Panel Recording: Career Networking Days 2026: Environmental Consulting Career Panel

This Environmental Consulting Career Panel was an opportunity to learn from, and connect with, outstanding YSE alumni with careers at leading environmental, sustainability and management consulting companies. Alumni offered insights from their current positions and previous career paths, and engaged in a lively conversation about the current consulting landscape with the audience, and with each other.

This panel took place in Kline Tower as part of CPD’s Career Networking Days on February 12, 2026 and was moderated by CPD Executive Director Kevin Doyle.

Alumni Panelists included:

Mariya Absar, MEM ’08, Senior LCA Specialist, Easter Research Group, Inc.

Nathan Grady, MEM ’19, Associate Director, Energy and Environmental Economics

Kandice Harper, MEM, PhD ’18, Knowledge Specialist, McKinsey and Company

Deanna Lizas, MEM ’06, Climate Change and Sustainability Director, ICF

Kelly McGlinchy, MEM ’23, Principal, Quantis

Jen Molnar, MEM ’04, Nature Based Solutions and Resilience Lead, AECOM

Lisa Veliz Waweru, MEM/MBA ’17, GTM Leader, Deloitte