Susanna Gibbons
Investment management; financial modeling and analysis; sustainable finance; credit analysis; equity valuation
Faculty Leadership Council
Background & Expertise
Susanna Gibbons is the Managing Director of Funds Enterprise at the Carlson School of Management. She has more than 40 years of investment experience in multiple asset classes – equities, alternatives and fixed income; and multiple roles – research & analysis, portfolio management, asset allocation and education. She served on the Investment Advisory Council for the Minnesota State Board of Investments for seven years, the investment committee for the Girl Scouts River Valleys as chair and member, and is currently on the investment committee for the St. Paul Minnesota Foundation. She is a fellow and member of the Faculty Leadership Advisory Council with the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, exploring the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into investment decision making. She earned an MBA in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business, an undergraduate degree in psychology from Bryn Mawr College and is a chartered financial analyst.
Green Dairy Bonds
Challenge
The dairy industry is increasingly concerned with the greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of their supply chains. Technologies exist to enable GHG emission reduction on dairy farms, but they have not yet achieved broad implementation. Reliance on individual farmers to finance these improvements slows this process.
Meet the Project Team
Project Leads
All Projects Featuring Susanna Gibbons
Conservation Risks of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
In a world of substitutable feedstocks, fragmented policy and rising demand for decarbonization solutions to aviation emissions
2023 Impact Goal Grants Award $1.1M to Support Interdisciplinary, Sustainability-Focused Project Teams
As increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses and environmental degradation threaten people and ecosystems around the world, sustainability issues have never been more pressing. At the same time, signals are emerging of pathways to a liveable future, including growth in clean energy, greater consideration of natural capital in decision-making, and advocacy for socio-economic equity.