-line value to a diverse range of organizations, including UN Agencies, startups, and Fortune 500 companies. His accomplishments include crafting science-based targets and climate action plans, advising on aligning investments with their values, establishing entrepreneurship incubators across three states, and providing People Strategy guidance. Chris holds an MBA/JD joint degree from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, with a BA in International Affairs and Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dr. Marcel Minutolo, University Professor of Management, Robert Morris University
Marcel has been an entrepreneur and a business development consultant for over 20 years. He is currently the President and Co-Founder at Peritia, LLC as well as a University Professor of Strategic Management in the School of Business at Robert Morris University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in strategic management, entrepreneurship, sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Marcel has a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Strategy with a minor in artificial intelligence from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. He has taught courses at both the MBA and undergraduate level in strategy, finance, and decision making. He is a former military intelligence company commander with multiple deployments and currently sits on the board of directors for Adagio Health Care, the Military Affairs Council of Western Pennsylvania, and the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania.