Environmental and Social Innovation

A woman named Michelle Rincon smiles warmly while standing in front of bookshelves in a bookstore or library. She is wearing a black dress with a white floral pattern and gold earrings, with her brown hair down and slightly parted to the side.

Michelle Rincón

Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Michelle Rincón is an associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. Prior to her current role, she worked on the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project and Advancing Nutrition under the United States Agency for International Development, with a focus on subawards and finance.
Terry Mulligan

Terry Mulligan

Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Terry Mulligan is a director in the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. As the director, Mulligan manages the day-to-day operations of the Prizes program at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy.
A smiling light-skinned woman named Sarah ElShafie with shoulder-length brunette hair, wearing a black sweater with a long red necklace, and standing in a room with dark wood details.

Sara ElShafie, PhD

Senior Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Sara ElShafie, PhD, is a senior associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. Serving its Social Innovation portfolio as a global climate specialist, ElShafie helps to build climate and environmental philanthropic initiatives.
A smiling light-skinned woman named Emily Musil with long brunette hair, wearing a green blazer, and standing in a room with dark wood details.

Emily Musil, PhD

Managing Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Emily Musil, PhD, is managing director at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, where she leads the Environmental and Social Innovation portfolio.

Environmental and Social Innovation

Masthead Image
Environmental and Social Innovation Philanthropy Portfolio
Featured content
Priorities for Strategic Climate and Environmental Philanthropy
Body

The Environmental and Social Innovation portfolio works with philanthropists, companies, and impact investors to uncover and support promising solutions, apply new tools, and mobilize entrepreneurial talent to advance progress in entrenched environmental and social challenges. 

Level
Portfolio
Pillars
Environmental and Social Innovation
Intro text

Our environment and social innovation team creates trailblazing programming for philanthropists committed to sustainability and social impact. 

Team
Environmental and Social Innovation
Children type
Practice Area
A smiling tan-skinned woman named Glorimar Aragon with long black hair, wearing a black blazer with a black shirt and glasses, and standing in a room with dark wood details.

Glorimar Aragon

Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Glorimar Aragon is an associate director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In her role, Aragon advises individual philanthropists and philanthropic families on opportunities where capital can make the most significant impact.
A smiling Caucasian female-presenting individual with dark brown hair wearing a white shirt against a dark gray background

Madeleine Cashin

Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Madeleine Cashin is an associate director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. Cashin is a part of the team designing and operating the Institute’s innovation competitions, including the Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program, a series of multi-million-dollar innovation competitions and programs focused on advancing technological progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa.
A smiling dark-skinned woman named Adoma Addo with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing glasses as well as a green sweater with pink tigers, and standing in a room with dark wood details.

Adoma Addo

Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Adoma Addo is an associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. With her passion for innovation and sustainable development in emerging markets, she supports work on the Institute’s innovation competitions.
A smiling light-skinned male-presenting individual wearing a patterned blue shirt with a blurred background

Kellen Silver

Senior Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Kellen Silver is a senior associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In this role, he supports research and programming related to gun violence prevention and economic prosperity in the United States.
Light-skinned male-presenting person with dark hair wearing a black jacket with white button-up shirt in front of a light gray background

John Schellhase

Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
John Schellhase is a director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, where his work focuses on social impact philanthropy. As part of his work, Schellhase contributes to and manages projects related to strengthening corporate philanthropy and operating innovation competitions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
Subscribe to Environmental and Social Innovation