Molly Leavens
Program Manager at Sustainable Food Lab- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Sustainable Food Lab
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Manager
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Sep 2022 - Present
Partner with large food companies, NGOs, and governmental agencies to implement large-scale improvements to global food system equity and sustainability. Partner with large food companies, NGOs, and governmental agencies to implement large-scale improvements to global food system equity and sustainability.
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Sustainable Food Lab
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Consultant
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Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Managed, analyzed, and visualized smallholder farmer income data to help large food companies work towards living incomes across their supply chains. Advised survey design. Drafted the first Living Income visualization tool in the R programming language (publication impending). Managed, analyzed, and visualized smallholder farmer income data to help large food companies work towards living incomes across their supply chains. Advised survey design. Drafted the first Living Income visualization tool in the R programming language (publication impending).
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Harvard University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Trustman Fellowship
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Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Year-long fellowship for students showing “great promise of making important, long-range contributions to our society.” Worked on farmers and ranches in Argentina and the US (relocated due to COVID) to engage directly with food production before beginning a career in international agriculture policy. Specific interest in regenerative agriculture and finding common ground between ranchers and environmentalists. Year-long fellowship for students showing “great promise of making important, long-range contributions to our society.” Worked on farmers and ranches in Argentina and the US (relocated due to COVID) to engage directly with food production before beginning a career in international agriculture policy. Specific interest in regenerative agriculture and finding common ground between ranchers and environmentalists.
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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
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Harvard University
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Roger Family Research Fellow
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Mar 2018 - Dec 2019
Researched private-sector sustainability in the global cacao market. Fieldwork in Indonesia and Japan summer 2018. Presented at Weatherhead Center annual Senior Thesis Conference February 2019. Researched private-sector sustainability in the global cacao market. Fieldwork in Indonesia and Japan summer 2018. Presented at Weatherhead Center annual Senior Thesis Conference February 2019.
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Harvard Forest
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Petersham, Massachusetts
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Undergraduate Summer Researcher
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
Researched post-harvest carbon dynamics to calculate how long it takes a forest to regain biomass after timber harvesting and the global warming potential of that time lag. Presented at Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium 2018. Researched post-harvest carbon dynamics to calculate how long it takes a forest to regain biomass after timber harvesting and the global warming potential of that time lag. Presented at Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium 2018.
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Food Literacy Project
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Harvard University
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Food Literacy Project Fellow
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Sep 2016 - May 2017
Planned campus-wide events to educate and engage peers and connect food-related initiatives across Harvard University. Taught peer-to-peer cooking classes. Took part in discussion groups, lecture series, and field trips to deepen knowledge of food system. Planned campus-wide events to educate and engage peers and connect food-related initiatives across Harvard University. Taught peer-to-peer cooking classes. Took part in discussion groups, lecture series, and field trips to deepen knowledge of food system.
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Resource Efficiency Program
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Harvard University
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Leverett House Representative
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May 2016 - May 2017
Educated and engaged peers on environmental issues through monthly campaigns. Implemented house-wide composting program. Advocate for programmatic efforts to make campus more sustainable. Represented Harvard at Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium 2016. Educated and engaged peers on environmental issues through monthly campaigns. Implemented house-wide composting program. Advocate for programmatic efforts to make campus more sustainable. Represented Harvard at Sustainability Student Leaders Symposium 2016.
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Education
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Schwarzman Scholars
Masters in Management and Global Affairs, Business Sustainability -
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Food and the Environment -
Park City High School
High School